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  2. RIFLE RESERVES.

    Notwithstanding that the business demands on the staff of Messrs. Farmer and Co. necessitate the early attendance of hundreds of male employees, no fewer than 170 members ...

    Article : 260 words
  3. BELGIUM.

    The State Premier and the Prime Minister have recently been corresponding with each other regarding the attitude of the British Government towards relief funds for ...

    Article : 59 words
  4. PRICE OF WHEAT.

    The secretary of the Necessary Commodities' Commission is in receipt of a letter from the secretary of the Wheat Acquisition Board informing him that it has been decided by the ...

    Article : 133 words
  5. HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTS.

    Private Frederick Lassetter, son of Colonel H. B. Lassetter, was a passenger by the R.M.S. Orsova, which arrived yesterday. Private Lassetter was studying law at ...

    Article : 524 words
  6. FIRE AT PADDINGTON.

    Between £4000 and £6000 worth of stock was destroyed by fire which almost gutted the premises of Thos. Cooke and Co., general drapers 408-10 Oxford-street, Paddington, last ...

    Article : 259 words
  7. SIR GEORGE REID.

    Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia, has received hundreds of congratulatory messages and telegrams on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of his birthday, ...

    Article : 187 words
  8. METHODIST CONFERENCE.

    The Methodist Conference was continued yesterday, under the presidency of the Rev. J. Woodhouse. The Rev. R. B. Bowes reported for the ...

    Article : 906 words
  9. METHODISTS RESPOND.

    When the suggestion was made at the Methodist Conference to-day that a joint contribution should be made to the Belgian Fund, the proposal was taken up enthusiastically. ...

    Article : 53 words
  10. SPECIAL APPEAL.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 781 words
  11. MR. FISHER'S VIEW.

    No reply has been received by Mr. Massey in answer to inquiries made of the Imporial Government as to the special appeal recently sent out by the Belgian Commission. Mr. ...

    Article : 119 words
  12. STRATEGIC RAILWAY.

    Reference was again made to-day by the Prime Minister, Mr. Fisher, to the scheme which he has already outlined for building a strategic railway from Port Augusta to ...

    Article : 303 words
  13. SPORT ABROAD.

    Owing to Jack Johnson being barred in Mexico by General Carranza's orders, the boxing contest between him and Jess Willard has been indefinitely postponed. ...

    Article : 58 words
  14. A SPLENDID GIFT.

    Mr. H. E. Partridge has given the Lindaeur collection of Maori paintings, valued at over £20,000, to the fund. ...

    Article : 25 words
  15. RUGBY UNION DRILL SCHEME.

    Mr. W. W. Hill, secretary of the New South Wales Rugby Union, is in receipt of the following letter from Senator Pearce, Minister for Defence, in connection with the union's ...

    Article : 365 words
  16. THE MELBA CONCERT.

    The Melba concert in aid of the Red Cross Society and the Belgian Relief Fund, held on Wednesday night in Geelong, realised £1535. ...

    Article : 29 words
  17. RAILWAY STRIKE.

    The strike of men belonging to the Railway Workers and General Labourers' Association, which took place on the Glebe-Wardell railway construction works on Thursday was ...

    Article : 142 words
  18. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL.

    The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in the matter of the Minister for Lands of New South Wales versus Coote, has allowed the appeal. ...

    Article : 110 words
  19. MR. MASSEY'S QUESTION.

    In connection with the Belgian appeal, Mr. Massey says it is no use New Zealand sending help unless it is absolutely certain there is no chance of it being diverted to the Germans. ...

    Article : 86 words
  20. LAW REFORM.

    The manner in which, it is claimed, the Legislature should afford relief to litigants, was mentioned by Mr. Paris Nesbit, K.C., in the Supreme Court to-day. ...

    Article : 114 words
  21. BREAK OF GAUGE.

    The Minister for Railways, Mr. Mackinn[?] states, in regard to the railway yard at Tocumwal, which is a combined Victorian and New South Wales enterprise, that the New ...

    Article : 83 words
  22. BOMB THROWN.

    A bomb was thrown during the progress of a gala performance at Sofia (Bulgaria) on February 14, and exploded in the vicinity of a box, in which the wife of the Prime Minister ...

    Article : 78 words
  23. "BRAVO, AUSTRALIA!"

    Mr. W. Rogers, of Garden Hill, has received an interesting letter from a friend in Wales, dealing with the war. Referring to the part Australians are ...

    Article : 124 words
  24. MEDICAL MEN.

    A cable message has been received from the War Office, asking that 100 medical men be sent, as soon as possible, to join the Royal Army Medical Corps in Europe. ...

    Article : 420 words
  25. PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 67 words
  26. COAL-LOADING CRANES.

    At the fortnightly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-day a communication was received from the Director-General of Public Works stating that a cablegram had come ...

    Article : 131 words
  27. DOCTORS ON DRINK.

    The following motion was passed at the February meeting of the South Australian branch of the British Medical Association on Thursday:—"That in view of the evidence ...

    Article : 96 words
  28. CLYDE ENGINEERS.

    The Clyde engineers have, by a large majority, rejected the offer of the employers to advance the rates of wages by three-farthings per hour. The dispute affects 100,000 ...

    Article : 59 words
  29. "WAR CHEST."

    Already acknowledged, £9794/10/3; War Chest 1, 280, 281, 507, £2/10/1; emp. Wormald Bros., Ltd., £3; emp. Jos. Pickles and Sons, £10/5/; emp. S. Hoffnung and Co., £4/l3/5; Mrs. J. K. Smythe, £1/10/; ...

    Article : 156 words
  30. HIGH TREASON.

    A message to the "Cape Argus" on January 26, from its London correspondent, stated that a sensation had been caused in Germany by the arrest of Senator Possehl, of Lubeck, a ...

    Article : 707 words
  31. QUEENSLAND LOAN.

    The prospectus of the Queensland loan of £11,728,000, 4[?] per cent, bonds and stocks, will be advertised on Saturday. The price is 99, and the loan is redeemable 1920-25. ...

    Article : 67 words
  32. "WHAT IS WRONG WITH GERMANY."

    "This is the first book upon Germany which I have written without pleasure," says Mr. William Harbutt Dawson, author of "What is Wrong with Germany?" And he adds: "Had ...

    Article : 366 words
  33. SERVIAN FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 176 words
  34. RED CROSS.

    The attendance at the Town Hall was much improved during the week, though there is still room for more workers. Last Tuesday was a record day, 94 shirts being finished. The ladies have been busy ...

    Article : 209 words
  35. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Senator J. A. C. Graaf has been appointed Minister of Finance. ...

    Article : 19 words
  36. MEAT FOR ARMY.

    The State Government has as yet taken no definite steps under the Meat for Army Purposes Act, recently passed at the special request of the Imperial Government. ...

    Article : 152 words
  37. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 161 words
  38. SECTARIAN PAPERS.

    After a heated debate the City Council decided to cut out all the sectarian papers from the public library. The "Watchman" was recently-added to the library list, and ...

    Article : 74 words
  39. BLUE CROSS.

    Already acknowledged, £345/18/9; Mrs. A. A. Smart, £3/3/; W.C.[?]., 5/; The War Horse, £25; Mrs. W. D. Donkin, £1/1/; G. H. Brown, £1/1/; Lover of Horses, 5/; E. L. Clarence, £1/1/. Total, £377/14/9. ...

    Article : 35 words
  40. SOLDIERS' LETTERS.

    In order to satisfy numerous inquiries, a representative of the "Herald" yesterday made a close investigation into the matter of the despatch of letters, newspapers, ...

    Article : 195 words
  41. FOOD FUND.

    The Chamber of Commerce acknowledges the following subscriptions:—Amount already acknowledged, £94,570/7/1; employees N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Ltd., further donation, £5; Mrs C. B. Stephen, £10; Miss ...

    Article : 176 words
  42. FARMER'S DEATH.

    Early yesterday morning John Smith, 59, farmer, at Bishopbourne township, about 17 miles from Launceston, was shot dead. His wife, Alice Mary, who is a few years younger, ...

    Article : 128 words
  43. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 194 words
  44. TASMANIAN MASONS.

    The twenty-fourth annual communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Tasmania was held this afternoon and evening. M.W.G.M. Bro. Sir William Grey Ellison Macartney, ...

    Article : 110 words
  45. DOMINION'S ACTION.

    The Government has agreed to the Imperial Government's proposal that all meat available for export from New Zealand shall be sent to the Imperial Government for the use ...

    Article : 76 words
  46. THE MINE-SWEEPERS.

    Miss Mary Jay acknowledges the receipt of a number of knitted socks for the mine sweepers in the North Sea. The girls of the Armidale knitting class sent 40 pairs Miss Jay is now despatching the second hundred ...

    Article : 50 words
  47. LORD MAYOR'S ACTION.

    The Lord Mayor has convened a meeting to discuss and determine what action shall be taken in connection with the appeal to Australians for assistance for the distressed ...

    Article : 56 words
  48. REGIMENTAL COMFORTS.

    Mr. F. E. Wincheombe, president of the Chamber of Commerce, acknowledges receipt of £5 for the above fund from "Sympathiser." Total fund, £1521/16/8; less disbursements £947; leaving in hand £574/16/8. ...

    Article : 36 words
  49. DUSTSTORM.

    The mail train, Sydney to Hay, left the rails yesterday evening 13 miles from Hay. A duststorm had been raging all day, and the sand had silted up over the rails, causing the ...

    Article : 110 words
  50. DUTIES ON IMPORTS.

    It was announced to-day by the Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) that the Cabinet had decided to extend the concession upon bran, pollard, and oaten straw imports to private ...

    Article : 67 words
  51. PRINCESS MARY'S GIFT BOOK.

    It seems safe to say that no book connected with the war will have a larger sale than "Princess Mary's Gift Book," a copy of which has reached us from the publishers, Messrs. ...

    Article : 259 words
  52. £20,000 A MONTH.

    The Belgian Relief Committee has decided to ask the Government to give £20,000 monthly to the Belgian Relief Fund, and also subsidise private donations. ...

    Article : 34 words
  53. ENEMY TRADING.

    Sir,—Your report of the proceedings against Theodore Tobias, in which the name of Farmer and Company, Limited, appears, is necessarily condensed, and hardly makes our position ...

    Article : 166 words
  54. NEW MINISTER.

    All speculation regarding the vacancy in the Ministry was set at rest this afternoon when Mr. K. M. Grant was sworn in as a member of the Ministry. Mr. Grant was ...

    Article : 70 words
  55. TO-DAY.

    Her Majesty's Theatre::High Jinks," 7.[?]. Theatre Royal: "The Silver King," 8. Criterion Theatre: "The Travelling Salesman," [?]. Adelphi Theatre: "Base Coin," 2 and 8. ...

    Article : 143 words
  56. AN APPEAL FOR POLAND.

    Sir,—I have read the letters of de Pl[?]ter and J. Czaykowska in your valuable columns, and I sincerely agree with your correspondents that the people of Australia, who have so ...

    Article : 114 words
  57. WAR CHEST APPEAL.

    The War Chest is issuing a circular in which it is stated:—"The committee of the Citizens' War Chest' Fund have decided to assist toward the special appeal of the International ...

    Article : 167 words
  58. NEWSVENDORS' DISPUTE.

    The Necessary Commodities Commission, sitting in camera last night, decided not to make any recommendation with regard to the application of the newsvendors to have ...

    Article : 37 words
  59. FIXING PRICES.

    The Victorian Price of Goods Board has approved of the following as the highest selling wholesale prices:—Oatmeal, £29 10s a ton; split peas, £25 a ton; and pearl barley, ...

    Article : 52 words
  60. PROPOSED BOARD OF TRADE.

    Mr. Massey informed a Wellington deputation that legislation would be introduced next session for the establishment of a New Zealand Board of Trade. ...

    Article : 34 words
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