The situation is again most critical. The Newcastle Company's steamers are sailing almost as though there were no strike at all. This fact, though the other companies have very few hosts at sea, ...
Article : 1,071 wordsThe London "Daily Telegraph" of March 6, which arrived by the mall to-day, publishes the following from its New York correspondent in reference to the school disaster at ...
Article : 1,029 wordsWell, on the afternoon of February 3 we made fast the Nimrod by our ice anchors to the bay ice, just south of Cape Royds, at the foot of the majestic dome of Mount ...
Article : 2,017 wordsInquiries show that the accusations against Canon Nash, of Melbourne, known as No. 2, rest entirely on the statements of Canon Bardsley to the Bishop of ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Bishop of St. Asaph, Dr. Edwards. in the House of Lords last night moved the second reading of the Education Bill introduced by him, accepting the ...
Article : 228 wordsMr. J. E. Redmond, leader of the Nationalist party, proposed in the House of Commons last night, a motion that,—"The system of government in Ireland is ...
Article : 597 wordsAt Geelong the Rev. C. H. Nash Defence Committee held a meeting this evening, when it is understood the recent cable message from Archbishop Clarke was discussed. The ...
Article : 115 wordsGermany is placing orders this spring for the construction of three large battleships to take the places of the Oldenburg, Siegfried, and Beowulf; also for a large ...
Article : 70 wordsMr. Simpson, a Scotsman, has invented a weapon imparting by means of electricity an initial velocity of 30,000ft per second to projectiles up to 20001b in weight. ...
Article : 86 wordsSir H. Campbell-Bannerman passed a fairly good night on Sunday. He is weak, but otherwise there is no marked change in his condition. ...
Article : 74 wordsGerman newspapers admit that Mr. C. Tower, the United States Ambassador at Berlin, at the instance of the German Emperor, conveyed to the Government at ...
Article : 70 wordsPapers relating to the suspension of Mr. R. M. Dr[?]mmoud, late Acting Chief Government Surveyor of Pap[?], were laid on the table of the House of Representatives to-day. ...
Article : 787 wordsThe casualties caused by the earthquake at Chilapa, Mexico, were only a few. The Ometepec gaol was destroyed, and thirty prisoners escaped. ...
Article : 42 wordsAbout 2.30 yesterday afternoon two valuable horses attached to a van were standing in Mr. Mark Foy's yard, off Liverpool-street when they suddenly bolted. The ...
Article : 277 wordsLeading American commercial organisations are endeavouring to secure the official representation of the United States at the Lisbon International Telegraph ...
Article : 211 wordsMr. Peck, the secretary of the Marine Engineers' Institute, made a statement yesterday respecting the position of the engineers in regald to the getting away of the boats ...
Article : 315 wordsThis afternoon a cyclonic storm broke over the town, doing much dnmage. Chimneys were blown down in all directions and sheets of iron and Wunderlich celling whisked about ...
Article : 216 wordsThe "Daily Mail," writing on the debate in the House of Commons, predicts that Home Rule is buried for a decade, since it will not be the issue at the next general ...
Article : 38 wordsMr. Waddell, on being asked whether he had anything further to say in connection with the issue of the recent loan and the matter of the Commonwealth borrowing, said ...
Article : 348 wordsMarie Partoy has been sentenced to six years' imprisonment in Paris for extorting from her sick mistress, the Baroness Dutell, many sums of money, totalling ...
Article : 48 wordsA great meeting of hop-pickers which was held in Canterbury passed resolutions [?]emanding protection by the tariff, and protrsting against American dumping. ...
Article : 79 wordsYesterday several former shipping masters, some of whom are in the employ of the coastal companies in other capacities, but who are not now members of the Merchant ...
Article : 152 wordsOwing to an attack by some Armenians upon a supposed informer, a number of Bashi-bazouks at Van, Turkish Armenia, indiscriminately assailed them and killed ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Rome correspondent of the Paris "Eclair" states that King Victor Emanuel was intensely annoyed on finding that the telephone wire between the German ...
Article : 55 wordsMr. Wilks asked the Prime Minister to-day, in the Federal Parliament, whether it was intended to introduce legislation in regard to the inquiries to be made into ...
Article : 182 words"The joint executive decided to-day," said Mr. Hughes last night, "that it is quite ready to meet the representatives of the coastal companies in conference at the earliest ...
Article : 222 wordsA meeting of the executive of the Trolley, Draymen, and Carters' Union was held at the Trades Hall last night. Mr. Connington, secretary of the union, afterwards said:— ...
Article : 277 wordsMr. W. G. Todd, general manager of the Sydney Ferries, Ltd., in referring yesterday to the statement made by the secretary of the Firemen and Deckhands' Association, gave ...
Article : 341 wordsMr. Lloyd George, President of the Board of Trade, has purchased, on behalf of the Government, Millwall Dock, at the Isle of Dogs, London. ...
Article : 105 wordsHenry Sice, a clerk in the parcels office at Euston station, the London terminus of the London and North-Western line, has been sentenced to eighteen months' ...
Article : 62 wordsInquiries from the Master Painters' Association indicate a more hopeful tone from their point of view. It was stated that plenty of painters were available, and that work was ...
Article : 156 wordsAbout 50 miles of wire-netting manufactured at Pentridge Guol is now being offered for sale by the Public Works Department in any reasonable quantities at £35 per mile. Several ...
Article : 72 wordsAt the wool sales this afternoon, competition for crossbreds was keener, and prices were firmer. Merinos sold well at late rates. ...
Article : 50 wordsThe decision of Mr. Justice Clements, of Birtish Columbia, in regard to the Alien Immigration Restriction Act, was due to an error in the original Order-in-Council ...
Article : 51 wordsWhen Mr. A. H. Moore, president of th[?] Employers' Federation, was seen yesterday, afternoon on the position of affairS connected with the present strike, he said:—"You ask, ...
Article : 209 wordsThe carters have always been locked upon as holding the key to the situation. When they as a union determined to refuse to cart goods to the coastal wharfs they practically ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 1 Apr 1908, Page 9
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