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  2. GLENELG RAILWAY.

    "A start will be made in a few days to remove the Glenelg Railway line from King William street south," said the Premier on Thursday. The Commissioner of Public ...

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  3. VOLCANO DISASTER.

    The means of rescue at Sakureshima are altogether inadequate. Crowds of fugitives on the beach were over taken by fire and lava, though launches plied heroically amid ...

    Article : 67 words
  4. "BLACK" WHEAT.

    It has been decided by the Wharf Labourers' Union that Sydney members shall not touch wheat from the country which has been handled during harvesting ...

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  5. CRICKETERS FOR AMERICA.

    The recent visit of a team of Australian cricketers to America has apparently whetted the appetite of players for further ;ravel. So satisfied were those who under ...

    Article : 235 words
  6. EXECUTION OF CHARLES ODGERS.

    As was indicated yesterday, the execution of the man, Charles Odgers, at Fremantle Gaol yesterday morning, was not carried out as successfully as the officials ...

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  7. THE KING'S UNIFORM.

    People who looked ahead saw the triumph of the cadet movement' the very day it started. And before that! It had to win. It was out to win. Difficulties, and ...

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  8. THE GREAT STRIKE.

    The situation arising out of .the great industrial upheaval throughout this country is easier .to-day. The strikers .have lost ground. In Capetown ablebodied men from ...

    Article : 369 words
  9. AWFUL PLIGHT OF REFUGEES.

    Sakurashima is now shrouded in blacK smoke, broken only by an .occasional flicker of the flames. The bay is covered with lava. ...

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  10. DRASTIC LAWS.

    The martial law which prevails through out the orange Free State is especially severe. Strict press censor has been established in addition to other regulations ...

    Article : 81 words
  11. WATERSIDE, WAGES.

    No surprise was expressed to-day when i became known that the Commomwealth Steamship Owner's Association had refuesed the increased wages which the Waterside ...

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  12. ELECTROCUTION ADVOCATED.

    THe Comptroller of Prisons' (Mr." F. D. (North) says the reports regarding the decapitation, published in respect to Odgers's execution, are in effect accurate. ...

    Article : 79 words
  13. BOARD OF CONTROL.

    In connection with the movement watch the cricket Board of/ control has not sanctioned for the organization or a team of first-grade ...

    Article : 178 words
  14. PERMITS TO WALK IN THE STREETS.

    In contrast to yesterday's state of affairs, police are now swarming everywhere. To-day armed mounted men are patrolling the thoroughfares. No persons are allowed to ...

    Article : 71 words
  15. APPALLING DESOLATION.

    The latest, advices from Japan indicate that the volcanic disturbances have resulted in appalling and indescribable desolation. ...

    Article : 112 words
  16. ENGINE HELD UP.

    Strikes stopped a light engine at Grekville near this city yesterday. They maltreated and carried off the fireman. The control officers ordered the strikers to ...

    Article : 81 words
  17. ELECTORAL ENQUIRY.

    The members of the Federal Ministry met in Cabinet on Wednesday afternoon ind again throughout this afternoon. At the conclusion of the meeting the Prime ...

    Article : 141 words
  18. THE MOB ACTIVE.

    Two men who were arrested by the authorities' at Benoni were rescued by the mob. The strikers also in warted an at tempt by polite detectives to raid the ...

    Article : 74 words
  19. OFFERED TO SURRENDER.

    Those in the Traces Hall at Johannesburg offered to surrender. The, Government Replied that all occupants of the building must be arrested, and if ...

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  20. WILD WEATHER.

    Northern America is wrapped in mid winter-violence. Furious gales lash the coastlines and many cities are suffering extremes of weather conditions. ...

    Article : 239 words
  21. THE GOVERNMENTS REPLY.

    The reply of the Government to the Trades Hall offer to surrender is that the control officer stall arrest every roan within, the hall, and use most drastic' measures if ...

    Article : 54 words
  22. THE NEW ZEALAND TOUR.

    The cricket team, which is being organized by Mr. Arthur Sims to tour New Zealand is almost complete. There are only two vacancies, and these hare been ...

    Article : 210 words
  23. SYMPATHY WITH STRIKERS.

    The following notice is posted outside the Trades Hall:—"From Mr. Hunt Secretary of the Trades Federation of Perth Western Australia.—Sympathy in your ...

    Article : 58 words
  24. STRIKE OF COLOURED STEVEDORES.

    Some hundreds of stevedores who are coloured men employed by private firms struck at the Capetown docks this morning. They are estimated to number ...

    Article : 94 words
  25. CIVILIANS' EIGHTS.

    The complaints made, by detectives against the restrictions imposed upon them, in their examination of suspected persons have failed to impress the Chief ...

    Article : 161 words
  26. SPORTING BUDGET.

    Friday's Journal has established a reputation as one of the', most authentic and reliable guides for sportsmen issued in the Commonwealth. Each week the budget ...

    Article : 171 words
  27. BARRICADED TRADES HALL.

    Latest advices state that there are between 200 and 300 men fully armed' inside the Trades Hall determined to resist all in attempts to storm the place. The police ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 303 words
  28. IMPROVEMENT AT THE CAPE.

    With the exception of the stevedore trouble the situation on, the Cape Peninsula is improving. Further batches of strikers have returned to work at the ...

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  29. NON-UNION IN FUTURE.

    The Transvaal Leader newspaper was issued with only four sheets this morning. The paper had to be set by hand, as the unionist had gone on strike. ...

    Article : 64 words
  30. THE TOUR ALREADY PLANNED.

    Mr. Gordon Campbell, "who was wicket keeper with Mr. Edgar Mayne and party, and who proceeded to England after a highly enjoyable tour of the United States and ...

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  31. SITUATION ON THE RAND.

    The situation among the inners on the line of reef continues on the whole satisfactory. From the Castrand Germiston Central Rand and west Rand overnight ...

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  32. SHORTAGE. OF BRICKS.

    According to the Minister of Works, bricks are scarce in Perth, in consequence of. which the undertakings of his department are being delayed. The Government ...

    Article : 172 words
  33. CAUGHT IN A CULVERT.

    When Mrs. Eva Wyatt, of Newtown, returned to her home after "visiting a neighbour' this afternoon, she was astonished w find a couple of men in the house. ...

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  34. THE COBEQUID SAFE.

    The vessels which responded to the call for assistance from the West Indian liner Cobequid have .rescued the whole of the passengers and crew. ...

    Article : 231 words
  35. MINE MANAGERS OPTIMISTIC.

    Reports from the East Rand Proprietary Mines show that except for a few out at the Angels and Driefontein sections the . whole group is in full swing ...

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  36. POSTED MISSING.

    Australian underwriters have received news that the steamer Bridgeport, a liner of large tonnage, bad been posted missing at Lloyd's. It is supposed thai, she has ...

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  37. NO LOCAL INFORMATION.

    Despite tie telegram from Melbourne, which linked the name of Mr. Down with that of Mr. Diamond as organizers of the projected tour the South Australia player ...

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  38. RAILWAY STRIKE.

    A general railway strike has begun. Telephone and telegraph wires have been cut in the capita], and an engine has been derailed at Malveira. ...

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  39. TOUCHED THE BAR.

    The Secretary of the Marine Board (Mr. John Darby) received the following telegram from Elliston on Thureday:—"The steamer Ferret's rudder touched the bar ...

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  40. "A GRIM TRAGEDY."

    At the present moment hoarse words of command .from officers in the street, the clatter and dang of' mounted men taking up positions, and an'' occasional ...

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  41. BANK CASHIER'S LAPSE.

    walter Robson, for many yean cashier at the London office of the Commercial Bank of Australia, was charged early in December with having misappropriated ...

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  42. SUIT AGAINST DIRECTORS.

    In the case of Madame Rathlou, of Copenhagen, who is suing Mr. Alfred Copland, Admiral E. H. M. Davis, and Mr. William Ravi directors of the Papua Trading and ...

    Article : 158 words
  43. FEDERATION WANTS TO MEET. THE GOVERNMENT

    A communication from the Trades Hall states that, as the result of a conference between the railway men's deputation and the federation's strike committee it has ...

    Article : 82 words
  44. PARTIES UNTIED.

    At a mass meeting of farmers at Stellenbosch, Mr. Merriman. urged the Government to stand firm. There must' be "no more treaties with the Trades Federation. ...

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  45. STRIKE LEADERS' APPLICATION.

    Applications were made by strikes Traders to the Supreme Court this morning for the Government to show cause why it has detained indefinitely the men who are now ...

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  46. PHENOMENAL SPEED.

    A motorist named Hornsted racing in a Benz car at Brooklands, England, has covered ' two miles at the extraordinary speed of 132 miles an hour. Throughout ...

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  47. FIFTY YEARS AGO.

    His Excellency Sir Dominick Daly has expressed great satisfaction at the naming of the Town Hall tower after the late Prince Consort, and has headed the ...

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  48. DYNAMITE THROWN AT POLICE.

    Disturbances occurred in the streets of Benoni last evening, Strikers threw dynamite among the police. Twenty-three arrests were effected ...

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  49. THE CAPE FEDERATION.

    The strike in the Cape [?] to be tizzling out though the Cape [?]ration will meet to-night to consider whether there shall be a general strike ...

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  50. LIVERPOOL MURDER.

    Summer and Eltoft, the two youths who are alleged to have been responsible for the diabolical murder of Miss Bradfield, at Liverpool in December last, have been ...

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  51. MOB AND POLICE IN CONFLICT.

    A large and menacing crowd made a demonstration in the street to the northward of the Trades Hall at Johannesburg but after ...

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  52. WHO ARE IN THE HALL.

    The occupants of the Trades hall include Messrs. Bain and Mason the principal strike leaders and more than 200 more of less prominent followers. ...

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  53. UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.

    The Trades Hall at Johannesburg has surrendered unconditionally. The leaders Bain and Mason and 30 others were marched under an overpowering escort to police headquarters. . ...

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  54. SARAH BERNHARDT.

    The cross of the Legion of Honour hw been conferred upon Madame Sarah Bernhardt, the celebrated actress. The queen of the French stage is in her ...

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  55. STRIKE COLLAPSING.

    The railway strike is believed to be collapsing. There are this afternoon more applications for reemployment on the part of railway men than there are ...

    Article : 46 words
  56. A SLIGHT REMOVED.

    At a meeting held for the purpose of forming a committee of public safety, the Mayor, adhering to his attitude adopted yesterday, considered such a committee ...

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  57. 'STRIKE LEADER BAIN.

    It is reported that Mr. Bain, the Secretary of the Federation of Trades Unions, offered to surrender, but asked for an interview with the Prime Minister. ...

    Article : 49 words
  58. BILLIARDS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 47 words
  59. Advertising

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