Information was received at the local office of the Magnet Company to-day that the strike at the mine had been officially declared off. Messrs. Carling, ...
Article : 164 wordsBefore Mr. F. E. Bomford, coroner, to-day, the inquest on the bodies of Geo. Petersen and Amos Ranse, of the wrecked Loch Finlas, was held. Mr. Galloway was ...
Article : 1,093 wordsIn the Criminal Court yesterday, before His Honor the Chief Justice, Sir John Dodds, K.[?].M.G., the trial of George Hudson, who was ...
Article : 3,131 wordsThe Union Steamship Company's steamer Manuka arrived here this morning, bringing from Christmas Island the shipwrecked passengers, ...
Article : 783 wordsThe Bulgarian Government last night decided that it could not modify the stand it had taken up in regard to the railway. ...
Article : 239 wordsLater details of the heavy floods at Haidarabad, and in the Decean district, in India, show that the loss of life was much greater than was at first ...
Article : 208 wordsThe results of the 11 o'clock meeting yesterday were very different from those of the day before. Then, there was a rush of legislation; yesterday ...
Article : 528 wordsA collision occurred between two steamers off Smyrna, Turkey in Asia, on Wednesday, and great loss of life resulted. ...
Article : 65 wordsA sensational robbery was perpetrated in Russia on Tuesday. A gang of thirty youths, by means of revolvers and bombs, captured the ...
Article : 61 wordsGreat rejoicing was manifested here at the news of the termination of the Magnet strike. Messrs. Carling (president) and J. R. Little (general secretary)), and ...
Article : 49 wordsMr. Ogden, M.H.A., received a telegram last evening from the secretary of the Magnet branch of the A.M.A., stating that a settlement of the dispute between ...
Article : 72 wordsThe revenue of the United Kingdom for the quarter ended September 30 totalled £20,300,007. Customs yielded £6,815,000; Excise, ...
Article : 33 wordsBeals Wright and Alexander, the American pair of lawn tennis players, having defeated the pair representing the British Isles, will play against ...
Article : 183 wordsMr. Petterd telegraphed to Mr. Carling this afternoon as follows:—" Pleased to hear the strike is off. You may rest assured Magnet Company will ...
Article : 129 wordsThe chess contest at Dusseldorf, between Dr. Lasker and Dr. Tarrasch for the international championship, has concluded. ...
Article : 42 wordsMr. W. J. Bryan, the Democratic candidate for the United States Presidency, recently wrote a letter, in which he protested against President ...
Article : 177 wordsSince a majority of the Lancashire cotton mills have closed down, there has been a decrease in the consumption of engine coal of 75,000 tons a week. ...
Article : 52 wordsMembers of the direct Opposition in the Federal Parliament held a Caucus to-day, and resolved to empower the leader (Mr. G. H. Reid) to ...
Article : 70 wordsIt was recently stated that the House of Lords intended, on the initiative of the Marquis of Lansdowne, to reject the Licensing Bill. ...
Article : 93 wordsAmong the passengers by the Rotomahana yesterday was Mr. J. Darling, the famous South Australian cricketer, who has come to Tasmania with his family, ...
Article : 637 wordsThe New York "Sun," in quoting Mr. J. Dillon's statement that the Irish cause if killed in America, would soon die in Ireland, says if Mr. Dillon ...
Article : 103 wordsConsiderable excitement was aroused by the remarks of the Treasurer in the Assembly last night, that the Auditor-General had deliberately lied in his ...
Article : 123 wordsThomas L. Hisgen, whom Mr. W. R. Hearst has induced the Independent party to select as its candidate for the Presidency, is one of four brothers, ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Bulgarian Government has recalled M. Mintchavitch, the agent representing Bulgaria in London. It is said that the agent has been ...
Article : 58 wordsG. Edward Millen, A.B., appeared before a court-martial on H.M.S. Powerful to-day, charged with having thrown overboard certain gun sights, pistol grips, and ...
Article : 289 wordsThe statement that the passengers and crew of the tourist steam yacht Argonaut, which foundered on Tuesday after, colliding with the collier ...
Article : 114 wordsThe annual report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ended June 30 shows a gross revenue of £3,873,368, working expenses, ...
Article : 191 wordsIt is announced that His Majesty King Edward, being aware of the great interest taken by the nation in the general letters of the late Queen ...
Article : 78 wordsWhen interviewed, the captain was reticent. He attributed the disaster to the strong currents. The Æon. he said, struck without warning. They ...
Article : 209 wordsMessrs. Chas. H. Smith and Co., Lloyd's agents, have received information from Cape Portland that the body found yesterday has been identified as that of ...
Article : 83 wordsIn referring to the Australian Defence Bill, the second reading of which was moved in the House of Representatives on Tuesday by the Minister for ...
Article : 101 wordsVictoria is showing at the Franco-British Exhibition, at Shepherd's Bush, bread made entirely from Victorian flour. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Chief Health Officer states that the Maori who was isolated at the leper station has been cured by special treatment, and will be returned to his home at once. ...
Article : 88 wordsIt is regarded as almost certain that the barque Loch Lomond, now 80 days out on the voyage from Newcastle to Lyttelton, New Zealand, has been ...
Article : 58 wordsThe chief topic of conversation at Parliament House to-day in connection with the State crisis was the position of Mr. Mackinnon, who left the Chamber ...
Article : 279 wordsM. Meiller has purchased the patent rights in France of Wilbur Wright's aeroplane. M. Meiller has given orders to a ...
Article : 41 wordsThe "Evening Standard" says that the Australian defence proposals show the road that Great Britain must take in order to secure true national ...
Article : 65 wordsNurse Campbell said:—"When we felt the shook I rushed on deck. It was a dark night, and there was great confusion. The Chinese grabbed all the ...
Article : 229 wordsThe Federal Labour party met again in caucus to-day, and resumed consideration of the Federal Navigation Bill. After a discussion lasting over two ...
Article : 169 wordsBoth Houses of the Legislature have put through all the stages the Naval Subsidy Bill, providing for the payment by New Zealand of £100,000 per annum for ...
Article : 74 wordsThe American visible supply of wheat east of the Rockies is estimated at 47,865,000 bushels. ...
Article : 23 wordsEfforts have been made for some time by riflemen and enthusiastic supporters of the movement to induce the Federal Government to contribute ...
Article : 104 wordsBishop Montgomery, at one time of Tasmania, has written a letter to "The Times" on behalf of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, in which he ...
Article : 52 wordsThere was keen competition at to-day's London wool sales, and opening prices were maintained. LONDON, October 1. ...
Article : 71 wordsIn regard to the Westport manslaughter case, the Cabinet has decided to recommend the Governor to remit the balance of the sentence on Hallinen and ...
Article : 126 wordsIt is officially stated at Peking that all the Powers have now assented to the prohibition of the importation into China of morphia except for medicinal ...
Article : 50 wordsThe New Zealand Shipping Co. has declared a dividend of 5 per cent., and a sum of £15,505 has been carried forward. ...
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Advertising : 60 wordsThe Treasurer (Mr. Peake) was to have delivered his budget speech to-day, but this morning he was so unwell that he decided to postpone the speech ...
Article : 39 wordsThe following telegram was received to-night from Stanley:—"Warrentinna, in tow Wybia, passed Stanley 6 p.m. Weather fine; light easterly breeze; ...
Article : 28 wordsThe House has passed a bill authorising the Government to borrow an additional £1,000,000 for the purposes of advances to settlers. ...
Article : 33 wordsPostle the Australian athlete, ran eighty yards at Bolton, in England, yesterday, in 7¾sec. This is a world's record for the distance. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 2 Oct 1908, Page 5
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