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  2. NEWSPAPER LIBEL ACTION.

    The hearing of the claim for damages brought by Robert Donald McKenzie, honorary Minister in the Wilson Government, against S. E. ...

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  3. COMMONWEALTH OFFICER

    Mr. Batchelor, referring to-day to the acquisition of a site in the Strand for the .London offices, said all the State Premiers had agreed ...

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  4. TRANSPORT WORKERS' STRIKES

    The strike on the North-Eastern Railway has ended, and the normal service is being restored. The Bristol and Avonmouth ...

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  5. THE EUROPEAN SITUATION

    Further insurances against the risk of war between certain European Powers within three months have been transacted at Lloyd's ...

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  6. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET

    E. L. Jessop, the hard-hitting Gloucestershire batsman, has declined the invitation of the Marylebone Cricket Club to join the English ...

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  7. THE CANADIAN ELECTIONS.

    The feeling of hostility to Sir Wilfrid. Laurier at Quebec is increasing. The Nationalists are accusing Sir Wilfrid Laurier of departing from ...

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  8. THE TRIANGULAR MATCHES.

    The Advisory Committee have recommended that the question of playing one of the triangular test matches in 1912 at Birmingham be ...

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  9. MATCH FOR AUSTRALIANS.

    The annual Scarborough Festival is to include a three days' match between a team of Australian cricketers, who are now in England, and ...

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  10. RIOTS CONTINUE IN WALES.

    Rioting has occurred at Bargoed, in Glamorganshire, Wales. Twelve English and Jewish shops were wrecked and looted. ...

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  11. WOMAN CHARGED WITH FRAUD.

    Mrs. Ethel Campbell was remanded at the Bow-street Police Court to-day, on a charge of fraudulently obtaining £150 from Mrs. Foote, a ...

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  12. THE COUNTY MATCHES.

    A most exciting finish was witnessed to-day in a match between Surrey and Kent. Surrey, in their first innings ...

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  13. RIOTS IN DERBYSHIRE.

    Fierce rioting is reported from Alfreton, in Derbyshire, and from several towns in the Erewash Valley, through which the Midland Railway ...

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  14. THE EMPIRE'S FUTURE.

    Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, in a, preface to Archdeacon Cunningham's book, "The Case Against Free-trade," agues that the Empire's ...

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  15. SLY GROG PROSECUTION

    Cr. George Leighton, shire president, was proceeded against at the Wodonga Police Court to-day on the charge that he, being the holder of ...

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  16. THE LIVERPOOL TRAMWAYS.

    The Liverpool tramway employees were reinstated in the carriage works and powerhouses, but the masters refused to reinstate the drivers. ...

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  17. HEAT WAVE IN ENGLAND.

    Owing to the hot weather London's death rate last week was 537 above the average, and 69 infants under the age of two years ...

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  18. MR. ASQUITH ACCUSED OF

    Mr. Herbert Emery, a member of the Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Union Congress, addressing the railway men at Hanley several ...

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  19. THE LEADING COUNTIES.

    In the county championship matches, Warwickshire is now leading, with Kent in second place and Middlesex third. ...

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  20. METAL TRADE IN GERMANY

    Acting on the proposal of the Thuringian Metal Manufacturers' Federation, a general lock-out in German metal trades has been ...

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  21. THE DURHAM COAL MINERS.

    A conference of the Durham coal mines has been called for September 2 to consider the advisability of urging the Federation to demand a ...

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  22. PITCHED BATTLE WITH ROBBERS.

    A policeman accosted three house-breakers at daylight in a back street. The latter fired and wounded the policeman, who died shortly ...

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  23. PORTUGUESE AFFAIRS.

    The salary of the President of Portugal has been fixed at £5300 per annum. Payment of members has been ...

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  24. FEDERAL BANK NOTES

    The Federal Treasurer was asked to-night whether any measure would be introduced during the coming session to alter the amount of gold ...

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  25. THE RAILWAY COMMISSION.

    The Railway Commission commenced its inquiries to-day, sitting in camera. The railway men's executive have ...

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  26. CHOLERA AT CONSTANTINOPLE.

    An outbreak of cholera has taken place in Constantinople. As a precautionary measure against the spreading of the malady, all schools ...

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  27. CHINAMAN CONVICTED

    In the Criminal Court to-day Sara Yick, a Chinese, was charged with an offence against Nellie Matthews, a girl under the age of 16 years. ...

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  28. LOSS CAUSED BY STRIKE.

    It is stated that the North-Eastern Railway Company's loss through the strike is £70,000 and that the loss to the coal trade, including wages, is ...

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  29. THE DELHI DURBAR.

    The military manoeuvres at Delhi, which were to have taken place prior to the Coronation Durbar, have been cancelled owing to the drought. ...

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  30. THE MINIMUM WAGE PRINCIPLE.

    A correspondent at Darlington states that the doctrine of a minimum wage is firmly held by the old railway men. They are familiar ...

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  31. STRIKE INSURANCE RISKS.

    The underwriters have scored heavily in the settlement over strike insurance risks. Comparatively few claims have ...

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  32. RECIPROCAL TRADE WITH CANADA.

    Mr. Joseph Martin, Liberal member for East St. Pancras in the British House of Commons, is carrying on a campaign in favour of ...

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  33. STRIKES ENDED AT MANCHESTER.

    The last of the Manchester strikes has ended, 1000 labourers employed by an engineering firm obtaining a minimum of £l weekly. ...

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  34. INCENDIARISM AT CORK

    The men employed in two factories at Cork struck work to-day and set fire to the factories. ...

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  35. PREVENTION OF FUTURE STRIKES.

    The Short Sea traders and their employees have signed ,an agreement. One clause prohibits strikes and compels the men to refer any ...

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  36. STATE ELECTIONS

    A public meeting will be held in Hannan-street to-morrow evening (Saturday) under the auspices of the E.G. District Council of the ...

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  37. PERSONAL ITEMS

    His Excellency Sir Gerald Strick-land left by the express for Perth last night. Mr. R. Strelitz. consul for Sweden ...

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  38. THE OUTLOOK AT LIVERPOOL.

    A Liverpool deputation, headed by Mr. Tom Mann, met the National Transport Workers' Federation in London last night The latter ...

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  39. GREAT GOLD RUSH.

    Advices from Dawson City, the centre of the Klondyke goldfields, states that a great strike of placer gold is reported from McLintock ...

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  40. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY.

    Sir James Mills, chairman and managing director of the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, has concluded a contract with ...

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  41. AUSTRALIAN CADETS.

    The Australian cadets, who visited London in connection with the coronation of King George IV., have given several life-saving displays at ...

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  42. HANNANS SEAT.

    A largely attended meeting of the friends and supporters of the selected Labour candidate for Hannans, Mr. S. W. Munsie, was held at the ...

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  43. AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS.

    Two additional Dreadnoughts will be placed in commission in September. The displacement of each is 21,825 tons, and the main ...

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  44. WATERLOGGED STEAMER.

    The American four-masted barquentine Amazon from Puget Sound with a full cargo of timber, is overdue at Sydney by about 30 days. ...

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  45. SHOCK AND EXPOSURE.

    Henry Clarkson, a labourer, was going home to Beecroft last night when he fell and fractured his leg. He. was unable to move, and he lay ...

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  46. LONDON AND NORTH-WEST RAILWAY.

    A ballot of the railway men at Crewe resulted in an overwhelming majority in favour or a strike unless the London and North-Western Bail. ...

    Article : 57 words
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