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  2. SHIPBUILDING.

    Messrs. Chapman and Co., engineers of Druitt-street, Sydney, are making good progress with an ambitious scheme they have begun at Balmain. ...

    Article : 248 words
  3. SOCCER.

    Football is now played all over the world, but the many different brands of football have hitherto made a world-wide competition impracticable. But there is one game, Soccer ...

    Article : 559 words
  4. THEATRICAL DEAL.

    The vaudeville and theatrical enterprises carried on in Australia and New Zealand by the late Mr. Harry Rickards, together with all contracts, engagements, and copyrights ...

    Article : 509 words
  5. WILLIS INCIDENT.

    The Cabinet sat for three hours and twenty minutes yesterday afternoon considering the Government's position. It is quite clear from the attitude and ...

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  6. AUSTRALIAN FLEET.

    The Australian second-clasa cruiser Sydney was successfully launched and christened by Lady Henderson, wife of Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson, at Glasgow to-day. ...

    Article : 404 words
  7. PANAMA BILL.

    It is unofficially announced that the United States will not permit arbitration on the question of the right of the United States to relieve her own shipping from tolls. ...

    Article : 133 words
  8. IMPERIAL PROBLEMS.

    The speech delivered by Sir Wilfrid Laurier in Ottawa at a luncheon given in honour of the visit of a group of British financiers, in which he dealt with the "German peril," ...

    Article : 227 words
  9. INTOLERABLE.

    Mr. H. D. Morton, Independent member for Hastings and Macleay, on being asked his opinion, said the press was the strongest bullwark or British liberty, and while he could ...

    Article : 297 words
  10. "FOREIGN IGNORANCE."

    Mr. John Barrett, Director-General of the Pan-American Union, in the course of an interview, said that, while European countries were unanimous in the opinion that the ...

    Article : 103 words
  11. GOOD ROADS.

    The condition of many of the principal roads in New South Wales has long been a source of complaint. In the past, protest after protest has been made to the various shire councils ...

    Article : 546 words
  12. CANADIAN VISIT.

    Mr. R. L. Borden, Prime Minister of Canada, in a statement to the press on the eve of his sailing for home to-day, expressed grateful appreciation of the welcome that had ...

    Article : 242 words
  13. CHINA'S TROUBLES.

    Eight thousand rebels, under General Chiang Kuel, command the road leading from Tung Chan to Peking. They are looting the villages. ...

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  14. "USURPATION."

    The following statement from Mr. Willis was sent to the "Herald" last night for publication:— "This country has suffered by the ...

    Article : 583 words
  15. MR. TAFL IN DANGER.

    An insane woman, claiming to be President Taft's wife, was found in a Southern hotel where Mr. Taft was expected. She declared that she was waiting to kill ...

    Article : 57 words
  16. SOLVING EMPIRE PROBLEMS.

    The "Standard," commenting on the launch of the Sydney, states that there is little doubt that every ship launched to fly the Commonwealth flag alongside the White Ensign brings ...

    Article : 73 words
  17. BUTCHER'S STALL.

    The Labour Government, in pursuance of the cattle shipments, to-day opened a retail butcher's stall at the entrance to the market. The Premier made the first purchase, and ...

    Article : 150 words
  18. TURKEY.

    Sixty gendarmes under the leadership of two officers, who are supporters of the Committee of Union and Progress, made a demonstration in the Galata quarter against the ...

    Article : 41 words
  19. CHINA AND THIBET.

    Sir John Jordan, British Minister at Peking, in a memorandum to the Chinese Government, declares that the Thibetans should be allowed to manage their own internal affairs. ...

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  20. IMPERIAL CRICKET.

    Owing to rain there was no play in the match Australia v Kent, at Canterbury, yesterday, and a further downpour prevented any play to-day. ...

    Article : 38 words
  21. SUCCESSFUL BRITISH BI-PLANE.

    In the aviation competitions on Salisbury Plain, promoted by the War Office, Mr. S. F. Cody won £5000 with his bi-plane. ...

    Article : 26 words
  22. IRON AND STEEL.

    Reference was made at the meeting of the shareholders to-day to the proposal of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company to embark on the manufacture of iron and steel. It was ...

    Article : 417 words
  23. SOUTH AFRICA V. GLOUCESTERSHIRR.

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  24. AN IMPORTANT INVENTION.

    The ship's wireless recorder, invented by Messrs. Hodgkinson Bros., which shows the position of other vessels sounding sirens in a fog, has been successfully tested in the ...

    Article : 41 words
  25. PRESS CRITICISMS.

    The "Daily Chronicle," referring to Sir John Jordan's memorandum, contrasts Britain's indifference in regard to Persia's independence with her championing of Thibet. ...

    Article : 130 words
  26. DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.

    Shortly after 1 o'clock this morning, Mrs. Crittenden, proprietress of a grocery store, in Macdonald-street, was awakened by a noise outside her window. Upon ...

    Article : 145 words
  27. INDEX.

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  28. ARTILLERY RESIGNATIONS.

    When asked to-day whether he intended to take any further action to meet the wishes of the disaffected men in the Garrison Artillery in Sydney, the Minister for Defence ...

    Article : 78 words
  29. THE LATE GENERAL BOOTH

    The remains of the late General Booth were removed for interment at Abney Park Cemetery from the Salvation Army Headquarters this afternoon. ...

    Article : 79 words
  30. A VETERAN MINER.

    Captain James Dunstan, J.P., well known on many of the mining fields in this State, as well as in Victoria and New Zealand, passed away at his home, Kenhollow, Chatswood, on ...

    Article : 336 words
  31. LADY FIRE-FIGHTER.

    The late James Meagher's blacksmith and wheelwright's shops at East Moree were destroyed by fire with all contents this morning. The loss is estimated at £1000. ...

    Article : 146 words
  32. SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    Since the first proclamation by the Minister for Trade and Customs, fixing wages in the field, men have been dismissed by the farmers and, notwithstanding the ...

    Article : 74 words
  33. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  34. DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY.

    The late General Booth left private property valued at £487, which he bequeathed to the Salvation Army, excepting a few articles and mementoes to each of his children and ...

    Article : 96 words
  35. HIGH COST OF LIVING

    The report of the Cost of Living Commission states that, under existing conditions the increase or diminution of the supply sold had a marked effect on prices, but other factors ...

    Article : 274 words
  36. PRIME MINISTER'S PROPOSALS.

    Although the Premier was not in a position to-day to make any statement regarding the proposals said to have been put before the State Treasurer by Mr. Fisher, there is ...

    Article : 152 words
  37. DROP OF 100 FEET.

    Laurence Fryberg, 36, labourer, sustained a terrific fall yesterday morning from the effects of which he now lies in a dangerous condition in Sydney Hospital. ...

    Article : 223 words
  38. WEST AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.

    The Assembly, in considering the Pearling Bill, accepted a clause imposing a penalty of £200 for unlicensed dealing in pearls. It also decided that no boat should be used for ...

    Article : 151 words
  39. VIOLENT CLOUD BURST.

    A cloudburst wiped out the town of Lebanon. The water reached the second stories of houses. Many wooden buildings floated off their foundations, and were swept away in the ...

    Article : 89 words
  40. "THE FINAL STEP."

    "This latest move of Mr. Willis, in the direction of excluding a number of pressmen from the gallery at Parliament House, was, after all, not unexpected, in view of his previous ...

    Article : 374 words
  41. TO-DAY.

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  42. WAGES OR TIPS?

    Whether the commissionaire or porter at Menzies Hotel is a day porter within the meaning of the Hotel Employees' Wages Board determination under the Factories Act, is to ...

    Article : 181 words
  43. ENGLISH WEATHER.

    There has been another 12 hours' rain in Norfolk. The relief fund in connection with the flood at Norwich now amounts to £3000. ...

    Article : 65 words
  44. FATAL DUEL.

    A police telegram reports a fatal duel between two aboriginals. Alick and Dick, at Wanda station, in the nor'-west, on the 20th inst. The duel was fought with spears. Alick ...

    Article : 62 words
  45. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    According to the statutory returns issued to-day by the Federal Treasury, 3,748,592 Commonwealth notes, to the value of £9,346,220, are in circulation. The Treasurer holds gold ...

    Article : 44 words
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