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  2. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) MINERS ASK A 5 DAYS WEEK

    London, August 6th.—A conference of the Scottish Miners' Federation has adopted the policy of five working days a week, instead of six. The conference ...

    Article : 370 words
  3. SHORTAGE OF SKILLED MEN.

    At the meeting of the Geelong Chamber of Commerce yesterday, Mr. R. J. Fletcher read the letter appearing in a recent issue of the "Advertiser" over the ...

    Article : 438 words
  4. TRIUMPHS OF AVIATION.

    Paris, August 6th.—Captain Felix, the French aviator, established a new altitude record to-day. Ascending at Etampes, he reached the great height of ...

    Article : 157 words
  5. CHOLERA IN ITALY.

    Rome, August 7th.—Alarming official statements are made in reference to the cholera outbreak in Italy during the last five days. In the Palermo district 157 ...

    Article : 76 words
  6. GEELONG MUNICIPAL BAND.

    Mr. Percy Jones, who has been, spending about three years in the old country completing his musical studies, appeared in public for the first time last ...

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  7. PERSONAL.

    Mr. David F. Griffiths is returning by the R.M.S. Otway, which leaves England September 8th, and arrives in Melbourne about the middle of October. ...

    Article : 410 words
  8. MR PRENDERGAST'S TRUMPS.

    To the resolution passed at a meeting of the Australian Tramways Employes' Association, giving a month's salary as secretary and his discharge, Mr. ...

    Article : 304 words
  9. MOROCCAN CRISIS ENDED?

    London, August 7th.—Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has addressed representations to the Moorish Government respecting the ...

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  10. GERMANY PREFERS ZEPPELINS.

    Doubts of the availability of the Zeppelin rigid balloon for military purposes have been revived by the destruction of the Deutschland, the biggest and latest ...

    Article : 326 words
  11. THE ETHICS OF THE BAR.

    The Attorney-General yesterday made a statement in regard to the controversy in respect to his refusal to sanction the appointment of Mr. Maxwell as counsel ...

    Article : 161 words
  12. S.A. LIQUOR TRADE DISPUTE.

    Adelaide, Monday.—Arbitration proceedings were begun this morning by Judge Sir John Gordon regarding wages in the liquor trade. The men who were ...

    Article : 110 words
  13. SHOOTING MYSTERY TO BE PROBED.

    The last has not yet been heard of the Brunswick shooting case, in which Constable Sleddon and a young civilian named Robinson are concerned. ...

    Article : 118 words
  14. FIVE FIJIANS MURDERED.

    Sydney, Monday.—Detailed accounts of the murder of five women in Fiji were received to-day. In the early part of the year the portion of a limb ...

    Article : 250 words
  15. CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES

    While at work on the Australian Portland Cement Coy[?]s new buildings at Fyansford yesterday morning, a well-known swimmer named Leslie Blunt ...

    Article : 104 words
  16. A BOAT THAT NEVER TOUGHED WATER

    What is regarded as the "last cry" in water craft is the unique Fabre hydroplane, the "Goeland," which has been making some wonderful flights at the ...

    Article : 325 words
  17. SUGAR CANE CUTTERS' STRIKE.

    Brisbane, Monday.—Messrs. Mullen and Theodore, M's.L.A., were the principal speakers at an open-air meeting in sympathy with the sugar strikers in ...

    Article : 118 words
  18. ALLEGED CATTLE STEALING.

    Two heifers were recently missed by a Camperdown railway ganger named John Maroney, who on the 1st inst. recognised, one of the animals in a sale ...

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  19. KNOCKED DOWN BY TRAM.

    A young man who is believed to be T. Reeves, living in Acland-street, St. Kilda, stepped from a tram near the Trades Hall corner last night, and was ...

    Article : 58 words
  20. WANDERING CATTLE.

    Five head of wandering horses were seized on behalf of the city inspector in Garden-street yesterday morning and driven to the pound, where a good fee ...

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  21. UNIONISTS WILL NOT TOUCH NON-UNIONIST HANDLED SUGAR.

    Sydney, Monday.—The Seamen's Union is sending its president, Mr. George Lewis, to Brisbane, to take part in the general conference to be held ...

    Article : 210 words
  22. DESTROYERS DISABLED.

    Seven destroyers, the Acorn, Rifleman, Lyra, Nymphe. Alarm, Nemesis and Larne, all new boats but recently completed, six of them belonging to ...

    Article : 249 words
  23. RAILWAY PIER BERTHS.

    Taking advantage of the quiet season the Harbor Trust Commissioners have arranged to clean up the berths at the railway pier devoted mostly to grain ...

    Article : 524 words
  24. UNIFORM RAILWAY GUAGE.

    Brisbane, Monday.—Mr. Denham, State Premier, says there is no necessity for a Premiers' Conference, to discuss the question of a uniform railway gauge. He ...

    Article : 98 words
  25. WAR ON GERMAN THIEVES.

    Berlin, August 6th.—A desperate shooting affray has occurred between two policemen and two thieves in Friedrichstrasse, one of the city's best known ...

    Article : 195 words
  26. IN A FEW LINES.

    Paris, August 7th.—Foot and mouth disease is making serious progress in Saone et Loire department. Cattle, sheep and pigs, valaed at £9000, have ...

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  27. GERMAN NAVAL REVIEW.

    Berlin, August 7th.—On the 5th of September the Kaiser will review in Kiel Bay 140 warships, aggregating 100,000 tons. ...

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  28. ENGLISH CRICKET TEAM.

    London, August 6th.—Mr. E. H. D. Sewell, the well-known cricketer, and writer on cricketing subjects, in a letter to the newspapers, states that the ...

    Article : 183 words
  29. CONTRACT SYSTEM IN MINES.

    Broken Hill, Monday.—At a special meeting yesterday, the Amalgamated Miners' Association adopted the resolution that a referendum be taken on the ...

    Article : 91 words
  30. BRITISH CATHOLICS IN PORTUGAL

    London, August 6th.—A National Congress of Roman Catholics is being held at Newcastle. Dr. Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, in the ...

    Article : 73 words
  31. JUVENILE LABOR EXCHANGES.

    During the five months ended May 26th, 28,781 boys and girls registered at the London juvenile labor exchanges, and 13,204 were found situations. ...

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  32. THE QUEEN'S LAUGH.

    Mr. Keir Hardie writes of the Queen in terms of high praise in the "Pioneer," a Labor journal published at Merthyr Tydvil. He says: ...

    Article : 212 words
  33. MILLIONAIRE'S BUTLERS.

    Newport, which is the American equivalent to Brighton, and where members of the multi-millionaire set maintain palatial cottages, is the scene of a ...

    Article : 175 words
  34. Advertising

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  35. MOORISH TOWER FALLS.

    Madrid, August 6th.—A Moorish tower collapsed at Bunol yesterday, and wrecked no fewer than 30 houses. The less of life is not known definitely but ...

    Article : 54 words
  36. JAPANESE CABINET.

    The "Japan Mail" reports on good authority that changes are imminent in the Japanese Cabinet. According to one rumor the Premier (Marquis Katsura) ...

    Article : 87 words
  37. WOMAN'S SUDDEN DEATH.

    Bombala (N.S.W.), Monday.—A married man named Thomas Buurke was arrested and brought up at the Coroner's Court at Cathcart on suspicion of ...

    Article : 143 words
  38. QUEENSLAND LICENSING LAW.

    Brisbane, Monday.—Considerable interest is being evidenced in the Licensing Bill, which will be introduced in the Assembly this week. One important ...

    Article : 77 words
  39. ACTRESS AS LION HUNTER.

    Miss Ida Rubenstein, the well-known Russian dancer, whose recent appearance in a Paris theatre in the role or St. Sebastian, evoked so much ...

    Article : 51 words
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