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  2. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 820 words
  3. THE WORKER.

    A select committee appointed to enquire into the conditions of Post Office servants recommends the recognition of their trade union, a 48-hour week for ...

    Article : 80 words
  4. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Mr. Kotze, Government Mining Engineer, in his annual report on the Rand pleads for improved health condition. Phthisis, lie says, has killed off the best ...

    Article : 57 words
  5. THE BALKAN WAR.

    King Ferdinand's accession to the throne of Bulgaria on August 14, I887, was celebrated yesterday. The King, crowned with a wreath of ...

    Article : 101 words
  6. NAVAL DEFENCE.

    The Admiralty has ordered the building in private yards of three battleships heavier' and more powerful than the Queen Mary, and which, but for the ...

    Article : 85 words
  7. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    The Imperial Parliament has been prorogued until November 3. The King's Speech expressed satisfaction at the Bucharest treaty and ...

    Article : 78 words
  8. CURRENT TOPICS.

    Mrs. Styant Browne acknowledges receipt of £5 5s from the Commercial Bank of Australia, per the local manager (Mr. C. R. Olney), towards the King Edward ...

    Article : 2,808 words
  9. CLOSER SETTLEMENT.

    Mr. Watt, Postmaster-General, speaking at Dundee, advocated a land tax to force unoccupied areas into the market for closer settlement. ...

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  10. AVIATION IN THE NAVY.

    The Admiralty has invited two hundred lieutenants of the fleet to volunteer for the naval air wing of the Royal Flying Corps. ...

    Article : 33 words
  11. BACK OF A STRIKE BROKEN.

    One hundred arrests have been made of strikers at Nanaimo, where the police are camped in the streets with machineguns. There has been much disturbance. ...

    Article : 51 words
  12. THE CHESTERFIELD SEAT.

    The executive of the Miners' Federation has repudiated Mr. Kenyon, who is a local miners' official, and strongly sup- ported by the district lodges. Mr. ...

    Article : 109 words
  13. A SOCIALIST'S FORTUNE.

    Herr Bebel, the late Socialist leader, left a fortune of £30,000 sterling. A large portion of it goes to the party funds. ...

    Article : 28 words
  14. BULGARIANS EXECUTED.

    Six Bulgarian soldiers who had been identified as having participated in the Doxato massacres, were court-martialled Sand executed over the graves of their ...

    Article : 29 words
  15. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    A London cable dated Saturday stated that Lady Denman was sailing for Australia that day, via Canada. Mr. Robert Sticht, the general ...

    Article : 975 words
  16. CRICKET.

    Albert Relf (Sussex) has agreed to be one of the English team that is to visit South Africa, to join which F. L. Fane (Essex), W. Rhodes (Yorkshire), ...

    Article : 82 words
  17. A REMARKABLE PERSONALITY.

    There have been few more remarkable political leaders !than Herr Bebel, who by the sheer force of his personality and his convictions became the admired leader ...

    Article : 441 words
  18. MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES

    The president (Mr. W. Willson) occupied the chair at the regular meeting of the Municipal Employees' Association (Launceston branch) on Saturday night. ...

    Article : 120 words
  19. THE MEXICAN TROUBLE

    The Huertan Government has accepted Mr. Lind as the bearer of an unofficial message from the United States intended for nothing but the best interests of ...

    Article : 62 words
  20. LABOUR PARTY'S SUPPORT.

    Now that Mr. Asquith's letter constitutes Mr. Kenyon the Liberal candidate, the dispute between the 'Miners' Federation and the Labour party will be ...

    Article : 52 words
  21. WARNER'S ILLNESS.

    Mr. P. F. Warner, who was seized with a sudden illness yesterday when fielding for Middlesex against Lancashire, at Aigburth, has recovered. ...

    Article : 26 words
  22. PROPOSAL FOR MEDIATION.

    In the House of Representatives Mr. Towner proposed a resolution favouring mediation in Mexico by the United States, the Argentine Republic, and Brazil ...

    Article : 38 words
  23. AMUSEMENTS.

    The last presentation of Spencers' current programme is advertised for this evening. The star subject hams been applauded to the echo nightly, and will ...

    Article : 121 words
  24. AUSTRALIANS IN CANADA.

    The Australians defeated an All Montreal sixteen, scoring 239 for ten wickets to Montreal's 154. The Australians fielded especially well. ...

    Article : 28 words
  25. AMERICAN POLITICS.

    The Alabama Legislature has appoint. ed Mr. Henry Clayton senator, thus bringing the Democratic ranks up to their former majority. The fight is likely to ...

    Article : 123 words
  26. TWO DAYS' ENGAGEMENT.

    The State Department has been informed that several thousand federals and rebels fought a two days' engagement at Rodriguez, in Sonora state, end ...

    Article : 41 words
  27. PANAMA EXHIBITION.

    Many influential letters in the news- papers advocate British participation in the Panama Exhibition, but the Manchester machinery manufacturers, with ...

    Article : 57 words
  28. THE LAST OF A COLONY.

    The "Petit Parisian's" St. Petersburg correspondent states that an expedition to Nova Zembla discovered the diary of the last survivor of a fishing colony of a ...

    Article : 97 words
  29. ENGLISH AMUSEMENT COMPANY.

    The programme introduced at the Academy of Music with, such distinct success on Saturday will be finally screened this evening. Patrons keenly ...

    Article : 115 words
  30. THE TRADE OF THE FUTURE.

    Mr. Milne, a special commissioner of the Board of Trade, who has been investigating the probable outlook after the I opening of the Panama Canal, ...

    Article : 135 words
  31. THE CANADIAN MILITIA.

    General Sir Ian Hamilton's report on the Canadian militia recommends. the establishment of a national reserve, the creation of adequate war stores, and ...

    Article : 73 words
  32. AMERICA CUP.

    Three syndicates, headed by Messrs. Vanderbilt, George Pynchon, and A. Cochran have been formed with the object of building defenders for the America ...

    Article : 90 words
  33. "PUSS IN BOOTS."

    Amongst the numerous features in "Puss in Boots," J. C. Williamson's pantomime production, which is to be staged at the Albert Hall to-marrow evening, are ...

    Article : 291 words
  34. THE TROUBLE IN DERRY.

    The police at Londonderry have been instructed to shoot if rioting recurs and the warnings are ignored Three hundred troops are quartered in the town, ...

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  35. PILGRIM FATHERS' MEMORIAL.

    The American Ambassador to Great Britain (Mr. Page) unveiled a Pilgrim Fathers' memorial at Southampton. He said that on Anglo-American institutions ...

    Article : 63 words
  36. BURGLARS AT WORK.

    After the succession of burglaries and attempted burglaries of a few months back Launceston has had a quiet time, but there are still evidences of the ...

    Article : 469 words
  37. A CONSTABLE WOUNDED.

    There have been further disturbances at Londonderry,. and a policeman was wounded by a bullet. ...

    Article : 20 words
  38. AMERICA AND JAPAN.

    The United States Government has decided to give every facility to the Japanese Government to test the anti-alien dispute in the United States courts. The ...

    Article : 49 words
  39. COLONIAL DONATIONS.

    The newspapers publish a letter by John Callaghan, of Melbourne, forwarding to the Ulster Unionist leaders the Victorian societies' donation of £200, ...

    Article : 35 words
  40. THE GREATEST DROUGHT.

    After prayers for rain had been offered in all the churches the greatest drought in the history of Kansas has broken. Enormous damage has been caused to ...

    Article : 68 words
  41. SHIPPING.

    The following notifications have been posted at Lloyd's:— Arrivals.—At Valparaiso—Crown of Galicia, s., from Newcastle; Harmattan, ...

    Article : 31 words
  42. A CONFERENCE SUGGESTED.

    The All for Ireland League at Cork has urged the Government Ito summon a conference, representing all parties, to devise a settlement by consent of the ...

    Article : 35 words
  43. CHINESE REFUGEES.

    Chinese refugees are flocking to Kobe. Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen and Huang Sing have disappeared. ...

    Article : 22 words
  44. A STRAYING WAR BALLOON.

    The balloon Metzeler ascended to the south-east. of Berlin, but drifted into Russia, where it. received' a fusillade of 200 shots and was damaged. The ...

    Article : 48 words
  45. ILLUSTRATED STORY.

    In the Mechanics' Hall on Saturday evening Rev. W. L. Toshach was responsible for an interesting entertainment. It was in aid of the Tamar-street ...

    Article : 175 words
  46. NEW STEAMER FOR AUSTRALIA.

    Messrs. Howard Smith and Co.'s new steamer Myolo has been launched at Middlesbro'. ...

    Article : 18 words
  47. THE SUFFRAGETTES.

    Suffragettes fired a new empty house at Bangor. Aug. 16. Mrs. Pankhurst's departure for Paris ...

    Article : 49 words
  48. LANE COVE TRAGEDY.

    Since it was announced that the Executive Council had decided that the law must, take its course in the case of the young man William George Wright, who ...

    Article : 287 words
  49. BOXING.

    Sammy Trott outpointed Ketchell in a fast 12 rounds. Trott had the best of the fighting. Ketchell was aggressive, and the fight was fast to the end. ...

    Article : 31 words
  50. COMMERCIAL.

    Rubber.—Fine hard Para rubber on spot is quoted at 3s 10¾d per lb. Linseed Oil.—Raw linseed oil, spot pipes, is quoted at £26 7s 6d per ton. ...

    Article : 53 words
  51. THE TURF.

    According to the "Sportsman," Mr. Walker has refused £30,000 for the stallion White Eagle, and the Russian Government has purchased Minoru, his ...

    Article : 33 words
  52. CASUALTIES.

    Yesterday afternoon, whilst skating in the Town Hall, a youth named Gordon Whitchurch fell and broke. his right arm. ...

    Article : 44 words
  53. WEEKLY ENTERTAINMENT.

    The attendance at the Temperance Hall on Friday evening showed that it takes more than inclement weather to keep the people from the usual weekly ...

    Article : 102 words
  54. COMING EVENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 39 words
  55. CONVENT BALL.

    A meeting was held at the presbytery to-night, when a statement was presented showing the receipts of the recent convent ball to have been 30, and ...

    Article : 47 words
  56. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

    On Thursday night Bro. C. It. Osborne, N.G., presided over a well-attended meeting of the Loyal Invermay Lodge, No. 27, I.O.O.F. A large amount of ...

    Article : 89 words
  57. HACKING COUGH DRIVEN AWAY.

    "My daughters, Winnie and Irene, suffered from colds and croup," says Mr. Edward Kent, Dundas, Tas., "and I had many a sleepless night, for they used to ...

    Article : 78 words
  58. WESTERN NEWS.

    A fancy costume football match between teams from the M.U., I.O.O.F., and U.A.O.D. lodges was held yesterday. A procession, headed by the Zeehan Band, ...

    Article : 53 words
  59. FIRST DOSE RELIEVED.

    "I suffered badly from indigestion and constipation," writes Mrs. Alice A. Powell, Cressy, Tas. "After trying several medicines without deriving any benefit, I got ...

    Article : 57 words
  60. WILL YOU TRY IT?

    Will you accept our advice, conscientiously given, to use Corvisart's Inhalation the next time you feel an attack of Asthma coming on? We know that you ...

    Article : 61 words
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