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  2. EASTER IN ENGLAND.

    It has been a cold and dry Easter in England. Owing to the dislocation of the train service in consequence of the coal strike, the ...

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  3. THE EMPIRE. DEMAND FOR IMMIGRANTS.

    The Board of Trade has issued a circular to the Labour Exchanges, asking for applications from 1,000 unemployed to emigrate to Australia. The circular points out ...

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  4. FATAL ACCIDENTS WHILE COALSEARCHING.

    A party of strikers, while searching for coal in a disused mine at Nantymoel, Glamorganshire, had an unexpected experience. A huge fall of ground occurred, with the ...

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  5. ORDERED TO RESUME. Decision of Conference.

    The National Conference assembled yesterday to consider the question of the resumption of work in the collieries, referred to it by the Miners' Federation. ...

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  6. FLOODS IN AMERICA. THOUSAND HOMES INUNDATED.

    News from Illinois shows that the City of Cairo, situated at the junction of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers, is completely isolated by the great floods in that region. ...

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  7. COALOWNERS AND WORKERS.

    The coalowners have resolutely declined to further discuss the demands of the enginemen and stokers in Monmouthshire and South Wales. ...

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  8. YOUNG AUSTRALIANS IN BRITAIN.

    The members of the Young Australian League are now in Dublin. They have visited the old Irish House of Commons and House of Lords, and have been ...

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  9. VARIOUS DISTURBANCES.

    The coal strikers at Newbridge, Monmouthshire, invaded the pitheads, and, in spite of police intervention, forced the strike breakers to cease work. ...

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  10. CANADIAN NAVAL POLICY.

    The Quebec correspondent of The Daily Chronicle telegraphs regarding the naval policy of the Dominion. The correspondent says that it has been ...

    Article : 187 words
  11. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Unionist Party in the South African Parliament will discuss the resignation of Sir Starr Jameson on Wednesday. It is expected that Sir Thomas Smartt will be ...

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  12. DIVISION IN SCOTLAND.

    The Scottish miners are divided. Thousands are anxious to get back to work, and unless the National Conference rejects the recommendation of the Miners' Federation ...

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  13. EXCITING SCENES IN LANCASHIRE.

    Serious rioting in consequence of an attempt to cart coal has occurred at Pendlebury, Lancashire. The excited coalminers on strike ...

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  14. ARMY SUPPLIES FOR SUFFERERS.

    The utilization of army supplies for sufferers from the great floods has been authorized at the instance of President Taft. Congress is ready to provide monetary ...

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  15. AGAINST HOME RULE.

    The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Bonar Law) was accorded a tumultuous welcome upon his arrival in Belfast, to take part in the Anti-Home Rule ...

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  16. ADVICE TO MINERS.

    At a meeting at Rotherham, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the miners were advised to imitate the boiler makers, and overthrow their leaders, on the ground that the ...

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  17. LOYALTY TO FEDERATION.

    Mr. Vernon Hartshorn, who is a Socialist and represents the South Wales miners on the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, says continuation of the strike involves a ...

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  18. COLONIAL OFFICE "PLUMS."

    The appointment of Governors to Crown colonies from outside the Colonial Office has created dismay in the Service. The selection of an army officer to govern ...

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  19. SAVED BY A DOG.

    Mr. Percy H. Illingworth (Laberal member [?]er for the Shipley Division of Yorkshire, and a Junior Lord of the Treasury) has had a sensational experience in Wiltshire. ...

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  20. LEADERS DENOUNCED.

    At many meetings of miners in Yorkshire the miners' leaders have been condemned for having ordered resumption of work until the District boards had fixed the ...

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  21. RESCUED FROM TREES AND HOUSETOPS.

    A telegram from Hickman, Kentucky, states that 20 persons, who were marooned on tops of trees and housetops, have been rescued by boats, after all hope of rescue had ...

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  22. SPEECH BY KEIR HARDIE.

    Mr. Keir Hardie (Labour M.P. for Merthyr Tydvil), speaking at Doncaster, remarked that the refusal of the miners to return to work was suicidal. The miners ...

    Article : 51 words
  23. BRITAIN AND GERMANY. ENGLISH FOREIGN SHIPBUILDING.

    The Tagliche Rundschau, a leading Conservative journal, states that difficulty has arisen between Great Britain and Germany regarding the exchange of naval ...

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  24. "MUST GRACEFULLY SURRENDER."

    Mr. James Haslam (Labour M.P. for the Chesterfield Division of-Derbyshire), speaking at Chesterfield, considered the miners must gracefully surrender. Nothing would ...

    Article : 58 words
  25. COST 50 MILLIONS.

    work. It is considered probable that the Scottish miners did likewise. The minority in favour of continuing the struggle thus consisted of the districts in Yorkshire, ...

    Article : 119 words
  26. A CITY THREATENED.

    The Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois, is now rising to an alarming extent. Hundreds of men are working to prevent destruction of the water front levels. Acres of ...

    Article : 90 words
  27. TRADE RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA.

    The West Indian Trade Conference is reported to have resulted in favour of sweeping traiff changes in Canada and the British West Indies. ...

    Article : 178 words
  28. AFTERMATH OF STRIKE.

    Owing to the strike the receipts from 51 railways during the last week in March indicated a decrease of £747,060, compared with the corresponding period in 1911. The ...

    Article : 57 words
  29. 30,000 HOMELESS.

    Adivices from Memphis, Tennessee, indicate that a crisis has been reached in connection with the floods on the Mississippi. If the dykes on the river in Arkansas. ...

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  30. TAXATION AND DEFENCE.

    The Berlin correspondent of The Standard telegraphs that the German Imperial Chancellor (Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg) is closely studying the Taxation Acts in ...

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  31. COTTON INDUSTRY.

    The Times in in article on the present situation arising out of the coal strike, states that the cotton industry has been only slightly affected. This is due, it ...

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  32. 150,000 MINERS AT WORK.

    Up to last night it was estimated that 150,000 miners had returned to work. It is expected that the majority of the others who went on strike will resume duty at the ...

    Article : 53 words
  33. GERMANY'S NAVAL EXPANSION.

    The German Imperial Chancellor (Dr. Bethmann von Hollweg) is on a visit to the Kaiser, who is yachting in these waters. The Chancellor is conferring with the ...

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  34. ENGINE MEN ASK FOR MORE WAGES.

    Resumption of work in the Durham and South Wales mines has been delayed by the attitude of the enginemen. The enginemen connected with the ...

    Article : 68 words
  35. "HEARTS BEAT AS ONE."

    The Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent, in the Potteries, in a letters to the newspapers, asserts that the kind action of New South Wales has put heart into the ...

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  36. NARROW ESCAPE.

    Mr. Claude Grahame-White, the most famous, and one of the earliest of British aviators, narrowly escaped with his life this morning as the result of a fall with his ...

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  37. CAMPAIGN AGAINST TIRPITZ.

    Herr Haussmann (Leader of the South German Radicals) has initiated a campaign against Admiral von Tirpitz, the head of the Admiralty. He alleges that the ...

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  38. MARCHIONESS OF LINLITHGOW.

    The March[?]oness of [?]mlithgow has presented her husband with twin sons. The accouchement took place at Hopetoun House, Linlithgowshire, and the mother and ...

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  39. PREPARING FOR GIGANTIC STRUGGLE.

    Mr. Vernon Hartshorn, in an address at Maestag, Wales, announced that preparations were being made for a labour movement of unprecedented magniture. The ...

    Article : 188 words
  40. VOTES OF CENSURE.

    Many district meetings of minors have censured the executive of the federation for its recommendation to the National Conference in favour of resumption. ...

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  41. CHURCH AFFAIRS. WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT.

    A number of Liberal Churchmen, including the Bishops of Birmingham, Hereford, and Lincoln, and the Right Rev. Dr. Welldon (formerly Bishop of Calcutta), have ...

    Article : 53 words
  42. SUNKEN OCEANA.

    Bumon to the amount of £190,000 has been already recovered by divers from the wrecked P. & O. steamer Oceana, which sank off Eastbourne as the result of a ...

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  43. HAVOC AT A COLLIERY.

    Some men having been suspected of coalgetting at Newton Colliery. Dunfermline, a crowd of about 10,000 assembled at the colliery, and committed great havoc. ...

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  44. CANADIAN FINANCES.

    The revenues of the Dominion of Canada for the fiscal year show an increase on the previous period of £3,600,000. The total revenue was £26,400,000. The ...

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  45. REUNION IN SCOTLAND.

    The Duke of Argyll, Mr. Balfour. Mr. Bonar Law, and 1,157 Peers and members of the House of Commons, with other influential Scotsmen, have signed an appeal ...

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  46. HELP FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    At an executive meeting of the Timber Workers' Union on Thursday it was decided to give £100 towards relieving the distress among the coalminers of Great Britain. ...

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  47. DOG TEAM RACE.

    A telegram from Nome, Alaska, gives the result of the world's greatest dog team race, which took place from Nome to Candle and back, a total distance of 412 miles. ...

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  48. THE PEOPLE PAY.

    Tyneside coal merchants predict that there will be a permanent rise at from 1/6 to 2/ per ton on household coal, to cover the increased cost of production, owing to ...

    Article : 56 words
  49. SYMPATHY FROM VICTORIA.

    At the Victorian Political Labour Councils annual conference to-day the following mo[?]ion was unanimously agreed to:—"That this conference, representing the ...

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  50. POLAR EXPLORATION.

    Real-Admiral Peary (discoverer of the north pole in 1909) espresses his belief that Capt. Scott (leader of the British Antarctic Expedition) has been successful in ...

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  51. DEATH OF EMILY SOLDENE.

    The death is announced, in her sixtyeighth year, of Emily Soldene, the well-known actress and novelist. She was born at Islington, and appeared first as a ...

    Article : 155 words
  52. GENERAL APPEAL TO SCOTLAND.

    On the subject of ecclesiastical reunion in Scotland the Duke of Argyll has penned a letter in which he approves of a general appeal to the Scottish public for support. ...

    Article : 70 words
  53. GRAVE THREATS.

    Mr. George Barker, a member of the Miners' Federation Executive, has hinted at the possibility of all classes of workers going out on strike again if the district ...

    Article : 82 words
  54. STRIKE RIOTS.

    A section of the National Conference, summoned to deal with the question of the coal miners' return to work, sharply criticised the action of the executive of the ...

    Article : 81 words
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  56. FOR AND AGAINST PEACE.

    An analysis of Saturday's voting in Durham, Northumberland, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire. Leicestershire, and Cumberland, reveals that those districts reversed their ...

    Article : 37 words
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