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  2. LABOR.

    "That boiler explosion at Tamworth reported in "The Daily Telegraph" this morning served as a good illustration to emphasise the demand of my union for a Machine and Boiler ...

    Article : 350 words
  3. IN NEW GUINEA.

    Rev. Dr. Sharp, the Anglican Bishop of New Guinea, who reached Sydney by the Brisbane express yesterday morning, has just completed the first year of his episcopacy. ...

    Article : 544 words
  4. HORSES BOLT AT BONDI.

    Michael Leonard (34), of Walker-street, Redfern, was driving a coach along Curlewis-street, Bondi, last night, when the horses took fright and bolted. When the animals were pulled up ...

    Article : 219 words
  5. HEAVY PIGEON LOSSES.

    It is now 31 years since pigeon-racing was inaugurated in Sydney by the Sydney Homing Pigeon Society, and it can truly be said that during that time hundreds of thousands of ...

    Article : 1,734 words
  6. SHEARERS AND SHEARING.

    It can be taken for granted that the old methods of shearing in Australia are dead. The first blow to its continued existence came with the advent of the sheep-shearing machine; the ...

    Article : 930 words
  7. LOADING "SCAB" FRUIT.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--What is considered as a test case in regard to requiring drivers to load what has been declared "scab" fruit, was called on in the Adelaide Police Court ...

    Article : 341 words
  8. DEFICIENCY OF AUSTRALIAN HISTORY.

    A nation without collated history or a Record Office may seem a strange assertion to make, nevertheless, with regard to Australia it is a true one. It is not that Australia possesses no ...

    Article : 1,442 words
  9. ROYAL LIFE SAVING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 715 words
  10. CHARGED WITH MURDER.

    PERTH, Wednesday.--Smithson, who was arrested yesterday, hiding in a chaff truck, near Moora, was at the Perth Police Court to-day formally charged with the murder of Frances ...

    Article : 224 words
  11. MEMBERSHIP DOUBLED.

    Some time ago the builders' laborers of Sydney were threatening a strike because the award wages rates were .deemed unsatisfactory. Indeed, the other States joined in for a time. ...

    Article : 221 words
  12. NEW ZEALAND.

    The celebrations organised in connection with the jubilee of the discovery of gold at Gabriel's Gully are proceeding at Lawrence. A procession was held of pioneers, which comprised 280 ...

    Article : 130 words
  13. PAY FOR FOOTBALL UMPIRES.

    BROKEN-HILL, Wednesday -- At the beginning of the football season the Barrier Ranges Football Association appointed umpires at the following rates per match:--Field 30s, boundary ...

    Article : 153 words
  14. ADULT MINIMUM WAGE.

    A living wage fixed as a minimum, and equal pay for equal work by women in the employ of the State, have long been planks in the Labor platform, and the action of Mr. Holman ...

    Article : 194 words
  15. GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN THE NORTH.

    The Governor-General arrived by the Aramac to-day en route for the north. On his return south, Lord Dudley will take up his quarters at the military encampment at Kissing Point. ...

    Article : 37 words
  16. STATE AND FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The chairman at the annual meeting of the South Australian Ancient Order of Foresters (P.G.R. Bro. C. Whiting, jun.) referred to the prospect of ...

    Article : 251 words
  17. SEWERAGE SCHEME FOR LITHGOW.

    LITHGOW, Wednesday.--The Lithgow Council has agreed to a sewerage scheme being carried out, which will embrace the whole of Lithgow, including the Small Arms Factory, with the ...

    Article : 57 words
  18. A TALL ORDER.

    At the last meeting of the Manly Council a letter was read from a correspondent stating that he had invented, a scheme whereby the council, by entering, into an agreement, could ...

    Article : 174 words
  19. STRIKE AT PARSONS BROTHERS' FACTORY.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A strike occurred to-day at the factory of Parsons Brothers and Co., when the whole of the men employed in the manufacture of starch and cornina (16 in ...

    Article : 155 words
  20. NEW DEFENCE SCHEME.

    ARMIDALE, Wednesday.--The local area officer, Lieutenant Crossman and his staff, S.S.M.'s Sloan and Muldoon, visited Tenterfield and Glen Innes. Dr. Watts, of Tenterfield, ...

    Article : 113 words
  21. VICTORIA'S WINE PRODUCTION.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The production of wine in Victoria has fallen from 2,822,263 gallons in 1897 to 991,941 gallons in 1910. The Director of Agriculture (Dr. Cameron) ...

    Article : 60 words
  22. MUNICIPAL LOANS.

    There has recently been some correspondence between the Works Department and the Newtown Council with regard to the council's auditor's report stating that no provision had been made in the way of a sinking fund for ...

    Article : 890 words
  23. SOUTHERN COLLIERIES AWARD.

    The Southern Collieries (Miners, etc.) Board has varied its award. In addition to amending many of the clauses, the two following have been added:-- ...

    Article : 157 words
  24. A MISSING AFGHAN.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Commissioner of Police has received information from Cloncurry that an Afghan, Charley Rushian, has been missing since about April 20. The Afghan ...

    Article : 178 words
  25. DEATH OF WALTER BOSWORTH.

    BATHURST, Wednesday.--Constables Michell and Styles, who made certain charges against Sergeant Sheehy and First-class Constable Boon in connection with the recent death of Walter ...

    Article : 56 words
  26. A LEAGUE TEAM FOR N.Z.--WHY NOT?

    T. P. O'Connor writes:-- "It was suggested in league quarters recently that should the proposed visit of an Australian team to America not eventuate, it would he a wise move for the local ...

    Article : 697 words
  27. STREET PREACHING.

    Sir,--The gentleman who is responsible for the letter inserted in your issue of to-day under the above heading does well to hide his identity under so vague a pseudonym as "A Clergyman." Were not the publication of ...

    Article : 265 words
  28. WAGES BOARD APPOINTMENTS.

    Mr. A. R. J. Watt has been appointed chairman of the Municipal and Shire Council's (Cumberland) Board, and Mr. J. P. G. Sheridan has been appointed chairman of the Railway and ...

    Article : 59 words
  29. FERRY AND TUGBOAT EMPLOYEES.

    Yesterday the Ferry and Tugboat Employees' Union met Messrs. Eyre and Doran, of the Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company, to ask that 14 days' annual leave per year should be ...

    Article : 83 words
  30. FEDERAL ARBITRATION.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Conditional registration under the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Act was recently granted by the Industrial Registrar, Mr. A. M. Stewart, to the ...

    Article : 80 words
  31. TIMBER WORKERS' UNION.

    BANGALOW, Wednesday.--The local sawmill operatives have joined the Timber Workers' Union. ...

    Article : 19 words
  32. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir,--A letter appears in your issue of to-day under the nom de plume of "A Clergyman," who protests against the preaching of the Salvation Army in the public street, having often been interrupted in his work ...

    Article : 358 words
  33. SHORTAGE OF ARTISANS.

    PERTH, Wednesday.--The Perth Chamber of Commerce, at a meeting to-day resolved that, viewing with grave concern the difficulty in obtaining artisans, it urges the Government to ...

    Article : 44 words
  34. A.J. A.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Some time ago the Australian Journalists' Association made application for registration under the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Court. ...

    Article : 64 words
  35. SOUSA'S BAND.

    Mr. Sousa and his band will return to-day to the Town-hall, giving concerts this afternoon and evening. The William Tell' overturn will open the matinee programme, and amongst ...

    Article : 187 words
  36. RETURN TO WORK.

    KURRI KURRI, Wednesday.--General satisfaction is expressed throughout the district at the decision arrived at by Pelaw Main miners to return to work, which they will do ...

    Article : 112 words
  37. Advertising

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    Advertising : 41 words
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