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  2. CANADA'S NAVAL DEFENCES.

    The Ottawa correspondent of The Times states that the Naval Defences Bill will be one of the first measures introduced in the session of the Federal Parliament ...

    Article : 314 words
  3. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) mother prolonged audience with King Edward at Balmoral on Thursday. It is supposed that His Majesty is smoothing ...

    Article : 140 words
  4. SUPPOSED SWINDLE.

    What is believed to have been a clever attempt at swindling has been discovered in the eastern States, and the headquarters of the concern have been traced to ...

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  5. BIG DRAINAGE SCHEME.

    A meeting wes held in the Lockleys Hail on Friday evening to consider the scheme outlined in The Register on Monday last for coping with floods, which had been ...

    Article : 472 words
  6. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    The Ministry has issued invitations to the visiting members of the Imperial Congress of Chambers of Commerce to inspect the Outer Harbour on Friday, October 15 ...

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  7. SOCIALISM AND THE CHURCH.

    At a session of the Church Congress at Swansea od Thursday, the Bishop of Truro (Right Rev. Dr. Stubbs) initiated a debate on racialism. He said that he belonged ...

    Article : 375 words
  8. "WAR TO THE KNIFE."

    When at the meeting of the Anglican, Synod, to-day Mr. G. S. Faulkner sought permission to withdraw a motion standing in his same the Synod angrily muttered its ...

    Article : 567 words
  9. AUSTRALIA'S PROSPERITY.

    At the meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of Australasia on Thursday Mr. Leslie Sanderson stated that the prospects before the Commonwealth's wheat and wool ...

    Article : 146 words
  10. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    The following is the account of the Bank of England, published pursuant to statute, for week, ended Wednesday, October 6:— ...

    Article : 288 words
  11. IRISH LAND BILL AMENDED BY LORDS.

    The House of Lords on Thursday went into committee and discussed Mr. Birrell's Irish Land Bill, By 114 votes against 26, the Peers deleted clause 41, which ...

    Article : 246 words
  12. AFGHANISTAN.

    Reuter states that the importation of arms into Afghanistan via the Persian Gulf is becoming a serious matter. The Waziri tribes on the Indian frontier are ...

    Article : 83 words
  13. THE PORTRUSH ROAD SPRINGS.

    That mysterious phenomenon which has torn up and made a fountain of the Portrush road, in Glen Osmond, is attracting streams of visitors. The scene is easily ...

    Article : 204 words
  14. COTTON GROWING.

    It is reported in Berlin that a syndicate pf British and German cotton spinners has acquired 150,000 acres of land in South-West Texas for division into small ...

    Article : 57 words
  15. BRITAIN AND AMERICA

    A remarkable reception has been accorded to the British Fleet, which is taking part in the Hudson-Fulton celebrations in New York. ...

    Article : 136 words
  16. RATE OF DISCOUNT.

    The open market rate of discount for best three months' bills ruled on Thursday afternoon at 2 7-16 per cent., compared with 2 3-16 last week. The bank rate ...

    Article : 91 words
  17. A LABOUR M.P.'S UNHAPPY LOT.

    In conscience of the Socialist members of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants having alleged that Mr. Richard Bell (Labour M.P. for Derby) ...

    Article : 111 words
  18. FOUNDER OF HARVARD.

    Through the instrumentality of Miss Marie Corelli, the famous novelist, the ancient house of Stratford-on-Avon, associated with the mother of the late Rev. ...

    Article : 67 words
  19. THE COMMERCE DELEGATES.

    The final engagement in connection with the visit of the commerce delegates to Hobart took place on board the steamer Moeraki prior to her departure for New ...

    Article : 222 words
  20. CHILDREN AND THE HOME FOR INCURABLES.

    A large party of children from the Sturt Street School will visit the Home for Incurables this afternoon for the purpose of giving an outdoor concert to the inmates ...

    Article : 171 words
  21. GOVERNMENT STOCKS.

    On the London Stock Exchange at the dose of business on Thursday Government stocks were quoted as follow. The dates given are threw of redemption of the loan ...

    Article : 217 words
  22. REVOLT OF WOMAN.

    An indignation meeting, convened by the Women's Social and Political Union, was held at the Royal Albert Hall on Thursday evening. A resolution was ...

    Article : 85 words
  23. COUNTERFEIT BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES.

    Counterfeit Bank of England £5 notes are reaching London from Russia, where bogus notes of the face value of £25,000 have recently been cashed. ...

    Article : 36 words
  24. RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

    Die Koelnische Zeitung states that Rifaat Pasha, the Turkish Foreign Minister, is visiting the Czar of Russia for the purpose of securing a political and ...

    Article : 89 words
  25. KINDERGARTEN PROGRESS.

    Friday night's annual meeting of the Kindergarten Union provided a varied story in progress. The system was planted in Adelaide less than four years ago, and ...

    Article : 317 words
  26. AUSTRALIAN MINING SHARES.

    At the close of the business on the Stock Exchange on Thursday mining shares were quoted thus:—Brokens, buyers 44/6, sellers 45/6. ...

    Article : 25 words
  27. SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN 1859.

    The Adelaide merchants have again sent a quantity of flour up the Murray River, and the folks in the Ovens district will not require to bring any from Melbourne ...

    Article : 200 words
  28. 20,00 YEARS OLD.

    A most interesting scientific discovery has been made in south-western France. In the post tertiary rocks at Dordogne a prehistoric human skeleton, supposed to be ...

    Article : 43 words
  29. PATENTS ACT.

    Capt. R. M. Collins, C.M.G., the Commonwealth representative in London, has received a deputation from the London Chamber of Commerce, who took exception ...

    Article : 66 words
  30. METALS.

    Silver.—The price of standard silver to-day is 1/11¾—a decline of 11-16d. Metals were quoted on the Metal Exchange at the close of business on ...

    Article : 144 words
  31. POOR PENSIONER.

    A contemptible act on the part of a young woman whose name is unknown resulted in the theft of half a sovereign from Robert Tinkler, and old-age pensioner, on ...

    Article : 116 words
  32. AMERICAN PROBLEMS.

    President Taft, in a speech at San Francisco on Thursday, urged the payment of subsidies as a means of meeting the difference in the cost of constructing ...

    Article : 148 words
  33. RUGBY FOOTBALL.

    The Rugby Football Union has suspended the Coventry Club till the end of the year, and also suspended the player Davey during the union's pleasure, and ...

    Article : 45 words
  34. INDISCREET COMMISSIONER.

    The Canadian Government has reprimanded Mr. Harris, the Canadian Commissioner at Yokohama, for having made insinuations in a letter reflecting on ...

    Article : 63 words
  35. TO-DAY'S DIARY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 129 words
  36. MERCHANDISE.

    Breadstuffs.—The wheat markets are dull. Buyers are apathetic and unwilling to increase stocks, while on the other hand sellers are quiet and indifferent, and ...

    Article : 273 words
  37. OVERSEA SHIPPING.

    At London.—Tongariro, steamer, from Wellington, August 26; Moravian, steamer, from Newcastle, July 30. At Avonmouth.—Dalhanna, steamer, from the Bluff. ...

    Article : 120 words
  38. CASUALTIES.

    Joseph McLeod, a cellarman, employed at the Imperial Hotel, Adelaide, sustained a nasty fall on Friday afternoon. The door of one of the bedrooms located over ...

    Article : 125 words
  39. WHO OWNED THE FLASK?

    When the Bishop of London was at Williamburg a couple of years ago (says The New York Times) he heard a story of one of the American episcopate which ...

    Article : 321 words
  40. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Harry Benson, who committed frauds fin connection with Feltham's Bank, has been found guilty and sentenced to five years' penal servitude. As director of the bank ...

    Article : 71 words
  41. BRITISH TRADE.

    The Board of Trade returns for the month of September show that the imports were valued at £49,487,198, an advance, of £1,458,991 compared with the ...

    Article : 70 words
  42. CHOKED AT TEA.

    Dr. Cleland, of the Parkside Lunatic Asylum, informed the Watchhouse authorities on Friday evening that Richard Pedler, aged 59, had choked while eating his ...

    Article : 38 words
  43. Advertising

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    Advertising : 740 words
  44. TASMANIAN LOAN.

    The Tasmanian Government is issuing a loan of £300,000, to bear interest at 3½ per cent. The minimum is fixed at £98 10/, and the loan will be repayable in 1940. ...

    Article : 52 words
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