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Article : 179 wordsLast night's meeting of the Wharf-labourers' Union at the Trades Hall was attended by an immense throng, many being unable to gain admittance for want of room. Addresses ...
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Article : 324 wordsViscount Haldane, Lord High Chancellor, has authorised Professor Morgan to deny that he proposal that the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council should go on circuit in the ...
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Article : 39 wordsA mass meeting of the Federated Seamen's Union (about 500 being able to attend) was held at, the Trades Hall yesterday, to consider the position, the proceedings lasting ...
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Article : 54 wordsIn the Assembly, the Moneylenders' Bill, which brings under restriction all persons lending money over 12½ per cent., including firms which charge on overdue accounts, was ...
Article : 39 wordsMost of the mines and treatment plants along the line of lode closed down last night at midnight, when the water was cut off from Stephen's Creek supply. These included ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 4 Dec 1913, Page 9
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