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  2. WAGES BOARDS.

    The determination of the Wages Board for carpenters and joiners' is issued in to-day's "Gazette" as follows:— Wages.—The minimum rate of wages ...

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  3. HOME RULE. THE ATTITUDE OF ULSTER.

    The Orangemen of Ulster continue to drill and the carrying out of route marches on a large scale forms a special part of the training. ...

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  4. MAILMAN'S TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

    On Saturday disastrous bush fires were burning throughout Drouin and a good deal of damage to grass and fencing resulted. ...

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  5. BRITAIN AND GERMANY. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL'S SPEECH.

    The "Borsen Courier," a daily newspaper published in Berlin, states that Dr. von Bothmann-Hollweg, the Imperial Chancellor, and Herr von ...

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  6. THE WILLY-WILLY.

    Owing to the telegraph lines being down north of Roebourne very little additional news was received to-day in regard to last week's disastrous ...

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  7. GREAT COAL STRIKE. THE WIDESPREAD DISTRESS.

    At a mass meeting of miners which was held to-day at Benton, in Northumberland, a resolution was passed condemning the Minimum Wage Bill. ...

    Article : 164 words
  8. PERSONAL.

    Mr. Justice McIntyre leaves for Launceston, this morning for the purpose of presiding at a special court for the hearing of appeals against the land and ...

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  9. THE DANGER TO THE STATE.

    Professor Alfred Marshall, formerly professor of political economy at Cambridge University, and Professor Washley, point out the grave danger to the ...

    Article : 55 words
  10. SHORTAGE AT RIO.

    Merchants at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have notified the shipping companies that their supplies of coal are exhausted. ...

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  11. PREPARATION OF THE BILL.

    On Saturday, Mr. John Redmond, the leader of the Nationalists, and Messrs. T. P. O'Connor, M.P., and John Dillon, M.P., had a conference ...

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  12. ARTISANS' DWELLINGS.

    The Municipal Council of Paris recommends the flotation of a loan of £8,000,000 for the purpose of providing cheap dwellings for artizans. ...

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  13. NATIONALIST APPEAL FOR FUNDS.

    The Nationalists are asking for funds to counteract the Ulster campaign against Home Rule. The Orangemen have raised £50,000, and hope to ...

    Article : 65 words
  14. FRENCH WEALTH.

    The French, Government placed on the market on Saturday, a loan for £12,000,000 at par. The money is to be devoted to carrying out reforms on ...

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  15. GENERAL STRIKE URGED.

    The Transport Workers' Federation and the Sailors' and Firemen's Union are being urged to join in a general strike in retaliation for the arrest of ...

    Article : 64 words
  16. ARRIVAL OF THE RUNIC.

    The big White Star liner Runic, 12,482 tons, arrived at Hobart at 10 a.m. yesterday, and berthed at Queen's Pier. She left Port Melbourne at 11 ...

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  17. INTER-STATE STEAMER OVERDUE. ANXIETY FOR THE KOOMBANA.

    The Premier received a telegram from the Resident Magistrate of Broome tonight, stating that the Adelaide Steam Ship Company's steamer Koombana, ...

    Article : 82 words
  18. LONDON UNIVERSITY.

    Another anonymous donor has given £70,000 to the London University fund. The total amount now subscribed is £305,000. The sum required is £1,000, ...

    Article : 34 words
  19. PERSIAN AFFAIRS.

    Salar-ed-Dowleh, the uncle of the Shah of Persia, who took a prominent part in trying to regain the throne for the ex-Shah, refuses the suggestion of ...

    Article : 58 words
  20. HOPES OF EARLY SETTLEMENT DISPELLED.

    The alliance between the members occunving the front benches in the House of Commons against inserting in the Miners' Minimum Wage Bill the ...

    Article : 114 words
  21. THE DARDANELLES.

    Owing to the war between Italy and Turkey, the authorities of the latter country laid mines in the Dardanelles, but porpoises have been the means of ...

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  22. NO RESPONSE TO WIRELESS INQUIRIES.

    Grave anxiety for the safety of the steamer Koombana, which left Port Hedland for Broome on Wednesday last is now entertained. ...

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  23. STRIKE OF SCAVENGERS.

    A strike of the Adelaide Corporation employees, who demand 12s. 6d. a day, began in carnest to-day, when the general scavenging of the city was ...

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  24. AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

    In a speech at Portland, Maine, Mr. Roosevelt bitterly attacked President Taft for being not only unprogressive, but reactionary. He said the ...

    Article : 67 words
  25. GENERAL CABLES.

    The British Indian Steam Navigation Co. has acquired the Eastern fleet of steamers belonging to Messrs. Apear and Co., Of Calcutta. ...

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  26. ECONOMISING GAS.

    To-day the churches and chapels in many country districts, with a view to saving gas, are to hold their services in the afternoon instead of in the ...

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  27. THE ACUTE DISTRESS.

    Yesterday 6,000 people at Birmingham attended the Corporation yards for the purpose of purchasing coke, which was sold in two pennyworths. ...

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  28. DEATH OF A CHINAMAN.

    William O'Reilly was charged at the Central Criminal Court to-day with the murder of a Chinese named Sen Gong. ...

    Article : 97 words
  29. FIGHTING IN MOROCCO.

    Fighting has been renewed in Morocco between the Spaniards and the Moors. After the former had occupied positions overlooking the Lower Kert, ...

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  30. ARBITRATION.

    At the annual dinner of members of the International Arbitration League last night, Lord Robson, a judge of the Court of Appeal, said that the ...

    Article : 72 words
  31. SPEECHES BY LABOUR LEADERS.

    Addressing about 5,000 miners at Castleford yesterday, Mr. Herbert Smith, the president of the Yorkshire Miners' Association, stated that no Tory ...

    Article : 265 words
  32. AVIATION.

    Two aviators attached to the Russian Army School at Sebastopol met with death yesterday. They ascended in a machine, which collapsed. ...

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  33. BACKING A HORSE.

    The Archbishop of Adelaide (the Right Rev. Dr. O'Beilly), in the course of an address on "The Religious Agitator," in opening a new school for the ...

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  34. ZEEHAN SMELTERS ACCIDENT

    The inquest on the body of Tasman Robert Beard, the victim of the blasting accident at Zeehan Smelters on the 17th hist., was held to-day, before the ...

    Article : 271 words
  35. FINANCIAL

    A company called "Fanning Island Limited" has been registered in London for the purpose of developing the phosphate deposits on the island, and ...

    Article : 53 words
  36. RIVAL WIRELESS SYSTEMS.

    In connection with the proceedings which have been instituted by the Marconi Wireless Company against the Commonwealth Government, claiming ...

    Article : 218 words
  37. SHIPPING DISASTER.

    A fishing boat belonging to Almeira; the South Coast Spanish port, foundered yesterday in a gale off the coast, and all the occupants were drowned. ...

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  38. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    When the news reached Christiania of Captain Amundsen's successful expedition to the South Pole, the Premier (Herr Bratlie) announced that the ...

    Article : 86 words
  39. THE REVOLT IN PARAGUAY.

    In the many desperate actions which were fought during last week around Ascunsion, the capital of Paraguay, and which ended in the defeat of the ...

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  40. N.S.W. POLITICS. LOCAL CONSTRUCTION OF ENGINES.

    In reply to a question, the Legislative Assembly was informed to-day that from 1904 up to the, 20th inst. 333 new engines were put into use on the ...

    Article : 119 words
  41. COLLIERS RETURNING TO WORK.

    Three hundred colliers at Chirk, in North Wales, have returned to work. ...

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  42. DEVONPORT HARBOUR WORKS

    The dredge Davenport arrived at Devonport at 7 o'clock to-night in tow of the s.s. Marrawah, after a good trip, and was safely moored. Mr. Ross ...

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  43. SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.

    Mr. H. C. Hull, the Minister of Finance in the South African Union Assembly, presented the Budget yesterday. The figures submitted showed ...

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  44. NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.

    A number of accidents, several of which have been fatal, have been caused in various districts by men out of work getting coal from outcrop seams. ...

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  45. THE KAISER.

    The Kaiser's visit to Vienna is of the most private character, in order to spare the Emperor Francis Joseph unnecessary fatigue. To-day the Kaiser ...

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  46. FOOTPADS IN MELBOURNE.

    Mr. Samuel Peacock has reported to the police that while he and his wife were walking from South Yarra to East Melbourne on Saturday evening ...

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  47. THE LOSSES OF THE WORKERS.

    Since the strike began the miners have lost 23,000,000 working days, and £5,850,000 in wages. Employees in other trades have lost 12,000,000 days ...

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  48. BREACH OF PROMISE CASE

    The Prothonotary of the Supreme Court to-day assessed damages in the breach of promise case brought by Lydia Peel against Edward Riley. The ...

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  49. PARIS TAXI-CAB DRIVERS. ATTEMPT TO FLOAT A LOAN.

    The Paris taxi-cab drivers, who are now on strike, are attempting to float a strike loan, and are asking the trades unions to subscribe to it. ...

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  50. THE ARBITRATION BILL.

    The Assembly and the Council met in conference to-night regarding the disagreement of the Assembly from the Upper House amendments in the ...

    Article : 109 words
  51. GERMAN DEFENCES.

    The Berlin Conservative newspapers refer to the German Navy and Army Bills which have been published, and state that, although the latter measure ...

    Article : 96 words
  52. THE MINIMUM WAGE.

    The coal mineowners in South Wales explain that the rate of 2s. a day for boys is a small matter, but the demand for 5s. a day for adults is important, as ...

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  53. MINERS WAGES AT ZEEHAN.

    The conference between the local mine managers and Mr. T. Jude (general president), Mr. James McDonald (president of the Tasmanian executive), ...

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  54. DESPERATE FIGHT.

    A desperate light took place yesterday between the strikers and "blacklegs." Twelve men were seriously wounded, and one of them died of his ...

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  55. THE TARIFF REVISION.

    Prior to the last revision of the tariff the Minister for Customs asked the manufacturers who desired better protection to fill in the schedules he sent ...

    Article : 113 words
  56. COMBINATION AGAINST LABOUR.

    The "Daily News" says to-day that there are powerful groups of both Liberal and Conservative employers in the House of Commons in favour of ...

    Article : 190 words
  57. A QUEENSLAND TRAGEDY.

    Mr. James Prendergast, proprietor, of the Yangan Hotel, was brought into Warwick to-day. Suffering from gunshot wounds in the groin and abdomen. ...

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  58. DEVONPORT MATTERS.

    The Devonport Municipal Council met this afternoon, but little business of consequence was transacted. A discussion took place with regard to the ...

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  59. ELECTRICITY.

    Sir William Ramsay, the Professor of Chemistry at the University College, London, in an address on Saturday to the members of the Smoke Abatement ...

    Article : 98 words
  60. GOVERNOR ASSASSINATED.

    A Greek at Vathy, the capital of the Turkish island of Samos, off the coast of Asia Minor, has assassinated Kopassas Effendi, the Governor of the island. ...

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  61. BUSHMAN'S DEATH.

    Ralph Davies, 45, sleeper-hewer, was cutting a tree at Mornington, when a dead limb lying against it fell, and a piece of it went right through his ...

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  62. MANDAMUS FOR WINE LICENSE

    The State Treasurer (Mr. Watt) was to-day served with a copy of the mandamus granted on Friday by Mr. Justice a'Beckett, calling on him to issue ...

    Article : 60 words
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