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  2. ATTRACTING IMMIGRANTS.

    Victoria, hitherto the most backward of all the States, has now provided herself with a big scheme for the promotion of immigration and the development of land settlement. The ...

    Article : 451 words
  3. THE WEEK IN LONDON.

    The long-waited recommendations of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the matter of the official control of the English stage are to hand this morning. In ...

    Article : 1,432 words
  4. NORTH COAST RAILWAY.

    Seeing that a brief "adjournment" is now being made in the work of constructing the North Coast railway, it will, perhaps, be fitting to give a resume of what has been so far ...

    Article : 573 words
  5. THE KING OF THE BELGIANS

    King Leopold of Belgium is suffering from rheumatism and dropsy. He improved on Saturday, but, despite the doctor's orders, he insisted on driving ...

    Article : 169 words
  6. ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

    Mr. John Burns, President of the Local Government Board, addressing a meeting at Battersen, admission being by ticket, dwelt upon the achievements by the ...

    Article : 54 words
  7. SUEZ CANAL CONCESSION.

    The "Scotsman" states that Egyptian Nationalists are bitterly opposing the prolongation of the Suez Canal concession, but that the Khedive is not likely to withhold ...

    Article : 196 words
  8. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,967 words
  9. REVIVAL O[?] PROTECTION.

    Lord Avebury, in reply to a correspondent, writes that the alternative Budget of protective taxes, proposed by the "Birmingham Post," is very ...

    Article : 125 words
  10. LORD FISHER OF KILVERSTONE.

    The title of Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Fisher, First Sea Lord, in the peerage is Lord Fisher of Kilverstone. ...

    Article : 31 words
  11. ARCTIC OBSERVATIONS.

    Mr. Lonsdale, secretary to Dr. Cook, who has arrived in Copenhagen with the records of Dr. Cook's voyage to the North Pole, for examination by Danish ...

    Article : 227 words
  12. A GALLANT BOY.

    The King yesterday received Tom Lewis, a boy who at the disaster at the Alexander Dock extension, Newport, made a gallant attempt to save life. The King presented ...

    Article : 475 words
  13. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S APPEAL.

    Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, in a letter to the electors of Manchester and Salford urging tariff reform, says: "I hope we shall no longer slam the door in the face ...

    Article : 62 words
  14. RIFLE RANGE AT LONG BAY.

    The Minister for Defence (Mr. Cook) received a deputation yesterday afternoon from members of the National Rifle Association of New South Wales with regard to target ...

    Article : 663 words
  15. REMEDY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT.

    Mr. Burns, President of the Local Government Board, in a preface to the pamphlet, issued by the "Daily Chronicle," on the Housing and Town Planning Act, declares ...

    Article : 70 words
  16. SUICIDE BY STRYCHNINE.

    A young man named Charles Wilcox, 22 years of age, who had been employed as cook at the railway refreshment rooms, committed suicide on Saturday night by taking ...

    Article : 250 words
  17. TARIFF REFORM MEANS SOCIALISM.

    Mr. R. B. Haidane, Secretary of State for War, addressing a meeting at Dunbar yesterday, said that the taxation of necessaries would lead to socialism. He ...

    Article : 53 words
  18. SIR E. H. SHACKLETON.

    The King yesterday formally conferred knighthood upon Lieutenant E. H. Shackleton, and handed silver and bronze medals to his companions. ...

    Article : 41 words
  19. UNIONIST FREETRADERS.

    Lord George Hamilton, Lord Cromer, and other on behalf of the Unionist Free-trade Club, declare that it is not desirable to recommend members how to vote, but ...

    Article : 57 words
  20. CORRUPTION IN MONTREAL.

    Judge Cannon, of Quebec, who is investigating the civic affairs of Montreal, finds that the city departments are simply saturated with corruption and soaked in ...

    Article : 69 words
  21. FREEDOM FOR LABOUR MEMBERS.

    A ballot of the Northumberland miners was taken on the question of compelling Messrs. Burt and Fenwick, Liberal-Labour members of Parliament, to sign the Labour ...

    Article : 52 words
  22. LADY CHURCHILL.

    The Earl of Lonsdale, brother of Viscountess Churchill, says that Viscountess Churchill went abroad for certain reasons for the sake of the children. The decision ...

    Article : 69 words
  23. DEFENCE SCHEME.

    The new Defence Bill is being considered by the House. Sir Joseph Ward stated that the scheme of compulsory training proposed will cost £352,000 per annum. At the ...

    Article : 82 words
  24. DISASTER AT NAPLES.

    While a bridge was being constructed at Naples the chains unholding an air bell snapped, and 14 persons were drowned. ...

    Article : 33 words
  25. IRISH UNTHANKFUL.

    "Sinn Fein," the newspaper of an organisation of the same name, writing regarding Mr. Asquith's pronouncement on Home Rule, says: "By a lawyer's quibble Mr. ...

    Article : 82 words
  26. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A meeting of the shareholders of the Law Guarantee, Trust, and Accident Insurance Company, whose losses in the last two years have been very heavy, has ...

    Article : 172 words
  27. ALLEGED INDECENT LITERATURE.

    The right of the Customs to stop certain books of religious controversy on the ground that they are indecent is to be challenged in the High Court. A writ has ...

    Article : 107 words
  28. THE INDIAN ELECTIONS.

    Bengali leaders, in a manifesto, declare that the new regulations regarding elections to the Legislative Councils of the provinces are a striking contrast to the spirit of Lord ...

    Article : 60 words
  29. MEALS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.

    The London County Council estimates that 7,702,506 free meals were given to school children in 1909-10, compared with [?],546,771 last year. An average of ...

    Article : 50 words
  30. BUTTER SHIPPERS' GRIEVANCE.

    Victorian shippers asked for space in the R.M.S. Orsova for 670 tons of butter. They were advised that there would be space for 635 tons; but it was afterwards found that ...

    Article : 168 words
  31. DEATH OF SIR ALFRED JONES.

    The death is announced of Sir Alfred Jones, senior partner in the firm of Elder, Dempster, and Co., shipowners, and a prominent merchant of Liverpool, aged 63 ...

    Article : 93 words
  32. AN INTERESTING VOYAGE.

    The present voyage of the P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Morea, which is due at Sydney to-morrow from London, has proved an exceptionally eventful and interesting on [?]. ...

    Article : 263 words
  33. LONG-DISTANCE CYCLING.

    Rutt, a German, and Clarke, an Australian, won a six-days' team cycling race in New York, covering 2660 miles. Hehir, an Australian, covered 2659 miles. ...

    Article : 248 words
  34. THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

    The matter of representation at the Olympic games to be held at Athens in May was before the N.S.W. Amateur Sporting Federation last night. It arose over the proposal to send ...

    Article : 351 words
  35. VALDIVIA ON FIRE.

    A terrible fire has occurred at Valdivia, Chili, a great portion of the city being burned. The damage is estimated at £500,000. ...

    Article : 31 words
  36. CENTRAL METHODIST MISSION.

    A conversazione was held at the Central Methodist Mission Hall, Castiereagh-street, yesterday afternoon to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the rounding of the Alexandra ...

    Article : 351 words
  37. A UNIFIED PROJECTILE.

    The German War Office has adopted a unified projectile, combining the functions of shrapnel and common shell, thus allowing one kind instead of necessitating two ...

    Article : 234 words
  38. MOREE MURDER CASE.

    The capital sentence passed by Mr. Justice Pring upon the Chinese, Lee Sing, in connection with the Moree murder case has been reviewed by the Executive Council, in ...

    Article : 204 words
  39. MOTOR VERSUS HORSE.

    The chairman of the London General Omnibus Company informed shareholders at the annual meeting that motor 'buses earned £59,000 in the year, and ...

    Article : 80 words
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