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  2. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Winston Churchill, was the victim of a vicious assault by a Leeds suffragette named Garnett at the Bristol ...

    Article : 779 words
  3. DISASTER IN WEST INDIES.

    No news has been received from Jamaica, the most important of the British West Indian islands, for five days. The cables have ben broken by great ...

    Article : 240 words
  4. THE COAL STRIKE.

    The Strike Congress met again at the Trades Hall yesterday. It was an extended Congress, additional representatives of the miners and representatives of additional ...

    Article : 249 words
  5. BRITISH DEFENCE.

    Admiral Sir Nathaniel Bowden-Smith (who was commander-in-chief on the Australian Station in 1892-95) delivered an address before the National Service ...

    Article : 152 words
  6. BOULDER PERSEVERANCE FIRE.

    This morning a deputation from the Boulder Municipal Council and the Boulder branch of the Miners' Union waited upon the Minister for Mines (Mr. H. Gregory), at ...

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  7. APPALLING MINE CATASTROPHE.

    Advices from Spring Valley, in Illinois, U.S.A., contain the bare announcement of a mining disaster with an appalling loss of life. ...

    Article : 75 words
  8. FOOD FOR MINERS' FAMILIES

    Statements have been made to the effect that already widespread distress is beginning to make its appearance in the Newcastle district, and that some of the miners' ...

    Article : 222 words
  9. STAGE CENSORSHIP.

    A joint Committee of the House of Lords and the House of Commons has recommended the continuance of the censorship of stage plays and the ...

    Article : 135 words
  10. STOCKS OF COAL ON HAND.

    When the strike commenced at Newcastle there was a fairly large supply of coal in trucks at the Dyke. Early last week there were 10,000 tons available, but portion has ...

    Article : 133 words
  11. A PARIS TRAGEDY.

    The trial of Madame Steinheil on a charge of having murdered her husband (a painter) and her stepmother (Madame Japy) in June, 1908, was concluded in ...

    Article : 695 words
  12. NICHOLSON-HEMMINGER MISSION.

    On Saturday and again yesterday the Nicholson-Hemminger mission service were continued, and the attendances showed that interest on the part of the public is being ...

    Article : 986 words
  13. ATTITUDE OF NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT.

    The Chief Secretary (Mr. Wood), speaking at the annual dinner of the Chamber of Manufactures last night, said that a suggestion had been made that the Premier had ...

    Article : 151 words
  14. LYNCH LAW.

    A mob at Coiro, in Illinois (U.S.A.) yesterday lynched a negro who had been accused of murdering a shop girl. They then attacked the gaol with the view ...

    Article : 92 words
  15. WRECKS AT JAMAICA.

    A disastrous hurricane also visited Jamaica, and a number of wrecks are reported to have occurred at different points on the coast. ...

    Article : 88 words
  16. SECRET MEETINGS.

    Before the Strike Congress met there was a special meeting of the executive of the Federated Coal and Shale Miners' Association. The situation was considered, and a ...

    Article : 483 words
  17. NATAL COLLIERIES.

    Numerous orders and inquiries have been received from Australia at the Natal collieries All orders have been declined, owing to the shortage of ...

    Article : 63 words
  18. AUSTRALIAN WINES.

    The judges at the Brewers' Exhibition report that the condition of the red and white Australian wines shown was excellent. The sparkling wines, they state. ...

    Article : 210 words
  19. COUNTRY.

    The adjourned meeting of the Meckering Dramatic Club was held on Tuesday night. The president of the club (Mr. C. S. Rhodes) occupied the chair. The chief business of ...

    Article : 1,003 words
  20. HYPNOTIST MOBBED.

    Violent scenes are of nightly occurrence at the Glasgow Coliseum, where the hypnotist Bodie is giving performances. Last night he was covered with ...

    Article : 209 words
  21. POSITION IN VICTORIA.

    The Victorian Government is watching the course of events in connection with the coal strike with the deepest interest, and it will consider, probably on Tuesday, the question ...

    Article : 166 words
  22. AUSTRALIAN GRAIN.

    The Manchester Association of Importers and Exporters has addressed a circular letter to the Chambers of Commerce in Australia calling their attention to ...

    Article : 57 words
  23. ACTIVITY IN SHIPPING CIRCLES.

    The chief feature of the strike situation in Melbourne yesterday was the great activity in inter-State shipping circles. Several large inter-State boats found large cargoes ...

    Article : 78 words
  24. GREAT BOULDER PERSEVERANCE.

    The Great Boulder Persevarance Co. has deferred the payment of the interim dividend. The directors state that development ...

    Article : 48 words
  25. THE ENGLISH TURF.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 71 words
  26. COMMANDEERING COAL.

    The eagerness with which coal is being hoarded throughout Australia just now could not be better illustrated than by a recent act on the part of the New South Wales ...

    Article : 113 words
  27. WATERSIDE WORKERS' UNION.

    A mass meeting of the Sydney Waterside Workers' Union will take place to-morrow. A telegram signed by Mr. Hughes, M.H.R., president of the Union, was despatched to ...

    Article : 212 words
  28. BOYS AS POLICEMEN.

    The municipality of Chicago has organised a police force entirely composed of boys, whose duty it will be to maintain order among the lads of the city. ...

    Article : 71 words
  29. INTER-STATE.

    Good general rains fell over the State on Friday night and Saturday morning. Agriculturists estimate that in many parts the fall will result in an addition to the ...

    Article : 156 words
  30. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The fund opened by the London "Standard" for the purpose of returning Conservative working men as members of the House of Commons has reached ...

    Article : 138 words
  31. MORE STEAMERS LAID UP.

    Two Indian traders are to be laid up in consequence of the coal strike. Other steamers now at Singapore and other ports will stock their bunkers with double supplies ...

    Article : 44 words
  32. BRITISH CROPS.

    The Board of Agriculture estimate of the British crops is:—Wheat, 7,694,858 quarters; barley, 7,620,962 quarters; oats, 15,397,308 quarters. ...

    Article : 26 words
  33. SHIPPING FARES AND FREIGHTS.

    The Union Steamship Company has decided to increase the passenger fares to New Zealand by 10 per cent., and the rates for freight by 25 per cent. ...

    Article : 41 words
  34. A DESPERATE BURGLAR.

    Between 1 and 2 o'clock this morning Constable Rapkins narrowly escaped being shot while making his round of inspection of business places at Echuca. ...

    Article : 104 words
  35. PROPOSED ARBITRATION.

    Mr. Fisher, M.H.R., has made a suggestion that as early as possible both parties should agree unconditionally to state a case for the Federal Arbitration Court. The occasion, ...

    Article : 63 words
  36. PERSONAL.

    Queen Alexandra has been graciously pleased to accept a copy of "The Life of Melba," by Miss Agnes Murphy, which has just been published in London and New ...

    Article : 130 words
  37. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 164 words
  38. VICTORIAN INDUSTRIES AFFECTED.

    The Melbourne ice manufacturers have decided to raise the price of ice by 20 percent. from Wednesday next. The paper mills at Fyansford will close ...

    Article : 54 words
  39. FEDERATED SEAMEN'S UNION

    Mr. Guthrie, of the Federal Senate, who is secretary of the Federated Seamen's Union, when referring to the strike in general terms to-night, said: "There is nothing ...

    Article : 75 words
  40. THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS.

    The Railway Commissioner made the following statement to-day:—"I have under consideration the question of necessary reductions, in the event of the trouble arising ...

    Article : 118 words
  41. HOMICIDAL MANIA.

    A young man named Brown suddenly developed homicidal mania at Christchurch to-day. He attacked his mother with a carving knife, and an elder brother in ...

    Article : 55 words
  42. THE RECENT NATIONAL SHOW.

    The committee of the Great Southern Pastoral and Agricultural District Society met to-day, when Mr. T. Garstone presided. The hon. secretary (Mr. Langley) brought ...

    Article : 180 words
  43. A RAILWAY COLLISION.

    A collision took place in the railway roads at Redfern yesterday. A passenger train to Hurstville was crossing on to another line when the engine came into contact with ...

    Article : 114 words
  44. THE MINERS' WAGES.

    It is understood that the colliery proprietors at Newcastle intend to pay over the money earned by the men during the week ended November 6 as usual. The practice ...

    Article : 45 words
  45. A PREMATURE EXPLOSION.

    Three quarrymen named Boyes, Melford and Medlin were severely injured yesterday by a premature explosion of dynamite which dislodged 50 ton of stone and earth. ...

    Article : 32 words
  46. COLLIE AND BUNBURY UNIONS.

    During the last few days the most engrossing topic of conservation locally has been whether the Collie Coalminers Union or Bunbury Lumpers Union are likely to ...

    Article : 587 words
  47. LITHGOW COLLIERIES CLOSED.

    All the collieries in Lithgow district are now idle. These include the Ironworks Tunnel and Great Cobar pit. which supply the ironworks and smelting works, and the ...

    Article : 102 words
  48. Advertising

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    Advertising : 574 words
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