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  2. THE SUFFRAGETTES.

    The magistrates are sentencing the window-breakers to hard labour. They include Dr. Louisa .Garrett Anderson, of Harley-street, who was sent to prison for ...

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  3. SHOOTING INCIDENT.

    Detective Berg, who was wounded in the throat by William Tebbit, the man who fired at Mr. Leopold de Rothschild, is in a serious condition. ...

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  4. FIVE MILLION PEOPLE.

    Five million men, women, and children are directly affected by the strike. The suburban trains are immensely over-crowded, and some lines have reduced ...

    Article : 42 words
  5. EMPIRE'S TRADE.

    Mr. Foster, Minister or Trade, will be appointed Canada's representative on the Royal Commission on the Empire's trade. Mr. Foster also intends visiting Australia ...

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  6. THE WORKER.

    Patrick Daly, the organiser of the Irish transport workers, has been sentenced to a month's imprisonment for delivering a violent speech on the labour troubles in ...

    Article : 38 words
  7. METHODIST CONFERENCE.

    At the conference of the Methodist Church of Victoria and Tasmania to-day, the Rev. W. J. Grove moved, and it was agreed—"That in view of the increased ...

    Article : 184 words
  8. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 950 words
  9. TEBBITT'S MIND AFFECTED.

    Mr. Rothschild stated he knew Tebbit when he was a boy, anti helped him on several occasions. Finally he sent him to ...

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  10. STIFF-NECKED ATTITUDE.

    Mr. P. Snowden, M.P. (Lab ), writing to the "Christian Commonwealth," declares that the miners had already secured a tremendous victory in obtaining what the ...

    Article : 50 words
  11. TELEPHONE GIRLS.

    A general strike of telephone girls is threatened unless the wages are increased. ...

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  12. DEFENCE FORCES.

    The following passed the promotion examinations:— AUSTRALIAN STAFF. Majors Bruche, Do[?], Carroll, and ...

    Article : 108 words
  13. CARPENTERS SATISFIED.

    The carpenters have been granted considerable increases in wages, and the threatened strike is not likely now to materialise. ...

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  14. CHINESE MUTINEERS.

    The Government has pardoned 1000 Fengtai mutineers, and provided them with a special train to proceed to Lukochoa. The train was so filled with ...

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  15. DEALING WITH DISORDER.

    The Board of Trade has issued texts of the laws in the British dominions and elsewhere relating to strikes and many newspaper articles on the Australian ...

    Article : 74 words
  16. A TRUCE ANNOUNCED.

    The Women's Freedom League, In a manifesto signed by Mrs. Despard and others, announces a, truce awaiting the results of the Premier's pledges. ...

    Article : 26 words
  17. MOTOR CYCLE RECORD.

    An Australian 24 hours' motor cycle road record has been made by C. Patterson, who recently arrived from England. His course was an 8¾-mile circuit, touching ...

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  18. INCREASED WAGES.

    The miners in Bohemia are demanding a 25 per cent. increase in their wages. ...

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  19. THE CAUSE DESTROYED.

    The "Daily News," which hitherto supported the Suffragettes, says the Government cannot any longer permit society to be disorganised by a few outlaws who ...

    Article : 50 words
  20. THE BRISBANE TROUBLE.

    At the Trades Hall today Mr. Coyne, in the course of remarks, said the strike executive had gone carefully into the question and had come to a decision to call off ...

    Article : 238 words
  21. SHIPPING AFFECTED.

    Many Australian steamers are being delayed by the coal strike, and others are excluding part of their cargoes and filling the space with coal. which they are not ...

    Article : 47 words
  22. HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    A by-election for South Manchester took place to-day, and resulted as follows:— ...

    Article : 68 words
  23. Y.W.C.A. CONFERENCE.

    The first national conference of the Young Women's Christian Associations of Australasia will begin at Portarlington on May 24, and end on June 3. Miss ...

    Article : 46 words
  24. ARMY DEBATE.

    During the army debate in the House of Commons the Right Hon. George Wyndham (C.) said he was dissatisfied with Lord Haldane's scheme for securing ...

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  25. RAISING THE PRICE.

    In the House of Commons the Labour party has given notice of motion for the appointment of a committee to consider the action of the middleman in exploiting ...

    Article : 39 words
  26. GOLD FOR THE MINT.

    The Victorian gold actually received at the Melbourne Mint during February was 33,199oz. of fine, against 38,724oz. in February, 1911. ...

    Article : 27 words
  27. THE GOVERNMENT.

    The Republican delegates assert that the Republic would be inaugurated in Nanking, but the Cabinet would be formed in Peking. Yuan-shih-kai proceeds to ...

    Article : 32 words
  28. THE DANGEROUS HATPIN.

    From the Braille Writers' Association the Australian Women's Association has received a letter, giving two instances in which people have lost their sight through ...

    Article : 32 words
  29. UNITED STATES PRESIDENCY.

    Hon. Henry L. Stimsons (Secretary for War), and formerly a great friend of Mr. Roosevelt, declares himself a supporter of Mr. Taft for the Presidency. He ...

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  30. THE DEADLOCK.

    The Industrial Council is endeavouring to remove to deadlock. March 6. The coalminers reassemble to-day for ...

    Article : 57 words
  31. AVIATION SCHOOL.

    In the House of Commons the Under- Secretary for War (Col. Seely) stated that the training in the aviation school on Salisbury Plain would last four ...

    Article : 53 words
  32. CANADA'S NAVAL POLICY.

    The Government proposes to repeal Sir Wilfrid Laurier's Navy Act at the earliest opportunity, and to consult the Admiralty authorities. Afterwards it will draft a ...

    Article : 56 words
  33. GOLD SHIPMENT.

    The gold shipments by R.M.S. Orvieto for London, shipped by the Orient Company, amounted to £25,000. ...

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  34. AID FOR EMPLOYERS.

    At a meeting of the Victorian Employers' Federation to-night, Mr. Percy T. Berry, a member of the Employers' Federation at Brisbane, made a long statement ...

    Article : 107 words
  35. PATHETIC MEETING.

    There was a pathetic meeting between Mrs. Kilbourne, of Tacoma, with her daughter on the latters arrival by the R.M.S. Makura. The daughter was taken ...

    Article : 55 words
  36. PROSPECTS OF SETTLEMENT.

    The "Daily Chronicle" predicts that the Government will to-morrow introduce a bill establishing the principle of a minimum wage, and the London "Daily ...

    Article : 83 words
  37. NEW FEDERAL BUILDING.

    A large four-storeyed buliding is to be erected for the Home Affairs Department, near the Treasury Buildings. Day labour only is to be used. ...

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  38. DRIVER INCINERATED.

    Albert Roenig, a driver on the Western France railway, while suffering from neurasthenia, threw himself into a furnace of a rushing train, and was incinerated. ...

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  39. ALLEGED ESPIONAGE.

    Lieutenant Beckhans denied that he acted as a spy in England, or had any official mission. He visited Aldershot, where he was received as a German ...

    Article : 66 words
  40. N.S.W. PARLIAMENT.

    The Housing Bill was passed through committee of the Legislative Assembly. Mr. Beeby announced that it was his intention to introduce a new Shearers' Hut ...

    Article : 152 words
  41. RECENT TRAMWAY TROUBLE.

    The Government has initiated a prosecution against the Wellington Tramway Union for the recent strike, charging it with a breach of the Arbitration Act. ...

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  42. SHIPS ICEBOUND.

    Five ships are lodged in the ice in Lake Michigan, with many passengers aboard. Unless the wind changes , it is unlikely that any help will be afforded, but there ...

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  43. ITALIAN COMMANDER.

    Admiral Aubry, the naval commander-in-chief during the war died suddenly aboard his flagship. [Before the outbreak of hostilities ...

    Article : 80 words
  44. SOME SUGGESTIONS.

    Professor Dicey, in a letter to "The Times," urges a repeal of the Traders Dispute Act, as neither the masters normen should possess the privilege of ...

    Article : 88 words
  45. LABOUR NOTES.

    The success which has followed the union movement among the clerks on the mainland has stirred no inconsiderable number of our local wielders of the ...

    Article : 61 words
  46. PUGILISM.

    Packy M'Farland won a 10-round bout against "One Round" Hogan. M'Farland led from start to finish. ...

    Article : 24 words
  47. FIGHTING IN TRIPOLI.

    Eight officers were killed and 13 wounded, and 52 men killed, 29 severely wounded, and 135 slightly at Derna. The Eritrean battalion, after a six-hours engagement, ...

    Article : 56 words
  48. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    Commander Brewis, the Common- wealth lighthouse expert, arrived in Melbourne from Tasmania yesterday, and left later on a tour of inspection. ...

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  49. COAL FOR THE SOUTH.

    Twenty steamers have been chartered to convey American and Westphalian coal to the Mediterraneau and South American depots, which heretofore were Supplied ...

    Article : 28 words
  50. HOME RULE BILL.

    "The Times"' states there is reason to believe that the Cabinet is divided on the Irish Customs and Excise, and a strong section favours giving control to the Irish ...

    Article : 56 words
  51. BESS NORRIS' PICTURE.

    The trustees of the Walker Art Gallery, in Liverpool, have purchased the picture "Bon Jour,'_ the work of Mrs. Bass Norris, of Melbourne. ...

    Article : 32 words
  52. THE DAVIS CUP.

    A cablegram has been received by the secretary of the Australasian Lawn Tennis Association, conveying a challenge from France for the Davis Cup. The committee ...

    Article : 113 words
  53. TROPICAL NATIVES.

    Owing to the high mortality amongst the tropical natives employed in the Goery, Eckstein, Robinson, and Rand mines, the Government has decided to ...

    Article : 42 words
  54. COAL WAGGONS LOOTED.

    At Ryhope, in Durham, the crowd overpowered the watchman and looted the coal waggons. The officials are caring for the ponies ...

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  55. EDUCATION BILL.

    Notwithstanding the Premier's assurance that an Education Bill will be introduced next session, the Free Church Council expressed disappointment that ...

    Article : 37 words
  56. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    The National Rifle Association has cabled to the Canadian body, approving of the designs of the sights submitted to it, ...

    Article : 29 words
  57. FINANCIAL.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 96 words
  58. LIFTED INTO AIR.

    Owing to the breakaway of airship parseval, an attendant was caught by a wire rope, and lifted 600 feet. The man ...

    Article : 34 words
  59. ARBITRATION TREATIES.

    Another strenuous effort is being made to secure the ratification of the arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France. An amended resolution is being ...

    Article : 41 words
  60. GERMAN SHIP OVERDUE.

    It is feared disaster has overtaken the German ship Orla, which left Newcastle on October 17 last for Coquimbo, carrying 2600 tons of coal, and has not since been ...

    Article : 48 words
  61. THE DARDANELLES.

    The Porte has notified the Powers that the Dardanelles will be closed at night time. ...

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  62. TOE CRUSHED OFF.

    A nine-year-old son of Mr David Mitchell, of Crabtree, was getting his father's horse from a piddock, and when passing through a slip-panel the animal trod upon the boy's ...

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  63. THE KIEL CANAL.

    A cruiser fleet, comprising four Dreadnought cruisers and six small ships, now at the Kiel, will be stationed in the North Sea in April, pending the reconstruction ...

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  64. LEAVE OF ABSENCE.

    A new regulation, framed under the provisions of tre Public Service Act, empowers the heads of departments to grant officers leave on full pay for the purpose of camps ...

    Article : 54 words
  65. REVOLUTIONARY CONSPIRACY.

    A revolutionary conspiracy has been discovered at Bangkok, general army and navy officers being implicated. Many arrests have been effected.—Reuter. ...

    Article : 27 words
  66. DISTURBANCES IN JAVA.

    Advices are to the effect that the Government has decided to banish 100 of the ringleaders of the recent Chinese disturbances in Java. ...

    Article : 42 words
  67. THE HALF-HOLIDAY.

    In response to a numerously signed petition, presented at last meeting the municipal council has decided to take a poll regarding the fixing of a day for the ...

    Article : 37 words
  68. INTERSTATE EIGHTS.

    Dissension has arisen between members of the crew to represent West Australia in the interstate eights, to be rowed at Perth in May, and the team has not been ...

    Article : 116 words
  69. BRITISH TREASURY.

    The Treasury returns indicate that a surplus is assured. ...

    Article : 17 words
  70. FORTS BOMBARDED.

    An Italian torpedoer has bombarded the Sheik Said forts. ...

    Article : 14 words
  71. A STEAMER ASHORE.

    Information has been received to the effect that the overdue steamer Himitangi is stranded at Chatham Island, with the crew standing by. The Himitangi, of 323 ...

    Article : 105 words
  72. HOBART SAVINGS BANK.

    The half-yearly meeting of the managers of Hobart Savings Bank was held to-day when Mr. John Macfarlane presided. The report and balance-sheet were received ...

    Article : 192 words
  73. LILYDALE CHOOSES WEDNESDAY.

    At a meeting of the Lilydale municipality on Monday the Warden moved, and Mr. M'Kenna seconded—"That the half-holiday throughout the municipality ...

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  74. A DANGEROUS BRIDGE.

    Mr. Fred. Ling had an unpleasant experience yesterday, which he hopes will not he repeated. He was driving his team along the Upper Blythe-road, and when ...

    Article : 146 words
  75. TYPHOID FEVER.

    Owing to the impure water, typhoid is widespread in this city. ...

    Article : 19 words
  76. CALEDONIAN FAIR.

    The Presbyterian Caledonian fair was opened in the Town Hall this afternoon by the Rev. R. B. Garner, of St. Mary's, new South Wales. There was a large ...

    Article : 81 words
  77. PICTURE AMALGAMATION.

    Four of the leading picture shows in Australia-West's, Spencer's, J and N. Tait's, and Johnson, Gibson and Co.'s—have amalgamated with a capital of £250,000. ...

    Article : 66 words
  78. ASIATIC LABOUR.

    The Government has approved of a new regulation requiring all furniture made or partly made by Asiatics to be branded in a prominent place "'Asiatic labour." ...

    Article : 61 words
  79. NEW INSOLVENT.

    Herbert B. T. Abbott, carpenter, Oatlands, has filed his schedule in bankruptcy. His liabilities are not stated. Adose of Chamberlain's Colie and ...

    Article : 36 words
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