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  2. THE STRIKE.

    Mr. Hughes explained that his criticisms in connection with the Northern Wages Board were not intended to reflect at all on Judge Scholes. ...

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  3. "CHRISTMAS CHEER."

    Christmas! There is still magic in the word. It is still a season when the desire to give pleasure to others dominates men and women —a season when all those agencies that have ...

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  4. LAND SETTLEMENT.

    At the conference of headmasters of English Public schools, the Rev. Dr. H. B. Gray, of Bradfield College, proposed a resolution welcoming the development of a ...

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  5. ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

    Lord Tennyson (Unionist), speaking at Ryde, said that Great Britain was passing through the gravest crisis since the Napoleonic wars. The Radicals were ...

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  6. ASSASSINATIONS.

    A terrible bomb outrage is reported from St Petersburg. A youth named Vosskressensky hired a flat in St. Petersburg and announced that ...

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  7. FINANCE OF THE STRIKE.

    When the business of appointing auditors came on at the Sydney Labour Council meeting last night the president said: "There will be no audit in connection with certain things ...

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  8. MR. HUGHES GOES SOUTH.

    "I am very glad to see the result of the ballot for election of officers among the southern miners," said Mr. Hughes yesterday. "It emphatically endorses the policy of the ...

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  9. PREMIER AND LORD MAYOR.

    Mr. Hughes wishes to further explain his statement in regard to his interview with the Lord Mayor after the wharf-labourers' meeting some time ago. ...

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  10. GHOSTS OF THE CONGRESS.

    Yesterday afternoon there was a little life at the Trades Hall. A number of ghosts of the lately defunct strike congress were observed about the building, gathered in the ...

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  11. THE INDUSTRIAL BOARD.

    At a meeting of the Hetton miners' lodge this afternoon a motion was carried expressing lack of confidence in Mr. Paterson as the representative of the miners on the Industrial ...

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  12. LIBERAL OPPOSES SOCIALIST.

    Mr. Herbert Samuel, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, addressed a meeting at Colne Valley in opposition to the candidature of Mr. V. Grayson, M.P. (Socialist). ...

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  13. PLOT AGAINST FINLAND.

    Owing to the discovery of maps and guides to Finland among the papers of Vosskressensky, the newspapers believe that Colonel Karpoff was engaged in the ...

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  14. HOUSE OF LORDS VETO.

    Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at Cardiff, said, "The first thing is to settle the veto of the House of Lords, and all other things will be added ...

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  15. PRINTERS CONDEMN GOVERNMENT

    At the monthly meeting of the Printing Trades Federation Council, held on Tuesday, the following motion was carried unanimously:— ...

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  16. A PRISONER'S ESCAPE.

    One of a party of five prisoners escaped from the custody of a warder and a policeman at the Central Raliway Station yesterday morning. ...

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  17. DISASTROUS FIRES.

    Kyle's Bute hydro at Rothesay was destroyed by fire, which had its origin in the fusing of an electric wire. Fifty Christmas guests escaped from the ...

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  18. SENSATION IN ST. PETERSBURG.

    The outrage caused a profound sensation in St. Petersburg, owing to the expected arrival of the Czar for the funeral of the Grand Duke Michael ...

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  19. POISONING IN CALCUTTA.

    The Calcutta correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" telegraphs that five members of the staff of the Viceroy, Lord Minto, and nine servants have been poisoned. ...

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  20. CONCILIATION URGED.

    At a representative gathering of ministers under the auspices of the Newcastle Ministers' Association, the following resolution was carried unanimously:—"Urging ...

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  21. MR. WADE'S DISCLAIMER.

    The Premier said yesterday:—"Mr. Hughes may have believed what the Lord Mayor said, and the Lord Mayor may have believed what he told Mr. Hughes, but he certainly had no ...

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  22. YARMOUTH PIER IN FLAMES.

    The Britannia Pier at Yarmouth yesterday was destroyed by fire. The damage is put down at £60,000. ...

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  23. IN INDIA.

    Mr. A. Jackson, Collector at Nasik, a seditious centre in the Bombay Presidency, recently sentenced a man to penal servitude for life. Yesterday Mr. Jackson, ...

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  24. NORTH SHORE LIGHTED.

    Rumours circulated yesterday, that a strike had occurred of the employees of the North Shore Gas Company; but inquiries proved that nothing had occurred that by any stretch of ...

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  25. SOUTHERN WAGES BOAED.

    Apparently there is some misunderstanding with regard to the circumstances under which Mr. Edmunds was appointed as chairman of the Southern Collieries Miners' Board. The ...

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  26. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Australian Pastoral Company has paid a final dividend of 6 per cent. SIR HORACE TOZER. Sir Hornee Tozer, the retiring ...

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  27. GALES IN BRITAIN.

    Heavy winds and gales, with snow, were the weather conditions on Tuesday, and these were followed yesterday by a rapid thaw, with torrential rains and floods in ...

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  28. THE BRAKE ON LEGISLATION.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Premier said that the treatment which the Legislative Council had accorded to certain measures had occasioned the keenest ...

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  29. THE NEW TURKEY.

    Last evening the Ottoman subjects in Sydney gave an enthusiastic welcome home to Esper Nassoor Bey, Consul for his Imperial Majesty Mohamed V. M. Paul ...

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  30. PREMIER OF KOREA.

    Reuter's correspondent at Seoul states that Yi-wanyon, the Korean Premier, has been fatally stabbed. Dec. 23. ...

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  31. DEATH OF LORD MONKSWELL.

    The death is announced of Lord Monkswell, aged 64 years. Lord Monkswell was one of the small band of Liberal Peers. His father was a distinguished ...

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  32. THOSE FOUR QUESTIONS.

    The Premier is not satisfied with the reply Mr. Hughes gave to his four questions. Mr. Hughes admitted that he proposed early in November to call out the maritime workers ...

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  33. GOVERNMENT WINS BY-ELECTION.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 68 words
  34. THE WATERSIDE.

    No attempt was made yeaterday to resume loading the Greifswald, of the North German Lloyd Company. The torrents of rain would have prevented work, even if the unionists ...

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  35. ROUMANIAN PREMIER WOUNDED.

    A workman fired three shots at, and seriously wounded, M. Bratiano, the Premier of Roumania. ...

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  36. CASUALTIES.

    Michael O'Keefe, a labourer, aged 40, was working on the alterations to Perdriau's premises in George-street yesterday, when he fell from the verandah roof to the pavement, ...

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  37. KING LEOPOLD'S FUNERAL.

    Dense crowds attended a service in Brussels Cathedral held in connection with the funeral of King Leopold. The remains were interred at Laeken, ...

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  38. FELL DOWN THE HOLD.

    William Adams, 26, a wharf-labourer, living in Yurong-street, city, was working on the steamer Innamincka, lying at the Adelaide Steamship Company's wharf, shortly after 6 ...

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  39. DEATH-KNELL OF STRIKES.

    The Sydney Labour Council last night placed on record a minute of its executive protesting against the amendment of the Industrial Disputes Act. ...

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  40. UNION RECOMMENDS MEN TO WORK.

    The council of the Waterside Workers' Federation met yesterday, and, after discussion, decided to recommend the men usually employed on the Nord-deutscher Lloyd boats ...

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  41. REVOLT IN NICARAGUA.

    General Estrada, the revolutionary leader in Nicaragua, has been victorious in his operations, having captured Recreo and Tatumbia, strongholds of General Zelaya. ...

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  42. CO-OPERATION WITH COAL-LUMPERS.

    This latest strike has added a considerable number of men to the unemployed. Whether they will accopt the recommendation of the council remains to be seen, but it is extremely ...

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  43. TRAM ACCIDENT.

    Thomas Ryan, 64, living in Castleroagh-street, Redfern, was taken to Sydney Hospital in a cab at about 6.20 p.m. yesterday suffering from injuries to the head and a ...

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  44. DR. COOK.

    Some of Dr. Cook's friends declare him to be "an object of sympathy, and the victim of hallucination." Dec. 23. ...

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  45. WINDOW ACCIDENT ENDS FATALLY.

    Robert Austin, a plumber, lately living in Glebe-road, Glebe, who sustained a fractured skull, owing to a window falling upon his head in George-street West, on Wednesday evening, ...

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  46. IN VICTORIA.

    A great number of wharf-labourers have been compelled to sock other employment owing to the scarcity of work caused by the strike. ...

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  47. THE CAMPAIGN.

    The ballot papers for the election of the executive of the Miners' Federation were counted to-day, and show that the retiring officers in almost every case have been ...

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  48. STRUCK BY A TREE.

    Whilst ringbarking on his father's selection at Pine Creek, six miles from Bellingen, yesterday, a son of Mr. D. Atkins, aged 12 years, was struck by the limb of a tree, which fell ...

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  49. GERMAN DOCKYARD SCANDALS.

    Chief Engineer Roggensack, of the German cruiser Danzig, who was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and cashiered, in connection with the Kiel ...

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  50. SQUADRONS IN DOMINIONS.

    Lord Brassey, who is visiting Cape Colony, advocates the strengthening of the Cape squadron. He believes that the inadequate representation of the navy tends ...

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  51. WORKING THE MARMORA.

    The R.M.S. Marmora, bound for London, arrived this morning. The Port Adelaide Working Men's Association is not offiliated with the Sydney Waterside Workers, and there was not ...

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  52. A NARROW ESCAPE.

    James Lavender, whilst trucking a log in the bush with a bullock team, had a narrow escape. The log struck a tree, a limb from which fell and went through the brim of ...

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  53. THE TANAMI GOLDFIELDS.

    The following message has been received from Tanami goldfield, dated December 16:— "At a meeting of miners last evening the following motion was carried unanimously, ...

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  54. BIG ESTATE DUTIES.

    The estates of the late Arthur Wilson, valued at £667,342, Consuelo Duchess of Manchester £324,860, and B. L. Cohen £385.146, yielded, with other death duties, ...

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  55. SOUTH STANDING FIRM.

    Mr. Dunleavy, president of the southern miners, and one of the two delegates to the late strike-congress, came up to Sydney yesterday. He was asked what the prospects ...

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  56. THE SHIPPING INDUSTRY.

    The cargo steamer Kooringa, of the fleet of M'llwraith, M'Eacharn, and Co., arrived at Sydney late on Wednesday night with 2000 tons of salt from Edithburg, and upon ...

    Article : 278 words
  57. LATE SHIPPING.

    Cooma, s, 3839 tons, Captain Leslie, from Melbourne, en route to Townsville, via Brisbane and ports. Howard Smith Co., Ltd., agents. Brundah, s, 884 tons, Captain Alley, from Richmond ...

    Article : 59 words
  58. SERIOUS STABBING AFFRAY.

    A stabbing affray occurred at Chinatown Geraldton, last night. During the afternoon Indians and other aliens, who were engaged gambling, alleged that cheating was going on, ...

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  59. OUR LEADING JEWELLERS.

    Messrs. William Farmer and Co., Vice-regal jewellors, 30 Hunter-street, Sydney, invite inspection of their magnificent display of diamond and gem Jewellery, silverware, watches, ...

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  60. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

    CAIRNS (1400m).—Arr: Dee. 23, Wyreema, s, from Sydney. TOWNSVILLE (1370m).—Arr: Dec. 23, Grantala, s, from Cairns; Empire, s, from Hongkong. ...

    Article : 81 words
  61. SEAMEN WILL KEEP GOING.

    At a meeting of the Seamen's Federation held yesterday morning it was decided that all members should continue their work without interruption. This means that the seamen ...

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