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  2. FOSTER FRASER'S BOOK.

    The Prime Minister has received the following cutting from the London "Observer." It is the reply of Mr. T. W. Heney, editon of the "Sydney Morning Herald," to Mr. ...

    Article : 2,203 words
  3. TOLL SYSTEM STARTS.

    The new system of telephone charges known as the Thomas system becomes operative as from to-day. With its introduction an end is put to the flat-rate service. All flat-rate ...

    Article : 843 words
  4. LABOUR LAND POLICY.

    Mr. W. S. Kelk, who is a candidate for the Blayney seat in the Legislative Assembly, charges his opponent, Mr. Beeby, with want of frankness in declaring his whole mind with ...

    Article : 432 words
  5. THE WORLD'S WHEAT.

    According to estimates made in Chicago the available wheat of the world amounts to 51,000,000 bushels more than last year. There is much selling on a "bull" market, ...

    Article : 52 words
  6. SEAMEN'S CONGRESS.

    At the International Congress of representatives of British and European seamen in Copenhagen yesterday a resolution was passed demanding the abolition of ...

    Article : 418 words
  7. BOOM IN REVENUE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 300 words
  8. GERMAN EMPEROR'S SPEECH

    [?]According to the report of a fuller version of the speech which the German Emperor delivered at Magdeburg, stating that he looked upon himself as the instrument of ...

    Article : 120 words
  9. REDUCTION OF ARMAMENTS.

    The International Congress of Socialists held a secret session yesterday at Copenhagen for the purpose of discussing the subject of reduction of armaments. ...

    Article : 136 words
  10. THE CANADIAN CROP.

    The wheat crop in the Canadian northwest provinces is estimated at 106,500,000 bushels, or an average of 12 [?] bushels to the acre. ...

    Article : 35 words
  11. A ROOSEVELT TRIUMPH.

    Colonel Roosevelt has made a triumphal tour through Colorado and Kansas. In his speeches he denounced the illicit action of trusts against the welfare of the ...

    Article : 38 words
  12. ANOTHER CRISIS LOOMING.

    Though the "Times" declares that the explanation of the German Emperor's speech at Koenigsberg has been received with general approval, Berlin correspondents of ...

    Article : 319 words
  13. CENTRAL AMERICAN PEACE.

    The "Times," in commenting upon the fact that peace has been established in Nicaragua[?] following upon the revolution, dwells upon the importance of the ...

    Article : 113 words
  14. VANCOUVER PROHIBITS FIGHT.

    The Mayor will not allow the fight between Lang and Ketchell to take place in Vancouver. ...

    Article : 28 words
  15. THE CELLAR TRAGEDY.

    Crippen, who is in Brixton Prison, has been sent to the gaol infirmary. He is suffering a nervous reaction, and requires special attention and a special ...

    Article : 38 words
  16. PIRATES SMOKED OUT.

    Files by the steamer Empire show that conditions nearly approaching slavery are attending the recruiting and employment of coolies in the Federated Malay States. Coolies are ...

    Article : 367 words
  17. IRELAND'S POPULATION.

    The natural increase in the population of Ireland last year—excess of births over deaths—was 27,786; the loss by emigration was 28,676. The population thus shows a ...

    Article : 42 words
  18. RATING HOTELS.

    At the end of July the Court of Appeal in the ease of a Shoreditch public-house, decided that an increase in the license duty o[?] a house decreases the value of the house ...

    Article : 643 words
  19. A TRAGEDY REVIVED.

    Mark Wilde[?] an ex-soldier, has been detained in Knutsford prison, when[?]e he had just been discharged, as it is reported that he strongly resembles ...

    Article : 167 words
  20. MINT AT PRETORIA.

    General Smuts. Minister of the Interior, Mines, and Defence, has announced that the South African Union Government has taken steps to establish a mint at ...

    Article : 36 words
  21. VICTORIA.

    The State revenue for August amounted to £822,086, as against £617,656 for the corresponding period last year. This big increase was due largely to a windfall from the ...

    Article : 58 words
  22. SERIOUS GAS EXPLOSION.

    A gas explosion caused a fire in a hospital at Henares, Portugal. Firemen rescued 90 panic-stricken women and girls through the windows ...

    Article : 48 words
  23. ENGLISH JOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP.

    Frank Wootton, an Australian jockey, is overhauling Maher, an American jockey, who is leading for the championship in England. Maher is now ten winning ...

    Article : 38 words
  24. CONSTRUCTION OF A WILL.

    The effect of a rather curious stipulation in a will had to be considered by Mr. Justice A[?]Beckett to-day. It arose out of the will of the late John Meagher, Port Fairy, who died ...

    Article : 262 words
  25. THE TALLOW SALES.

    At the sales of Australian and New Zealand tallow to-day 828 casks were offered[?] and 5[?]7 were sold. Prices were unchanged, viz.[?] Mutton, fine 37/9, medium 35/6; beef, fine 37/3, ...

    Article : 49 words
  26. SEDITION IN INDIA.

    The High Court at Calcutta has sentenced eleven Bengalis, charged with conspiracy at Khulna, to terms of imprisonment varying from seven to three years. ...

    Article : 160 words
  27. THE NATIVE PROBLEM.

    The Johannesburg correspondent of the "Times," in referring to the South African elections, says that the division of opinion on the native problem cuts clean across ...

    Article : 55 words
  28. THE RONALD-HARPER CASE.

    In the High Court to-day argument was continued in the appeal brought by Rev. J. [?] Ronald against the decision of the State Full Court in not granting him a new trial in the ...

    Article : 363 words
  29. STRIKE LEADERS FINED.

    Police Magistrate Roe gave his decision to-day in the case in which William St. John (president), M'Donald (vice-president)[?] and George Parsons (asst.-secretary) of the ...

    Article : 330 words
  30. ABOLITION OF POSTAL VOTING.

    The Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. O'Malley) stated to-day that during the session the Government would introduce a bill to provide for the abolition of postal voting. The ...

    Article : 105 words
  31. DEATH OF AN EARL'S DAUGHTER.

    A post-mortem examination of the remains of Lady Marjorie Erskine, second daughter of the Earl of Buchan, discovered on the golf course at Aviemore, Inverness, ...

    Article : 60 words
  32. TWENTY HOURS LATE.

    The Union Company's steamer Moeraki[?] arrived yesterday morning from Wellington and other New Zealand ports, was 20 hours late in making Port Jackson, the due date of ...

    Article : 253 words
  33. INDEPENDENT CABLE SERVICE.

    Mr. Justice M'Millan to-day heard an application by the Independent Cable Association for an order reviewing the decision of the liquidator of the "Evening Mall" Newspaper ...

    Article : 113 words
  34. DACOITY IN ASSAM.

    A daring dacoity is reported from Sylbet, Assam. One hundred dacoits attacked a [?]emindar's house, and forced one of his daughters to disclose where his money was ...

    Article : 57 words
  35. DEATH OF SIR C. EUAN-SMITH.

    The death is announced of Colonel Sir Charles Euan-Smith, formerly British Minister at Tang[?]er, aged 68. Sir Charles Bean Euan-Smith was soldier ...

    Article : 230 words
  36. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Assembly to-day a bill was introduced by a private member to amend the Licensed Victuallers Act[?] to abolish the provisions relating to bona-fide travellers, ...

    Article : 166 words
  37. AN AUDACIOUS ROBBERY.

    A daring robbery has been committed aboard an Austrian Lloyd steamer in the Adriatic. Count T[?]hernodoff, who was travelling ...

    Article : 99 words
  38. SLEEP-WALKER'S DEATH.

    Eileen Polkinghorne, aged 18, daughter of Mr. Thomas Polkinghorne, South Broken Hill, was found drowned this morning under peculiar circumstances. She was last seen on ...

    Article : 122 words
  39. FRAUDS IN PARIS.

    Further details regarding the Octro[?] frauds in Paris, in connection with which several officials have been arrested, show that they had been continued for five ...

    Article : 60 words
  40. A RADIUM DAY.

    The matter of augmenting the radium fund has been taken up with enthusiasm here. The Myal[?]s Peak Hill Band are giving a promenade concert, and the Mayoress is calling a ...

    Article : 94 words
  41. WIRELESS AT SEA.

    The Canadian-Australian R.M.S. Marama, which left Sydney[?] on Monday afternoon, was in communication with Mr. J. H. A. Pike, of Arn[?] when abeam of Finga[?] Point at 8 ...

    Article : 180 words
  42. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Allen Hill, the one-time Yorkshire bowler, died to-day, aged 65. A BETTING CLERGYMAN. The Rev. Carew-Brown has been fined ...

    Article : 206 words
  43. WAR OFFICE SUPPLIES.

    The Minister for External Affairs has received from the High Commissioner's office, London, forms of tender for the supply of preserved meat to the War Office. The ...

    Article : 91 words
  44. TURKISH BOYCOTT.

    Following upon the election of Cretans to the Greek National Assembly for a Greek constituency, the anti-Greek boycott in Turkey has been renewed and is ...

    Article : 39 words
  45. QUEENSLAND IRONMOULDERS.

    The federated brass, iron, and steel moulders who are at present on strike, held a meeting to-day. The secretary subsequently stated that the only important matter discussed was ...

    Article : 89 words
  46. THE WONDERS OF WIRELESS.

    The spectacle of a model tram, with electric [?]eadlights brightly shining[?] running swiftly without visible cause upon its circular [?]track[?] of a model aeroplane released from its ...

    Article : 224 words
  47. A FREE WATERWAY.

    The Conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union at Brussels, representing the Parliaments of all the chief countries in the world, is now being held at Brussels. ...

    Article : 71 words
  48. THE CHOLERA OUTBREAK.

    A fatal case of cholera has occurred in Berlin. Six suspicious cases are under observation. ...

    Article : 33 words
  49. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S TOUR.

    Lord Dudley and the Hon. Cyril Ward last week rode and motored through a large part of the country to the north and cast of Gilgandra. The Warrumbungle Mountains were ...

    Article : 73 words
  50. OUR UNLIGHTED PORT.

    Captain H. Menzies, of the Port Jackson Company, one of the most experienced and best-known harbour ferry skippers, is altogether in favour of Captain F[?]stu's scheme. ...

    Article : 169 words
  51. THE STRANDED MOONTA.

    The report that the steam[?]r Moonta had been towed off the beach near Robb's Jetty, where she grounded a few days ago, proved incorrect. The vessel is still aground, but ...

    Article : 66 words
  52. VICTORIAN IMMIGRATION.

    Mr. M'Kenzie, Victorian Minister for Lands, addressed an influential gathering of business men and members of the London Chamber of Commerce to-day, when he ...

    Article : 73 words
  53. A NEW ZEALAND OFFICER.

    Colonel Richard H. Davies, of the New [?]land forces, has been appointed Com[?] of the Sixth Infantry Brigade at [?] ...

    Article : 37 words
  54. PAVED WITH GOLD.

    W. R. Buchan, blacksmith, was walking along Dayl[?]sford-road, Ballarat, yesterday, when he observed gold showing in a piece of stone among the quartz with which the road is ...

    Article : 72 words
  55. KILLED ON THE LINE.

    W. Kane, a shunter, was knocked down and killed by the 9.30 train from Grauville to Strathfield outside the Homebush station. The deceased was attempting to cross between ...

    Article : 45 words
  56. COAL IN QUEENSLAND.

    The Warden at Claremont has wired to the Under-Secretary for Mines stating that the general manager of the Bluff Colliery Company, prospecting area No. 65, Blair ...

    Article : 56 words
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