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  2. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 276 words
  3. THE SHEARING DISPUTE.

    In connection with certain statements which have been published with regard to the non-reference of the shearing dispute to the Arbitration Court by the Registrar under the Act, it has been ascertained on ...

    Article : 836 words
  4. LATE EDITION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 278 words
  5. THE UNITED STATES.

    A tornado struck a Chicago express and hurled it over a steep embankment. Three persons were killed and 20 others were fatally injured. ...

    Article : 42 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Sir Jumes Mackay, the British Commissioner, has refused to sign the Commercial Treaty with China owing to the indefinite wording of the Imperial Edict sanctioning the ...

    Article : 252 words
  7. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    The message of the Senate pressing a number of its former requests for amendments in the tariff was further considered by Ministers in Cabinet to-day. Mr. Deagin stated that no determination was arrived ...

    Article : 759 words
  8. WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    The shortage of women in South Africa is brought prominently before our notice by some statistics given in an article in the last "Quarterly." Women must play an important ...

    Article : 2,617 words
  9. THE PENNSYLVANIA COAL STRIKE.

    Owing to dynamite outrages during the course of the Pennsylvania coal strike and the difficulty of protecting non-unionists, General Gobin has ordered the troops to fire on the ...

    Article : 63 words
  10. SYDNEY MORNING HERALD FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 166 words
  11. A HUGE MEAT TRUST.

    It is reported that a meat trust is being formed at Chicago with a capital of 500,000,000dol. (£100,000,000). Mr. Armour is the president. The trust will absorb every ...

    Article : 45 words
  12. THE CATCHMENT AREA.

    As the result of the rains which have fallen during the last few days there has been a gratifying increase in the volume of water flowing into the Prospect reservoir. The reports received by the ...

    Article : 175 words
  13. THE MURDER OF MISSIONARIES.

    Fuller particulars have been received of the murder of Mr. J. R. Bruce and Mr. R. H. Lowis, British missionaries at Chin-chau, Hunan. The murders were committed on ...

    Article : 72 words
  14. SPEECH BY MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

    Mr. Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on Saturday addressed the members of the Birmingham branch of St. John Ambulance Association. In the course of his ...

    Article : 123 words
  15. RAINFALLS DURING AUGUST.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 656 words
  16. HOMEBUSH STOCK YARDS.

    Again the values ruling at the metropolitan fat stock saleyards yesterday were such as to cause mutton and beef to be dearer rather than cheaper to consumers. This was caused by light supplies and ...

    Article : 289 words
  17. TRAINING THE ARMY.

    Japan is sending Major-General Yamani to Peking. It is believed that this officer is to be entrusted with the reorganisation of the Chinese army. ...

    Article : 34 words
  18. SILVER.

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    Article : 15 words
  19. RUSSIAN INFLUENCE IN PERSIA.

    It is reported that Russia is planning a great strategic railway through Persia to the frontiers of India. The line, it is stated, will start at Khamkin, north-east of Baghdad, ...

    Article : 171 words
  20. SOUTH AFRICA.

    General Cronje on his arrival at Capetown with other prisoners from St. Helena was interviewed. He stated that he intended to settle on his farm at Klerksdorp and would ...

    Article : 48 words
  21. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA.

    The "Times," in commenting upon the return of the Earl of Hopetoun, says: "If Australia is reluctant to provide a salary for the Governor-General ...

    Article : 81 words
  22. TROUBLE AROUND JERILDERIE.

    Matters in connection with shearing operations are not proceeding satisfactorily in this portion of the Riverina. The A.W.U. men apparently are determined to hold out for their terms, and the pastoralists ...

    Article : 565 words
  23. CAPITATION TAX ON NATIVES.

    The Government has imposed a capitation tax of £2 on adult male natives of the Transvaal, and a similar sum on every wife except one a man possesses. ...

    Article : 38 words
  24. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At Swinden, a small township near P[?]rt Augusta, some days ago an aboriginal made a violent attempt to assault a young school teacher. He tore her clothes to pieces, but was unsuccessful in his ...

    Article : 65 words
  25. DEATH OF CAPTAIN W. C. MAYNE.

    As announced briefly in our issue yesterday Captain William Colburn Mayne passed away at his residence, Viewbank, Cheltenham-road, Burwood, on Sunday morning. Captain Mayne had attained the ...

    Article : 792 words
  26. THE AUGUST REVENUE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 193 words
  27. THE CANADIAN-SOUTH AFRICAN LINE.

    The line of steamers between Canada and South Africa organised by the Allan line, the Elder, Dempster line, and the Furness line, will commence operations in the middle of ...

    Article : 57 words
  28. RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

    The Porte has refused to allow four torpedo boats, built at Cronstadt, and intended for the Black Sea, to pass through the Dardanelles despite a declaration by the Russian Embassy ...

    Article : 52 words
  29. RELEASE OF REBELS.

    The Government of Natal has remitted the unexpired portion of the sentences passed upon seven rebels by the Pietermaritzburg Military Courts. ...

    Article : 27 words
  30. EIGHT-HOURS DAY.

    The annual eight-hours demonstration was held to-day. Glorious weather prevailed. The trade procession was not quite as long as in some previous years, still it presented a fine speetacle. The workers, ...

    Article : 286 words
  31. THE BOER GENERALS.

    Mr. Fischer, one of the Boer European delegates, has unexpectedly joined General Botha and Commandants de Wet and Delarey on their return to London. This act is believed ...

    Article : 87 words
  32. GERMANY AND AUSTRIA.

    The Austrian press is delighted at the Emperor William's references to the Triple Alliance at the banquet to the King of Italy, and particularly at the warm tribute he paid ...

    Article : 46 words
  33. THE PENRHYN QUARRIES DISPUTE.

    The quarrymen at Bethesda, who have been on strike for over 32 months, have asked Lord Penrhyn, the owner of the slate quarries, to accept Mr. A. J. Balfour, the ...

    Article : 54 words
  34. THE PHILIPPINES.

    The Sultan of Binidayan, who was held as a hostage at Mindanao by the American authorities, attempted to escape. He was shot by a sentry. ...

    Article : 39 words
  35. PERSONAL-ITEMS.

    The esteem in which Mr. Quong Tart, of this city, is held was manifested yesterday by the large and representative public meeting that took place at the Hotel Australia to express horror at the recent ...

    Article : 422 words
  36. THE VENEZUELAN REVOLUTION.

    In the bombardment of Ciudad Bolivar on the Orinico by the Venezuelan Government gunboats Bolivar and Restaurador, the gunboats lost 42 sailors killed and the vessels ...

    Article : 41 words
  37. RAILWAY COLLISION IN GLASGOW.

    A train steaming into Charing Cross station, Glasgow, came into collision with another train standing at the platform. Some of the cars were telescoped. Twenty-five persons ...

    Article : 48 words
  38. STRANGE STORY FROM NORTHERN QUEENSLAND.

    A story has filtered down to Cooktown from far away up in the Peninsula, and has caused considerable astonishment. The report now in circulation states that ...

    Article : 339 words
  39. THE TRADES UNION CONFERENCE.

    A conference of Trade Unionists was held at the Toynbee Hall on Saturday. Resolutions were passed in favour of the legislative enforcement of a uniform system of cheap ...

    Article : 80 words
  40. THE RAILWAYS.

    The recent rainfalls have, we learn, given some little help to the railway authorities. Great relief has been experienced on the mountains and in the Hawkesbury district, and also at Nyngan, but ...

    Article : 125 words
  41. DROUGHT IN ARGENTINA.

    The draught which prevails in Argentina is critically affecting the agricultural and the pastoral industries. ...

    Article : 26 words
  42. SHEARERS' OPINIONS OF THE UNIONS.

    The shearing difficulty moves slowly, and it would not be easy to say whether the movement is towards a hea[?]ng or a widening of the breach. To the general public the fact that there is to be a conference ...

    Article : 1,539 words
  43. THE CARNEGIE UNIVERSITY TRUST.

    A charter of incorporation has been granted to the Carnegie Scottish University Trust. ...

    Article : 21 words
  44. PROPOSED EMPIRE HOLIDAY.

    Mr. Chamberlain has asked the Board of Education to report on the scheme proposed by Lord Meath for an Empire holiday in the State Schools on Queen Victoria's Birthday ...

    Article : 38 words
  45. GOOD FALLS AT MUSWELLBROOK.

    Throughout Saturday night rain full continuously, and the moist appearance of the land on Sunday morning delighted the residents, who realised that the copions fall was the best they have ...

    Article : 284 words
  46. RIGHTS OF TRADES UNIONS.

    On Sunday in pouring rain 10,000 trade unionists made a demonstration in Hyde Park in protest against the decision of the House of Lords in the Taff Vale case. Resolutions ...

    Article : 185 words
  47. MADAGASCAR.

    Commandant Tritchard's Boer Commission at Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar, is negotiating for a concession to the Boers of a large tract of agricultural and pastoral lands ...

    Article : 53 words
  48. BLOCK ON THE MAIN SUBURBAN LINE.

    The 4.48 p.m. train from Sydney to the North along the main suburban line, running on the fast down line, yesterday experienced a stoppage. The engine broke down just as the train had passed ...

    Article : 97 words
  49. A DISASTROUS FIRE.

    A fire, which lasted for 30 hours, has totally destroyed the town of A[?] Kara Hissar in Asia Minor. Afiun Kar[?] Hissar ("opium black castle") was ...

    Article : 89 words
  50. PASSENGERS BY THE SIERRA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 170 words
  51. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 131 words
  52. STOCK MOVEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 169 words
  53. STRIKE AT FLORENCE.

    A local foundry at Florence dismissed a few men. Thereupon 40,000 workmen struck to show their sympathy with their dismissed follows. ...

    Article : 48 words
  54. SPLENDID RAINS AT WELLINGTON.

    A bounteous fall of rain was experienced all over this district during Saturday night and the early hours of Sunday morning, when heavy rain fell continuously for several hours, and 135 points were ...

    Article : 112 words
  55. MADAME MELBA.

    Madama Melba was to have been a passenger to Australia by the Sierra, but the Campania, by which she travelled across the Atlantic, arrived at New York too late to enable her to catch the Sierra at ...

    Article : 71 words
  56. AN AERIAL VESSEL.

    M. Santos Dumont is constructing an aerial vessel to carry eight passengers. ...

    Article : 23 words
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