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  2. BALLARAT COMPETITIONS.

    The elocutionary competitions at street were concluded to-day. The championship was won by Miss Beryl Alford, this being the first time an Adelaide girl ...

    Article : 334 words
  3. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The President (Mr. Gould, N.S.W.) took the Chair at 2.30 p.m. —The Tariff Guide.— The Vice-President (Mr. Best V.) to ...

    Article : 795 words
  4. POSTAL ITEMS.

    The net annual profit derived from the British Post Office exceeds five millions; but it is not generally known that Ireland does not contribute anything to this—not ...

    Article : 903 words
  5. PORT ADELAIDE CUSTOMS SYSTEM.

    In moving the adoption of the committee's report at the annual meeting of the Importers and Agents' Association on Thursday afternoon, the President (Mr. ...

    Article : 1,724 words
  6. A SEA OF GREEN.

    Never have the prospects for a most abundant harvest been so hopeful since the first grey streak of fertilizer came to prove its power to double the productiveness of ...

    Article : 1,326 words
  7. SCOTTISH FISHERMEN.

    The following correspondence will show the requests made by the delegates from Scottish fishermen who recently visited Adelaide with a view to establish fisheries ...

    Article : 949 words
  8. STATES' REPRESENTATION.

    It is upon the estimated population of the State that the number of members it shall return to the House of Representatives is decided. In 1905 the Representation Act ...

    Article : 295 words
  9. QUEENSLAND LAND SETTLEMENT.

    Applications have been lodged by the Queensland Settlers' Agency, in behalf of a number of South Australians, for nearly 200 square miles of country on Mitchell ...

    Article : 128 words
  10. REMARKABLE FORTITUDE.

    Thomas Ellis, a miner, employed at New Normanby, Ballarat East, was severely injured to-day while working in the stopes between the 1,300 and 1,400 levels. He was ...

    Article : 131 words
  11. FATAL MEDICINE.

    Annie Kearney, 17 months old, child of Mary Kearney, died yesterday at the residence of Mrs. Alice Allen in circumstances which it has been considered ...

    Article : 92 words
  12. CLEVER BOY'S ACCIDENT.

    An alarming experience yesterday befell a boy named Bridgeborn, who is only 13 years of age, and seems to possess a turn for mechanical engineering. He had ...

    Article : 108 words
  13. VICTORIA.

    Capt. Booth, master of the steamer Ascot, was to-day fined £100 on each of four charges of allowing a prohibited immigrant (Chinese) to enter the ...

    Article : 32 words
  14. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The Speaker (Sir Frederick Holder, S.A.) took the Chair at 2.30 p.m. —Patent Medicines.— The Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin, V.) ...

    Article : 1,093 words
  15. SUNSHINE DISASTER TRIAL.

    The trial of Engine Drivers Leonard Milburn and Gilbert Dolman, on charges of manslaughter arising from the Sunshine railway disaster, will be concluded on ...

    Article : 65 words
  16. QUEENSLAND.

    The weather is dry, and extensive grass fires have taken place, in one instance reaching 30 miles across. ...

    Article : 23 words
  17. SOUTH YARRA BURGLARY.

    No trace has been discovered of the perpetrator of the robbery at the premises of Messrs. Alexander & Coppel, Chapel street, South Yarra, at the beginning of the week ...

    Article : 65 words
  18. BOWEN TO PROSERPINE TRAMWAY.

    In connection with the proposal of the Bowen Town Council and Wangaratta Shire Council to form a joint board for the construction of a tramway from Bowen ...

    Article : 94 words
  19. ILLEGAL GOLDBUYING.

    At the City Court Samuel Brice, of Little Collins street, jeweller's engraver, was charged with having bought gold in contravention of the Gold Buyers Act not being ...

    Article : 53 words
  20. AUSTRALASIAN CORPORATION OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS.

    The second ordinary general meeting of the members was held in Adelaide on September 30, the first having been held in Sydney within the statutory period ...

    Article : 364 words
  21. OPPORTUNE RAIN.

    The rain which set in on Wednesday continued. The whole State participated in the downpour. Although records have net generally ranged higher than 0.30 to ...

    Article : 50 words
  22. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

    The construction of the railway to Cloncurry is nearing completion. The line is being ballasted in places where this work could not be undertaken earlier, and by the ...

    Article : 89 words
  23. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A Bill has been introduced in the Legislative Assembly to fix the minimum wage for certain purposes, and to amend the Factories Act. The measure was in principle ...

    Article : 53 words
  24. PASSENGERS BY THE OROYA.

    The R.M.S. Oroya, from England, arrived at 4 o'clock this morning. Passengers:— For Adelaide—Mesdames Hanney ...

    Article : 225 words
  25. LIFE ASSURANCE CASE.

    The Mutual Life and Citizens' Assurance Company, Limited, has issued a writ for £10,000 damages against the National Mutual -Life Association, Limited, for having ...

    Article : 53 words
  26. Advertising

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  27. A MOTOR CONTEST.

    The trial of a five-miles motor contest for a 100-guinea trophy was decided at Victoria Park Racecourse this afternoon, and was won by Mr. Turner's S-h.p. Sizaire ...

    Article : 179 words
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