The debate upon the second reading of the Railway Construction Bill was continued and concluded in tho Legislative Assembly last night. Some excellent speeches were delivered, ...
Article : 7,463 wordsIntelligence of a terrible railway accident comes from Boston; capital of tho State of Massachusetts. A train was wrecked, and the passengers ...
Article : 83 wordsThe steamship owners in Great Britain are taking steps to form an organisation to enable them to frustrate the labor unions, whose recent successes in enforcing their ...
Article : 110 wordsAs far as outward developments are concerned yesterday was an uneventful day in the history of the shipping strike. The wharves were thronged by crowds of strikers, but no ...
Article : 698 wordsA very stormy feeling continues to exist in Newfoundland relative to the encroachments of the French on the local fisheries. ...
Article : 131 wordsAt a meeting of the coal importers held yesterday afternoon, it was decided by a unanimous vote that coal should be supplied to all the charitable institutions at the rates prevailing before ...
Article : 69 wordsAt the meeting of the district committee of' the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, oil" Tuesday it was decided, subject' to the approval of tho Australasian Council, that any seagoing ...
Article : 206 wordsSevere cyclones are reported to have taken place yesterday in various parts of America, and also in France and Switzerland. ...
Article : 54 wordsThe cause of, the strike of laborers employed at the Tilbury docks was the refusal of the management to agree not to employ non-unionist labor. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 173 wordsThe court 'of directors of' the 'Bank of England at their meeting to-day reduced tho bank rate of discount from 5 to 4 per cent. ...
Article : 59 wordsThe members of the Seamen's Union held a meeting yesterday; afternoon, mainly for the purpose of criticising the statements made by Mr. C. Hudson at the meeting of ship owners on ...
Article : 1,015 wordsThe proposal of the committee of finance and control of the Trades Hall Council to establish a line of boats to run in opposition to the Australasian Steamship Owners' Association is ...
Article : 317 wordsThe Daily News, referring to the strike in the shipping trade in Australia, says that the strike must have a serious effect on the colonies by the diversion of ...
Article : 46 wordsThe United States Government is now purchasing silver at 120 cents per ounce. ...
Article : 28 wordsMr. J. G. Blaino, the American Secretary of State, still refuses to agree to the proposal made by Lord Salisbury that the Behring's Sea fisheries dispute should be ...
Article : 48 wordsGreat excitement has been caused in Servia by the alleged discovery of a plot, which had for its object the poisoning of the leaders of the Liberal party, who are at ...
Article : 91 wordsThe Queen has pardoned Maharajah Dhuleep Singh, who, because of certain more or less imaginary grievances' which he had against the British Government, ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Australian eleven commenced their second match against the Gloucestershire county team to-day, at Cheltenham. The Australians won the toss, and commenced ...
Article : 43 wordsAt the meeting of the committee of finance and control several matters of importation were under consideration. Messrs. Sitch, Hancock and W. E. Murphy had been waited upon by the ...
Article : 315 wordsThe report that a sailor recently returned to London from Calcutta had been attacked with Asiatic cholera is now denied. Medical authorities state that the disease, from ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 200 wordsA renewal of disorder is threatened in the Argentine Republic. The soldiers are behaving in a mutinous manner, and are insisting that the officers ...
Article : 57 wordsThe Financial Times urges that the demand now being made in Australia for a change iff the administration of British New Guinea, with the view of admitting ...
Article : 41 wordsHer Majesty's ships Haven and Opal, from Australia, have arrived at Plymouth. ...
Article : 19 wordsMr. E. Steinfeld, one of the candidates contesting the seat for the Melbourne Province in the Legislative Council, addressed a well attended meeting of electors in the old Trades ...
Article : 653 wordsAn agitation has been, commenced against the private ownership of railways in England, with a demand that the lines should be purchased by the State. ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Hawarden Castle, ship, 1101 tons, of Liverpool, which left Newcastle (N. S. W.,) oh 26th March for Valpariso, and has not since been heard of, has this day been posted as ...
Article : 56 wordsThe wharves are the heart of the strike. Yet there was nothing in their appearance yesterday to indicate that a gigantic struggle was in progress between the forces of labor and capital. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 86 wordsThe Deniliquin agent of the Amalgamated Shearers' Union reports to the head office to-day that at present the following stations are shearing under union rules : -- Boonoke, ...
Article : 135 wordsA meeting of the Painters' Society, held last night, passed a motion of sympathy with the men on strike, and it was decided to meet next Thursday to consider the question of voting ...
Article : 223 wordsBlack trackers are now searching for the well known racehorse Cranbreek, which has been stolen from Havilah, near Mudgee, the residence of Mr. H. C. White, the owner. ...
Article : 84 wordsThe Carthage, from London 24th July, left Colombo for Australia on the evening of the 19th inst. The M. M. Company's F. M. S. Yarra passed ...
Article : 32 wordsA sensational occurrence took place on Tuesday, at the weir being constructed across the Loddon River at Laanecoorie. An elderly man named Thomas King, employed as carter on the ...
Article : 141 wordsThe Assembly sat till 5.30 this morning considering the Crown Rents Hill in committee. Before adjourning, the bill was passed in committee and reported to the House. ...
Article : 124 wordsA Carriers Union has been formed at Forbes, and it has been decided by them to boycott nonunion wool. In connection with the shearing difficulty, ...
Article : 102 wordsAlthough the Metropolitan Gas Company has a good stock of coal in hand, the interruption in the Shipping trade is causing a great deal of anxiety to the directors, who are impressed with ...
Article : 446 wordsA meeting of the strike committee was held last night upon the non-union wool question. It was resolved to cable immediately to the London Dock Laborers' Union, asking them to ...
Article : 180 wordsThe coroner to-day reviewed the evidence given at the inquiry into the death of Mrs. Ann Wharton. The jury, after deliberating for about a quarter of an hour, brought in a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 187 wordsA leading representative of the ship owning interest declares that every possible effort is being made to misrepresent the attitude of the ship owners. " For instance," he says, " the strikers ...
Article : 263 wordsThe nomination paper of Mr. N. Fitzgerald as a candidate for the North Central Province was lodged with the returning officer, Dr. Woolley, this afternoon. ...
Article : 31 wordsA young man named Walter Wright, aged 19 years, was admitted into the Alfred Hospital yesterday, at 3 p.m. suffering from having been gored by a bull. Early in the afternoon the ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Fri 22 Aug 1890, Page 5
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