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  2. ELECTRIC LIGHT.

    One of the first items that engaged the attention of the Lord Mayor (Alderman Cocks) when he took office was the small coal supply stored at the City Council's electric light ...

    Article : 604 words
  3. GAS STRIKE IN SYDNEY.

    Without giving any notice, formal or otherwise to the companies, the gas employees of Sydney and North Sydney came out on strike ...

    Article : 625 words
  4. THE SUFFRAGISTS. KEW GARDENS CASE.

    Joyce Locke, who, with Lilian Lenton, was seen running away from the burning teahouse in Kew Gardens last week, was committed for trial at the Richmond Police Court ...

    Article : 100 words
  5. IMPERIAL DEFENCE. MEMORIAL TO MR. ASQUITH.

    The National Defence Association has submitted a memorial to the Prime Minister, urging that the Government should take the nation into, its confidence, and furnish a plain ...

    Article : 109 words
  6. THE BALKANS. TURKEY'S NEW MOVE.

    The Porte, through Russia, has tentatively offered to negotiate for peace with Bulgaria on the basis of the surrender of Adrianople, hoping that other conditions will be ...

    Article : 47 words
  7. ADRIANOPLE.

    The bombardment of East Advianople is reported to be decreasing. ...

    Article : 16 words
  8. CANADIAN NAVAL PROPOSALS.

    The debate on the naval proposals, of the Government was continued in the House of Commons last night. Mr. Knowles stated that Australia alone was ...

    Article : 102 words
  9. CAUGHT IN THE ACT.

    Some men caught a woman painting the words "Votes for Women" on the seats on Hampstead Heath. They pulled down her hair, and daubed ...

    Article : 38 words
  10. SIEGE OF SKUTARI.

    The "Allgemaine Zeitung" reports that 30,000 Servians, with 34 siege and field guns, are now in Southern Macedonia marching to Salonika, where they are to embark in Greek ...

    Article : 44 words
  11. MRS. PANKHURST ON BAIL.

    Mrs. Pankhurst has been released on bail, as she undertook to refrain from inciting suffrugists to damage property. Her health is not satisfactory. Her trial has been ...

    Article : 43 words
  12. NAVAL ACTIVITY.

    A Bulgarian warship captured a Turkish vessel off Varna, on the Black Sea, laden with 3,000,0001b of barley. CORFU, Feb. 28. ...

    Article : 48 words
  13. SHORTAGE OF OFFICERS.

    Owing to the shortage of junior officers the Admiralty has decided to admit a limited number of Naval Reserve officers, between the ages of 22 and 32, as officers in the military ...

    Article : 67 words
  14. FORCIBLE FEEDING.

    Sylvia Pankhurst and four other suffragists are being forcibly fed in Holloway Gaol. They are reported to be seriously ill. ...

    Article : 22 words
  15. A TURKISH CONSPIRACY.

    A conspiracy against the Government, organised by Lufti Bey, secretary to Prince Salah-ed-Din, has been discovered, and several persons have been arrested, including some ...

    Article : 60 words
  16. GOVERNMENT ATTITUDE.

    Mr. H. L. Samuel, Postmaster-General, in the course of a speech at Buckingham yesterday, stated that the Government would introduce a "one man one vote" bill early next session. ...

    Article : 66 words
  17. DEGREES AND SOLDIERY.

    In reference to the proposal that the conferment of university degrees should be made subject to efficiency in soldiering, the "Oxford Magazine" declares that soldiering is as ...

    Article : 62 words
  18. ANTI-WAR FEELING IN AUSTRIA.

    Several petitions have been presented to the Parliamentary Industrial Committee from textile manufacturing organisations protesting against the idea of war, especially with ...

    Article : 57 words
  19. AERONAUTICS. AERIAL DEFENCE.

    A Parsoval airship, which has been ordered by the Admiralty, is nearly ready. The Government is considering Mr. Graham White's scheme for a chain of air ...

    Article : 73 words
  20. FRENCH MOTOR BANDITS.

    After sentences had been passed on the Bonnot gang of motor bandits, D[?]donne, who had received the death penalty, denied that he had murdered Caby. ...

    Article : 128 words
  21. INDIAN MURDER TRIALS.

    At the trial of Lieutenant Clark, an official in the medical department, ard Mrs. Fulham for the murder of the latter's husband, counsel for the prosecution stated that 400 letters ...

    Article : 251 words
  22. ITALIAN ACTIVITY.

    Italy is spending £500,000 on dirigibles, hydro-aeroplanes, and aeroplanes. ...

    Article : 15 words
  23. REGISTRAR'S WORK.

    The Industrial Registrar, Mr. Holme, who is also a Special Commissioner appointed under the Industrial Act for the purpose of settling disputes between employer and ...

    Article : 551 words
  24. NEW SERVICES

    Mr. Forbes-Mackay, city electrical engineer, when seen regarding the preparedness of his department to cope with the increased demand for electric illuminant and power, said ...

    Article : 599 words
  25. MYSTERIOUS AIRSHIP.

    The steamer Arcadia reports that she saw an airship to the north of the Orkneys. A fire balloon 4ft high has been found partly deflated in a field at Market Weighton, near ...

    Article : 51 words
  26. ESPIONAGE.

    Wilhelm Claire, the German hunchback who was arrested at Portsmouth for attempting to bribe a bluejacket with a view to securing a secret naval code, has been remanded under ...

    Article : 109 words
  27. A MILLION PROGRAMME.

    The "Daily Telegraph" demands that the Exchequer should provide £1,000,000 for a constructive aerial programme. ...

    Article : 21 words
  28. MEETING IN THE PARK.

    At about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when about 350 men had gathered in the Careening Cove Park, Messrs. Kavanagh, Mole, Hart, and Barnes returned from the second conference ...

    Article : 643 words
  29. LABOUR. THREATENED RAILWAY STRIKE.

    The officials of the Railwaymen's Union announce that the men are determined to strike collectively unless Guard Richardson is reinstated. ...

    Article : 35 words
  30. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEALS.

    The Senate yesterday debated the question of the limitation of appeals to the Privy Council on a motion suggesting the adoption of the Australian system. ...

    Article : 120 words
  31. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 192 words
  32. AN INJUNCTION.

    Mr. Carmichael, Minister for Labour and industry, was at Bowning, on the Southern line, when he received word of the gas strike. He cancelled all his immediate engagements, ...

    Article : 155 words
  33. RESTLESS HATTERS.

    The hat makers in London are taking a ballot on the question of striking, owing to the alleged violation by the employers of the recent award, and the employment of ...

    Article : 38 words
  34. A BOSTON STRIKE.

    Three thousand shirt-waist and dressmakers are going on strike for higher wages. ...

    Article : 20 words
  35. MR. JOHN SCADDAN.

    Mr. John Seaddan, Premier of Western Australia, is visiting friends and relatives in the mining districts of Devon and Cornwall. The Corporation of Penzance officially ...

    Article : 87 words
  36. PREFERENCE.

    Sir Leander Jameson stated yesterday that South Africa did not wish to place an extra burden on the British people, but to say that the dominions were unwilling to receive ...

    Article : 105 words
  37. NORTH SYDNEY.

    The employees of the North Sydney Gas Company precipitated the trouble at about midnight on Thursday night. It was in every way an unconsidered and leap-in-the-dark ...

    Article : 1,167 words
  38. GAS RESERVES.

    Where the public is vitally concerned in this crisis is in the supply of gas. Unfortunately, the outlook is most serious, and unless a very early settlement can be effected there is every ...

    Article : 115 words
  39. Advertising

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    Advertising : 219 words
  40. EUROPEAN ARMIES.

    The Government has introduced in the Chamber of Deputies a Defence Bill providing for an expenditure of £20,000,000. BRUSSELS, Feb. 27. ...

    Article : 50 words
  41. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Sir Willam Henry White, the distinguished naval architect. Sir William Henry White may be said to have been the "father" of the British Navy ...

    Article : 259 words
  42. COMPANY FIRM.

    The men at the Kent-street works of the Australian Gaslight Company did not resume work on the 10 o'clock shift last night, but the union pickets took up their position ...

    Article : 120 words
  43. JAPANESE POLITICS.

    The sittings of the Diet were resumed yesterday, when Count Yamamoto, the Prime Minister, reintroduced the Budget formerly submitted by Prince Katsura, his predecessor. ...

    Article : 51 words
  44. OUTSIDE WORKERS.

    The outside workers employed by the gas companies met at the Trades Hall last night, and decided to abide by the decision of the Gas Employees' Council, which meets this ...

    Article : 33 words
  45. EFFORTS AT SETTLEMENT

    Every effort was made yesterday on the part of the officials belonging to the conciliation branch of the Department of Labour to patch up the trouble, but it had apparently ...

    Article : 755 words
  46. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 165 words
  47. GAS COMPANY'S SHARES.

    Only five transactions in Australian Gaslight Company's shares were reported on 'Change during the week. The market opened at £10/12/6, and closed at £10/5/. There was ...

    Article : 57 words
  48. COLD STORAGE OF TROPICAL FRUIT.

    Mr. Ross, the instructor in fruit culture, reports a successful experiment in the cold storage of stone fruits. On January 10 a case each of mangoes, black diamond plums, and ...

    Article : 135 words
  49. THE ROLL CALL.

    According to estimates made by the executive officers of the Gas Employees' Union at the Trades Hall last night, there are approximately 1000 gas employees on strike. This is ...

    Article : 109 words
  50. CASE FOR THE UNION.

    The secretary of the Gas Employees' Union, Mr. S. Rawlin, came back last evening from Newcastle (where he was engaged with a wages board), in response to an urgent ...

    Article : 1,204 words
  51. POLICE IN THE DARK.

    Nowhere was the discomfort caused by the gas strike felt more keenly than at the head-quarters of the police and the detective office. These important offices, though situated in ...

    Article : 84 words
  52. Advertising

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    Advertising : 8 words
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