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  2. LANDS DEPARTMENT.

    The annual report of the Lands Department was cabled in the Legislative Assembly yesterday by the Hon. D. F. Denham. The report stated that a most ...

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  3. FEDERAL LAND TAX.

    In the House of Representatives, to-day. The debate on the second reading of the Land Tax Bill was continued ...

    Article : 602 words
  4. THE KENSINGTON TRAGEDY.

    There was an attendance of a large number of people at the City Coroner's Court to-day when the inquest regarding the death of Ivy Alice O'Brien was ...

    Article : 952 words
  5. PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Council yesterday, Mr. BARLOW, by command, presented a message conveying the assent of his Excellency, in the name of his Majesty, to Appropriation ...

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  6. SINGERS FOR THE SOUTH.

    The Blackstone and Ipswich Choir (ninety members) embarking on the Cooma yesterday afternoon for Sydney, where they contest in the Commonwealth Eisteddfod. In the forefront will be observed the Mayoress (Mrs. Hetherington) wishing success to Mr. Leonard Francis, the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. CAIRNS DISTRICT COURT.

    The District Court sittings were continued to-day. In the case of Mrs. M'Inerney and Michael M'Inerney, charged with robbery with violence, the jury, after ...

    Article : 120 words
  8. THE BARKLY TABLELAND.

    The Barkly Tableland, that fine stretch of pastoral country extending from North-western Queensland into the Northern Territory, is almost a terra incognita. Its ...

    Article : 664 words
  9. IRONMOULDERS' STRIKE.

    The Minister for Public Works, has approved of the constitution of wages boards for the Metropolitan district and for the South-eastern district for the iron, brass, ...

    Article : 523 words
  10. COMMONWEALTH EISTEDDFOD

    At the Commonwealth Eisteddfod, Miss Vera Parker, Brisbane, was first in the grand champion contralto solo contest; and in the mezzo-soprano solo contest, ...

    Article : 717 words
  11. CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

    The Hon. H. Mackenzie, one of the Victorian immigration delegates, addressing a gathering of business men and members of the ...

    Article : 690 words
  12. ACTION OF THE PASTORALISTS.

    The council of the Pastoralists' Union of New South Wales held a meeting to-day, and discussed the Federal land tax proposals. It was ...

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  13. QUEENSLAND'S "LAND TAX."

    The land tax collected in Queensland last year in the form of general and other rates in cities, towns, and shires amounted to £370,392/9/, or, in other words, equal ...

    Article : 247 words
  14. THE WORLD'S WHEAT.

    The Wheat crop in North-western Canada is estimated at 106,500,000 bushels, giving an average of 12¼ bushels to the acre. ...

    Article : 69 words
  15. THE KAISER'S SPEECH.

    A fuller version of the speech delivered by the Emperor William, of Germany at Marienburg (in which he gave an explanation of his previous ...

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  16. FIRE AT PITTSWORTH.

    The Royal Hotel, one of the oldest buildings in Pittsworth, was destroyed by fire at 2 o'clock this morning. The fire is stated to have broken out in the ...

    Article : 97 words
  17. TRANSPORT WORKERS' CONVENTION.

    The International Transport Workers' Convention now sitting, at Copenhagen has passed resolutions demanding the abolition of ...

    Article : 125 words
  18. REDUCTION OF ARMAMENTS.

    The International Socialist Congress at Copenhagen has secretly discussed a recommendation for the gradual reduction of armaments by ...

    Article : 110 words
  19. LADY MARJORIE ERSKINE.

    In connection with the discovery of the dead body of Lady Marjone Erskine, daughter of the Earl of Buchan, on the golf course at Aviemore, Inverness-shire, a ...

    Article : 55 words
  20. FEDERAL ELECTORAL ACT.

    The Minister for Home Affairs stated to-night that a Bill will be introduced at an early date to amend the Electoral Act by abolishing the postal vote. ...

    Article : 45 words
  21. BROWNED IN A TANK.

    Eileen Polkinhorne was found drowned in an underground tank opposite her parents' residence at South Broken Hill. She was in night attire, and it is believed ...

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  22. INTERNATIONAL WATERWAYS.

    The Inter-Parliamentary Conference now sitting at Brussels has recommended the adoption of a general treaty opening all great waterways to universal commerce, ...

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  23. MURDER OF MR. STORRS.

    Mark Wide, an ex-soldier, has been detained at Knutsfoid prison, where he had just been discharged after serving a short sentence. It is ...

    Article : 176 words
  24. SOUTHERN SPORTING.

    The following scratchings are announced:— Epsom Handicap: Double Tape and Hermes; Metropolitan: Hermes, Double Tape, and La Pistol. ...

    Article : 46 words
  25. NICARAGUAN TROUBLE.

    The "Times," commenting upon the restoration of peace in the Republic of Nicaragua, dwells upon the importance of the Washington Convention, by which the ...

    Article : 101 words
  26. TERRIBLE HOSPITAL FIRE.

    A gas explosion caused a teinble fire in the hospital at Henares, in Portugal. The firemen rescued 90 patients and nurses—panic-stricken ...

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  27. Union Bank of Australia, Limited.

    In our special advertising columns will be found the balance-sheet and statement of profits of the Union Bank of Australia, Limited, for the half-year ended February ...

    Article : 180 words
  28. SENSATIONAL ROBBERY.

    Count Chernodoff, who was travelling from St. Petersburg to Cetinje, the capital of Montenegro, was robbed while on board an Austrian ...

    Article : 84 words
  29. Gympie Band in the Gardens.

    Arrangements have been made for the Gympie City Brass Band, under Mr. E. W. Mulder, bandmaster, to play in the Botanic Gardens, Brisbane, on Sunday ...

    Article : 109 words
  30. PARIS OCTROI FRAUDS.

    It is stated that the octrol frauds in Paris, in which 12 officials are alleged to be implicated, have continued for five years. Three firms of carriers were ...

    Article : 68 words
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