[Editor: These two untitled items, regarding the trade union movement, were included in “A Woman’s Column” (edited by Mary Gilmore), published in The Worker (Wagga Wagga, NSW), 2 January 1908.]
[Union news]
The acting-secretary of the newly-formed Workers’ Association of Mildura has written to Melbourne Trades Hall Council urging that body to warn workers against going to Mildura, as there were numbers of unemployed camped there, lured by the fairy tales of sweaters.
Since the formation of the Workers’ Union at Mildura, the president and several of the committee of the union had been sacked.
The Victorian Millers’ Union, which still progresses satisfactorily, elected the following office-bearers, etc., at a recent meeting:—
President, Mr. W. Greig; vice-president, Mr. W. Thomas; treasurer, Mr. J. Nealor; secretary, Mr. J. Kebble; executive secretary, Mr. R. Duncanson; executive committee, Messrs. L. Fleming, C. Hughes, R. G. Hart, R. Power, and W. Bendon; delegates to Trades Hall Council, Messrs. W. Greig and R. Power.
Source:
The Worker (Wagga Wagga, NSW), 2 January 1908, p. 15
Editor’s notes:
etc. = an abbreviation of “et cetera” (also spelt “etcetera”), a Latin term (“et” meaning “and”, “cetera” meaning “the rest”) which is translated as “and the rest (of such things)”, used in English to mean “and other similar things”, “other unspecified things of the same class”, “and so forth”
Messrs. = an abbreviation of “messieurs” (French), being the plural of “monsieur”; used in English as the plural of “Mister” (which is abbreviated as “Mr.”); the title is used in English prior to the names of two or more men (often used regarding a company, e.g. “the firm of Messrs. Bagot, Shakes, & Lewis”, “the firm of Messrs. Hogue, Davidson, & Co.”)
[Editor: The original text has been separated into paragraphs.]
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