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  2. HOSPITAL SATURDAY.

    The 16th annual Hospital Saturday collection begins at about 8 a.m. to-day. The arrangements are in full swing, and working better than ever. Last year's ...

    Article : 768 words
  3. DREADNOUGHT FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 384 words
  4. FARTHEST SOUTH.

    A few days ago, at a banquet, Lieut. Shackleton told of a certain lecture be delivered in the old country. Having given several lectures in the cause of charity, he decided ...

    Article : 698 words
  5. TASMANIAN ELECTIONS.

    The general election took place to-day, but except in Denison the result will not be known till next week. The chief questions are:—Unimproved land tax; closer settlement; and ...

    Article : 513 words
  6. SECOND EDITION BARRIER MINES.

    A rumour was circulated very late to-night that arrangements were progressing for the amalgamation of the Proprietary, Block 10, Block 14, and British mines. Mr. Horwood, ...

    Article : 65 words
  7. TURKISH SITUATION.

    After the dethronement or Abdul Hamid H., and the enthronement of Mohammed V., as Sultan of Turkey, the present Turkish Ministry, headed by Tewfik Pasha, ...

    Article : 204 words
  8. BRITISH BUDGET. SQUARING THE FINANCES.

    Great interest was taken in the delivery of the Budget Speech by Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer. A deficit was predicted some time ago, and the ...

    Article : 309 words
  9. TASMANIAN ELECTIONS.

    In Darwin Labour has, as expected, scored heavily, but the State Treasurer, Mr. Urquhart, seems safe. In Wilmot the list is topped by Mr. Jensen ...

    Article : 73 words
  10. COLONIAL LOANS.

    The Budget contains a proposal that the stamp duty on bearer bonds and other securities transferable by delivery shall be raised from 10s to 20s per cent. of the ...

    Article : 96 words
  11. FATAL ACCIDENT.

    A Townsville wire stales that a motor accident occurred on the Ayr tramline this evening. Mr. Hodel, chairman of the Tramway Board, and Mr. Brady, a member of the board, ...

    Article : 108 words
  12. PERSIAN TROUBLE.

    Notwithstanding that the Nationalists at Tabriz have negotiated with the Shah of Persia for a settlement of the present difficulty, Russian troops have reached the ...

    Article : 300 words
  13. PREVENTION OF SWEATING.

    The bill initialed by the Board of Trade against sweating was read the second time in the House of Commons last night. ...

    Article : 269 words
  14. AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE.

    Senator Pearce, in the course of an interview last night, expressed himself as well content with the manner in which the policy of the Federal Government had been received. ...

    Article : 951 words
  15. MEETING AT MOSMAN.

    At the Mosman Town Hall last night a meeting was held in connection with the Dread nought movement and was presided over by the Mayor (Alderman J. J. Glover). The ...

    Article : 964 words
  16. STATE REVENUE. THE RETURNS FOR APRIL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 362 words
  17. TAX ON MOTOR CARS.

    A sum of £2,850,000 would be raised by a revision of estate duties, and £650,000 would be won by increasing the stamp duties on share transactions. Motor cars ...

    Article : 209 words
  18. VALUE OF FEDERATION.

    The Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Mahon) addressed a meeting at Fremantle last night on Mr. Fisher's policy. He said there was no warrant in the statistics of Australian ...

    Article : 531 words
  19. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    Replying to a question by Mr. R. Hazleton (Nationalist), in the House of Commons, Mr. C. E. H. Hobhouse, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, said that ...

    Article : 48 words
  20. THE WILLIS MYSTERY.

    Whatever may be the explanation of the mysterious injury to Mr. W. N. Willis on Monday night, the police have as yet discovered nothing. ...

    Article : 129 words
  21. NEW TUG FOR SYDNEY.

    A new and powerful steam tug, specially de-3 sigued and built to meet the towage requirements of Port Jackson, left South Shields, on the Tyne, on Thursday morning last, in ...

    Article : 177 words
  22. GREAT GERMAN FLEET.

    Prince Henry of Prussia is at Heligoland with 94 warships, including 18 battleships, 6 armoured and 10 smaller cruisers, which are engaged in a month's manoeuvring. ...

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  23. DEAR WHISKY.

    In addition, it was proposed to raise £1,000,000 by increasing the duty on manufactured tobacco by 1s 6d per lb. An increase of 3s 9d per gallon on spirits, it was ...

    Article : 132 words
  24. COAL IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Reference was made to the competition of Newcastle coal during the hearing of the mining dispute before the Conciliation Council to-day. Mr. W. D. Holgate, managing ...

    Article : 125 words
  25. NATAL RAILWAY STRIKE.

    The Natal Government has issued an ultimatum to the men of the State railway service who are out on strike. The ultimatum states that the strikers ...

    Article : 57 words
  26. THE APRIL RAINFALL.

    In his review of the weather conditions in this State during the month just closed, the divisional officer of the Weather Bureau says that on the whole the rainfall was very much ...

    Article : 212 words
  27. GENERAL CABLES.

    England's score in the miniature rifle match was 14,583. The Australian team comprised 23 representatives from South Australia, 15 from ...

    Article : 200 words
  28. DREADNOUGHTS.

    Mr. Lloyd George sale that the greater part of the cost of Dreadnoughts would fall next year. If contingent ships were built the Naval Bill would be gigantic. ...

    Article : 133 words
  29. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    The articles for the sculling championship race have been signed by Arnst and Webb. The race is fixed for June 22 on the Wanganui River. The champion has commenced training ...

    Article : 64 words
  30. CANECUTTERS PLENTIFUL.

    The Acting Minister of Customs (Mr. Hutchison) has received reports from the Queensland sugar districts to the effect that there is ample labour available on the sugarfields ...

    Article : 68 words
  31. BENEFITS OF NO-LICENSE.

    The four medical men practising at Oamaru have signed the following statement:—"In view of the fact that Commissioners from Australia and others visiting Oamaru to inquire ...

    Article : 146 words
  32. VICTORIA.

    The Victorian revenue for April was £696,937, being more by £36,918 than the figures for the same month last year. The revenue for the ten months of the financial ...

    Article : 46 words
  33. IMMIGRANTS FROM ENGLAND.

    The Aberdeen liner Salamis arrived here yesterday from London, via the Cape. She had 289 third-class passengers, but only 16 of the complement were for Melbourne. The ...

    Article : 147 words
  34. THE BARRIER TROUBLE. RESUMPTION AT BLOCK 10.

    Mr. V. F. Stanfer Low, general manager of Block 10, returned to Broken Hill this morning and this afternoon the following advertisement was published:—"Block 10 ...

    Article : 256 words
  35. OPINION IN THE LOBBY.

    Opinion in the lobby emphasises the fast complexity of the Government's financial proposals, and characterises them as several budgets in one. Radicals ...

    Article : 52 words
  36. DIRTY POSTAL PREMISES.

    The Secretary of the Central Postal Administration has been notified that the Deputy Post-master-General at Sydney has suspended the caretaker there who was in charge of the ...

    Article : 93 words
  37. THE NEW ARCHBISHOP.

    The standing committee of the Synod at its meeting yesterday decided that the Synod should be called together within a month for the election of a successor to the late ...

    Article : 142 words
  38. AMATEURS AT VARIANCE.

    Some months ago the chairman of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, which has its headquarters at Christchurch, refused to accept the nomination of non-residents of ...

    Article : 241 words
  39. THE WHEELERS' STRIKE.

    After being idle six days in consequence of the wheelers' strike, work, was resumed at the South Clifton Tunnel mine this morning; also at the South Clifton, which colliery ...

    Article : 253 words
  40. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S VIEWS.

    Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, when asked for his opinion of the Budget, said it was so detailed that an immediate criticism was impossible. It might serve for the ...

    Article : 50 words
  41. TIMBER-GETTERS' UNION.

    Up to the present about 300 engaged in the sleeper-getting industry have signified their intention of joining the newly-formed Western Timber Cutters and Carters' Union. ...

    Article : 61 words
  42. THE Y.M.C.A.

    Among the social functions in connection with the Y.M.C.A. each year the Town Hall festival ranks highest, and it is an occasion when the lady friends of the institution rally ...

    Article : 105 words
  43. THE GAYNDAH TRAGEDY.

    The trial of Arthur Ross for the Gayndah tragedy was concluded to-day. After further evidence had been tendered, the Judge summed up. The jury retired at 4.10 p.m., and ...

    Article : 105 words
  44. FARMING IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Solomon Hartog, a lineal descendant of Dirk Hartog, who visited the shores of Western Australia in the early part of the seventeenth century, has arrived from South Africa ...

    Article : 97 words
  45. IRISH RESENT WHISKY DUTIES.

    Mr. J. E. Redmond, M.P., said that Irishmen were strongly opposed to the proposals particularly to the spirit duties. ...

    Article : 23 words
  46. MILITARY INVENTIONS.

    Some time are the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearee) decided to appoint boards to examine and report on inventions submitted to the Defence Department. To-day he ...

    Article : 74 words
  47. FREETRADE FINANCE.

    The "Times" states that the Government proposes to cover the deficit at the cost of [?] [?]lthy and fairly well-to-do; and that the doctrine of social ransom has never ...

    Article : 154 words
  48. EMPLOYMENT FOR 1000 MEN.

    Mr. Griffith, M.L.A., has wired to the Combined Unions that the contractors for the North Coast railway can take a thousand men at once for work lasting two years. The ...

    Article : 43 words
  49. W.C.T.U. CONVENTION.

    The delegates to the Australasian convention were in conference at the Central Methodist Mission Hall yesterday, and in the evening at the Y.M.C.A. Hall a lecture was delivered on ...

    Article : 38 words
  50. POLICE AT THE MINES.

    A statement printed to-day that the police were to be withdrawn from the mines has been officially denied. The men for the present will continue their routine duties. ...

    Article : 33 words
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