A further statement of details in connection with the Government's proposed organisation of the National Guard for land defence, of which the following are the ...
Article : 3,200 wordsThe Federal Treasurer is considering a claim by Tasmania for special payment, on account of the quantity of goods which go there after having paid duty in Victoria or ...
Article : 117 wordsA bone mill in East Brighton, owned and occupied by P. Fitzgerald, was destroyed by fire early this morning. A quantity of valuable stock and the machinery in the building ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 64 wordsBritannia, R.M.S., 6325 tons, Captain Barcham, from London, via ports. Passengers—Miss J. Albert, R. Albert, Mr. F. Bowen, Mr. W. T. Wood, Miss Watts, Mr. G. M. Brown, Mrs. Brown, [?]. J. D. ...
Article : 796 wordsTo-day, in the Executive Council, the Premier appointed a Commissioner-in-Chief and Agent-General, and a first Executive Commissioner to represent South Australia at ...
Article : 36 wordsAt the general meeting of the Adelaide Dry Dock Company yesterday it was decided to wind up proceedings. ...
Article : 25 wordsAt the Bendigo Court to-day Ah Din was charged with having been found in possession of gold and gold specimens suspected of having been unlawfully obtained. The ...
Article : 138 wordsDuring the hearing of a case in the Civil Court to-day arising out of the will of the late John Nicholas, of Quorn, it was stated that the Salvation Army would benefit to the ...
Article : 41 wordsSenator Nield has been anxious about the £5000 contributed by the Federal Government towards the Nimrod expedition to the South Pole. He was informed by the ...
Article : 55 wordsAt the Adelaide Police Court to-day Henry Evans and Thomas Bennett were charged on remand with having, on the public holiday, been on Victoria Park Racecourse for ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Acting Premier, in reply to a communication from the Prime Minister, has agreed that Dr. Ramsay Smith (chairman of the Central Board of Health) shall be available to ...
Article : 61 wordsA system is in vogue in some countries of delivery by the early morning post of telegrams lodged at cheap rates during the night. Under the belief that it is a novelty, the ...
Article : 96 wordsThe question whether the agreement for the purchase of South Australia's claim to the disputed territory for £107,500 shall be ratified, will be decided by Parliament. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe revenue for January amounted to £737,892, which represents a falling-off of £116,907 compared with the corresponding period of last year. The principal decreases ...
Article : 159 wordsA drain carrying storm waters burst to-day and allowed a flood to enter the excavations which are being made for the erection of the new Treasury building in King William-street. ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Minister for Defence has decided to recall Commander Colquoboun and Engineer Commander Clarkson, who are in England gathering the latest information about ...
Article : 52 wordsWhen the embargo against the importation of grapes was lifted last week only Australia was affected. A further proclamation is now gazetted, revoking the proclamation ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 687 wordsThe postal revenue for the first half of the current financial year increased by £85,608, as compared with the previous year. It is announced by the Treasury that the ...
Article : 77 wordsAccording to a return laid on the table in the Senate to-day, the senior cadets cost the country annually £1 18s per head, and junior cadets £1 5s 6d. This includes uniform, drill, ...
Article : 239 wordsSerious bush fires still continue in several parts of the Dominion. At Christchurch yesterday the thermometer registered over 95 degrees. Rain, however, is reported from ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Department of Agriculture has received a preliminary report from the Chief Inspector of Stock, who has been in the north-west for some weeks examining quarantined camels, ...
Article : 63 wordsWhen the Postmaster-General (Mr. Mauger) was on tour in South Australia recently, he discovered some instances of men in the Postal Department being paid boys' ...
Article : 115 wordsMr. Kirk, the Government Biologist, received information that the fruit fly is believed to exist in a garden near Auckland. Instructions have been given for drastic action ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the charges made against Mr. Illingworth, ex-Colonial Treasurer, finds the principal allegations proved. The report of the Commission ...
Article : 115 wordsBlanche Humphries, 42, living at 52 North-street, Leichhardt, slipped off the edge of the footpath at the corner of Norton and Allen streets yesterday, and fell, fracturing her ...
Article : 55 wordsWaipara, s, for London, via Durban and Capetown. Innamincka, s, for Melbourne. Lady Mildred, s, for Newcastle. Linda Fell, s, for Port Pirie, via Newcastle. ...
Article : 36 wordsMacedonia, R.M.S., for London, via ports; Moravian, s, for South Africa and London, via ports; Airlie, s, for Singapore, via ports; Euryalus, s, for Java and Singapore, via ports; Induna, s, for New Hebrides, ...
Article : 125 wordsA man named Archie Boreland was holding a horse opposite Mr. Brabin's store, Murrumburrah, when a mare owned by Mr. W. Black kicked out at him. The mare was ...
Article : 85 wordsThe application of Moore Bros., of Baramba Station, for a writ of mandamus directing the Secretary of Lands to refer to the Land Court at Brisbane a request in writing that certain ...
Article : 147 wordsThe resolution passed by the Rhondda men yesterday afternoon that they would resume work to-day, was carried into effect, and the Rhondda colliery commenced work this ...
Article : 33 wordsAt 9.30 last night a fire was discovered underneath the sample-room of Osborne's Club House Hotel. Mr. Tallentire pulled some bagging and other inf[?]ammable material from ...
Article : 151 wordsConstable Hudson, of No. 3 Station, was arresting a man known as "Darkey" Davis, about midnight, for using indecent langunge in Goulburn-street, when the prisoner started ...
Article : 177 wordsHercules, s, 4230 tons, Captain J. HoRMaza, for Antofagasta. Thorpe Orange, s, 4188 tons, Captain G. F. Wilson, for Avonmouth, via Waitara and other New Zealand ...
Article : 106 wordsA narrow escape from fatal injury was experienced by Mr. Joseph Brown, the well-known horseowner, yesterday. He was leading a horse and cart across a drain in his ...
Article : 70 wordsAt noon to-day the Aberdeen liner Moravian will cast off from Dalgety's wharf, Miller's Point, in commencement of her homeward voyage to London, via South Africa, under the command of Captain ...
Article : 312 wordsCaptain Ma[?]r, officer in charge of the Perth fire brigade, was killed early this morning through a portion of a burning house in North Perth falling on him. ...
Article : 38 wordsVictoria, s, for Auckland; Manila, G.M.S., for Manila, China, and Japan, via Brisbane and New Guinea, Hessen, s, for Bremen, via Melbourne; Orestes, s, for London, via Brisbane; Aldenham, s, for Manila, China, ...
Article : 78 wordsFollowing is the return of bananas from Geraldton during the year ended December 31:—To Melbourne, 385,751 bunches, 33,918 cases, 12 crates; to Sydney, 94 cases; to ...
Article : 33 wordsA fatal poisoning case occurred in a ganger's cottage on the railway near Pine Creek last week through the careless mixing of arsenic in lieu of baking-powder in a damper. ...
Article : 87 wordsLast night the dead body of a female infant, aged between 3 and 4 months, was found in a Crown-street doorstep, and taken to the Redfern police station. ...
Article : 32 wordsVictoria, s, from Auckland; 80 cs frozen fish, 21 scks grass seed, 23 bxs lexias, 15 bxs raisins, 177 cs and 28 scks kauri gum, 50 kgs beef, 13 bls glue pieces, 30 drums oil, 108 bls hemp, 170 scks broken glass, 142 ...
Article : 428 wordsIn the St. George district the past few days have been the hottest this summer. The water is drying up, and the outlook is not too promising. Bush fires are raging ...
Article : 49 wordsA young man named Gilbert M'Gill was shooting at galahs to-day, when his gun burst. A piece of the cartridge was blown into one of his eyes. He was admitted to ...
Article : 212 wordsThe Corrimal Balgowrie Colliery company are applying for the suspension of labour conditions on their leasehold in the parish of Wollongong for six months. ...
Article : 461 wordsThe annual meeting of the shareholders in the Iron, Steel, and Metals Manufacturing Company, Ltd., was held to-day. Mr. F. C. L[?]ader presided, and in moving the adoption ...
Article : 307 wordsSeveral farmers in the Eur[?]a district have recently been experimenting with a cheap way of combating the rabbit pest. This plan consists of placing an old newspaper in the ...
Article : 105 wordsSubjoined is a list of passengers by Burns, Philp, and Co.'s steamer Airlie, which will be despatched from the eastern side of Circular Quay at 11.30 a.m. to-day, in command of Captain J. T. Wilson, for ...
Article : 124 wordsThe following is a list of the passengers by the steamer Induna, for Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, and New Hebrides, leaving Sydney to-day:- Mrs. Taylor and infant, Miss Watkins, Miss ...
Article : 66 wordsA sensational case of suicide, which presents some remarkable features, occurred at Miss Curchod's residence, in Elizabeth-street North, to-day, when a visitor from ...
Article : 381 wordsThe P. and O. S.N. Company's twin screw cargo steamer Poona completed the run from Melbourne to Dunkirk in 42 days, and reached London three days later. ...
Article : 33 wordsGoslar, s (German-Australian S.S. Co.), 4[?] tons, Captain Schult, at Antwerp, from Sydney Nov. 30, Melbourne Dec. 7, Fremantle Dec. 17, and Suez Jan. 13. ...
Article : 245 wordsThe German mail steamer Grosser [?], of the fleet of the Nord-deutscher Llyod, which arrived at Fremantle yesterday from Breman, Antwerp, and Southampton, en route to Sydney, via the usual ...
Article : 168 wordsA lad named Richard Adams, whilst rabbit-shooting with a pea rifle here, was shot in the calf of a leg through the rifle going off accidentally. He was taken to the local hospital. ...
Article : 41 wordsThorpe Grange, s, for Avonyouth, via Waitara and other New Zealand ports: 2152 bars lead (for London). Hercules, s, for Antofagasta: 5800 tons S. Clifton coal. ...
Article : 129 wordsSouth Australia.—Overland, 9.30 p.m. Victoria.—Overland, 9.30 p.m. Queensland.—Overland, 3.45 p.m. and 9.30 p.m. Tathra.—Eden, 9 a.m. ...
Article : 276 wordsThe following is a list of the passengers by the P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Macedonia, which will be despatched from Sydney at noon to-day for London, via ports:—Mrs. Anderson, infant, and nurse, Miss Ambler, ...
Article : 659 wordsNORMANTON.—Arr: Jan. 31, Maranoa, s, from Brisba[?] COOKTOWN (1550 miles).—Arr: Jan. 31, Wodonga, s, from Sydney. ...
Article : 1,169 wordsThe Charge against the Wellington bookseller for selling the "Lone Hand" magazine containing Bernard Hall's picture, "Sleep," the same being alleged to have been ...
Article : 91 wordsWELLINGTON (1239m).—Dep: Jan. 31, Marama, [?] for Sydney; H.M.S. Powerful, for Sydney. ...
Article : 20 wordsSeveral thousand bags of wheat we[?] [?] from 4/3[?] to 4/4. Flour was dull at £10. Bran and pollard sold at 1/2[?]. Good malting barley sold from 5/3 to 5/6. Algerian oats were weak, with more ...
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Advertising : 112 wordsAt the Western Market to-day the prices were:— Local strawberries, /4 to /7 pocket; black currants, 4/6[?] case; figs, 3/ to 4/ ditto; apples, 3/ to 7/ case; pears, 2/6 to 4/ ditto; ditto, Williams, 4/6 to 6/ ...
Article : 127 wordsMajor-General Sir Arthur Robert Ford Dorward, K.C.B., D.S.O., who yesterday arrived from New Zealand, on his way to resume work on the staff in charge of the Administration ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 1 Feb 1908, Page 14
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