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  2. THE STRIKE. HOPES OF SETTLEMENT.

    The Sydney wharf-labourers' strike shows signs of ending. Not only is the cessation of work unpopular with many members of the Waterside Workers' Federation, but the ...

    Article : 464 words
  3. DEMAND FOR AN APOLOGY.

    Mr. Wade, M.L.A., leader of the Opposition, demands an apology from Mr. Webster, M.P. The latter stated in the House of Representatives last month that Mr. Wade was paid to ...

    Article : 535 words
  4. BARREN JACK.

    The first view which you obtain of Barren Jack Dam, on the Murrumbidgee, round the last sharp curve of the narrow-gauge railway from the township to the works, ...

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  5. CUMNOCK MYSTERY.

    The death of Esther Jane Johnson wife of George Johnson, of Cumnock, in the Molong district, is being further investigated by the police in accordance with instructions given ...

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  6. POLITICS AS A PROFESSION. CONDITIONS IN AUSTRALIA.

    Lord Dudley, speaking at Worcester, said that it would be dangerous for the country if the House of Commons possessed a body of professional politicians. There was some ...

    Article : 172 words
  7. ITALIAN TRIUMPHS.

    The Italian forces bombarded Homs, which is on the Orontes, 56 miles from Tripoli. The barracks were destroyed before the Turks hoisted the white flag. ...

    Article : 176 words
  8. THE REVOLUTION. CHEESE REBEL SUCCESSES.

    Reuter's correspondent reports that the robles are winning. The rebels advanced on Thursday, but found that the Imperialists had abandoned ...

    Article : 99 words
  9. IF THE REBELS SUCCEED.

    A promhent Chinese among the passengers by the Estern, released from quarantine on Friday, w[?] Mr. Yee Hing, a member of the firm of O[?] Chong and Co., of Sydney, who ...

    Article : 326 words
  10. MR. FISHER DISAGEEES.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) said tonight, with reference to the cabled report of Lord Dudley's speech: "If Lord Dudley spoke as he is reported, I disagree with him ...

    Article : 117 words
  11. REBELLION SPREADING.

    The wildest rumours are current as to the rebels capturing different cities and gunboats. The Viceroy's Yamen at Tsinanfu (a ...

    Article : 103 words
  12. THE RAILWAY DISPUTES. COMMISSIONS PROPOSALS.

    The Railway Commission unanimously reports that, owing to their responsibilities, the companies cannot be expected to permit intervention between them and their men on ...

    Article : 381 words
  13. ANTI-FOREIGN DEMONSTRATIONS.

    The following letter, dated September 8, has been received by a resident of Sydney from a relative stationed at Chung King, the most isolated treaty town in China, some 2000 miles ...

    Article : 186 words
  14. MR. M'GOWEN'S COMMENT.

    The Premier (Mr. M'Gowen) made a brief observation when he was told of Lord Dudley's assertion. He said, "I recall an old song I used to sing many years ago. It ran, ...

    Article : 97 words
  15. FINANCIAL CRISIS.

    The foreign diplomats here are considering China's foreign and financial obligations. China has made a request that she be ...

    Article : 110 words
  16. ANOTHER POLE FATALITY.

    The Coroner concluded an inquiry yesterday into the circumstances of the death of Charles Edwards, telegraph line repairer, who was killed at Heidelberg on October 2, as the ...

    Article : 435 words
  17. LAPSE OF MEMORY.

    A remarkable case of loss of memory has just come to light. In 1897 a man named Chandler Rogers was attacked by three ruffians in New York, and ...

    Article : 196 words
  18. INCITING THE PEOPLE.

    Writing to his father, Mr.W. Pollock, of Ballarat, Mr. Charles Pollock, who is a member of the staff of the Presbyterian Mission Press in Shanghai, says:— ...

    Article : 250 words
  19. TO-DAY'S DEVELOPMENTS.

    To-day will be the critical day of the strike. It is believed in shipping circles that the wharf-labourers will return to work, leaving any matters arising out of the trouble which ...

    Article : 191 words
  20. YUAN SHIH KAI'S DEMANDS.

    General [?] ohih Kai has refused to attempt to recapture Wuchang, which was taken by the rebels on Friday, being dissatisfied with General Yin Chang's ...

    Article : 91 words
  21. A GIGANTIC SWINDLE.

    The arrest of Charles Warren, a street-car collector, has exposed a gigantic plot to swindle the Winnipeg Tramway Company by means of bogus tickets. ...

    Article : 72 words
  22. MR.HUGHES TAKES A HAND.

    The council of the Waterside Workers' Federation held a meeting to-day at Melbourne to consider the action of the Sydney wharf-labourers. ...

    Article : 141 words
  23. REBELS' VICTORY.

    A cable message was received by the Melbourne branch of the Young China League yesterday from its headquarters, stating that the revolutionaries had gained a great victory ...

    Article : 58 words
  24. THE NEWS IN 'FRISCO.

    Cables received by local Chinese from the Republican leaders confirm the defeat of the Imperial forces at Hankow. An Imperial warship is reported to have ...

    Article : 64 words
  25. "BITTERLY DISAPPOINTING."

    Mr. James H. Thomas, Labour member for Derby, and organising secretary for the Western district of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, says the report is ...

    Article : 126 words
  26. IMPERIAL POLITICS. SPEECH BY MR. ASQUITH.

    Addressing the East Fife branch of the Liberal Association, the Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, said that the rejection of the Budget by the Lords would be their death warrant, ...

    Article : 192 words
  27. INDEX. NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 201 words
  28. STRUCK A ROCK. WHEAT-LADEN SHIP FROM SYDNEY.

    The ship Cromdale struck a rock while entering Queenstown in a heavy sea. It is feared that the Cromdale will become a wreek. ...

    Article : 86 words
  29. HOISTING THE RED FLAG.

    The red flag of the revolution, with its blue square and while star, was hoisted yesterday on the premises of the Chinese Masonic, Society in Campbell-street. No ...

    Article : 148 words
  30. CARGO HELD UP.

    The strike of wharf-labourers at Sydney affected shipping at Geelong yesterday. The steamer Ouraka was being loaded with produce for Sydney, and the work had ...

    Article : 163 words
  31. THE "KANGAROOS" TOUR.

    There was a large attendance at the match between the Australasian football team and Hunslet, which resulted in a draw, each side scoring an unconverted try. ...

    Article : 277 words
  32. A CRUISER WRECKED.

    The cruiser San Rafael has been wrecked at the mouth of the river Ave. Fifty of those on board swam ashore, and the rest were utimately rescued. ...

    Article : 34 words
  33. IN THE BALKANS.

    The Salonika correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" reports that a fight has taken place between the Turks and Bulgarians on the frontier. ...

    Article : 42 words
  34. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 169 words
  35. NEW RADICAL THEORIES.

    Speaking at the Conservative Workingmen's Club, at Edinburgh, Mr.A.J. Balfour, leader of the Opposition, said he would preach to the rising generation that after national ...

    Article : 173 words
  36. AUSTRALIA'S DANGER.

    Speaking at a Pleasant Sunday Afternoon at Brunswick to-day Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence, said that, though the aim of the Labour party was peace, preparations had to ...

    Article : 125 words
  37. "WHAT ABOUT THE BULL?"

    A short staff of emergency hands tolled during Saturday on the Baltic Wharf to enable the steamer Macquaric to get away, and at about noon all was apparently ready ...

    Article : 168 words
  38. CO-PARTNERSHIP PROJECT.

    Lord Courtney of Penwith, Mr. Thomas Burt, M.P. (secretary, Northumberland Miners' Mutual Provident Association), Mr. Chas. Fenwick. M.P., Mr. W. H. Lever (chairman of Lever ...

    Article : 84 words
  39. LITIGATION OVER OPALS.

    Messrs. Fairfax and Roberts, jewellers, of Hunter-street, explain that our cable message from London, published under the above heading on Saturday, refers to a transaction ...

    Article : 105 words
  40. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 121 words
  41. "MOST DISHONOURABLE."

    Hope is generally entertained that the dispute with the Sydney wharf-labourers will be settled at the compulsory conference, which the president of Arbitration Court, Mr. Justice ...

    Article : 584 words
  42. PAPUAN FINANCE.

    A statement published in the "Common-wealth Government Gazette" regarding the finances of the Commonwealth territory of Papua shows that during the ...

    Article : 80 words
  43. INVALIDITY, AND OLD AGE.

    A bill has passed its first reading in the Reichstag, extending, without State aid, the advantages of compulsory insurance against invalidity and old age to two million ...

    Article : 54 words
  44. LIBERAL V. LABOUR.

    At the East Maitland police court James Kingsley was fined £2, with £2 5s costs, for having unlawfully assaulted Thomas Doherty, junr. The accused pleaded guilty. ...

    Article : 95 words
  45. SHOCKING TRAMWAY ACCIDENT.

    A tramcar got out of control at Mossley, a market town in Lancashire. The car went down an incline, turned a somersault over a bridge, and dropped down ...

    Article : 66 words
  46. A TOWN RAIDED.

    A gang of desperadoes raided Colorado Town, at Cokedale. The gang terrorised the residents, using firearms and wounding several. They shot ...

    Article : 59 words
  47. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    The price of silver is quoted at 2s 11-16d per ounce standard. ...

    Article : 25 words
  48. SLY GROG-SELLING.

    At Ashburton, which is under no-license Mary M'Kenzie was fined £50 for sly grogselling. Her husband was fined £25. ...

    Article : 29 words
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