[Editor: This article was published in the Evening News (Sydney, NSW), 27 May 1892.] Coalminers in Conference. At the Temperance Hall, Pitt-street, yesterday afternoon, a conference of coal mining delegates, representing the northern, western, and southern districts, was … [Read more...] about Coalminers in Conference [27 May 1892]
Eight Hour Day Movement
Meeting in Melbourne [2 May 1890]
[Editor: This article, regarding the Eight Hours movement, was published in The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 2 May 1890.] Meeting in Melbourne. A public meeting of working men to advocate the principle of a maximum of eight hours’ labor per day was held last night in the old … [Read more...] about Meeting in Melbourne [2 May 1890]
The Short-Time Movement [4 November 1856]
[Editor: A report on a meeting in favour of the Eight Hour Day Movement. Published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 November 1856.] The Short-Time Movement. A public meeting was held yesterday evening, at the School of Arts, Pitt-street, for the purpose of taking into … [Read more...] about The Short-Time Movement [4 November 1856]