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  2. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Unionist members of the House of Commons to the number of 170 have agreed that they will not agree to the disposal of financial business as urgent matters before ...

    Article : 124 words
  3. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The debate on the motion for the second reading of the Indemnity Bill was continued in the Union House of Parliament on Friday. ...

    Article : 363 words
  4. SLEEPER PROBLEM.

    The investigations of the Federal Royal Commission appointed to inquire into matters affecting the powellising process and the contracts for the supply of sleepers for ...

    Article : 1,857 words
  5. SCHOONER WRECKED.

    During a severe storm off the south of Ireland on Friday the Norwegian schooner Mexico was stranded on the Saltee Islands. Two members of the crew managed to ...

    Article : 316 words
  6. SCOTTISH EXPLOSION.

    The terrible explosion at Nobel's armament works, near Ardeer (Ayr), which caused several deaths, is believed to have been caused by ...

    Article : 220 words
  7. WATERSIDE WORKERS.

    Despite the precautionary measures adopted by the shipping companies while the "lazy" strike was in progress, a large quantity of cargo remains banked up in almost ...

    Article : 264 words
  8. ELECTORAL COMMISSION.

    The Electoral Commission continued its sittings at St. George's House, Perth, on Saturday. There were present:—Mr. Sinclair, M.H.R. (Chairman), Dr. Maloney, and ...

    Article : 1,510 words
  9. INDUSTRIAL STRIFE.

    The Lord Chancellor (Lord Haldane), in a speech delivered in London yesterday, emphasised the great progress which had been made in technical and industrial ...

    Article : 151 words
  10. POPLAR BY-ELECTION.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 105 words
  11. NEW ZEALAND STRIKE.

    Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P., chairman of the Labour Party, has given notice of his intention to ask the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill) whether ...

    Article : 84 words
  12. NAVAL MATTERS.

    Germany's naval estimates were considered in the Reichstag on Friday. Herr Bassermann said that the idea was growing in England that Germany's fleet ...

    Article : 164 words
  13. THE PROPOSAL OF MR. JUSTICE HIGGINS.

    The dissension among the members of the Melbourne Wharf Labourers' Union, which led to a revolt of the coal lumpers on Friday night, has keenly accentuated the ...

    Article : 419 words
  14. PROTECTION OF CHILDREN.

    In the House of Commons on Friday both sides of the House agreed to a motion for the second reading of the Children's Employment and School Attendance Bill. This ...

    Article : 121 words
  15. SYDNEY MEAT TRADE.

    Matters in connection with the meat strike underwent no material change either on Saturday or to-day. It is reported that the employers' defence fund now stands at ...

    Article : 253 words
  16. MISCELLANEOUS.

    A message from Hayti states that the Cape Haytian Government forces have routed the rebels, whose leaders are in revolt and are fleeing. Much concern ...

    Article : 770 words
  17. THE DEPORTED LEADERS.

    The different sections of the United Parliamentary Labour Party have made arrangements to provide for the needs of the deported South African leaders when they ...

    Article : 151 words
  18. MR. MASTERMAN ILL.

    Mr. C. F. G. Masterman, the new Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, is suffering from gastritis and has been ordered to take a long rest. It is pointed out that it ...

    Article : 59 words
  19. TRAGEDY IN ENGLAND.

    A Coroner's jury at Whatton (Nottinghamshire) has returned a verdict of wilful murder against Frederick Houghton for having shot dead his father, William Houghton, a ...

    Article : 263 words
  20. THE PLUMAGE BILL.

    A petition from Australia, containing 21,585 signatures in favour of the Bill to prohibit the importation of the plumage and skins of wild birds, will be presented ...

    Article : 66 words
  21. THE POLISH TRAGEDY.

    The trial of Count Mathias von Brudzewo-Mielzynski, on the charge of having killed his wife and her nephew at his mansion, near Gratz, has begun at Messeritz, behind ...

    Article : 622 words
  22. OUTLOOK IN MELBOURNE.

    Consideration of the dispute in the meat industry will be resumed to-morrow afternoon by the conference of representatives of the employers and employees, which first ...

    Article : 424 words
  23. TROUBLED MEXICO.

    It is reported by the American Consul at Juarez that the ranch proprietor Benton, a British subject, whose disappearance was announced a few days ago, was ...

    Article : 536 words
  24. LEOPARD AT LARGE.

    Early on Saturday morning a leopard escaped from its cage in the Zoological Gardens. The plaintive bellowing of the deer and the sharp barking of the fox ...

    Article : 454 words
  25. AVIATION.

    Herr Grade, who has had considerable experience in flights in the tropics, is organising an exploration of Kaiser Wilhelm Territory, New Guinea, by means of a ...

    Article : 109 words
  26. PANAMA CANAL.

    Colonel G. W. Goethals, chief-engineer of the Panama Canal, announces that the canal will be opened for merchant shipping by June 1. ...

    Article : 33 words
  27. THE LIBERAL LEAGUE OF W.A.

    The following agenda paper has been issued in connection with the Liberal League:— Conference meets each day in St. Andrew's ...

    Article : 303 words
  28. IRONWORKERS STRIKE.

    The strike on the part of the ironworkers assistants assumed alarming proportions on Saturday morning, when all hands ceased work. According to the secretary of the ...

    Article : 96 words
  29. VICTORIAN STATE COAL MINE.

    The strike of wheelers at the State Coal Mine at Wonthaggi still continues. On Saturday the wheelers held a meeting and decided to resume work in the afternoon, ...

    Article : 130 words
  30. SHOOTING CASE AT PORT ADELAIDE.

    A shooting case, which presented some ugly features, but happily did not have any serious results, occurred at Port Adelaide shortly before noon on Saturday. Two ...

    Article : 316 words
  31. AMERICAN POLITICS.

    In the Senate on Friday, when the Arbitration Treaties Bill was under discussioin, a majority comprising two-thirds of the total membership of the House defeated ...

    Article : 150 words
  32. FOOTBALL.

    Following are the results of yesterday's First League Association matches:— Derby beat Everton, 1 to nil. Newcastle United and Oldham, a ...

    Article : 123 words
  33. DEMAND FOR LABOUR.

    The Honorary Minister (Mr. W. C. Angwin) has received the following report from the officer in charge of the Government Labour Bureau Mr. G. B. Hitchins) ...

    Article : 166 words
  34. ALLEGED BLACKMAIL.

    The trial of James Henry Maur, alias Everett, who was prosecuted on a charge of having attempted to blackmail a lady who claims to be the wife of Prince Victor of ...

    Article : 104 words
  35. ACCIDENT AT WAGIN.

    At Collanilling, Messrs. Connor, Doherty and Durack's farm, about 16 miles northeast of Wagin, yesterday Charles Skinner had his arm cut off. Chaffcutting ...

    Article : 136 words
  36. Advertising

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    Advertising : 289 words
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