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  2. WATERSIDE WORKERS. AGREEMENT ARRIVED AT.

    A working agreement has practically been arrived at between the Australian Steamship-owners' Association and the Waterside Workers' Federation, covering a period ...

    Article : 365 words
  3. BOISTEROUS WEATHER. FIERCE GALES AT SEA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 383 words
  4. PERSONAL.

    His Highness Prime Leopold of Battenberg arrived at Government-cottage, Macedon, yesterday afternoon, on a visit to His Excellency the Governor and Lady Gibson ...

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  5. COLLIERY DISASTER. 150 Bodies Recovered.

    Over 150 bodies have been recovered at the Hulpon colliery at Bolton, in Lancashire, where the disastrous explosion took place. The only survivor was a boy, who[?] as ...

    Article : 309 words
  6. ROBBERY IN A BANK.

    An audacious robbery was perpetrated in the Bank of New South Wales, Collinsstreet, during one of the busiest periods of yesterday, when Mrs. Elizabeth M. Clark, ...

    Article : 369 words
  7. DISASTROUS FIRE. Twenty-five Men Killed.

    A disastrous fire occurred at the meatpacking warehouse of Morris and Co., in Chicago, one of the largest establishments of its kind in the world. Twenty-four firemen ...

    Article : 188 words
  8. MURDERED POLICEMEN. IMPRESSIVE PUBLIC FUNERAL.

    The public interest in the sad fate of the three policemen murdered by the Russian robbers in Houndsditch was exhibited today when the victims were given a public ...

    Article : 241 words
  9. AVIATOR MISSING. Returning from CrossChannel Flight.

    Fears are entertained for the safety of Mr. Cecil Grace, a well-known English airman, who crossed the Channel yesterday in a competition for the prize offered by Baron ...

    Article : 121 words
  10. BRITISH SPIES. Both Accused Convicted.

    The Imperial Court has found that the charges against Lieutenant Brandon and Captain Trench of having acted as spies in making observation of German naval ...

    Article : 313 words
  11. MR. CODY'S RECORD.

    Mr. S. F. Cody, of the British Army Aeronautical Corps, established a British record yesterday by flying 120 miles in 170 minutes. ...

    Article : 26 words
  12. MR. LATHAM ALOFT.

    Hubert Latham, the famous French aviator, delighted the people of Los Angeles yesterday. He made an aeroplane flight, and shot ducks while aloft. In the ...

    Article : 54 words
  13. PHILADELPHIA DISASTER.

    Fifteen people were killed by the collapse of the walls which occurred at the fire in Philadelphia. The firemen were greatly hindered by the fact that the water ...

    Article : 97 words
  14. SUSPECTS ARRESTED.

    The police have arrested a man in Whitechapel whom they believe to be one of the gang. The charge of breaking into the shop has been formally laid against him. ...

    Article : 49 words
  15. SEAMEN'S DISPUTE.

    Nothing further is to be done either by the Australasian Steammship-owners' Association or the Federated Seamen's Union in connecting with the difficulty that has ...

    Article : 244 words
  16. A YACHT WRECKED.

    The flotilla of the Brighton Yacht Club, moored near the Middle Brighton Pier, received a seven buffecting from the breakers during the week. The gale was at its ...

    Article : 304 words
  17. HOLLAND'S DEFENCES.

    The intention which is attributed to Holland of transforming Flushing into a fortified position, commanding the entrance to the Scheldt, is regarded with anxiety by ...

    Article : 225 words
  18. CARRIERS AT WORK.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.—The resumption of work by the drivers who have been on strike and the close proximity of Christmas, were responsible for great activity in the ...

    Article : 242 words
  19. ARMS FOR THE POLICE.

    The Home Secretary (Mr. Winston Churchill) has taken steps to supply the police with revolvers of the most modern pattern. The weapons will be kept at ...

    Article : 42 words
  20. LABOUR PROBLEMS, SEAMEN'S STRIKE.

    The decision of the Continental Seamen's Unions at their late conference, favouring an international strike in April or May of next year, was discussed yesterday at a ...

    Article : 59 words
  21. GEOLOGIST'S WARNING.

    Prior to the Bolton explosion, Professor Albin Belar, director of the Laibach Observatory, warned Continental miners of a seismic unrest, which threatened, to liberate ...

    Article : 37 words
  22. ENGLISH PRESS UNDISTURBED.

    The English newspapers generally, in their comments on the ease, view the sentences with equanimity, and, acknowledge that espionage is common to all the powers. ...

    Article : 33 words
  23. REWARD OF £500.

    A reward of £500 is offered for information leading to the arrest of any of the gang which committed the crimes. ...

    Article : 25 words
  24. BRITISH POLITICS. THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

    A feature of the newly-clected House of Commons is the increase of members who belong to the Nonconformist of Free Church bodies. No fewer than 134 are members ...

    Article : 41 words
  25. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS. LONDON, Dec. 23.

    The reserve of notes and coin is £22,670,000, against £25,539,000 for the previous weeks, the proportions of liabilities being 46.35 per cent., against 50 per cent, ...

    Article : 121 words
  26. AUSTRALIA'S SYMPATHY.

    The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) has asked the Governor-General to convey, through the Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the widows and families of the ...

    Article : 66 words
  27. WELSH, MINING DISPUTE.

    The miners employed in the Powell-Duffryn mine have maintained an irreconcilable attitude since the beginning of the dispute in the South Willes coal industry, but, ...

    Article : 53 words
  28. UNION TYRANNY.

    BALLARAT, Friday.—The opposition manifested by certain members of the Trades and Labour Council towards the secretary, Mr. W. Hurdsfield, resulted in a ...

    Article : 201 words
  29. MR. LLOYD-GEORGE IN FRANCE.

    Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, who has been attacked by a section of the Parisian press during the election campaign, is in Paris. ...

    Article : 183 words
  30. FLIGHT FROM POMPEII.

    Excavations at Pompeii, which was buried by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., have led to the discovery of the petrified body of a woman who had been overwhelmed by ...

    Article : 97 words
  31. DINGHY BEATEN BACK.

    Challes Anderson left Port Melbourne for Mordialloc in a small dinghy on Wednesyday. As he did not arrive at his destination fears were entertained for his safety. ...

    Article : 84 words
  32. FRENCH RAILWAY STRIKES.

    A bill has been introduced in the Chamber of Deputies making a railway strike equivalent to sabotage. In the preamble to the bill emphasis is laid on the fact that ...

    Article : 64 words
  33. ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.

    The Cunard liner Mauretania has broken all records in the return passage from Liverpool to New York. She has accomplished the trip from Liverpool to New York and ...

    Article : 43 words
  34. PERTH TRAGEDY.

    PERTH, Friday.—The inquest concerning the death or Miss Ethel Harris to-day was not accompanied by any demonstration of feeling, the police precautions ...

    Article : 443 words
  35. THE MONEY MARKET.

    The open money market discount rate for three months' bank bills in London is 3 11-16 per cent., or thirteen-sixteenths per cent below the Bank rate of 4½ per cent. ...

    Article : 61 words
  36. STEAMER DELAYED.

    PORTLAND, Friday.—Last night one of the roughest gales experienced along the coast for years occurred. The steamer Eumeralla, from Port. M'Donnell, had a ...

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  37. BULLFINCH FIELD. YIELD FROM. PROPRIETARY MINE.

    KALGOORLIE, Friday.—For the fortnight to December 17, the Bullfinch proprietary treated 265 tons for 3,390 fine ozs., worth £14,000, an average of over £54 ...

    Article : 40 words
  38. FRENCH LEGISLATION.

    The Chamber of Deputies has ratified the Franco-Japanese Convention for the mutual protection of trade marks in China. Approval has also been given of the convention ...

    Article : 45 words
  39. A MOUNTAIN FAMILY'S DISTRESS.

    Sir,—The magnanimous response to my appeal has exceeded the most sanguine expectations. Subscriptions have poured in from all sections of the community, and ...

    Article : 551 words
  40. WOMEN INJURED BY SIGNBOARD.

    Two widows were the victims of au exciting accident which occrred in Elizabeth-street yesterday morning They were Marjory Sampson, aged 58 years. of 27 ...

    Article : 153 words
  41. GOVERNMENT STOCKS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 183 words
  42. AUSTRALIAN MEAT.

    A debate took place yesterday in the Swiss Federal Assembly on the question of the importation of Argentine or Australian meat into the country. The ...

    Article : 72 words
  43. OPTIONS BEING TAKEN.

    SOUTHERN CROSS, Friday.—A deposit has been paid on the option secured over the Rising Sun, Morning[?]Star, and Full Moon leases, known as the Aurora group, ...

    Article : 254 words
  44. PNEUMONIC PLAGUE.

    A special investigation has been conducted by "The Times" into the origin of the bubonic infection found in rats recently in Suffolk. One result of the ...

    Article : 109 words
  45. OPIUM SMOKING.

    The Imperial Assembly has memorialised the Throne in favour of the severest punishment, short of death, being inflicted on opium smokers, and also of rewards being ...

    Article : 40 words
  46. DR. COOK'S RETURN.

    Dr. Cook, the Arctic explorer, returned to New York to-day by the steamer George Washington. H0 was beseiged by newspaper reporters, clamouring for an ...

    Article : 77 words
  47. TENTS BLOWN AWAY.

    The gales have had a disastrous eff[?] upon some of the campers on the foreshore at Mordialloc and Aspendale. In many instances tents have been bloown away, and ...

    Article : 70 words
  48. STUD CATTLE.

    The New South Wales Agency-General is shipping to the State Government by the steamer Pera 25 stud bulls and cows, mostly of milking strains. ...

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  49. MINING SHARES.

    The following were the highest and lowest prices on the Stock Exchange to-day for the shares mentioned below:— Waihi, £5/10/— £5/12/6. ...

    Article : 43 words
  50. BODY IN A BASKET.

    A horrifying discovery was made here yesterday. A laundry-basket which had been left on a doorstep was opened, and was found to contain the remains of a woman, ...

    Article : 42 words
  51. NATURE'S LAND-CLEARER.

    BRIGHT, Eriday.— An exceptionally severe storm occurred during last night, and several trees in the streets were uprooted. TOORA, Friday.—The gale uprppted ...

    Article : 98 words
  52. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 277 words
  53. SUGGESTED RELIEF WORKS.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Owing to the distress in portion of the Newcastle district, due to the closing down of the Killingworth Colliery, a deputation recently asked the ...

    Article : 158 words
  54. FAULTY HANDLING OF MEAT.

    WELLINGTON, Friday.—Addressing a meeting of Hawkes Bay station-owners, Mr. Lysnar, a member of the New Zealand investigation committee, said that it was ...

    Article : 99 words
  55. CHINESE IN CANADA.

    The inquiry into the smuggling of opium and stowaways into Canada fiom Chinese ports, was continued yesterday. The evidence revealed the existence of a vast ...

    Article : 70 words
  56. NOISES OF THE NIGHT.

    Though the Chief Commissioner of Police (Mr. O'Callaghan) agrees that the "waits" of Christmas eve are a nuisance to many people, he does not think that the police ...

    Article : 338 words
  57. THE BATMAN SEAT.

    As the Batman electoral district for the House of Representatives embraces portions of Fitzroy, Jika Jika, and Collingwood, there are three branches of the ...

    Article : 125 words
  58. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    PERTH, Friday.—In the Legislative Assembly last night Mr. S. F. Moore presented a petition from the Midland Railway Company, setting out that the construction of ...

    Article : 187 words
  59. KILLED BY CYANIDE FUMES.

    BRISBANE, Friday.—A telegram from Maryborough states that a man named Edward White, who lived in Commonwealthstreet, Sydney, and who was employed as ...

    Article : 107 words
  60. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Malta Legislature has adopted the metric system of weights and measures. Malta is the first of the British dependencies to do so. ...

    Article : 53 words
  61. CHRISTMAS CHARITY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 393 words
  62. INTERSTATE CRICKET.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 189 words
  63. BILL SQUIRES'S "PUNCH."

    SYDNEY, Friday.—"Bill" Squires recemtly "found his punch" at Tamworth. He was annoyed by several men—seven, it is believed—and he promptly knocked all of ...

    Article : 80 words
  64. BRICKS FOR 20/ A THOUSAND.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The Minister for Works (Mr. Griffiths) said to-day, in reference to his scheme for establishing a State brickworks, that a board had gone ...

    Article : 81 words
  65. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL APPEAL

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 88 words
  66. SHIPPING NEWS.

    The following arrivals and departures are reported:— Arrivals.—Greenwich, s.s., from Port Piric Oct. 2; Marathon, s.s., from ...

    Article : 97 words
  67. Advertising

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  68. BROTHERS ARRESTED.

    George and Bertram Moody were, early this morning, arrested on information supplied to Plain-clothes Constable Holden, George Moody is charged with being a ...

    Article : 109 words
  69. MISSING BANK NOTES.

    Mrs. Bridget Louisa M'Keirnan yesterday evening reported to the Criminal Investigation department that she had been robbed of £80. She stated that she lived at a ...

    Article : 88 words
  70. Advertising

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  71. Advertising

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  72. CHARITABLE APPEALS.

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  73. Advertising

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  74. Advertising

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  75. Advertising

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