The N. Z. Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1901. EPITOME OF THE DAY’S NEWS.
The American metal workers' strike is spreading. The Empress Frederick’s strength is rapidly diminishing. News from South Africa shows that the New Zealanders have reached Kroonstad. Canada announces her readiness to pay five eighteenths of the cost of the Pacific cable. Several thirty-knot torpedo destroyers are to be sent to strengthen the British fleet in the Mediterranean. The Queensland stock returns show a decrease of 4.887,000 sheep and 975.000 horses compared with last year. A motion in the House of Commons for the reduction of Mr Chamberlain’s salary was negatived by 154 votes against 70. The Wellington Conciliation Board was yesterday engaged in the further hearing of the and decorators’ dispute. A verdict of arson against some person or persons unknown was returned yesterday at an inquiry into a fire at Khandallah. A deputation of trades unionists waited on the Premier last night with regard to the working of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act. The certificate of the captain of the Lizzie Bell has been suspended by the Court of Inquiry which investigated the circumstances connected with the wreck of that vessel.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4427, 6 August 1901, Page 4
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197The N. Z. Times. (PUBLISHED DAILY.) TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1901. EPITOME OF THE DAY’S NEWS. New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4427, 6 August 1901, Page 4
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