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  2. TRUCK PROBLEM.

    It was pointed out yesterday by the Railway Commissioners that the position with regard to tracks was quite abnormal. Starving stock are now, it is explained, ...

    Article : 137 words
  3. RIFLE RESERVES.

    At a meeting convened by Mr. F. F. Cow[?]roy at the Customs House yesterday a committee was formed to make the preliminary arrangements for forming a Customs Rifle ...

    Article : 220 words
  4. PRICE OF SUGAR.

    In a statement presented by the officials and members of the council of the Australian Sugar Produccers' Association, Ltd., to the Necessary Commodities' Control ...

    Article : 1,424 words
  5. CROWDED HOSPITAL.

    The hospital is so overcrowded that the board of management has been obliged to refuse to admit patients. An intolerable condition of affairs prevails. Beds are made up ...

    Article : 163 words
  6. PREMIERS' CONFERENCE.

    An agreement has been arrived at by which the next Premiers' Conference will be held in Sydney early in May. Twenty-nine subjects have been suggested by the Premier of ...

    Article : 314 words
  7. BELGIUM.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 398 words
  8. PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    Already acknowledged, £190,859/11/4; Kyeamba Shire Patriotic Fund, £7/17/6; Mitchel Shire Patriotic Fund, £15/3/6; Raymond Terrace Patriotic Fund, 12/6; Coopernook Public School, 11/6; Badgerebong Patriotic ...

    Article : 58 words
  9. EMPIRE TRADE.

    The twelfth annual congress of delegates of the Chambers of Commerce of the Commonwealth was opened by the Governor in the Legislative Council Chamber yesterday. Mr. ...

    Article : 1,885 words
  10. RED CROSS.

    Since the produce department made an appeal for jam there has been a great response from the branches. Eleven tons of beautiful jam is a tribute to the industry of the workers. Seven hundred pounds of honey ...

    Article : 75 words
  11. BLUE CROSS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 102 words
  12. EDUCATION OFFICE.

    The recently-appointed Minister for Public Instruction, Mr. Griflith, yesterday was introduced by the Director of Education Mr. Peter Board, to the heads of the various ...

    Article : 77 words
  13. WELL-KNOWN COASTER.

    The well-known coastal steamer Coomonderry, which belonged to the Illawarra and South Coast Steam Navigation Company, Limited, is reported to have been sold. The ...

    Article : 88 words
  14. FOOD FUND.

    The Chamber of Commerce acknowledges the following subscriptions:—Amount already acknowledged, £100,364/10/8; Denham Bros., proceeds of 3 cheese, given by Mrs. F. M. Du Ross, Bergalia, £1/3/11; ...

    Article : 115 words
  15. PENNANT HILLS.

    A meeting under the auspices of the Pennaut Hills District Rifle Club was held in the Beecroft School of Arts for the purpose of urging the public to become members. Mr. ...

    Article : 98 words
  16. REWARD FOR LOYALTY.

    The attention of the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) was directed to-day to Lord Kitchener's statement in the House of Lords that "where service in this great war and the ...

    Article : 155 words
  17. WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT.

    Mr. Asquith stated in the House of Commons that he regretted Welsh members of the House of Commons had not been consulted with respect to the Compromise Bill dealing with ...

    Article : 124 words
  18. CONSUL'S LIST.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 909 words
  19. "WAR CHEST."

    The hon. treasurer of the Citizens' War Chest Fund, 113 Pitt-street, acknowledges the following further contributions:—Amount already acknowledged, £10,355/19/9; employees Colonial Sugar Refiing Co., ...

    Article : 190 words
  20. FIRES.

    Shortly before 11 o'clock last night a fire was discovered in the back portion of Mr. William Brown's Australian Picture Palace, in Oxford and Brisbane streets, and above the ...

    Article : 321 words
  21. STATE BORROWING.

    "I am just as much convinced as over," said the Prime Minister to-day, in referring to the loan of £250,000 which is being obtained by the Victorian Government on the London ...

    Article : 254 words
  22. KENSINGTON CLUB.

    At a meeting at Kensington it was decided to form a South Kensington section of the recently gazetted Maroubra Club. The Kensington Recreation Club officials have intimated ...

    Article : 52 words
  23. RUGBY UNION.

    The Rugby Union drill squads are now in full force at North Sydney, Randwick, Newtown, Glebe Balmain, Eastern Suburbs, and Y.M.C.A. Thus seven out of the 12 sections ...

    Article : 119 words
  24. SERVIAN FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 words
  25. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Mr. Walter Crane, artist, writer, lecturer, and socialist. ...

    Article : 22 words
  26. THE HOTELS.

    A federal conference of the Licensed Victuallers' Association was opened in Adelaide to-day. The Mayor (Alderman A. A. Simpson) tendered the visitors a reception. He ...

    Article : 229 words
  27. FRENCH-AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE.

    Private letters rcccived from the [?]ta of France [?] pirticulars of the great distress existing in that unfortunate rcgion is a result of the devastrations of the invaders. Much help is [?]eq[?]d, and all in this ...

    Article : 183 words
  28. ENGLISH BILLIARDS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 35 words
  29. RICHMOND.

    Several public meetings have been held here with the object of forming a rifle club, but the obstacle has been the difficulty in obtaining a supply of rifles. In deference to the ...

    Article : 136 words
  30. LATE SHIPPING.

    MELBOURNE (576cm).—Arr: March 16, Cadmus s, Urilla, s, Alabama, s, from Newcastle; Maresfield, s, from New York; Borderdale, s, from St. John; Umballa, s, from Calcutta; Lialccta, s, from Hobart Dep; ...

    Article : 131 words
  31. TRAVELLING KITCHEN.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 320 words
  32. DEATH OF ARCHDEACON DUNSTAN.

    Archdeacon Dunstan died at Mudgee rectory at 8 o'clock this morning, aged 73 years. Deceased, who was born at Wilberforce, was a son of the late Tristram Dunstan, who ...

    Article : 172 words
  33. PRODUCE DESTROYED.

    The most disastrous fire which has occurred at Wagga for many years broke out at midnight last night, when Preseott's, Ltd., produce merchants, store and premises were ...

    Article : 91 words
  34. VALUELESS CHEQUE.

    On Monday morning, shortly after the steamer Miltiades arrived from England, via Brisbane, a man, dressed in the uniform of a British military officer, and wearing two rows ...

    Article : 396 words
  35. CHARGE AGAINST NEWSPAPER

    The question of expediting the hearing of an appeal from Western Australia was before the High Court yesterday. The circumstances were that in the "Dally News," of Perth, of ...

    Article : 214 words
  36. MEIBOURHE LIVE STOCK MARKET.

    In the live stock market to-day 43,700 fat sheep were penned; including a fair proportion of good quality. There was a good attendance of the trade, exporters, and graziers. The market opened ...

    Article : 240 words
  37. SOUTH COAST MINERS.

    The statement of the secretary of the Corrlmal Balgownie Company, published yesterday, regarding the stoppage at the Corrimal colliery, is resented by the minors' general ...

    Article : 251 words
  38. REGIMENTAL COMFORTS.

    The President of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. F. E. Winchcombe, acknowledges the following additional subscriptions to the Regimental Comforts Fund:— "39/85," £2 Total fund, £1551/12/5. Less ...

    Article : 38 words
  39. TOWN AND COUNTRY.

    The Minister for Labour and Industry and Minister for Mines, Mr. Estell, yesterday took exception to the statement in the "Herald" that the man on the land in want of labour ...

    Article : 171 words
  40. PRIZE COURT APPEALS.

    The Premier is informod by the Governor that the imperial Government has had under consideration the question of the proper procedure to be pursued in regard to appeals ...

    Article : 200 words
  41. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 164 words
  42. A WOUNDED SAILOR.

    Mr. T. Gascoigne, A.B., who was severely wounded in the Sydney-Emden fight, was last night tendered a public welcome home in the Literary Institute. ...

    Article : 142 words
  43. STRATEGIC RAILWAY.

    The first stop has been made by the Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) in connection with surveying the route of the proposed strategic railway from Port Augusta to Brisbane. ...

    Article : 137 words
  44. CHARGE OF ASSAULT.

    The High Court of Australia to-day dismissed the appeal on a special case stated by Judge Murray, of Papua, in the case of George Bornasconi, manager of a station on the south ...

    Article : 281 words
  45. SCHOONER ASHORE ON SOUTH COAST.

    The Navigation Department received a telegram yesterday morning from Captain Schubert, owner and master of the auxlliary wooden schooner Advance, stating that his vessel was ...

    Article : 36 words
  46. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 205 words
  47. RAILWAY VOLUNTEERS.

    In reply to several complaints by correspondents regarding delays in payment of moneys to relations of employees who have gone to the front, the Railway and Tramway ...

    Article : 159 words
  48. MOTOR CAR BURNED.

    A double-seater car owned by Mr. C. D. Turton, manager of the local wool-scouring works, was destroyed by fire in a lane on Hereford Estate to-day. ...

    Article : 35 words
  49. STATE SUBSIDY.

    The Premier is informed by the Master Builders' Association that it proposes to organise within the industry a monthly fund for the provision of food for distressed ...

    Article : 330 words
  50. RACEHORSE STOLEN.

    The well-known racing mare Orvieto, belonging to Mr. J. V. Smith, was stolen from James Scobie's stables at Flemington early this morning. Later in the day a constable saw ...

    Article : 63 words
  51. THE KYARRA MEN.

    Sir,—Does it occur to those who write so bitterly of those few men who were sent back or the Kyarra that "undesirable" (in milltary sense) may mean anything they themselves ...

    Article : 261 words
  52. AMUSEMENTS.

    The St. Patrick's Day celebration concert will be held in the Sydney Town Hall this evening. There will be a number of attractive items, including contributions by the loading Roman Catholic colleges, ...

    Article : 70 words
  53. AN AWKWARD FOOTBRIDGE.

    At the meeting of the North Sydney Council last night a heliograph was received from the secretary to the chief Commissioner of ...

    Article : 220 words
  54. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 189 words
  55. MISS SCARR'S BELGIAN CONCERT.

    Miss Claire Sear has organised a concert in aid of the Belgian Fund for Tuesday evening next, at Warringah Hall, Neutral Bay. The Paris-trained contralto will be assisted in a bright programme by Miss Lynn ...

    Article : 78 words
  56. FIRE IN MELBOURNE.

    A fire ocurred late this afternoon in Kingstreet, in a building occupied by Henry Olsen and Co., exporters and importers; and Henry Berry and Co. Proprietary, Limited. ...

    Article : 194 words
  57. WIRTH'S CIRCUS.

    Wirth's circus will open its season in Sydney next Saturday night, at Prince Alfred Park, with a programme of new artists and acts, including M. Mussa, Mamico, a Russian Cossack cavairy officer, whose ...

    Article : 145 words
  58. VICTORIAN RAILWAYS.

    Mr. W. F. Fitzpatrick, the Chief Commissioner of Railways, will retire from the service of the Railway Department on the complction of his present term of office on April ...

    Article : 96 words
  59. WATER FAMINE.

    The Railway Department is buying water from the Hotel Culcairn water scheme at 3s per 1000 gallons, and retailing the water at various stations for 10s. The local scheme ...

    Article : 77 words
  60. ANNETTE KELLERMAN.

    The photo-play "Neptune's Daughter," will be given its first presentation in Australia to-night. Aunette Kellerman, the famous Australian, will be seen in the role of the mermaid, daughter of Neptune. The plan ...

    Article : 58 words
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