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  2. THE MUZZLE OFF.

    Addressing a meeting of his constituents in the Blayney electorate last night, the Minister for Education (Mr. Beeby) said, it was never contemplated by the framers of the ...

    Article : 1,123 words
  3. LANDING ARMED PARTIES.

    A considerable amount of correspondence has passed between the State and Federal Governments concerning the regulations relating to the landing of soldiers and sailors from ...

    Article : 518 words
  4. NO CABINET CHANGES.

    Various rumours have been heard about Sydney of late in regard to the State Cabinet and its members. It was said that changes were imminent; that resignations were in the ...

    Article : 426 words
  5. CARRIAGE OF MAILS.

    The South African Union Assembly has negatived an amendment to the Post Office Bill limiting the carriage of mails to British vessels. ...

    Article : 57 words
  6. MORE LABOUR NEEDED. THE INDEPENDENT BOY.

    The complaints made at the meeting of manufacturers on Thursday night in regard to the shortage of girls for labour in the Sydney factories also apply to the dearth of boy ...

    Article : 670 words
  7. THE NEAR EAST. AN INFLAMMABLE POSITION.

    A sensation has been caused at Skodra through town criers mistaking instructions, and proclaiming a holy war against Albanian Christians. ...

    Article : 134 words
  8. HOUSE OE LORDS.

    In the House of Lords last night Lord Lansdowne moved that an address be presented to the King asking his Majesty's sanction to the introduction of a bill to ...

    Article : 234 words
  9. NO DISARMAMENT.

    In the debate on the estimates for his department in the Reichstag to-night, Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg, Imperial Chancellor, in a notable speech, declared that ...

    Article : 588 words
  10. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

    At the annual meeting of the Bank of Australasia, Mr. Alfred Lyttelton, M.P., who presided, said that the cost to Australia and New Zealand for providing a fleet ...

    Article : 59 words
  11. RUSSIA AND CHINA.

    Russian newspapers are sceptical with regard to the agreement of China to the Russian Note respecting the rights of Russia in Mongolia. ...

    Article : 46 words
  12. MONTENEGRO'S NEUTRALITY.

    The Government of Montenegro declares that the country is absolutely neutral, and denies that Montenegrins have participated in the fighting against the Turkish troops. ...

    Article : 32 words
  13. TURKEY RELIES ON ASIATIC TROOPS.

    The Constantinople correspondent of the "Times" states that Turkey is largely relying upon reinforcements consisting of Asiatic troops to maintain order in ...

    Article : 36 words
  14. AN UNSEAWORTHY STEAMER.

    The evidence at the inquiry relating to the capsizing of the steamer Sechelt disclosed that the vessel was unseaworthy. Several witnesses asserted that she was ...

    Article : 39 words
  15. RECIPROCITY.

    In the House of Commons last night a debate took place upon the probable effect of reciprocity with the United States upon Canada's preferential trade with the West ...

    Article : 71 words
  16. ROUGH TIMES AT SEA. WAS IT A TIDAL WAVE.

    During yesterday a heavy south-westerly wind caused rough conditions on the New South Wales coast. Vessels that made Port Jackson had a bad time over-night. Coasters took ...

    Article : 463 words
  17. AN ABANDONED BARQUE. DRIFTING OFF USHANT.

    The barque Buteshire, laden with nitrate, from Pisagua, Chili, for London, was seen abandoned drifting near Ushant in a heavy sea. ...

    Article : 38 words
  18. REVENUE DECREASE FOR QUARTER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 651 words
  19. ABSCONDING CASHIER.

    Matthews Edward Bywell, an absconding cashier from the Empress Hotel, Victoria, has been traced to New Orleans, where he was discovered to be acting as ...

    Article : 53 words
  20. DASH FOR THE POLE.

    The Terra Nova arrived at Lyttelton to-day. Lieut Pennell, interviewed, said that on rounding the point into Balloon Bight on February 3 they sighted the Fram fast to free ...

    Article : 255 words
  21. FIVE SURVIVORS LAND.

    Five members of the crew of the Buteshire have landed here. The Buteshire was a steel four-masted barque, 1910 tons. She was built in 1888 by ...

    Article : 52 words
  22. THE LOETSCHBERG TUNNEL.

    The Loetschberg tunnel has been pierced. The Loetschberg tunnel, in the Alps, which was begun in August, 1906, will, it is claimed, offer (in conjunction with the Simplon Tunnel ...

    Article : 138 words
  23. BANDITS IN RUSSIA.

    Reuter's correspondent at St. Petersburg states that seventeen bandits in the Plotrkoff district held up and robbed a train travelling from Warsaw to Vienna, which ...

    Article : 57 words
  24. REPORTS "ALL RUBBISH."

    The Sydney Labour Council has decided to appoint a committee to inquire into the whole question of female labour. An exhaustive report will be prepared by the committee and ...

    Article : 220 words
  25. AN ELECTION INCIDENT.

    Mr. P. H. Illingworth, M.P. (Shipley Division), a Liberal Whip, has been mulet in the sum of £50 damages in connection with the alteration of a Unionist ...

    Article : 68 words
  26. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Australian artists in London will entertain delegates from the Commonwealth at the Imperial Institute on May 30. The newspapers favourably criticise the ...

    Article : 458 words
  27. THE COMING TROUBLE.

    A reception was given by the Australasian Institute of Marine Engineers to the officers of the Parramatta and Yarra last night on the steamer Bellubera. There was an attendance ...

    Article : 313 words
  28. OPINION OF THE UNIONS.

    The unionists in the iron trades are much exercised in their minds over the statement of Mr. Cutler that to build the new warships required by the Commonwealth he would have ...

    Article : 390 words
  29. THE CLAPHAM MURDER.

    Mr. Abinger, on behalf of Stinie Morrison, who was convicted of the murder of Beron, a French Jew, on Clapham Common, on New Year's Day, has applied for a ...

    Article : 61 words
  30. GERMAN NAVAL POLICY.

    Count von Reventlow, the well-known writer on naval subjects, states in an article in the press that the year 1917 will see the end of the transition period, and 1919 will ...

    Article : 58 words
  31. CYCLONE IN QUEENSLAND.

    According to the Weather Bureau, the cyclonic storm in Northern Queensland appears to have had a considerable amount of energy, both as regards wind and rain, yesterday ...

    Article : 94 words
  32. HOBART AND MAIL STEAMERS.

    The Hobart correspondent of the "Standard of Empire" reports an announcement that the mail steamers will cease calling at Hobart for apples next year. ...

    Article : 234 words
  33. CRIME IN INDIA.

    Two men, on being arrested near Comilla, Bengal, shot a constable dead, and wounded Superintendent Furze, who was accompanying him. ...

    Article : 32 words
  34. CHAFFINCH MINE.

    The hearing of the case in which E. W. Bonwick, E. C. Dyason, and H. Greenway are charged with conspiracy in connection with the Chaffinch gold mine was continued at the police ...

    Article : 288 words
  35. "A GOLDEN SHANTY."

    While razing a chimney on the site of an hotel that had been destroyed by fire in the township of Cochrane, a workman found a speck of gold in the mortar. ...

    Article : 85 words
  36. NORTH COAST RAILWAY.

    The Minister for Works (Mr. A. Griffith) reached Newcastle this afternoon from the North Coast, en route to Sydney. The party left Taree on the Manning at 6 p.m. and after ...

    Article : 356 words
  37. THE LICENSING BILL.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, in the course of a sympathetic reply to a deputation from the temperance bodies, stated that when the question of the veto of the ...

    Article : 80 words
  38. OIL FOR THE NAVY.

    The Commonwealth Oil Corporation has to-day completed the despatch of the first order for the supply of fuel oil to the Australian Navy. The consignment was about 100 tons. ...

    Article : 73 words
  39. NO SOCIALS IN DRILL HALLS.

    Last season the Casino half-squadron of the A.L.H. held weekly socials in the drill-hall, and they were most enjoyable and well-conducted functions. This year they held ...

    Article : 141 words
  40. KING EDWARD MONUMENT.

    International Peace Society is projecting a scheme for the erection of a monument to King Edward VII. on the site of the battle of Waterloo. ...

    Article : 36 words
  41. LORD CHELMSFORD'S TOUR.

    Lord Chelmsford visited Milton yesterday. He was met out of town by an escort of Australian Light Horse, and on arrival was welcomed by the Mayor and presented with an ...

    Article : 181 words
  42. YASS-CANBERRA.

    The responsibility for keeping pure the Molonglo River, which is a supplemental source of water supply for the Federal capital, rests with New South Wales. Some time ...

    Article : 167 words
  43. ELECTION DECLARED VOID.

    The Cheltenham election has been declared void. At the general election in December Mr. R. Mathias (Liberal) defeated Viscount ...

    Article : 60 words
  44. THE WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales this afternoon late prices were fully maintained, all sections of the trade competing with animation. March 31. ...

    Article : 64 words
  45. RAILWAY SUPERANNUATION.

    A meeting of the Railway Service Superannuation Board was held on Thursday. Twelve interim pensions were passed, making 117 to date. Four refunds of deductions were approved to the widows or personal ...

    Article : 63 words
  46. PROFITS OF RUBBER.

    The Pataling Rubber Estates Syndicate (Federated Malay States) has declared a dividend for the year of 325 per cent. ...

    Article : 27 words
  47. Advertising

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    Advertising : 28 words
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