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  2. CURRENT TOPICS.

    After much talk and considerable delay, the Fingal council has at last got to work on the St. Mary's water supply in real earnest. The tenders for the work were ...

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  3. THE WORKER.

    The British Motor Cab Company refusing an allowance of 6d an hour to drivers while awaiting taxis, 1100 men struck. ...

    Article : 27 words
  4. NAVAL RIVALRY.

    When introducing the naval estimates into the House of Commons. the First Lord of the Admiralty (Right Hon. W. S. Churchill) stated that if, as he feared, ...

    Article : 826 words
  5. INFERNAL MACHINE.

    Judge Otto Rosalsky received through the post an infernal machine, but a small particle of dirt clogged the works, preventing certain death to the person ...

    Article : 94 words
  6. ENGINE-DRIVERS AND FIREMEN

    Argument in the special case stated by the President of the Federal Arbitration Court in connection with the Federated Enginedrivers' and Firemen's Association ...

    Article : 670 words
  7. RECENT COLLISION.

    The P. and O. Company states that seven passengers and three of the European crew of the steamer Oceana are missing. Several bodies have been ...

    Article : 39 words
  8. BEHAVIOUR OF LASCARS.

    The "Pall Mall Gazette" declares that the alleged bad behaviour of the lascars on the Oceana must be rigidly investigated. ...

    Article : 25 words
  9. CRYSTALGAZER'S DEATH.

    Last month Miss Eva Mountstephens, a believer in crystalgazing, was alleged to have poisoned Miss Garnet Orme, whom she had interested in the mode of ...

    Article : 95 words
  10. ESCAPED CONVICTS.

    Two convicts escaped from the Penitentiary at Lincoln, and a posse pursued them, and maintained a running fight for several miles, killing both convicts. A ...

    Article : 68 words
  11. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    The Hon. Chas. Russen, M.L.C., who was at Fingal during the week, returned to Launceston on Saturday. Captain J. E. F. Coyle, officer in charge ...

    Article : 341 words
  12. BOILER EXPLOSION.

    A locomotive boiler exploded in a Southern Pacific round house. A strike. breaker who was working in the building was killed, and 25 bodies have been ...

    Article : 43 words
  13. COAL STRIKE.

    In the House of Commons the Prime Minister (Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, K.O.) stated he would introduce the Minimum Wage Bill to-morrow. It was ...

    Article : 55 words
  14. FEDERAL MINISTERS.

    Early next month there will be changes in the administration of Commonwealth affairs. The Prime Minister intends leaving for New South Wales ...

    Article : 204 words
  15. UNITED STATES TRADE

    Business is stagnant in many parts of the United States, and the National Bank's o[?]cial report for New York shows a great expansion of inactivity in other ...

    Article : 46 words
  16. PRICE OF COAL.

    The price of coal in London advanced 4s to-day. There is a growing belief that the Government will suspend the Eight Hours Act until the supply equals ...

    Article : 32 words
  17. THE IRISH.

    Addressing an Irish gathering on St. Patrick's Day, President Taft praised the Irish for their adaptability for becoming American citizens. That race, he said, ...

    Article : 42 words
  18. VANS OVERTURNED.

    Three hundred colliers at Burton raid ed the coal vans, overturning them and seizing their contents. Several arrests have been made. ...

    Article : 23 words
  19. PROVISIONS OF THE BILL.

    "The Times" states that the Coal Mines Bill merely meets a special emergency, and does not deal with future strikes or embody comp[?]sion. The ...

    Article : 38 words
  20. LITHGOW TROUBLE.

    The Lithgow trouble is becoming more manifest in Sydney by the increasing number of men, moulders, and ironworkers' assistants, who are being ...

    Article : 48 words
  21. STEAMER FOUNDERS.

    The steamer North Briton, from Sunderland for Sulina, has foundered, 20 of those aboard being drowned. Only one was saved, and he was landed at Spozla. ...

    Article : 39 words
  22. RESOLUTION RESCINDED.

    Recently the executive of the Amalgamated Society of Railwaymen resolved to foreclose on certain mortgages granted to members who subsequently did not ...

    Article : 48 words
  23. CRICKETERS' FAREWELLED.

    A farewell dinner was given by the Victorian Cricket Association to the members of the Australian cricket team at the Vienna Cafe to-night. Mr. ...

    Article : 254 words
  24. COLLIERY DISPUTE.

    At last the vexed question of the proposed abolition of the afternoon shift at the Newcastle and Maitland collieries seems, to be approaching settlement. A ...

    Article : 53 words
  25. MEXICAN REVOLT.

    The Federalists to the number of 200 surrendered near Raca, and the rebel army is now seeking to reach Ojinaga. ...

    Article : 29 words
  26. GERMAN TROUBLE.

    The strike, which is stagnant at Ruhr, is spreading in Saxony and Hanover, and there is unrest in Silesia. The strikers are threatened with short terms of ...

    Article : 111 words
  27. SCHOOLBOY STRIKE.

    The police seriously injuring a school boy in a demonstration at' Serajevo, the scholars in the grammar schools in Croatia, Dalmatia, and Bosnia struck. The ...

    Article : 49 words
  28. PHOSPHATE WORKERS' STRIKE.

    By to-morrow 140 farmers will be at work in the metropolitan area bagging superphosphate at the various manufactories, where the strike is in progress, ...

    Article : 163 words
  29. SUPPOSED POISONING.

    Six deaths have occurred at Geilenkirchen under circumstances similar to the municipal shelter cases in January last. ...

    Article : 26 words
  30. DEFENCE SCHEME.

    No effort is now being spared by the defence, authorities to make better arrangements for the registration of boys under the new defence scheme. The ...

    Article : 92 words
  31. DOCKS FOR JAMAICA.

    American capitalists, who planned great dry docks and shipping facilities here, abandoned the plans when informed that they would not be guaranteed ...

    Article : 47 words
  32. VIEWS OF CONSERVATIVES.

    Right Hon. A. H. Lee (C.) approved of Mr. Churchill's speech, but doubted whether the programme provided a bare minimum consistent with full security. ...

    Article : 60 words
  33. HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    Mr. H. Fitzherbert Wright (U.) has been returned unopposed for North Herefordshire, vice Sir J. Rankin (C.), retired. [At the general election the polling ...

    Article : 45 words
  34. SHOOTING SENSATION.

    After a four hours' siege of a house at Castleford, Yorkshire, the police captured George Lumb, and charged him with revolvering and wounding the ...

    Article : 51 words
  35. PRESS OPINIONS.

    In the opinion of "The Times," Mr. Churchill's speech was the east exposition of the naval policy given since 1889. The only doubt was whether the measure ...

    Article : 702 words
  36. COMING EVENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 29 words
  37. WAGES' BOARD DETERMINATION.

    The following is the determination of the Butchers' Wages Board, which is to come into force on April 8:— Shop Hands.—First shopman, per week ...

    Article : 674 words
  38. DOMINION POLITICS.

    Judges Williams and Chapman are hearing a petition against the return of Mr. M'Callum, who was returned for Wairu as a Government member. The ...

    Article : 82 words
  39. SHIPPING.

    At Lloyd's the following notifications have been made.— Arrivals.—At Manchester — Admiral (Borresen. Passed Beachy Head—Clan ...

    Article : 41 words
  40. TRIPOLITAN WAR.

    Reuter states that Italy has informed the Powers of the minimum it requires as a basis for the peace negotiations. The note is conciliatory, and inspires the ...

    Article : 39 words
  41. Advertising

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