FACTS ABOUT MINTARO.
FACTS ABOUT MINTARO. [From a Correspondent.] The name of Mintaro has for many years been associated with the famous flagstone quarries, but there are other things for which it is noted, but which, perhaps, it is as well not to mention. We sometimes do the right things, but usually in the wrong way, or at […]
A CHANGING LIFE. AN OCTOGENARIAN’S EXPERIENCES.
A CHANGING LIFE. AN OCTOGENARIAN’S EXPERIENCES. Not every man who passes into the honored ranks of the octogenarians bear the burden of his years as well as does Mr. George McLeish. This gentleman, who resides with his niece (Mrs. A. W. Brown), at Princes-street, Alberton, celebrates his eighty-first birthday to-day. Mr. McLeish has passed 76 […]
LOOKING BACK BY G MCLEISH
LOOKING BACK. Mr. G. McLeish’s Story. Mr. George McLeish a former well-known resident of Mintaro, will celebrat (sic) his eighty-first birthday to-day. Time has dealt kindly with him, for despite many vicissitudes and a life full of energy and hard work, he has in a wonderful degree maintained both physical and mental alertness, and at […]
DISTRICT COUNCILS
District Councils. MINTARO, May 1. Present— All. Tenders accepted—Contract No. 10, J. Ryan, £1 12s 6d par chain. For making a new assessment, T. J. Horgan, £15. Tenders for rolling maintenance to be re-advertised. The clerk to get portion of the cemetery re-surveyed, Nominations to be received until Saturday, June 12, 1916, for the election […]
NAMES OF RAILWAY STATIONS. MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS.
NAMES OF RAILWAY STATIONS. MEANINGS AND DERIVATIONS. Mr. Alfred N. Day, Secretary to the Railways Comissioner, has, with the assistance of particularly Messrs. J. C. B. Moncrieff (Chief Engineer for Railways), E. M. Smith (Surveyor-General), H. C. Talbot, R. Cockburn, C.H. Harris, and R. Mercer, produced an interesting and valuable pamphlet giving the derivation and […]
SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS
KOORINGA CENTRAL (BURRA). Hon. Local Representative—T. W. Wilkinson, Esq. — School Examinations. — Miss Malone, Mintaro Railway.— P.D. (dis.), pianoforte, M. Horgan. Sisters of St. Joseph Convent— E.D. (pass), pianoforte, G. Nieman; P.D. (pass), pianoforte, D. Rowe, V. Bruce.
LABOR NEWS. MINTARO RELAYING WORKMEN.
LABOR NEWS. MINTARO RELAYING WORKMEN. It is understood that the trouble that occurred a fortnight ago among the men engaged on the relaying railway work at Mintaro, over a non-unionist, has not been settled satisfactorily to all concerned, and yesterday afternoon Mr. J. Murphy (secretary of the U.L.U.), in response to a telegram, left by […]
TROUBLE AT MINTARO. NON-UNIONIST OBJECTED TO.
TROUBLE AT MINTARO. NON-UNIONIST OBJECTED TO. Mintaro, December 9. The navvies employed at the Mintaro station on the railway relaying declined to start work yesterday at noon, as one of their number refused to take a ticket in the union. The head authorities being on the scene immediately paid them off, as they could not […]
THE MINTARO TROUBLE. QUARRYMEN AFFECTED
THE MINTARO TROUBLE. QUARRYMEN AFFECTED. No settlement has yet been effected in connection with the trouble that occurred with the relaying gang on the railway line at Mintaro on Tuesday, when about 100 men ceased work as a protest to one of the employes declining to take a ticket in the United Laborers Union. Mr. […]
UNION TROUBLE AT MINTARO
UNION TROUBLE AT MINTARO PLATE-LAYERS CEASE WORK. Adelaide, Tuesday. The Hon. J. Verran asked the Commissioner of Public Works, Sir Richard Butler, in the House of Assembly to day, if he intended to keep 110 men idle at Mintaro through the obstinacy of one individual. Also whether it was wise to give all these men […]