At a meeting yesterday of the Committee of Management of the Colliery Employees' Federation, presided over by Mr. P. Bowling, it was reported that a ...
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Article : 666 wordsThough Messrs. Carson and Simpson, the contractors for the construction of the first section of the North Count railway, from Maitland to Dungog, experienced delay in the first instance ...
Article : 526 wordsThe London wool sales are firm, and there is general competition at late improved rates. ...
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Article : 104 wordsThe Alleghany (U.S.A.) National Bank has suspended payment. ...
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Article : 38 wordsPolling for St. George takes place to-morrow. Both sides are working hard. The general opinion is that the Ministerial candidate must win. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Budget Committee of the Duma has reported against a credit of £1,100,000 for the construction of Russian battleships. ...
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Article : 31 wordsThis committee of the Russian Upper House has approved of the immediate construction of the Amur railway, despite Count de Witte's warning that it will cost £32,500,000. ...
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Article : 52 wordsThe Special Local Option Court to-day reduced the number of hotels in the Parramatta district by seven. ...
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Article : 272 wordsGerman publicists warn the Government that Lieut-General Sir Ian Hamilton visited St. Petersburg to try and arrange an Anglo-Franco-Russian Military Convention, aimed at ...
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Article : 26 wordsMr. Farman has challenged the Wright Brothers to engage in aeroplane speed and distance trails in Paris, for £1000 aside. ...
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Article : 47 wordsPrince Ito, Resident-General in Korea, speaking in Seoul, declared that Japan's peaceful development of Korea was intended to secure for Koreans their independence. The Koreans then, he said, ...
Article : 45 wordsBar silver is quoted at 2s 0½d per ounce standard. ...
Article : 13 words[?]ery, cashier of the Alleghany National [?] Bank of Pittsburg, has been charged [?]absconding with £270,000 belonging to [?] tank. He pleads that he was "money ...
Article : 37 words"I don't think there will be any Sir William Lyne, Federal Treasurer, said when asked to express an opinion concerning the possible retirement of Mr. Deakin ...
Article : 771 words[?]a sequel to the case of the Marquis [?]head, the benchers of the Inner Temple[?] that Mr. Thomas Sutherst, his [?]in-law, a barrister, should be ...
Article : 31 wordsA grocery shop at Camperdown, kept by Miss Jane Murphy, was totally gutted by fire early this morning. The proprietress and her sister were the only occupants, and they had a sensational escape. ...
Article : 145 wordsThe Imperial Government has established [?] at Burlington House, with a paid [?] to collate and distribute information [?] and publish a map relating to the ...
Article : 68 wordsAt a meeting of the Kurri district cemetery trustees Mr. W. Lewis preside. The Kurri fire brigade wrote offering the free use of the fire station for meetings. The offer was ...
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Article : 139 wordsWhile changed at his work as a machine-man in Pelaw-Main colliery yesterday, Edwin Cocks was struck by a fall of coal, as a result of which he received severe bruises to his back, and he is ...
Article : 68 wordsAt Copenhagen the Danes can now listen with pleasure to music played in Berlin, and "a multitude of voices each with its own other-tone," each clear, distinct, and ...
Article : 439 wordsThe weather information received at 9 a.m. to-day at the West Maitland. Telegraph Station reports fine at all places. ...
Article : 26 wordsNew South Wales : Still unsettled and showery over the eastern half ; fine over the western ; variable winds. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Abermain Miners' Lodge has decided to make a public presentation to Mr. James Fletcher, late-manager of Abermain colliery, and a committee, with Mr. A. Teece as secretary, has ...
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The Maitland Daily Mercury (NSW : 1894 - 1939), Tue 19 May 1908, Page 5
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