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  2. "NO CONFIDENCE."

    The debate on the Address in Reply and [?] M'Gowen's "No confidence" motion was c[?] tinued in the Assembly last evening. Mr. DACEY attacked the Public Serv[?] ...

    Article : 2,002 words
  3. AN IMPERIALIST.

    "Haeri-mai to Kawana." This was the Maori welcome which fluttered from the Bobbi[?] Burns as the little vessel swung alongside the huge liner which had brought the ...

    Article : 1,130 words
  4. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

    The Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) announced to-day that Admiral Sir Reginald Friend Hannam Henderson, K.C.B., had accepted an invitation by the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 538 words
  5. BOOM PRICES.

    Ten years ago the cost of building in Sydney was 50 per cent. less than it is to-day. Five years ago the cost of building in Sydney was 20 per cent. less than it is to-day. ...

    Article : 1,164 words
  6. MISSIONARY CONFERENCE.

    King George sent a message to-day to the World's Missionary Conference, sitting at Edinburgh, expressing gratification at the fraternal co-operation of Churches and ...

    Article : 104 words
  7. THE CRETAN PROBLEM.

    M. Pichon, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, has abandoned his proposal for a conference of Ambassadors of the Protecting Powers of Crete (Great Britain, ...

    Article : 134 words
  8. GREAT FLOODS.

    Consequent on the floods horrible scenes took place in the Ahr Valley, in the Rhine Province, Germany. Italian and Croatian railway labourers ...

    Article : 139 words
  9. THE VETO CONFERENCE.

    Mr. F. E. Smith, M.P. (Conservative), has written a letter to the press, stating that it is impossible to defend the existing disparity of parties in the House of Lords, ...

    Article : 112 words
  10. PROBLEMS DISCUSSED.

    The Missionary Conference yesterday discussed whether the Church should go into what are practically unoccupied fields or first enlarge its activities where it is ...

    Article : 78 words
  11. POSITION OF THE CABINET.

    Negotiations for a conference on the powers of the House of Lords are proceeding smoothly. Mr. J. Martin (Liberal), in the House of ...

    Article : 108 words
  12. ADDITIONAL WARSHIPS.

    Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has proposed that each of the protecting Towers should send an additional warship to Crete. ...

    Article : 30 words
  13. TORRENTIAL RAINS IN SERVIA.

    Torrential rains which have fallen in Servia devastated the valley of the Mor[?] and submerging Tebonpria, Yagodina, and Swllajnatz. ...

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  14. JOHNSON—JEFFRIES FIGHT.

    Renter's correspondent in San Francisco states that the Governor (Mr. Gillette) has instructed Mr. Webb (the Attorney-General) to stop the Jeffries-Johnson fight. ...

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  15. DEVASTATION IN ARMENIA.

    Floods have occurred at Hassan Kaleh, in the Erzerum province, Armenia. A wall of water swept away half the town. Hundreds of people were drowned. ...

    Article : 34 words
  16. LAKE COMO MYSTERY.

    Divers are searching Lake Como for the body of Charlton Porter, whose wife, [?] American actress, professionally known as Mrs. Crittenden Castle, was found dead ...

    Article : 55 words
  17. MEETING OF RADICALS.

    A meeting of Radical members of the House of Commons was held yesterday under the presidency of Sir Charles Dilke. The speakers did not disguise their ...

    Article : 64 words
  18. PRIZE FIGHTS CRIMINAL.

    Mr. J. N. Gillette, Governor of California, states that prtae-fights are criminal. Sparring exhibitions are lawful, but he has come to the conclusion that it is a ...

    Article : 160 words
  19. THE CORTES OPENED.

    The Spanish Cortes was opened yesterday by King Alfonso. An immense crowd lined the route of the Royal procession, but there was no disturbance. ...

    Article : 78 words
  20. SIR GEORGE REID.

    Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for 'Australia, yesterday gave a farewell reception to Mr. N. J. Moore, Premier of Western Australia, and Mrs. Moore, at ...

    Article : 131 words
  21. HIGHER WAGES DEMANDED.

    The Board of Conciliation has failed to adjust difficulties due to the employees of the Grand Trunk Pacific railway of Canada demanding an increase of 40 per cent. ...

    Article : 104 words
  22. STATE RADIUM BANK.

    The question of the establishment of a State Radium Bank is still under the consideration of the Government. In the meantime a syndicate, consisting ...

    Article : 384 words
  23. AERONAUTICS.

    Mr. Grahame White flew on a bi-plane from Crystal Palace to Brooklands in 20 minutes. Generally speaking, he flew at a height of 1000ft. ...

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  24. KING OF SAXONY'S PROTEST.

    The King of Saxony, who is a Roman Catholic, was accorded an ovation in the streets of Dresden, most of whose inhabitants are Protestants, owing to his action ...

    Article : 56 words
  25. AN AIR TRUST.

    The United States Court of Appeal has dissolved the injunction restraining the Herring-Curtiss Company from manufacturing aeroplanes on the ground that such ...

    Article : 67 words
  26. MISSED ON THE MILTIADES.

    It is stated in the newspapers that Miss Alice Mary Thorpe, who was returning to Norwich aboard the steamer Miltiades, having booked at Sydney, was missed ...

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  27. ALLEGED SWINDLE.

    Christopher Wilson, president of the united States Wireless Telegraph Company, and Bogart, vice-president, have been arrested in New York on a charge ...

    Article : 128 words
  28. BRITISH CIVIL LIST.

    The committee submitted by the Government to report on the Civil List include Mr. Asquith (Prime Minister), Mr. Balfour (leader of the Opposition), Mr. ...

    Article : 70 words
  29. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR COLONIALS.

    The Commissioners of the 1851 Exhibition have awarded scholarships to Mr. G. F. Davidson, of Sydney, Mr. J. I. Masson, of Melbourne, and Mr. C. M. Stubbs, of ...

    Article : 67 words
  30. DISASTROUS FIRE.

    A fire broke out in some wooden buildings used for honslng 150 Austrians employed in erecting the Canadian Power and Development Company's works at Falls ...

    Article : 60 words
  31. WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT.

    Welsh members' of the House of Commons have declared t[?]at their further support to this or any future Liberal Administration depends on the disestablishment ...

    Article : 62 words
  32. ROYAL HUNT CUP.

    At the Ascot June Meeting to-day the race for the principal event on the card resulted as under:- ROYAL HUNT CUP (handicap), a piece of ...

    Article : 303 words
  33. DRUCE CASE REVIVED.

    Robert Caldwell, who was one of the witnesses in the Druce case, and who escaped to New York after a warrant had been issued for his arrest, is the subject of an ...

    Article : 316 words
  34. SEDITION IN EGYPT.

    The Government of Egypt has overruled the refusal of the Legislative Council to give the assize courts jurisdiction in press cases, and have adopted measures to ...

    Article : 41 words
  35. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Everyone must sympathise with the honorary treasurer of the Sydney Hospital over his prospects of an early supply of radium. The public evidently is not so much ...

    Article : 315 words
  36. MINISTERIAL RESIGNATION.

    It is officially announced that Lord Wolverhampton, Lord President of the Council, has tesigned owing to ill-health, and that the resignation has been accepted. ...

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  37. MRS. HENRY SIDGWICK.

    Mrs. Henry Sidgwick, principal of Newnham College, Cambridge, since 1892, and sister of Mr. A. J. Balfour, is retiring from the principalship. Miss Katherine ...

    Article : 118 words
  38. SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR.

    There will be general regret should it happen that at practically the eleventh hour the South African tour through Australia should fall through and with it the triangular ...

    Article : 396 words
  39. A DETECTIVE'S INDUCEMENT.

    Michael Smith was charged at the Criminal Court to-day with having stolen a saddle, the property of Thomas Henry Masters, Smith pleaded not guilty to that charge and ...

    Article : 190 words
  40. EFFECT OF FISCAL PEACE.

    Since fiscal pence has existed between Cannda and Germany several prominent Canadian firms have established branches in Berlin. ...

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  41. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Playing for Lancashire against Hampshire J. T. Tyldesley made 137 and 101. WHITEHAVEN DISASTER FUND. The fund opened by the Rand "Da[?]ly ...

    Article : 127 words
  42. FACTORY AND SHOPS ACT EEGULATIONS.

    The Amending Factories and Shops Act became law on January 1. So far, however, no regulations have been issued under the powers given in it. It has been found advisable to ...

    Article : 87 words
  43. COMPENSATION FOR MURDER.

    A County Court has awarded the widow of Mr. Nesbit, a mine cashier, who was murdered in a train while on his way to pay some of the mine employees in ...

    Article : 74 words
  44. PRISONER WITH AN AXE.

    A prisoner, named Tyler, who some time ago was sentenced to 10 years for attempting to shoot Captain Hare, Commissioner of Police, created a sensation at Fremantle Prison ...

    Article : 117 words
  45. ORAL BETTING.

    Governor Hughes, of New York, has signed the bill against oral betting in New York. The maximum punishment of bookmakers offending against the law is ...

    Article : 43 words
  46. A FATAL FALL AT SEA.

    The French barque St. Rogation, which arrived yesterday from Guaymas, and put into quarantine for [?]migation, had a fatality on the voyage. One of the crew, a French sailor, ...

    Article : 58 words
  47. A REGENCY BILL.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. Asqu[?] has introduced a Bill in the Honse of Commons, appointing Queen Mary Regent in the event of the death of King George, before ...

    Article : 57 words
  48. THE TERRA NOVA.

    The Terra Nova, the ship of the Scott 'Antarctic Expedition, which sprang a leak during the voyage from the Thames to Cardiff, where she bad gone to coal, sailed ...

    Article : 48 words
  49. OPINION OF ADELAIDE MEMBERS.

    At a meeting of the South Australian members of t[?] cricket Board of Control it was [?] cided that there would be no objection to gu[?] an[?]ng the South Africans up to £5000. ...

    Article : 56 words
  50. COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.

    The Sydney Labour Council has decided to take steps to organise the commercial travellers of New South Wales. This decision was arrived at by the ...

    Article : 48 words
  51. PETROLEUM IN NEW SOUTH WALES

    During the last few days the Macarthur petroleum oil syndicate of [?] shares at £10 ench has been f[?]med in Melbourne for the purpose of testing for oil a locality in New ...

    Article : 52 words
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