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  2. CYCLONE LOSSES.

    A comprehensive statement is being prepared by the C.S.R. Co., for the H[?] bert River Farmers' League, of the losses sustained by farmers in the area[?]s serving ...

    Article : 391 words
  3. PRODUCER HIT.

    A series of interviews in regard to the Arbitration Court decision on the 44-hour week were obtained in Hobart yesterday. The Premier (Mr. Lyons) said that ...

    Article : 1,102 words
  4. QUEENSLAND PROGRESS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 226 words
  5. CLUMSY MOVE.

    The latest move by the building trade strikers is trying to compromise the contractors for big city jobs with those firms for which contracts were being executed ...

    Article : 204 words
  6. RIVAL ARMIES.

    Disquieting reports have reached the officials to the effect that Sun Chuanfang supporters are looting the rice and silk shops at Sunkiang, 20 miles to the ...

    Article : 149 words
  7. AMERICAN LABOUR.

    Recipes for building British prosperity on the American model are viewed askance by the London "Times" (says the New York "Times"). It sees little ...

    Article : 445 words
  8. BIG MOVEMENT OF TROOPS.

    Three thousand Shantung troops are now here from Nanking. It is understood that 5000 are coming daily during the next few days for the defence of ...

    Article : 193 words
  9. EMPIRE ACADEMY.

    Mr. Oliver Hall, A.R.A., has been elected a member of the committee in connection with the establishment of the Empire Academy. He has inaugurated a ...

    Article : 156 words
  10. PERSONAL.

    Mr. James Mooney, of the Lands Department, Brisbane, who has been chosen by the Premier and Treasurer (Mr. W. M'Cormack) to accompany him on his ...

    Article : 982 words
  11. QUEENSLAND'S POSITION

    "Looking at the judgment from the point of view of Queensland only, I think it is generally felt that the 44-hour week judgment is restoring the ...

    Article : 1,058 words
  12. CONCESSION SETTLEMENT.

    Mr. O'Malley will leave for K[?]ukiang to-day to arrange the settlement regarding the Concession. It is expected that he will return to-morrow, after which ...

    Article : 36 words
  13. DELUGE NEAR LISMORE.

    Ten inches of rain fell at Alstonville, 10 miles from Lismore, in half an hour this evening, causing extensive damage to crops and stock. At 5 p.m. heavy clouds ...

    Article : 92 words
  14. NICARAGUAN TROUBLE.

    Britain has assured the United States that the warship Colombo will not land forces at Nicaragua. This is interpreted as removing the possibility of British ...

    Article : 152 words
  15. GENERAL STRIKE CALLED OFF.

    The general strike was officially called off by the General Labour Union to-day, when 50,000 employees returned to work. The balance of the strikers are expected ...

    Article : 177 words
  16. ENGINEERS CONFER.

    The seventh annual conference of the Institute of Engineers of Australia was opened to-day. Thirty-five delegates had come from the Eastern States, except ...

    Article : 227 words
  17. OBITUARY.

    Mr. Richard George Skelton, for many years a head teacher on the service of the Department of Public Instruction, died at his residence, Bowen-terrace. ...

    Article : 316 words
  18. CONTRIBUTION FROM MACKAY.

    At a meeting of the City Council last night it was decided to contribute £50 towards the fund for the relief of distress in the cyclone area in the North. ...

    Article : 34 words
  19. POSITION AT CAIRNS.

    The mail trains between Cairns and Townsville ran to-day. The up-train this morning was late, and carried nearly 400 passengers. The second division was ...

    Article : 66 words
  20. ETHER EXPLODES.

    A spark from an electric iron exploded some ether which the nurses were filling into bottles in the hospital kitchen. Eight nurses were instantly enveloped in the ...

    Article : 69 words
  21. LABOUR UNION COMMUNIQUE.

    The Labour Union has issued the following communique:—"The general strike lasted for five days, and as the result of self-sacrificing efforts on the part of ...

    Article : 97 words
  22. GENDARMES' CRUELTY.

    An unprecedented tum[?] and a peremptory suspension of the sitting, occurred in Parliament this afternoon. M. Maximovitch (Minister of the Interior) was ...

    Article : 75 words
  23. ETHERIDGE AREA.

    The Commissioner of Police (Mr. W. H. Ryan) was advised by Inspector Mann, of Cairns, yesterday, that supplies of food were now going through daily to the ...

    Article : 88 words
  24. DETECTIVES BAFFLED.

    The police, detectives, and the skilled investigators employed by the insurance assessors, confess that they are nonplussed at the disappearance of a £20,000 ...

    Article : 202 words
  25. NEW DEVELOPMENT.

    As a result of a new development overnight, the details of which are yet unknown, at noon to-day the British, French, Italian, and ...

    Article : 78 words
  26. WORLD TRAVELLER'S DEATH.

    The death of Mr. Joseph Lee has occurred at Newcastle, Galway. He was a world traveller and at one time was a soldier in Australia. He was the first ...

    Article : 71 words
  27. OVER £1700 PER FOOT.

    A sale has been effected of 114 Flinders-street, the four-story building formerly used for the production of the "Evening Sun." The vendor was "Sun" Newspapers, ...

    Article : 78 words
  28. SPLENDID WORK.

    In connection with the cyclone damage in the North, the Railway Commissioner is in receipt of the following letter from a passenger who arrived from the North ...

    Article : 160 words
  29. PROBATES GRANTED.

    Probate has been granted in the estates of the following deceased persons:— Daniel Statham, Ipswich, retired farmer, £6350; Arthur L. King[?] Mooroonba, near ...

    Article : 59 words
  30. DIPLOMATIC NOTE.

    The Senior Consul has published the following declaration which has been adopted by the diplomatic body:—"In the light of military events which are ...

    Article : 298 words
  31. BANK MERGER.

    A further step has been taken towards the absorption of the Western Australian Bank by the Bank of New South Wales. A meeting of the proprietors of the Bank ...

    Article : 107 words
  32. CLEVER THEFT.

    A reward of £1000 has been offered for the recovery of a painting by Romney, which was cut from its frame on the way to Christie's. The owner says it is a ...

    Article : 65 words
  33. PIECEWORK SYSTEM URGED.

    Interesting remarks upon the effect of the 44-hour week upon awards in general were made by the Chief Judge Dethridge in the First Arbitration Court to-day. ...

    Article : 694 words
  34. FORTUNATE ESCAPE.

    A local passenger train, which is run by locomotives and carriages supplied by the C.S.R. Co., had a narrow escape on Thursday. Just after crowing a culvert, ...

    Article : 71 words
  35. NORTHERN MAIL SERVICE.

    The Etheridge and Gulf mails are all aboard the Nautilus, and will be taken to Normanton and distributed from there. The Southern mails will leave by ...

    Article : 57 words
  36. LONGREACH FIRE.

    About an hour after midnight a fire was discovered in the Shire Hall, Long-reach. The Fire Brigade turned out promptly, but was unable to take ...

    Article : 98 words
  37. VIRTUALLY NORMAL.

    The Labour situation to-day was virtually normal and only 8000 are still out. The post office is functioning as usual, but those who did not join in the strike have ...

    Article : 110 words
  38. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE FAILS.

    The trial of Henry Stanley Ward[?] 16½ years), a clerk, of Bridge-road[?]Hawthorn, on a charge of manslaughter was concluded before Judge Macindoe in the ...

    Article : 128 words
  39. FLOOD DAMAGE.

    At the ordinary meeting of the Car[?] well Shire Council to-day consideration was given to the scheme for the installation of electric light at Tully, and on the ...

    Article : 226 words
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