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  2. THE TIMBER INDUSTRY.

    On Saturday morning the president of the Timber Hewers' Union (Mr. J. Cusack) and Messrs. T. Adams, J. J. Curran, and A. McCallum waited ...

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  3. AN APPALLING DISASTER.

    One of the worst colliery disasters on record is reported from Courriers a mining township in the French department of Pas de Calais. ...

    Article : 203 words
  4. BRITISH POLITICS.

    In the House of Lords yesterday Lord Halsbury's Secret Commissions Bill was read a third time. ...

    Article : 26 words
  5. A STEAMER STRUCK BY BULLETS.

    The crew of the coastal steamer Dunmore had an exciting experience when off Long Bay yesterday afternoon. The vessel was struck by a ...

    Article : 304 words
  6. SOUTH AFRICAN PROBLEMS.

    Transvaal statistics show that there are 61,211 more women and children in the country districts than on the Witwatersrand. ...

    Article : 112 words
  7. WAIFS AND STRAYS.

    On Saturday Dr. Hicks, in the absence of the Colonial Secretary, Mr. Walter Kingsmill, received a deputation which asked for financial ...

    Article : 1,415 words
  8. ADMINISTRATION OF THE MACHINERY ACT.

    Mr. J. Scaddan, M.L.A., made the following statement to a reporter of the "West Australian" on Saturday:—"In your issue of Wednesday last ...

    Article : 2,014 words
  9. MINERS EIGHT HOURS BILL.

    The promoters of the Miners Eight Hours Bill in the House of Commons propose that the measure shall provide that the working day for miners shall ...

    Article : 83 words
  10. FIGHTING IN THE PHILIPPINES.

    A report has been received of serious fighting in the Philippines. It appears that the United States troops, assisted by a naval contingent ...

    Article : 275 words
  11. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    Last night Dr. Black, the President of the Central Board of Health, received a telegram from Dr. Blackburne, intimating that another case of plague, ...

    Article : 915 words
  12. TEETOTALISM IN THE COMMONS.

    Mr. J. Keir-Hardie, the leader of the Independent Parliamentary Labour Party, has obtained the adhesion of the bulk of the Labourites, many ...

    Article : 61 words
  13. THE FISCAL QUESTION.

    Lord Robert Cecil, Unionist M.P. for East Marylebone, in a letter to the Duke of Devonshire, referring to the resolution passed recently by the ...

    Article : 166 words
  14. THE A.M.P. SOCIETY'S FOREIGN BUSINESS.

    At the adjourned meeting of policyholders in the Australian Mutual Provident Society to-day resolutions for the extension of the company's business ...

    Article : 278 words
  15. THE ANGLO-SPANISH MARRIAGE.

    The "Times" congratulates King Alfonso of Spain and Princess Ena of Battenberg upon their approaching marriage. ...

    Article : 105 words
  16. SUNDAY OBSERVANCE.

    The House of Lords has agreed to a motion by Lord Avebury affirming that Sunday shopping demands the serious attention of the Government. ...

    Article : 92 words
  17. THE STATE OF RUSSIA.

    The "Berzheviya Viedmosti," a St. Petersburg journal, publishes a long list of intellectuals and reformers who have been arrested. ...

    Article : 55 words
  18. MOROCCO.

    Germany, through the Austrian delegation at the Algeciras Conference, now proposes that France and Spain should organise the policing of seven Moroccan ...

    Article : 95 words
  19. MR. KEIR-HARDIE'S INTERVIEW.

    Mr. Keir-Hardie the leader of the Independent Labour Party in the House of Commons repudiates the statements regarding the treatment of ...

    Article : 91 words
  20. POST OFFICE ROBBERIES.

    The transmission of money through the Post Offices of Russian Poland has been suspended. This step has been rendered ...

    Article : 31 words
  21. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    This evening in the Theatre Royal, a crowded house is expected at the benefit performance to Miss Marrie, the booking having surpassed all ...

    Article : 439 words
  22. THE MISSING MILLIONAIRE.

    The attempt to serve Mr. J. D. Rockefeller, the American multi-millionaire, and head of the Standard Oil Companies, with a subpoena requiring ...

    Article : 91 words
  23. FRANCE.

    M. Sarrien, a Radical Republican, is engaged in forming a French Ministry to succeed that of M. Rouvier, which resigned last week, after an adverse ...

    Article : 74 words
  24. PECULIAR LEGAL POSITION.

    A matter of interest as affecting the State and High Courts came before Mr. Justice Pring in Chambers to-day. Mr. Windyer, on behalf of Chas. ...

    Article : 232 words
  25. RIVAL TOBACCO CORPORATIONS.

    An American tobacco trust with a capital of £6,000,000, is being formed to fight the Imperial Tobacco Co. in the purchase of leaf. ...

    Article : 34 words
  26. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    As a test of mobilisation at Chatham and Sheerness to-day, 60 warships of the Reserve Division including destroyers, were manned with full crews. ...

    Article : 31 words
  27. AMERICAN LIFE ASSURANCE.

    The directors of the Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York report that the business of the corporation for 1905 compared with that of the previous ...

    Article : 45 words
  28. THE LATE KING CHRISTIAN.

    According to the "Standard," the whole of the personal estate of the late King Christian of Denmark, amounting to £166,550. is bequeathed to Prince ...

    Article : 82 words
  29. ALLEGED RITUALISM.

    Consequent upon the public discussion that has arisen on the subject of alleged ritualistic practices in St. Peter's Church. Eastern Hill, Archbishop ...

    Article : 109 words
  30. A DISASTROUS AVALANCHE.

    A number of fishermen's huts on the Lofoden Islands off the coast of Norway have been buried by an avalanche. Twenty-one persons are known to ...

    Article : 46 words
  31. PERSONAL.

    Mr. Joseph Devlin, Nationalist M.P. for Belfast West, and one of the most cloquent speakers in the House of Commons will start for Australia to-day on ...

    Article : 77 words
  32. OUTRAGE AT BROKEN HILL.

    A darling robbery was committed to-day at Broken Hill. James Groutsch, a youth employed on the Proprietary mine, was carrying pay-money—£61 10s.—from ...

    Article : 69 words
  33. THE PROPOSED UNION OF THE CHURCHES.

    The sittings of the Methodist Conference were concluded to-day. A report from the committee on the union of churches stated that six meetings had ...

    Article : 118 words
  34. FINANCIAL.

    There is a general recovery of prices on the London Stock Exchange, owing to the improved prospects of the Algeciras Conference and the better feeling ...

    Article : 58 words
  35. AN ALLEGED LUNATIC CHAINED UP.

    Samuel Dickson, second mate of the ship London Hill was charged in the South Melbourne Police Court to-day with having assaulted a seaman on the ...

    Article : 162 words
  36. MINING.

    Following are the latest quotations for the undermentioned colonial mining shares:—Associated (W.A.) b £2 1s. 3d., s £2 ...

    Article : 134 words
  37. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 55 words
  38. THE UNION LABEL.

    The Trades' Hall Council has adopted a resolution providing for co-operation with similar bodies in the other States in an endeavour to secure a ...

    Article : 66 words
  39. COMMERCIAL.

    Wool.—There was a very large attendance of foreign buyers at the Antwerp wool sales. A good and choice selection was offered, especially of ...

    Article : 94 words
  40. LOST IN THE BUSH FOR FIVE DAYS.

    William Mather, who was lost in the bush on the George's River in the Campbelltown district, since Sunday last, succeeded in reaching Liverpool ...

    Article : 44 words
  41. THE WRECK OF THE THORDIS.

    The wreck of the steamer Thordis at Port Stephens was offered at auction to-day and was purchased by Emerson Bros., of Balmain for £375. The same ...

    Article : 47 words
  42. THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    Mr. Seddon says that his Government has had communications from the Imperial Government with reference to New Hebrides, but that he is not at ...

    Article : 71 words
  43. THE LAW COURTS.

    Criminal Court.—At 10 o'clock, before Mr. Commissioner Roe. Chambers.—At 10.30 o'clock, before Mr. Justice Burnside. ...

    Article : 21 words
  44. THE WRECK OF THE SPEKE.

    The Court of Marine Inquiry concluded the hearing to-day of the charge of careless navigation preferred against Captain Tilston, of the wrecked ship ...

    Article : 52 words
  45. VICTORIAN BUSH FIRES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 47 words
  46. Advertising

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    Advertising : 204 words
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