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  2. THE SYDNEY LABOR TROUBLES IN ENGLAND.

    Further endeavors have been made, but without success, to effect a settlement of the dispute which has led to the strike of the dock laborers and others connected ...

    Article : 263 words
  3. THE FLOODS IN THE NORTH-EASTERN DISTRICT.

    The official reports were received by the railway authorities on Saturday respecting the effects of the previous day's floods on the lines in the country. The North-Eastern railway about ...

    Article : 332 words
  4. TERRIBLE FLOODS IN JAPAN.

    Terrible floods are reported to have taken place in Japan, causing enormous loss of life and destruction of property. It is estimated that 10,000 persons have been ...

    Article : 53 words
  5. THE RINGWOOD MYSTERY.

    The death of Peter J. Sherlock, a civil engineer, who disappeared from his home in Victoria-parade, East Melbourne, for a period of five weeks, and whose body was afterwards ...

    Article : 959 words
  6. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA.

    The Earl of Hopetoun, the new Governor of Victoria, was to-day presented with the freedom of Linlithgow, near Edinburgh. ...

    Article : 32 words
  7. THE FLOODS AT ECHUCA.

    The recent heavy rains have caused the Campaspe to rise to a great height, so much so that all the low lauds along both banks are submerged, and many families have been ...

    Article : 1,259 words
  8. THE MARQUIS OF LORNE AND EARL HOPETOUN.

    The London correspondent of the South Australian Advertiser, writing on the 25th July, says: --"It is no secret that the Marquis of Lome is bitterly chagrined at being unable to accept the ...

    Article : 493 words
  9. THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

    Parliament was prorogued to-day. Amongst the matters referred to in the Speech from the Throne was the introduction during the session of the hill which ...

    Article : 103 words
  10. PROPOSED ACTION BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

    A special meeting of the council of the Chamber of Commerce has been called for this morning, to take into consideration the present strike of dock laborers in London, with the view of ...

    Article : 56 words
  11. SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED AT THE AGE OFFICE.

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  12. THE IRISH AGITATION.

    The members of the Cork city council have passed a formal resolution warning Mr. A. Balfour, the Secretary of State for Ireland, that he will be held personally ...

    Article : 65 words
  13. MEETING ON THE QUEEN'S WHARF.

    A meeting, convened by members of the socialist party for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the dock laborers in their struggle, took place on the Queen's wharf on ...

    Article : 165 words
  14. THE DAMAGE ON THE NORTHEASTERN LINE.

    The whole of the effects of last Thursday night's storm in the district are not fully known yet, but from accounts which have come to hand the damage has been enormous. With regard ...

    Article : 1,480 words
  15. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Westward Ho Gold Mine, at Waukaringa, South Australia, in which a reef has been discovered which it is said will average 1½ oz. per ton, has been sold in ...

    Article : 61 words
  16. THE EVOLUTION OF LABOR AGITATION.

    As showing the evolution of English labor agitation the following resolutions, carried at the late international congress of European workers, will be instructive :--1. Eight hours a ...

    Article : 306 words
  17. MEETING AT BALLARAT.

    The Ballarat Trades und Labor Council have called a mass meeting of the various trades for Tuesday evening next, to make arrangements for holding a public meeting at the ...

    Article : 129 words
  18. COMMERCIAL CABLE NEWS.

    The wheat, market is somewhat stronger. Best Australian, ex warehouse, is still quoted at 39s. to 39s. 6d. per quarter. New Zealand long berry is at the same ...

    Article : 212 words
  19. AFFAIRS IN FRANCE.

    In connection with the approaching General Flections in France, fixed to take place in November, the Comte de Paris, grandson of the late Louis Philippe, has ...

    Article : 42 words
  20. APPEAL FOR GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION.

    In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Sydney Buxton, member for the Poplar division of Tower Hamlets, appealed to the Government to intervene to prevent the ...

    Article : 87 words
  21. SYMPATHY IN THE OTHER COLONIES.

    Public sympathy is being actively aroused here in the interests of the London dock laborers. A meeting held in the Domain to-day, under the auspices of the Socialist League, ...

    Article : 156 words
  22. A PRESENTATION PICTURE FOR ADELAIDE.

    The picture by T. B. Kennington, entitled The Pinch of Poverty, exhibited in the Royal Academy this year, has been purchased by Mr. Drew, of the Broken ...

    Article : 50 words
  23. A CLERGYMAN ON THE SITUATION.

    At St. Mark's Church, Fitzroy, yesterday evening, the Rev. J. F. Stretch announced to his congregation that during the past week he had consulted with his vestry and it had been ...

    Article : 1,046 words
  24. SOCIALISM AND TRADES UNIONISM.

    Nothing has been more noticeable in connection with the dock laborers' strike and its consequences than the intimate association of the socialists with the movement, Mr. Burns, the ...

    Article : 261 words
  25. HONORS FOR MONSIGNOR PERSICO.

    It is stated that Monsignor Persico, the Papal delegate sent to Ireland to report upon the state of affairs for the information of the Pope, is to be created a ...

    Article : 42 words
  26. FURTHER STRIKES.

    At noon to-day the Woolwich lightermen struck work, as did also 2000 ironworkers at Keighley, in the West Killing of Yorkshire. ...

    Article : 27 words
  27. THE GAS COMPANIES ANXIOUS.

    The gas companies, who have only short supplies of coal, are displaying great anxiety at the continued failure of the negotiations for settlement of the strike. ...

    Article : 35 words
  28. THE BURNLEY SHOOTING CASE.

    Unusual interest was manifested in the proceedings of the Richmond court on Saturday, when John R. Jones, blacksmith, was placed in the dock on three charges, viz., drunk and ...

    Article : 362 words
  29. LABOR AND WAGES IN ENGLAND.

    The condition of affairs in London and the English provinces in regard to labor and wages has long been trending in the direction of a great convulsion, such as has now occurred. ...

    Article : 1,229 words
  30. PUGILISM IN ENGLAND.

    Slavin, the Australian champion boxer, has challenged Peter Jackson, formerly of Sydney, to a match with gloves for £1000. ...

    Article : 25 words
  31. SHOCKING DEATH OF A MEDICAL MAN.

    Dr. Drinkwater was found dead in his bed on Saturday morning under peculiar circumstances. He was apparently in good health upon going to bed after midnight on Friday, ...

    Article : 385 words
  32. DONATIONS FROM SYDNEY AND BRISBANE.

    The executive body in connection with the strike to-day received cable messages from Sydney and Brisbane, placing at their disposal the funds collected at those places ...

    Article : 58 words
  33. ARRIVAL OF THE MESS A GERIES S. SYDNEY AT ALBANY.

    The French mail steamer Sydney, from Marseilles 1st August, arrived hero at 3 a.m. yesterday, and sailed for Adelaide at 6.30 a.m. The following are the saloon passengers for ...

    Article : 109 words
  34. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    SIR,--It is with sympathy that the members of the Celtic Club have read the telegrams that have appeared, for the past week in your columns regarding the great strike of dock laborers in ...

    Article : 203 words
  35. THE DOCKMEN RESOLUTE.

    The dockmen remain very resolute in their determination to insist on their demands being granted. Acting upon the advice of many of their ...

    Article : 221 words
  36. THE NEWCASTLE MINING CONFERENCE.

    The conference agreed upon between the associated masters and miners representatives was held at Newcastle yesterday, to consider the proposed amendments in the new Coal Mines ...

    Article : 111 words
  37. INCREASED HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION.

    A meeting of the general executive of the above movement was held on Friday afternoon at the Town Hall; the Mayor, Sir Benjamin Benjamin, was in the chair. The principal ...

    Article : 306 words
  38. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

    Mr. J. M. Pratt addressed a meeting hero on Saturday, and was well received. He is in favor of large concessions to mallce holders, the erection of grain stores at wheat centres, a ...

    Article : 82 words
  39. THE COUNTRY MILLERS AND THE EIGHT HOURS SYSTEM.

    On Saturday morning, at the George Hotel, a conference of the conciliation committee of the Trades and Labor Council and representatives of the firm of Messrs. Jas. Fry and Co. was held ...

    Article : 148 words
  40. HOUSEBREAKING AT SOUTH YARRA.

    Detectives Smyth and Flannery effected the arrest on Saturday afternoon of two men supposed to have been implicated in the recent cases of housebreaking at South Yarra. On ...

    Article : 267 words
  41. ALLEGED CRIMINAL' ASSAULT AT COLLING WOOD.

    On Saturday last Detectives Gleeson and Carter, of the Colling wood division of police, arrested a man named John Lucas on a charge of criminally assaulting a girl named Martha ...

    Article : 207 words
  42. SHIPPING NEWS.

    Messrs. James Service and Co. have advice that the s. Eiberfeld (which put into Lisbon while on a voyage from Hamburg and Antwerp to the colonies, and was subsequently towed to ...

    Article : 54 words
  43. PROPOSED MEETING IN SYMPATHY.

    The widespread fooling of sympathy with tho men on strike in London will be brought to a practical issue at the Temperance Hall this evening. The committee appointed by the ...

    Article : 401 words
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  45. NEW INSOLVENT.

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  47. THE BUILDING ACCIDENT IN BOURKE-STREET.

    William Priestly, the workman who was severely injured by a fall from the scaffolding of a new building in Bourke-street on Friday, succumbed to his injuries in the Melbourne Hospital ...

    Article : 114 words
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  49. MEETING AT STUDLEY PARK.

    Au open air meeting, organised by the Victorian Land Nationalisation Society, was held at Studley Park yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of expressing sympathy with the ...

    Article : 454 words
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