31 AUGUST 1889, page 1

London Has Been The Scene During The Last Ten Days

of the largest and most orderly strike of which there is any record. Something like a hundred thousand men have been on strike, beginning with the dock-labourers, but the strike......

On Wednesday, Mr. Sexton Made A Speech Complaining Of The

low salaries earned by the Irish teachers in primary schools, male and female, the average head-master's salary being £79, and head-mistress's, £66; while the average male......

The Most Important Foreign News Of The Week Is That

the Czar has apparently given up the intention of returning the German Emperor's visit, and this though he is now at Copen- hagen, whence he could very easily visit Germany. The......

Mr. Tillett And Mr. Burns Have Been The Main Leaders

of the men on strike, and they have exerted themselves to prevent anything like the use of violence. Of course, a great many charges of intimidation have been brought, and no......

NEWS OF THE WEEK p ARLT A MTINT was prorogued yesterday in a speech made by the Lord Chancellor, in which the Queen gave the usual assurance that her relations with other Powers......

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