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  2. TRADES AND LABOUR.

    An agreement regulating wages and conditions in the liquor trade in Australia for five years contains the following main provisions:—Leading hands, £2 17s per week; ...

    Article : 197 words
  3. INTERSTATE CRICKET.

    The interstate match Queensland v Victoria was commenced yesterday at Brisbane Cricket Ground. The home side batted practically all day, and scored 330. ...

    Article : 1,108 words
  4. ARGENTINA.

    Mr. James Kidd, manager of the Australian Mercantile, Land, and Finance Co., Ltd., who returned by the R.M.S. Orviete from a visit to the Argentine Republic, speaks in ...

    Article : 1,067 words
  5. THE MATHINNA FIND.

    The sensationally rich gold discovery reported yielding 58oz to the ton and 14oz to the ton at the 60ft level was made on the Old Jubilee property at Mathinna. This property, ...

    Article : 742 words
  6. THE STATE AND ELECTRICITY.

    All that Labour, Liberal, and Independent had vision for was painted in lurid poster colours in the Blayney district, and, through the press, over the whole State during the ...

    Article : 1,653 words
  7. BICYCLE OR RAILWAY?

    Now that the long-awaited North Coast railway has threaded its tortuous way as far as the terminus of its present section at Taree, on the Manning River, some account ...

    Article : 1,647 words
  8. PRAWNING AT NARRABEEN.

    The lake at last. Those swords of ruddy light which I perceived through a clearing in the timber were doubtless reflections upon its dark, mysterious surface, which was ...

    Article : 1,123 words
  9. THE HUT COOK.

    The hut cook, like many of the features of the pioneering days, is passing away, but he can still be found in the western portions of New South Wales and Queensland, and no ...

    Article : 1,040 words
  10. TEXTILE WORKERS UNEASY.

    The award given in the textile workers' industry is not satisfactory to the employees, of whom there are about 300. Complaint is made at a recent meeting held at ...

    Article : 133 words
  11. A.W.U. CONFERENCE.

    Mr. D. Bowman, M.L.A., of Queensland, attended yesterday's session of the Australian Workers' Union conference, and addressed the delegates. Visits were paid later in the ...

    Article : 108 words
  12. BUTCHERING BOARDS.

    The Butchers' (Retail) Wages Board will meet at the Water Police Court on Monday, and the Butchers' (Wholesale) Wages Board will meet on Tuesday. Mr. J. J. Watkins, ...

    Article : 45 words
  13. CARPENTERS' CLAIMS.

    The Amalgamated Society of Carpenters, the Progressive Society, and the Bridge and Wharf Carpenters' Union are preparing a log of claims to be submitted to a wages board. ...

    Article : 36 words
  14. FIRE BRIGADES' UNION.

    The Fire Brigades' Union has decided to appeal against the award made by Mr. G. J. Martin, barrister. The election of officers on Thursday night resulted as follows: ...

    Article : 81 words
  15. AMALGAMATED CONFERENCE.

    An extensive agenda paper has been propared for consideration by the annual conference of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Association, which will be opened ...

    Article : 510 words
  16. "THE LIE DIRECT."

    Trouble has arisen between the Government and the P.L.L. Conference over the Newcastle Ironworks Act. The conference has censured the Ministry ...

    Article : 755 words
  17. TOWERS STRIKE.

    Messrs. Gordon and Rollston, directors of the Brilliant Extended mine, met the general meeting of the men on strike to-day, and a long discussion followed. As a result, the ...

    Article : 64 words
  18. IRONWORKS WAGES BOARD.

    The sittings of the Ironworks Wages Board were continued to-day. One of the chief witnesses for the employees this week was Edward Howell, steel expert, who had been ...

    Article : 236 words
  19. DUNGOG TO TAREE.

    The new raliway line from Dungog to Taree was inspected this week by the Railway Department, and yesterday afternoon the Chief Commissioner announced that it had been ...

    Article : 453 words
  20. INCENDIARISM.

    An apparently deliberate attempt to burn the steamer Ara[?]ura was discovered to-night at Queen's Wharf. The bedding in a lady's cabin had been saturated with kerosene and ...

    Article : 65 words
  21. STEAMER PALMER MISSING.

    In the absence of news from Cairns no information can be given concerning the small steamer Palmer. She was last reported on Thursday, when she anchored under Cape ...

    Article : 111 words
  22. FRUIT TRADE.

    The Federal Fruit Commission commenced taking evidence in Launceston to-day. Fred. French, orchardist, and Nathaniel Clark, fruiterer, were examined. Both favoured ...

    Article : 173 words
  23. INTERSTATE MOTORING.

    Eric Tyler, a South Yarra resident, lett the G.P.O., Sydney, at a quarter-past 9 on Thursday night, attempting to reach tho G.P.O., Melbourne in 24 hours. Travelling through ...

    Article : 110 words
  24. TEMPERATURE RECORDS IN THE NORTH-WEST.

    Sir,—At Moree the meteorological authorities have supplied the postmaster with a "Steveuson's" screen to house the thermometers, and as a refrigerator it proves most ...

    Article : 241 words
  25. THE TWILIGHT HOME.

    At a meeting of the Twilight League, the announcement was made that practical sympathy is being taken in the project of founding a home for elderiy educated women, where ...

    Article : 110 words
  26. A.N.A. EXHIBITION.

    The [?]nterstate brass band competitions of the A.N.A. Exhibition were continued throughout to-day and during the evening. The result of the grand champion solo was ...

    Article : 95 words
  27. TASMANIAN ELECTIONS.

    The count in the Darwin poll was completed to-night at Zeehan. The result is the return of the same members as sat in the last Assembly, three on each side. The total ...

    Article : 72 words
  28. FIRE ON THE TASMANIC.

    A quantity of rubbish on the upper deck of the Swedish steamer Tasmanic, lying at Parbury's Wharf, caught fire late last night. Detachments from Circular Quay, ...

    Article : 71 words
  29. MANLY COTTAGE HOSPITAL.

    The annual meeting of the Manly Cottage Hospital was held on Thursday. Mr. F. Trenchard Smith presided. The report showed that 524 cases were treated during the ...

    Article : 82 words
  30. AN OFFER TO BET.

    Mr. Mougher, M.L.A., addressing the conference on the matter, offered to lay Mr. Griffith a wager "of any amount he liked" that he (Mr. Meagher) was correct in the ...

    Article : 62 words
  31. TOTALISATOR RECORD.

    At Risdon Park to-day, over a trotting meeting of six events, the sum of £6207 went through the totalisators at half-sovereign, investment—a record for Tasmania. ...

    Article : 41 words
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