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  2. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    Notwithstanding that the weather was rather too cold for the enjoyment of open-air entertainments, there was a good attendance at King's Picture Gardens on Saturday ...

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  3. THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

    On Saturday night Mr. Molloy addressed a large meeting opposite the City Markets, in Wellington-street. The chair was occupied by Mr. Van Praagh, who urged upon ...

    Article : 1,763 words
  4. SPRING VALLEY DISASTER.

    The men engaged in rescue operations in the St. Paul Company's burning mine at Spring Valley, in Illinois, U.S.A., while demolishing a wall of debris in the ...

    Article : 255 words
  5. CONGO MISRULE.

    A great demonstration was held in the Albert Hall last night "to express Christian England's protest against the cruelties inflicted upon the natives in the ...

    Article : 245 words
  6. STANDARD OIL COMPANY.

    The United States Circuit Court of Appeal, consisting of Missouri Judges, has ordered the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey to be dissolved on the ground that ...

    Article : 309 words
  7. THE COAL STRIKE.

    The strike is to be directed so as to produce a coal famine, and a general strike will be only resorted to in certain emergencies or as a last resort. The strike ...

    Article : 302 words
  8. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The Freetrade League of Manchester has issued a manifesto declaring that the circumstances of the cotton industry demand the maintence of freetrade. ...

    Article : 346 words
  9. GALE IN MELBOURNE.

    A fierce northerly gale was experienced in Melbourne to-day. Gardens, signboards, roofs, and in some cases plate-glass windows, suffered severely. The most sensational of ...

    Article : 122 words
  10. SYDNEY WOOL SALES.

    Mr. A. H. Moore, of Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, is negotiating with the strike congress in regard to some scheme whereby the wool sales would be allowed to ...

    Article : 87 words
  11. VICTORIAN STATE MINE.

    The Minister for Mines (Mr. McBride) says that he is advised that if necessary he can have delivered in Melbourne in 10 days 200 tons of coal from the Powlett field. ...

    Article : 73 words
  12. AMERICAN CUSTOMS FRAUDS.

    The Port Collector of New York has dismissed 104 Customs employees as a result of an investigation of the weighing frauds in connection with the Sugar ...

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  13. THE "WESTERN MAIL" CHRISTMAS NUMBER.

    The Christmas Number of the "Western Mail," which will be published shortly, presents to the reader a greater number of illustrations and more reading matter than ...

    Article : 251 words
  14. STRIKERS AND MINE OWNERS.

    Mr. Hughes made a long statement to-night regarding the situation. He said that the proprietors knew perfectly well that the miners would not accept a reference to the ...

    Article : 355 words
  15. NICARAGUAN REVOLUTION.

    The two American citizens who were executed by the order of President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, were charged with having, while fighting for the ...

    Article : 74 words
  16. QUEENSLAND COLLIERY EMPLOYEES.

    A mass meeting of the Queensland colliery employees held at Bundumba resolved that immediate steps should be taken to prevent any coal being loaded for the trade ...

    Article : 69 words
  17. BABY FARMING SCANDAL.

    Twenty-two infants have, states the New York correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," died at the Myrtle Baby Home, at Pawtucket, in Rhode Island. ...

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  18. INCREASE IN FREIGHT RATES FROM ENGLAND.

    The Australian Shipping Conference has decided to raise the freight rates for cargo in steamers beginning on the first of next month. The increases will be 10s. per ...

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  19. A MISSING MILLIONAIRE

    No news has yet been received of the fate of Colonel J. J. Astor, an American millionaire who with his yacht has been missing from Jamaica since the hurricane ...

    Article : 80 words
  20. INDIAN LABOUR IN NATAL.

    A Royal Commission appointed by the Governor of Natal reports that several industries in the colony owe their existence to indentured Indian labour, and ...

    Article : 83 words
  21. THE CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS.

    The Christian Scientists of America have, after a three days' secret trial, ex-communicated their New York leader, Mrs. Augusta E. Stetson, for rebellion ...

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  22. SITUATION AT COLLIE.

    Mr. Wall, of Splatt, Wall and Co., who returned to Perth from Collie on Saturday, stated that so far as his company was concerned they had during the past week ...

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  23. THE LATE MR. C. A. J. PIESSE.

    Mr. F. H. Piesse, C.M.G., writing from Katanning under date November 19, thus refers to the death of a well-known member of his family, which took place in ...

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  24. SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.

    The "Daily Telegraph" announces that Mr. Herbert Gladstone, Secretary of State for the Home Department, has accepted the position of ...

    Article : 71 words
  25. EMIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA.

    Many farm labourers are making inquiries at the offices of the Agents-General for the Various Australian States with a view of emigrating to the ...

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  26. DISASTROUS FIRE IN SYDNEY.

    At about 4 o'clock yesterday morning the Metropolitan Fire Brigade was called out to the largest fire which has devastated any portion of Sydney for sometime. It was ...

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  27. NEGOTIATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT.

    Matters regarding the strike remain in a state of uncertainty. The leaders—Messrs Hughes (President of the Waterside Workers' Federation). P. Bowling (president of ...

    Article : 471 words
  28. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY

    While the P. and O. S.N. Company's R.M.S. Mantua was at Malta yesterday she established wireless telegraphic communication with North Foreland (on the ...

    Article : 47 words
  29. CANADIAN DEFENCE.

    The Canadian Estimates for the current financial year provide for an expenditure of £25,500,000, being an increase of £3,000,000, over the figures for ...

    Article : 59 words
  30. THE SUFFRAGETTES.

    The suffragettes imprisoned at Bristol for causing disturbances in that city have refused to wear gaol clothes. They are now unclothed. ...

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  31. DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA.

    The Minister for Defence has decided that the first Kitchener camp is to start in Queensland on December 27, and that camps in New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania ...

    Article : 217 words
  32. A FATAL FIRE.

    The Coroner yesterday opened an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Julia Godie, a widow, 82 years of age, lately residing at ...

    Article : 286 words
  33. FRENCH JUSTICE.

    Owing to the methods adopted in the recent trial of Madame Steinheil at Paris the French Government has introduced a Bill to limit the Judges' powers of ...

    Article : 57 words
  34. Family Notices

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  35. EUROPEAN SNOW STORMS.

    Severe snowstorms have swept over mid-Europe during the last few days, and as a result Berlin has been isolated for 24 hours. ...

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  36. MISCELLANEOUS.

    A crater has been formed on Mount Lasalores, in the island of Teneriffe, one of the Canary group, off the west coast of Africa. Lava is issuing from the ...

    Article : 107 words
  37. THE VICTORIAN RAILWAYS.

    His Excellency the Governor-General was to have attended the annual inspection of the 7th Australian Infantry Regiment at Ballarat yesterday. Information was ...

    Article : 65 words
  38. A WATER LOGGED BARQUE.

    The steamer Takapuna, on a voyage from Nelson to Picton, discovered the barque Hippalos waterlogged and abandoned and took her in tow, but when in Perlorus Sound the ...

    Article : 100 words
  39. MEETING AT NEWCASTLE.

    A mass meeting of unionists was held at Newcastle last night and addresses were delievered from the balcony of the Grand Hotel to 5,000 or 6,000 persons. The speeches ...

    Article : 568 words
  40. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HARVEST

    The "Register" publishes its pre-harvest forecast of the wheat yield. The return is set down at 20,562,500 bushels, being an expected average of 11¾ bushels per acre. The ...

    Article : 71 words
  41. INTER-STATE.

    The police are investigating a case of supposed murder in the Dungog district. The body of a man sewn up in the bag was found in a waterhole near the railway ...

    Article : 94 words
  42. ANOTHER MINING FATALITY.

    A miner named Frank Nye, 35 years of age, was killed by a fall of stone at the 1,400ft. level of the Associated mine yesterday. The deceased's back was broken, ...

    Article : 48 words
  43. PERSONAL.

    A Melbourne telegram states that His Excellency the Governor-General (Lord Dudley) held an investiture of the order of St. Michael and St. George at Government ...

    Article : 129 words
  44. THE LAW LIST.

    Nisi Prius.—At 10.30 a.m., in No. 3 Court, before Mr. Justice Burnside: 1. Mercantile Bank and another v. Whittaker and others (motion for judgment). 2. D. H. Milne v. ...

    Article : 71 words
  45. Advertising

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