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  2. REFERENDA STRUGGLE.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Labor Ministers have in the referenda campaign been indulging in criticism of the sugar industry, and citing the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. as a ...

    Article : 199 words
  3. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS COMMISSION.

    The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the letting of the Government contracts, with special reference to the system of obtaining prime cost items, to which fixed powers are ...

    Article : 1,076 words
  4. LABOR.

    Mr. Beeby's suggestion that work should be resumed at the Balmain coalmine on the old terms, subject to and pending the consideration of the matter by a special Wages Board, was ...

    Article : 230 words
  5. AMUSEMENTS.

    "Jack and the Beanstalk" is in the midst of a career of assured prosperity at Her Majesty's. There will be another matinee to-day. The gaiety of "Our Miss Gibbs" make this musical ...

    Article : 105 words
  6. SUNSHINE AGAIN.

    "Just the weather we wanted yesterday," said more than one of those interested in the records the Show of 1911 is putting up. So it was and, moreover, just the weather wanted yesterday ...

    Article : 474 words
  7. APPEAL TO THE IRISH PEOPLE TO VOTE "NO."

    Sir,--As we are now on the eve of the referenda, to be taken early next week, is my excuse for asking for the publication of this letter, to remind my countrymen and women, and ...

    Article : 423 words
  8. THE VARIETY THEATRES.

    Mr. R. A. Roberts, in the sketch, "Ringing the Changes," wherein be portrays a number of varying characters, is prominent at the Tivoli, and the company also includes Mdlle, Yetta, Miss Peggy Pyrie, [?] ...

    Article : 152 words
  9. MOVING PICTURES.

    There will be matinees at the Palace Theatre and Glaciarium to-day, when the West's Management will [?] as the chief films "The Runaway Engine, [?] as one of the most exciting pictures of the[?] ...

    Article : 303 words
  10. CARRIAGE BUILDERS ON HOME RULE.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr. J. Waring, president of the Carriage and Waggon Builders' Association of Australia, in his address at the annual convention to-day, said that Australia's ...

    Article : 180 words
  11. COUNTRY TROLLY AND DRAYMEN.

    The union claim for the wages and working conditions to be made before the Trolly and Draymen's (Country) Board was drawn up at a conference in the Trades-hall, representing ...

    Article : 347 words
  12. CONCERTS.

    To-night the Sydney Amateur Orchestral Society will give the first concert of the twentieth [?] at the Town-hall when Herr Slape[?] will Programme including "Die Meistersinger" [?] War. ...

    Article : 640 words
  13. "FOR AUSTRALIA."

    Mr. E. Riley, M.H.R., speaking last night at an open-air meeting in Devonshire-street, referred to the existence of combines and trusts, which he said were detrimental to the interests ...

    Article : 250 words
  14. Advertising

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    Advertising : 20 words
  15. RING EVENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 661 words
  16. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    John Crow, cab-driver, of Shepherd-street, Darlington, was thrown from the seat of his cab in Macquarie-place, city, last night, through his horse slipping on the blocks. He sustained ...

    Article : 54 words
  17. THE BOOT TRADE.

    A mass meeting of the boot trade employees was held last, evening at the Trades-hall. Mr. Johnstone, the secretary, intimated that the meeting had decided that no information ...

    Article : 78 words
  18. ABDOMINAL INJURIES.

    Timothy Kelly (41), wharf laborer, of Druitt-street, city, was shifting heavy wooden girders aboard the steamer Canonbar yesterday, when one of them struck him in the abdomen, ...

    Article : 51 words
  19. "PULLING OUT THE SUBSTANCE."

    Senator Millen spoke last night at Rozelle against the referenda proposals. If ever, he said, there was a Constitution which could be called a people's Constitution, ...

    Article : 394 words
  20. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT.

    The secretary of the Master Builders' Association last night reported to a general meeting of the association that the sub-committee appointed had waited on Mr. Beeby, Minister for ...

    Article : 491 words
  21. ENGINEER KILLED.

    At the inquest yesterday on Karl Zerk (44), second engineer of the steamer Franken, who died at Sydney Hospital on April 14 of a fracture of the skull, sustained aboard his vessel ...

    Article : 56 words
  22. A BOY DROWNED.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Three boys, Arthur Glover, George Hopkinson, and Eric Dennis, were playing on the banks of the Yarra, at Hawthorn, to-day, when they got into a boat, ...

    Article : 110 words
  23. CRUSHED FOOT.

    About 10 o'clock last night, Andrew Thompson (56), dealer, of Botany-road, Waterloo, was trying to board a tram travelling to Alexandria, at the corner of Elizabeth and Campbell streets, ...

    Article : 57 words
  24. OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS.

    Wirth Brothers' Circus in Prince [?] Park is a source of great interest to pleasure-seek[?] by reason of the varied programme, as well as the [?] of the menagerie. The circus company includes the Flying ...

    Article : 244 words
  25. TRAM CONDUCTOR HURT.

    William Bell (29), tram conductor, fell from a tramcar in Oxford-street yesterday, and was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital suffering from severe abrasions on the head. ...

    Article : 29 words
  26. FOUND DROWNED.

    An open verdict was given by the coroner yesterday in the case of John Frederick Lister (38), whose body was discovered floating in Botany Bay, near Brighton-le-Sands, on April 11. It ...

    Article : 54 words
  27. NEW P. AND O. LINER.

    The English mail brings word that the Median, one of the two new steamers of the "M" class now building for the P. and O. Company, was successfully launched from Messrs. Caird and Co.'s yard at Greeenock. The ...

    Article : 113 words
  28. INFANT'S BODY EXHUMED.

    A post-mortem examination was conducted yesterday on the body of an infant exhumed at a suburban cemetery on Sunday evening. The particulars of the case appeared in Monday's ...

    Article : 54 words
  29. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.

    The annual conference of the Pastoral and Agricultural Societies' Union was continued last evening at the Royal Exchange, Mr. F. W. A. Downes, M.L.A., presiding. About 40 ...

    Article : 584 words
  30. THE DOMINIONS AND THE METRIC SYSTEM.

    Sir,--The annual report of the Alalia chamber of Commerce, just to hand, contains an interesting reference to the adoption of the metric system in that colony. It is shown that the ...

    Article : 496 words
  31. LEG AMPUTATED.

    WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.--The young man, Victor Randall, who met with a serious shooting accident at Gresford, had his leg amputated to-day. His condition is serious. ...

    Article : 29 words
  32. LATE SPORTING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 208 words
  33. THE LABOR SPLIT.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--At the annual conference of the Victorian Political Labor Council last night, the following resolution was carried: ...

    Article : 57 words
  34. DEATH FROM BURNING.

    BEGA, Tuesday.--A little girl named M'Mahon, aged 7 years, daughter of one of the settlers at the Bega labor settlement, died this morning as a result of burns accidentally received. She ...

    Article : 66 words
  35. THE "POLITICAL CHAMELEON."

    MELBORUNE, Tuesday.--The "Age," in a leader on the Federal Government's referenda proposals says, "Of all the Ministers Mr. Hughes is the most audacious political ...

    Article : 64 words
  36. ALDENHAM AT PORT DARWIN.

    PORT DARWIN, Tuesday.--The E. and A. Company's steamer Aldenham arrived here from Eastern ports this morning, with the following passengers:--Messrs. Lawrie, Sayle, Petrie, and three Asiatics. The ...

    Article : 76 words
  37. SERIOUS PEA-RIFLE ACCIDENT.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Clyde Hyland (17), met with a serious accident at Benalla, while handling a pea-rifle. The weapon was loaded, and the young fellow was leaning upon it, when ...

    Article : 61 words
  38. "SIMPLY A FACTION FIGHT."

    The following resolution was arrived at by the "Socialist Labor Party of Australia," sitting in conference:-- "That this conference recognises that the ...

    Article : 100 words
  39. SUICIDE AT 80.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--An elderly man committed suicide in a deliberate manner this afternoon. Two boys saw him approach the Punt-road footbridge, and when he had reached ...

    Article : 120 words
  40. RACING IN NEW ZEALAND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 181 words
  41. R.M.S. OSTERLEY AT FREMANTLE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 231 words
  42. HORSE SALES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,132 words
  43. MISSING BRIDEGROOM'S BODY FOUND.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The body of the missing bridegroom at Ballarat, Harry Judd, was to-day discovered in the Gong Gong reservoir. Deceased was to have been married ...

    Article : 126 words
  44. QUEENSLAND RAINFALL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 237 words
  45. EFFECT ON THE ARBITRATION COURT.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Mr. W. M. Hughes (Federal Attorney-General) was asked to-day what steps, if any, would be necessary to increase the judiciary of the Conciliation and ...

    Article : 221 words
  46. Advertising

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    Advertising : 88 words
  47. INJURED JOCKEYS.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--R. Cudmore, who received slight concussion of the brain at Oak-bank yesterday, by a fall with Texas in the Amateur Steeplechase; R. Colley, who dislocated ...

    Article : 67 words
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