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  2. SUGAR STRIKE. CONFERENCE OF UNIONS.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.—An important phase of the sugar trouble was reached to-day, when an interstate conference of representatives of the unions connected with ...

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  3. THEATRICAL AMALGAMATION

    At the result of negotiations in London between Mr. J. C. Williamson and Sir Rupert Clarke, the theatrical ventures of Clarke and Meynell have been taken over ...

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  4. LORD DUDLEY'S DEPARTURE.

    Owing to the dislocation of arrangements for Lord Dudley's departure by the illness of his military secretary (Captain Rome), the leave-taking of the ex-Governor-General ...

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  5. THE GROWN AND THE VETO. HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATE.

    The House of Lords was crowded yesterday, when a motion of censure upon the Government in regard to the constitutional struggle was moved by Lord Curzon. The ...

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  6. THE POPE'S ILLNESS.

    The latest news of the health of the Pope is not reassuring. Acording to the "Daily Mail," His Holiness, who is confined to his bed, is threatened with angina ...

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  7. MR. FISHER AND THE EMPIRE.

    Mr. W. T. Stead, who has returned to London from his visit to Albania, has emphatically affirmed the accuracy of his version, published in the "Review of ...

    Article : 379 words
  8. ASSEMBLY NOTES.

    "You cannot take anything without a snarl," complained Mr. Watt yesterday in the Legislative Assembly, as Mr. M'Grath was supporting a motion for the creation ...

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  9. TRIP TO CHINATOWN.

    Chinese who reside in the city have received several visits lately from health inspectors and plain-clothes police, and last evening a number of them again ...

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  10. POWERS AND MOROCCO. PROPOSED CESSION OF TAHITI.

    Reuter's Berlin Agency states that, apropos, of the report of a speech by the Acting Prime Minister of the Commonwealth (Mr. Hughes) on the subject of the cession of ...

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  11. PERSONAL.

    Their Excelleneies the Governor-General and Lady Deaman went out hunting with the Melbourne Hounds at Oakleigh yesterday, attended by Captain Sir Walter ...

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  12. SIR J. WARD'S PROTEST.

    The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) has received a wireless message from Sir Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand, dated from Cocos Island, with ...

    Article : 92 words
  13. WAGES BOARD AWARD.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Mr. Barnes. received a communication from Mackay stating that the wages board had concluded its sittings. It had amended its ...

    Article : 91 words
  14. ABOLITION APPROVED.

    WODONGA, Wednesday.—At a well-attended meeting of the Wodonga branch of the Political Labour Council last evening the following resolution was unanimously ...

    Article : 167 words
  15. OUTBREAK ON CRUISER.

    Socialists among the crew of the cruiser Numancia have united in a mutinous outburst, as a demonstration of their hostility to the Morocco expedition. It is rumoured ...

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  16. SYDNEY TROUBLE DEFERRED.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The danger of an immediate beginning of a disastrous extension here of the trouble in connection with the Queensland sugar troubles has ...

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  17. BRITISH TRADE.

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  18. Privileges of the House.

    Some of the newspapers are discussing the possibilities of the House of Lords again using their Committee of Privileges in order to exclude peers created for ...

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  19. PRECAUTIONS IN ENGLAND.

    The precautions already reported as being taken at the ammunition magazine at Chatham are repeated at the magazines at Aldershot. All the ordinary guards have been ...

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  20. MR. HUGHES'S POSITION.

    Mr. Hughes was asked whether he had found in recent developments in connection with the sugar strike occasion for further consideration of his dual position as ...

    Article : 154 words
  21. INDUSTRIAL UNREST. TRANSPORT WORKERS.

    Animated by the success which attended the efforts of Mr. J. Havelock Wilson, secretary of the Seamen's Federation, in securing the claims of the men in the recent ...

    Article : 225 words
  22. SCULLING CHAMPIONS.

    Referring to the sculling match between Fogwell, the New Zealand champion, and Ernest Barry, which will be rowed on the Thames on September 11, for £200 a side, ...

    Article : 108 words
  23. SCENE IN THE COMMONS.

    The sitting of the House yesterday was marked by great excitement and angry scenes, culminating in uproar on more than one occasion. ...

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  24. POLICEMAN KILLED.

    The town of Ratisbon, in Bavaria, has been the scene of a murderous attack on a policement by a gang of youthful rowdies. A fact that rendered the affair the more ...

    Article : 124 words
  25. ATTITUDE CRITICISED.

    Mr. Hughes's public positions as Attorney-General in the Commonwealth Ministry and president of the Waterside Workers' Federation were referred to by Mr. F. C. ...

    Article : 225 words
  26. BOYS' SENSATIONAL STORY.

    WAGGA, Wednesday.—The circumstances of an alleged highway shooting sensation were investigated at the Quater Sessions, before Judge Docker, to-day. James ...

    Article : 470 words
  27. BLACK HAND.

    The Black Hand gang, who kidnapped the child of a Chicago resident, named Astonio Mareno, recently threatened to kill the child if a ransom of 3,000 dollars is not ...

    Article : 60 words
  28. SHEARERS' WAGES.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Further consideration was given in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Higgins, to the claim of the ...

    Article : 945 words
  29. TROUBLE EXTENDING.

    The stevedores ask for an all-round increase of 25 per cent. giving them at least 7, 6 aday, with double pay for the Bank holiday and the King's Birthday, work to ...

    Article : 169 words
  30. CLOSURE PROPOSALS.

    The Acting Premier (Mr. Watt) has given notice that he will to-day deal in the Legislative Assembly with the closure proposals which were a fortnight ago ruled ...

    Article : 336 words
  31. NATIONAL INSURANCE.

    The annaul gatherings of the Orders of Foresters and Rechabites are being held at present, and the presidential addresses at both have laid emphasis upon the ...

    Article : 67 words
  32. CANE TRAIN DERAILED.

    MARYBOROUGH (Q.). Wednesday.— The strike pickets are active at Gin Gin. A rail was removed from the tram-line between the Central mill and the Tokie ...

    Article : 197 words
  33. EXCLUSION OF CHINESE.

    A bill has been introduced in the Senate radically altering the United States immigration laws. The measure proposes to repeal the Chinese exclusion laws, replacing ...

    Article : 111 words
  34. AMERICAN RAILWAYS.

    Strained relations have arisen between the Western Railroad Company and its employees, and it is feared that an extensive strike may ensue. ...

    Article : 33 words
  35. MERCHANT SERVICE GUILD.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The members of the Merchant Service Guild of Australasia will adopt precisely the [?] attitude as that determined upon by the engineers. ...

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  36. PERSIAN ARMY.

    In the House of Commons yesterday the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey) was questioned regarding the appointment of Major Stokes of the ...

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  37. ADVENTUROUS SAILORS.

    The little yawl Pandora, 37ft. long, and with a crew of two men, arrived at New York on June 23, after a voyage from Australia. Early in May, 1916, the Pandora ...

    Article : 459 words
  38. CLERKS' UNION.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At a meeting of the Clerks' Union to-night the two members who assisted last Monday night in unloading sugar from the steamer Aramac ...

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  39. PENNY POSTAGE.

    The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) yesterday received from the Government of the United State of America a reply to the Commonwealth proposal that ...

    Article : 136 words
  40. THE STEEL TRUST.

    Mr. George Perkins, a director of the United States Steel Corporation, was called as a witness yesterday at the Congressional inquiry into the operaitons of trusts. He ...

    Article : 99 words
  41. DEFIANCE NOT DEFENCE.

    LISMORE (N.S.W.), Wednesday.—It appears that the strike fever has reached the cadets. A statement was made that about 40 cadets last night absented ...

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  42. Mr. Asquith Indisposed.

    Mr. Asquith is suffering from laryngitis, and was unable to be present in the House of Commons yesterday. ...

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  43. EFFECT OF THE DUTY.

    "The position of the sugar trouble," said the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) yesterday. "is becoming daily more serious. One must hope, however, that some means ...

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  44. REECE'S DEPARTURE.

    T. Reece, the English professional billiardplayer, left for England yesterday, not without a desperate effort, by R.M.S. Orvieto. Messrs. F. and W. A. Alcock, Charles ...

    Article : 153 words
  45. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    Thomas Elliott, of Elsinore, Hotham-street, Ballarat, gentleman, who died on July 4, by his will dated July 18, 1909. left realty £6,06d, and personalty £14,296, to his widow and children. ...

    Article : 69 words
  46. DECENTRALISATION LEAGUE.

    GEELONG, Wednesday.—At the quarterly meeting of the City Council on Wednesday, Councillor William Brownhill expressed regret that the Decentralisation ...

    Article : 127 words
  47. MOTORISTS KILLED.

    Ten medical students were motoring at Tours yesteday, after a festive gathering, when a tyre burst and the motor dashed into a barber's shop. Four of the ...

    Article : 53 words
  48. JAPANESE SQUADRON.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Information has been received by the Acting Premier (Mr. Holman) from Mr. J. H. Suttor, commercial commissioner for New South ...

    Article : 164 words
  49. ARMES BEAUMONT.

    Sir,—In answer to the kind and reminiscent letter that appeared in your columns on the 29th ult., over the signatures of Sir John Madden and the Lord Mayor, I beg ...

    Article : 166 words
  50. Advertising

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  51. WEDDING TRAGEDY.

    While a dewish powder merchant at Sinan, in the Yeman province of Arabia, was celebrating his wedding a terrifle explosion occurred. The brule, bridgeroom, ...

    Article : 72 words
  52. Advertising

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