Yesterday was a day of negotiations in connection with the dispute between the Garters' and Drivers' Union and the employers of carters and drivers in the city, ...
Article : 4,331 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly[?] shortly after 5 o'clock this afternoon the Acting Premier (Mr. Holiman) announced to the House that he had tendered the ...
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Article : 466 wordsMr. William Stubbs, a well-known mining manager, died at his residence, Mitchell-street, Bendigo, on Sunday, aged 63. He had been in failing health for some ...
Article : 818 wordsAt the Australian banquet given last night at the Connaught Rooms Mr. Murray, the Premier of Victoria, referred to the "Review of Reviews" ...
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Article : 625 wordsAt the Connaught Rooms last evening a banquet was given to Mr. John Murray the Premier of Victoria, and Mr. W. L. Bailleau, the Victorian ...
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Article : 287 wordsAn agreement has been concluded between the owners of the coasting vessels in Glasgow and the seamen and firemen who recently went on strike. The men ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Maharajah of Gwnlior has given King George £8,000 as a Coronation gift, and the King has devoted the money to King Edward's Hospital ...
Article : 49 wordsA shooking motor accident, resulting in three persons losing their lives, occurred on the Denman-road, about twelve miles from Muswellbrook last ...
Article : 286 wordsThe national insurance scheme of Mr. Lloyd-George. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which provides for the expenditure of £4,300,000, annually on ...
Article : 179 wordsIn the pithead riots which took place yesterday in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales and in which the police made several baton charges and the military ...
Article : 114 wordsAt Leipzig yesterday, H. Hardwick, of New South Willes, heat O. Schiele, of the German Swimming Union, in the 300 metres swimming race, Hardwick's ...
Article : 56 wordsAt the auction sales of tallow to-day 1,476 casks were offered, and 354 sold. Fine mutton realised 30s. per owt., and medium 32s. 6d. Fine beef sold at 33s. ...
Article : 98 wordsThe authorities of Chicago recently introduced by-laws against the noisy demonstrations of pedlars in the city, and as a protest against the ordinances ...
Article : 83 wordsThe fourth series of the sales at the London Wool Exchange closed to-day. The market was firm, and top prices were realised for all lines submitted. ...
Article : 164 wordsSettlers i on, tho tar west const hnvo been concerned over the manner of the death of a-"native named Yundinna Jack. "An inquest was hold at Fowler's ...
Article : 225 wordsAt the trial last week at Viterbo of the Camorrista charged with the murder of Cuocolo and his wife, there were extraordinary scenes of uproar and ...
Article : 116 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Chamber of Mines to-day tile president, Mr. H. E.'Rowe, said that wagas boards were useful, in many trades, but he ...
Article : 218 wordsJohn A. Bowron. one of the principals of the firm of Bowron Brothers, wholesale leather merchants, who was recently sentenced to l8 months ...
Article : 113 wordsWhether the Federal Government should contribute towards the maintenance or construction of roads required for military purposes was raised by a ...
Article : 125 wordsThe New South Wales Cadets, under Major Wynne, were entertained yesterday at a picnic on the Thames. At Eton they were welcomed by the ...
Article : 64 wordsA Treasury return shows that last year England and Wales contributed to the revenue 84.36 per cent. of the total, Scotland 9.86 per cent., and ...
Article : 68 wordsThe cocaine habit is spreading in several cities in Canada. During the past twelve months 150 arrests have been made in Montreal of ...
Article : 40 wordsThe British Admiralty has given instructions for the changing of the name of the battleship New Zealand, now attached to the Home Fleet, to that of ...
Article : 73 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly to-day the adjournment of the House was moved by Mr. Prendergast, the leader of the Labour Party, for the purpose of ...
Article : 259 wordsAt the International Mjnors' Congress in London yesterday a resolution, which was moved by the Austrian and German delegates was carried in favour ...
Article : 67 wordsIn the Criminal Court to-day Harry Brooks, a young man employed as a working jeweller in the shop of John Hofimann, of Brunswick-street, Fitzroy, ...
Article : 132 wordsThree people were killed yesterday, and eleven seriously injured, in an explosion in the mixing shed at the Cliffe Cordite Factory at Rochester, in Kent. ...
Article : 54 wordsThe billiard scores in the Stevenson v. Reece match of 12,000 up stand as follow:—Reece (receiving 2.000), in play. 9.500; Stevenson, 8,500. ...
Article : 41 wordsMr. W. T. Stead, the editor of the "Review of Reviews," has arrived in Constantinople for the purpose or proceeding to Albania and personally ...
Article : 55 wordsA Liverpool solicitor, named Cleaver, has obtained a divorce from his wife, and been awarded £2,000 damages, against Lord Victor Paget, a ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Minister of Customs (Mr. Tudor) said to-day that it has been decided to arrange exchanges of Customs officers holding oquivalent positions from one ...
Article : 120 wordsA typhoon which prevailed yesterday in Tokio and Yokohama caused widespread damage, and the loss of 100 lives. Forty bodies have been ...
Article : 34 wordsA tragic accident, involving the loss of her master. Captain Alfred Johnson, happened on the ketch Ripple as she was sailing down the bay last night ...
Article : 124 wordsThe London Taxi-cab Commission report suggests that the fares should remain unaltered, that drivers should have 20 per cent. of the first pound ...
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Article : 48 wordsE. J. Smith, the Warwickshire professional, anti P. F. Worner, the Middlesex crack, have accepted the invitation of the Marylebone officials to join ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 28 Jul 1911, Page 5
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