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  2. THE UNION BADGE STRIKE. WAR ON THE COMMUNITY.

    The general strike in connection with the tramways trouble began to-night in accardance with the plan decided on at Sunday's meeting. ...

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  3. REVOLUTIONARY STRIKE IN PORTUGAL.

    A strike of farm labourers in the Portuguese district of Evora, 70 miles to the south-east of Lisbon, led to a sympathetic strike in all trades yesterday. ...

    Article : 161 words
  4. TURCO-ITALIAN WAR. THE RED SEA BLOCKADE.

    Advices received in Constan[?]nople from Hodeidah, the Arabian seaport in the Red Sea, state that the Italian protected cruiser Piemonte, 2,597 tons, 10 ...

    Article : 139 words
  5. OBITUARY. THE DUKE OF FIFE.

    The Duke of Fife, who was suffering from [?]l[?]urisy and congestion of the left [?]ung, and was returning from Wady [?]a[?]a, on the Nile, to Cairo, passed ...

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  6. PERSONAL.

    The Governor of Victoria (Sir John Fuller) yesterday sent to the Secretary of State for the Colonies the following cable message with reference to the [?]ate ...

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  7. LABOUR UNREST. SHIPBUILDING ON THE THAMES.

    On Saturday last Mr. Arnold Hills, the managing director of the Thames Ironworks, Shipbuilding, and Engineering Company, [?]alled a meeting of ...

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  8. NEW YORK TRAGEDY.

    Albert Wolter, who was found guilty of the death of a stenographer named Ruth Wheeler, was electrocuted yesterday in Sing Sing prison. He met his ...

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  9. EFFORTS AT PEACE.

    Herr von Kiderlin-Waechter, the German Foreign Secretary, is at present on a visit to Rome, and the Paris "D[?]bats" considers that his mission is intended to ...

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  10. THE RED BADGE.

    At the Trades-hall this morning every thing was bustle, and a preparation meeting of the Australian Labour Federation called for at an early hour ...

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  11. MINERS' MINIMUM WAGE.

    A joint conferenee of the representatives of the owners and miners on the British coalfields will be held on February 7 to discuss the minimum wage ...

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  12. MR. BOTTOMLEY.

    Early last month, Mr. H. W. Bottomley, the Liberal member for South Hackney, and proprietor of the topical journal, "John Bull," and other ...

    Article : 177 words
  13. THE SEIZURE OF FRENCH VESSELS.

    The Governments of France and Italy are contemplating the creation of a mixed Commission to devise means of preventing the recurrence of the ...

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  14. RAILWAY WORKERS NOT OUT.

    The railway workers will not strike. An arrangement has been aimed it by the railway men and the department that no coal will be unloaded for the ...

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  15. TRADES UNION PREPARATIONS.

    Rumours were persistently in circulation during this morning that arrangements were in hand which would obviate the strike. So far as latest ...

    Article : 152 words
  16. GLASGOW DOCKERS' STRIKE.

    Seven thousand dockers are striking in Glasgow. They demand that nonunionists shall be discharged if unionists are available to replace them. They ...

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  17. OUTRAGES IN ECUADOR.

    Following the lynching of General Petro Montero, who was recently the popular hero in Ecuador and whose body was dragged through the streets, ...

    Article : 193 words
  18. PANAMA CANAL. TRADE IN THE PACIFIC.

    The agents of several British shipping companies have lately investigated the prospects of trade in Pacific ports in view of the opening of the Panama ...

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  19. THE RAILWAY MEN.

    A meeting was held in the Protestant-hall to-night, attended by about 600 members of the Queensland Railway Employees' Association. A resolution ...

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  20. BILLIARDS.

    The billiard match (16,000 up) between Fred Lindrum, the Australian player, and T. Reece, the English professional, was continued yesterday. ...

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  21. CESSATION OF WORK ON THE WHARVES.

    The Brisbane a Waterside Employers' Association received the following letter from the Brisbane Waterside Workers' Union:— ...

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  22. INDEPENDENT WORKERS' MESSAGE.

    The Inter-State Congress of the Independent Workers' Association to-day adopted the following motion:— That this gathering of Organised ...

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  23. POSITION OF AMERICAN SHIPOWNERS.

    Senator Bristow has introduced a bill in the United States Senato reducing the Panama Canal Commission from seven members to three, and fixing the ...

    Article : 99 words
  24. SAN JOSE SCALE.

    A special meeting of the Fruit Board was held tonight for the purpose of rescinding one of the new regulations passed on Friday last, which had reference to ...

    Article : 207 words
  25. NEWSPAPER, TRIBUTES.

    The Duke of Fife, accompanied by the Princess Royal and their daughters, left Cairo, and intended to ascend the River Nilo in a private dahabi[?]h (passenger ...

    Article : 145 words
  26. GERMAN ELECTIONS.

    Mr. Arthur Henderson the Labour member for the Barnard Castle Division of Durham stated at Stafford yesterday that the Socialist victory in ...

    Article : 92 words
  27. THE TREVASCUS TRAGEDY.

    A conclusion was reached to-day of the trial at the Central Criminal Court of Campbell Nairn Moir on the charge of having murdered Henry Trevascus at ...

    Article : 335 words
  28. A HUSBAND'S SUICIDE.

    The Coroner held an inquest to-day on the body of Edwin Walter Oliver, aged 38 years, which occurred on Sunday from arsenical poisoning. ...

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  29. CHINESE REVOLUTION. BOMB OUTRAGES.

    During the past five days 32 bomb outrages have been perpetrated at Mukden, in Manchuria. ...

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  30. HOME RULE. MR. CHURCHILL'S MEETING.

    As Mr. Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, is still unable to secure a hall in Belfast in which to address the Home Rule demonstration ...

    Article : 52 words
  31. JAPANESE FLEET MOVEMENTS.

    The Japanese Fleet has arrived at Port Arthur, ostensibly for winter man[?]uvres, but it is believed the object is to watch the revolutionary cruisers and ...

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  32. PRIME MINISTER'S MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE.

    When the Prime Minister learned of the death of the Duke of Fife, he sent a message to the Governor-General, asking him to convey, on behalf of the ...

    Article : 58 words
  33. SHIPPING DISASTER

    The steamer Genoa, 1,942 tons, belonging to Messrs. Wilson and Sons Limited, has been missing for some days, and it is feared that she has been ...

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  34. REIGN OF TERROR.

    There is a reign of terror in Mukden. Revolutionary suspects are being arrested nightly, and executed. The last victims include the President of the ...

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  35. HOME RULE.

    The conference of the Federal Protestant Defence Association Council has agreed that in view of the present events in Great Britain, it would be opportune ...

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  36. A[?]MS OF THE NATIONALISTS.

    Mr. Patrick White, the Nationalist member for North Mayo, addressed a meeting at Carlow last night, and, in the course of his speech stated that the ...

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  37. REFERENCE AT WOMEN LIBERALS' SOCIAL.

    At the social held last evening in the Town-hall in connection with the interState Conference of Women Liberals, which was concluded yesterday, ...

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  38. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The first series of the London wool sales were continued to-day, when there was another good attendance of Home, American, and Continental buyers. A ...

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  39. "STARVATION DOCTOR."

    The remarkable charge of murder by starvation was again investigated yesterday by the Criminal Court at Seattle, the capital of Washington State, ...

    Article : 113 words
  40. WEST COAST TRAINS.

    Today the curtained train service instituted by the Commissioner (Mr G. W. Smith) on the Zeehan-Strahan line commenced, to the general disgust of ...

    Article : 258 words
  41. HURRICANE IN THE FIJIS

    Wireless telegraphy between Suva and Labassa has now been restored, and reports received state that there was a hurricane, with heavy floods, on ...

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  42. RUSSIA AND PERSIA.

    Mr. Morgan Shuster, the late Treasurer-General in Persia, who was dismissed from his post owing to tho representations of the Russian Government, ...

    Article : 110 words
  43. GENERAL TELEGRAMS

    At a special meeting of the Hospital Board last night Mr. C. H. Stitz was elected chairman for the ensuing term. The Police Magistrate (Mr. E. W. ...

    Article : 316 words
  44. EARTHQUAKE, FLOOD AND FROST.

    The floods following extraordinary rains in the valley of the Thames, submerging the streets of Maidenhead, and isolating hundreds of cottages, have ...

    Article : 74 words
  45. THE DEFENCE FORCES.

    Mr. A. J. S. Hutchinson, of Tasmania, was one of the successful candidates for admission to the Royal Australian Military College. ...

    Article : 309 words
  46. COMMONWEALTH OFFICES.

    Referring this evening to the sale of the site in the Strand for the [?]rection of the Commonwealth offices in London, the "Westminster Gazette" says it ...

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  47. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    The "Morning Post" (Unionist) refers to-day to the proposals made by Mr. G. E. Foster, the Canadian Minister of Trade and Commerce, for reciprocity ...

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  48. FIRE IN LONDON.

    A disastrous fire occurred last night at a domicile in the Mile End-road, East End of London. Five children were in the house at the time, and two ...

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  49. THE NUN'S VOW.

    A fire broke out last night in the St. Claire Convent at Lapny, and, although the confiagration was raging, the nuns, in order to keep to the rule of the ...

    Article : 82 words
  50. GENERAL CABLES. A PRISONER'S ESCAPE.

    A prisoner named Devos, who was sentenced to-day to five years imprisonment,escaped by means of a wire ladder, which accomplices lowered to ...

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  51. ROCKSLIDE IN CANADA.

    Sir Donald Mann, the vice-president of the Canadian Northern, Canadian Northern Ontario, and the Halifax and South-West Railway Companies, had a ...

    Article : 67 words
  52. FIRE AT A BRUSHMAKERS.

    The brushmakers' woodware establishment of Mr. A. Gerbes, at Richmond, was destroyed by fire to-night. The damage is estimated at£3,500. ...

    Article : 99 words
  53. HAIR GUT AND SHAVE

    It is announced that on and after February 5 the hairdressers of Sydney will charge 4d. for a shave, and 9d. for hair-cutting. The increases were decided ...

    Article : 81 words
  54. BREADSTUFFS.

    Eight thousand quarters of Australian wheat from the three ports, January shipment, have been sold at 37s. 6d. per quarter, and 16,000 quarters at 37s. ...

    Article : 60 words
  55. ROWING.

    Many experiments are being tried in the forming of the Oxford and Cambridge University crews for the annual race. Arbuthnot, of Cambridge, has ...

    Article : 57 words
  56. GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY

    The Berlin newspapers report to-day a probable change in the London Ambassadorship, with a view to improving Anglo-British relations. It is stated ...

    Article : 60 words
  57. A BELATED FORTUNE.

    H. M. Forbes, a book-keeper of Tacoma, in the State of Washington, committed suicide yesterday owing to financial troubles, and to-day news arrived ...

    Article : 49 words
  58. PRUSSIAN LOAN.

    The Prussian loan of £21,000,000 at 4 per cent. has been over-subscribed. ...

    Article : 17 words
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