The "Herald" emphasised the point yesterday that the Government had been in many tight corners, but that on every occasion it had found a way out, if not always ...
Article : 441 wordsAt to-night's meeting of the Newcastle City Council, the Mayor (Alderman Shedden) presiding, the finance committee's report recommended that Mr. Blackwell, city engineer, be ...
Article : 662 wordsThe golden bloom of the wattle brightened Sydney's streets yesterday. Wattle Day was honoured generously. In the shop windows the pretty blossoms ...
Article : 666 wordsTrouble has arisen in the ranks of the Amateur Athletic Association. The secretary has resigned. Despite attempts at the meeting last night, attended by 50 delegates, to ...
Article : 974 wordsMr. S. Hughes, Minister of Militia and Defence in Canada, in the course of an interview in London, said that although Canada did not require at present universal military ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 348 wordsMr. Aikins, a member of the Canadian House of Commons, who was interviewed after he had attended the Education Conference at The Hague, said that as a result of conversations ...
Article : 305 wordsThe rebel commanders state that they will soon take possession of Cananea, a rich mining camp, where there are 2000 Americans, and from which the Government troops have been ...
Article : 166 wordsSir George Reid, High Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Australia, in discussing with a representative of Reuter's Agency the present outlook in regard to Imperial ...
Article : 751 wordsThe Austrian press condemns the attitude of the United States in regard to the Panama Canal tolls. It says that the attitude will jeopardise ...
Article : 73 wordsThe German Emperor, speaking at a banquet tendered by notable people in Bran[?]burg, said they could be satisfied with present-day conditions, for under them the ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Admiralty, in addition to expediting the launch of the battleship Iron Duke by a month, will also hasten the launching of the Mariborough by the same period in order to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 110 wordsThe Trade Union Congress delegates assembled at Newport yesterday. Bishop Welldon, in course of a church service, advised them not to mix the policy of ...
Article : 91 wordsMr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, in a speech at Dundee, stated that it was the policy of the country to keep the fleet in a state of unassailable superiority ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Attorney-General was asked last night what the Privileges Bill, which Mr. McGowen mentioned in his statement to the press, meant. ...
Article : 135 wordsA series of revolver fights occurred between the police and five housebreakers at Hagen, during which three policemen were seriously wounded. ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Peking correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the Chinese Government has rejected the demand of Britain that she should be consulted in regard to any ...
Article : 44 wordsThe "Secolo" and other newspapers report that negotiations are proceeding with a view to transforming Egypt into a kingdom under a British protectorate at the termination of ...
Article : 54 wordsFor the last couple of days there have been rumours of a possible change in the personnel of the Cabinet, and this evening a definite announcement was made that Mr. K. M. Grant, ...
Article : 316 wordsIndian advices report that 600 Thibetans were either killed or wounded in an attempt [?] recapture from the Chinese the royal [?]stery at Tsecholing, near Lhassa, on ...
Article : 35 wordsThe pupils of the Hurstville Superior Public School celebrated Wattle Day. The head master, Mr. W. Swanton, gave a short address on the objects of the celebration, and the pupils ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Governor's yacht Seamew collided with and sank the surveying ship Waterwitch yesterday. Two members of the crew of the ...
Article : 63 wordsThe first business before the Assembly this afternoon will be the motion of censure to be moved by the leader of the Opposition regarding the appointment of Mr. Nielsen as Trade ...
Article : 172 wordsThe clamour for war with Turkey continues. The Government, however, is opposed to war, believing that even if Bulgaria were successful it would play into the hands of ...
Article : 48 wordsAn unconfirmed report states that the Frenchmen who were taken prisoners at [?]kesh by the Pretender, El Hiba, have been released, and are now residing with Kaid El ...
Article : 44 wordsWattle Day was well observed here, the wearing of the sprig being very general. Public schools were decorated with the blossom, and wattle trees were planted. The ...
Article : 179 wordsThe Court of Marine Inquiry in regard to the loss of the steamer Mark Lane at Gibraltar has called the attention of the Board of Trade to the fact that foreign sailors ignorant of the ...
Article : 558 wordsLast mo[?] was the wettest and the most [?]less August that has been experienced for 33 years, and the coldest for 55 years. ...
Article : 33 wordsNews is just to hand from Tientsin to the effect that fighting has commenced between the soldiers and the police within the native city. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe governor of the Commonwealth Bank (Mr. Denison Miller) has returned to Melbourne from Queensland, where the savings department of the bank will be opened in the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 220 wordsIn the two statements by Mr. Willis published in our issues of Saturday and yesterday he stated that the "Daily Telegraph" newspaper had been "adjudged guilty of contempt ...
Article : 1,042 wordsThe State president of the W.C.T.U., Mrs. E. W. Nicholls, in her report, presented at the annual meeting to-night, said:— "The maternity bonus proposed by the Prime ...
Article : 150 wordsThe death is announced of Mr. Coleridge Taylor, the well-known composer. Mr. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was one of the most promising of British composers. ...
Article : 186 wordsWattle Day was celebrated to-day, and the gold of the blossoms and the scene of it filled every street. In defiance of the grey clouds and the biting wind of the morning, and the ...
Article : 412 wordsThe preliminary inquiry into the nature of the injuries sustained by the steamer Devon, which arrived in port in a damaged condition, was held to-day. ...
Article : 316 wordsMunificent provision has been mado in the will of the late Mr. C. L. Forrest, for many years member of the Legislative Assembly for Polwarth, for donations to the charitable ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 174 wordsThe Federal gold fund, amounting to £3,875,000, in 3875 bags, each containing £1000, has been removed to the strong-room in the new Commonwealth building in ...
Article : 79 wordsTwo Geelong college boys on Saturday afternoon went for a trip on the Barwon to Queen's Park, on reaching which they had a remarkable experience. The collegians were ...
Article : 122 wordsA frightful accident occurod at Erskineville yesterday morning, when Richard Jones, 18, a nipper on the deviation works at Erskineville, residing at 8 Pine-street, Newtown, was ...
Article : 191 wordsAt 5.30 o'clock this evening a loud report was heard at the extreme end of the town, through two railway engines having crashed into each other. ...
Article : 183 wordsOn Saturday night the fourth annual dinner of the Ottoman Association of South Australia, to celebrate the granting of the Constitution of the Ottoman Empire, was held ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 142 wordsJohn O'Connell and W. Kitto came into Shepparton to-day with specimens of golden quartz, which they reported having obtained from a reef a mile and half from the ...
Article : 142 wordsNo difficulty was experienced to-day by the caterers at the show yards in securing sufficient waiters and waitresses for their requirements. Early in the morning pickets from the ...
Article : 102 wordsMr. A. T. Cochrane, C.P.S., Dubbo, has been informed that the Attorney-General declined to prosecute in the case of the woman, Currar who was committed for trial at Dubbo ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 3 Sep 1912, Page 9
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