Mr. Arnold Forster, the Secretary of State for War, introduced the estimates of the War Office, amounting to £28,000,000, in the House of Commons last night. These ...
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Article : 32 wordsMr. J. E. Ellis (Liberal) moved a motion for the adjournment of the House of Commons last night, with a view of obtaining information of the circumstances which led ...
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Article : 185 wordsThe advisability of according better fiscal treatment to Australian settlers in the New Hebrides was raised by Mr. Willis in the House of Representatives to-day. The Prime ...
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Article : 75 wordsStatistics show that during 43 years between 1860 and 1902 the birth-rate in Queensland fell from 47.9 per 1000 to 27.7 The birth and marriage rates have both been highest in periods when ...
Article : 281 wordsThe United States is shipping to France 40,000,000dol. (£8,000,000) in gold to pay the Panama Canal Company for the purchase of their property. ...
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Article : 54 wordsWhile a prisoner named Lawrence John Evans was being conveyed yesterday afternoon from Darlinghurst police station, be jumped out of a tram while it was in motion. ...
Article : 145 wordsState has granted exequaturs to Mr. to [?], the United States Consul-General [?]ukden, and Mr. W. Davidson, the [?]l for Antung. ...
Article : 97 wordsThe returns of British trade for the month of February, issued by the Board of Trade, show that imports have increased by £3,549,934, and exports have increased ...
Article : 43 wordsMr. G. B. Edwards continues to evidence [?] been interest in the decimal system of currency and the metric system of weights and measures for the Commonwealth, and the ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Wed 9 Mar 1904, Page 9
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