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  2. WORK AND WAGES.

    Nominally the position of the negotiations between the representatives of the Federated Seamen's Union and the Australasian Ship Owners' Federation remain much the ...

    Article : 386 words
  3. THE BOERS.

    Lord Roberts, in a cablegram to the War Office, reports that another conspiracy by foreign residents in the Transvaal has been discovered, and that the plotters have been ...

    Article : 112 words
  4. POSITION IN CHINA

    Serious friction has occurred between the British and French at Shanghai, arising out of a quarrel in which a French soldier was assaulted by an English one. In ...

    Article : 109 words
  5. THE PREMIER AT ST. KILDA.

    The view which the electors of St. Kilda entertain with regard to the factious opposition to members of the Turner Ministry on their going before the constituencies ...

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  6. FENIANS AND DREYFUSITES.

    Yesterday Mr. Kruger exchanged brief visits of about 10 minutes' duration with M. Waldeck-Rousseau, the French Premier, and also received a number of Irish ...

    Article : 136 words
  7. NEW WAGES BOARDS.

    Nominations of representatives of employers and employers on the wages boards in the printing, saddlery, cigar, making, brick making, pottery, tinsmithing and ...

    Article : 141 words
  8. FRENCH AT TIEN TSIN.

    The bounds of the French settlement at Tien Tsin have been largely extended beyond those which existed before the war commenced. ...

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  9. WEALTH OF THE TRANSVAAL.

    Reports from Pretoria state that the British authorities there have not only discovered fresh copper, coal, gold and diamond mining fields within 20 miles ...

    Article : 93 words
  10. A GALLANT EXPLOIT.

    Lieutenant-Colonel R. Fanshawe, of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry, on special service in South Africa, has had a sharp rearguard skirmish with a body of 60 Boers ...

    Article : 95 words
  11. HAM AND BACON TRADE.

    The employes in the ham and bacon industry met in the Trades Mall on Monday evening for the purpose of considering the desirability of forming a union to secure ...

    Article : 138 words
  12. LADY MISSIONARIES SAFE.

    Telegrams received from Pekin report that Miss M. E. Chapman, a South Australian lady missionary, and Miss M. E. Way, a Victorian member of the China Inland ...

    Article : 59 words
  13. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    The War Office reports the death at Pretoria from enteric fever of Private J. Anderson, of the New Zealand Rough Riders; Private J. T. Butler, of the Tasmanian ...

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  14. LADY HOPETOUN'S ILLNESS.

    Lady Hopetoun, who is suffering from fever, was unable to accompany the Earl on board the R.M.S. Victoria when he sailed from Colombo for Fremantle on 25th inst. ...

    Article : 93 words
  15. THE GUERILLAS.

    Major-General Clements, whose brigade is occupied in pacifying the district south-west of Johannesburg, has brought into Krugersdorp 23 Boer burghers and their ...

    Article : 281 words
  16. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Sir William Lyne has decided not to alter the route of the procession again, and the route fixed upon on Monday will be adhered to, though the Governor-General will ...

    Article : 237 words
  17. THE OUTTRIM LOCK-OUT.

    The lock-out difficulty appears to be as far from an amicable settlement as ever. The management of the mine has sent a letter to the miners informing them that the only ...

    Article : 211 words
  18. STOCKRIDERS' CORPS FORMED.

    It is evident that the proposal that an organised demonstration on the part of Victorian stockriders should be made in connection with the welcome to the troops to ...

    Article : 536 words
  19. LORD WOLSELEY RETIRES.

    Field Marshal Lord Wolseley, it has been arranged, will actually retire from the post of Commander in Chief of the British forces on Friday next. Lord Roberts's departure ...

    Article : 75 words
  20. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Signor Marconi, the inventor of the wireless telegraphy system, announces that he has discovered in the course of his experiments electric air waves, which will ...

    Article : 104 words
  21. ORGANISE THE LIBERALS!

    "The idea of creating a National Liberal Association at this juncture to organise the protectionist party is very happy," observes the "Ballarat Courier," "and the work of ...

    Article : 113 words
  22. UPPER COLIBAN TROUBLE.

    The dispute in regard to the Upper Colipan reservoir contract was settled yesterday, and the 200 laborers who went out on strike for a wage of 7 instead of 6 per day ...

    Article : 252 words
  23. BOER FLAG CAPTURED.

    At Brakpan, west of Johannesburg, a British outpost of 17 men has splendidly repulsed a fierce attack made by a body of guerillas on their position. The Boers ...

    Article : 47 words
  24. MUNICIPAL ACTION.

    The circular letter from the Municipal Association sugesting a joint municipal address from the local councils of the colony to the Duke and Duchess of York was ...

    Article : 112 words
  25. RUSSIA'S NAVAL BUDGET.

    The Russian naval budget of expenditure on war ship construction for the year 1901 has been increased from 60,000,000 to 97,000,000 roubles (£9,000,000 to £14,550,000). ...

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  26. CAPE DUTCH DISAFFECTION.

    Numbers of Boers who were captured by the British troops in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, and sent to Cape Colony, where they were released on patrol, ...

    Article : 157 words
  27. AMERICA AND TURKEY.

    Friction between the Turkish and American Governments has arisen in consequence of the refusal of the former to recognise the appointment of an American consul at ...

    Article : 101 words
  28. POSTAL REFORMS.

    In the course of an address last night, Mr. Ward, Postmaster-General, again enlarged on the desirability of this colony being represented in the Imperial Parliament. He ...

    Article : 284 words
  29. COMPLAINTS OF NAVVIES.

    Complaints of "sweating" have been made in connection with the conditions attending employment upon railway construction. Navvies employed on the Eltham line, it is ...

    Article : 255 words
  30. WELCOME AT FITZROY.

    The mayor of Fitzroy, Cr. Wheeler, has convened a meeting of citizens, to be held in the local town hall on Monday evening, to organise a welcome to the soldiers, ...

    Article : 43 words
  31. SOUTH MELBOURNE TROOPS TO BE ENTERTAINED.

    The mayor of South Melbourne (Cr. Donald M'Arthur) has decided to entertain the members of the returning troops residing in the municipality at a smoke social to be ...

    Article : 45 words
  32. THE AMERICAN NAVY.

    Mr. Long, Secretary for the Navy in President M'Kinley's Cabinet, has prepared proposals to be laid before Congress for the increase of the American navy. He ...

    Article : 47 words
  33. A NEW RHODESIAN REGIMENT.

    Vigorous action is being taken in South Africa to raise the strong force of mounted irregulars with colonial experience necessary for the prompt suppression of ...

    Article : 83 words
  34. THE BALLARAT INVITATION.

    Regarding the invitation of the two mayors to the Victorian troops on the Harlech Castle to visit Ballarat, the Premier on Wednesday telegraphed to Cr. Whykes ...

    Article : 63 words
  35. THE WAZIRISTAN TROUBLE.

    The expedition sent to punish the turbulent hill tribes of Waziristan, on the north-west frontier of India, for their recent raidings and robberies, has blockaded all the ...

    Article : 45 words
  36. BRUNS WICK STREET LIGHTING

    The suggestion that Brunswick should be lighted for the next year by electricity has been practically put aside by the local council calling for tenders for gas lighting. ...

    Article : 267 words
  37. STAMPING OUT REBELLION.

    Speaking on the South African situation at a public meeting in Preston last night, Mr. Hanbury, President of the Board of Agriculture, spoke in emphatic terms of the ...

    Article : 71 words
  38. SUICIDE OF A SOLDIER.

    Trooper James Robertson, of the Queensland Second Contingent, shot himself in an outhouse at the Market Hotel this afternoon. Deceased was invalided, and ...

    Article : 130 words
  39. SHOPS AND FACTORIES ACT.

    The members of the Victorian Clerks' Union are just now agitated over a proposal that the body should affiliate with the Trades Hall. At the general meeting held ...

    Article : 222 words
  40. THE LONDON MARKETS.

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  41. KRUGER IN PARIS.

    Yesterday Mr. Kruger had an interview at the Hotel de Ville (Paris Town Hall) of an hour's duration with M. Delcasse, the French Foreign Minister. In the course ...

    Article : 143 words
  42. WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

    In the Legislative Council to-day Mr. Want moved the second reading of the Woman Suffrage Bill. He admitted that he had personally very little sympathy with ...

    Article : 139 words
  43. THE PACIFIC CABLE TENDER.

    The Postmaster-General received a cablegram to-day from the Pacific Cable Advisory Board in London, proposing that the Agents-General should be authorised to sign ...

    Article : 63 words
  44. MALTSTERS AND BREWERS.

    A mass meeting of maltsters and brewers was held at the Trades Hall last night. Mr. M'Donnell, president of the Brewery Employes' Union, presided. ...

    Article : 185 words
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