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  2. AUSTRALIAN JOCKEY CLUB.

    The summer meeting of the Australian Jockey Club was held yesterday, when the weather was perfect from a racing point of view, and, in consequence, lovers of the turf were ...

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  3. THE STRIKE.

    An effort is being made to bring about a conference between the southern employers and employees within the next few days. It is hoped that the efforts will prove successful, ...

    Article : 162 words
  4. PLOT IN BOMBAY.

    Inquiries into the murder of Mr. Jackson, the Collector at Nasik, Bombay, have led to the unravelling of a serious plot. Savarkar's brother, a law student, Orso, ...

    Article : 96 words
  5. ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

    The Dublin correspondent of the "Times writes that a remarkable division exists in the Nationalist ranks, owing to the Budget. Objections to Redmondite ...

    Article : 329 words
  6. IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

    The "Times" calculates that there win be an increase in the next naval estimates of £5,000,000, making a total of £40,000,000, and an increase of £500,000 in the army ...

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  7. DISTRICT OFFICERS' BALLOT.

    The ballot for district officers of the [?]warra Colliery Employees' Association was taken on Tuesday, and the count was carried out to-day. The results, as will be noted, ...

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  8. MR. HUGHES' TACTICS.

    Sir,—In your issue of the "Herald" of the 18th last, one cannot but feel disgusted at Mr. Hughes's attack on Mr. Wade's Strike Legislation Bill, but it is just what could be ...

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  9. MR. PETERS AT ADAMSTOWN.

    Sir,—In your issue of 11th inst re the Adamstown mass meeting you credit me with having said (In connection with the supposed explosion): "But by—if they ever get the fellows ...

    Article : 281 words
  10. NEW WARSHIPS NAMED.

    Names have been allotted to the war vessels laid down this year. The two battleships of this year's programme, building by contract, will be ...

    Article : 160 words
  11. FAILURE OF THE LAW.

    The Bombay correspondent of the "Times" writes that the discovery of an arsenal at Nasik shows that the Arms Act has failed, and needs revision, with ...

    Article : 115 words
  12. THE MINES READY.

    The owners, or such of them as were in town yesterday, have not heard anything of any overtures in the direction mentioned in the foregoing message. One of them, on being ...

    Article : 120 words
  13. DRESSES AND ATTENDANCE.

    His Excellency Lord Chelmsford, the Acting Governor-General was out of town, but the vice-regal box was occupied by the Acting Governor, Sir George Simpson, accompanied, ...

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  14. UNDER WHICH KING?

    Sir,—Are we living under responsible government? Several weeks of public inconvenience and loss of revenue in the working of our State assets. For what reason? Simply ...

    Article : 117 words
  15. MOORISH LOAN.

    In connection with the projected loan of £3,200,000, to be issued at Paris on behalf of Morocco, the envoys of Mulai Hafid, the Sultan, have accepted the terms of France, ...

    Article : 385 words
  16. ROMAN CATHOLIC PASTORAL.

    The Right Rev. Dr. Bourne, Archbishop of Westminster, and the bishops of his province, in a pastoral letter to Roman Catholies, state that it is the duty of Roman ...

    Article : 52 words
  17. ON THE WATERFRONT.

    The holidays practically brought matters to a standstill as far as the strike was concerned on the wharfs. The P. and O. steamer Poona berthed at Circular Quay. She has on board ...

    Article : 213 words
  18. SOUTHERN MEDIATION.

    A committee of citizens, composed of representatives of the towns from Helensburgh to Mount Kembla, with the Mayor of Wollongong as chairman, has been formed with ...

    Article : 88 words
  19. STORMS AND FLOODS.

    Widespread damage has been caused in Switzerland through heavy storms. The overflowing of the Senne has caused serious floods in Belgium, many factories ...

    Article : 213 words
  20. COAL FOR THE GOVERNMENT.

    Sir,—In your Saturday's issue the Acting Premier stated that he had received offers from six commercial men in Sydney to supply the 50,000 tons, and more if necessary. ...

    Article : 168 words
  21. OBEY THE LAW.

    Sir,—Your leader of the 13th inst will be commended by all those—and they are in the majority—who believe in constitutional government for the people and by the people. ...

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  22. MR. HALDANE ILL.

    Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, is suffering from inflammation of the eyes, and is unable to conduct his election campaign. ...

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  23. MR. BOWLING GOES SOUTH.

    Mr. Peter Bowling intends going to Sydney to-morrow with the intention of being present at a meeting of unionists in the evening. After that he has stated his intention of visiting ...

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  24. THE RAILWAY COAL.

    Messrs. A. Kethel and the Miners' Federation, who are sharing the profits for the working of the Young Wallsend and Ebbw Main mines, are beginning to wonder when these ...

    Article : 222 words
  25. THE MANAGEMENT.

    It was indicated in the "Herald" yesterday that there was a distinct break away of the northern miners, from most of the other unions represented on the late strike ...

    Article : 567 words
  26. SOCIALIST WITHDRAWS.

    Mr. Green, treasurer of the Social Democratic party, has withdrawn his candidature for Bristol South. ...

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  27. THE STRIKE—A SUGGESTION.

    Sir,—Your columns show that the public mind is beating about for some means to deal with the grave danger we are now facing. Hitherto I have preferred to remain ...

    Article : 598 words
  28. THE DISSOLUTION COUNCIL.

    The King, on January 10, will hold a meeting of the Privy Council, which will determine the dissolution of Parliament. ...

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  29. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—I am a working man, and have been a constant reader of your paper for upwards of 35 years. I notice a law that the Government proposes to make like the Railway Act ...

    Article : 157 words
  30. THE GLADSTONE CENTENARY.

    The readers of the "Daily News" have subscribed £3000 for the purchase of election posters and literature on the occasion of the Gladstone Centenary. ...

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  31. BUZZARD IN NEW YORK.

    A blizzard swept over New York on Christmas Day. The snow is a foot deep, and in drifts outside four feet. ...

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  32. CHRISTMAS IN LONDON.

    Christmas and yesterday in London were fine and mild. Fifty thousand people were regaled in the workhouses, and 13,000 in the hospitals. ...

    Article : 52 words
  33. A MISSING BALLOON.

    A balloon, in charge of a lieutenant of the army, left Dresden on December 18, and passed Stockholm on December 19, since when it has been missing. ...

    Article : 35 words
  34. NORTH SHORE GAS SUPPLY.

    Many complaints have been made by consumers of gas in various portions of the district served by the North Shore Gas Company. Ltd., with regard to the paucity of the ...

    Article : 327 words
  35. VICTORIA.

    This afternoon saw the first performance of Mr. Anderson's pantomime at the King's Theatre, in which he has specially catered for children. Interlaced in the old fairy-book ...

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  36. DISTRIBUTING A FORTUNE.

    The death is announced of Miss Eilen Morrison, sister of the late Mr. Charles Morrison, a London financier, from whom she inherited £3,000,000. ...

    Article : 116 words
  37. BUSH FIRES.

    Bush fires have again caused serious losses in the Kilmore district. A fire broke out in Mr. H. C. Pennefather's property, and swept in the direction of Pyalong, destroying grass, ...

    Article : 256 words
  38. FIRE CONTROL MASTS.

    A board of officers at Washington is inquiring into the usefulness of fire-control masts introduced into the navy last yea[?]. There are allegations that the masts are ...

    Article : 43 words
  39. HOT WEATHER.

    Hot weather has been experienced during the past few days. The maximum temperature recorded at the Observatory to-day was 100.3 degrees. ...

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  40. NEW PATENTS ACT.

    Foreign firms holding English patents expended £500,000 in purchasing land and erecting buildings and plant in England this year. ...

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  41. COUNTRY NEWS.

    After service at St. Mary's Church of England the Rev. E. N. Gowing was presented with a Communion service on his departure from Picton to Armidale. The minister's warden, ...

    Article : 49 words
  42. EXPLORERS MURDERED.

    The Marquis Benzoni, lately Italian Consular Agent at Mocha, a[?]d Herr Her[?]n Burckhardt, a German explorer, were travelling with a small caravan in the ...

    Article : 60 words
  43. THE CLAPHAM FIRE.

    A relief fund opened in connection with the recent fire at Arding and Hobbs' drapery stores in Clapham totals £5000. ...

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  44. JAPANESE COAL IN NOUMEA.

    Our Noumea correspondent, writing under date December 22, says:— The F.M.S. Australien, of the Messageries Maritimes service, will remain in this port ...

    Article : 121 words
  45. THE SCHOOLS.

    In St. Mathias' Church Hall on Friday the pupils attending Miss Morgan's day school presented her with an address and silver biscuit barrel. Miss Morgan, who has ...

    Article : 368 words
  46. SOUTH AND WEST AND NORTH.

    Sir,—If any of your readers can enlighten me on any of the following assumptions, I shall be very grateful, as I find that with the prolongation of the heroic (?) strike of the ...

    Article : 481 words
  47. LORD KITCHENER.

    H.M.S. Encounter, with Lord Kitchener aboard, dropped anchor at 6 a.m. on Christmas Day. Owing to the holiday, there was no ceremony until 4 o'clock in the afternoon, ...

    Article : 129 words
  48. THE RECENT GALES.

    Shipping had a very bad experience during the southerly gale at Christmas. The Tarawera took nearly 30 hours for the Wellington-Lyttelton trip. ...

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  49. SOUTHERN WAGES BOARD.

    In connection with the appointment of Mr. Edmunds as chairman of the Southern Collieries Wages Board, the miners are labouring under a mistaken idea that this has been ...

    Article : 381 words
  50. BRITAIN AND DOMINIONS.

    The Royal Colonial Institute is arranging a series of luncheons, at which prominent colonials will deliver addresses to city men. The idea is based on the project of the ...

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  51. PEREGRINE TO LAY UP.

    Unless the strike should speedily terminate, a curtailment of the coastal passenger trade may shortly be expected. Already several, well-known liners are spoken of as likely to ...

    Article : 129 words
  52. THE RACING.

    The racing was of an interesting character throughout, though there were no close finishes. The speculative public commenced well by the wins of two favourites in ...

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  53. PURE MILK IN LONDON.

    The "Daily Express" writes that in connection with the pure milk campaign municipalities of London are striking 1000 milk shops off the register in the new year. ...

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  54. ASIATIC LABOUR IN NEW CALEDONIA.

    During the discharging of the Pacifique, from Sydney, on December 9, the wharflabourers struck work, owing to the company employing a number of Indians, whose ...

    Article : 110 words
  55. COLUSION IN BOHEMIA.

    An express train from Vienna came into collision with a goods train in Bohemia. Six carriages were wrecked. Eleven people were killed, and 20 others were injured. ...

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  56. THE STRIRE AND AN OPEN CONFERENCE.

    Sir,—I beg permission to explain that I withdrew my motion before the synod on Friday for the sake of seeing a unanimous vote. That motion I claim did not take eithor side, but it ...

    Article : 272 words
  57. A FATAL DIVE.

    Mr. Arthur John Sugd[?]n, clerk in the local Crown Lands Office, with three other young men, was camping on the river bank during the holidays, about nine miles from Hay, ...

    Article : 91 words
  58. FATALLY BURNED.

    A weatherboard house at Stawell was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. One of the occupants, Mr. Fowster, while endenvouring to save some of the furniture, was overcome by ...

    Article : 62 words
  59. JOHNSON-JEFFRIES FIGHT.

    Timothy D. Sullivan has been appointed stakeholder in connection with the fight between Johnson and Jeffries for the world's heavyweight championship. ...

    Article : 27 words
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