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  2. POLITICS AND THE SCHOOLS.

    After hearing Mr. J. Grant, secretary of the P.L.L., the delegates to the New South Wales Public School Teachers' Union decided to affiliate with the league. ...

    Article : 249 words
  3. STATE SESSION.

    The State Parliament will meet on Tuesday next at noon. A proclamation to this effect was issued last night. The session, which will be a very short one ...

    Article : 380 words
  4. LABOUR UNREST.

    Other municipalities are watching the strike of corporation labourers at Leeds with intense interest, fearing that similar strikes will take place elsewhere. ...

    Article : 239 words
  5. MEXICO.

    Congress has adjourned after granting President Huerta virtually dictatorial powers. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. Admiral Fletcher, in command of the United ...

    Article : 59 words
  6. BOER NATIONALISM.

    Ten thousand people, including the Prime Minister, General Botha, are to attend to-day, when Mrs. Steyn will unveil the memorial to the Boer women and children who died in ...

    Article : 80 words
  7. WATER SCHEME.

    A scheme of an important charecter to effecting the much-needed improvement of the water supply for the northern suburbs and the making of adequate provision for ...

    Article : 484 words
  8. SYDNEY'S REFUSE.

    The question of where the offal comes from which, for the past week, has been floating up on to the Sydney beaches has been solved beyond question. The dead dogs and hens ...

    Article : 1,432 words
  9. SLUM LIFE.

    "I can only touch the fringe of the subject of the social conditions of the masses in Europe," said Mr. J. D. Fitzgerald in the course of an address to the N.S.W. Public ...

    Article : 474 words
  10. WAR HORSES.

    Lord Esher, as president of the London Territorial Association, recently complained that, in the event of a general mobilisation, every available horse would he required for ...

    Article : 162 words
  11. GERMAN CROWN PRINCE.

    Although it was at first reported that a complete reconciliation had taken place between the Emperor and the Crown Prince, it is now stated that the latter's recall to ...

    Article : 91 words
  12. DIRTY BEACHES.

    "We have received a definite assurance from." the Abattoirs Board," said the Lord Mayor (Alderman Cocks), referring yesterday to the littering of the beaches with ...

    Article : 68 words
  13. THE SUFFRAGISTS.

    Sylvia Pankhurst has bean released from prison. The proprietor of the Kew Gardens tea pavilion sued Olive Wharry and Lilian ...

    Article : 172 words
  14. DUBLIN STRIKE.

    Judge Kenny, of Dublin, has strongly criticised the action of the Crown in entering a [?]olle prosequi in regard to further charges of [?]edition and conspiracy against Larkin, the ...

    Article : 90 words
  15. THE PHILIPPINES.

    President Wilson has withdrawn from the honorary membership of the new military Order of the Carabao, an organisation which comprises officers who served in either the ...

    Article : 140 words
  16. MR. CARMICHAEL'S POSITION.

    There have been persistent rumours during the past day or two to the effect that the Minister for Education contemplates retiring from the Ministry, but Mr. Carmichael ...

    Article : 56 words
  17. SIR GEORGE REID.

    Sir George Reid will be entertained at the Town Hall to-morrow evening by the literary and debating societies of Sydney. The Chief Justice (Sir Wm. Cullen), who is president ...

    Article : 417 words
  18. MR. PAGE'S POSITION.

    One interesting possibility of the near future will be the readmission to the caucus of Mr Page, who fought and beat the selected Labour candidate for Botany. When the ...

    Article : 138 words
  19. POST OFFICE TROUBLE.

    A small syndicalist section of the post-office employees threaten to adopt a campaign of sabotage in the shape of misdirecting mails and sending telegrams to nowhere. ...

    Article : 58 words
  20. LOCAL OPTION.

    Further official returns with regard to the local option poll were made available yesterday. These embrace the suburbs of Redfern, ...

    Article : 122 words
  21. ELECTRIC LIGHT.

    Mr. E. J. Cochrane, chief assistant in the city electrical engineer's department, who returned to Sydney lost week from a tour abroad, has furnished the Lord Mayor ...

    Article : 263 words
  22. THE STRIKE.

    Mr. E. Grayndler, general secretary of the A.W.U., who presided at the conference of combined unions yesterday, stated subsequently that the only cable to hand since ...

    Article : 310 words
  23. INDIANS IN NATAL.

    A largely-attended meeting of Indians was held at which a resolution was passed protesting against the constitution of the commission which has been appointed to inquire ...

    Article : 126 words
  24. SOUTH WALES MINERS.

    The minors on the South Wales Conciliation Board asked the owners to agree that all colliers should be expected to join the minors' federation, which was responsible for the ...

    Article : 78 words
  25. TEST CRICKET.

    The first test match of the M.C.C.'s team in the South African tour was continued yesterday, and at the close of the day's play the Englishmen had lost seven wickets for 419. ...

    Article : 180 words
  26. AMERICAN STRIKE RIOTS.

    Serious riots marked the strike of factory hands here yesterday. A number of women with children in their arms formed a shield for the strikers while ...

    Article : 88 words
  27. THE TRAFFIC.

    In some amendments to the "Regulations for General Traffic," recently gazetted, the laws previously in force relating to the carrying of lights on vehicles have been considerably ...

    Article : 421 words
  28. AUSTRALIAN ART.

    The Authors' Club entertained Mr. Bertram Mackennal, the Australian sculptor, at a banquet last night. The guests included Sir John McCall, Sir T. B. Robinson, and Captain ...

    Article : 135 words
  29. PROHIBITION IN CANADA.

    As a result of the local option poll throuhout Ontario, 502 municipalities, out of a total of 835, decided in favour of prohibition. ...

    Article : 33 words
  30. BUTTER AND MARGARINE.

    The Local Government Board has issued a memorandum stating that there is no appreciable difference in the nutritive values of butter and margarine. ...

    Article : 70 words
  31. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 249 words
  32. NEW PASTY.

    At the declaration of the poll for the Allowric electorate to-day Mr. Mark Morton, when returning thanks for his elections prophesied that a new party would shortly arise ...

    Article : 230 words
  33. MOBBED.

    Further confirmation of the story of Mr. E. J. Mulhern, who was assaulted by a mob of union strikers, or their sympathisers, on Monday afternoon, was forthcoming last night. ...

    Article : 250 words
  34. STRIKERS HOLDING OUT.

    The strikers maintain they can stand out a long time yet. It is understood that the old union is appealing to the Arbitration Court on the question of whether the new ...

    Article : 117 words
  35. THE LAW'S DELAYS.

    The Royal Commission, which has been inquiring into delays in connection with the King's Bench Division, suggests, in its report. ...

    Article : 75 words
  36. DISASTROUS FIRE.

    A portion of the famous castle of the Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, at Schwerin, has been destroyed by fire, together with a quantity of furniture, some precious Gobelin ...

    Article : 124 words
  37. OWNERS AND SEAMEN CONFER.

    The seamen's representatives were in conference with the shipowners last night and again this afternoon. The result of the negotiations will have an important bearing on the ...

    Article : 57 words
  38. COALMINERS UNITED.

    A manifesto issued by the central strike committee, Westport, gives the views of the miners regarding the possibility of securing supplies of coal within the Dominion. "At ...

    Article : 293 words
  39. LAUNCH OF THE TIGER.

    H.M.S. Tiger, 28,000 tons, which is Great Britain's largest super-dreadnought, was launched at Clydebank to-day. The battleship will have a speed of 30 ...

    Article : 175 words
  40. Advertising

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  41. LEWIS WALLER IN COURT.

    As the result of a collision between a motor car driven by Lewis Waller, the wellknown actor, and a tramcar, near the intersection of Domain-road and St. Kilda-road, ...

    Article : 154 words
  42. TARIFF REFORM.

    Six hundred delegates attended the Tariff Reform Conference at Manchester yesterday. The conference reaffirmed the necessity for Imperial preference. ...

    Article : 46 words
  43. STRIKE CONDEMNED

    Discussing the Labour Disputes Investigation Bill in the House. Mr. Paul, Labour member, said the measure supplied legislation which, under present conditions, was ...

    Article : 207 words
  44. NO ROLL-STUFFING.

    The report of the Senate committee which inquired into the allegations of roll-stuffing and corrupt practices prior to and during the general elections of May 31 was tabled ...

    Article : 133 words
  45. HOME RULE.

    At yesterday's sitting of the Tariff Reform Conference at Manchester Mr. Austen Chamberlain, referring incidentally to the recent rumours regarding his part in negotiations ...

    Article : 82 words
  46. UNIONISTS RETURNING.

    The Greymouth watersiders are reported to have resumed work. The Port Chalmers shipwrights have declared the strike off, and will resume work on Thursday. ...

    Article : 52 words
  47. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 164 words
  48. RAILWAY TUNNEL DISASTER.

    The collapse of the Harrasfelsen tunnel, near Braunsdorf, in Saxony, while train was passing through it yesterday, is supposed in the first instance to have been due to earth ...

    Article : 134 words
  49. MOTOR CYCLE RECORD.

    J. G. Ramsey, of Kadina, has broken the record for 24 hours continuous motor-cycl ride. He covered 836 miles on Yorke's Peninsular circuit. The previous record of 722 ...

    Article : 61 words
  50. BUILDINGS GUTTED.

    A fire occurred in Quay-street, Rockhampton, this morning, as the resuit of which the store and premises of the New Zealand Loan Company were completely gutted, and the ...

    Article : 80 words
  51. MR. CHURCHILL TO VISIT GERMANY.

    The First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, is to spend the week-end in Paris, and thence he will go to Germany, where he will spend three weeks on a ...

    Article : 49 words
  52. NAVAL DEFENCE.

    The Appropriation Bill provides for the expenditure of £50,000 on naval defence. The vote was passed with little discussion. The session closed last night. ...

    Article : 61 words
  53. LYTTELTON BY-ELECTION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 22 words
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