[Editor: This article was included in “A Woman’s Column” (edited by Mary Gilmore), published in The Worker (Wagga Wagga, NSW), 2 January 1908.] Women and the drink question in Finland. Finland is a country of which little is known outside of Europe. Now and again we … [Read more...] about Women and the drink question in Finland [Mary Gilmore’s column, 2 January 1908]
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The Sodawater Strike [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 21 January 1912]
[Editor: A poem by “Dryblower” Murphy. Published in The Sunday Times (Perth, WA), 21 January 1912.] The Sodawater Strike. I’m a unionist determined, Though I’ve never joined as one; I ’ate the rich and ermined, Every blarsted mother’s son. I reckonize that Laber ’As … [Read more...] about The Sodawater Strike [poem by “Dryblower” Murphy, 21 January 1912]
Reasons for total abstinence [14 March 1890]
[Editor: An article advocating the Temperance cause. Published in The North Melbourne Advertiser, 14 March 1890.] Reasons for total abstinence 1. — No moderate drinker can be at all sure that he will not on some occasion drink too much. 2 — All who drink in moderation … [Read more...] about Reasons for total abstinence [14 March 1890]