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  2. THE TARIFF.

    The House of Representatives, in Committee of Ways and Means, resumed consideration of the tariff schedule this morning, the item u[?] der discussion being ...

    Article : 1,249 words
  3. MELBOURNE CUP MEETING

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,221 words
  4. TACTICS IN PARLIAMENT.

    The scene in the Assembly on Thursday night, when two members were suspended, and the general attitude of individual members of the Opposition, and of course of the cross ...

    Article : 838 words
  5. COAL CRISIS.

    The grave industrial situation on the northern coalfields is unchanged. The only incident which occurred to-day was the meeting of the sub-committee comprised in ...

    Article : 352 words
  6. ARMENIAN TRAGEDY.

    Hanpaszovmian, an Armenian, has been convicted of murdering Mr. H. S. Tavshajian, a wealthy Armenian, at New York. ...

    Article : 328 words
  7. THE GERMAN SCANDAL.

    Count Kuno Moltke is appealing against the judgment in the action which he brought against Herr Harden at Berlin for libel. ...

    Article : 279 words
  8. MONETARY STRINGENCY.

    The American Mint has been directed to coin immediately 15,000,000 dollars (£3,000,000 worth of double ealges (20 dollars, £4) to relieve the monetary ...

    Article : 115 words
  9. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Sir William Lyne devotes half of his time in declaring that he will stand firm by his duties and the other half in drafting or accepting reductions. The whole of to-day's sitting ...

    Article : 763 words
  10. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.

    Mdllle. Lapoukhin, who is a daughter of a former State official in Russia, and who was lost sight of at the entrance of Aldwych Theatre, stated that she ...

    Article : 63 words
  11. BURWOOD YARDAGE RATES.

    The sub-committee appointed by the conference of proprietors and miners' representatives on Wednesday, to re-open the question of Burwood and Lambton B yardage rates, ...

    Article : 262 words
  12. THE ALFHILD CASTAWAYS.

    The search party under Sergeant Ward returned from Port Davey to-day by the steamer Walnui. Their further search has been unsuccessful. Sergeant Ward reports that the ...

    Article : 521 words
  13. THE BADEN BADEN MURDER.

    Dr. Carl Hau, a naturalised American, convicted of murdering his mother-in-law, Frau Molitor, at Baden Baden, has had his sentenced commuted to ...

    Article : 161 words
  14. VLADIVOSTOCK MUTINY.

    Fifty mutinous miners at Vladivostock have been shot. The boilers of the destroyer Skory, on which the crew mutinied, exploded, and ...

    Article : 26 words
  15. MISER'S STRANGE BEQUEST.

    William John Watson, who made £10,000 in Australia, but who lived in a miserly way, has died at Portadown, Ireland. He bequeathed his fortune to the town for ...

    Article : 41 words
  16. THE POPE AND MODERNISM.

    The Right Rev. Dr. Lacroix, the wellknown Bishop of Tarentaise, has resigned, as a protest against the Pope's encyclical on modernism. ...

    Article : 35 words
  17. NAVAL CONSTRUCTION.

    The British Admiralty has invited private tenders for a battleship, also the propelling machinery for two battleships, which will be shortly started at ...

    Article : 81 words
  18. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Privy Council has allowed the appeal of Lowell Christmas versus the New Zealand Commisioner of Taxes, with costs. ...

    Article : 142 words
  19. WHEELERS' STRIKE.

    About two weeks ago the wheelers, flatters, and trappers employed at Messrs. J. and A. Brown's Duckenfield and Back Creek collieries, handed to the manager 14 days' notice ...

    Article : 111 words
  20. TRIANGULAR RIFLE MATCH.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 376 words
  21. FRENCH CHURCH PROPERTY.

    M. Briand, Minister for Public Instruction in France, has introduced into the Chamber of Deputies a bill providing for the transfer to the Communes for the benefit ...

    Article : 73 words
  22. BIRTH-RATE ON UP GRADE.

    The report of the Bureau of Statistics on the vital statistics of the metropolis for October, is to hand. During the month 1276 children were born ...

    Article : 294 words
  23. CLERGYMAN AND BOOKMAKERS.

    During a journey from Kiama on Wednesday by train, after attending the annual Mothodist Conference, the Rev. W. H. Rogers, superintendent of the Wollongong circuit, and Mr. ...

    Article : 224 words
  24. OCTOBER REVENUE.

    An increase of £100,453 is shown in the return of Federal revenue from Customs and Excise for October, as compared with October of last year, of which half is to the credit ...

    Article : 184 words
  25. COMMANDER COLQUHOUN.

    Commander Colquhoun, of the Australian naval forces, was attached to the scout Attentive during the recent manoeuvres of the Channel and Home fleets in ...

    Article : 46 words
  26. FORESTRY COMMISSION.

    The Forestry Commission sat at Newcastle Courthouse to-day, Mr. Alex. Kothel, M.L.C., presiding. Mr. W. Freeman also [?]at. ...

    Article : 181 words
  27. DESECRATION OF MR. KRUGER'S GRAVE.

    Lieutenant A. G. L. Clark, of the Yorkshire Light Infantry, Lieutenant Herring, of the Royal Engineers, and Mr. Dickson, an ex-Civil servant, have been arrested at ...

    Article : 49 words
  28. NATURALISATION.

    During last month 102 persons were granted naturalisation certificates, 97 being males, and five females. Germans were in the majority among the applicants, the number from that ...

    Article : 60 words
  29. LITHGOW IRON WORKS.

    Major P. G. Pennymore, who has been manager of the iron blast furnace for the past 19 months, will sever his connection with the firm of W. Sandford, Ltd., about three ...

    Article : 421 words
  30. SUNDAY CONCERTS.

    Yesterday the Deputy Town Clerk (Mr. W. G. Layton) stated that the Lord Mayor had received a letter from the Inspector-General of Police, covering reports from his officers ...

    Article : 301 words
  31. NEW YORK CITY BONDS.

    A bankers' syndicate, headed by Mr. Pierpont Morgan, has purchased £6,000,000 of New York 6 per cent. revenue bonds, with the option of acquiring ...

    Article : 43 words
  32. THE NEW PROTECTION.

    Mr. Justice Higgins to-day continued the hearing of the application of T. Robinson and Co. Proprietary, Ltd., for a declaration that wages paid by them are fair and reasonable ...

    Article : 104 words
  33. THE PIANO DUTIES

    In the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Hughes (N.S.W.) presented a petition from the musical profession of Sydney, and Mr. Watkins (N.S.W.) a similar petition from ...

    Article : 121 words
  34. A STATE COAL MINE.

    The Premier was recently interviewed in a business transaction between the Colonial Bank and the Coal Creek Proprietary Company, as the result of which the State has ...

    Article : 247 words
  35. MELBOURNE BETTING MARKET.

    Wagering on the V.R.C. Derby was very quiet to-day, but odds were laid on Mountain King. Welcome Trist was second favourite, a fair distance away, with Master Foote next ...

    Article : 149 words
  36. PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEES.

    In the Senate to-day Senator Needham, a member of the Labour party, introduced a bill to amend the Federal Arbitration Act, in which it is proposed to insert two clauses ...

    Article : 200 words
  37. KAID MACLEAN.

    It is reported at Madrid that Kaid Sir Harry Maclean, who was captured by the brigand Raisuli, escaped from his gaoler at night, but was recaptured and put in ...

    Article : 38 words
  38. RE-IMPORTING WHEAT.

    In regard to the importation of wheat, some Victorian merchants are considering the advisability of re-importing wheat, which is now on ships on their way to England, and ...

    Article : 112 words
  39. SCHOOLBOYS AS CADDIES.

    The earnings of caddies on the Royal Melbourne golf links during the recent tournament approximated £100, independent of tips. Cases of boys engaged in the Brighton district were ...

    Article : 117 words
  40. RAILWAY CRISIS.

    Seventy-five per cent. of the men employed by the Great Western Railway Company have assured the manager that they will be loyal to the company. ...

    Article : 36 words
  41. LATEST SCRATCHINGS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 127 words
  42. PERSISTENCY UNREWARDED.

    An old-age pensioner, James Taylor, 73, made six ineffectual attempts to take his life last night by cutting his throat. [?]arly in the evening a comrade living near by saw him ...

    Article : 172 words
  43. ELECTRICITY IN COAL MINES.

    The board of inquiry investigating the use of electricity in gaseous coal mines concluded its sittings to-day, when the evidence of Rowland John Traill, electrician to the ...

    Article : 117 words
  44. SUMMARY EXECUTION.

    The woman who assassinated State Councillor Maximowsky, head of the Prison Department in St. Petersburg, on Tuesday, was hanged yesterday. ...

    Article : 26 words
  45. KICKED BY A STALLION.

    A painful accident occurred on Tuesday. While engaged in work at his farm, Mr. Denis Sheahan, of the Horse and Jockey Hotel, was kicked by a stallion, which was being held ...

    Article : 110 words
  46. A LADY MAGISTRATE.

    The possibility of appointing a lady magistrate to preside over the projected Children's Courts of Queensland was mooted in the Legislative Council by Mr. P. Murphy, and ...

    Article : 111 words
  47. GOLD FROM BEACH SAND.

    A company has just been formed to work a large lease on the sea beach, close to Byron Bay, by dredging for gold and other mineral[?] of commercial value. The company has been ...

    Article : 105 words
  48. THE NEW DUTIES.

    The House of Representatives agreed to items in the tariff yesterday as follow:— Milk, including cream— (a) Preserved, concentrated, peptonised, ...

    Article : 64 words
  49. PANAMA CANAL LOCKS.

    The United States Navy Department has decided to increase the width of the locks of the Panama Canal by 10ft. ...

    Article : 27 words
  50. DEATH FROM BURNS.

    A girl named Josephine Phillips died in the hospital last night. She was admitted from Gunning four months ago suffering from burns. ...

    Article : 31 words
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