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  2. THE LATE STRIKE IN VICTORIA.

    The "Standard," in commenting upon the failure of the strike in Victoria, says that Mr. I[?]vine is a hero. He has now a clean slate with his hands sufficiently strengthened to ...

    Article : 182 words
  3. BRITISH FISCAL POLICY.

    Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Prime Minister, was waited upon yesterday by a great deputation, which urged that the corn tax should not be remitted. ...

    Article : 184 words
  4. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    Mr. J. Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, addressed his constiuents in the Birmingham Town Hall last night, and received a tremendons ovation. ...

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  5. SECOND EDITION

    Sir Arthur Lawley, the Lientenant-Governor of the Transvaal, has rejected the petition of the Duth Reformed Church, asking that the control of Government schools should be ...

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  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Daneff (Russophil) Cabinet in Bulgaria has resigned owing to an incident between Prince Ferdinand and M. Ludskaneff, the Finance Minister, and Dr. Radeff, the ...

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  7. HOW THE END GAME.

    Our Melbourne correspondent telegraphed on Friday night as follows:- "The railway strike ended with the same dramatic suddenncess that marked its commencement a week ...

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  8. REWARDS FOR LOYALIST DRIVERS.

    Subscriptions received at the "Argus" office towards the fund for rewarding the loyalist drivers and firemen who kept the trains going last week total £658 14s 3d. ...

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  9. THE PREMIER INTERVIEWED.

    The Premier retired from the excited closing scene in Parliament House on Friday afternoon to the Ministers' room, usually so quiet an exclusive. It was not so on this occasion, however. Most of the other ...

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  10. EXPULSION OF JEWS FROM A RUSSIAN CITY.

    An edict ordering the expulsion of Jews from Kicff, Little Russia, affects 37,000 people who are distributing themselves throughout Southern Russia. ...

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  11. THE PLAGUE.

    It is regarded by the members of the Board of Health as a very satisfactory sign that so far no more infected rates have been discovered within the area which has been proclamed infected, in order to ...

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  12. RUSSIAN TROOPS ON A WAR FOOTING.

    Fifty thousand Russian troops in the Odessa district are on a war footing. ...

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  13. DINAMITE AND THREATS.

    At Saloniks 1000lb, of dynamite has been unearthed. The police have discovered that the French and Russian consulates at Salomka have been ...

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  14. A CASE AT BRISBANE.

    Another case of plague was reported at Brisbane to-day, the patient being a young girl living in the city. ...

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  15. REDUCTION OF LICENSES IN ENGLAND.

    During the last two months 639 licenses for hotels in England and Wales have been refused renewal. ...

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  16. LATE MINING.

    The Government Geologist, Mr. Brown, returned to Adelaide on Saturday, after having been to Winnecke's Depot at Arltunga. With regard to Winnecke's Depot, he said:—"When I was there ...

    Article : 228 words
  17. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The British Board of Agriculture has published an official pamphlet condemning sparrows. Three-fourths of the whole food of these birds was declared to be cultivated ...

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  18. THE UNITED STATES.

    In retaliation for Germany's objection to borax being used as a preservative for meat, the United States Government will in July enforce the law excluding sausages treated ...

    Article : 83 words
  19. RUMOURED RENEWAL OF THE STRIKE.

    The report circulated this evening to the offect that the Railway Commissioner, Mr. Fitzpatrick, had been arrived of the resumption of the railway strike was received with incredulity, but that something in ...

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  20. THE LATE STRIKE IN VICTORIA.

    It had been arranged that the Board of Inquiry to investigate each individual case of the men who went on strike should consist of Mrssrs. Pitt and Sachse, M's.L.C., honorary members of the Cabinet, ...

    Article : 339 words
  21. THE ANARCHIST ROSSEAU.

    The anarchist Rosseau, who made the infernal machine which was intended to be placed on the Umbria at New York, has sailed for Europe. It is belived he is ...

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  22. VICTORIA.

    A brutal assault was committed on Mr. Squire Taylor, a brickmaker, at Ballarat last night. Mr. Taylor was on his way home, when he was set upom by three young men. He was subsequently found ...

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  23. WHY THE SURRENDER WAS MADE.

    Mr. H. D. Scorer, secretary of the association, was interviewed on Friday night at the Rialto Rooms. The place, lately the scene of many crowded and enthuaiastic meetings, was strangely quiet. Mr. Scorer ...

    Article : 226 words
  24. GOLD YIELDS.

    Band of Hope.—Crushed [?]20 tons for 498., gold. Queen Cross Reef.—Crushed 870 tons for 2622oz. gold. South Glanmire and Monkland.—Won 423oz. amalgam for the week. ...

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  25. GOLD DREDGING RETURNS.

    Jembaicumbene Dredguing Company, No Liability.— During the fortnight on Saturday the dredge worked 216 hours and washed up for 5[?]oz, of retorted gold. ...

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  26. TRAM DRIVERS' STRIKES.

    A number of the students at Yale University, sympathising with employers, devote a portion of their time in taking the places of tram drivers on strike. ...

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  27. CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES.

    A young woman named Mary Kennedy, residing at 9, Forth-street, Woollahra, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital on Saturday morning suffering from a fractured skull and other injuries. She was ...

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  28. RESTARTING THE SERVICE.

    The Premier (Mr.Irviue) and other members of the Government conferred on Saturday with Commissioner Fitzpatrick and others regarding the resumption of the train service. The Premier ...

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  29. QUEENSLAND.

    The Premier, Mr. R. Philp, who is on a tour in North Queensland, speaking at Normanton on Friday said, in referring to private railways, that before leaving Brisbane he had heard from a gentleman ...

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  30. MOAT FARM MURDER.

    At the inquest on the body of Miss Camille Holland, which was unearlthed from a filledin ditch at Moat Farm, Clavering, a shoe-maker inentified the boots found on the feet ...

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  31. ACCIDENT TO A FOOTBALLER.

    James Williams, living at Julius-street, Enmore, was playing football at Bexley on Saturday, when he fell and fractured his left leg. After first aid had been rendered the sufferer was conveyed by train to ...

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  32. VIEWS OF UNIONIST CIRCLES.

    The consensus of opinion in Unionist circles is that Mr. Chamberlain's speech at Birmingham is an earnest, frank, and loyal warning to his colleagues. ...

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  33. WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAYS.

    The task of acquainting the men on strike of the action which had been taken in their behalf fell to the president of the association, Mr. N. P. Hart. On being interviewed subsequently Mr. Hart ...

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  34. PREMIER AT THE RAILWAY OFFICES.

    The Premier visited the railway offices again this afternoon, and had a long conference with the Commissioner. While he was there two members of the association came from the meeting of enginemen, but ...

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  35. THE GULF COUNTRY.

    Mr. William Harvey Armstrong, president of the New South Wales Pastoral Association, and chairman of directors of the Queensland Silyer and Lead Company, has arrived at Townsville on his way to ...

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  36. FALL FROM A CAB.

    On Saturday afternoon William England, 68, living at Mills-street, Pyrmont, was driving a cab along Murray-street, Purmont, when the horse bolted. England was thrown from his seat, ...

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  37. THE BAKERS' LOCKOUT.

    An open-air meeting in connection with the recent bankers' strike, which has now developed into a lockout was held in Brisbane on Saturday night. The public were urged to support the co-operative bakery ...

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  38. DISTURBANCE IN THE CITY.

    A disturbance occurred in a wine shop in Market-street on Saturday night, during which Francis Crampton, 24, and Edmund Courtney, seamen on the steamer Queen Elizabeth, were injured. It was stated ...

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  39. CONDEMNED BY SIR H. CAMPBELLBANNERMAN.

    Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the leader of the Opposition, speaking at Scarborough yesterday, said that if tbe claims for preferential treatment made by the autonomous ...

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  40. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Collie Coal Proprietary has notified the Miners' Union that the hewing rate of 4s 6d per ton is no longer possible with the reduced selling price. The employers suggest an amicable conference, and ...

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  41. FATAL ACCIDENT AT HORNSBY.

    A railway foreman named William Heydon, 27, living at Hornsby, was cleaning a pea rifle at his residence on Saturday when the rifle exploded. The bullet lodged in his brain. The unfortunate man died ...

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  42. MINER KILLED AT BROKEN HILL.

    An accident occurred yesterday afternoon at Block 11 Proprietary whereby W. E. Owen Williams was killed and W. Winton was bedly, but not seriously, hurt. Deceased and his mate were engaged during ...

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  43. MEN'S DEPUTATION TO THE COMMISSIONER.

    At its conclusion Mr. Fitzpatrick held a protracted consullation with Mr. Irvine on the telephone, and at half-past 7 o'clock a delegation, consisting of Messrs. Hart, Scorer, Swift, and Anderson again ...

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  44. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Thirty-four of the Leinster Regiment have been court-martialled at Pretoria for various offence since February. The local news papers urge that an inquiry should be held in ...

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  45. BALLOTING FOR MEN.

    The task of balloting for those engine-drivers and firemen who were to return to work was entered upon on Saturday by the officers of the Railway Department entrusrted with the reorganisation of ...

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  46. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Government has decided to appoint two dairy experts, one from Denmark, and the other from Cannda, at a salary of £100 each per annum. ...

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  47. THE STRIKE SUPPRESSION BILL.

    Both Houses of the State Parliament meet on Tuesday. Referring to the Strike Suppression Bill Mr. Irvine said yesterday: "I might as well say at once that it will be necessary for us to pass certain ...

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  48. AMONG THE MEN.

    The usual concert entertainment was in progress at the Trades Hall on Friday afternoon when the news of the settlement of the strike spread abroad through the city. It was confirmed at the Rialto, but at the ...

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  49. TRANSVAAL SCHOOLS.

    There are 22,166 children in the Government schools in the Transvaal. ...

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  50. STATE FIRE INSURANCE.

    The Minister for Lamds speaking at Levin said that the question of State five insurance was before the Cabinet. He belived it was a matter which the Government could very well take in hand. They had ...

    Article : 59 words
  51. THE WOOL SALES.

    At the wool auctions to-day the sales were brisk. Prices for all sorts showed an upward tendency. May. 16. ...

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  52. ANOTHER STATE'S APPRECIATION OF MR. IRVINE.

    People in the other States appear envious of Victoria in its possession of Mr. Irvine as Premier. On Saturday a Melbourne business man received a telegraphic communication from a commercial gentleman ...

    Article : 71 words
  53. NATIVE LANDS' DISPUTE.

    The Premier has had a conference with Mahuta and other Maori chiefs at Waahi, Auckland. The letter written by the chief withholeding the native lands from the jurisdiction of the Maori Council has ...

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  54. PIG-KEEPING AT LIVERPOOL ASYLUM.

    At a meeting of the local council, held on Wednesday evening, a letter was received from the Department of Public Health relative to the annual renewal of licenses under the Noxious Trades ...

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  55. THE QUESTION OF COMPENSATION.

    The Premier (Mr. Irvine) states that to man who is removed from the railway service for miscenduct will receive any compensation at all. It may be also that men will be retained in the service, and that ...

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  56. ACTION AGAINST A NEWSPAPER.

    In a libel action, Eagleton v. the proprietor of the Napier "Daily Telegraph," arising out of statements published in a letter to the effect that plaintiff was unfit to take a prominent part ...

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  57. CONGRATULATIONS TO MR IRVINE.

    Among the messages of congratulation received by the Premier on Saturday was the following from Sir A. Rutledge, the Acting-Chief Secretary of Brisbane:—"Heartily congratulate you upon ...

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  58. RUMOURS OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE GOVERNMENT.

    One of the many idle rumours that were circulated after the termination of the strike was that, though the executive of the enginemen had [?]ade a written statement that the men had uncondidtionally surrendered, ...

    Article : 307 words
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  60. IMPROVED TRAIN SERVICE MAINTAINED.

    The train service on Saturday maintained the steady imporvement that had been made daily during the past week. Although none of the striking drivers or firemen were allowed to resume duty more ...

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