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  2. CHOLERA-STRICKEN RUSSIA.

    The outbreak of cholera in Russia continues unabated. At St. Petersburg 179 serious cases are reported, this being a record. The prevalence of the epidemic in ...

    Article : 43 words
  3. A STRIKE DECLARED.

    The foundry and workshop employes of Messrs. A. M. Simpson & Son to the number of about 300 are out on strike to-day as the result of a meeting held on ...

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  4. LABOR TROUBLES.

    A conference lasting two hours was held yesterday in connection with the strike of the drillers and caulkens in the Govan Dry Dock on the Clyde. The men have arranged ...

    Article : 133 words
  5. BOOT TRADE AWARD.

    Mr. A. Long, general secretary of the Australian Boot Trade Employes' Federation, said the award was now deemed to be very satisfactory to the employers. One ...

    Article : 238 words
  6. COLLISION OF TRAINS.

    A serious accident occurred yesterday to a train on which Sir Wilfrid Laurier. Premier of Canada, and Mr. G. P. Graham were travelling on the Canadian Pacific ...

    Article : 108 words
  7. BRITISH POLITICS.

    A memorial expressing gratitude for the Budget of 1900-10, and urging the Government to [?] legislation respecting land valuation, making the valuation accessible ...

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  8. BARBAROUS BEGGARS

    The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Morning Leader" describes an extraordinary outrage on the part of Russian beggars at Kr[?]. An educated girl[?] ...

    Article : 87 words
  9. THE TRAIN MURDER.

    Notwithstanding a vigorous and widespread agitation for the commutation of the death sentence the Government have decided that the law shall take its course ...

    Article : 447 words
  10. LAWN TENNIS.

    Messrs. Dixon, Mavrogordato, and A. Lowe have been selected to represent England in the international lawn tennis contest for the Davis Challenge Cup. They ...

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  11. JACK JOHNSON.

    Jack Johnson, the colored pugilist, who lately defeated James Jeffries in a match for the championship of the world, is purchasing with his share of the proceeds Mr. ...

    Article : 75 words
  12. THE FRENCH VINTAGE.

    The vignerons are in a bad way. The vineyards in many districts have been devastated by the heavy rainfall, while half the yield in the Bordeaux district has been ...

    Article : 56 words
  13. STRIKE AT HAMBURG.

    Upwards of 10,000 hands employed in the shipbuilding yards in this town have struck work, in consequence of the refusal of the employers to shorten the hours of labor ...

    Article : 44 words
  14. AVIATION.

    The aviation meeting at Blackpool, in Lancashire, has been a disastrous failure, and the Lancashire Aero Club, under whose auspices the meeting was held, have lost ...

    Article : 41 words
  15. A STEAMER FOUNDERS.

    The Canadian Pacific Company's steamship Princess May, with 150 souls aboard[?] struck a rock near Alaska yesterday and was so greatly damaged that she sank ...

    Article : 49 words
  16. APPRENTICES.

    In an interview after the award was given Mr. T. N. Harkness, one of the employers, said to a representative of "The Advertiser[?]:—"The award was agreed to ...

    Article : 336 words
  17. JAPANESE AIRMEN.

    The Japanese Government are determined to make an important feature of aviation for military purposes. They are sending 25 officers to Berlin to learn the ...

    Article : 54 words
  18. HEARTS OF OAK SOCIETY.

    The directors of the Hearts of Oak Benefit Society state that they have a reserve fund of £3,752,000. A deficiency would exist only if the society should be called ...

    Article : 55 words
  19. TRADE UNION FUNDS.

    The Miners' Federation, now in session, yesterday adopted a resolution protesting against the recent legal decisions prohibiting the use of trade union funds for ...

    Article : 93 words
  20. CAPTAIN COOK.

    An earnest appeal is made by Admiral Sir N. Bowden-Smith[?] through the columns of the "Times," to "lovers of the Empire" to raise a fund for the erection in ...

    Article : 53 words
  21. DISAFFECTED INDIA.

    Vigorous efforts are being made to repress the sedition movement in India. The conspiracy is widespread, and twenty-seven arests have been reported in connection ...

    Article : 49 words
  22. MINING SHARES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 72 words
  23. THE PILGRIM FATHERS.

    A monument to the Pilgrim Fathers, who in 1620, to the number of 100 men, women, and children, sailed from Plymouth in the Mayflower for the banks of the Hudson, ...

    Article : 98 words
  24. THE COWES REGATTA.

    An accident occurred aboard Sir Thomas Lipton's new yacht Shamrock while the vessel was engaged in the Cowes regatta yesterday. In addition to the owner, King ...

    Article : 75 words
  25. THE COLONIAL INSTITUTE.

    H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught has accepted the presidency of the Royal Colonial Institute, which, till his accession to the throne, had been filled by King George. ...

    Article : 36 words
  26. PERTH TRAMWAY STRIKE.

    Negotiations for settlement of the tramway strike have failed. The mediations agreed on a scheme for nine hours a day[?] 108 hours to constitute a fortnight of work. ...

    Article : 164 words
  27. GUINNESS & CO.

    The balance-sheet of Guinness & Co., the well-known manufacturers of ale, stout, &c., shows a gross profit for the past year of £1,300,000. ...

    Article : 33 words
  28. ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN ASSETS COMPANY.

    The liquidator of the Anglo-Australian Assets Company announces a further distribution of £20 a share. ...

    Article : 22 words
  29. LORD STRATHCONA.

    Lord Strathcona High Commissioner for Canada, who was born in Scotland in 1820, was the recipient yesterday of world-wide messages of congratulation on the ...

    Article : 37 words
  30. AUSTRALIAN CADETS.

    The steamer Medway, in which the Cunard, Union, Castle, and Shaw. Savill, and Alb[?]on Companies are financially interested, sailed for Australia yesterday with ...

    Article : 47 words
  31. CANADIAN AFFAIRS.

    It is officially announced that during the six months ended June no fewer than 160,000 immigrants arrived in Canada, including 80,000 from the United States. ...

    Article : 63 words
  32. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 489 words
  33. SUBMARINE A1.

    The unfortunate British submarine A[?] in connection with which so many accidents have occurred, is again in trouble. The vessel was lying in Portsmouth Dock ...

    Article : 84 words
  34. DEFECTS OF THE ACT.

    In amplification of his comments in Saturday's issue of "The Advertiser" upon the unsatisfactory working of the Arbitration Act, the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. ...

    Article : 260 words
  35. FOOTBALL IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    In the international Rugby football match yesterday, the South African team made 14 points and the British team 10. The match was very exciting, and the ...

    Article : 42 words
  36. SYDNEY SLAUGHTERMEN.

    The slaughtermen at the Glebe Island abattoirs gave notice in a wholesale manner on Saturday that they would not start work to-morrow morning on the terms laid ...

    Article : 199 words
  37. AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

    King George has given a sitting at Marlborough House to Mr. Bertram Mackennal, the celegrated Australian sculptor, who has been commissioned by the ...

    Article : 47 words
  38. HIRST, THE CRICKETER.

    G. H. Hirst, the well-known Yorkshire cricketer, has during the present season made 1,000 runs and taken 100 wickets, this being the eighth successive year during ...

    Article : 41 words
  39. THIBET AND CHINA.

    The "Times of India," in an article on the Thibetan question, deprecates any departure from the terms of the Thibetan Treaty. China's [?]uzerainty, it points out, ...

    Article : 130 words
  40. THE ARGENTINE.

    Heavy rains in the Argentine provinces of Buenos Ayres and Entre Rios have greatly improved the outlook for the grain and linseed crops. ...

    Article : 32 words
  41. CHURCH AND STATE IN SPAIN.

    In spite of the edict issued by the Spanish Government prohibiting the intended demonstration at San Sebastian against their policy with regard to the religious orders, to ...

    Article : 222 words
  42. A FAMOUS PICTURE.

    Mr. Thomas Agnew has purchased from the Princesse de Brog[?] Rembrandt's famous picture. "The Rape of Europa." ...

    Article : 23 words
  43. FURTHER STATEMENT BY MR.[?] SIMPSON.

    Mr. Simpson supplemented this report [?] stating that during the interview with the deputations he had overlooked the fact that the Victorian Wages Board had fixed [?] ...

    Article : 308 words
  44. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Speaking for the Government of the South African Union at Pretoria yesterday. Mr. Johannes Smuts affirmed that every one of his colleagues in the Cabinet was ...

    Article : 116 words
  45. LORD KITCHENER.

    Lord Kitchener has been promoted to the rank of Knight of Justice of the Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. ...

    Article : 35 words
  46. REFRACTORY SOLDIERS.

    While going through manœuvres in the Isle of Wight yesterday, 50 men belonging to the West York Territorial Regiment became insubordinate. When ordered to ...

    Article : 52 words
  47. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 176 words
  48. THE PAPAROA STRIKE.

    The Paparoa miners will resume work on Monday, the management having conceded the demand for compensation pending enquiry into alleged negligence on the ...

    Article : 45 words
  49. THE CRIPPEN CASE.

    Ethel Leneve, the paramour of Crippen, whom she accompanied in his sensational flight across the Atlantic, and who, with him, is awaiting the completion of the ...

    Article : 79 words
  50. MELBOURNE STRIKE SETTLED.

    The trouble at C. Monteath & Son's foundry, South Melbourne, has been settled, and the men are to resume work on Monday. The firm made an offer to ...

    Article : 63 words
  51. THE ARMY SCANDAL.

    Arising out of (1) the dismissal early in November, 1907, of three majors and two captains of the 5th Lancers on the ground that their regiment was unfit for ...

    Article : 85 words
  52. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    The Pacific Cable Board propose to lay a cable of their own from Australia to New Zealand with funds in the board's possession. The proposal is sanctioned by ...

    Article : 74 words
  53. MASS MEETING OF THE MEN.

    Shortly after noon on Saturday a meeting of the foundry and workshop employes of Messrs. A. Simpson & Son was held at the Trades Hall. Mr. A. F. Block ...

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  54. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    The first-class armored cruiser Lion, laid down at the Devonport dockyards in November last, was launched yesterday. The vessel has a speed of 30 knots, a ...

    Article : 58 words
  55. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 1,487 words
  56. TORPEDO FACTORY EXTENDED.

    The Atlmiralty have decided to make an important extension of the torpedo factory[?] at Port Matilda, on the Clyde. ...

    Article : 26 words
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