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  2. NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS.

    The members of the new Parliament will meet officially for the first time at noon to-morrow. After the members have been sworn in the election of Speaker will be ...

    Article : 793 words
  3. THE WIRELESS CONTRACT.

    The long felt dissatisfaction in the Federal Parliament with the existing position of the contract for the erection of German made wireless telegraph stations at ...

    Article : 788 words
  4. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    A well attended meeting of representative citizens was held at Scott's Hotel yesterday with a view, to arranging for the presentation of a suitable memorial to Cr. ...

    Article : 763 words
  5. THE RAILWAY "BLOCK."

    A close study of the facts published in "The Age" concerning the serious dislocation of trade due to the shortage of trucks has convinced the Railway Commissioners ...

    Article : 1,104 words
  6. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Mr. J. Ramsey Macdonald. M.P., writing to the "Daily Chronicle," says:--"The Labor party insists on imposing a test on all candidates. The party places the ...

    Article : 239 words
  7. COUNT TOLSTOI.

    Search parties were organised to find Count Tolstoi, the celebrated author, who left his home at Vasnaya Poliana in order to spend his days in solitary retirement. ...

    Article : 181 words
  8. KAISER AS WAR LORD.

    The newspapers are commenting on a speech delivered by the Kai[?]er to army recruits at Pot[?]da[?] in which his Majesty referred to his own exalted position as ...

    Article : 88 words
  9. THE "BULLFINCH BOOM."

    The excitement here to-day was at fever heat. Everyone was rushing about pegging or applying for leases, adjusting options or receiving payment or deposits for mining ...

    Article : 444 words
  10. WORK AND WAGES.

    The members of the Melbourne Wharf Laborers' Union yesterday morning loyally accepted the recommendation of the executive of the organisation, and, as ...

    Article : 231 words
  11. "PRISONERS OF WAR."

    The Schwarzwald "Zeitung" publishes details of a remarkably tragic story. Two German soldiers who were captured by the enemy in the Franco-Prussian war ...

    Article : 115 words
  12. BRITISH NAVY.

    The Admiralty has called for tenders from private ship builders for the construction of an armored cruiser which will have the largest gun power and be the ...

    Article : 165 words
  13. STATEMENT BY MR. HUGHES.

    The Acting Prime Minister, who is president of the Waterside Workers Federation, yesterday made the following statement:--"Last week I had an interview ...

    Article : 321 words
  14. "DRIVEN TO FIGHT FOR FAIR PLAY."

    Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in a message to the British electors through the columns of the Yorkshire "Observer," says:--"Hating vainly made ...

    Article : 83 words
  15. ALLEGED ESPIONAGE.

    Lieutenant Siegfried Helm, the German officer who was arrested on a charge of espionage at Portsmouth, and against whom a true bill was filed, appeared in court ...

    Article : 65 words
  16. GREAT WELCOME HOME.

    Bonfires were lighted on the hills throughout parts of Ireland on Saturday night in celebration of the return of Mr. John Redmond, M.P., leader of the Irish ...

    Article : 416 words
  17. THE BULLFINCH MINE.

    The manager of the Bullfinch Proprietary cabled to the London office the following particulars on Saturday last:-- No 1 shaft; 100 feet level driven north [?] ...

    Article : 51 words
  18. DEFENCE OF HOLLAND.

    The "Independence Belge" protests against, the reported intention of the Netherlands to fortify the port of Flushing, which, it declares, cannot serve for Dutch ...

    Article : 100 words
  19. INDUSTRIAL TROUBLES

    Charles Statons, the Socialist leader of the Aberdare miners, who are on strike, is forming "fighting brigades" front the men of various pits. These brigades are intended ...

    Article : 181 words
  20. CONSTRUCTION OF A RAILWAY.

    It would appear that the proceeds of the Bullfinch township sale on Saturday, which realised £25,140, will just about pay the cost of the railway, which the Government ...

    Article : 150 words
  21. A TURKISH CAMPAIGN.

    The Druses, the raiding tribesmen in the south range of the Lebanon, against whom the Turkish troops have been operating for some time, now occupy a strong ...

    Article : 122 words
  22. THE BUILDING TRADES.

    There was very little change in the position of affairs regarding the plasterers' strike yesterday. At a meeting of the employes it was stated that three men had ...

    Article : 68 words
  23. MORE RICH FINDS.

    The mining warden at Nonsemen telegraphed to the Minister of Mines to-day that two prospectors named Sharpe and Cross brought in on Saturday 66 oz. of gold, ...

    Article : 152 words
  24. CARPENTERS' BOARD.

    In consequence of the determination of the Carpenters Board restricting the number of improvers to one for every six adult employes, and making 21 years the age ...

    Article : 82 words
  25. "WIRELESS" AND RAILWAY TRAVELLING.

    Will "wireless" be useful to prevent train accidents, and to signal from moving trains to distant points? To solve these questions the Railway department gave permission ...

    Article : 184 words
  26. MEN BECOMING RESTIVE.

    The council of the Boiler Makers Society is asking for a levy of 16 per week until the lockout of boiler makers in the North of England and in Scotland is ended. ...

    Article : 113 words
  27. AMERICA AND MEXICO.

    The serious friction which has been provoked by the violence done to American citizens in Mexico City, which followed on the lynching of n Mexican at Rocksprings, ...

    Article : 98 words
  28. BUILDERS' LABORERS' TROUBLES

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 93 words
  29. THE NEED FOR HIGHER DUTIES

    The outstanding feature of the growth of the shipping of Melbourne during the current year has been the disquieting increase in the volume of imports. That the ...

    Article : 491 words
  30. CASH VALUE OF AN ARM.

    An interesting decision of the Railway Commissioners should furnish food for the approaching debate in the Legislative Assembly on the human capital value ...

    Article : 209 words
  31. A STATE BATTERY.

    The Government battery of six heads of stampers, with up to date gold saving attachments, driven by a suction gas engine, and recently erected here, has been a ...

    Article : 220 words
  32. WON AT MONTE CARLO.

    An extraordinary run of good fortune has been experienced by Mr. W. Darnborough, a visitor to the gambling casino at Monte Carlo. ...

    Article : 106 words
  33. SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.

    The attitude of the South African authorities on the subject of British Indian [?]migration has received special attention from Sir Francis Hopewood, Permanent ...

    Article : 169 words
  34. HUGE JETS OF FLAME.

    The discharge of natural gas at Neungamme, near Hamburg, which has been burning for the past nine days in the form of a huge torch, is attracting tens of ...

    Article : 73 words
  35. THE DEMAND FOR LABOR.

    Railway officers were astonished at the reply to their request--made because of their difficulty in getting workers--that 70 men should apply on Saturday at ...

    Article : 147 words
  36. BLIGHTED POTATO CROPS.

    As a result of the disastrous attacks of Irish blight, potatoes are high in price and poor in quality in the cities of the State, and the export industry in potatoes is ...

    Article : 326 words
  37. TRAIN AND STREET CAR.

    A disastrous collision occurred at a level crossing between a west bound express train on the Michigan central railway and a street car running between Kalamazoo ...

    Article : 72 words
  38. PERILS OF AVIATION.

    M. Peeters, the Belgian aviator who was killed at Mouseron, fell a distance of 50 feet. He is the 25th aviator who has been ...

    Article : 45 words
  39. STATE POLITICS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 134 words
  40. REPAIR OF RAILWAY TRUCKS.

    At the meeting of the city council on Monday night Cr. Brokenshire commented on the shortage of trucks on the railway lines., and also condemned the practice of ...

    Article : 156 words
  41. FRENCH MAIL CONTRACT.

    "There is no possibility of the Messageries' Maritimes' steamers dropping out of the trade, even if they do not secure the French subsidy," said M. H. de Possel, the ...

    Article : 188 words
  42. FEDERATED BUTCHERS' EMPLOYES.

    At the last meeting of the Federated Butchers' Employes' Union reports were given relative to a threatened dispute at the slaughtering works of the Harbor ...

    Article : 143 words
  43. KAISER'S BROTHER LEARNING.

    Prince Henry of Prussia, the brother of the Kaiser, is learning aviation under the tuition of Herr Euler. The Prince has already made several fine flights. ...

    Article : 31 words
  44. TWO MINISTERS REFUSE TITLES.

    It is stated that General Louis Botha (Prime Minister of South Africa) and Mr. J. C. Smuts (Minister of the Interior) were offered titles, but both of ...

    Article : 39 words
  45. ANOTHER FLOOD IN PARIS.

    Floods are general in the basin of the River Seine. The flood waters invaded the Quai d'Auteail, in Paris, and the sewers are overflowing into the Rue Feliciea ...

    Article : 211 words
  46. FREIGHTS TO THE FAR EAST.

    The Ocean Steamship Company and other shipping companies interested in the trade with the Far East have obtained a High Court injunction to restrain the P. ...

    Article : 84 words
  47. EMPIRE RIFLE SHOOTING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 67 words
  48. IMPROVING SYDNEY.

    The Lord Mayor has another large scheme of city improvement in hand. It is Proposed to widen the vehicular traffic portion of Sussex-street by reducing the ...

    Article : 127 words
  49. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--Being constant shippers of produce from a station within 30 miles of Melbourne, we find that we are always able to get trucks fo load our goods. But the ...

    Article : 197 words
  50. CONFERENCE WITH THE EMPLOYERS.

    The final meeting of a conference between representatives from the Master Butchers' Association and the Federated Butchers' Employes' Union was held last ...

    Article : 350 words
  51. A BLIND LEPER.

    A middle aged man was taken to the hospital this evening, and the case was diagnosed as one of leprosy. He was sent to the coast hospital. The patient came ...

    Article : 42 words
  52. BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.

    In a statement presented to Convocation, now in session, the Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Davidson) indicates that the work of revising the Book of Common ...

    Article : 42 words
  53. NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT:

    The ceremonies associated with the opening of the new Parliament will begin on Tuesday, when the members will be sworn in. The official opening will be performed ...

    Article : 41 words
  54. A PROSECUTION WITHDRAWN.

    The Minister of Justice has decided not to file a bill in the case of Dr. Anthony Colling Brownless, who was on 20th October committed for trail by the coroner ...

    Article : 53 words
  55. Advertising

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    Advertising : 224 words
  56. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Hungarian Delegation has adopted the naval estimates, which provide for the construction of two Dreadnoughts. ...

    Article : 22 words
  57. Advertising

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    Advertising : 73 words
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