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  2. BACK TO DARK AGES.

    "This is a modest little measure," said the Attorney-General in moving the second reading of the Parliamentary Privileges Bill, in the Legislative Assembly last night. The bill, he ...

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  3. TERRIFIC STORM.

    News received in town shows that last Sunday's storm was of unprecedented violence at Bronte. Hailstones of abnormal size fell, killing thousands of rabbits and all sorts of ...

    Article : 149 words
  4. TWO SAVINGS BANKS.

    Commenting on the rejection of the Savings Banks Amalgamation Bill by the Legislative Council last night, the Minister in charge (Mr. Carmichael) said):— ...

    Article : 618 words
  5. CRIMINAL INFLUX.

    The attention of Mr. Maitland, D.S.M., was called yesterday at the Water Police Court [?] a gang of seven notorious criminals who the police allege were at the present time ...

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  6. BUILDERS ALARMED.

    A serious position confronts the building trade owing to the scarcity of bricklayers and the probability of many of them being absorbed in Government employment. ...

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  7. BRITAIN AND GERMANY. VICIOUS TEUTON PRESS.

    The "Frankfurter Zeitung," commenting on the spiteful and contemptuous tone of a section of the German press in regard to Mr. Winston Churchill's recent speech in ...

    Article : 147 words
  8. THE COAL STRIKE. MINIMUM WAGE BILL.

    Tne House of Commons was packed this evening, when the Premier formally moved the second reading of the Minimum Wage in Coal Mines Bill. ...

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  9. RUMOURS OF WAR.

    Germans throughout Canada are reported to be leaving for their native country to rejoin the colours under the belief that war between Germany and Great Britain is ...

    Article : 57 words
  10. GARDEN ISLAND.

    Another step is shortly to be taken towards the substitution of the Australian naval unit for the Imperial squadron. In the naval agreement that was entered into between ...

    Article : 234 words
  11. AUSTRALIAN TEAM.

    The Australian Eleven, who arrived by the R.M.S. Otway this morning, were entertained by the South Australian Cricket Association. There was a representative attendance of ...

    Article : 456 words
  12. SPECIFIC MINIMUMS SUGGESTED.

    Major-General Sir Ivor Herbert (Liberal), who is a coal owner, has given notice of his intention to move an amendment to provide a minimum wage of 5s and 2s per day for men ...

    Article : 78 words
  13. "LABOUR LEADER" ADVISES ACCEPTANCE.

    The "Labour Leader" advises the miners to accept the bill and to resume work, pendine a settlement of the schedules by the district committees. ...

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  14. LORD AND LADY DENMAN

    The visit to Newcastle of the Governor-General and Lady Denman terminated to-day, after an inspection of one of the important coal pits on the South Maitland field. His ...

    Article : 462 words
  15. KILLINGWORTH MINE

    The Minister for Mines regards with much gravity a report he has received from Mr. A. Watt, barrister-at-law, who was appointed a Royal Commission to inquire into an ...

    Article : 210 words
  16. GOVERNMENT DETERMINATION.

    Viscount Haldane, Secretary of State for War, speaking at the fishmongers' dinner last night, declared that the Government would proceed, looking neither to the right nor ...

    Article : 58 words
  17. ENGLISH ENGINES.

    The Premier yesterday took strong exception to some comments which were made in the "Sydney Morning Herald" on Friday. Mr. M'Gowen said that the point in dispute ...

    Article : 719 words
  18. THE PREMIER'S POSITION.

    The position of the Premier is embarrassed by his declaration whon he introduced the Minimum Wage Bill that it would be neither right, fair, nor in accord with common sense ...

    Article : 44 words
  19. BURNT TO DEATH.

    At Capel, in the south-western district. Miss Florizel Lanning was burnt to death under extraordinary circumstances. Mrs. Gutman, the wife of a storekeeper, ...

    Article : 165 words
  20. MINERS' AMENDMENTS REFUSED.

    The "Times" states that the Cabinet has refused to accept any of the miners' amendments to the Minimum Wage Bill. Some Liberal papers anticipate that the ...

    Article : 42 words
  21. SOCIALIST WARNINGS..

    Inflammatory socialist leaficts are being circulated among the Yorkshire miners warning them against betrayal through the acceptance of a "meaningless minimum principle." ...

    Article : 27 words
  22. TEST IN GERMAN.

    On Wednesday, Joseph Belcourt, a native of Mauritius, was charged at the City Court with being a prohibited immigrant. After hearing the evidence, the magistrate ...

    Article : 283 words
  23. SKYSCRAPERS.

    The Fire Commissioners in their annual report, which was tabled in the Legislative Assembly last night, make special reference to the increasing height of Sydney buildings. ...

    Article : 260 words
  24. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 238 words
  25. TOM MANN REMANDED.

    Tom Mann was brought before the Court in Salford and further remanded in custody. ...

    Article : 19 words
  26. NEW LIBERAL LEADER.

    A caucus of the Liberal party, together with Independent and Labour members, sat for five hours until one o'clock this morning in an endeavour to agree on the choice of a ...

    Article : 319 words
  27. CONFLICT WITH POLICE.

    Five hundred pickets, while endeavouring to prevent 100 non-unionists working in the Kirconnel pits, overpowered the police with sticks and stones. ...

    Article : 43 words
  28. ELECTION REPRISALS SUGGESTED.

    The leaders of the Miners' Federation claim they have the power to turn out 66 Radicals, including seven members of the Cabinet. ...

    Article : 25 words
  29. SUPPOSED KIDNAPPING.

    A case of supposed kidnapping is reported from Semaphore, a seaside place nine miles from the city. At 11.40 a.m. to-day the adopted child of ...

    Article : 175 words
  30. STRIKE PAY.

    The strike pay issued to minors to the 23rd inst. will amount to £578,000, and that by other unions to £240,000. The strike pay at Cannook Chase has been ...

    Article : 65 words
  31. Advertising

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    Advertising : 232 words
  32. PATHETIC SCENES.

    Various chapels and churches are opening soup kitchens. Pathetic scenes have occurred in Middlesborough, where hundreds of men and women ...

    Article : 75 words
  33. POWERS OF A CROWN MINISTER.

    A writ of mandamus calling on the State Treasurer, Mr. Watt, to issue a wine and spirit merchant's license for Edgarton, near Wonthaggi, was granted in the Practice Court ...

    Article : 241 words
  34. WEIGALL MEMORIAL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 236 words
  35. POINT IN JURISDICTION.

    The High Court has been hearing a special case stated by the President of the Federal Arbitration Court in connection with a claim made by the Merchant Service Guild ...

    Article : 291 words
  36. STATE BRICKS.

    The Public Works Committee yesterday passed a resolution unanimously recommending, the proposed extension of the State brickworks at a cost of £40,000, in addition to ...

    Article : 124 words
  37. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 183 words
  38. TROUBLE IN AMERICA.

    The miners' demands for a 10 per cent. increase in wages have been rejected at a meeting of the owners, and a strike is now imminent, unless the arbitration, proposals put ...

    Article : 53 words
  39. TWO PERSONS DROWNED.

    When returning from a fishing trip this morning Stanley and William Parrot, two brothers, found the bodies of a young woman and a male child in a bay near the St. Kilda pier. ...

    Article : 119 words
  40. ASSEMBLY'S LATE SITTING.

    A strenuous week was completed by the Legislative Assembly at 20 minutes past 1 this morning, when the House adjourned till Monday. Shortly before midnight the ...

    Article : 107 words
  41. CHINESE AFFAIRS.

    Britain, America, France, and Germany are protesting against the Anglo-Belgian loan of £1,000,000, signed for on the 14th inst. and ratified by the Republican Assembly. The ...

    Article : 82 words
  42. BABY BITTEN BY SNAKE.

    Alex. M'Donald, a farmer, of Wynarling, was working near the homestead this morning, when he heard his baby, aged 18 months, scream. He went to see what was the ...

    Article : 95 words
  43. COMMONWEALTH WIRELESS.

    The representatives of the Marconi Company in Australia have given the Government notice that on Monday they intend to apply to the High Court for an order to allow ...

    Article : 46 words
  44. ILLICIT LIQUOR.

    At Ashburton, Gideon Scott, who had ingeniously planted liquor in a garden, where it was found by the police with the aid of spades, pleaded guilty to a charge of keeping liquor for ...

    Article : 49 words
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