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  2. SHOP ASSISTANTS.

    The Arbitration Court—Judge Heydon (president), Mr. J. P. Wright (employers' representative), and Mr. E. Riley (employees' representative)—delivered judgment yesterday[?] ...

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  3. WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT.

    The city electrical engineer has submitted to the town clerk a report on the evidence taken before the committee which inquired into the cause of the breakdown of the electric ...

    Article : 828 words
  4. ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

    Speaking at Camperdown last night Mr. Arthur Griffith, M.L.A., said that certain persons and newspapers were endeavouring, for political reasons, to lead the public to ...

    Article : 370 words
  5. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Within the past three or four weeks the Scottish collieries at Collie have changed hands, and now belong to three Perth men, Messrs. Splatt, Wall, and Young. Mr. Wall ...

    Article : 165 words
  6. SHIPPING.

    Antigua, ship, 1347 tons, Captain Torgersen, from Coquimbo. Wimmera, s, 2960 tons, Captain Wyllie, from Wellington and other New Zealand ports. Huddart, ...

    Article : 258 words
  7. WAVERLEY.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Onslow opened his campaign last night in the Bondi division of the Waverley electorate. There was a large attendance, including a number of ladies, Mr. ...

    Article : 179 words
  8. MR. WRIGHT DISSENTS.

    Mr. J. P. Wright, the employers' representative on the Bench, dissented from a portion of the judgment. He said he was compelled to dissent from that portion of the ...

    Article : 575 words
  9. SHIP MACDIARMID IN DISTRESS.

    The ship Macdiarmid, 2328 tons, which left Newcastle with a cargo of coal for Gatico on July 10, arrived in Hauraki Gulf yesterday in distress, and owing to unfavourable weather will not reach Auckland until ...

    Article : 64 words
  10. AID FOR SWEDISH SHIPPING.

    The Swedish Government has decided upon a scheme by which the shipowners of that country will receive financial aid in the form of loans at a low rate of interest for the building of new vessels. The ...

    Article : 105 words
  11. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY.

    In the City Police Court to-day, Mrs. Florence Urati Jardine, who is charged with having conspired to bring about the imprisonment of Wm. Lineham, broke down, and had to be ...

    Article : 93 words
  12. SHIPPING CHARTERS.

    Messrs. Nelson and Robertson report the following charters:—Gwydir Castle, 1408 tons, Newcastle (N.S.W.), Caleta Coloso; Frances Fisher, 1359 tons, Newcastle (N.S.W.), Coq, Pisagua, option Peru; Burgmeistor ...

    Article : 100 words
  13. DEPARTURES.—July 30.

    Den or Airlie, s, for Newcastle. Vancouver, s, for Newcastle. Time, s, for Newcastle. Prinz Sigismund, s, for Japan, via ports. ...

    Article : 66 words
  14. CANTERBURY.

    Mr. Varney Parkes held a successful meeting at Dulwich Hill on Friday night. He justified his action in refusing to come to terms with the central executive of the Liberal ...

    Article : 124 words
  15. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Minister for Labour proposes to bring in an amendment of the Factories Act restricting the hours of labour of Chinese to those allowed to women and children, on the ground ...

    Article : 66 words
  16. HUDDART, PARKER, AND CO.'S FLEET.

    The Wimmera will leave Sydney on Saturday for Wellington. The Zealandia left Auckland at 6 p.m. on Monday and is due at Sydney on Friday. The Anglian will leave Sydney for W. A. on Aug. 7. ...

    Article : 127 words
  17. PROJECTED DEPARTURES.—July 31.

    Star of Australia, s, for London and Liverpool, via Suez Canal; Waipara, s, for Durban, Capetown, and London; Vine Branch, s, for Manila, Hongkong, and Vladivostock; Miowera, s, for Auckland and New ...

    Article : 23 words
  18. EMPLOYERS' OPINIONS.

    Mr. J. J. Macken, manager of the business of Mark Foy, said:—"The Court has had an arduous task in dissecting its facts from 17,000 typewritten sheets of evidence, and, ...

    Article : 174 words
  19. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

    In the closing portion of his address to the electors in St. George's Hall, Newtown, on Monday evening, Mr. H. T. Morgan, the selected Liberal candidate, urged that it was ...

    Article : 574 words
  20. CLEARANCES.—July 30.

    Glaucus, s, 1363 tons, Captain Beer, for Melbourne, via Newcastle. Prinz Sigismund, s, 3302 tons, Captain Lenz, for Kobe, via ports. ...

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  21. STRANGE DISCOVERY OF LETTERS.

    This morning 25 letters were found by a railway employee, named Frederick Baskerville, in a drain carrying away the overflow from the tank supplies to the locomotives, ...

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  22. UNION STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

    The Miowera will leave Sydney for Auckland this afternoon. The Warrimoo will leave Melbourne for Hobart and N.Z. at 10 a.m. to-day. The Wakatipu left Hobart yesterday evening, and is due in Sydney ...

    Article : 105 words
  23. RAID IN CROWN-STREET.

    At an early hour this morning the police of No. 3 Station, Darlinghurst, raided an alleged gambling house in Crown-street and arrested 21 men. ...

    Article : 260 words
  24. IMPORTS.—July 30.

    Barwon, s, from Melbourne: 224 bgs ore, 20 pkgs paint, 30 drms c calcium, 50 cs punch, 76 cs nails, 20 rls wire, 1399 bls straw, 809 bgs oats, 111 pkgs confectionery, 4220 bgs onions, 470 bgs malt, 356 bgs ...

    Article : 303 words
  25. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

    THURSDAY ISLAND (2000 miles).—Dep: July 30, Maranoa, s, for Brisbane. COOKTOWN (1550 miles).—Passed: July 30, Elaine, s, for Manila. ...

    Article : 925 words
  26. BURGLARS AT DENILIQUIN.

    An attempt was made at an early hour this morning to break into the Emry Stores by burglars. Evidently the work was that of amateurs. A short heavy iron chisel and files ...

    Article : 88 words
  27. "BEST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN."

    Mr. W. Lowe, of the firm of W. Lowe and Co.:—"I agree with the award, and with the rates of wages fixed. If a male assistant over 24 years of ago with experience is not ...

    Article : 200 words
  28. SHOT WITH A REVOLVER.

    William John Robinson, licensee of the Lincoln Hotel, nine miles from Wellington in reported to have shot himself dead with a revolver. An inquest has been ordered. ...

    Article : 46 words
  29. MR. RILEY CONCURS.

    Mr. E. Riley, the employees' representative on the Bench, concurred with the President. It was not desired, he said, that an employer should be compelled to sweat his employees. ...

    Article : 104 words
  30. EXPORTS.—July 30.

    Prinz Sigismund, s, for Japan: 4014 sleepers, 50 cs lemons, 5272 sks flour, 40 bgs salt, 155 cs meats, 20 cs cordials, 120 bgs potatoes, 40 bgs onions, 20 cs ham, 36 firebars, 340 cs kerosene, 72 bgs rice, 50 bdls ...

    Article : 624 words
  31. FIRE AT LITHGOW.

    An inquiry into the fire which occurred in the main street on Thursday evening was held at the Courthouse yesterday, before Mr. E P. Richards, J.P., District Coronor. Mr. J. ...

    Article : 373 words
  32. "SOME EMPLOYEES WILL GO."

    Mr. C. G. Halte, of King-street, Newtown, said: In one way the award is unfair. It fixes the minimum wage for men too high: £2 or £2, 5s would have been quite high ...

    Article : 136 words
  33. ALL BLACKS.

    The work of the selectors in deciding upon the team to meet the famous "All Blacks" on Saturday next came in for a deal of criticism yesterday, and it was mostly of an adverse ...

    Article : 284 words
  34. THE AWARD.

    In this award "Shop Assistants" means persons selling by retail, in the following businesses the goods of their employers in places used by their employers for that purpose, and includes shop-walkers, and hands ...

    Article : 1,653 words
  35. INTERSTATE PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Assembly to-day Mr. Butler, leader of the Opposition, spoke for over two hours on the Murray Waters Bill. He contended that South Australia had got by far the worst of ...

    Article : 255 words
  36. A LEVELLING DOWN.

    Mr. J. N. Grace, of Grace Brothers, said[?] Why is our firm singled out? If the award is to apply to the shops of the city, then Grace Brothers is not in the city. If it ...

    Article : 450 words
  37. BEFORE THE ELECTORS.

    Mr. C. W. Oakes, M.L.A., last night opened his campaign for the Paddington electorate at the local Town Hall. The meeting was presided over by Alderman Denis Brown ...

    Article : 338 words
  38. MAIL STEAMER FIRE.

    The fire on the M.M. steamer Ville de la Ciotat was subdued sufficiently by 10 minutes to 5 yesterday morning for the official "stop" to be given. The "stop" did not mean, ...

    Article : 268 words
  39. FIRE ON THE MELVILLE ISLAND.

    A loud explosion was heard to-night from the ship Melville Island, lying at the Wellington Wharf, and fire was seen issuing from the after hatchway. The watchman poured water ...

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  40. MAIL STEAMERS.

    The J.M.S. Yawata Maru, from Kobe and Hongkong, arrived at Sydney this morning. The R.M.S. Moldavia, from London, will arrive at Sydney early to-morrow. ...

    Article : 87 words
  41. ACTIONS AGAINST AN AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

    In the District Court to-day several persons who had refreshment booths at the last Tamworth show proceeded against the Agricultural Society for a breach of agreement, ...

    Article : 218 words
  42. BRITISH AND FOREIGN

    Criffel, bq, from Sydney, at Queenstown. Benicia, sh, from Sydney, at Rotterdam. Kleist, s, from Australian ports, at Bremen. Irby, sh, from Port Victoria, at Falmouth. ...

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  43. THE YAWATA MARU.

    The J.M.S. Yawata Maru, from Yokohama, Hongkong, and Manila, arrived at Sydney this morning. Passengers—Captain Clark, Messrs. Okabe, Clark, Chibu, M'Donald, Richard, Barnett, Henderson, ...

    Article : 65 words
  44. FIRST WHALE OF THE SEASON.

    Local whalers this morning effected the first kill of the season, securing a large bull humpback whale, after a prolonged chase. Another whale was pursued, but escaped ...

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  45. NEW ZEALAND.

    AUCKLAND.—July 30, Macdiarmid, sh, bound from Newcastle to Gatico, arrived in Hauraki Gulf in distress. KAIPARA.—Dep: July 30, Helen Denny, bq, for ...

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  46. WIMMERA, FROM NEW ZEALAND.

    The steamer Wimmera, from New Zealand, reached Port Jackson at 6 a.m. yesterday. Passengers:—Mesdames Ovenden, Russell, Griffiths, Nathan, Biggs and boy, Bucknill, Pike, Misses Nairn, Wills, Nathan, ...

    Article : 115 words
  47. ASSISTANTS SATISFIED.

    Mr. J. P. Osborne, vice-president of the Shop Assistants' Union, who is employed at Mark Foy's, said:—"The award ought to give satisfaction, because it regulates the trade ...

    Article : 134 words
  48. THE MAILS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 388 words
  49. NEWCASTLE.

    The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house to-day:—Kinfauns, bq, for Huasco, with 1561 tons coal; Woodford, s, for Port Pirie, with 800 tons bunker coal; Wonga Fell, ...

    Article : 63 words
  50. ST. LEONARDS.

    Mr. F. A. Winter, one of the candidates for the St. Leonards seat, opened his campaign last night at the North Sydney School of Arts. Mr. W. Stoddart presided. ...

    Article : 487 words
  51. THE CHURCH MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

    The Rev. A. R. Ebbs, secretary for the C.M.A. of Victoria, arrived in Sydney yesterday from the Northern Territory on his way to Melbourne. The Church Missionary ...

    Article : 328 words
  52. NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

    For some time the Nippon Yusen Kaisha (says the "Shipping Gazette") have been chartering extra steamers to supply their requirements for special cargo and outside ports. They have now decided to put on ...

    Article : 108 words
  53. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 229 words
  54. LABOUR AND UNIONISM.

    Speaking at a social on Saturday, Mr. MacGillivray, one of the oldest members of the South Australian Labour party, said it would be better for the party if those who were not ...

    Article : 136 words
  55. "VERY DESIRABLE IMPROVEMENT."

    Mr. P. J. Caldecott, treasurer of the Shop Assistants' Union, said:—"I would have liked to have seen a proportion clause in the award, but the changes proposed in many respects ...

    Article : 144 words
  56. STEAMER KOLYA.

    The Adelaide S.S. Company's steamer Kolya, which has been engaged in the cattle trade in W.A., arrived at Sydney yesterday evening. She was damaged by colliding with a bank near the Mewstone Rock, and ...

    Article : 60 words
  57. SHIP CASTLE ROCK.

    The ship Castle Rock, 84 days out from Eureka, arrived at Port Jackson last night, and anchored in Chowder Bay at 9.30. When near Tonga on July 1 a gale, which reached the force of a hurricane, was ...

    Article : 86 words
  58. SENSATION AT SEA.

    A peculiar incident was reported on the arrival of the steamer Wimmera from Wellington (N.Z.) yesterday. Mr. Chas. Siddel, a retired publican, who was a passenger on the ...

    Article : 101 words
  59. "FAIR TO BOTH SIDES."

    Mr. F. Beauchamp, a member of the committee of the Shop Assistants' Union, said:— "It is a very fair award, fair to both sides. The employers ought to feel quite as satisfied ...

    Article : 111 words
  60. A RIVER IN MID-OCEAN.

    The Loch line full-rigged ship Loch Garry (Captain J. Horne master) has been chartered to load at New York for Australia. In a letter from Boston (Mass.), Captain Horne said:— ...

    Article : 346 words
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