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  2. UNLOADING COAL.

    It was asserted at the meeting of the Labour Council to-night that members of the Ironworkers' Assistants' Union had been threatened with dismissal in the event ...

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  3. OCEAN MYSTERIES.

    Following on the Waratah mystery, apprehension is felt for the safety of another liner, which is now reported missing. The British-India Company's steamer ...

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  4. FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    The following memorandum has been is is-sued by the Chief Electoral Officer for the Commonwealth:—"It is provided in the Amending Commonwealth Electoral Act ...

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  5. RACE FOR THE SOUTH POLE.

    The publication of Capt. Scott's itinerary for the British expedition to the south pole has been followed by the announcement that an American expedition in charge of ...

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  6. BRITISH ELECTIONS.

    The personnel of the new House of Commons includes 125 barristers, 56 landowners, 51 manufacturers, 45 sons of Peers, 44 military officers, and 38 journalists ...

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  7. BATTLE OF REYNELLA.

    Does Adelaide care? We are in the thick of battle down here For two days the air has shrieked and whistled—the deep voice of artallery and ...

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  8. BRITISH COAL MINES.

    The coalmasters of South Wales are claiming damages from the colliers on strike for their refusal to work 60 extra hours in the year beyond the eight hours a day ...

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  9. COMMONWEALTH TRADE.

    The Minister for Customs (Sir Robert Best) to-day issued an interesting return showing the oversea trade of the Commonwealth for the year 1909. The imports ...

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  10. STRIKERS TIRED.

    The Bulli miners to-day unanimously carried a motion instructing the executive of the Illawarra Collieries' Employes' Association to call an aggregate meeting of ...

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  11. THE BUDGET FIRST.

    The British Treasury is issuing £3,000,000 worth of bills for one month to replace some which will fall due during that period. The fact is interpreted to mean that the ...

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  12. ASSISTANCE FROM THE WEST.

    The Fremantle lumpers have struck a levy of 2/6 a member to assist the Newcastle strikers. It will yield £150 monthly. ...

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  13. DRIFTING ON THE WATERS.

    An incident which had advantage been taken of it might have thrown some light upon a tragedy of the sea occurred, during the voyage of the Tyser line steamer ...

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  14. PAYMENT OF MEMBERS.

    The Independent Labour Party claims that more than half the total number of the new members of the House of Commons pledged themselves in their election ...

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  15. THE COLLIERY STRIKE.

    Sir—It was impossible for a long time to understand why the colliery miners struck work, but latterly it has become evident that shorter working hours and ...

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  16. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced, in his eighty-first year, of Sr. Sir George Alexander Drummond, K.C.M.G., C.V.O., of Montreal, Canada. ...

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  17. MR. DEAKIN'S SYDNEY SPEECH.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin) has almost completed his arrangement for his visit to Sydney. He intends to speak in the New South Wales capital on Monday ...

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  18. FREIGHT WAR FEARED.

    Four German steamship lines are offering a take cargo to British South Africa, from Southampton, Liverpool, London, or Glasgow, at 5/ per ton below the rates of the ...

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  19. EASTERN EUROPE.

    The slight tension that has lately existed between Bulgaria and Turkey has been increased by the fact that a Turkish courtmartial at Salonika han sentenced to death ...

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  20. PACIFIC CABLE.

    An important announcement wan made today by the Postmaster General (Sir John Quick) in regard tn the Pacific cable, when he said:—" Recently negotiations ...

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  21. FLOODED FRANCE.

    Satisfactory evidence that the waters in the Seine are falling, and that Paris is being relieved of the siege of floods, is afforded in the fact that the hastily formed ...

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  22. THREE SUICIDES.

    Thomas Ryan (dog inspector to the shire of Waranga) committed suicide at Rushworth this morning. Ryan had been on a drinking bout on the previous ...

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  23. PORT OF LONDON.

    The Port of London Authority, which came into existence in March last, has issued a schedule of proposed maximum rates on goods, which is to be embodied ...

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  24. SACKVILLE PEERAGE.

    The Probate Court is considering the claim of Ernest Sackville West to the Sackville Peerage. The plaintiff, who is a ton of the late Lord Sackville, and whose ...

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  25. TURKEY AND GREECE.

    The Times, conmmenting on the differences between the Porte and Greece in reference to the island of Crete, and on the present attitude of Turkey and Bulgaria, ...

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  26. BACK TO WORK.

    There are increasing evidences at Newrastle that the miners are growing heartily sick of their lone absence from work, and it would take little to send them back into ...

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  27. APACHES SHOT.

    Further deeds of violence are reported from the flooded areas of France. A number of marines encountered brigands pillaging a house at Asnieres, a suburb of ...

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  28. "DEFEATING PROBATE DUTY."

    In the Practice Court to-day the Chief Justice delivered judgment in an action heard iu September, in which Mortimer Stuckey (as administrator of the estate of ...

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  29. THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.

    In connection with the United States Congress election campaign, the so-called "Republican Insurgents" Party held a meeting at Washington, and resolved to ...

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  30. A SWAGMAN'S END.

    On Monday a swag and bicycle were found on the river bank at Werribee. On the rim of the bicycle the following was written in lead pencil:—"Departed this life ...

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  31. MEXICAN MEAT.

    A New Jersey Court has appointed an official receiver for the Mexican National Packing Company, which has liabilities totalling £7,000,000. This course has been ...

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  32. FLOODS PASSING ON.

    Although Paris itself has passed the worst of the ordeal by flood, and the Seine has fallen 4 ft. since Saturday, the waters are spreading over the country on their ...

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  33. ANGLO-INDIAN IMMIGRANTS.

    To-day the Minister for External Affairs made the following statement regarding the correspondent that passed between his department and Capt. Holder:—"Capt ...

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  34. CASUALTIES.

    During the voyage of the Norwegian barque Cambusdoon, which arrived at Se-maphore anchorage from Liverpool on Thursday morning, the second officer ...

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  35. CONSPIRACY CHARGES.

    The hearing of the conspiracy charges optima letter Bowling and the other strike leaders was continued to-day in the Central Criminal Court before Mr, Justice ...

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  36. THE WOOL TRADE.

    An important meeting of woolbuyers has by unanimous vote rejected the suggestion of the colonial wool importers' committee that the draft allowance in their favour ...

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  37. FRENCH DUTIES.

    Germany has threatened fiscal retaliation if the French Senate confirms certain increases in duties which in Berlin are considered to be directed against German ...

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  38. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

    The contest for the chess championship of the world between the holder (Dr. Lasker) and Herr Carl Schlechter (the Austrian champion) is rapidly assuming a ...

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  39. RELIEF FUNDS.

    The Mansion House Fund for the relief of the sufferers by the floods in France now amounts to £36,000. Among the large amounts subscribed for ...

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  40. BICYCLE COLLISION.

    Miss Hewitt, of Woodville, met with an accident on Thursday afternoon while riding a bicycle along the Port road at Hindmarsh. When near Mr. Glastonbury's ...

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  41. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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  42. JAMAICA AND CANADA.

    The Government of Jamaica, on behalf of local merchants, has informed the British-Canadian Trade Commissioners that it is impossible to grant Canada trade ...

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  43. COLORADO DISASTER.

    The victims of the fearful colliery disaster in Colorado consist of Slavs, Italians, and Hungarians. Examination has shown that the shaft ...

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  44. BIG LAND SCHEME.

    The members of the State Ministry were not inclined to take seriously the suggestion made by Mr. Renginald Epoch before the Royal Society of Arts in London that ...

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  45. MINING FATALITY.

    KALGOORLIE, February 3:—MR. William Bain was killed as the result of a fall of rock at the Golden Horsestioe Mine to-day. The deceased and his mate ...

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  46. SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET.

    In the match between the Marylebone Club Eleven and the Border Eleven of South Africans, the M.C.C. team won by 4 wickets. The home side scored 144 ...

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  48. ELECTROCUTED.

    BROKEN HILL, February 3.—Charles Shannon, 16 years of age, employed on the Proprietary Mine, was electrocuted in the electric power house on the mine during the ...

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  49. COMPULSORY MINING BOARD.

    During the sittings of the Compulsory Mining Board at Newcastle to-day Mr. Wisby (Secretary of the Sea Miners' Pit Lodge) said he had been asked by ...

    Article : 227 words
  50. BARRIER NEWS.

    Mr. J. S. Flynu has been appointed Secretary of the combined unions, in place of Mr. C. Coulls, who resigned. The latter recently succeeded Mr. K. Hewitt. ...

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  51. PTOMAINE POISONING.

    MELBOURNE, February 3.—A remarkable case of ptomaine poisoning occurred at Avenel, when nine members of the family of Mr. John Ewing were severely ...

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  52. EMPLOYES AND EMPLOYERS.

    The attitude that employes should display towards employers was diseased at the meeting of the Trades Hall Council to-night on the following motion by Mr. ...

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  53. BLOW ON "THE POINT."

    The death of Gerald Moorehouse Agg, 27 years of age, a packer, employed at Marchant's soda water factory, who wad killed in a quarrel with a friend in Bourke street ...

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  54. A LABOUR SPLIT.

    A split has occurred among members of the Social Democratic Clubs, between the ultra Socialists and moderate Labourites. The former are resigning from the club ...

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  55. VICTORIAN SWIMMER.

    Frank Beaurepaire, Victoria's great swimmer, jumped off the pier at Queenseliff to-day and saved the life of a pienicker from the excursion steamer Hygeia. The man ...

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  56. STRUCK BY A LADDER.

    AUBURN, February 3.—Yesterday Mr. George Hextall was assisting in the erection of a telegraph pole, when one of the long ladders slipped. In falling it struck ...

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  57. APPLE SEASON.

    Arrangements for shipments of this season's apples to the United Kingdom are now complete. Six Orient steamers, five P. & O., three White star, one Aberdeen. ...

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  58. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Henry Charles West, auctuioneer, was committed for trial today on three charges of having stolen moneys. belonging to his employers. Messrs, George Wills & Co. ...

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  59. SEVERED HIS TOE.

    GAWLER, February 3.—Yesterday Mr. Henry- Atyeo. of Ward's Belt, met with an accident to a foot. He was removing an iron tank from a dray, when the heavy ...

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  60. MELBOURNE EXPRESS.

    An engine and four trucks left the line near to Trawalla Station to-night. This will delay the departure of the Adelaide express from Ballarat until 2 o'clock tomorrow ...

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  61. CRASS FIRE.

    FORRESTON, February 2.—The largest grass fire seen in this district for many years started in Messers. Scott's property it about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. It ...

    Article : 107 words
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