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  2. OLD AGE PENSIONS.

    The Old Age Pensions Bill has been read a second time in the House or Lords by 123 votes to 16. Lord Cromer said that the bill was ...

    Article : 240 words
  3. MACEDONIAN REVOLT.

    Seven thousand troops at Monastir, Macedonia, have revolted, and man's have joined the Young Turks. The Sultan is sending 32,000 ...

    Article : 101 words
  4. PEN-NOTES AND PENCILLINGS.

    A remarkably interesting paper appears from the pen of Mr. H. Babbitt in an English periodical. It shows many things relating to the world's languages, how ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 601 words
  5. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    The third session of the twenty-first Parliament was opened by Sir Harry Rawson, the State Governor, at noon to-day, in the presence of a large ...

    Article : 1,487 words
  6. PELAW-MAIN AND STANFORD-MERTHYR.

    A combined meeting of the employees of the Pelaw-Main and Stanford-Merthyrs collieries was held at the Empire Hall last night, when Mr. P. Bowling, the ...

    Article : 888 words
  7. THE CRICKET QUESTION.

    A meeting of the advisory committee of the counties is to be held at Lords on the 29th instant, to consider the situation created by Australia's ...

    Article : 136 words
  8. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    Sir FRANCIS SUTTOR, the President of the Legislative Council, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. Dr. J. L. Beeston, Mr. J. Burns, Mr. ...

    Article : 583 words
  9. COLLIERY TROUBLES.

    In accordance ,with arrangements made by the Aberdare Miners' Lodge on Saturday evening, to refer matters in dispute to Mr. D. M'Geachie, general ...

    Article : 252 words
  10. FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION.

    The action brought by the Australian Agents-General against the authorities of the Franco-British Exhibition, in regard to the erection of a ...

    Article : 85 words
  11. PRINCESS AND CHAUFFEUR.

    Gustavus Koczian, a motorist, has married the Princess Amelie of Furs[?] The bride's mother and brother ...

    Article : 34 words
  12. EXPLOSION ON A STEAMER.

    A case of fire crackers aboard the steamer Schwaben, while loading at Bremen for Australia, exploded, killing the cook. ...

    Article : 36 words
  13. THE BRITISH ARMY.

    The Earl of Crews, Secretary of State for the Colonies, speaking in the House of Lords, stated that no further reductions in the strength of the army ...

    Article : 57 words
  14. BOMBAY STRIKE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Four thousand [?]ictous mill hands at Bombay yesterday stoned the police, who, using their revolvers, dispersed the mob. There ...

    Article : 26 words
  15. THE MACHINE MEN.

    The machine men due for work on the afternoon shift did not go to work at 3 p.m., but held a meeting near the colliery. At 4 p.m., however, they saw the ...

    Article : 86 words
  16. FRENCH PRISONERS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.— were Goold, the Monte Carlo murderer, and ex-Lieutenant Ullmo, who traitorously sold official secrets, have been shipped for ...

    Article : 28 words
  17. PAVING THE ROADS.

    The old blue-metal road—the read made by distributing broken blue metal on it, adding soil and wearing it in—was, and still remains, as very good one. In centers ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 269 words
  18. ACCIDENT ON THE KEARSAGE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Owing to the bursting of a steampipe on board the American battleship Kearsage, at Honolulu, five sailors were injured. ...

    Article : 24 words
  19. ITALIAN POLITICS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Signor Nunzio Nasi, the Italian ex-Minister for Education, who was convicted of malversation, and recently released from ...

    Article : 38 words
  20. MEETING OF MINERS.

    A largely-attended meeting of the lodge was held at the Aberdare Hall last evening, Mr. John Elliott, chairman of the lodge, presiding. The report of the ...

    Article : 655 words
  21. EGYPT AND BRITAIN.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—A self-constituted but important mission, practically representing, the Egyptian Liberal party, is coming to England, with the ...

    Article : 34 words
  22. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Bar silver was yesterday quoted at 2s 0½d per ounce standard. There was animated business at the wool sales last evening, and all sorts ...

    Article : 84 words
  23. VICTORIA.

    Mrs. George Marriner, an old resident of Colac, fell into the fire last night at her son's house, and was fatally burned. At an inquest into the death of Henry ...

    Article : 376 words
  24. MICROBE v. RAT.

    Says a humorist:—The time may come when the feeling-hearted man, on chancing to meet a rat, will lift his hot sympathetically as to a survivor of a doomed ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 316 words
  25. DUCKENFIELD COLLIERY.

    Trouble occurred yesterday at Duckenfield Colliery, Minmi, between the wheelers and the management. One of the youths was discharged for disobeying ...

    Article : 78 words
  26. QUEENSLAND.

    A deputation waited to-day on Mr. Chapman, the Minister for Customs, on matters affecting the administration of his department. The Minister's replies ...

    Article : 447 words
  27. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    Mr. M'COURT, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, took the chair at half-past four o'clock this afternoon. Mr. Taylor, the newly-elected member ...

    Article : 2,099 words
  28. GOVERNMENT SAVINGS BANK.

    The report of the Commissioners of the Government Savings Bank for the year 1907 was presented to Parliament to-day. The amount standing to the credit of ...

    Article : 265 words
  29. PENNY-IN-THE-SLOT MILK.

    The other day a picture showed a girl drawing some milk from a tap. She was at a penny-in-the-slot milk machine, and had put in a penny, and was holding her ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 204 words
  30. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael, the new Governor of Victoria, passed through Fremantle to-day, on board the R.M.S. Macedonia. ...

    Article : 71 words
  31. HAMILTON.

    At a largely-attended meeting held at the Hamilton council-chambers last evening over which the Mayoress, Mrs. E. Wilson. presided, it was decided to hold a social and ...

    Article : 117 words
  32. GOVERNOR-GENERAL STAMPS.

    Why not? We are now about to have our fourth Governor-General—sign that times files even with a young Commonwealth. The American keep their ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 264 words
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