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  2. QUARRYMEN'S STRIKE.

    The quarrymen of Sydney came out on strike on Saturday morning, or that at least is the way in which the public will regard it. For themselves they describe their ...

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  3. STATE IMMIGRATION POLICY

    Under the auspices of the Northern District Assembly of the Political Labour League a public meeting was held fast night to protest against the Government's system of ...

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  4. PRISON REFORMS.

    At Tuesday's meeting of the Executive Council the matter of granting leave of absence to Captain F. W. Neitenstein will be submitted for approval, and consideration will also be ...

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  5. SUPREME COURT BAR.

    The Bar council intends to oppose the application of four Victorian barristers for admission to the Bar of New South Wales. This action will bring to a head the ...

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  6. THE SUFFRAGISTS.

    The suffragists state that the fluid used in the attempt to spoil the ballot papers in the ballot box during the Bermondsey election was an alkaline solution of pyrogallol ...

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  7. DECREASE IN DRINKING.

    The report stage of the Finance Bill concluded in the House of Commons last night, Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that the Budget had had an ...

    Article : 150 words
  8. UNION GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

    A bitter discussion has arisen in South Africa over the rumoured appointment of Mr. H. Gladstone, Home Secretary, to the Governor-Generalship of the Union. ...

    Article : 129 words
  9. GRECIAN NAVAL REVOLT.

    Young officers in the Greek navy, feeling that the army only had benefited by the recent coup, demanded the Government to remove several senior officers of the navy. ...

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  10. "STRONGER METHODS."

    The Women's Freedom League has withdrawn its pickets from the House of Commons. The league has written to Mr. Asquith ...

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  11. ULTIMATUM TO MOROCCO.

    Germany has sent to Mulai Hafid, Sultan of Morocco, an ultimatum to pay his German creditors. In this matter Germany and France are in accord. ...

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  12. PRIZES AMONG GOVERNORSHIPS.

    The "Times" strongly opposes the appointment of members of the Government to the three great positions becoming vacant in India, Canada, and South Africa, ...

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  13. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The loss on the aviation carnival at Doncaster amounted to £8000. MR. J. N. CRAWFORD. Mr. J. N. Crawford, the Surrey cricketer, ...

    Article : 80 words
  14. FLOODS IN ENGLAND.

    Large tracts of Sussex are under water. Canterbury and Folkestone are flooded. Thousands of sheep have been drowned in Kent. ...

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  15. CZAR AT LIVADIA.

    The Czar has arrived at Livadia, in the Crimea, returning from his recent tour to Italy. ...

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  16. REBEL OFFICERS ESCAPE.

    After the fight the rebels were obliged to beach the S[?]endoni. The sailors and petty officers landed, and surrendered, while Lieutenant Typaldos and the other ...

    Article : 92 words
  17. MOTOR CAR SMASHES.

    A motor car travelling at a high rate of speed, crashed into an electric wire standard on the tram track at Elwood Swamp, between Brighton and St. Kilda, to-night, and ...

    Article : 348 words
  18. BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    Jeffries and Johnson, meeting at New York, agreed to fight, before July 5, 45 rounds or more before a club offering the largest inducements by December 1, the ...

    Article : 83 words
  19. MR. HENNIKER HEATON.

    Mr. Goldney, Mayor of Canterbury (Unionist), threatens to oppose the re-election for Canterbury of Mr. Henniker Heaton (Conservative). ...

    Article : 63 words
  20. MILITARY SUPPORT GOVERNMENT.

    Athens is quiet, but is greatly excited by the events of Friday. The prestige of the Military League has suffered, and the league may be compelled to proclaim a ...

    Article : 159 words
  21. AN ENGINEER'S DEATH.

    Mr. Thomas Henry Perrot, engineer, was found dead this afternoon in an old 200-gallon tank on the Central mine magnetic plant, Broken Hill. Mr. Perrot left the hotel where ...

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  22. QUARRYMEN AT WORK.

    Mr. W. Solomons, of Woolwich Dock, has agreed to pay the wages demanded by the union, and the men will accordingly return to work there with the concurrence of the union ...

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  23. DEATH OF SIR E. MONSON.

    The death is announced of Sir Edmund Monson, formerly of the diplomatic service, aged 75 years. Sir Edmund Monson, who was the third son ...

    Article : 256 words
  24. STATE REVENUES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 384 words
  25. THE QUARRYMASTERS' POSITION.

    The determination of the men to abandon their work to gain a rise of is a day in their wages has caused a strong feeling of regret throughout the whole of the building trades. ...

    Article : 461 words
  26. SMASH NEAR FLEMINGTON.

    A collision occurred yesterday between two motor cars, near Flemington Bridge. Swerving to avoid a lamp in the middle of the road, the two cars crashed into each other. Two ...

    Article : 64 words
  27. SYDNEY HOSPITAL SUICIDE.

    Antonio Vella, 52 a fruiterer, lately living in Nicholson-street, Woolloomooloo, threw himself from a balcony at Sydney Hospital on Saturday afternoon at about 4.30, and ...

    Article : 183 words
  28. TYPALDOS' APPRENTICESHIP.

    Lieutenant Typaldos took a prominent part in the military revolt in August. Hence it was that [?]e gained the support of other officers and sailors. ...

    Article : 159 words
  29. DISTRESSFUL SYDNEY.

    In a general protest against the immigration policy of the Government, Mr. F. Hanslow, speaking under the auspices of the Mosman Political Labour League on Saturday, night, ...

    Article : 218 words
  30. COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

    An explosion occurred in Darren Colliery in South Wales. Forty miners were imprisoned, and it is feared many have been killed. ...

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  31. BOILER BURSTS AT SEA.

    The German recruiting steamer S[?]ar, which arrived here last night from New Guinea, had an exciting passage. Four days after leaving Simpsonshafen one of her boilers suddenly ...

    Article : 283 words
  32. FRENCH CRUISER LAUNCHED.

    The French cruiser Mirabeau, 18,000 tons, has been launched. ...

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  33. JAPANESE STEAMER WRECKED.

    According to files by the Eastern with regard to the second typhoon which occurred at Hongkong at the end of September, there is not much additional information. The ...

    Article : 71 words
  34. CLIFTON STRIKE.

    The Court cases will be resumed at Clifton this morning, when the result will be effective, either for a long continuation of the struggle or the withdrawal of the summonses ...

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  35. SITUATION IN CRETE.

    The "Berliner Tageblatt" states that Great Britain, France, Russia, and Italy, as protectors of Crete, have informed the Military League of Greece that they will ...

    Article : 52 words
  36. WASHED OVERBOARD.

    A young sailor named Michael Raumage lost his life during the voyage of the Russian barque Lochee, which arrived in Hobson's Bay to-night. Nine days ago as she was ...

    Article : 115 words
  37. CADET ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.

    A squad of Fremantle school cadets was engaged in rifle practice at the Karrakatta ranges on Saturday morning, when a cartridge got caught in the breech of a rifle belonging ...

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  38. TOWNSHIP FEELS THE PINCH.

    Everything is still very quiet, and the best of order prevails. The strike has now lasted four weeks, which means a loss in wages of about £3000 to the miners and other ...

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  39. THE MISSING WARATAH.

    The Government tug T. E. Fuller searched the Agulhas Bank for wreckage of the Waratah. Field cornets have examined the whole coast from Capetown to Port Natal ...

    Article : 69 words
  40. MEETING OF EMPLOYERS.

    The quarrymasters held a meeting in one of the quarries at Waverley. It was a representative gathering, but the employers have adopted an attitude similar to that of the ...

    Article : 232 words
  41. POSTAL COMMISSION.

    Mr. W. B. Edwards, Public Service Inspector, giving evidence before the Postal Commission, said he did not think the claim of postmasters for a week of 44 hours was ...

    Article : 230 words
  42. POSSIBILITIES OF SIBERIA.

    Mr. H. G. Baker, American Consul, who is returning from a trip round the world, is on the steamer Eastern, which has arrived at Pinkenba. He visited America, England, and ...

    Article : 76 words
  43. LOCAL OPTION AT BROKEN HILL.

    The Barrier Temperance Alliance has received a letter from the Department of Justice with regard to the Broken Hill local option vote and the extended legal proceedings which ...

    Article : 175 words
  44. REMARKABLE RESUSCITATION.

    A lad named Von Dohren, nine years of age, fell into Kingfisher Creek on Saturday. A man named Absolon dived in, and found the lad lying doubled up at the bottom of the ...

    Article : 96 words
  45. CIVIL SERVANTS AND POLITICS.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, stated in the House of Commons that a committee of the Cabinet had considered the question of Civil servants participating in politics, ...

    Article : 82 words
  46. GRADUATED LAND TAX.

    Speaking of taxation in the House of Representatives, Sir Joseph Ward said the whole policy of the Government in this respect would not yet be stated. Further proposals were ...

    Article : 83 words
  47. VICTORIA.

    The Victorian revenue for the first four months of the financial year ended at noon on Saturday was £2,507,524, or £91,931 more than for the corresponding period of last year. ...

    Article : 101 words
  48. TANAMI GOLDFIELD.

    Mr. John S. Temby is on the steamer Eastern on his way to Melbourne from Tanami goldfield to report personally to the Victorian syndicate. He says there is no doubt as to ...

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  49. NOTABLE TRAINING SHIP.

    The White Star training ship Mersey, now on her second voyage with cadets from Liverpool to Sydney, was taken in tow by a steam tug off Jervis Bay at 1 p.m. yesterday, and ...

    Article : 129 words
  50. CRIMINAL ESCAPEE RECAPTURED.

    George Harris, the convict who escaped from the Parramatta Hospital for the Insane on Thursday afternoon, was arrested at an early hour on Saturday morning in a house in ...

    Article : 116 words
  51. THE MEN'S VIEW.

    The men are confident that the employers will give way to them. They refuse to look upon the trouble as a strike. They say they have merely left off work. "My boss can sack ...

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  52. MILITARY AIRSHIPS.

    Four military airships at Cologne are practising secretly at night. The practice includes attacks by bombthrowing and communication by means of ...

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  53. BUSH FIRES AT TRUNDLE.

    Bush fires yesterday broke out on properties owned by Mr. J. Moloney and Messrs. Lawler Bros. simultaneously. Burning off timber was stopped a fortnight ago, and the smouldering ...

    Article : 75 words
  54. FATAL DIVING ACCIDENT.

    Mr. Harold Smith, a well-known footballer, who injured his spine diving in the Cudgegong River on Sunday last, succumbed to his injuries this morning. He was a native of ...

    Article : 72 words
  55. CASHIER FOUND DEAD.

    Sydney Ernest Boundy, a cashier in the City Treasurer's office, was found dead on the shore at Henloy Beach early on Saturday morning. There was a bullet wound in the head, and a ...

    Article : 79 words
  56. ANOTHER DEAD BABY.

    Yesterday a newly-born female child was found in Crown's dam. Temora, dead and perfectly nude. Dr. Harper says the cause of death was asphyxia from drowning. ...

    Article : 44 words
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