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  2. PROVED. SHORTAGE OF LABOUR.

    An Interim report has been presented to the Government by the Royal Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Piddington, who was appointed to inquire into the shortage of labour question, the ...

    Article : 2,484 words
  3. FIRE AT KATOOMBA.

    The large retail general store of Messrs. Mullany and Co., Main-street, Katoomba, has been the scene of a disastrous fire. At the present time there stand only the four walls ...

    Article : 755 words
  4. "DRUMMED OUT OF THE FACTORY." A GIRL'S EVIDENCE.

    The case of a girl who was said to have been intimidated in connection with evidence she gave before the Commission on the Short-age of Labour question was referred to in ...

    Article : 421 words
  5. FOGWELL VERSUS BARRY.

    Last Monday afternoon William Henry Fogwell (of N.S.W.) rowed Ernest Barry (of London) from Putney to Mortlake on the Thames for the championship of England, and ...

    Article : 1,213 words
  6. A GLOOMY OUTLOOK. MOUNT LYELL STRIKE.

    The conference which took place in the Mount Lyell Company's, office last Friday seems to have brought the parties very close to each other, but, after all,, the proposals ...

    Article : 389 words
  7. MOROCCO.

    The Ligue des Patriots is organising a protest against the cession of a portion of French Congo to Germany in exchange for authority to conquer Morocco, which is not Germany's ...

    Article : 144 words
  8. DEATH PENALTY. CALLING IN RIFLES.

    The Italian commander at Tripoll has offered the inhabitants of Tripoll 10 frnces apiece for their rifles if surrondered within one day, and 5 fraces on the second day. ...

    Article : 292 words
  9. TURKEY AND BULGARIA.

    A semi-official Note states that the Government has requested the Porto to discontinue the military preparations on the Turko-Bulgarian frontier with a view to ...

    Article : 48 words
  10. APPEAL FROM INDIA.

    The directors of the Juma Mosque have cabled to the Premier, Mr. Asquith, and Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Froreign Affairs, appealing to them to ...

    Article : 52 words
  11. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    Intense enthusiasm was manifested along the route of King Victor Emanuel's journey to Naples, where he said farewell to the military expedition to Tripoli. ...

    Article : 140 words
  12. LABOUR TROUBLES. STRIKE OF COPPER-WORKERS.

    Seven hundred copper-workers at Hafod (Glamorganshire) and Morfa (Carnarvonshire) have struck work on the question of the employment of non-unionists. ...

    Article : 30 words
  13. THE HOBBLE SKIRT.

    Owing to the fashion of the hobble skirt essoning the demand for underskirts, a number of girls employed by the Brook Manufacturing Company in Northampton were given ...

    Article : 53 words
  14. DUBLIN BAKERS' STRIKE.

    The strikers in connection with the Dublin bakeries are gradually resuming work. ...

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  15. NATIONAL INSURANCE BILL. LABOUR PARTY WILL ACCEPT.

    In a letter to a correspondent, Mr. J. Ramay MacDonald, chairman of the Labour party in the House of Commons, States that when the House meets the Labour party will adopt ...

    Article : 106 words
  16. SECOND STRIKE AVERTED.

    Mr. T. J. Cornwell, contractor, when speaking to-day in reference to the trouble said [?] [?] [?]re at the Reservoir works, said that on Monday he put on a new man ...

    Article : 114 words
  17. VALUE OF CYRENAICA.

    Italy has for some time past coveted this province Mr. David George Hogarth, whose extensive achaeological work in the Levant has given him intimate knowledge of ...

    Article : 569 words
  18. MOTION IN PARLIAMENT.

    Mr. Cochrane moved the adjournment of the Assembly yesterday to call attention to the matter. He said that he wanted to get the ...

    Article : 398 words
  19. FIRST LAND FIG[?].

    A local newspaper reports that the first land engagement lins taken place in the suburbs of Tripoli. As a result of the fight the Italians find ...

    Article : 48 words
  20. IRISH ENVOYS.

    Great enthusiasm marked the reception given to the Irish envoys, Messrs. R. Hazelton, M.P., W. A. Redmond, M.P., and J. T. Donovan, who reached Melbourne by the ...

    Article : 471 words
  21. A COMPROMISE.

    A private conference was held yesterday between Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and representatives of the British Medical Association and the various friendly ...

    Article : 48 words
  22. THE TURKISH ATTITUDE.

    The Portes Note to the Powers appeal ing for mediation intimates that it it is will ing to cede Tripoll under certain conditions. ...

    Article : 171 words
  23. BOMB EXPLOSION.

    An infernal machine exploded in a cafe in Toulon, wrecking the room. Five people were injured by the explosion, and several were injured during the panic ...

    Article : 45 words
  24. AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON.

    After a period of considerable doubt as to what any ship was doing, or going to do, the curtain has been raised, and it is safe to give the programme for the squadron up to the ...

    Article : 561 words
  25. A PERSIAN INCIDENT.

    The officials at the Russian Consulate, with twelve Cossacks, threatened to fire on several gendarmes who were sent, at the instance of Mr. Shuster, Financial Adviser to the ...

    Article : 58 words
  26. A WONDERFUL INVENTION.

    A new fire-damp dotector has been exhibited before the Glasgow Mining Association, and experts declare it to be an epoch-marking invention. It accurately registers one part ...

    Article : 40 words
  27. ITALIANS IN TURKEY.

    Telegrams from numerous inland towns state that violence is threatened the Italian residents unless the Porte promptly expels them. ...

    Article : 35 words
  28. THE COASTAL STRIKE.

    All efforts to effect a settlement of the difficulty which is causing the coastal fleet to lay up have failed. The point in dispute is practically confined ...

    Article : 98 words
  29. THE WOOL SALES.

    At the wool auctions this afternoon there was a small attendances, but competition was good, and prices were unchanged. Oct. 10. ...

    Article : 66 words
  30. INDEX. NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 218 words
  31. HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM.

    Viscount Haldane, Secretary of State for War, in a speech at Aberdeen last night, sald that what Mr. Balfour wauted was something to supersede the House of Commons; but what ...

    Article : 143 words
  32. LAWN TENNIS.

    In the final of the Fulham tournament. Doust and Dixon beat Ritchie and Lowe, 6-8, 6-2, 6-2. The final of the Welsh covered court ...

    Article : 45 words
  33. IN ERUPTION.

    A spectacle as unique as it was impressive was witnessed by the passengers on the Marmora which arrived from London this morning. When the vessel was in the vicinity of ...

    Article : 100 words
  34. RAID ON CHINESE GAMBLERS.

    The Longreach police on Saturday night raided the promises at Chinatown. Fifteen Chinamen were arrested, but several escaped. The police seized a table, counters, and other ...

    Article : 135 words
  35. HOME AGAIN.

    The steamer Demosthenes, which arrived to-day from London, has on board the New South Wales Cadets, returning from their visit to England. They were a well-disciplined lot ...

    Article : 434 words
  36. OVER THE EMBANKMENT.

    A taxi-cab, in which were a lady visitor from Orange, who was going to a theatre, ran over an embankment in Centennial Park last night. The lady sustained a broken thigh. ...

    Article : 172 words
  37. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 226 words
  38. STATE NOTES.

    The State Notes Bill was introduced into Parliament to-day, but will not be passed this session. Sir Joseph Ward explained that the ...

    Article : 234 words
  39. ALBANY DEFEATS J. ARNST.

    The sculling match between J. Arnst and W. Albany, from Putney to Mortlake, for £50 a side, was won by Albany. Albany, who was favourite at 2 to 1 "on," ...

    Article : 371 words
  40. KILLED IN A CAGE.

    An a result of an accident in South Kalgurll mine on M[?]day morning, Wm. Elder was killed, and his mate, Borlace, had a remarkable escape. The men were ...

    Article : 125 words
  41. OVER THE TELEPHONE.

    Mr. H. W. Ramsay Sharp has furnished another report on the telephone tests in Melbourne. "This dolay of 25 minutes," he remarks on ...

    Article : 106 words
  42. KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

    John Tonkin, aged 16, a clerk employed in the South Australian Brewing Company's office, was riding home on his bicycle at 1.20 to-day, when at the corner of Lane and ...

    Article : 112 words
  43. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 202 words
  44. MAN'S HEAD BLOWN OFF.

    Ambrose Bray was killed in a sensational manner during the early hours of Sunday morning at the residence of his son-in-law, a resident of Boulder. He blew his head off ...

    Article : 56 words
  45. ADDED BURDENS.

    At a meeting of the council of the Victorian Employers' Federation yesterday the Amending Arbitration Bill now before the Federal Parliament was strongly commented upon. ...

    Article : 113 words
  46. NOT DENTISTS.

    An interesting definition of the position of persons "recorded" by the Dental Board of Victoria was given by the High Court to-day in a judgment on an appeal from a decision ...

    Article : 87 words
  47. LOW BIRTH RATE.

    The number of marriages in 1910-10,240— was the highest ever recorded in the State, and exceeded the number for the previous year by 809. The ages of the bridegrooms ranged ...

    Article : 96 words
  48. VISITOR'S DEATH.

    William Wheeler, a hotelkeeper at Wyalong, came with his wife to Melbourne by the Sydney express to-day. As he was leaving Spencer-street station he ...

    Article : 59 words
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