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  2. SECONDARY EDUCATION.

    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
  3. JACK LONDON.

    "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 words
  4. NEW BILLIARD CHAMPION.

    Australasia 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 words
  5. A BARQUE WRECKED.

    Before 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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  6. THE LABOUR MINISTRY.

    Saturday saw most of the new Federal Ministers at work in their departments. The Prime Minister and Treasurer (Mr. Fisher) occupies the chair so long filled by Sir ...

    Article : 543 words
  7. THE GERMAN CRISIS.

    The German Emperor on Monday will give audience to Prince Bulow, the Imperial Chancellor, at Kiel, where the Emperor will attend the swearing-in of ...

    Article : 214 words
  8. BRITISH NAVAL SUPREMACY

    The "Daily Chronicle" applauds what it terms the "notable declaration" of Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, regarding naval construction and the two-Power standard, ...

    Article : 91 words
  9. DEATH OF THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.

    The Emperor of China is reported to be dying. He has been transferred to the death-chamber of the palace at Peking. Edicts which have been issued have ...

    Article : 463 words
  10. AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALLERS.

    The Australian Rugby Union team played Cambridge University yesterday, and won by one goal two tries (11 points) to one goal and a goal from a drop-kick (9 points). ...

    Article : 151 words
  11. MEMORIAL TO CAPTAIN COOK.

    Recently 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 words
  12. WARRINGTON DEFEATS THE LEAGUE.

    Warrington, with two goals two tries (10 points) defeated the Australian Rugby League team, which scored one try (3 points). Messenger did not play. ...

    Article : 107 words
  13. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—The result of the deliberations of the committee on the control of secondary education leaves the settlement of the question as far off as ever. They seem to have ...

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  14. SEDITION IN INDIA.

    The Indian Government and press now recognise that the demonstration in Alipur at the funeral of Kanai, who was executed for the murder of Gossain, the ...

    Article : 184 words
  15. SIR WILLIAM LYNE'S OPINION.

    Sir William Lyne, passing through for Sydney last night, was asked by a reporter for his opinion concerning the new Labour Ministry. He said: "There are those, according ...

    Article : 391 words
  16. THE MELANESIAN MISSION.

    The 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 words
  17. STORY OF THE WRECK.

    Captain 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 words
  18. GERMAN COLLIERY DISASTER.

    The 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 words
  19. THAMES SCULLING HANDICAP.

    In 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 words
  20. MADAME MELBA'S SON.

    Mrs. Armstrong, wife of the son of Madame Melba, has obtained a divorce from her husband on the grounds of cruelty and adultery. ...

    Article : 181 words
  21. QUEEN'S STATUE MUTILATED.

    The 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 words
  22. INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION.

    An 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 words
  23. LICENSING BILL.

    The 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 words
  24. THE GAME.

    The 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 words
  25. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Victoria has a good display of dairy and other produce at the Colonial Produce Exhibition in Liverpool. SUCCESS OF WOOTTON. ...

    Article : 42 words
  26. DEFENCE BILL.

    Mr. W. M. Hughes, M.P., Attorney-General of the Commonwealth, arrived from Melbourne on Saturday. "When the Defence Bill comes before ...

    Article : 339 words
  27. MR. REID AT YASS.

    At 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 words
  28. WOMAN SUFFRAGIST RELEASED.

    Mrs. 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 words
  29. UNITED STATES TARIFF.

    The 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 words
  30. VICTORIAN COAL FIELDS.

    Sir 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 words
  31. AUSTRALIAN APPRENTICES.

    Three 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 ...

    Article : 172 words
  32. ORIENTAL RAILWAY COMPANY.

    The Oriental Railway Company's demand for £5,800,000 as the price of its branch in Eastern Roumalla, is delaying negotiations, as Bulgaria deems the ...

    Article : 37 words
  33. STEAMER IN HURRICANE.

    The steamer India arrived at Fremantle from New York on Saturday. On September 15 she encountered a hurricane when she shipped a heavy sea, which swept the second officer, Eric ...

    Article : 47 words
  34. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 358 words
  35. PENNY-A-WORD CABLES.

    Sir J. Wolfe-Barry, chairman Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, speaking at a recent meeting of shareholders, characterised Mr. Hennikcr Heaton's ...

    Article : 76 words
  36. THE CARGO.

    Roughly 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 words
  37. EXPLOSION AMONG ANARCHISTS.

    A 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. ...

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  38. MIDLAND JUNCTION TRAGEDY.

    Richard Scott, who murdered his wife at Midland Junction on Friday afternoon, is recovering from the wounds which he inflicted upon himself. ...

    Article : 192 words
  39. TAX ON LAND VALUES.

    Two 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. ...

    Article : 41 words
  40. OUTRAGE IN LAW COURT.

    During the trial of Abe Ruef at San Francisco on a charge of corruption, Francis Heney, the district attorney, who Prosecuted Schmitz, a former Mayor of ...

    Article : 86 words
  41. VICTORIA.

    Sir Thomas Bent will deliver his budget speech on Thursday next. ...

    Article : 15 words
  42. A BALMAIN BURLESQUE.

    At the meeting of the Balmain Council tomorrow night Alderman Cohen has given notice that he will move:— "That the Mayor, having ordered a robe for ...

    Article : 111 words
  43. ROBBERY OF JEWELLERY.

    Sometime between 8 and 9 o'clock last evening, while the window was brightly lit up, jewellery to the amount of £1000 was removed from the window of Coomber and Sons, ...

    Article : 81 words
  44. THE METAL MARKET.

    The decline in tin and copper is due to speculators taking their profits, but reports from America predict an expansion of trade. ...

    Article : 32 words
  45. LARGE HAULS OF SCHNAPPER.

    Large 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 ...

    Article : 55 words
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