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  2. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher), the Minister for External Affairs (Mr Thomas), and the Postmaster-General (Mr. Frazer) were entertained on Thursday at ...

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  3. CLOSE THE BARS!

    A deputation, consisting of about 50 prominent representatives of religious bodies other than the Anglian and Romam Catholic Churches, and of anti-liquor ...

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  4. NAVAL COLLEGE.

    Notwithstanding the declaration by Mr. McGoweu that the State and Commonwealth Governments were on the best of terms, there always seems to be something ...

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  5. SUPER SUPPLIES.

    The trouble in connection with the superphosphate strike terminated on Thursday night. A meeting of the Chemical Workers' Union was held at the Trades ...

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  6. TRAMWAY EMPLOYES' UNION.

    The hearing of the application for cancelling the registration of the Australian Tramway Employes' Association was resumed before the President of the Federal ...

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  7. BALLOT PROCEEDING.

    The Miners' Federation has decided to take a ballot on the question of the men returning to work. The ballot asks whether the miners are agreeable to resume pending ...

    Article : 163 words
  8. THE CORPORATION TROUBLE.

    There was apparently no alteration in the position of the strike of the corporation employes on Thursday so far as the public were able to gauge, but still a greater ...

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  9. SENSATION IN ILLINOIS.

    A sensational disturbance has occurred at the Illinois city of Rock Island. An unsuccessful attempt was made to assassinate the Mayor (Mr. Shriever) by an ...

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  10. GIVE THE BOARDS A TRIAL.

    The Chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Mr. J. Ramsay MacDonald) in an interview to-day, advised the strikers to accept the Bill and proceed to establish the ...

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  11. EVILS OF SYNDICALISM

    In the House of Commons yesterday the Hon. W. G. A. Ormsby-Gore (Unionist member for Denbigh, only son of Lord Harlech) raised a debate on the spread of ...

    Article : 73 words
  12. MILITANT WELSHMEN.

    Mr. Vernon Hartshorn, the South Wales miners' leader, questioned after the passing of the Bill, remarked:—"The strike is only just commencing. I anticipate, with ...

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  13. LABOUR LEADERS ON HIE BILL.

    Speaking in Camberwell last night, Mr. Keir-Hardie said that the Coal Mines Bill was compulsory, and both sides must accept it. District boards appointed to fix ...

    Article : 149 words
  14. INCREASE GRANTED AT ST. PETERS.

    Considerable discussion occurred at the meeting of St. Peters Council on Thursday evening on the subject of, the wages which should be paid to draymen doing ...

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  15. TRANSPORT STRIKE SUGGESTED

    Mr. C. B. Stanton, another Welsh leader of the miners, stated that in view of the solidarity of labour, the miners could, within a week, by the stoppage of railways ...

    Article : 61 words
  16. SHELVING THE RESPONSIBILITY.

    Notwithstanding the foregoing statements the opinions held outside of the Miners' Conference are that the latter's recommendation to take a ballot can only ...

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  17. SPLIT IN LABOUR PARTY.

    The Times states that a split has occurred between the trade union wing of the Socialists and the Labour Party, and there were angry scenes and recriminations at ...

    Article : 68 words
  18. MR. MACDONALD CRITICISED.

    The Times, in commenting upon Mr. Lloyd George's retaliation to Mr. J. Ramsay MacDonald for his "deplorable language" on the Minimum Wage Bill, describes the ...

    Article : 87 words
  19. ST. KILDA TRAGEDY.

    The deaths of Florence M. Faulkner, aged 34, and her son, Reginald William Faulkner, aged 13 months, who were drowned near the St. Kilda Pier on March ...

    Article : 516 words
  20. NEW SOUTH WALES CHARITY.

    To-day the Premier (Mr. McGowen) dispatched a cablegram to the Agent-General for New South Wales, and gave him authority to spend £1,000 in providing meals for ...

    Article : 74 words
  21. "A COLOSSAL CONSPIRACY."

    The Minimum Wage Bill, which passed the Commons yesterday, was discussed in the House of Lords to-day. On the motion for its second reading. ...

    Article : 372 words
  22. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

    The primaries held throughout the State of New York for the appointment of Republican delegates to the Chicago Convention, which will meet in June to select the ...

    Article : 94 words
  23. CASUALTIES.

    PORT BROUGHTON, March 27.—William Lewis, aged 24, committed suicide by hanging himself with his belt in the police cell last evening. He arrived here from ...

    Article : 170 words
  24. GUARDING THE CAMEL CAMP.

    Some of the Afghan camel drivers holding contracts for carriage with wholesale firms and station owners have refused to charge the now rates of the Carriers ...

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  25. INSPECTION OF PORK.

    "Lax inspection in Australia would not benefit exporters when their produce arrived in London," was the answer made to-day by the Minister for Customs (Mr. ...

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  26. MR. ROOSEVELT ALLEGES FRAUD.

    Efforts are being made with the object of annulling the primaries in favour of Mr. Taft's nomination for the Presidency. Mr. Roosevelt's friends contend that the ...

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  28. TARCOOLA GROUNDED.

    PORT PIRIE, March 28.—The Tarcoola grounded near No. 2 beacon when coming up river this morning. She was on the bank all day, but with the aid of the tug ...

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  29. CHICAGO. March 28.

    Mr. Roosevelt delivered a fighting speech in this city last night. He characterized the methods that were being used to secure his defeat as the Republican nominee for ...

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  30. FIFTY YEARS AGO.

    The importance of the Murray River navigation is evidently increasing. The requirements of the traffic are so great as to induce Messrs. Murray & Jackson of ...

    Article : 151 words
  31. A BARRIER FIRE.

    BROKEN HILL, March 28.—A fire last night destroyed a shop and five-roomed house in Patton street, South Broken Hill, owned by Mr. Murray James, and occupied ...

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  32. REMARKABLE ESCAPE

    Mesrs. Covington and Albert, two wealthy Englishmen, had a remarkable escape from death to-day while climbing Mount Bernardino, in the San Bernardino Range. ...

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  33. AUSTRALIAN NOTE ISSUE.

    A return issued by the Commonwealth Treasury to-day shows that the Australian note issue has now exceeded £10,000,000 The value of the paper in circulation is ...

    Article : 51 words
  34. MINERS ' RIOTS.

    Serious disturbances haw occurred at the Littleton collieries, at Cannock Chase, Staffordshire. The mob are preventing miners who have broken away from the strikers and ...

    Article : 179 words
  35. COUSINS DROWNED.

    MELBOURNE. March 28.—Berley Hunt, aged four, and Edmund, aged two, cousins fell into the channel at Nannella last evening and were drowned. ...

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  36. RABBIT PEST IN VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, March 28.—The present year has been the worst experienced in Victoria for more than 20 years so far as the rabbit pest is concerned. This is attributed ...

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  38. BARRIER CITY COUNCIL.

    Ald. W. H. Wright and J. H. Wicks, two of the Independent members of the city council, have tendered their resignations. Only two Independents are now in the ...

    Article : 38 words
  39. ACCIDENTAL DEATH.

    MELBOURNE, March 28—The Coroner conducted an enquiry to-day into the death of Leonard Henry Mitchell, grocer's assistant, who was shot at a boarding house kept ...

    Article : 102 words
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  44. COACH CAPSIZED.

    LAUNCESTON, March 28.—The mail coach from Lefrov to Launceston capsized this morning when proceeding down Doctor's Hill, through the brakes failing. ...

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  46. INFANTILE MORTALITY.

    Infantile mortality in Manchester has risen from 84 per thousand to 135 per thousand. A similar rise in the death rate in the Potteries is reported. ...

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  48. REDUCING TRAINS.

    The railway companies have decided not to run goods trains next week, except for the conveyance of foodstuffs. Several companies have cancelled their arrangements ...

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  50. FUNDS EXHAUSTED.

    Angry meetings of miners on strike have been held in Warwickshire, owing to the announcement that the strike pay fund is ...

    Article : 36 words
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