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  2. BREACH OF PROMISE.

    A suit for breach of promise of marriage, in which Evelyn Womersley, of Murrumbeena, spinster, sought to recover £1000 damages from Thos. Gordon ...

    Article : 420 words
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  4. THE WORKER.

    Argument on a special case stated by Justice Higgins, as President of the Federal Arbitration Court, in connection with the Federated Engine-drivers' and ...

    Article : 611 words
  5. RECENT COLLISION.

    The P and O. liner Oceana had a crew, of 280 and 40 passengers on board, when she was run down by the German barque Pisagua off Beachy Head. The ...

    Article : 444 words
  6. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    The Bishop of Carpentaria leaves Melbourne for Tasmania to-morrow, and returns about the middle of April. Dr. Burnett Ham, the chairman of the ...

    Article : 515 words
  7. COAL STRIKE.

    Fierce debates in Parliament are expected in connection with the Minimum, Wage Bill. Messrs. Huntley and Palmer have ...

    Article : 56 words
  8. THE SUFFRAGETTES.

    Benjamin Buck and Charles Buck. printers, and Bowman, a journalist, have been committed for trial. A majority of the suffragettes who were sent to gaol, ...

    Article : 96 words
  9. TRAVELLERS IDLE.

    One thousand travellers belonging to Manchester firms have been temporarily thrown out of employment through the strike. ...

    Article : 19 words
  10. MINE-OWNERS' REQUEST.

    Many mine-owners ask for a clause enabling them to vary or cancel the existing contracts. These will otherwise be unremunerative or ruinous, owing ...

    Article : 37 words
  11. GERMAN GOVERNMENT.

    It appears that Herr Wermuth repeatedly opposed Admiral Tirpitz's projects on the ground that Germany's financial position did not justify the ...

    Article : 82 words
  12. STRIKERS AND POLICE.

    The strikers and police came into conflict in the Rosehall pits, Lanarkshire. where 200 non-unionists are working. A sergeant was badly injured, and 10 ...

    Article : 36 words
  13. MINIMUM WAGE BILL.

    Colonel W. G. Nicholson (C.), addressing his constituents at Petersfield, declared that the Minimum Wage Bill, If carried, would prelude every trade union ...

    Article : 56 words
  14. BRITAIN AND PORTUGAL.

    With a view to allaying anxiety, the Premier has denied the existence of an Anglo-German treaty menacing the Portuguese colonies, and has published an ...

    Article : 82 words
  15. FOMENTING A GENERAL STRIKE.

    Since the transport workers' strike the membership has rapidly increased, and 250,000 men have how been enrolled. The syndicalist element is fomenting ...

    Article : 267 words
  16. BURGLARS IN CANTEEN.

    A corporal and two soldiers in Muelheim surprised three burglars in a canteen, whence bottles, glasses, and plates were showered. One surrendered, and ...

    Article : 46 words
  17. PAPUAN INDUSTRY.

    Dr. Goldsmith, the Chief Medical Officer of Papua, and a member of the Papuan Legislative Council, at present in Sydney, yesterday announced that, ...

    Article : 203 words
  18. BOUND FOR THE HOMELAND.

    Gregory, Hazlitt, Bardsley, Macartney, Emery, Jennings, Kelleway, Maclaren, Whitty, and Webster, members of Australian Eleven, arrived in Melbourne ...

    Article : 441 words
  19. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    His Excellency the Admiral, Sir George King-Hall, to-day paid a visit to the Aurora, and inspected the vessel. He was shown by Captain Davis the ...

    Article : 105 words
  20. HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    Hon Rupert Guinness (U.) has been returned unopposed for South-East Essex, vice Mr. J. H. M. Kirkwood (C.), resigned. ...

    Article : 46 words
  21. PORTUGUESE MONARCHISTS.

    Ex-King Manuel, replying to an address from exiled Monarchists, expressed the hope that the hour would not be long delayed when they would be united in ...

    Article : 37 words
  22. A VOICE FROM THE WILD.

    Mr. Herbert Dyce Murphy, who was to have commanded the third landing party of Dr. Mawson's expedition. has written in the course of a letter to his ...

    Article : 552 words
  23. COMPULSORY TRAINING.

    The great falling-off in the cadet registrations for this year is occupying the attention of the defence authorities. It was accounted for in some measure by ...

    Article : 145 words
  24. UNIONISM AND SPORT.

    Following on the action taken by members of athletic bodies during the recent strike in helping to maintain order in the city, the Eight Hour Union ...

    Article : 110 words
  25. REFUSED TO UNLOAD.

    The doctkers at Middlesbrough refused to discharge the cargo of German coal for the municipal gasworks. ...

    Article : 19 words
  26. AN ALDERMAN.

    The Court of Aldermen has decided that Sir Thomas Brooke Hitching is unfit to be an alderman. Sir Thomas, who was recently elected for Farringdon ward, ...

    Article : 54 words
  27. PITS FLOODED.

    Several pits near Swansea have been flooded, owing to the suspension of pumping. ...

    Article : 16 words
  28. NUMBER IDLE.

    The number rendered idle by the strike is estimated at 1,342,000. The loss in wages is stated at £5,643,000. ...

    Article : 21 words
  29. COAL CONTRACTS.

    The Welsh owners circularised members of the House of Commons, pointing out that forward contracts for 25,000,000 tons were made on the basis of the ...

    Article : 65 words
  30. NIGHT OPERATIONS.

    A taxi-cab dashed into a company of infantry engaged in night operations. Many of the soldiers were severely cut, and two are in a critical condition. ...

    Article : 38 words
  31. THE FERTILISER STRIKE.

    To-day a number of farmers began operations at the various phosphate manufactories in the direction of obtaining fertiliser supplies for the coming ...

    Article : 211 words
  32. RECIPROCITY.

    The hope was recently expressed by the Prime Minister that the time would come when New Zealand would recognise the advantages to be gained from closer ...

    Article : 91 words
  33. EDUCATION.

    Speaking at the Educational Congress dinner last week, the Prime Minister stated that anything the Commonwealth Government could do to assist in ...

    Article : 186 words
  34. HIGH PRICE OF COAL.

    A conference between Bremen and Hamburg shipping interests has increased the freights to distant ports [?] per cent. and home ports 15 percent. until coal is ...

    Article : 43 words
  35. MOROCCAN QUESTION.

    Premier Poincare declared in the Chamber that, while the Government was determined to respect Spanish rights in Morocco, France was entitled to ...

    Article : 35 words
  36. A MINER'S HEROISM.

    The Minister for Mines has approved of the departmental certificate for bravery being awarded to L. Cullen for the heroic part he played in the serious ...

    Article : 253 words
  37. RANSFORD'S OBJECTION.

    It has been ascertained that some members of the Australian team were desirous that Ransford should join the team, and the board of control was ...

    Article : 174 words
  38. SOUTH AFRICAN TARIFF.

    A revision of the tariff is unlikely, owing to the divergences in the Cabinet over the commission's report. ...

    Article : 27 words
  39. THRESHING INDUSTRY.

    To-night's "Gazette" contains the intimation that the following have been nominated as representative of the employers and employees respectively for ...

    Article : 68 words
  40. THE MIRACLE.

    Upwards of 500,000 people visited "The Miracle" at last night's closing performance. ...

    Article : 20 words
  41. BICYCLE FATALITY.

    A serious accident occurred in the late hours of Saturday at East Brisbane, resulting in the death of a lad named Roy Buckley, aged 10 years. In ...

    Article : 130 words
  42. ANTARCTIC WORK.

    M. Charcot has received the French Geographical Society's large gold medal in recognition of his Antarctic work. ...

    Article : 25 words
  43. FLOWERDALE RAILWAY.

    Preparations are now being made for blasting the bed of the river, the railway bridge building having come upon a deposit of rock, which requires to be ...

    Article : 64 words
  44. CLOTHING TRADE.

    Application has been made for the establishment of a wages board in respect of women and girls engaged in the ready-made clothing trade. ...

    Article : 53 words
  45. TOLL OF THE TRAMS.

    With the death of George James Pope, aged 70, who succumbed last night, the number of persons killed in connection with the Sydney electric trams has been ...

    Article : 42 words
  46. JAPANESE NAVY.

    The keel of the battleship Fuso has beer laid down. ...

    Article : 18 words
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