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  2. IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

    Mr. H. H. Asquith, the Prime Minister made a statement in the House of Commons last night, in reference to the question, of ...

    Article : 549 words
  3. GERMANY'S FINANCES.

    The German press is for the most part exhibiting a spirit of friendliness towards Britain, which is, however, partly dictated by the financial ...

    Article : 108 words
  4. PEN-NOTES AND PENCILLINGS.

    The weeks advancing are those which favour the domestic fly. In a little while he will be in his zenith, causing us the usual annoyance, but not alarming us ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 813 words
  5. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    Sir ALBERT GOULD, the, President of the Senate, took the chair at half-past ten o'clock this morning. Senator WALKER (N. S. W.) drew ...

    Article : 1,222 words
  6. WRECK OF THE GAEL.

    After the safe arrival at Bunbury of the boat with the first and third officers and eleven of the crew of the foundered barque Gael, much anxiety was created ...

    Article : 888 words
  7. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    Dr. CARTY SALMON, the Speaker of the House of Representative, took the chair at half-past ten o'clock this morning Mr. WATKINS (N.S.W.) wished to know ...

    Article : 1,043 words
  8. AUSTRALIA'S CRICKETERS.

    Mr. A. C. Maclaren, the captain of the English Eleven in the test matches, in an article in "Country Life," upon the test matches, says that the ...

    Article : 141 words
  9. RAILWAY FATALITY.

    A fatal accident occurred on the Aberdare railway yesterday afternoon, on the railway bridge over the creek near Hawkins' farm, about a mile from Aberdare ...

    Article : 840 words
  10. DIAMOND MINING.

    The British firm of De Pass. Spence, and Company, of Capetown, in 1886, received a perpetual title to an area at Luderitzbucht, in German ...

    Article : 78 words
  11. SIGNS THAT ARE GOING.

    People who have covered the last twenty years in a "memory" sense may that they mark the end of one era and the beginning of another. Progress is not ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 374 words
  12. AMERICAN RAILWAY KING.

    In consequence of the Ill-health of Mr. E. H. Harriman, head of the firm of E. H. Harrlman and Company, known as the American "Railway ...

    Article : 83 words
  13. AMERICA PROSPERING.

    The New York correspondent of "The Times" states that there has been a general revival of trade in the United States. ...

    Article : 45 words
  14. LAUNCH OF THE RUAHINE.

    The steamer Ruahine, which is being built for the New Zealand Shipping Company, has been launched at Dumbarton. ...

    Article : 27 words
  15. RONTGEN-RAY ARMY WAGGONS.

    The Austro-Hungarian army is using held Rontgen-ray waggons. ...

    Article : 13 words
  16. FIRE AT COCKATOO DOCKYARD.

    A fire which caused extensive damage occurred at the Government dockyards at Cockatoo Island at a late hour to-night. Two large sheds used as a timber mill ...

    Article : 101 words
  17. THE FIRST SEWING MACHINE.

    A very interesting account of the first sewing machine has been invented. The illustration renders it with every faithfulness. This is the machine which Elias ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 282 words
  18. AMERICA'S WHEAT EXPORT.

    Forty thousand residents of Winnipeg; Manitoba, gave an enthusiastic reception to the members of the British Association for the Advancement ...

    Article : 133 words
  19. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 162 words
  20. POSTAL FINANCES.

    There has been laid on the table of the House of Representatives the first approximate balance sheets of the Postal Department, segregating the three great ...

    Article : 298 words
  21. THE AERIAL NAVIGATION CO.

    The title may amuse; nevertheless it is an existing title, and behind it is a body of men bent only on the pursuit of business. The Aerial Navigation Co., Ltd., has ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 374 words
  22. THE STEAMER WAIPARA.

    The steamer Walpara, which has been cached on the Yellow Patch, not far from Cape Moreton, is said to be safe, unless northerly winds set in. ...

    Article : 185 words
  23. QUEENSLAND.

    Colonel Flewell Smith, the officer commanding the Brisbane Infantry Brigade, has been selected for exchange duty with British forces in India, subject to the ...

    Article : 139 words
  24. INCOME TAX IN AMERICA.

    The proposed amendment to the United States Constitution permitting the imposition of an income tax has been approved by the Alabama State ...

    Article : 48 words
  25. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    William Whitney, a builder and contractor of Croydon, was run over by a train and killed early this morning at West-street crossing, Brompton, on the ...

    Article : 66 words
  26. PIT PONIES STABBED.

    An error occurred in a cable message received on August 20th, referring to a number of ponies belonging to a colliery company, which had been taken out of a ...

    Article : 83 words
  27. ARRIVAL OF THE ALCINOUS.

    The steamer Alcinous Ocean Steamship Company's arrived from Glasgow, via the Cape. She left the former port on July 10th. ...

    Article : 65 words
  28. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 107 words
  29. WHY THE SKY IS BLUE.

    Did it ever strike you to enquire why the cloudless depths of sky above us are so delicately blue ? It isn't that the gas we call air is in itself blue. So ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 245 words
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