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  2. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    In the Legislative Assembly last night, the PREMIER moved the second reading of the Old Age Pensions Amendment Bill. He said that the measure was framed from experience in ...

    Article : 4,583 words
  3. SENSATION AT THE QUAY

    It appears to be the fate of some of our new ferry steamers to come to grief very early in their career by crashing into the stone wall surrounding the Circular Quay, and the new ...

    Article : 1,252 words
  4. BRITISH SCIENCE GUILD.

    A meeting held at the Mansion House yesterday inaugurated the British Science Guild. Mr. R. B. Haldane, M.P., was elected president. ...

    Article : 71 words
  5. THE CZAR'S GRANT OF FREEDOM.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 153 words
  6. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The Vancouver mail contract has been under consideration in the Senate to-day. It went through the House of Representatives a fortnight ago, after a debate of a little more than ...

    Article : 247 words
  7. GERMANY PREPARING FOR WAR.

    The Chamber of Commerce at Metz has informed the manufacturers of the district that the deficiency of railway waggons is due to the military monopolising all the ...

    Article : 50 words
  8. POLICE RESENT MANIFESTO.

    Cossacks and police resent the terms of the manifesto. They have provoked disorders at Odessa, Poltava, and Kishlneff, and have killed many people without the ...

    Article : 37 words
  9. HUNGARIAN SUFFRAGE.

    Baron Fejervary, Premier of Hungary, proposes to confer the suffrage on all Hungarians of 24 years of age who can read and write. If the proposal is carried the ...

    Article : 49 words
  10. STOCK EXCHANGE BAROMETER.

    Russian and other securities have improved on the Stock Exchange. Nov. 1. As the result of the Czar's manifesto ...

    Article : 50 words
  11. NORWEGIAN CROWN.

    The Storthing of Norway, by 87 votes to 29, has adopted the proposal of the Government that Prince Charles of Denmark, the grandson of the King of Denmark, be ...

    Article : 73 words
  12. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    In the case of a bill being introduced to increase the Customs duty on harvesters only, will it be competent for any member to move that increased duties be placed on other ...

    Article : 544 words
  13. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 4 15-16d per ounce standard, an advance of 1-16d since Saturday. ...

    Article : 26 words
  14. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Mr. G. H. Reid, M.P.. in the course of an interview which a "Herald" representative had with the lender of the Federal Opposition yesterday, discussed the Western Australian ...

    Article : 644 words
  15. TOO LATE?

    A St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Times" telegraphs that the constitution has been granted too late. It has fallen flat. It has satisfied nobody except the ...

    Article : 211 words
  16. MARSHALL ISLANDS.

    The Crown Law Officers are considering the claim of Burns, Philp, and Co., of Australia, for £17,500, made against the German Government for loss of trade in the ...

    Article : 60 words
  17. ENTHUSIASM IN MOSCOW.

    The people of Moscow received the news of the issue of the Czar's manifesto with enthusiasm. Many demonstrations were made in the streets to mark the event. ...

    Article : 67 words
  18. ILLINOIS SENSATION.

    William Le Due, secretary of the local Poultry Association, ran amok, and killed Mr. Nichols, the Mayor of Chenoa, Illinois, U.S.A., and the cashier of the State Bank ...

    Article : 100 words
  19. FREEDOM FOR FINLAND.

    Troops at Helsingfors, the capital of Finland, refused to fire on people holding a reform meeting. A great meeting of citizens passed ...

    Article : 106 words
  20. SHORTAGE OF LEATHER.

    Decreasing imports of leather and a general shortage which prevails are likely to cause a considerable advance in prices. A cable message, received by W. and A. ...

    Article : 165 words
  21. POBIEDONOSTZEFF RESIGNS.

    M. Pobledonostzeff, Procurator of the Holy Synod, and one of the most implacable of the reactionaries, has resigned. ...

    Article : 21 words
  22. PROVINCES GRATIFIED.

    Outside the larger cities the manifesto has been hailed with gratitude. Patriotic processions cheered the Czar, and the people thronged to the churches. ...

    Article : 76 words
  23. TRIUMPH OF THE PEOPLE

    An immense procession of working men, students, and schoolboys, carrying red flags, made a demonstration in the Nevski Prospect, St. Petersburg. They sang the ...

    Article : 241 words
  24. FEDERAL CABINET.

    At to-day's meeting of the Federal Cabinet further consideration was given to bills drafted to amend the Immigration Restriction Act, and to extend the Sugar Bounties Act. The ...

    Article : 74 words
  25. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Associated Chambers of Agriculture urgently demand that the Butter Adulteration Bill shall be passed by Parliament. Lord Brompton (better known as Sir ...

    Article : 111 words
  26. THE CUSTOMS REVENUE.

    The return of the Customs revenue collected in the States during the month of October shows a gratifying increase as compared with the same month of last year, as well as with ...

    Article : 260 words
  27. ODESSA FRANTIC.

    When news of the issue of the manifesto by the Czar reached Odessa the people were frantically delighted. Twenty thousand citizens assembled in front of the ...

    Article : 135 words
  28. ARRIVAL OF CASTAWAYS.

    The Island mail steamer Moresby, of Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s [?]t, arrived in port late last night from her cruise among the Islands of the Solomon Group, New Guinea, and ...

    Article : 280 words
  29. PUBLIC DISASTER RELIEF FUND.

    A meeting of the executive committee of the New South Wales Public Disaster Rolief Fund was held in the Lord Mayor's room, Town Hall, yesterday afternoon, there being a ...

    Article : 405 words
  30. THE TALLOW SALES.

    At the sales of Australian tallow to-day 690 casks were offered and 595 were sold. Prices were:—Mutton, fine 34s 3d, medium 29s 6d; beef, fine 29s 9d, medium 27s 6d per cwt. ...

    Article : 38 words
  31. QUEENSLAND.

    The Marine Board commenced an inquiry to-day into the stranding of the steamer Colac on the rocks, near Norman Creek, last Saturday morning. Captain Sturt said the ...

    Article : 111 words
  32. EDITORS IN CONFERENCE.

    Count Witte bad an interview yesterday lasting an hour with editors of St. Petersburg newspapers. Count Witte pledged his word of honour that the promises of ...

    Article : 184 words
  33. BLACK SEA MUTINY.

    Officials at St, Petersburg profess to be unaware of a mutiny in the Black Sea fleet and of the murder of Admirals Birileff and Chuknin. ...

    Article : 33 words
  34. SUSPICIOUS DEATHS OF CHINESE.

    A suspicious case is reported from Lutwyc[?] a suburb of Brisbane. A Chinaman, named Ah Hee, was found dead yesterday. The doctor refused a certificate, and a postmortem ...

    Article : 139 words
  35. PUBLIC SERVICE RECLASSIFICATION SCHEME.

    At a meeting of the Federal Executive yesterday the reclassification scheme of the Public Service Commissioner, together with a report from him on criticisms offered in ...

    Article : 105 words
  36. REVOLT IN POLAND.

    Poland continues wildly excited. The employees on the railway from Warsaw to Vienna have announced their determination to remain on strike until tbe Czar ...

    Article : 184 words
  37. THE HIGH COURT.

    Sir Samuel Gri[?]th, the Chief Justice of the High Court, Mr. Justice Barton, and Mr. Justice O'Connor returned from Western Australia by the Omrah on Tuesday afternoon. ...

    Article : 109 words
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