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  2. CENSURE DEBATE.

    In the House of Representatives this afternoon the debate was continued on the motion of censure. On Friday the leader of the Opposition ...

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  3. THE SKY-SCRAPER.

    The proposal to permit a building of 22 stories to be erected at the corner of Moore and Pitt streets was again before the works committee of the City Council yesterday. ...

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  4. INDUSTRIAL UNITY.

    "This conference recommends that the whole of the unions represented be amalgamated into one organisation with a view to forming one large industrial union." ...

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  5. LAND DEALS.

    The biggest land deal that has ever taken place in the Pacific has just been completed by Mr. T. Maning, on behalf of a Sydney syndicate. ...

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  6. TEST MATCH.

    The test match, Australia versus England, was continued at Lord's to-day. Play, which had been interrupted by rain, was restarted at half-past 4, Kelleway and ...

    Article : 439 words
  7. ADMIRALTY AND EMPIRE.

    The "Times," in the course of an article this morning, under the title "Admiralty and Empire," says:— "The North Sea is now the centre of naval ...

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  8. LABOUR UNREST.

    Two thousand unionists, who resumed work at the Landon docks last week, have again struck work. Mr. Gosling, speaking at a meeting in Hyde ...

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  9. THE POWERS.

    The "Petite Republique" states that Sweden has informed the Triple Entente—England, France, and Russia—that she has rejected Germany's offer to defend her against Russia, as ...

    Article : 194 words
  10. RAILWAYMEN'S SYMPATHY.

    At a meeting of railway men at Westham yesterday a resolution was agreed to in favour of striking at midnight on Wednesday unless the employers agreed to meet the transport ...

    Article : 71 words
  11. WIRELESS.

    The High Court to-day continued the hearing of the appeal from a decision by Mr. Justice Higgins, refusing to make an order for the inspection of the Commonwealth ...

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  12. POSITION OF BELGIUM.

    King Albert, in the course of a speech at a military fete, said he hoped the country would realise the supreme obligation of neutrality, and make sacrifices in the event of ...

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  13. SUPPLEMENTARY NAVAL STATEMENT.

    It is expected that the First Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Winston Churchill, will make a supplementary naval statement in the House of Commons a fortnight hence. ...

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  14. ALLEGATIONS OF VIOLENCE.

    The employers have appealed to Mr. R. M'Kenna, Secretary of State for Home Affairs, for an adequate force of police or troops to protect the men now at work from the ...

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  15. DISASTER IN AMERICA.

    A dock used by excusion steamers collapsed at West Shore, Garden Island, and 100 people were precipitated into the water. Five bodies have been recovered, and 18 ...

    Article : 100 words
  16. THE SURPLUS.

    Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking in the House of Commons this evening, said that £1,000,000 of the surplus would be devoted to the supplementary ...

    Article : 360 words
  17. PUBLIC INQUIRY.

    The Industrial Council has opened a public inquiry with respect to the causes of the prevailing labour unrest. June 25. ...

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  18. STAR OF CANADA.

    The weather has moderated, and salvage operations in connection with the Star of Canada are proceeding in calm water. All efforts to-day were devoted to ...

    Article : 167 words
  19. HERO OF LADYSMITH.

    The death is announced of Field Marshal Sir George Stuart White. V.C. Field-Marshal Sir George Stuart White was born in County Antrim, Ireland, on July ...

    Article : 675 words
  20. STRIKES IN PORTUGAL.

    A general strike has been declared at Covilhan. Numerous conflicts have occurred with the military, and shots have been freely ...

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  21. SECOND DAY'S PLAY.

    Play was resumed at 11.30, but the weather was cloudy and misty, and the wicket softish. Notwithstanding the unfavourable conditions, there was an attendance of 6000. ...

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  22. THE SUFFRAGISTS.

    Mrs. Pankhurst and five other suffragists have been released from prison after participating in the hunger strike for five days. Mrs. Pethick Lawrence, who is ill, is being ...

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  23. TELEGRAPHISTS' HOURS.

    Discontent still reigns in the telegraph service throughout the Commonwealth, and, as far as New South Wales is concerned, it is acute. ...

    Article : 514 words
  24. FEDERAL BANK.

    To-night, when making available the regilations that will govern the savings department of the Commonwealth Bank, the governor, Mr. Dennison Miller, said, "The Act ...

    Article : 464 words
  25. NOTES ON FIRST DAY'S PLAY.

    As in Australia, Hobbs and Rhodes, who are now recognised as England's opening pair, gave great trouble to the Australians before being separated. Whilst in Australia ...

    Article : 253 words
  26. AMERICAN POLITICS.

    Mr. Roosevelt is planning a new party, "from the ground up." He has irrevocably decided to sever himself from the Republicans, and now refuses to ...

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  27. INDEX.

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  28. THE DEMOCRATIC RIFT.

    The fight for the chair of the forthcoming Democratic Convention here, which threatened to rend the ranks of the party, has ended in the selection of Judge Parker as temporary ...

    Article : 107 words
  29. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  30. THE SOUTH AFRICANS.

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  31. PLOT AGAINST AN ARCHDUKE.

    Three supposed anarchists were arrested at Iglau during the visit of the Archduke, Francis Ferdinand, the Heir-presumptive. June 25. ...

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  32. A NEW BANANA.

    Mr. S. L. Lazarus, of this city, who is at present in London, intends introducing into this colony a new variety of banana, which he has "discovered" on the market in the ...

    Article : 94 words
  33. INDIA.

    In the House of Lords last night the Government of India Bill was read the third time after the Earl of Crewe, Secretary of State for India, in replying to a question from ...

    Article : 64 words
  34. STEEL WORKS.

    It is now practically certain that Newcastle will eventually be selected as the most suitable city for Australia's largest steel works. Mr. Delprat, general manager for the ...

    Article : 288 words
  35. COLLIERY TROUBLES.

    The miners at Hebburn and Stockton Borehole collieries ceased work this morning, and threw the pits idle. The trouble at Hebburn is due to the men objecting to ...

    Article : 157 words
  36. SIR L. ALMA-TADEMA DEAD.

    The death of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, the well-known artist, is reported from Wiesbaden. The late Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, ...

    Article : 140 words
  37. TO-DAY.

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  38. VICTORIAN SCHOOL TEACHERS.

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  39. A BOLD MINISTER.

    Some stir has been caused in the State Public Service by the action of the Premier in refusing point blank to receive a deputation from the Central Council of the Victorian ...

    Article : 102 words
  40. THE OPIUM QUESTION.

    On Unionist members questioning the India Office regarding the Indian opium merchants' protests to Lord Hardinge, Viceroy, respecting the wholesale resumption of opium culture ...

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  41. MILITARY RETRENCHMENT.

    The "Pall Mall Gazette" says that Field Marshal Sir W. G. Nicholson's Indian commission means a substantial reversal of Lord Kitchener's policy. ...

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  42. FIRE ON A PASSENGER STEAMER.

    A fire broke out last night in the main lower hold of the Huddart Parker passenger steamer Ulimaroa, lying alongside the [?]eend-street wharf, Balmain. ...

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  43. ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE.

    The action was concluded in the County Court to-day in which £249 damages were claimed by Stella Heywood from Arthur Holsey Holdsworth, dentist, of 148 ...

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  44. AN AGED ENTHUSIAST.

    Mr. D. Moore, an old-age pensioner, of Winchelsea, who is a great enthusiast in football, and is 73 years of age, walked from Winchelsea to Geelong, a distance of 23 miles, and ...

    Article : 62 words
  45. FARM HAND'S WINDFALL.

    Under the will of a relative who died recently in America, Mr. W. Quirk, a farm hand at Dunmunkle, has come into a fortune. Mr. Quirk and six other members of his family, ...

    Article : 45 words
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