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  2. VOLCANOES.

    Science, which has penetrated many of the secrets of nature, knows comparatively little about volcanoes and their bearing on the formation of the earth. It can only guess and ...

    Article : 625 words
  3. KEEPING STEP.

    One of the most interesting events in connection with the sittings of the Presbyterian Assembly was the visit yesterday of the president of the Methodist Conference, the ...

    Article : 374 words
  4. RUGBY BOOM.

    The Rugby Union is preparing one of the most elaborate programmes for the present and succeeding seasons that it has yet under taken. ...

    Article : 720 words
  5. OUR NAVY.

    Yesterday afternoon the Minister for Defence formally opened the naval base at Cockburn Sound. ' During the course of a speech, Senator ...

    Article : 201 words
  6. SINISTER RUMOURS.

    The "Times" this morning warns the Cabinet that circumstantial detailed rumours are current as to certain Ministers' connection with the Navy oil contracts, and it urges ...

    Article : 57 words
  7. SHIPPING.

    The arrival in Sydney on Monday last of the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Rimutaka lends colour to the belief entertained in shipping circles that an ...

    Article : 415 words
  8. WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE. THE LATEST DEFEAT.

    The newspapers ascribe the weakened position of the cause of women's suffrage at the present time, compared with 1911 and 1912, largely to the militant tactics of the women. ...

    Article : 152 words
  9. THE BALKANS.

    The Government has raised the point that while Turkey has accepted the Powers' arbitration the allies have accepted nothing beyond their mediation. ...

    Article : 129 words
  10. CANADIAN NAVAL BILL.

    The debate on the Navy Bill was continued in the House of Commons last night. Mr. Carvell (Liberal) suggested that the memorandum from Mr. Winston Churchill, ...

    Article : 186 words
  11. MARCONI INQUIRY.

    The Parliamentary Committee inquiring into the contract between the Post Office and the Marconi Company for the erection of wireless stations heard further evidence to-day. ...

    Article : 116 words
  12. BOMB IN ST. PAUL'S.

    The bombs which were discovered in St. Paul's Cathedral, and in a doorway in Bouverie-street, off Fleet-street, both contained detonators, clockwork, screws, bolts, and ...

    Article : 180 words
  13. CADETS' LEAVE.

    A good deal of indignation is being expressed by the parents of boys employed in the Government railway workshops, owing to the action of the Commissioners in deducting ...

    Article : 319 words
  14. AERIAL DEFENCE.

    A crowded public meeting at Liverpool last night inaugurated the LiverpooL Flying Corps. A letter was read from Colonel J. E. B. Scely (Secretary of State for War) ...

    Article : 65 words
  15. LABOUR. YORKSHIRE MINERS' DECISION.

    The ballot taken among the minors in Yorkshire on the question of striking in order to compel non-unionists to join the union re[?]ted in 60,299 votes being recorded for a ...

    Article : 47 words
  16. MANLY CRIME.

    Superintendent Sherwood yesterday afternoon said he was confident that the arrest of the perpetrator of the Manly shooting would be accomplished at any moment. It was only ...

    Article : 67 words
  17. COLONIAL PROBLEMS.

    Professor H. E. Egerton, Belt Professor of Colonial History, Oxford, Sir Charles Lucas, Sir John Cockburn, and others are to give free public lectures on "Colonial Problems" at ...

    Article : 61 words
  18. INCENDIARISM.

    Women's suffragists burned the cricket pavilion at Fulham, and set fire to an unoccupied house in Finchley. An attempt was also made last night to ...

    Article : 32 words
  19. MORE TROUBLE LOOMING.

    In reference to the "one day a week strike" regarding the conditions of Saturday work, the shipowers at Liverpool have notified the [?]ockers that if, on Saturday, work does not ...

    Article : 45 words
  20. WORLD TOUR.

    A world tour, intended to be the greatest of its kind ever attempted, is being conjointly planned by the New York National Baseball team and the Chicago American League team, ...

    Article : 234 words
  21. CRICKET. AUSTRALIANS IN AMERICA.

    It has been arranged that the Australian cricket team shall play Victoria on May 29, 30, and 31, and one or two matches en route to Montreal. They will play Philadelphia on ...

    Article : 82 words
  22. "NO REPORTERS."

    Mr. Henry Willis, Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, has adopted a good many attitudes during his public career that most people have been ...

    Article : 370 words
  23. CALIFORNIAN STRIKE.

    Three thousand mechanics employed by the Pacific Gas and Electric Supply Company are out on strike. Strike-breakers are being employed by the ...

    Article : 45 words
  24. FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

    Mr. John Mackenzie, High Commissioner for New Zealand, in responding to the toast of "The Dominions" at the banquet of the Cold Storage and Ice Association last night, ...

    Article : 168 words
  25. AUSTRALIANS' GOOD BOWLING.

    In the first innings of the cricket match, Cambridge v Middlesex, M'Caughley, an Australian freshman, took seven wickets for 46 runs. ...

    Article : 42 words
  26. AMERICA AND ALIENS. PROPOSED JAPANESE TREATY.

    The Foreign Office favours negotiations for treaty covering all disputes with the United States. ...

    Article : 25 words
  27. GAS INDUSTRY.

    The nationalisation of the gas industry was discussed at last night's meeting of the Labour Council of New South Wales on the motion of Mr. T. D. Mutch (A.W.U.), who moved—"That ...

    Article : 292 words
  28. HERMIT'S HOARD.

    The old man, Antonio Glavetorlo, who was found dead on the Dargo High Plaina, has left a considerable amount of money and property. The old hermit apparently led a methodical ...

    Article : 119 words
  29. REJECTED BY THE LORDS.

    Replying in the House of Commons to a question by Mr. Bonar Law this evening, Mr. Asquith (Premier) said there would only be a formal committee stage with respect to the ...

    Article : 133 words
  30. PROTEST OF CHINA.

    The State Department has received an intimation of China's intention to protest against the Californian Aliens Land Bill. ...

    Article : 26 words
  31. THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURER.

    The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Lloyd George), in a letter to Mr. Nicholas, Liberal candidate for Newmarket, states that no treatment of the agricultural labour ...

    Article : 61 words
  32. FRENCH NAVY.

    The Government has decided to concentrate the torpe[?] [?]otillas in the Channel at Cherbourg and Dunkirk, and close the depots at L'Orient and La Palisse. ...

    Article : 36 words
  33. MANLY FERRIES.

    One of the conditions of the settlement of the ferry strike-which was joined in by the employees of the Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company, Ltd., was that there ...

    Article : 244 words
  34. HOUSEBREAKERS.

    At the Quarter Sessions Court, at Darlinghurst, yesterday, Judge Docker commented very severely upon the prevalence of the crime of housebreaklng. ...

    Article : 389 words
  35. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 251 words
  36. WATER PIPES.

    The Minister for Works denies that Messrs. Hoskins Bros." works at Lithgow are idle because he has not signed the contract for water pipes. ...

    Article : 180 words
  37. BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.

    The returns of the Board of Trade for the month of April show that the imports increased by £2,551,199, and the exports by £10,165,462, compared with the corresponding ...

    Article : 46 words
  38. KING ALFONSO.

    King Alfense, during his journey from Spain, was guarded against the designs of anarchists. His Majesty received an ovation on his arrival in Paris. ...

    Article : 87 words
  39. ULSTER AND HOME RULE.

    The newspapers announce that Sir Edward Carson is relinquishing his legal work and going to Belfast, in order, to organise resistance to Home Rule. ...

    Article : 33 words
  40. THE WHALERS. GUNBOAT CAMPBELL IN PORT.

    The whaling gunboat Campbell arrived in port yesterday morning from Jervis Bay for the purpose of replenishing stores [?]d bunkers. ...

    Article : 291 words
  41. MATERNITY BONUS.

    The charges of fraud in connection with claims for maternity bonuses against Dr. E. G. Leger Erson and two nurses, named Hannah Jane Hurrell and Clarice Donaldson, were ...

    Article : 170 words
  42. CHESTER CUP.

    The Chester May meeting was continued today, when the race for the principal event resulted as under:— Chester Cup, a handicap of 2250 sovs—a Cup ...

    Article : 328 words
  43. UNIVERSAL SERVICE.

    The Right Rev. M. R. Neligan, late Bishop of Auckland, in a letter to the "Times," urges the institution of a national scheme to compel every school in the kingdom to provide a cadet ...

    Article : 83 words
  44. Advertising

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    Advertising : 169 words
  45. THE ROLLS.

    "ln spite of Mr. O'Malley's boast that duplication of names is impossible, I am informed on credible authority that in Mr. Fisher's electorate there is something like ...

    Article : 148 words
  46. MINES CLOSE.

    Yesterday the secretary of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, Mr. C. H. Davis, received the following urgent telegram from the union representative at Cobar:— ...

    Article : 234 words
  47. CHINESE FINANCE.

    The Senate and the House of Representatives are unable to agree on the question of the fivePower loan. At yesterday's sitting of the Lower House ...

    Article : 48 words
  48. AIRSHIP MYSTERY.

    The object which was supposed to have been an airship last Saturday by so many interested spectators turns out to have been a large model balloon. It was liberated at ...

    Article : 196 words
  49. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 91 words
  50. EXPLORATION IN GREENLAND.

    The Danish explorers Rassmussen and Freuchen, after an inland trip in Greenland, extending over five and a half months, report the discovery of country between ...

    Article : 58 words
  51. INDUCTION REFUSED.

    The induction of the Rev. C. Theodore Pargitor, who arrived from England only last week, as incumbent of St. Paul's Church of England, was to have taken place last ...

    Article : 86 words
  52. ARDLETHAN.

    The Minister for Mines stated yesterday that there is a lot of "shepherding" on the Ardlethan tin field. "I mean this," Mr. Edden continued, "a lot ...

    Article : 78 words
  53. THE DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT.

    The Duchess of Connaught passed a fair night, and her condition shows a slight improvement. The Duke of Connuught has expressed his ...

    Article : 62 words
  54. PROFITABLE WHALING.

    Six whalers belonging to the Westralia Whaling Company have returned to Fremantle, after six months' operations.' Sperm whales, yielding 1000 tons of sperm oil, were ...

    Article : 67 words
  55. MR. JUSTICE POWERS.

    The adjourned meeting of solicitors to consider the attitude taken up by the Law Institute with reference to offering congratulations to Mr. Justice Powers was held to-day. ...

    Article : 73 words
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