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  2. QUAY SITE.

    The Railway Commissioners regard the Quay site for the city electric railway station as a very serious matter. It is possible that, if the Cabinet re-affirms Dr. ...

    Article : 423 words
  3. GERMAN MOVE.

    Germany has airead, re-entered the Australian shipping trade, and, according to advices received from Rabaul, is preparing to re-enter the Island trade. ...

    Article : 206 words
  4. FLATS AFIRE.

    Soveral tenants had narrow escapes from a fire that destroyed the top floor of Florida Mansions, at the corner of St. Kilda-rond and High-street, Prahran, early this morning. ...

    Article : 433 words
  5. AFGHANISTAN.

    In response to appeals from the Legations at Kabul, British Air Foice 'planes have rescued the families of the Italian, Turkish and Persian Ministers, and the wife of an ...

    Article : 271 words
  6. AUSTRALIAN TEST TEAM.

    With the arrival this morning of the fourth selector, Dr. C. E. Dolling from South Australia, the business of choosing the Australian team for the third test began in earnest. The four selectors, Messrs. Warren Bardsley, E. E. Bean, J. S. ...

    Article : 171 words
  7. REBUILDING.

    Although the are which swept the main street of Trangic on Christmas Eve has left the business centre a hideous moss of debris and charred wood and iron, the ...

    Article : 364 words
  8. THE KING.

    The King had a quict night, and there was little change in his condition this morning. It has been learnt authoritatively that ...

    Article : 717 words
  9. TWO CLUES.

    Detectives who inquired into the gas outrage at the residence of Mr. P. Morris Levy, in Arcadia-street, Coogee, have secured clues that may lead to the ...

    Article : 197 words
  10. THE HOLIDAYS.

    Although Britain was without newspapers for two days, the news may be easily summarised. People everywhere—in city and tiniest hamlet—were reassured concerning the ...

    Article : 200 words
  11. COMMENTS ON THE SELECTION

    There have been two noteworthy changes in the team that was beaten in the second test match at Sydney. The first is the dropping of O. E. Nothling, the Queensland all-rounder, ...

    Article : 1,712 words
  12. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 89 words
  13. SPEEDBOAT'S ANTICS.

    An extraordinary accident occurred during a motorboat race at Russell Bay of Islands. On rounding the mark, Humbug, the most powerful boat engaged, threw her driver, ...

    Article : 107 words
  14. MOTOR SPEED RECORD

    The ride by W. Milligan and E. McCoy, of Bunbury, who lowered the Perth-Bunbury record for a motor cycle and sidecar, had a sensational ending 200 yards from the finish. ...

    Article : 139 words
  15. ALLEGED MURDER.

    The hearing was continued at the Police Court of the case in which Colin Conny Anderson, 22, labourer, is charged with having, on October 30, at Cordelia-street, South ...

    Article : 251 words
  16. 25-HOUR WEEK.

    A working week of 25 bouts for rockchoppers is one of the claims included in the new log drawn up by the Rockchoppcrs, bower Miners, and Sewer Workers' section of the ...

    Article : 208 words
  17. DIAMONDS.

    A serious position has developed on the Namaqunland diamond fields in consequence of the Government prohibition of prospecting. Recently the Government ylelded to political ...

    Article : 170 words
  18. CAR SOMERSAULTS.

    A car driven by Constantine Keldoulla, storekeeper, of Orroroo, Bomersaulted yesterday on the road between Spalding and Clare, and the passengers were thrown out. Mrs. ...

    Article : 95 words
  19. GRAPE CROPS.

    The Murray Valley wine-making industry is depressed owing to the low prices offcred for this season's grapes of £9/10/ per ton for wine-making purposes. There was every ...

    Article : 215 words
  20. TWO LIVES LOST.

    A drowning accident occurred at the Faugha-Ballagh dam at Solomon's Hill, Bendigo, yesterday evening, when two schoolboys, Leslie John Shcnrd, aged 13 years, and Horace ...

    Article : 76 words
  21. LABOUR AUCTION.

    News from St. Etlcnne says that the annual farm labour auction, held there in accordance with an ancient custom, illustrated forclbly France's labour shortage. Only a dozen farm ...

    Article : 117 words
  22. CONTRACT SYSTEM.

    The City Commissioners have decided that in future tenders shall be invited for all new buildings required by the City Council. The building construction branch of the ...

    Article : 110 words
  23. RAILWAYS.

    The State Govemment proposes to make a start with the construction of the Eastern Suburbs railway before the present Parliament terminates, but not during the ...

    Article : 150 words
  24. LITTLE GIRL LOST.

    Joyce Cooper, aged 4, daughter of Gilbert Cooper, a furmor, in the Mt, Barker district, who wandered from a picnic party on Christmas Eve, at 4.30 p.m., was found dead at the ...

    Article : 105 words
  25. OLDFIELD INJURED.

    Most of the Englishmen were at practice on the Melbourne ground this afternoon. The prospective Australian players generally have had all the practice they require. In fact, ...

    Article : 107 words
  26. OBITUARY.

    The death is anuouucod of Lord Lambourne, president of the Royal Horticultural Society, in his 82nd year. As Sir Mark Lockwood he sat in the House of Commons for the ...

    Article : 232 words
  27. DIVORCE

    A glance at the year's records of the divorce office shows a steady increaee in the petitions filed. To-day, when the office will conclude its ...

    Article : 126 words
  28. DISMISSED MEN.

    Many of the men recently discharged by the City Council from the Water and Sewerage Dopartment, have been denied payment of their long-service allowances, amounting, in ...

    Article : 213 words
  29. PRINCE OF WALES.

    At Melton Mowbray good horsemanship saved the Prince of Wales from being thrown from his horse. When the Prince appeared at Oakham hunt a cheering crowd of 2000 ...

    Article : 202 words
  30. HEIGHT STANDARD.

    Mr. B. Fortoscue, general secretary of the Police Association, in a statement issued yesterday, protests against the proposal to reduce the height standard of the police, ...

    Article : 149 words
  31. BRAVE GIRL.

    Three narrow escapes from drowning occurred in the Clarerce River, at South Grafton. Winlfied Gibson, aged 19, displayed great heroism, and nearly lost her life. ...

    Article : 162 words
  32. PREPARING THE WICKET.

    Immediately the Interstate match had con eluded to day the groundsmen began puttlne, the finlshing touches on the test wiclet. It was curefully coverod even the steel edgings ...

    Article : 78 words
  33. COAL CONTRACTS.

    The City Commissioners consider it inadvisable to advortise for fresh tenders for the supply of coal to the power-house at the present Juncture. ...

    Article : 87 words
  34. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    It is officially reported from Paris that the medical men appointed to examine M. Klotz, a former Minister for Finance, who is charged with fraud, slate that be is responsible for his ...

    Article : 322 words
  35. MR. P. F. WARNER'S COMMENTS.

    Mr. P. F. Warner, writing on the question of played out tests, says that the Australian view deserves serious consideration, and also that many people are prepared to urge that ...

    Article : 105 words
  36. WOMAN FATALLY INJURED.

    As the result of a collision between a tramway's bus and a motor cir at Glenelg on Wednesday evening Mrs. Mary Hannah Evans, of Second-avenue, St. Peters, aged 66, died ...

    Article : 75 words
  37. SHIPBUILDING.

    The Clydoslde shipbuilding and englneering yards have had their buslest year since 1920, 229 vessels being launched of a gross tonnage of 601,918 tons, compared with 274 vessels of ...

    Article : 58 words
  38. BOLIVIA AND PARAGUAY.

    The text of the protocol, by which the PanAmerlean Coneilliantion Conference hopes to settle the Bollvia-Paraguny holder clash, was cabled to the disputing Governments to-day. ...

    Article : 83 words
  39. £1000 FOR UNEMPLOYED.

    Realising the distress that exists among the unemployed the Goverument placed £1000 at th disposal of the Superintendent of Labour Exchanges in Adolaide and Port Adelaide for ...

    Article : 137 words
  40. "TINNED" MUSIC.

    Because an automatic gramophone was installed instead of an orchestra, members of the Hobart branch of the Musicians' Union have declared "black" the Theatre Royal, ...

    Article : 112 words
  41. TWICE INJURED.

    On Christmas Eve Alfred Keys, a 14-year-old boy, residing in Christian-street Punchbowl, bad both arms broken as the result of an accided. Yesterday morning he was being ...

    Article : 130 words
  42. CHILD ELECTROCUTED.

    A boyish prank resulted in the death of Gordon Graham Traynor, aged 7 years, of Reynolds-street, Balmain, yesterday The child was playing at the kindergarten ...

    Article : 108 words
  43. POLO AT HAWAH.

    The second practice game of polo preparatory to the final exhibition next Sunday, in which Pearson. Beveridge and Skene will appear was played to-day. Although wind ...

    Article : 109 words
  44. MAN'S DEAD BODY

    With bloodstains on the head and clad only in a singlet the body of Gustaf E. Lindholm, 55 of Wright-street city was found lying in a doorway of his house this evening. ...

    Article : 84 words
  45. CHINESE GUNBOAT SALUTED.

    The Trench vessel Marne saluted the Chinese gunboat Choyu in the Yangtze River off Nanking. The salute arose out of the signing on December 22 of the new tariff ...

    Article : 83 words
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