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  2. MR. C.REMINGTON.

    Mr.—John Cochrane Remington, general manaager of the Mutual Life Association of Australasia, and one of Sydney's foremost business men, was found dead at his house, Pibrac ...

    Article : 1,565 words
  3. SWEATING THE CLERGY.

    Archdeacon T. K. Abbott has carried on his duties at Tamworth for five and a half years at the cost of £300 yearly, out of a salary of £350. On January 22, finding, ...

    Article : 1,035 words
  4. HIGH LEVEL WATER.

    It seems that the man in the Sydney street does not know everything about his water supply. It would possibly shock him to find that if some enterprising lunatic chose to ...

    Article : 1,665 words
  5. STRIKE AT MORT'S DOCK.

    Yesterday morning a strike of iron-workers' assistants took place at Mort's Dock and Engineering Co.'s works, Balmain, involving the cessation of work by 250 men, and the ...

    Article : 662 words
  6. WAGES BOARDS.

    A banquet was tendered to the Premier at the Great Northern Hotel to-night by the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce. The president (Mr. J. M. Hyde) occupied the chair, ...

    Article : 927 words
  7. ANTI-CHINESE AGITATION.

    The engagement of 38 Chinese firemen and seamen on a steamship in the West India dock led to the calling of a meeting under the auspices of the National Seamen ...

    Article : 68 words
  8. POLISH EXPROPRIATION.

    The Upper House of the Prussian Diet by 143 votes to 111, rejected the restrictions introduced by its committee in the Polish Expropriation Bill, which finally passed ...

    Article : 74 words
  9. LICENSING BILL.

    Sir. H. H. Asquith, Imperial Chancellor, introduced into the House of Commons last night a comprehensive Licensing Bill, based to some extent on the minority ...

    Article : 577 words
  10. LONDON FINANCIAL CABLES.

    The Dank of England reserves in notes and gold are £29,960,000, as against £29,611,000 last week, and £27,294,000 last year. The proportion ot reserves to liabilities is 49.13, ...

    Article : 304 words
  11. QUEBEC BRIDGE DISASTERS.

    The Royal Commission at Ottawa appointed to inquire into the cause of the collapse of the bridge at Quebec, while in course of construction, has reported that ...

    Article : 78 words
  12. ENGINEERS' STRIKE.

    The engineers of the shipyards of the North East Coast have begun to ballot on the proposal to resume work on the basis that there will be no change, if there is to ...

    Article : 65 words
  13. EGYPT'S SURPLUS.

    The public accounts of Egypt for the year 1907 show a surplus of £2,000,000. ...

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  14. THE KING ON TOUR.

    The King on Monday,will start on a visit to Paris, and then to Biarritz, on the Bay of Biscay, remaining there five weeks. ...

    Article : 33 words
  15. LONDON COMMERCIAL CABLES.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 3/1½ per ounce standard, a fall of /3-16 since yesterday. WHEAT. LONDON, Feb. 28. ...

    Article : 337 words
  16. LABOUR FOR THE [?]AND.

    It is semi-officislly stated at Paris that M. Augagneur, Governor-General of Madagascar, is absolutely oppospd to the engagement of Malagasy natives to work. ...

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  17. STRIKE PENALTIES.

    As the Arbitration Court was about to adjourn yesterday afternoon, Mr. Wegg Horns rose and said he wished the Court, as a matter of great urgency, to fix a time for hear ...

    Article : 378 words
  18. MANUFACTURE OF DIAMONDS.

    It is reported that the examining magistrate at Paris in the case in which a French engineer, Lemoine, is charged with obtaining £16,000 from Sir Julius Wernher ...

    Article : 68 words
  19. THE PRIME MINISTER.

    There are persistent rumours that Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Prime Minister, will shortly resign, and that he will be succeeded by Mr. H. H. Asquith, ...

    Article : 39 words
  20. CHINA AWAKE.

    As a sign that China is eager to become abreast of the times, and is anxious to look after not only her own interests but those of her subjects, she has lately sent ...

    Article : 697 words
  21. THEOLOGICAL UNBEST.

    Twenty chairmen of Congregational Unions and heads of colleges have signed a manifesto to the Churches affirming faith in the Christian doctrines, though ...

    Article : 69 words
  22. CZAR AND DUMA.

    The Czar, in receiving 304 Deputies at Tsarskoe Selo, thanked the Duma for assisting him to maintain law and order. He emphasised the importance of ...

    Article : 51 words
  23. THE OPIUM DISCLOSURES.

    Customs officials bitterly resent the statements of the Commissioner of Police regarding the opium traffic. Mr. Stephens, the local Collector of Customs, communicated with ...

    Article : 250 words
  24. "CHEAP LABOUR PARTNERSHIP."

    D. J. Williams, post and telegraph master at North Broken Hill, was to-day committed for trial on two charges of embezzlement. Ball in £200 was granted on each charge. In ...

    Article : 107 words
  25. COLLISION AT NEWCASTLE.

    A collision occurred in the harbour off the lower end of the dyks this morning between the steamer Darius and the American schooner Jane L. Stanford, and resulted in ...

    Article : 440 words
  26. SOCIETY DIVORCE CASE.

    In the divorce case Boyd v Boyd, husband's petition on the ground of misconduct, in which Sir Francis Burdett was joined as co-respondent, the latter was ...

    Article : 44 words
  27. SECOND THOUGHTS.

    The Central News Agency reports that at Port-au-Prince, capital of Halti, West Indies, someone stoned a British aide-de-camp as he was quitting the ...

    Article : 75 words
  28. "IS LAND AVAILABLE?"

    At a meeting of the executive council of the Immigration League ot Australia, held in Terry's-chambers on the 27th last., it was announced that during the present year 61 ...

    Article : 289 words
  29. SIR FREDERICK BEDFORD.

    Sir Frederick Bedford, Governor of Western Australia, and Lady Bedford have arrived in London. He will return to Australia in June. ...

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  30. AN IMPROVED SYSTEM.

    The Minister for Customs for some time has been considering an improved system for the prevention of opium smuggling, which, it is hoped, will be brought into effect shortly. As ...

    Article : 85 words
  31. THE PLANET MAES.

    Professor Percival Lowell, Director of the Lowell Observatory, Arizona, claims that his special spectroscope reveals water vapour surrounding the planet Mars. ...

    Article : 167 words
  32. THE CASTLE ROCK.

    The ship Castle Rock, which left Sydney on September 25 for Seattle, Puget Sound, is now uninsurable, and is considered lost. ...

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  33. APPENDICITIES AND GRAPES.

    Arthur Morgan, of Bottom Vale, O'connell, recently ate some grapes slightly green, and immediately after complained of pain in his side. His mother treated him to the best ...

    Article : 81 words
  34. FOR BRAVERY.

    His Majesty the King personally presented the Edward Medal to Chandler and Everson, Yorkshire and Welsh miners, for conspicuous gallantry in saving life. ...

    Article : 36 words
  35. THE WORM TURNS.

    Perey Keiso, alias M'Donald, was proceeded against yesterday at the Central Summons Court by Inspector Duncan, of the City Council, on an information charging him with attracting a number of persons ...

    Article : 205 words
  36. ENGLISH CRICKET TOUR.

    Owing to the £10,000 guarantee by the Board of Control, or rather by the various associations, to the Marylebone Club, there is a good deal of public interest in the fin[?]uces of the ...

    Article : 139 words
  37. NEW ENGINE OF WAR.

    A son of Sir Hiram Maxim has patented a noiseless rifle with which smokeless powder will be used. The American newspapers predict that ...

    Article : 49 words
  38. THE EDUCATION TEST.

    A Chinese clerk, James Francis Kitchen Minahan, who was arrested on a charge of being a prohibited immigrant, appeared at the City Court to-day. It was staled that Minahan ...

    Article : 122 words
  39. LONDON MINING MARKET.

    On the Stock Exchange to-day quotations of Australian mining ventures were:—Broken Hill Proprietary, b 50s 7d, s 51s 10d; North Broken Hill, b 35s 7d, ...

    Article : 56 words
  40. NEW ZEALAND FRUIT REGULATIONS.

    Regulations under the Orchard Posts Act gazetted provide that all fruit imported from oversea must be accompanied by a declaration and the Covernment officer a certificate ...

    Article : 71 words
  41. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED TRAIM WRECKING.

    A boy named Richard Looney, 11 years of age, was arrested, last night in connection with the attempt to wreck [?] train by placing a sleepe[?] across the ra[?], as reported ...

    Article : 58 words
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