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  2. THE SHEARERS DISPUTE.

    A largely attended meeting of citizens of Young was held at the town hall last evening for the purpose of advocating an open conference between the pastoralists and the shearers' ...

    Article : 543 words
  3. CONFERENCE OF AGRICULTURALISTS.

    A conference of representatives from the agricultural societies of the colony was held in the Town Hall yesterday, the following representatives being present:- Messrs. J. Gordon ...

    Article : 2,230 words
  4. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    The libel notion Ardill v. the Australian Workman newspaper, in which the plaintiff claimed £2000 damages for a libel contained in that journal, in which he was accused, as ...

    Article : 709 words
  5. THE COINAGE OF SILVER CURRENCY.

    Aa already announced, the Premier has forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, through his Excellency the Governor, a communication bearing on the subject of ...

    Article : 1,574 words
  6. PARLIAMENT.

    The SPEAKER took the Chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. OUTTRIM, in reply to Mr. BAILES, said that inquiries were being made by the Mining ...

    Article : 5,249 words
  7. PARLIAMENTS OF AUSTRALASIA.

    A split has occurred among the Opposition members of the Assembly resulting in the resignation Of Mr. Donaldson as leader of the party. A caucus will be held to-morrow to ...

    Article : 308 words
  8. DEPUTATION TO THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS.

    The delegates waited on Mr. Turner, Commissioner of Customs, at Parliament House last night, and laid before him the resolution carried, by the conference. They were introduced ...

    Article : 302 words
  9. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Commissioner of Public Works informed Parliament to-day that no agreements had been entered into by the Railway department with any of the Broken Hill mines, but the Railway ...

    Article : 138 words
  10. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. AMENDMENT OF THE COMPANIES ACT. Mr. SERVICE moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Companies Act 1890, by providing ...

    Article : 1,208 words
  11. TASMANIA.

    Parliament met to-day, heard the Governor's speech, and got through the usual preliminary arrangements, for the sessional work. The Attorney- General tabled, pro forma, a bill to ...

    Article : 38 words
  12. SHEARING UNDER A VERBAL AGREEMENT.

    Mr. Mitchell, the secretary of the Pastoralists Union of Victoria, wired to-day from Corowa to the local papers with reference to the statement made by the Albury agent of the ...

    Article : 322 words
  13. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Opposition moved a hostile amendment in the House to-night for the remission of duties on the necessaries of life. The Government are confident of being able to force a division ...

    Article : 64 words
  14. THE FARMERS AND FEDERATION.

    After the conclusion of the conference held in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon on the question of the adulteration of beer, the matter of Australian federation was brought ...

    Article : 1,173 words
  15. PRIVATE, STREET CONSTRUCTION AT HAWTHORN.

    A legal phase of the private street question, which appears to have attracted considerable attention locally, was discussed in the Hawthorn council on Wednesday night. Recently a ...

    Article : 466 words
  16. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A deputation from Goolwa, Port Elliott, and Port Victor waited upon the Railway Commissioners to-day and asked that the railway rates should be so altered as to place their firms in a ...

    Article : 393 words
  17. THE EMPLOYMENT OF FREE SHEARERS.

    A large meeting was held at Bourke to-night, the mayor presiding, to protest against the influx of free shearers into that district. It is stated that irreparable damage will result to ...

    Article : 121 words
  18. THE CONFERENCE NEGOTIATIONS.

    So far as can be learned the conference arranged by the Labor Council with the Employers' Defence Association to discuss the shearing difficulty had only a short sitting, and dissolved ...

    Article : 81 words
  19. TASMANIA.

    The annual conference of the Hobart and Launceston municipal councils was held this morning, when resolutions were adopted to obtain legal power to acquire unclaimed ...

    Article : 85 words
  20. RAILWAY FACILITIES.

    The Premier to-day received a telegram from Stanley, the secretary of the A. S. U. at Bourke, asking if the free shearers being sent to Bourke will receive free passes over the railway. To ...

    Article : 81 words
  21. CHEMICALS IN BEER.

    SIR:- Mr, Graham, the Minister of Agriculture, seems to have caused a good deal of commotion on the beer question. One of your contemporaries, I notice, has a letter, portion of which ...

    Article : 570 words
  22. FIRING AT A RAILWAY TRAIN.

    A police officer was to-day despatched to Irrewarree to inquire into a somewhat extraordinary occurrence that last night greatly startled the passengers of a train travelling between Goolong ...

    Article : 167 words
  23. THE SHEARING AT COROWA.

    Mr. Alexander Guy, assistant secretary to the Pastoralists' Union, writes to contradict a statement contained in a telegram from Albury, which appeared in Monday's Age. to the effect ...

    Article : 134 words
  24. THE WEATHER.

    The floods, which have been so prevalent during the past week or two still continue, and have caused considerable damage to a number of contracts in progress in this shire. The River ...

    Article : 125 words
  25. A SOCIAL REFORM LEAGUE.

    The inaugural meeting of the Central Methodist Mission Social Reform League was held to-night at the Centennial Hall. The objects sought to be attained by ...

    Article : 124 words
  26. SERIOUS CHARGES OF FRAUD.

    At the water police court Robert Chas. Cole, late & ledger clerk in the head office of the Commercial Banking Company, was charged with forging a certain office warrant for £140 Is. 6d., ...

    Article : 262 words
  27. THE LATE FATHER HEFFERNAN.

    The funeral of the late Rev. J. L. Heffernan, P. P., late Parish Priest of South Melbourne, took place yesterday, from S. S; Peter and Paul's Curch South Melbourne. The remains ...

    Article : 300 words
  28. THE STATE OF THE MURRAY.

    The heavy rain which fell on Sunday caused a further rise of the river, which has risen two feet since Monday, and to-night it has reached nine feet above summer level and is rising. ...

    Article : 311 words
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