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  2. METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS.

    A meeting of the Morningside branch N.D.C. was held op Friday evening, at the residence, of Mr. and Mrs. E. Taylor. The president (Mr. P. Meggitt) occupied ...

    Article : 382 words
  3. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The "Evening Standard" gives prominence to an interview with Gruner, who spiritedly refutes the suggestion that London's modesty would be shocked by ...

    Article : 119 words
  4. [?] CAR ACROSS A CONTINENT.

    "What was the most dangerous thing in the trip across America?" asked a friend, and the truthful answer was "the woman driver." ...

    Article : 2,212 words
  5. DUTCH QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY.

    Queen Wilhelmina celebrated her 43rd birthday yesterday. She inaugurated a series of fetes in connection with her silver jubilee. A feature of the ...

    Article : 52 words
  6. BRITAIN ANO RUSSIA.

    The Government has notified the British representative at Moscow that it has withdrawn its objection to M. Rakovsky's appointment as head of the Russian ...

    Article : 35 words
  7. PAPUAN NOTES.

    The chief topic of conversation here at present seems to be the Navigation Act, with the "Preferential Tariff" a close second. The Select Committee, at ...

    Article : 589 words
  8. AN AMERICAN COAL STRIKE.

    Reports from Harrisburg are to the effect that with miners and operators only partially accepting Pinchot's plan of settlement over 50,000 miners have ...

    Article : 101 words
  9. BURGLAR TRAP AND A TRAGEDY.

    Following several visits from, burglars, a Charleville citizen decided, to lay a trap. He set a loaded gun in position so that when the door opened the string ...

    Article : 51 words
  10. ON THE TOP OF THE ROCKIES.

    The photograph was taken at the end of a steep ascent. The radiator is being filled from a mountain stream. Note the turning up of the engine hood—a Rocky Mountain trick which greatly aided the conquest of the heights. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 47 words
  11. THE PET PIG.

    Snapshot of the precocious pig described In this article. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 12 words
  12. SWEDISH QUEEN'S HEALTH.

    The Queen's health is causing concern. ...

    Article : 15 words
  13. A FINE SWIM.

    The Constantinople daily Press reports that Mr. A. T. Waugh, C.M.G., the British Consul-General at Constantinople, where he has been stationed since 1920, swam ...

    Article : 66 words
  14. SOCIETY ELOPEMENT.

    The Earl of Craven and Countess Cathcart eloped to South Africa to-day aboard the Bulmoral Castle. The departure was kept a clone secret, and was only known ...

    Article : 44 words
  15. FIJI.

    The Parade in Suva ia a busy scene of late. This is due to the laying of the Pacific cable shore end for a distance of two miles along the sea front to the cable ...

    Article : 1,267 words
  16. MISS IRENE BROWNE'S GRIEVANCE.

    Miss Irene Browne resigned her part in the Eastern play called "Hassan," at His Majesty's Theatere, owing to a disagreement with the producer regarding the way ...

    Article : 43 words
  17. TO EXPORT RUSSIAN WHEAT.

    Copenhagen reports that the Russian co-operative, organisation is establishing a base at Reval for the export or when to Scandinavia and England. The ...

    Article : 54 words
  18. NEW ARCTIC ISLAND.

    A Norwegiin, Captain Victor Arnesen, who has just returned from the Arctic regions, claims to have discovered an island, 12 miles in circumference, near ...

    Article : 65 words
  19. AN AMERICAN'S BLANK CHEQUE.

    A wealthy American offered a blank cheque for the room wherein Sir George Williams founded the Y.M.C.A. in London in 1844, if it can be removed to the ...

    Article : 47 words
  20. STRAUSS'S NEW SYMPHONY.

    Richard Strauss, who has already turned his own home life experiences into a domestic symphony, has made his wife the heroine of a new two-act opera called ...

    Article : 48 words
  21. YOUTHFUL IMMIGRANTS.

    The "Daily Chronicle" reports that the Tainui has left Southampton with a record freight of children. These are of all ages. They are going out under the ...

    Article : 47 words
  22. "FLYING" PATROLS.

    Three shop-breakers were disturbed early this morning, when thev were seen by members of one of the "flying" patrols that have been recently initiated in the ...

    Article : 123 words
  23. TAXATION EXEMPTION.

    Consideration was given by the Federal Cabinet to-day to the claims recently urged by representatives of the gold mining industry that it should be exempted from. ...

    Article : 154 words
  24. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 315 words
  25. GETTING WATER FOR LUNCH.

    Skirts are discarded perforce on a long tour, and nearly all women wear khaki knickers. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 20 words
  26. WORLD HOPE.

    Earl Birkenhead, in a speech before the American Bar Association, said: "I see no use in opposing the French occupation of the Ruhr, although I was bitterly against ...

    Article : 119 words
  27. BOUNDARY DISPUTE.

    The Albanian Legation announces that Jugo-Slav comitadjis have sent an ultimatum to the International Commission delimiting the boundary between Albania ...

    Article : 50 words
  28. LABOUR'S NOMINEE.

    The secretary of the Melbourne Trades Hall Council (Mr. E. J. Holioway) having received the almost unanimous support of the various State Labour ...

    Article : 95 words
  29. COUNCIL MEETINGS.

    Councillor W. B. Ross presided, over the monthly meeting of the Clifton Shire Council. The Mount Sturt branch of the Queensland Producers Association wrote asking the council ...

    Article : 141 words
  30. EXCITED BARRACKERS FOR THE SCHOOLS AT THE EXHIBITION GROUNDS ON SATURDAY.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  31. East Brisbane Methodist Church.

    The anniversary public meeting and social evening at the East Brisbane Methodist Church was held last night. Mr. A. M. Jack, who occupied the chair, said that he was present ...

    Article : 313 words
  32. POSITION IN GERMANY.

    Herr Raumer (the Minister for Economy), addressing a meeting, drew a gloomy picture of Germany's economic position, and said there was a complete ...

    Article : 76 words
  33. THREATENED COAL STRIKE.

    A final attempt to avert a threatened coal strike was made by Governor Pinchot, of Pennsylavania, whom President Coolidge commissioned as mediator ...

    Article : 117 words
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