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  2. BALKAN BLAZE.

    The Grand Council met yesterday and almost unanimously decided to accept frankly the advice of the Powers to end the Balkan war by ceding Adrianople to the allies and ...

    Article : 259 words
  3. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Many Liberals fear that the question of women's franchise will create a permanent split in the party, and that in any case Sir Edward Grey's amendment to omit the word ...

    Article : 241 words
  4. H.M.S. TORCH.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Major Acher-Shee (Unionist) complained of the supercession of Commander Edmund Carver, of the screw Torch, on the Australian ...

    Article : 210 words
  5. SWINDLING AT SHANGHAI.

    In the whole annals of criminality it is rarely that a more complete expose has been recorded than that connected with the recent prosecution of the "Belmont Club" gang ...

    Article : 1,744 words
  6. BRITISH DEFENCES.

    Yesterday the National Service League presented Field-Marshal Lord 'Roberts with £5,000 to mark his 80th birthday. Lord Roberts, in acknowledging the gift, ...

    Article : 108 words
  7. STRIKE OR ARBITRATION?

    Some months ago, at a time when the new Arbitration Act was receiving the attention of the Legislature, delegates to the Metropolitan Council of the Australian ...

    Article : 1,666 words
  8. TO-MORROW'S REGATTA.

    The inter-State fourteen-foot regatta, which has now come to be looked upon as one of the most important of the local aquatic events, will be commenced on ...

    Article : 2,504 words
  9. AFRICA'S ARMY.

    Netwithstanding the political differences between Mr. Hertzog and Mr. Botha, the country is apparently united on the question of defence, for 45,600 men have joined the ...

    Article : 38 words
  10. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Giving evidence to-day before the Committee appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the contract entered into between the Imperial Government and the ...

    Article : 1,236 words
  11. THE BUILDING TRADE.

    On February 28 a conference is to be held in Melbourne of delegates from all the building trade unions of Australia, and the outcome of the proceedings is likely to be the ...

    Article : 842 words
  12. WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT BILL.

    The whole of the Welsh Disestablishment Bill, with the exception of the schedules, has passed the Committee stage in the House of Commons. ...

    Article : 29 words
  13. ENGLISH RELIEF.

    The English newspapers express relief at Turkey's decision. The Balkan delegates, however, declare that the matters of the indemnity and the Ottoman debt must be ...

    Article : 38 words
  14. TRADES DISPUTES BILL.

    The Trades Disputes Bill was debated in the House of Lords yesterday. Several Unionists and three Liberals appealed to the Government to revive the clause providing ...

    Article : 43 words
  15. RUSSIA'S INFLUENCE.

    The majority of the newspapers here attribute the Porte's decision to Russia's threats to invade the Asiatic vilayets. The "Taglische Rundschau" declares that the ...

    Article : 71 words
  16. THE EDUCATION BILL.

    A Cabinet committee, with Viscount Haldane as chairman, is considering the Education Bill ...

    Article : 21 words
  17. CONSUMPTION.

    In order to prevent unauthorised experiments being made with his cure for consumption, Dr. Friedman has placed his discovery at the disposal of the Public Health ...

    Article : 37 words
  18. FIGHTING IN EPIRUS.

    The Greek general in charge of the operations in Epirus reports that in the recent engagement at Lozzessi the Turks lost five guns and many men. Rain is impeding ...

    Article : 41 words
  19. THE NAVAL ENGAGEMENT.

    In the recent naval engagement outside the Dardanelles 40 Turks were killed by the Greek shells, and 164 more were wounded, while two Turkish warships were badly ...

    Article : 47 words
  20. AN ARABIAN DISASTER.

    A telegram from Suakin (on the Red Sea), states that at Colnamra in Western Arabia, midway between Medina and Yanbu, late last night, a caravan of Indian pilgrims was ...

    Article : 54 words
  21. INDUSTRIAL MATTERS.

    A section of the recently amalgamated unions of railwaymen has decided to submit to the national conference of railwaymen on February 10 a proposal empowering the ...

    Article : 111 words
  22. PANAMA CANAL.

    A special meeting of the Inter-Ocean Canals Committee has been called to reopen the question of the Panama Canal tolls. The Democratic Party in Congress is divided with ...

    Article : 60 words
  23. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    The series of pictures now being screened at Queen's Hall is of high order. The dramatic section embraces "Every Inch a Man," "The Two Company Directors" (a story of ...

    Article : 570 words
  24. SPAIN.

    The Government has pardoned a Protestant soldier, named Pablo Frernandez, who was recently sentenced to six months' imprisonment for having refused to kneel ...

    Article : 51 words
  25. PERUVIAN ATROCITIES.

    The Committee appointed by the House of Commons to inquire into the reports concerning atrocities said to have been committed in the Putumayo Valley in Peru, by ...

    Article : 129 words
  26. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The captain and 10 seamen from the Russian Asiatic Company's derelict steamer Estonia have been picked up in the Red Sea. ...

    Article : 203 words
  27. BRITAIN'S PROSPERITY.

    At the half-yearly meeting of the Union of London and Smith's Bank, Ltd., yesterday, Sir F. Schuster (Governor) said that in addition to foreigners, several British ...

    Article : 76 words
  28. A STEAMER WRECKED.

    The British liner Ulstermore (6,211 tons), was driven aground near Liverpool during a storm yesterday. Subsequently the falling of the tide caused the vessel to break in ...

    Article : 52 words
  29. "WESTERN MAIL."

    Yachting is the chief subject of illustration in this week's issue of the "Western Mail." Photographs are given of the local and visiting skippers and their boats, and, ...

    Article : 117 words
  30. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    At the conference of the executive of the Queensland Farmers' Union to-day a motion was submitted that a deputation should wait upon Dr. Kidston requesting him to ...

    Article : 140 words
  31. A FRENCH TRAGEDY.

    At Agen, in the South-west of France, an authoress, named Alice Cresny, was arrested yesterday on a charge of having shot dead with a revolver, Father Chassaing, whom ...

    Article : 86 words
  32. WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Sir,—In this morning's paper I note it is suggested that the Commonwealth take over the care of the aborigines in Australia. I presume Western Australia has more ...

    Article : 154 words
  33. SHIPPING COMBINE.

    Giving evidence yesterday before the Committee appointed by Congress to inquire into matters connected with the shipping combine, Mr. W. C. Tickel, vice-president of ...

    Article : 69 words
  34. MUNICIPAL DAY LABOUR.

    Sir,—For about five weeks residents at the southern end of Kimberley-street, Leederville, have been watching the renovation of about six or seven chains of roadway in ...

    Article : 198 words
  35. QUEENSLAND FARMERS.

    At the conference of the executive of the Queensland Farmers' Union to-day Mr. A. L. Jones explained the aims of the Associated Farmers of Queensland, Limited, which, ...

    Article : 114 words
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  37. "A LONG-FELT WANT."

    Sir,—Allow me to heartily support the very modest proposal of "Pedestrian" in your paper of Saturday last for a footpath from Rokeby-road to Crawley. Ample provision ...

    Article : 67 words
  38. TURKEY'S EX-SULTAN.

    The "Nord und Sud" publishes the first instalment of the memoirs of Abdul Hamid, the deposed Sultan of Turkey. These show that the ex-Sultan was strongly anti-English ...

    Article : 48 words
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