Believing that the administration of the railways as vested in the Chief Commissioner by the existing system is beyond the capabilities of one man, the Government is ...
Article : 1,931 wordsAs was anticipated when the steamer Frankby, 4182 tons, went ashore in Sydney Harbour on Wednesday night, at the spot known as the Needles, between Goat Island ...
Article : 207 wordsAt yesterday's conference of the Liberal Association, Mr. F. J. Fleming (St. Leonards) moved,—"That members be paid according to their attendance in the House; ...
Article : 773 wordsThe Aurora returned from its winter cruise to-day, and reported all well. The vessel, which is sailing in the interests of Dr. Mawson's expedition, will return to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 178 wordsAt the Olympic Games to-day A. Jackson (Great-Britain) won the 1500 metres race in 3m 67s, thereby establishing a world's record. G. N. Hill (New Zealand) did not qualify ...
Article : 195 wordsIn the House of Commons last night the Foreign Office vote was discussed. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, referring to the ...
Article : 426 wordsOne thousand strikers assembled at the entrance to the Surrey and Commercial Dock armed with knives, bottles, and stones, and awaited the arrival of 200 non-unionists ...
Article : 126 wordsThe Marquis of Tullibardine, at the instance of the strike committee, conveyed a message to Lord Devonport, chairman of the Port of London Authority, to the effect that ...
Article : 71 wordsFour test matches have now been decided, and the South Africans have taken part in three; they have been defeated in all. In the first of the series, played at Manchester, ...
Article : 463 wordsThe North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Orara came into collision with the company's jetty. Darling Harbour, yesterday morning, and sustained severe damage. ...
Article : 126 wordsDuke Kahanamoku (Hawaii) won the final of the 100 metres, free style, swimming race, his time being 1m 3 2-5s; Cecil Healy was second in 1m 4 3-5s. ...
Article : 371 wordsThe Bishops of London, St. Albans, and Southwark have issued a manifesto, in which they state that the dock strike is a national calamity and a reproach on common ...
Article : 72 wordsThe dockers at Havre have resumed work, believing that their pecuniary assistance to the seamen on strike will be more valuable than their action in remaining out on a ...
Article : 42 wordsThe harbour tug Lena, owned by Messrs. Fenwick and Co., of Sydney and Newcastle, sank alongside the long wharf at Mort's Dock, Balmain, at 5 o'clock yesterday morning Up ...
Article : 204 wordsThe International Congress of Miners passed resolutions in favour of the nationalisation of all land, railways, and mines. It also decided that a working week in mines ...
Article : 37 wordsFurther details regarding the disaster at the Cadeby pit state that the noise of the explosion brought crowds back to the pit from the festivities connected with the Royal visit ...
Article : 141 wordsThe Prime Minister, in replying to a deputation from the Belfast Chamber of Commerce in regard to the Home Rule Bill, yesterday, remarked that the deputation had not ...
Article : 94 wordsCaptain Arthur, of the British ship Cromdale, which arrived here from Monte Video to-day, reports that on Monday last he spoke the Italian ship Caterina F (formerly the ...
Article : 131 wordsFor the first round of the eight-car race the Australian crew has been drawn to row Gothenburg. Leander will row Canada, and New College will meet Norway. ...
Article : 173 wordsThe "Sportsman" states that the Australian cricketers will play six or eight matches in America, and will embark for the Commonwealth at Vancouver. ...
Article : 71 wordsA number of persons having criticised the scheme for selling surplus electric energy to the councils within the metropolitan area, the departmental experts have, at the ...
Article : 573 wordsThe incoming western mal train collided with the outgoing mail train from Sydney at Wallerawang junction early yesterday morning. ...
Article : 439 wordsThe Government intends the House of Commons to pass the Home Rule Bill before the Christmas vacation. Hence a rigorous closure resolution in the autumn is foreshadowed. ...
Article : 57 words"It is a very sad affair," said the Minister for Mines (Mr. Edden) yesterday, referring to the disaster. "I deeply regret it with my colleagues. It may be said that the Titanic ...
Article : 124 wordsIn county cricket Northamptonshire beat Surrey by nine wickets. Northamptonshire is now leading for the count, championship. ...
Article : 33 wordsReferring to the Olympic Games, "Sporting Life" says "there is much friction at Stockholm in connection with the judging of certain games and the general regulations." ...
Article : 38 wordsThe New South Wales bowlers defeated Edinburgh and Leith, scoring 128 to 84. ...
Article : 20 wordsCambridge University defeated Oxford University by three wickets in the annual Inter-Uuiversity cricket match played at Lord's. The Cambridge victory is the first ...
Article : 263 wordsMr. R. L. Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, in a speech at the Colonial Institute dinner last night, declared that the Canadians realised that the supremacy of Britain on the high ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 233 wordsReuter's Stockholm correspondent unfavourably compares the competitors from Great Britain with the Americans. The former, he states, are not working seriously, and the ...
Article : 48 wordsMr. W. W. Hill, hon. secretary of the "Australian Swimming Union, last night received a cable message from the hon, manager of the swimming team at the Olympic games as ...
Article : 153 wordsFour masked men near Coffeyville held up the Missouri-Texas passenger t[?]in, and attempted to rob the safe. The safe, however, resisted the efforts to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 167 wordsMr. P. F. Warner is seriously ill. He has been confined to his bed since last month owing to hemorrhage due to a blow he received while practising at the nets at Lord's. ...
Article : 56 wordsThe High Court has decided that the steamer British Standard, which was lost on her maiden voyuge to Brazil in 1910, was overinsured to the extent of £6000, and that the ...
Article : 184 wordsShevket Pasha, Minister of War, has resigned owing to discontent in the army and the growing opposition to his administration in Parliament. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Chamber of Deputies last night adopted the Electoral Reform Bill by 339 votes to 217. The Prime Minister, M. Polncare, claimed ...
Article : 71 wordsAn exciting incident occurred at Coolamon last week. Early in the week it was reported that £50 worth of skins had been stolon from the premises of Mr. B. Harris, a skin buyer. ...
Article : 248 wordsThe "Statesman" reports that the envoys of the Dalai Lama, who were sent to Lhassa, were enticed into the monastery where the Chinese troops have been besieged for some ...
Article : 57 wordsThe A.M.A. on Monday last completed a referendum of its members on the questions— 1. "Are you in favour of citing a case for arbitration with the Broken Hill Proprietary ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 143 wordsThe Governor-General, the Duke of Connaught, is making a tour of the prairies. On his arrival here he was greeted by crowds numbering 50,000. He is accompanied by the ...
Article : 84 wordsThe Mayor (Alderman Brady) still refuses to sign summonses against 17 persons for street loitering, oven though instructed to do so by the council. The police say this refusal ...
Article : 76 wordsNew York is still sweltering in the heat wave. Twenty-three deaths have occurred, due solely to the heat. There wera nine victims in one day in Chicago. ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Minister of Finance has ruptured the negotiations with the "Six Powers" banks in connection with the proposed loan. Five members of the Cabinet have resigned. ...
Article : 37 wordsEarly yesterday the thermometer fell to 26.3 degrees, the lowest recorded for four years. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 12 Jul 1912, Page 9
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