To-day the Prime Minister and the members of the Premiers' Conference met to discuss a financial scheme to take effect after the expiration of the Braddon clause in 1911. ...
Article : 875 wordsReferring to the criticisms on the Federal Budget the Treasurer (Sir John Forrest) said in regard to the proposal of the Government to authorise this year the issue of Treasury, ...
Article : 293 wordsThe Irish blight is going to cause trouble. How complications are going to end cannot at present be foreseen. It is pretty certain, however, that, if the coming conference of ...
Article : 438 wordsFifteen thousand people on Saturday attended a demonstration at Manchester called by the Budget Protest League. Mr. W. Joynson-Hicks, M.P. ...
Article : 94 wordsThe Australians commenced a match to-day at Cheltenham against Gloucestershire. The weather was unsettled, and the wicket was fast. There was a moderate ...
Article : 452 wordsMr. G. W. Smalley, Washington correspondent of the "Times," states that General Bingham, ex-Commissioner of New York Police, who was recently dismissed by the ...
Article : 396 wordsThe proposals of the Imperial Government have been accepted by the Imperia Defence Conference. They provide for the interchangeability of the forces ...
Article : 90 wordsThe owners of the Waratah are quite sanguine as to the safety of the vessel, and in this connection they emphasise the fact that other vessels which have been upwards ...
Article : 77 wordsThe "Times," in its Marine Insurance Market notes, says: "Ninety-three guineas was paid on Saturday for the reinsurance of the Waratah. The deal was really a ...
Article : 91 wordsLord Monson (Liberal Unionist) declined to attend a Liberal demonstration at Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire, on the ground that the Budget is socialistic in ...
Article : 61 wordsThe "Daily Mail" writes that it is intended that Malta shall be a sort of Clapham Junction for Imperial defence. Through it will run all lines by which the ...
Article : 55 wordsAddressing the Camberwell branch of the Australian Women's National League to-day, the Minister for Customs, Sir Robert Best, said that owing to the deficiency in the ...
Article : 130 wordsCaptain N. Allan, of the Aberdeen liner Marathon, which arrived to-day from London, via Capetown, knows the South African coast thoroughly. "I have every hope that the ...
Article : 170 wordsThe Minister for Agriculture, when asked yesterday if he intended to bring in any legislation for the more effective regulation of butter substitutes, expressed the opinion that ...
Article : 240 wordsMr. R. M'Kenna, First Lord of the Admiralty, will to-day present bills to amend the Colonial Naval Defence Act, and to make better provision respecting naval ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Government of Cape Colony is appointing a Commission to inquire into arrangements for dealing with shipping casualties on the coast, with a view of ...
Article : 77 wordsMr. Chas. E. Burrowes, secretary of the Jingellic Upper Murray Railway League, has been notified by the Department of Public Works that the first surveyors available will ...
Article : 228 wordsThere was an unusually[?]large gathering of merchants and experts engaged in the potato trade, on the Melbourne Steamship Company's Wharf, between 9 and 10 o'clock ...
Article : 325 wordsThe deficit in Germany's finances for the year ended March amounted to £8,800,000. Taxes on imports were £4,900,000 below expectations. ...
Article : 88 wordsAt the instance of a member of the State Ministry the Prime Minister communicated with the British Admiralty last week, asking if a cruiser or cruisers stationed in Federal ...
Article : 111 wordsFor some time there has been an undercurrent of dissatisfaction among the men employed at the coal-loading cranes in the port, and this morning this reached a climax ...
Article : 404 wordsGreek officers commanding the Cretan militia were recently hooted and expelled from their quarters when endeavouring to prevent the hoisting of the Greek army ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Pope has taken his first drive in a motor car, presented to him lately by Americans. He is highly pleased with the gift. ...
Article : 37 wordsSensational evidence was given at the adjourned inquest on the three Morris children to-day. Florence Feakes, a married woman, said ...
Article : 486 wordsThe Chinese "six companies," who are practically governors of Chinatown, San Francisco, urge the city authorities to suppress the "guides," whose ...
Article : 88 wordsSome remarkable evidence was given at the Criminal Court to-day in a case in which John Anderson was charged with having committed bigamy. ...
Article : 192 wordsThe temperature in Peking has registered 115 degrees in the shade. Many deaths are reported. There have been similar experiences in ...
Article : 258 wordsAn earthquake has occurred in Japan, affecting Nagoya, Kyoto, and Osaka. Thirty persons were killed, and 82 injured. ...
Article : 157 wordsA sample of diseased potatoes from the Richmond River, N.S.W., forwarded to Mr. M'Alpine, Government Pathologist, for inspection, has been adjudged by him to be ...
Article : 135 wordsAdvices from Simla are to the effect that 40 breechloaders and 2000 cartridges have been captured near Nowshera, in the Punjab, while being smuggled to the Swat ...
Article : 74 wordsThe condition of the floods at Kotupna is regarded as very serious Owing to the action of the Public Works Department, in repairing levees on the western side of the river, the ...
Article : 170 wordsReserved judgment was delivered to-day by Mr. Justice Hodges in an order to review a decision given by Mr. Dwyer, P.M., at the District Court, on June 8. The complainants, ...
Article : 212 wordsA deputation from Ballarat to-day complained to the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Graham, that Melbourne was making a mere dumping ground for diseased potatoes from ...
Article : 202 wordsIn its amended annual report to June 30, submitted at the monthly meeting last night, the New South Wales Cricket Association referred to the Australian Eleven in the ...
Article : 355 wordsThe "New York Tribune" says that Mr. G. von L. Meyer, Secretary United States Navy, is considering the building of 30,000 ton battleships. ...
Article : 61 wordsA fierce fire broke out in the steerage quarters of the Cunard liner Lucania while in dock at Liverpool. The flames spread to the saloons and one of the holds, and ...
Article : 123 wordsThe Christiania correspondent of the "Morning Post" telegraphs: "An inventor of German origin here claims to have invented a dry electric accumulator, which is ...
Article : 158 wordsMr. Justice Hodges and a jury to-day commenced the hearing of an action in which the plaintiff was George Swinburne, M.L.A., for Hawthorn, who was Minister for Water ...
Article : 565 wordsThe Freemasons who left Wodonga yesterday to attend the funeral of the late Mr. W. P. Broom[?], at Talgarno, had an unpleasant experience owing to the flood waters. They left ...
Article : 180 wordsSome excitement was caused at the Unitarian Church, in Liverpool-street, opposite Hyde Park, at about 8 o'clock last night, when the caretaker, Ernest Anderson, 42, living in ...
Article : 206 wordsAn inquiry was held at Myrtleford to-day on the body of a man discovered 20 miles from Myrtieford. Deceased had apparently been lost for a ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Home Secretary, Mr. H. Gladstone, states that he sees no reason to interfere with the sentence of death passed on Dinghra, the Indian Anarchist, for the murder ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Commissioner of Crown Lands, Mr. E. H. Coombe, is of opinion that effective precautions can be adopted against the introduction of diseased potatoes by deciding that ...
Article : 54 wordsThe statement of the Tasmanian representatives that potatoes producod in New South Wales were affected with Irish blight has ar[?]sed the feelings of the Sydney produce ...
Article : 218 wordsInspector Dolton, of the State Children's Relief Department, in the police court on Monday, proceeded against Oliver William. Hinde for falling to send his son, Sydney, aged ...
Article : 104 wordsAn alarm of fire which was raised during a children's cinem[?]tograph entertainment at Southsea, Hampshire, caused a stampede, and in the rush a child was ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Adelaide Chamber of Commerce has telegraphed to the Prime Minister protesting against the passing of the bill to amend the Australian Industries Preservation Act on the ...
Article : 68 wordsDr. Arthur Evans, tariff reformer, a distinguished archaeologist, has agreed to oppose Lord Hugh Cecil, w[?] promised to stand for the representation of Oxford ...
Article : 56 wordsA special meeting of the Musicians' Union was held to-day to consider the question of federating with the Sydney Union. Mr. J. Hopkins, the secretary, stated that ...
Article : 213 wordsThe judgment of the Supreme Court against the decision of the Special Licensing Court closing certain hotels has aroused much bitterness among the temperance people, who ...
Article : 191 wordsMr. S. F. Cody, with Colonel Capper, chief of the Aeronautical Department of the British Army, flew on the former's aeroplane over a distance of a mile. Mr. ...
Article : 57 wordsThe seventh day of the exhibition on Monday had a very good attendance. The pony high jump, for animals 14 hands and under, resulted:—Rodney Bros.' Skylark and S. H. ...
Article : 149 wordsMr. D. W. Munro, shire engineer of Byron Bay, when a resident of Ballina three years ago, had a sum of £15 stolen. On Saturday last he received an unsigned letter, bearing ...
Article : 125 wordsKing Edward yesterday, at Marienbad, entertained at luncheon M. Clemenceau, the ex-French Premier, and M. P. Crozier, French Ambassador, at Vicuna. ...
Article : 45 wordsA row occurred at Saturday night's dancing assembly, at the School of Arts, which terminated in three defendants at the Police Court being conjointly charged with ...
Article : 96 wordsThe death is announced of Mr. Alexander Wise, Secretary of the Overseas League, and son of the late Mr. Justice Wise, of New South Wales. ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tue 17 Aug 1909, Page 7
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