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  2. NO ALLIANCE.

    One of the most important phases of to-day's sitting of the Commonwealth Labour, Conference in Brisbane was the determination that the Labour party in the Federal ...

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  3. SHIPPING. ARRIVALS.—July 9.

    Wollowra, s, 2631 tons, Captain H. Brissenden, from Cairns, Townsville, Bowen, Mackay, and Brisbane. Passengers—Saloon 27, steerage 42. G. S. Yuill and Co., Limited, agents. ...

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  4. AUSTRALIAN WEATHER. THE "HERALD" MAP.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 104 words
  5. NEWCASTLE. A BROKEN LEG.

    A man named Otto Aitalgorg, a sailmaker employed on the steamer Dunairn, met with a painful accident at the dyke at an early hour this morning. He was descending by a ...

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  6. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    New education regulations were approved by the Executive Council to-day, principally with the object of increasing the salaries of teachers in the lower grades of Public schools. ...

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  7. VICTORIA. SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY.

    A deputation of shop assistants yesterday urged the Chief Secretary (Sir Alex. Peacock) to help them in making the Saturday half-holiday universal in Melbourne and suburbs. ...

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  8. TRADES COUNCIL.

    Mr. P. B. Marshall, president, occupied the chair at the half-yearly meeting of the Sydney Trades and Labour Council, held at the Trades Hall last night. ...

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  9. SPECIAL LICENSING COURT.

    The sittings of the Special Licensing Court were continued to-day before Judge Fitzhardinge and Messrs. Love and Scott, S.Ms. Further evidence was taken in regard to a ...

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  10. COAL AND OTHER EXPORTS.

    The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house to-day:—Komura, s, for Brisbane, via Sydney, with nil; Romford, s, for Adelaide, via Sydney, with 700 tons bunkers; Navarino, ...

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  11. RAILWAY REVENUE.

    The raliway revenue for the financial year just closed was £3,874,199, a decline of £138,021 as compared with the receipts for the preceding 12 months. The decrease is ...

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  12. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The new Dutch steamer Van Swoll arrived to-day with one European passenger. She will sail to-morrow with Judge Herbert, who will inquire into the trade possibilities of the ...

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  13. SHRINKAGE IN BANK DEPOSITS.

    The June quarterly average returns of 11 banks trading in Victoria show that the shrinkage in deposits for the past three months was £930,467. ...

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  14. WATER BOARD VICE-PRESIDENT.

    Mr. G. Errington was the only member of the Hunter District Water and Sewerage Board nominated for the position of vice-president of the board, and at to-day's meeting ...

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  15. THE GOLD YIELD.

    The gold yield for June was 61,861oz gross, or 57,453oz fine, valued at £244,049, compared with June last year—a decrease of 13,049oz gross. The amount won during the last six ...

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  16. SIGNS OF THE CREEP.

    At the meeting of the Hunter District Water and Sewerage Board to-day the engineer reported that in consequence of the recent ground movements on "The Hill" at ...

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  17. BROKEN HILL'S POSITION.

    The official figures for the three months ended June 30 are somewhat depressing reading so far as Broken Hill is concerned. That is, compared with the various quarters of last ...

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  18. DEPARTURES.—July 9.

    Netherlee, s, for Bombay, via Brisbane. Corio, s, for Adelaide, via Newcastle. Ajax, pilot steamer, for Newcastle. Fifeshire, bq, for Portland (O.), via Newcastle. ...

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  19. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

    {No abstract available}

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  20. PROJECTED DEPARTURES.—July 10.

    Afric, s, for London and Liverpool, via South Africa, Makambo, s, for New Guinea and Solomon Islands, via ports, Upolu, s, for South Sea Islands; Wollowra, s, for Melbourne, City of Grafton, s, for ...

    Article : 95 words
  21. QUEENSLAND.

    The official return of the Queensland gold yield for June, with the comparative figures for June, 1907, shows that last month the total yield from all sources was 40,545 fine ounces ...

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  22. TASMANIAN CABINET POLICY.

    The Premier, Captain Evans, unfolded the policy of the Government at Port Cygnet to-night. He said he strongly repudiated the charges of insincerity of purpose levelled ...

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  23. CLEARANCES.—July 9.

    Fifeshire barque, 1318 tons, Captain Nichol, for Portland (U.S.A.), via Newcastle. Corio, s, 2061 tons, Captain Parry for Adelaide, via Newcastle. ...

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  24. DISOBEDIENT UNIONS.

    [?] correspondence read at last night's [?]ing of the Sydney Trades and Labour [?]cil contained several letters relating to [?]ndustrial Disputes Act. ...

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  25. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Mineral Electrical Engineering Company, of Murray-street, Perth, recently found that electrical fittings to the value of £600 or £700 had been stolen from their depot ...

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  26. ENTERED OUTWARD.—July 9.

    Torrisdale, bq, for West Coast, via Newcastle; Nerehana, s, for London, via Auckland; Zealundia, s, for Hobart, via Newcastle; Dorset, s, for London and Liverpool, via Portland and Angra Pequena; James ...

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  27. COLLECTING BECHE-DE-MER.

    Mr. Clayton T. Mason, the Collector of Customs, has received an urgent telegram from Mr. M'Kenna, Sub-collector of Customs at Broome, stating that Alexander ...

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  28. MOVEMENTS OF MAIL STEAMFRS.

    The R.M.S. Himalaya, from London, bound to Sydney arrived at Fremantle at midnight on Wednesday, and left again at 5 a.m. yesterday for Adelaide. The R.M.S. China, from Sydney, bound to London, ...

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  29. NEW ZEALAND.

    Replying to a question, the Premier said that before establishing a mint the New Zealand annual output of gold should be considerably increased. Otherwise the country ...

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  30. PASSENGERS BY THE AFRIC.

    Appended is a list of the passengers by the White Star liner Afric, which will be despatched from Sydney to-day for London, via Capetown and ports:— For Durban: Miss M. Taylor, Mrs. Duggan and ...

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  31. THE NEW PROTECTION.

    As soon as the decision of the High Court in the Harvester Excise case was given the trades unions decided to urge the amendment of the Constitution if necessary. It was ...

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  32. INDIGNANT JURYMEN.

    [?] letter to the press Mr. Frank Hedger, [?]an of the jury whose verdict was [?]ly criticised by Judge Johnston last [?]says:—"Although Judge Johnston on ...

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  33. THE FIREWOOD STRIKE.

    The firewood strike still remains unsettled, and the situation, as far as the working of the mines is concerned, is becoming most serious. This morning the employees of the ...

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  34. FATAL STREET ACCIDENT. KNOCKED DOWN BY A MAIL-CART.

    At about 12.30 yesterday afternoon Vivian uplter Barry, a boy of 10 years of age, recently living at 29 Underwood-street, Paddington, died at St. Vincent's Hospital, from injuries ...

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  35. PASSENGERS BY THE MAKAMBO.

    The following is a list of the passengers for the Solomon Islands and New Guinea by Burns, Philp, and Co.'s island steamer Makambo, which will sail at noon to-day:— ...

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  36. FILLING UP THE LAND.

    Speaking at a lunchoon at the Lockyer Agricultural Show to-day, Sir Arthur Morgan, President of the Legislative Council, said he believed that the trend of immigration was ...

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  37. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

    THURSDAY ISLAND (2000m).—Dep: July 8, Aldenham, s, for Sydney. CAIRNS (1400m).—Dep: July 8, Guthrie, s, for Singapore. ...

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  38. PASSENGERS BY THE ALDENHAM.

    The E. and A. S.S. Company's steamer Aldenham sailed to-day in continuation of her voyage from Japan and China for Sydney. Her passengers are:— For Brisbane: Mrs. Kibble, Misses Kibble (2), Messrs. ...

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  39. CASUALTIES. INJURED SPINE.

    Christopher Alexander, 82, residing at 30 Little Arthur-street, North Sydney, while alighting from a Milson's Point ferryboat at Circular Quay yesterday morning, collided with ...

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  40. [?]BOUR'S FINANCE SCHEME.

    Commonwealth Labour Conference, now in Brisbane, spent most of to-night's discussing Federal and State finance. [?]atter came up under the report of a ...

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  41. A LIGHTER SUNK.

    A lighter, some time after receiving a cargo from the North Coast Company's steamer Myee yesterday, suddenly filled and sank at the Raleigh Wharf. Two men who were asleep ...

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  42. ARBITRATION IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. Millar, Minister for Labour, interviewed on the subject of his amending Arbitration Bill, said that the experience of the past few months pointed to a sort of revolt on the part ...

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  43. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING.

    AUCKLAND (1281m).—Dep.: July 9, Iris, cable-repairing str., for Norfolk Island. ...

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  44. THE MAILS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 230 words
  45. PASSENGERS BY THE HIMALAYA.

    The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Himalaya, from London, bound to Sydney, arrived here at 12.15 this morning, and resumed her voyage at 5 a.m. Her passengers are:— ...

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  46. ACCIDENT ON A STEAMER.

    Charles Thomson, 53, a married man, employed as a wharf labourer, and residing at 137 Henderson-road, Alexandria, met with an accident yesterday afternoon while working on ...

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  47. EMBEZZLEMENT AT PERTH.

    P. A. Cant, clerk in the Tender Board offices, has confessed to having embezzled between £700 and £800, representing contractors' deposits. Cant is a young married man. He ...

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  48. THE SALE OF THE MAVIS.

    The schooner-yacht Mavis, the sale of which was announced in yesterday's issue of the "Herald," has been purchased by a well-known shipping authority connected with the British-India S. N. Company, ...

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  49. FLOODS IN NEW ZEALAND.

    [?] rain continues in Canterbury, Otago, [?]thland. The train service between [?]urch and Dunedin is interrupted by [?]d washouts, and the railway is under ...

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  50. A MINER INJURED.

    Albert Smith, a miner, 31, had his left leg broken and his head and back injured by a fall of ground at the Block 10 mine this afternoon. He was taken to the hospital. ...

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  51. THE BRAYBROOK DISASTER.

    At half-past 10 this morning the jury empannelled in connection with the Braybrook railway disaster met to consider their verdict. At 6 they were discharged for the day, and ...

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  52. A "PERAMBULATING HOTEL."

    A man named Weston was fined £25 at Christchurch for perambulating the streets on Sunday with bottles of whisky, selling drinks at a shilling each. ...

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  53. A NEW TUGBOAT.

    Mr. W. M. Ford, Jun., is building at his works, at Berry's Bay, a tug and passenger steamer to the order of Mr. J. W. Alexander, of Sydney. The principal dimensions of the vessel will be:—Length, 82ft, beam, ...

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  54. CRUSHED BY A FALL OF COAL.

    A miner named Leslie Parker was badly crushed yesterday in the Mount Kembla mine through a fall of coal. ...

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  55. LIQUOR TRADE DEFENCE.

    Acting of the Pokolbin and District Wine [?] Association resolved that all mem[?]uld tax themselves at the rate of 6d [?] of vines per annum for three years ...

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  56. FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT.

    An inquiry was held to-day regarding the death of a young man named Charles Gosling, who was accidentally shot dead by a youth named Thomas Goldie at Black Rock on ...

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  57. THE EASTERN TRADE.

    It is stated on good authority, though not officially confirmed, that the China Steam Navigation Company, Limited, is considering the advisability of temporarily withdrawing two of ...

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  58. THE SURPLUS REVENUE BILL.

    Referring to-day to the Surplus Revenue Bill, the Colonial Treasurer (Mr. Frank Wilson) said: "Negotiations are still pending between the Premier of New South Wales and the Prime ...

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  59. THROWN FROM A SULKY.

    While out driving in a sulky with four children, Mr. E. O. Morath had a narrow escape. The sulky struck a log, precipitating himself and two children over the side. The ...

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  60. A SHIPPING SALE.

    This morning, at 11.30, Fraser, Uther, and Co. will offer for sale by auction, the barquentine Kongsbyrd, 250 tons register, and of the following dimensions:— Length, 120ft; breadth, 26ft 9in; and depth, 12ft 4in. ...

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  61. THE BAR HARBOURS.

    The following telegrams were received last night regarding the condition of the bar harbours:—Bateman's Bay, 6ft 3in on bar at high water this morning: Ballina, 12ft on bat, 14ft on inside channel at high ...

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  62. SUICIDE IN THE BUSH.

    On Tuesday afternoon some men camped near the hospital informed the police that an old man apparently about 60 years of age, name unknown, had been missing since about ...

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  63. CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY.

    The Tsinan, from Hongkong, continues her voyage to Melbourne at 7 a.m. today. The Taiyuan lelt Sydney for Hongkong, via usual ports, on the 4th inst, and is due to arrive in ...

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  64. YOUNG MAN'S FORTITUDE.

    [?]lay a young man, Adam Imberger, [?] a severe accident whilst riding [?] side of a mountain. The horse [?]n frozen snow, and fell on the rider, ...

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  65. DEATH OF A CHILD.

    In regard to the supposed murder of a child Griffiths Stephens and his wife were further remanded at Cootamundra yesterday for eight days consequent on a report by Dr. ...

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  66. PROPOSED CRICKET ECONOMY.

    Owing to the indifferent state of the finances of the N.S.W. Cricket Association, it has been deemed necessary to curtail expenses, and with that object in view Mr. C. F. Lloyd has ...

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  67. ALLEGED PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT.

    Mr. Cresswell, P.M., to-day dismissed the charge against Queen Hi, who was accused of having unlawfully entered the Commonwealth, on the ground that he was a prohibited ...

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  68. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    A bill to prevent the adulteration of chaff or other produce used for feeding stock and for other purposes was read the first time in the Legislative Assembly to-day. The debate ...

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  69. GERMAN-AUSTRALIAN LINE.

    The Altona (United Tyser) is to leave New York July 25. The Apolda is loading at Scandinavian ports. The Augsburg left Sydney June 3, homeward. The Bergedorf left Batavia May 29, homeward. The Berlin ...

    Article : 269 words
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