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  2. WRECKED. THE WILTSHIRE.

    The steamer Wiltshire was wrecked at the south end of the Great Barrier, an island in the Gulf of Hauraki, while trying to make Auckland on the voyage from Liverpool. ...

    Article : 250 words
  3. IRELAND.

    Fighting at Belfast is incessant between Crown forces and gunmen. Following the attempted assassination of Constables Houlston and Campbell, who were ...

    Article : 566 words
  4. FAMILY PENSION SCHEME. Government Bill Next Session.

    It is understood that a bill has been drafted and will be presented to Parliament for enactment during the forthcoming session which will result in the pensioning of large families where the income of the wage-earner is insufficient to enable him to rear his children with a reasonable standard of comfort. ...

    Article : 739 words
  5. RED CROSS.

    Lady Forster was present at the afternoon session of the Red Cross Exhibition at the Town Hall yesterday. The Governor-General, Lord Forster, signified his intention of ...

    Article : 791 words
  6. STEELWORKS. SHAREHOLDERS' CASH

    Over £6,500,000 of actual shareholders' money has been expended in the establishment of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's (Limited) steelworks at Port ...

    Article : 386 words
  7. EUROPE IN TRANSITION. American Aloofness Regretted.

    During a speech in the House of Commons Mr. Lloyd George said that the aloofness of America towards Europe was reducing the effectiveness of the Treaty of Versailles. He thought Germany was making a real effort to meet her ...

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  8. TUG REACHES THE WRECK.

    That the Wiltshire's crew may still be saved was the latest word from the wreck to-night. All efforts to effect a rescue from the seaward side being frustrated by the heavy gale, it ...

    Article : 440 words
  9. EFFECT OF CLOSING DOWN.

    An idea of the extent of the effect of the closure of the steelworks plant was given by an official to-day. It was stated that the cessation of operations affected directly and ...

    Article : 218 words
  10. AUSTRALIA HOUSE.

    A deplorable lack of co-operation between the Commonwealth Government and Australia House at present exists, according to Mr. R. J. Burchell, M.P., who recently returned from ...

    Article : 312 words
  11. LOTTERIES.

    The question of the sale in New South Wales of tickets in the Queensland Government's Golden Casket lottery has been inquired into by the Attorney-General (Mr. T. R. Bavin) ...

    Article : 135 words
  12. WINNERS OF SWEEPS.

    Jeanie Thomas, a young clerk employed by the Royal Insurance Company, drew Captain Cuttle in a Calcutta sweep. She sold a half share for several thousand, but wins £62,000. ...

    Article : 76 words
  13. DEATH IN A TUNNEL

    An astonishing accident occurred in the Mornay tunnel on the Swiss frontier. A goods train was compelled to stop, and seven men— driver, stokers, and brakesmen—were ...

    Article : 77 words
  14. DISTURBED CHINA.

    News comes from Peking that President Hsu Shi-Chang, announcing that he does not intend to obstruct China's progress, has declared his willingness to resign in the ...

    Article : 104 words
  15. THE ENGLISH DERBY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 235 words
  16. ST. GEORGE HOSPITAL.

    A deputation from the committee of the St. George District Hospital waited on the Chief Secretary, Mr. Oakes, yesterday morning, and asked that a grant of £25,000 should ...

    Article : 257 words
  17. MR. HUGHES.

    A good illustration of the public interest aroused by the Prime Minister's tour of the north was afforded last night at Sarina, one of the productive centres of the ...

    Article : 245 words
  18. THE WILTSHIRE.

    A frequent visitor to Port Jackson in trade between Liverpool and Australasian ports, the Wiltshire was a steel twin screw fivemasted steamer of 12,160 tons, and was built ...

    Article : 167 words
  19. ART UNIONS.

    It has been decided by the Attorney-General (Mr. T. R. Bavin) that in future no applications will be entertained by him for the postponement of drawings of art unions, ...

    Article : 82 words
  20. MINERS' WAGES.

    Mr. C. M. MacDonald (secretary to the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association) Stated last night that consequent upon the miners' refusal to accept any reduction in ...

    Article : 233 words
  21. MAJOR BLAKE.

    Major Blake is at Istres, where his machine is undergoing repairs. A new propeller has been sent from England to replace the one damaged landing at Marseilles. ...

    Article : 36 words
  22. POSTMAN ATTACKED

    In a quiet street in Gardenvale, Charles Edward Elliott, a postman, was proceeding on his usual round this morning, his mail bag containing £300 in military pensions ...

    Article : 180 words
  23. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Empire Settlement Act has received the Royal assent. It is reported from Vienna that a new Cabinet has been formed, with Professor Se[?]pol ...

    Article : 286 words
  24. GREAT BARRIER ISLAND.

    Great Barrier Island is a precipitous isolated Island situated at the mouth of Hauraki Gulf on the cast coast of the North Island of New Zealand, near Auckland. It is ...

    Article : 84 words
  25. COUNTRY v. CITY.

    The question of city versus country development was touched upon on Wednesday by the Minister for Works (Sir Thomas Henley) in his reply to a local deputation which ...

    Article : 378 words
  26. STEEPLECHASING.

    The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals suggests that the Grand National authorities, should arrange elimination trials, so as to reduce the Grand National ...

    Article : 58 words
  27. SALVATION ARMY.

    A very large number of Salvation Army adherents and others were present yesterday afternoon at the opening by the Lord Mayor of Sydney (Alderman W. P. McElhone) of the ...

    Article : 152 words
  28. CAPTAIN HAYWARD.

    The master of the Wiltshire, Captain Hayward, is commodore of the fleet of vessels owned by the Federal Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., having the longest service with ...

    Article : 84 words
  29. SPORT ABROAD.

    Kirkwood in his first practice round at Sandwich did the course in 71 from the championship tees. The Australia bowlers beat Penarth by 99 to ...

    Article : 181 words
  30. THE CYCLONE.

    The cyclonic disturbance which has been appearing off the eastern coast of Australia during the past few days, has moved eastward, and it was stated by the Weather ...

    Article : 59 words
  31. WAX FACTORY FIRE,

    A fire broke out in the three-storied building occupied by the Sun Wax Manufacturing Company, at 291 Sussex-street, early yesterday afternoon. The flames, which originated ...

    Article : 114 words
  32. FREIGHT RATES.

    For some time past the freight charges on wheat an[?] flour shipments from Australian ports to the United Kingdom and the Continent have been falling, and the reductions ...

    Article : 97 words
  33. SASTRI'S VISIT,

    Dr. Sastri, the Indian statesman who is visiting Australis, as a delegation from the Indian Government, arrived at Fremantle this morning. He was met by the Acting Premier, ...

    Article : 107 words
  34. THE EGYPT.

    A cable has been received by Macdonald, Hamilton, and Company, managing agents in Australia for the P. and O. S. N. Co., Limited, from the head office of the company in London, ...

    Article : 87 words
  35. NEW RAILWAY.

    The Minister for Public Works (Sir Thomas Henley) was asked by a deputation yesterday to have on official inquiry made by the Public Works Committee into the possibilities of ...

    Article : 249 words
  36. RECIPROCITY.

    Proposals for a reciprocal trade agreement between Canada and Australia have been forwarded to the Canadian Prime Minister by the Federal Ministry. This step has been taken ...

    Article : 105 words
  37. COUNTRY PARTY.

    Only six members were present at the presessional meeting of the Federal Country Party, which was held at Parliament House today, and questions of policy were accordingly ...

    Article : 234 words
  38. RUSSIAN FAMINE.

    A message from Copenhagen says that the American Relief Committee's food train was wrecked in Northern Caucasia. The robbers removed the rails and carried ...

    Article : 42 words
  39. TOTAL WRECK AT GREAT BARRIER ISLAND.

    THE FEDERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S STEAMER WILTSHIRE. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 13 words
  40. SUPPOSED OIL FIND.

    Questioned regarding the reported oil find at Beaudesert the Minister for Mines, Mr. Jones, said that a geologist had been deputed to visit the bore. He (Mr. Jones) paid it a ...

    Article : 115 words
  41. BOTTOMLEY'S PAST.

    It is stated that Horatio Bottomley received £25,00 compensation from the proprietors for determination of his editorship of "John Bull." ...

    Article : 131 words
  42. DEAF AND DUMB AND THE BLIND.

    A deputation, representing the Deaf, Dumb, and the Blind Institution, approached the Chief Secretary, Mr. Oakes, yesterday morning to ask that an increased Government subsidy ...

    Article : 115 words
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