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  2. HARBOR SMASH.

    Some 300 passengers by the Sydney Ferries' steamer Kaikai were thrown into a state of wild excitement last evening when the ferryboat came into collision with the steam collier ...

    Article : 560 words
  3. TO-DAY'S PAPER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 355 words
  4. BENGHAZI BATTLE.

    ROME, Wednesday.--The official report of the Italian losses in the fighting at Benghazi puts them down at 109 killed and wounded. In yesterday's attack six were killed and 26 wounded. ...

    Article : 202 words
  5. GREAT STRAITS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Pekin correspondent of "The Times" states that the financial position of China is becoming desperate, and the Treasury is unable to pay ...

    Article : 171 words
  6. FIGHT ON.

    At a huge mass meeting of wharf laborers yesterday afternoon it was decided to continue the strike, and the situation is now practically one of "as you were," in spite of the ...

    Article : 324 words
  7. NEW FIRST LORD.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The newspaper comments upon the Ministerial changes are directed chiefly to the appointment of Mr. Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty. The ...

    Article : 189 words
  8. THE MELBOURNE CONFERENCE.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The compulsory conference of the Shipowners' Federation and the Waterside Workers' Federation's representatives assembled for the third time at Mr. ...

    Article : 167 words
  9. THE ARMY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Lord Haldane, Secretary for War, declared yesterday, in the course of a speech at Birmingham, that the Territorial force is a great school for improving the ...

    Article : 56 words
  10. HEAVY BOMBARDMENT.

    MALTA, Wednesday.--Advices from Tripoli state that the bombardment of Benghazi was heavy, and the damage severe, including the wrecking of the British consulate. It is ...

    Article : 43 words
  11. TIDE OF REVOLT.

    LONDON, Tuesday Evening.--Renter's correspondent at Pekin states that Sian-fu, the western stronghold of the Manchu dynasty, has gone over to the rebel cause, and ...

    Article : 100 words
  12. LABOR UNREST.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Government has decided not to proceed with the Trades-union Bill this session. It is understood that the Prime Minister will give opportunity for the ...

    Article : 58 words
  13. BRITAIN'S GOOD OFFICES.

    LONDON, Monday.--In the House of Commons yesterday the Prime Minister was asked why the Government had not offered its good offices to terminate the Italo-Turkish hostilities. ...

    Article : 59 words
  14. THE MELBOURNE TELEGRAMS

    The telegrams road at the meeting were sent from Melbourne in time to be placed before the gathering on Tuesday night. Owing, however to the adjournment of that night's business till. ...

    Article : 262 words
  15. THE DECISION REGRETTED.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Attorney General (Mr. Hughes) expressed himself as very sorry to hear of the men's refusal to return to work. ...

    Article : 116 words
  16. CANADA'S CHOICE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--At the Colonial Institute last night. Earl Grey, the recently-retired Governor-General of Canada, was tendered a banquet, Mr. Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of State ...

    Article : 263 words
  17. INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY.

    BERLIN, Wednesday.--At a meeting of the Miners' Union at Bochun (Westphalia) yesterday speakers asserted that if a general strike should be declared by miners in Great Britain. ...

    Article : 44 words
  18. HELP WANTED.

    PEKIN, Wednesday.--General Yin Cheng, commanding the Imperial troops, reports in a despatch from the front that he has gained successes over the rebels in the vicinity ...

    Article : 101 words
  19. THE EMPLOYERS RETICENT.

    Representatives of the shipping companies and the inter-State and coastal associations stated last night that they had no comment to make upon the decision of the men to continue ...

    Article : 34 words
  20. PARLIAMENTARY LEVIES.

    LONDON. Tuesday Evening.--In the suit of Dyson v. the Durham Colliery Mechanics' Association, to restrain the latter from applying, their funds to parliamentary uses, has been ...

    Article : 50 words
  21. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 183 words
  22. EFFECT ON NEW ZEALAND FRUIT TRADE.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--The stoppage of fruit shipments front Sydney will leave the market in New Zealand practically bare. The local sources of supply are useless at this ...

    Article : 55 words
  23. A PASSENGER'S ACCOUNT.

    "She caught me by the wrist, and she wouldn't let go." This was the experience of Mr. R. H. Ferguson, who happened to be a passenger on the ...

    Article : 555 words
  24. MUNICIPALITY'S DUTY.

    LONDON, Wednesday. --Messrs. Houlder Bros., the shipping firm largely engaged in the Australian trade, who last year and again last week recovered damages from the Newport ...

    Article : 90 words
  25. A CANDID LEADER.

    PEKIN, Wednesday.--Li Yuan Hung, the rebel leader, has written a letter to Admiral Sa Chen Ping, the Imperial naval commander, in which he explains that after he was ...

    Article : 58 words
  26. OFFICIAL UNION STATEMENT.

    The assistant secretary has also received a statement signed by Mr. J. Morris,secretary of the Waterside Workers' Federation. Enclosed with it was a letter, stating that the resume of ...

    Article : 601 words
  27. GRAFTON GRUMBLES.

    GRAFTON. Wednesday.--The Burringbar brought but very little general cargo, and certain business places stocks in some lines are getting low. Dealers are disinclined to operate ...

    Article : 104 words
  28. SUICIDE PREFERRED.

    LONDON, Tuesday Evening.--An unconfirmed message received from San Francisco states that General Changpiao, leader of the Imperial troops at Hankow, was ...

    Article : 54 words
  29. INCONVENIENCE AT ADELAIDE.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday-- The strike of waterside workers in Sydney is causing much inconvenience to shippers at Port Adelaide, in consequence of their inability to got the stuff ...

    Article : 109 words
  30. ALL-ROUND INCREASE.

    OTTAWA, Tuesday Evening.--The Conciliation Board inquiring into the reason of the discontent among the employees on the Grand Trunk railway has ordered an all-round increase in ...

    Article : 53 words
  31. AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--"The Times" alludes to the launch of the cruiser- battleship Australia. which takes place to-day, as an indication of the Commonwealth's rapid strides in the ...

    Article : 41 words
  32. FORTY- SEVEN DAYS OUT.

    The long voyage the 300-ton barquentine May Isabel is malting from Whangape (N.Z.) to Sydney, is causing some anxiety in shipping circles. Yesterday the vessel was 47 days out. ...

    Article : 247 words
  33. "AT SENDER'S RISK."

    The Eastern Extension Australia and China Telegraph Company, Limited, have received the following cable:--"The Chinese telegraphic administration advises that telegrams for the ...

    Article : 37 words
  34. IN THE CALLIOPE'S WAKE.

    SAN FRANCISCO, Wednesday.--The Pacific mail liner City of Sydney arrived here yesterday after a terrific encounter with a cyclonic storm off the coast of Mexico on October 17. ...

    Article : 94 words
  35. LOVE OR TITLES.

    VIENNA, Wednesday.--After being refused for eight years the consent of the Emperor Francis Joseph has been obtained to the marriage of Archduke Ferdinand Karl with the daughter of a ...

    Article : 65 words
  36. LITHGOW TROUBLES.

    LITHGOW, Wednesday.--The trouble at the ironworks seems no nearer settlement, neither side having made any move in the direction of arriving at a solution of the difficulty. ...

    Article : 248 words
  37. MR. HENLEY'S CHALLENGE.

    Mr. Griffith, the Minister for Works, is not going to take up the challenge thrown out to him by Mr. Henley,regarding the Uhr's Point purchase. It was mentioned in the Legislative ...

    Article : 160 words
  38. IRISH FINANCE REPORT.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. Tim Healy (Nationalist) asked the Prime Minister yesterday, in the House of Commons, when the report of the Irish Finance Committee would be ...

    Article : 78 words
  39. NO DELAYING.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Prime Minister announced yesterday-- in pursuance of the Government's determination to closure the Insurance Bill by compartments, so as to pass it ...

    Article : 140 words
  40. MR. FITZPATRICK AND THE SPEAKER

    Briefly, and without any comment, Mr. Fitz- Patrick, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, gave notice of his intention to move:-- "That, because of his lack of knowledge of ...

    Article : 369 words
  41. THE MINISTER'S BRICKDUST.

    Mr. Henley, M.L.A., said last night:--"Mr. Griffith's Maitland speech is an indication of the straights he is being driven into. It will not save him to screech and snarl and call other ...

    Article : 119 words
  42. REFERENCE IN PARLIAMENT.

    The strike was again mentioned in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, when Mr. Carmichael, answering Mr. H. D. Morton as to the possibilities of an early settlement, said the ...

    Article : 141 words
  43. THE THRILLING MOMENT.

    "What struck me most was that any panic was speedily allayed," said Mr. P. J. Nolan, who was a passenger. "Still, it was a thrilling moment for us all, because immediately ...

    Article : 351 words
  44. COLLIERY MEN IDLE.

    LITHGOW, Wednesday.--Owing to the dispute of the places the Vale of Clwydd colliery has been thrown idle. Mr. Barnes, acting-manager of the colliery, when seen said the difficulty ...

    Article : 338 words
  45. MURDER MYSTERIES.

    LONDON, Tuesday Evening.--At the inquest held regarding the circumstances of the death of Charles Gilks a laborer, whose body was found outside the residence of Mrs. Coventry, ...

    Article : 193 words
  46. MR. DONALD MACDONELL'S HEALTH.

    The Premier received a telegram yesterday stating that Mr. Donald Macdonell, the Chief Secretary, who has been lying in a private hospital in Melbourne for some time, is in a ...

    Article : 174 words
  47. "KANGAROOS" AND THEIR PLAY.

    LONDON, Tuesday Evening.--The Rugby League football authorities have dealt with several of the Australasian team for alleged rough play. ...

    Article : 100 words
  48. COUNTING HIM OUT.

    It appears that after the telegrams had been read and repeated over and over again in response to calls for re-readings at the outset of the meeting, the assistant-secretary moved that ...

    Article : 503 words
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