Contrary to general expedition the mass meeting of wharf-labourers held yesterday in the Town Hall decided to continue the strike. According to the forecasts of shipowners, ...
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Article : 57 wordsLi Yuan Hung, the rebel leader, in a letter to Admiral Sah, explains that after he was captured the rebels forced him to take command, and he decided that it was ...
Article : 44 wordsViscount Haldane, Secretary of State foWar, in a speech at Birmingham last nignt, stated that the Territorial force was a great school for improving the nation's manhood, ...
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Article : 65 wordsEarl Grey, late Governor-General of Canada, has been invested with the Order of the Grand Cross of tho Bath. In regard to the death of Charles Gilke, a ...
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Article : 124 wordsThe Pacific mail steamer City of Sydney, which has arrived here, had a terrific encounter with a cyclonic storm off the Mexican coast on October 17. ...
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Article : 74 wordsAlthough those on the Kulgoa did not actually see the collision, their attention was attracted by the crash. Almost immediately afterwards they saw the lights on a vessel ...
Article : 181 wordsThe leading Chinese of Sydney feel a little sore on account of one of their number having been subjected to what they consider to be an indignity by the officials of the ...
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Article : 98 wordsS. Darmody and A. Holloway, members of the Australasian football team, have been suspended for two matches for rough play at the recent match at Widnes. ...
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Article : 63 wordsA motor car driven by Mr. J. Smith, the owner, while travelling from Liverpool to Sydney yesterday, was destroyed by fire. Mr. Smith was accompanied by his wife and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 117 wordsThe concillation board which has been inquiring into the discontent among the employees of the Grand Trunk Railway has ordered an increase in the wages all round. ...
Article : 60 wordsMr. Todd, manager of the Sydney Ferries, Ltd., when interviewed, stated that, although the official report of the master of the Kal-Kai was not yet available, his story was as ...
Article : 181 wordsApproval has been expressed by both parties represented at the Dearth of Workers' Conference of the final draft of the numbers and classes of workers who are to be ...
Article : 111 wordsThe melting of snow on the Southern Aips, combined with heavy rain, caused a sudden flooding of the Waimakiriri River, at Belfast, near Christchurch. ...
Article : 78 wordsWhilst cruising yesterday, about four miles to the east of Long Reef. Messrs. J. and A. Brown's tug Stormcock, picked up a whitepainted kingy, about 12ft long. The dingy ...
Article : 81 wordsWith the consent of the Emperor, which had been withheld for eight years, the Archduke Ferdinand Karl has renounced his rank and has married the daughter of a university ...
Article : 41 wordsThe outbreak of fire amongst the cargo of the barque Concordia has been got under control. A considerable quantity of coal was found to be burnt, but the and extent of the ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thu 26 Oct 1911, Page 9
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