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  2. MARITIME DIFFICULTIES.

    Matters appear to have settled into a regular groove again as regards the strike. Following the display of force made by the Government for the protection of life and ...

    Article : 1,440 words
  3. A NOVEL ACTION FOR WORK DONE.

    At the District Court the case of William Alleyne Ireland v. John Bridges and Frederick Hodder, nightsoil contractors, a claim of £200 for work and labour done, was commenced yesterday, and finished ...

    Article : 277 words
  4. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Two of the Redemptorist Fathers from Waratah have been conducting a mission at St. Patrick's Church. The first week was devoted solely to children, who attended in great numbers. The mission for adults is ...

    Article : 1,090 words
  5. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    The health of the Countess of Hopetoun has been such as to cause the Governor much uneasiness for some little time past. The Countess has been recommended by her local medical advisers to ...

    Article : 267 words
  6. CABLEGRAMS.

    Luscombe Searelle's new comic opera, "The Black Rover," has been produced at the Globe Theatre, with fair success. Miss Blanche Fenton is the prima donna. ...

    Article : 41 words
  7. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    SIR HENRY PARKES, in regard to the statement published yesterday from a Landon, journal, denies that he was over Chartist or trades-unionist. He does not consider that there is anything derogatory ...

    Article : 9,355 words
  8. ARREST OF AN IRISH MEMBER.

    Mr. Patrick J. O'Brien, M.P. for Tipperary, has been arrested for intimidation. ...

    Article : 22 words
  9. LABOUR ITEMS.

    The New South Wales Labour Defence Committee sat all day yesterday in reference to various matters connected with the strike, but the more important questions were referred to the Congress. It was ...

    Article : 350 words
  10. SLAVIN v. M'AULIFFE.

    Slavin and M'Auliffe, who were arrested in connection with the proposed glove fight, have been bound over in their own recognisances of £2000 each to keep the ...

    Article : 51 words
  11. THE AUSTRALIAN MARITIME STRIKE.

    In regard to the threats of the Australian Shearing Unions that non-union shorn wool will be dealt with in English ports by the blocking of ships containing such ...

    Article : 131 words
  12. SUDDEN DEATH IN A TENT,

    The coroner held an inquest at Charlestown on the body of Edward Dever, a navvy employed on the Burwood Extended railway, who was found dead in his tent on Sunday night. The evidence showed that the ...

    Article : 115 words
  13. QUEENSLAND.

    In the wages case, J. M. Anderson, lately a fireman on the Bulimba, against the A. U. S. N. Company, the Police Magistrate to-day gave a verdict for the company, with costs. Notice of appeal ...

    Article : 138 words
  14. QUEANBEYAN AGRICULTURAL SHOW.

    The Queanbeyan Pastoral and Agricultural Association's maugural show yesterday and to-day has been so far successful beyond expectations. Yesterday's attendance was but moderate, but to-day ...

    Article : 244 words
  15. SHEARERS' STRIKE.

    Mr. W. G. Spence, the president of the Amalgamated Shearers' Union, yesterday received a large number of telegrams from the various branches of the union, stating that the instructions of the Intercolonial ...

    Article : 230 words
  16. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The R.M.S. Oroya arrived from London this morning. The mails for the eastern colonies left by the afternoon express. A measure will be shortly introduced into the ...

    Article : 124 words
  17. AUSTRALASIAN PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Sir Bryan O'Loghlen made an unsuccessful attempt to extract from the Chief secretary an admission of the truth or falsity of a newspaper statement that the ...

    Article : 626 words
  18. MESSRS. LASSETTER'S CARTERS.

    The decision of the union to give Messrs. Lassetter's carters permission to work was received, unfortunately, too late to be of, any service to those men who withdrew from their duties without giving any notice, ...

    Article : 100 words
  19. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Poultry and Dog Society's first annual show was a splendid success, The exhibits numbered 350, most classes being well represented. Steps are being taken to establish a house of ...

    Article : 106 words
  20. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Several loads of Mulurulu wool arrived to-day, Paika wool is also arriving. 3100 fat wethers crossed the bridge yesterday from Garupang station for Geelong, Victoria, Matthews Brothers owners, Cameron ...

    Article : 475 words
  21. LABOUR MEETING AT ALEXANDRIA.

    A mass meeting in connection with the present labo[?] crisis was held in Stepney's Hotel, Alexandria, last night. There was a good assemblage. Alderman Swain occupied the chair, and in his opening remarks ...

    Article : 519 words
  22. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Christchurch Trades and Labour Council has adopted a political platform for labour candidates at the general election, comprising the eighthour system, a special tax on absentee landlords, ...

    Article : 58 words
  23. ARRIVAL OF THE PRIMATE AT ADELAIDE.

    The new Bishop of Sydney arrived by the R.M.S. Oroya from London this morning. The members of the standing committee of the synod, headed by Bishop Kennion, proceeded to Largs Bay ...

    Article : 528 words
  24. FATAL ACCIDENT IN A COAL MINE.

    The inquest on the body of John Moncrief, the miner who died on the 17th instant from the effect of injuries received in the Young Wallsand colliery the week previously through an explosion of powder, caused ...

    Article : 254 words
  25. CAPTAIN SHARPE.

    We learn that Captain Sharpe, of the Corinna, is now lying seriously ill with brain fever at Launceston. His illness is attributed partly, if not entirely, to his having been worried and harassed through being planed ...

    Article : 109 words
  26. AN EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY.

    An extraordinary case of the mysterious disappearance of a boy named Leonard Hall, 12 years of age, who was missed from home about six months ago, has just been revealed. It would appear that the ...

    Article : 366 words
  27. [BY TELEGRAPH.]

    As a threat has been made to burn the extensive wool and dumping sheds at Williamstown the pier police guard has been strengthened. The order to the shearers to strike has been in a ...

    Article : 3,966 words
  28. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Assembly to-night, after formal business, a discussion took place as to the circumstances under which Sir Thomas M'llwraith left the late Government. On the resumption of the debate on ...

    Article : 223 words
  29. ALBURY PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

    A committee meeting of the Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held this afternoon. Mr. G. Grieve presided. A large quantity of correspondence was read, including a request from the Director of ...

    Article : 398 words
  30. BOARDS OF CONCILIATION.

    In regard to the suggestion for the formation of boards of conciliation by Mr. Dibbs, the credit is claimed by Mr. Carruthers (the present Minister of Education) of having first introduced this proposal into ...

    Article : 212 words
  31. ACCIDENT TO THE STEAMER TAVIUNI.

    The chief officer of the steamer Taviuni reached Wilson's Promontory in a ship's boat with four men. He reports the steamer as having broken her shaft some distance eastward of the promontory. ...

    Article : 63 words
  32. THE CABLE R'ATES.

    The council of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce to-day unanimously adopted resolutions to the effect that notwithstanding the British Government declined to be parties to the guarantee ...

    Article : 125 words
  33. CASUALTIES.

    A man named George Johnson, a prisoner under a sentence of 10 years' penal servitude in Darlinghurst Gaol, died in the gaol hospital yesterday afternoon. He had been ailing for some time past, necessitating ...

    Article : 54 words
  34. MOVEMENTS OF THE MEN.

    Yesterday the Intercolonial Labour Congress discussed the advisability of again inviting the employers to meet them in conference before the delegates return to their respective colonies. The congress had been ...

    Article : 322 words
  35. DEAD BODY FOUND.

    Early yesterday morning a black object was seen floating in the waters of Blackwattle Bay, in front of the Glebe Rowing Club's shed, by some persons in the vicinity. On a close examination being made it was ...

    Article : 130 words
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