The Illustrated Australian News for the current month is now ready for issue. Among the engravings is a spirited sketch of the scene in George-street, Sydney, on the 19th September, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 755 wordsThe complaint made on behalf of Mr. John Dillon and tho other Parnellite members of the House of Commons, recently arrested for conspiracy, against the ...
Article : 130 wordsThe Dock Laborers' Congress was opened to-day. A discussion took place as to the advisability of taking steps to block all vessels arriving from Australia which have ...
Article : 183 wordsA meeting of the council of the Pastoralists' Union was held at tho offices, Collins-street west, yesterday afternoon. A long discussion took place with regard to the strike of shearers, ...
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Article : 76 wordsIn the Legislative Council to-day the Supply Bill passed all its stages. Mr. Barton resumed the debate on the federation resolutions and amendments thereto in committee. He spoke at ...
Article : 100 wordsIn a long statement published in these columns on 6th September I gave my opinion as to the best method of ending the strike. I regret that it did not seem possible to the ...
Article : 1,995 wordsWork was being resumed this morning at the mines, and the men seemed pleased to get back to work again. It is roughly estimated that the men have lost about £5000 in wages by ...
Article : 660 wordsPope Leo XIII. has intimated his willingness to arbitrate on the question in dispute between England and France relative to the Newfoundland fisheries if the proposal ...
Article : 56 wordsIn the Assembly to-night bills founded on the financial proposals were introduced, namely, Customs Duties Bill, Queensland Spirits Duties Bill, and Dividend Duty Bill. All were read ...
Article : 117 wordsThe agitation for the eight hours system is extending to Scotland. The Scotch furnacemen have given notice of their intention to strike unless the hours of labor ...
Article : 53 wordsIn the Assembly to-day a petition was received from Kangaroo Island praying for an increase of the protective duty on barley. Mr. Solomon moved that mining and sugar manufacturing ...
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Article : 997 wordsMr. J. H. Want, Q.C., has endorsed the opinion given yesterday by Messrs. Slattery and Heydon, solicitors, as to its being legal for union shearers to leave work at the call of the ...
Article : 1,166 wordsThe above concert took place yesterday evening at the Town Hall, in the presence of a rather meagre audience. The Victorian Orchestra opened the proceedings with a capital rendering ...
Article : 476 wordsA telegram from Peak Hill to-day states that a large number of shafts have bottomed at depths varying from 120 foot to 130 feet. AH but three of those shafts, two of which gave ...
Article : 107 wordsA fatal accident occurred just outside the town yesterday afternoon to Mr. Jno. M'Kenzie, tailor, of Bridge-street. He was riding, in company with a young man named Adams, ...
Article : 143 wordsMoussa Bey, the notorious Kurdish chief, who was ordered by the Sultan to be taken to Mecca and kept there, on account of the outrages he committed on Christians ...
Article : 55 wordsThe stevedoring work was progressing at all the Williamstown piers yesterday, the nonunion men being assisted in some cases by the crews of tho various vessels. A good deal of wool ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 62 wordsIn connection with the supposed cases of milk poisoning at Footseray, a report was received at the Footseray council last night from Mr. J. Kruse, analyst, and a copy ordered to be ...
Article : 465 wordsA man named Dean, a van proprietor at Wellington, to-day attacked his little daughter, 3 years old, with an axe, and split her head open. He then informed his wife what he had done. ...
Article : 62 wordsLata on Tuesday night Detectives Lovie and Smithers arrested a man named Samuel Rosenthal, boot finisher, employed at a manufactory in Wellington-street, Collingwood, on a charge ...
Article : 402 wordsThe usual meeting of tho committee of finance and control was hold at the Trades Hall last evening, but the business was chiefly of a routine character. During the evening Mr. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 174 wordsA large number of trades societies hold meeting at the Trades Hall last evening, and in many cases the proposal to make a levy at the rate of one day's pay per week was submitted ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thu 2 Oct 1890, Page 5
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