The following statement has been obtained from the Education Department with regard to the proposals on secondary education that were published in our issue of Saturday. ...
Article : 547 words"Jack" London arrived in Sydney on Saturday. He is cruising round the world with Mrs. London in his own ketch, the Snark. But he left the boat in the islands with two ...
Article : 1,224 wordsAustralasia has a new billiard champion, and one who is not yet 21 years of age. Freddrick Lindrum, jun., won the title on Saturday evening from Charles Memmott. ...
Article : 1,085 wordsBefore dawn yesterday morning the fourmasted barque Falls of Halladale ran on to a reef at Peterborough, and the officers and men—29 in all—were hard put to it to save ...
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Article : 151 wordsRecently Sir Joseph Carruthers wrote to the "Times" advocating the erection of a memorial to Captain Cook in London. Admiral Lord Charles Scott, Admiral Sir ...
Article : 253 wordsWarrington, with two goals two tries (10 points) defeated the Australian Rugby League team, which scored one try (3 points). Messenger did not play. ...
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Article : 391 wordsThe Bishop of Melanesia (the Right Rev. Cecil Wilson) has complained publicly that the refusal of the British Government to place the mission steamer ...
Article : 59 wordsCaptain Thompson, who has had command of the barque for 6½ years, was interviewed to-day. He said that at the time of striking the reef the barque was making a course ...
Article : 554 wordsThe death-roll in the colliery disaster at Radbod Mine, Hamm, Westphalia, is 360. President Fallieres, in a message to the German Emperor, recalls the heroism of ...
Article : 62 wordsIn view of the sculling handicap on the Thames in July next, Ernest Barry has decided that it would be inadvisable to accept the invitation of Mr. H. D. M'Intosh, ...
Article : 270 wordsMrs. Armstrong, wife of the son of Madame Melba, has obtained a divorce from her husband on the grounds of cruelty and adultery. ...
Article : 181 wordsThe face of the statue of Queen Victoria, in the public gardens at Nagpur, Central Provinces, was daubbed with tar, the seeptre was smashed, and the nose and ...
Article : 35 wordsAn interesting event when in full swing to-day will be the New South Wales Manufacturers' exhibition opened in Prince Alfred Park on Saturday. ...
Article : 707 wordsThe Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, will move in amendment in the Licensing Bill to the effect that no new licenses be granted to tied houses. ...
Article : 66 wordsThe match for the championship of Australasia and £100 a side and also for a trophy presented by Mr. J. J. Smith, between F. Lindrum, jun., and C. Memmott (the holder) ...
Article : 686 wordsVictoria has a good display of dairy and other produce at the Colonial Produce Exhibition in Liverpool. SUCCESS OF WOOTTON. ...
Article : 42 wordsMr. W. M. Hughes, M.P., Attorney-General of the Commonwealth, arrived from Melbourne on Saturday. "When the Defence Bill comes before ...
Article : 339 wordsAt the invitation of the Mayor and aldermen, the Mechanics' Institute, Progress Association, and United Guild, Mr. G. H. Reid paid a visit to Yass to-day. He is the guest ...
Article : 142 wordsMrs. Pankhurst, who was sentenced to three months' imprisonment on refusing to be bound over to keep the peace for 12 months for having incited to riot prior to ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Committee of Ways and Means of the United States House of Representatives has decided that if a special session of Congress revises the tariff, and a ...
Article : 70 wordsSir Thomas Bent has received a report regarding the Powlott River cool deposits, where the Ministry had reserved 3000 acres for the use of the State. Three distinct coal-bearing ...
Article : 79 wordsThree of the apprentices are Australian lads. —L. Piesse, from Hobart, and J. Harvey and C. Bealey, from Sydney. They regarded the adventures of Saturday morning lightly. Bealey ...
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Article : 76 wordsRoughly estimated the ship had on board 2800 tons of general cargo, about half of which wns for this port and the remainder for Sydney, whither she was to proceed as soon as ...
Article : 127 wordsA bomb exploded in a house in Naples frequented by anarchists. The body of a woman and two injured men were extricated from the ruins of the house. ...
Article : 37 wordsRichard Scott, who murdered his wife at Midland Junction on Friday afternoon, is recovering from the wounds which he inflicted upon himself. ...
Article : 192 wordsTwo hundred and forty-four members of the House of Commons have petitioned Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, to include a tax on land values in the next Budget. ...
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Article : 32 wordsLarge hauls or schnapper are still being made off Wollongong. Ou Friday two local fishermen despated two baskets of schnapper to Sydney, and the returns received back ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 16 Nov 1908, Page 7
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