In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. Denham corrected a statement made as to the amount paid in settlement of the claim against the Government in ...
Article : 1,636 wordsThe strikers, after a [?] of two days, have renewed hostilities it Childers, and are carrying on a species of guerilla warfare. At South Isis a band of strikers ...
Article : 803 wordsA serious explosion, which wrecked a small building, and in which Mr. J. Dunn (shire clerk to the Stephens Shire Council) was very seriously injured, occurred at ...
Article : 192 wordsNews was received yesterday by the steamer Mindini of another shocking tragedy to be added to the long list already associated with the Solomon Islands. It ...
Article : 156 wordsA Bill to amend the Health Act of 1900 was tabled in the Legislative Assembly yesterday by the Hon. J. G. Appel (Home Secretary). The measure is an important ...
Article : 729 wordsIt is stated here that the navvy strikers at Wallal now realise what fools they were to place themselves in such an absurd position as they have done by their ...
Article : 230 wordsReferring to the protests made at a mass meeting of carters and drivers against the Government's attitude towards the wages board determination for their trade, ...
Article : 120 wordsSir William Lyne, speaking at a meeting of the Women's Social and Political Union, stated that Australian women had used their vote to purify Parliament, ...
Article : 63 wordsM. Edmund Thery estimates the wealth of France at £9,680,000,000 in 1892, and at £11,591,000,000 in 1908. The value of agricultural land in France ...
Article : 46 wordsThe following letter has been sent to the Hon. A. Hinchcliffe, M.L.C., secretary of the executive of the A.L.F. in reply to the communication which was recently ...
Article : 172 wordsIn a badly leaking condition, and with such an immense body of water in her forepeak that she seemed likely to go down head first, the French barque Nenilly ...
Article : 127 wordsFurther evidence was heard in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day before Mr. Justice Higgins in the shearers' case. Mr. E. Grayndler, acting ...
Article : 426 wordsThe Court of Appeal has concluded the hearing of an appeal by Mr. Horatio Bottomley, M.P., against a decision of a Judge in the Court of King's Bench ...
Article : 241 wordsThe German Emperor's yacht Meteor won the principal race at the Cowes regatta against the Germania, White Heather, and Water Witch. ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Victorian Full Court has admitted Miss Anna Teresa Brennan to practise as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court. Miss Brennan is the second lady ...
Article : 47 wordsThe steamer Burlington, with 200 passengers on board, struck a submerged anchor in the Delaware River, and was so seriously damaged that she was in a sinking ...
Article : 65 wordsThe local branch of the A.W.A. issued a bulletin last night, wherein it was stated: "We take it for granted that the Wages Board to-morrow will concede eight hours ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 144 wordsMr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated in the House of Commons last night that his intended amendments to the National Insurance Bill ...
Article : 76 wordsAt a dinner held at the Crystal Palace last night Lord Desborough, who presided, presented the Lonsdale Cup to the Canadian team, and also presented the ...
Article : 200 wordsThere is no change in the situation locally with regard to the sugar dispute. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe Marylebone Cricket Club has invited W. Brearley (the Lancashire fast bowler) to join the cricket team for Australia, and it is understood that he has ...
Article : 580 wordsThe Government Statistician's return of live stock in South Australia at the end of December last shows an increase, compared with the previous year, in every ...
Article : 186 wordsMatters in connection with the sugar dispute are quiet here, and the Goondi and Mourilyan Mills are working to their full capacity. ...
Article : 31 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Hon. K. Grant (Minister for Education) laid on the table the State Children's Bill. The objects of the Bill are to ...
Article : 621 wordsA wire has been received from the Mossman stating that a number of additional men had arrived on Saturday, and there were now nearly 200 cutters working, ...
Article : 40 wordsEvidence in answer to that given by the employers was heard before the Labour Shortage Commission to-day. Witnesses said there was not a shortage of labour in ...
Article : 107 words"The return for last season creates a record so far in advance of that previously standing to the credit of the State that, unless additional enterprise is thrown into ...
Article : 588 wordsThe billiard match of 8000 up, level, between Lindrum and Reece, was continued to-day, and Reece was in very good form. The closing scores were:—Reece (in play), 2667; Lindrum, 1536. ...
Article : 55 wordsThe "Globe," commenting upon the Hon. A. Fisher's repudiation of Mr. Stead's report of the interview with him, says: "It will be interesting to hear Mr. ...
Article : 84 wordsThe report of the Conference on Imperial defence has been published. The Inspector-General of the oversea forces will only inspect the Dominion forces by ...
Article : 132 wordsThree thousand five hundred engineers' labourers at Manchester have gone out on strike to enforce a demand for a minimum wage of £1 a week. The strike ...
Article : 41 wordsOn Monday evening Frank Madden, H. Hamilton, T. Hayes, and an Italian named Campani Luigi, were camped in a cottage belonging to William Hambledon. The ...
Article : 114 wordsM. Andre Beaumont, the French naval officer who recently won the prize of £10,000 offered by the London "Daily Mail" for an aeroplane flight in Great ...
Article : 85 wordsIt is unlikely that the House of Commons will deal with the Parliament Bill before next week. The "Times" states that the ...
Article : 132 wordsAt the Police Court to-day, before Mr. H. Morris, P.M., William Phillips was charged, that on July 18, at Kalkie-road, he unlawfully obstructed William Dunnett ...
Article : 232 wordsCaptain Swenson and Mr. Sidle, who returned to Brisbane yesterday from a visit to the Solomon Islands, brought with them a scrap and four biscuits of rubber, ...
Article : 276 wordsThe Canadian cruiser Niobe, which went ashore on the coast of Nova Scotia, waa refloated on Sunday, but it was found that her hull bad been pierced ...
Article : 131 wordsThe heat wave continues, and an incalculable amount of damage is being done to agriculture. Fodder is now scarce. The heat and drought have ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 28 wordsA Reuter message from Simla states that the half of India is suffering from drought, and the crops are withering. In the United Central Province and the ...
Article : 41 wordsIt is stated that the motive of Nurse Gerzean (or Germisan), who has been arrested on the charge of the wholesale poisoning of married men at S[?] ...
Article : 99 wordsOwners of stallions competing at the forthcoming Exhibition are reminded that all stallions must be examined by the Government Veterinary Surgeon, ...
Article : 91 wordsAt the Cairns Police Court, James Brownlee, charged with assaulting J. Jones, a labourer, at the Mulgrave Mill, was ordered to pay costs amounting to ...
Article : 52 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr. Ferricks gave notice that he would ask the Home Secretary to-morrow the names and respective terms of service of ...
Article : 200 wordsGREAT FALLS (Montana), Tuesday. Three armed and masked men entered the National Bank at Harlem, covered the bank officials with their revolvers, and ...
Article : 78 wordsMELBOURNE, August 1.—Wheat is quoted at 3/5[?] to 3/6; about 4000 bags sold at 3/6 at Williamstown. Flour, £8. Allan & Stark's Great Double Sale is ...
Article : 77 wordsIn the Police Court this morning. Dr. Alex[?] Nicoll was again brought up, and on the application of the police a further remand was granted until August 8, the principal witness ...
Article : 65 wordsIt is estimated that between Townsville [?]nd Mackay there are 1300 men in the strike camps in the sugar districts, and with the strikers in outside camps the ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Wed 2 Aug 1911, Page 5
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