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  2. A CANDIDATE'S STONEWALL.

    Mr. J. Earle, M. H. A. leader of the Labour party, addressed a meeting of the Franklin elcctors at Sandfly, last night There was a large attendance, over 200 ...

    Article : 141 words
  3. THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. OPENING OF A MOMENTOUS SESSION.

    The House of Commons reassembled on St. Valentine's The festival might have well added a touch of sentimental graciousness, which wasm in point of fact. ...

    Article : 302 words
  4. TOM MANN ARRESTED.

    Tom Mann, the Socialist agitator, was arrested yesterday, in connection with a speech made by him at Salford, in which he associated himself with an ...

    Article : 47 words
  5. GREAT COAL STRIKE. MINIMUM WAGE BILL IN THE COMMONS.

    The guardians of the poor at Wakefield, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, are granting non-unionists 5s. a week each during the present crisis in the ...

    Article : 120 words
  6. POWER OF ARBITRATION COURT.

    In the Federated Enginedrivers' and Fircmen's Association special case in the High Court today. Mr. Duffy, K.C., for the Commonwealth, argued that the ...

    Article : 237 words
  7. NAVAL DEFENCE. THE BRITISH ESTIMATES.

    The exposition of British naval policy made by Mr. Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, when introducing the naval estimates in the ...

    Article : 84 words
  8. RAILWAY LOSSES.

    The losses by the railway companies through the strike in the coal trade already exceed £500,000. ...

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  9. PERSONAL.

    Vice-Admiral Sir Goo. F. King-Hall arrived in Launceston yesterday by the express from Hobart on a visit to the Governor, Sir Harry Barron, who is ...

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  10. MINERS' FUNDS EXHAUSTED.

    The funds of the North Wales miners are exhausted, and the smallness of the strike pay in South Wales is causing a great deal of dissatisfaction among the ...

    Article : 53 words
  11. THE ARCTIC.

    Captain Sedoff, of the Russian navy, is organising an expedition for the Arctic, and starts in the summer for Franz Josef Land, from where he will ...

    Article : 44 words
  12. AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

    Senator Beveridge is strongly supporting Mr. Roosevelt's candidature for the Presidency, asserting that President Taft will do nothing with the ...

    Article : 84 words
  13. COMMENTS GENERALLY UNFAVOURABLE.

    The German Press comments on Mr. Churchill's speech are generally unfavourable, and resent as a presumption his instruction to Germany on her naval ...

    Article : 161 words
  14. GENERAL CABLES. BREADSTUFFS.

    The cargo of Australian wheat by the Potomac has been sold at 38s. per quarter. ...

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  15. THE DREDGE DISPUTE.

    An interesting development regarding the Ulverstone dredge problem occurred to-day. The Master Warden of the Mersey Marine Board. (Mr. Ingledew) ...

    Article : 282 words
  16. PITS FLOODED.

    Several pits at Swansea have been flooded owing to the suspension of pumping operations. Two of the collieries in the district, employing ...

    Article : 34 words
  17. COAL SHORTAGE IN AMERICA.

    The coal shortage in America threatens the navy's supplies, and the secretary of the navy (Mr. G. L. Meyer) has arranged for a. conference with the ...

    Article : 52 words
  18. SCULLING.

    On behalf of Richard Arnst, the champion sculler of the world, who is on his way to England to row Ernest Barry, the first deposit of the stake was paid ...

    Article : 37 words
  19. THE HEAL CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.

    Mr. D. A. Thomas, the managing director of the Cambrian. Combine and other colliery companies in South Wales, states in a letter in to-day's ...

    Article : 168 words
  20. AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

    Several tnousand people witnessed the departure of the R.M.S. Otway from Port Melbourne this afternoon. The steamen had a full passenger list, and members ...

    Article : 289 words
  21. AN OLIVE BRANCH FOR GERMANY.

    But overshadowing this element of party strife was the troubled international situation. Contrary to expectation, the King's speech made no reference ...

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  22. SMALL HOLDINGS IN IRELAND.

    Notice of the compulsory acquisition of land in Galway, belonging to the Ricardo family, was published in the "Dublin Gazette" yesterday. The ...

    Article : 44 words
  23. INCOME TAX IN AMERICA.

    An Excise Bill providing for the taxation of every person's income in the United States, if the amount exceeds £1,000 a year, has been adopted by the ...

    Article : 60 words
  24. APPROVAL IN FRANCE.

    The newspapers in France comment upon Mr. Churchill's speech, and appiove of his outspoken utterances. ...

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  25. AUSTRALIAN TRADER LAUNCHED.

    The steamer Clan McEuon, which has been built for the Australian trade, was successfully launched yesterday at Hebburn, on Tyne. ...

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  26. TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYERS.

    The, "Standard" states to-day that Germany has purchased twelve 33-knot tornedo-boat destroyers which were privately completed at the Schichan yard ...

    Article : 55 words
  27. THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL."

    The "Freeman's Journal," the organ of the Nationalist party in Ireland, has been passed over to the control of a Nationalist committee. Mr. Thomas ...

    Article : 34 words
  28. TURCO-ITALIAN WAR.

    The Rome correspondent of "The Times" states that the Italian peaco terms with Turkey demand the recognition of Italian sovereignty in Tripoli ...

    Article : 107 words
  29. MINIMUM WAGE BILL

    The House of Commons was crowded this afternoon when Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, introduced the bill making provision for the payment of a ...

    Article : 774 words
  30. THE POLICY OF CANADA.

    Mr. H. L. Borden, the Prime Minister of, Canada, made a statement at Ottawa to-day in regard to the naval policy of the Dominion. He said that the ...

    Article : 382 words
  31. P. AND 0. STOCK.

    Yesterday deferred stock in the P. and 0. Shipping Co. spurted to £285 on the strength of rumours of a general consolidation in Far Eastern ...

    Article : 33 words
  32. LITHGOW INDUSTRIAL TROUBLE.

    At least 500 men are reported to be idle in Sydney, owing to the refusal on the part of unionists to handle iron from Lithgow, where the industrial ...

    Article : 76 words
  33. WEST AUSTRALIAN CADETS.

    The cadets who are visiting London under the auspices of the West Australian branch of the Young Australia League were entertained yesterday at ...

    Article : 39 words
  34. BOILER EXPLOSION.

    An expert is inquring into the cause of the dreadful explosion which occurred on Monday in a locomotive shed belonging to the Southern Pacific Railway ...

    Article : 120 words
  35. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    An ordinance was approved to-day by the Federal Executive Council dealing with the conditions of leasing the Crown lands in the Northern ...

    Article : 519 words
  36. GERMAN COLLIERS.

    The, strike of the miners at Bochum, which is in the middle of the Ruhr coalfield, was declared off yesterday by the members attending a district ...

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  37. COAL VEND CASE.

    Appeals have been lodged in the High Court against the judgment of Mr. Justice Isaacs in what is known as tho coal vend case. ...

    Article : 62 words
  38. FRANCE AND MOROCCO.

    Yesterday the French Chamber of Deputies voted 60,000,000 francs for military operations in Morocco. ...

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  39. N.S.W. POLITICS. INCREASING SALARIES OF MEMBERS.

    The Legislative Assembly sat until late this morning, and carried, by 16 votes to 21, the second reading, of a bill increasing members salaries to £500 a year. ...

    Article : 112 words
  40. BOMB FACTORY IN OPORTO.

    Bombs which had boen manufactured in a barter's shop at Oporto exploded yesterday, and wrecked four houses. The bodies of four people have so far ...

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  41. STRIKE AT MEAT WORKS.

    A strike of about 80 workers engaged in the meat preserving branch of the Imperial Freezing Works, Footscray, took place to-day. ...

    Article : 174 words
  42. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    According to the Minister of Labour in New South Wales (Mr. Beeby), it is the intention of his Government to import 2,003 railway men from Great Britain. ...

    Article : 168 words
  43. MEDITERRANEAN BATTLE SQUADRON.

    In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty; stated that a Mediterranean Battle Squadron would ...

    Article : 36 words
  44. GERMAN AFFAIRS. KAISER DINES AT FRENCH EMBASSY.

    Yesterday, the Kaiser of Germany dined with M. Jules Cambon, the French Ambassador. This is only the second occasion upon which an Emperor ...

    Article : 48 words
  45. THE ARBITRATION BILL.

    The Legislative Council's Amendments to the Industrial Arbitration Bill were considered. Mr. Beeby asked the House to accept ...

    Article : 170 words
  46. MR. CHURCHILL ON THE NAVY.

    The difficulty of dealing safely and burch with these vast problems on a public platform is well evidenced by Mr. Winston, Churchill's speech at Glasgow ...

    Article : 1,153 words
  47. RUSSIA AND PERSIA.

    The Rusaian Court-Martial at Tabriz, in Persia, has, since the troubles begun, sentenced 37 peoplo to death, and the Acting Governor, of Azer-Baijan has ...

    Article : 46 words
  48. THREATENED POLITICAL CRISIS.

    The Kaiser intended to leave to-day for Corfu, via Vienna, but' suddenly postponed his departure. Tho postponement was caused, it is ...

    Article : 51 words
  49. THE TRANSCONTINENTAL LINE.

    Advertisements will appeal either in this or next week's Commonwealth Gazette for tenders for 2,300,000 sleepers for the trancontinental railway. ...

    Article : 314 words
  50. THE TRAMWAY BADGE.

    In the Adelaide Police Court to-morrow morning the Municipal Tramways Trust will proceed against H. S. Clark, one of the organisers for the United ...

    Article : 80 words
  51. FINANCIAL AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND BANK SHARES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 73 words
  52. AVIATION. WAR IN THE AIR.

    Messrs. Vickers, Sons, and, Maxim have carried out successful tests with a quick-firing gun, which can be easily carried on aeroplanes. ...

    Article : 32 words
  53. LEGISLATIVE, COUNCIL AND ARBITRATION.

    The Legislative Council received the Arbitration Bill back from the Assembly to-night, and it was recognised that the matter of amendments would have to be ...

    Article : 172 words
  54. BOMB-DROPPING BY THE ITALIANS.

    Yesterday an Italian aeroplane ascended at Ben Ghazi. in Tripoli. and from it bombs were dropped in to the cano of the Truks and Arabs. The ...

    Article : 106 words
  55. THE STATUTORY.HALF HOLIDAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 152 words
  56. BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.

    The report of the directors ot the Bank of Australasia show s that the deposits amount to £17,414,474, cash and securities to £8,079,677, and bills ...

    Article : 36 words
  57. PROVINCIAL PRESS CONFERENCE.

    The Australasian Provincial Press Conference came to a close yesterday. Resolutions were passed protesting against the provisions of the Federal ...

    Article : 81 words
  58. WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS.

    Mr. Sydney Buxton, the President of the Board o. Trade, one of the members of the British Ministry who have hitherto supported the extension of the ...

    Article : 95 words
  59. HEIR TO MILLIONS.

    A well-known farmer in the Clutha district of Otago, named William Taylor, claims to be heir to an estate of £5,000, 000 left by a near relative, who has just ...

    Article : 61 words
  60. REMARKABLE ACCIDENT TO A BALLOON.

    Yesterday at strasburg in Alsace raine, a balloon in which there were two German officers, broke from her morings, and drifted to Bischeim, two ...

    Article : 76 words
  61. GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN SYDNEY.

    The Prime Minister (Hon. A. Fisher). asked to-day if the position with regard to the Federal Government House in sydney had been altered, replied that ...

    Article : 80 words
  62. RIOTS.

    Yesterday there were riots though not of a serious nature, among the miners at Bell's Hill, in Lanarkshire, and in South Derbyshire and St. ...

    Article : 29 words
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