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  2. WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT.

    The secretary of the Chamber of Mines (Mr. T. Maughan) made the following official statement in replay to the remarks of Mr. J. E. Dodd, the secretary of the [?] ...

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  3. NICARAGUA'S TROUBLES

    The Washington correspondent of the "Times" states that the United States Government is dissatisfied with the Nicaraguan explanation that the two ...

    Article : 154 words
  4. THE COAL STRIKE.

    The attempt on the part of the Premier at conciliation is not at an end. He will place the proposals of the strike congress for an open conference before the northern coal ...

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  5. CHINA.

    His Majesty the King gave an audience at Windsor Castle on Saturday to a Chinese mission, the members of which have come to England to study the ...

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  6. NEWS AND NOTES.

    Mail for the Eastern States.—A mail for the Eastern States is notified to close at the G.P.O. to-day at 3 p.m. (late fee 4 p.m.) for conveyance by the R.M.S. ...

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  7. SPRING VALLEY RESCUE.

    Reuter's Agency reports that many touching scenes occurred at the mouth of the pit of the St. Paul Company's burning mine at Spring Valley, Illinois, when ...

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  8. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., Leader of the Labour Party, speaking yesterday at Bishop-Auckland (near Durham), commented upon the proposal made by ...

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  9. A VICTORIAN SUGGESTION.

    The Minister for Public Works (Mr. Baillieu) to-day made the suggestion that some influential and impartial personality, respected by all parties and above all party ...

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  10. THE GERMAN NAVY.

    The battleships Rheinland and Posen will be ready for delivery to the German Admiralty next spring, and the cruiser Von der Mann will be ready in the ...

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  11. THE BRITISH ARMY.

    The War Office is inviting designs and patterns for an automatic service rifle, the weight (without bayonet and with the the magazine empty) not to exceed 9½1b. ...

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  12. VICTORIAN SEAMEN'S UNION

    A meeting of the Seamen's Union of Victoria was held to-night, and although the strike was informally discussed no motion bearing on it was carried. ...

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  13. FRENCH INTERNAL AFFAIRS.

    M. Loubet, ex-President of France, addressing a gathering of the Association of the Middle Classes in Paris yesterday, said he was astonished to find that a ...

    Article : 79 words
  14. TENERIFFE.

    Shocks of earthquake were felt yesterday on the island of Teneriffe, one of the Canary group, off the west coast of Africa. Subsequently three craters, the ...

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  15. NEGOTIATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT.

    The letter sent by the Premier to Mr. P. Bowling on Saturday, after his interview with the strike leaders, reads:—"In pursuance of the interview, when I was asked to ...

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  16. EFFECT ON TRADE.

    There were an unusually large number of cargo steamers in the bay to-day. Most of them were loading wool, for although the wool sales have been postponed there is a ...

    Article : 144 words
  17. IMPERIAL NAVAL DEFENCE.

    Sir William van Horne, chairman of the Canadian-Pacific Railway Company, states that he is opposed to the formation of a Canadian navy. He favours the ...

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  18. FIGHTING IN PERSIA.

    At Ardebil, in the north of Persia, yesterday Government troops, after 11 hours' fighting, defeated the insurgents who recently pillaged the town. Four ...

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  19. AERIAL NAVIGATION.

    Hoping to win the Lazare-Wieler altitude prize for aeroplanes, M. Paulhan, starting from the Department of Marine, in Paris yesterday, rose to a height of ...

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  20. THE CONTINENTAL SUNDAY.

    Arrangements have been made to hold a horserace meeting in Berlin on every Sunday from March to November of next year. The Kaiser had forbidden ...

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  21. EARTHQUAKE.

    A strong shock of earthquake was felt at about 12 o'clock last night at Messina, in the north-east of Sicily. The inhabitants of the city left their beds and ...

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  22. PERSONAL.

    The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch celebrated their golden wedding at Dalkeith (six miles from Edinburgh) yesterday. In connection with the event their Majesties the ...

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  23. GLASS BOTTLE WORKS CLOSED

    As a result of the coal strike the Adelaide glass bottle works have been closed, throwing 220 men out of employment. ...

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  24. ATTITUDE OF COLLIE MINERS.

    On Friday Mr. A. A. Wilson, the general secretary of the Collie Miners' Union, received the following telegram from Mr. Brennan, the secretary of the Miners' Union ...

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  25. MISCELLANEOUS.

    An Italian-Dutch arbitration treaty has been signed. ...

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  26. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LABOUR LEADER.

    Mr. Verran, M.H.A., was announced to speak at Moonta on Saturday night, and at the appointed time a curious crowd assembled to hear what the Leader of the ...

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  27. THE POSITION AT FREMANTLE

    Yesterday shipping and coal agents at Fremantle, while actively engaged in "Clinching" contracts for coal bunkering during the coming week, with few exceptions expressed ...

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  28. BARRIER STRIKE MENTIONED

    The Premier to-day made a reply to Mr. Hughes, who had inquired why the Premier should ask the miners to return to work when he omitted to make any such request ...

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  29. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    Miss Marie Narelle and her company will give their opening concert in the Theatre Royal to-night. Miss Narelle has just completed a tour of the whole of the ...

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  30. CARRIAGE OF COLLIE COAL.

    In consequence of the heavy increase of Collie to Perth and Collie to Bunbury freight traffic a congestion of loaded trucks occurred at Brunswick Junction, and on ...

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  31. A SHOCKING MURDER.

    Startling developments have arisen from the police inquiries into the death of the man found in a waterhole near Maitland's Creek, Dungog, last Friday. It has ...

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  32. ACTION AGAINST LABOUR UNION.

    Mr. Justice Homburg delivered judgment at the Supreme Court to-day in a case in which Henry Nolan, a plastere's and bricklayer's labourer, sued for £500 ...

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  33. ENGINEDRIVERS AND FIREMEN.

    The Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's Association (coast district) and the New South Wales Colliery Engine-drivers' Association, of which the respective ...

    Article : 220 words
  34. AMERICAN PENSIONS.

    The United States Commissioner of Pensions paid out during the last fiscal year £32,400,000. The roll of pensioners contains the names of 946,194 persons, ...

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  35. SAD SHOOTING FATALITY.

    A shooting occurrence, by which one girl loss her life and another, her sister, was wounded in the wrist, is reported from Midland Junction. ...

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  36. THE FREMANTLE LUMPERS' UNION.

    Mr. Rowe, the secretary of the Fremantle Lumpers' Union, stated yesterday that in consequence of his having just received a budget of "highly important" telegrams from ...

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  37. DEMAND FOR LOCAL COAL.

    The Perth representatives of the Scottish Collieries (Collie) yesterday stated that the demand for local coal was being well maintained. They had about 50 contracts with ...

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  38. POISON BY POST.

    Forty military officers at Vienna recently received postal packets of alleged samples of a nerve cure. A captain tasted some of the "cure" and died. All ...

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  39. A SHIPPING DISASTER.

    Regarding the loss of the barque Hippolas Captain Morris said that the vessel experienced bad weather. On the morning of the wreck the weather was thick off Jackson ...

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  40. THE EMPLOYERS' FEDERATION.

    The Employers' Federation this morning declared its neutrality in regard to the strike. At a full meeting of the executive committee the question of what position ...

    Article : 109 words
  41. WIFE DESERTS HER HUSBAND

    At the Divorce Court to-day William Robert Williams, aged 23, a civil servant, sought a dissolution of his marriage with Amy Margaret Williams, aged 24, on the ground of ...

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  42. A FREMANTLE TELEGRAM.

    The following telegram, following on the decision of the Bundumba, (Queensland) miners that immediate steps should be taken to prevent any coal being loaded for the ...

    Article : 119 words
  43. MELBOURNE HARBOUR IMPROVEMENTS.

    Mr. Davidson, the Inspector-General of Works, who is in England inquiring into the question of harbour improvements for Melbourne, has recommended the construction ...

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  44. YOUNG WIFE SEEKS DIVORCE

    Desertion was the ground on which Florence Evelyn Clancy, aged 24, asked for a divorce from Bertram Clancy. The parties were married on August 16, 1902, and there ...

    Article : 258 words
  45. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    There were 52 applications for appointment as officer to deal with the advertising matter of the Commonwealth, and the choice of the Public Service Commissioner has ...

    Article : 148 words
  46. MINES FOR THE STRIKERS.

    Mr. Bowling stated to-day at Newcastle that the preparations were well forward for working the Ebbw Main and Young Wallsend mines, but he did not think that work ...

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  47. MEETING AT COLLIE.

    Yesterday afternoon about 250 members of the Collie Miners' Union, representing all the lodges in the district, with a sprinkling at the most of 40 non-members, the ...

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  48. PRESS CABLE MESSAGES.

    The Press Cables Select Committee met in Sydney to-day. Mr. Thomas Shakespeare, secretary of the Australian Provincial Press Association, ...

    Article : 105 words
  49. INTER-STATE.

    An elderly man, named Harry Gladman, was killed at Colac Yesterday by a limb blown from a tree during a storm. The Public Hall and Free Library at ...

    Article : 176 words
  50. SUPPOSED MURDER OF AN AFGHAN.

    The Commissioner of Police to-day received a telegram from Sub-inspector Clode, at Port Augusta, stating that the body of an Afghan, named Said Mahomed, had been ...

    Article : 153 words
  51. RAIN ON PILBARRA FIELDS.

    Thunderstorms are beginning to set in, and on Saturday 131 points fell at Warrawoona, 25 at Nullagine, and 48 at Marble Bar. The rain which fell at Warrawoona ...

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  52. STRIKE LEADERS' DESIRE.

    Mr. H. A. Mitchell, the general secretary of the Federated Engine-drivers and Firemen's Association of Australasia (coastal district), called at the Trades Hall to-night and ...

    Article : 84 words
  53. A MOTORING FATALITY.

    Charles Martin, a young man, was on trial to-day on a charge of manslaughter. Martin was the chauffeur of a motor-car which was returning from Brighton late on ...

    Article : 85 words
  54. Advertising

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  55. NEW ZEALAND.

    Captain Bandall, underwriters' surveyor, in giving evidence concerning the loss of the steam tug Buco, said that the Buco was not fit to carry deck cargo. After the gale ...

    Article : 64 words
  56. THE LAW LIST.

    Full Court.—At 10.30 a.m., before the Acting Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Burnside: (1.) L. J. Griffiths and Blair and Rhodes. (2.) J. Griffin, junior, by his next ...

    Article : 54 words
  57. PREMIER'S HEALTH IMPROVING.

    The Premier (Mr. Wade) was reported to-night to have slightly improved in health, and it is thought that his progress towards complete restoration will be steady, if ...

    Article : 35 words
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