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  2. MISSION ENTERPRISE.

    On Monday last a large party of native Tongnn missionaries arrived in Suva by the Tofun, and on Wednesday left by the same vessel for Auckland, where they tranship to ...

    Article : 440 words
  3. PROHIBITION.

    The secretary of the Business Men's [?] clency League (Mr. Fred, C. Middleton) has received further replies from Canada and the United States to the investigation set on foot ...

    Article : 550 words
  4. WHEAT HANDLING.

    As a result of conferences, whlih have been in progress between representatives of the A.W.U. and a number of the wheat handling and shipping firms for some weeks, regarding ...

    Article : 491 words
  5. A NOVEL DINNER AT WATERLCO.

    The Rev. A. J. Smith Rector of St. Silas's Church, Waterloo, departed this year from the custom of distributing Christmas grocery order to the needy people of his parish. Instead, he issued about 150 invitations to parishioners over 60 years of age to partae of dinner in the Parish Hall yesterday. There was a large attendance of elderly people, who were supplied with an excelient meal. The Rector, in the course of an address, said that in the parish in which he had worked in England he had seen this method adopted every year with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 211 words
  6. WASHINGTON CONFERENCE.

    The Washington Conference was hardly an hour old when it made history in the most dramatic and unexpected fashion. Mr. Charles E. Hughes, Secreatary of State in the Harding ...

    Article : 1,460 words
  7. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

    "Apparently any stick, even the stick of Ignorance, can he seized upon to beat the Labour Government with," said the Premier (Mr. Dooley) yesterday. ...

    Article : 151 words
  8. FOUND WITH OPIUM.

    George Haldane Blues, a waterside worker, was sentenced at the Police Court to six months' imprisonment for being found in possession of opium valued at £200. The evidence ...

    Article : 103 words
  9. CASUALTIES.

    The death of James John Hanley, aged 41 years, a sawyer, was the subject of an inquiry by the City Coroner yesterday. With a bullet wound in the head Hanley was found in the ...

    Article : 117 words
  10. HEALTH EXPERT.

    Another of the experts loaned to the Commonwealth Government by the Rockefeller International Board of Health has arrived, in Melbourne. This is Mr. F. E. Longley, an ...

    Article : 110 words
  11. S.A.J.C. ACCEPTANCES.

    The S.A.J.C. acceptances, to be run on December 31, are as follow:- Keswick Stakes, w.f.a., lm and 1f. [?] Telegony, 9.3; Crysader, 9; Naelham, 9; [?] ...

    Article : 158 words
  12. SUICIDE BY POISONING.

    The death of Lewis Arthur Hardie, aged 37 years, a packer, was inquired into yesterday by the City Coroner. Deceased was found dead in the bush near Manly on December 17. A ...

    Article : 59 words
  13. BEFORE THE WAR.

    A first-class contribution to the history of the outbreak of the war appears in an obscure Stuttgart paper. It is an extract from Count Moltke's memoirs, which have been printed ...

    Article : 867 words
  14. MILLION FARMS.

    "I have been out in the far west, between Balranald and Wilcannia, and from White Cliffs to Tibooburra, and can claim a fair knowledge of the great work you have in ...

    Article : 170 words
  15. REDISTRIBUTION.

    Strong objection to the proposed redistribution of Federal seats in Victoria is being taken by members of the Country party on the ground that the increase in the ...

    Article : 296 words
  16. BUTTEER STOCKS.

    Official intimation has been received by the Customs Department that the British authorities have postponed their schema for the disposal of surplus butter stocks. A cable ...

    Article : 213 words
  17. IRON AND STEEL.

    Sir,—Mr. Dooley has something to say on the above subject in your issue of to-day; but he does not offer any suggestion whereby the present depression in the local steel trade ...

    Article : 388 words
  18. WOMAN INJURED BY AN ENGINE.

    Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Smith, aged 34, of Scarborough, fell in front of an engine at No. 6 platform, Central Railway Station, early yesterday afternoon. She sustained a ...

    Article : 60 words
  19. SERGEANT-AT-ARMS SUSPENDED.

    It was reported to the Governo-in-Council to-day by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (Sir John Mackey) that, in his opinion, Mr. J. M. Worthington, the ...

    Article : 126 words
  20. WORKMAN RECEIVES ELECTRIC SHOCK.

    While white-washing in a lift well on the premises of S. T. Leigh, printers, in Castlereagh-street, yesterday morning, John Gwillan, a labourer of Bourke-street, Moore Park, ...

    Article : 61 words
  21. POOR CHILDEEN'S HAPPIEST HOUR.

    The Sydney City Mission is here seen spreading before the poor children of mean streets that cheerfulness 'which has been described as "the best hymn to the divinity." Three great Christmas trees, aglow with bright colour, and set [?] a vast mass of toys, were provided, along with sweets and cakes and a picture Bhow, for an army of children from the 12 mission centres at the Town Hall on Thursday night. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 113 words
  22. VICTORY MEDAL.

    The Victory Medals, issued for service during the war, and which, are of bronze, will probably be regarded as the most artistic of the three medals which were issued to the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 355 words
  23. MUST OFFENDERS.

    "In all my experience I have not yet soon one first offende, bound over at an Assize Court, go back to a life of clime." So said Inspector Rees Davles, in reply to Mr. Justice ...

    Article : 179 words
  24. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 138 words
  25. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 173 words
  26. MISSING WOMAN DROWNED.

    Arier searching all Tuesday night and late into Wednesday the body of Mrs. Tobin, who walked from Armidale the previous morning, was found in Tilbuster Creek, about five ...

    Article : 76 words
  27. HOUSING BURDEN.

    Sir Charles T. Ruthen, Director-General of Housing under the Ministry of Health in the November issue of the "Nineteenth Century," debates the housing question from the point of ...

    Article : 224 words
  28. FRESH AT LISMORE.

    Splendid rains have fallen over the whole district sufficient for all requirements to ensure a good winter. The fall in Lismore exceeded six inches. It was heavier in outside ...

    Article : 128 words
  29. VALLEY OF LOST TRIBES.

    Dr. Ingram, an Englishman, and his niece, Miss Boynton, have returned to Peking after their fourth Journey to the Valley of the Lost Tribes in the Hslang-ling. It appears that ...

    Article : 258 words
  30. COPPER PRODUCTION.

    The Minister for Mines stated to-day that he had sent a further message to the Hampden-Cloncurly Company in connection with the proposed conference of interested parties ...

    Article : 158 words
  31. THE ORSOVA'S MAILS.

    Information was received by the Postal Department to-day that the mail steamer Orsova had arrived at Fremantle, and that the English mails had been transferred to the ...

    Article : 65 words
  32. TO-DAY.

    Her Majesty's: "The Boy," 8. Theatre Royal: "You're in Love," 8. Palace Theatre: "Scandal," 8. Criterion: "Sinbad the Sailor," [?] ...

    Article : 137 words
  33. SLACK TIMES ON RAILWAYS.

    Mr. Fitzpatrick, M.L.A. has received from the Railway Commissioners a communication relative to his inquiry regarding engine cleaners at Bathurst not obtaining full time in ...

    Article : 145 words
  34. MR. WALTER MARKS, M.P.

    The new Under-Secretary in the Commonwealth Cabinet. Mr. Walter Marks, M.P., will, it is assumed, be consulted by his colleagues on matters pertaining to the navy, and his ...

    Article : 121 words
  35. SEARCH FOR OIL.

    In a report to the Mines Department on the possible discovery of oil in the Blackall distriet the warden of that centre states that the ares affected totals about 60,000 [?] ...

    Article : 58 words
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