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  2. A POLICEMAN SHOT.

    Constable Frederick John M'Casker, one of the finest specimens of physical manhood in the Melbourne police force, was shot, at and seriously wounded by a burglar ...

    Article : 714 words
  3. BRITISH POLITICS.

    In the House of Com[?]ons yesterday. Mr. Will Crooks (Labor) moved in the direction of securing a minimum wage of 30 a week to every adult worker in urban areas. ...

    Article : 278 words
  4. THE GOVERNOR AT PORTLAND.

    The Governor arrived by the evening train in the State car. His Excellency was accompanied by Mr. Wilberforce private secretary, Mr. W. H. Edgar, Minister of ...

    Article : 351 words
  5. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    Our London correspondent cables that an operation on the Duchess of Counaught has been advised in order to prevent a recurrence of her recent illness. ...

    Article : 971 words
  6. FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 301 words
  7. PERUVIAN ATROCITIES.

    The Select committee which is inquiring into the rubber scandals took further evidence yesterday. The chairman commented on the ...

    Article : 198 words
  8. THE BARRIER STRIKE.

    Industrial matters remain indefinite; Owing to the inability to secure supplies, and especially candles, timber, fuses, &c., the management of the British was forced to ...

    Article : 602 words
  9. THE TERMS OF PEACE.

    Negotiations are still in progress between the Powers and the Allies with a view of inducing the Allies to accept the basis laid down by the Powers for a settlement of ...

    Article : 577 words
  10. "CLOSURE" IN CANADA.

    Wild scenes of disorder, marked yesterday's sitting of the House of Commons, which for weeks past has been debating the Canadian Navy Bill. ...

    Article : 160 words
  11. ENROLMENT OF ELECTORS.

    Now that the date of the issue of the writs for the Federal elections has been definitely fixed, the chief electoral officer of the Commonwealth (Mr. R. C. Oldham) ...

    Article : 155 words
  12. DEVELOPMENT OF PORTLAND.

    After many years of agritation for the development of its resources as a potential shipping and agricultural centre, Portland has at last received the recognition for ...

    Article : 601 words
  13. THE MARCONI SHARES.

    Further evidence was heard yesterday by the committee which is inquiring into the contract entered into by the Government with the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. ...

    Article : 301 words
  14. THE REFERENDUM.

    A conference was held at the Chief Secretary's office last night to arrange for a united campaign in opposition to the Referendum, proposals. The conference was ...

    Article : 255 words
  15. THE AMERICAN TARIFF.

    The new President of the United States, Dr. Woodrow Wilson, has a supreme contempt, for precedent. Breaking all established rules, he appeared in Congress in ...

    Article : 136 words
  16. BOURKE.

    At a crowded and enthusiastic meeting, presided over by Cr. Phillips, at St. Augustine's School, Brunswick, last evening, Mr. F. Maldon Robb, the Liberal Protectionist ...

    Article : 1,696 words
  17. CITIZENS COMMITTEE DISBANDED. BROKEN HILL, Thursday.

    The citizens' committee met again this afternoon, and after a complicated meeting disbanded. The following correspondence, mostly telegraphic, was read:-- ...

    Article : 431 words
  18. THE POPE'S' ILLNESS.

    Prayers have been ordered to be said in all the churches of Rome for the recovery of the Pope His Honness is suffering from an abnormal thirst, and difficulty of ...

    Article : 151 words
  19. N.S.W. RAILWAY STRIKE

    Some dissatisfaction was caused this morning among the casuals at Darling Harbor because they had not all been taken on. It was explained that owing to ...

    Article : 86 words
  20. SUFFRAGETTE GRIMES.

    The Women's Social and Political Union denies the responsibility for the plot to burn down the grand stands at Crystal Palace. ...

    Article : 123 words
  21. REFERENDUM MEETING AT HAWTHORN.

    Under the auspices of the Hawthorn, and West Hawthorn branches of the Australian Women's National League, a public, meeting was held in the new hall of the ...

    Article : 572 words
  22. GERMAN ARMY BILL.

    Amidst scenes of disorder the Reichstag yesterday referred the German Army Bill to the budget committee. The Socialists loudly cheered General ...

    Article : 96 words
  23. RAILWAY COMMISSIONER SUED.

    The Chief Commissioner of New South Wales Railways was defendant in an action brought in the Industrial Magistrate's Court this morning. He was ...

    Article : 159 words
  24. PROTESTRANT DEFENCE.

    At a meeting of their council of the Protestant Defence Association of Australia last night, held in the hall at the rear of the Baptist Church Collins- street, the ...

    Article : 534 words
  25. THE EXPORT TRADE.

    Mr. Watt to-day inspected Tilbury docks. He declares that considerable extension is necessary in order to accommodate the increasing size steamers Other docks ...

    Article : 50 words
  26. A CLEVER DETECTIVE.

    As the result of a remarkable piece of detective work it has been proved that a schoolboy named Tiemann, who, it was supposed, committed suicide in October ...

    Article : 108 words
  27. SHIPMENTS OF FRUIT.

    The balance of the shipment of pears by the steamer Somerset was sold yesterday at a decline of from about 1 to 2 on Monday's prices. The peaches proved to ...

    Article : 90 words
  28. ABOUT 4300 MEN IDLE.

    The Amalgamated Zinc (Do Bavay's) has closed down its last section of treatment works. The men from the mines out by Saturday night will number about 4300. ...

    Article : 31 words
  29. AIRCRAFT FOR WAR.

    Mr. Grahame White, the aviator, has submitted to the Government an offer to raise £2,000,000 for the establishment of aerodromes, and the purchase of ...

    Article : 119 words
  30. CARRIAGE OF FOODSTUFFS BY SILVERTON COMPANY.

    In regard to the message received from Sydney yesterday stating that negotiations were in progress between the New South Wales Government and the Silverton ...

    Article : 82 words
  31. THEFTS AT MOUNT BUFFALO.

    At the police, court this morning fore Mr. A. A. Kelley, P.M., and a bench of hon. justices, Harold G. Bayley was charged with numerous thefts from the ...

    Article : 276 words
  32. MILLS AND ESTATES.

    Application has been made by the Perpetual Trustees' Association for letters of administration in the estate of James M'Laughlin, late of Sunny Hills, near Casterton, farmer, who died ...

    Article : 114 words
  33. EATEN BY HIS COMRADES.

    An extraordinary story of cannibalism is told by the "Matin" concerning the escape of four convicts in French Guiana, South America, The men were lost in a forest. ...

    Article : 66 words
  34. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES.

    The strike of miners at Cannock Chase, in Staffordshire, has ended. An effort was made by 16,000 unionists to force others, to join their ranks, and 3000 men declined ...

    Article : 84 words
  35. FIRE AT CHELTENHAM.

    Owing to absence of water reticulation a house at Cheltenham was burned to the ground yesterday afternoon. The victim was Mr. Aider, of Bernard-street. Sparks ...

    Article : 122 words
  36. N.S.W. GOVERNMENT.

    A meeting of the Parliamentary Labor party was held this morning at Parliament House, chiefly for the purpose of receiving from the Government a statement of its ...

    Article : 240 words
  37. PANAMA CANAL EXHIBITION.

    The Japanese merdhants threaten to boycott the Panama Canal Exhibition at San Francisco unless Cahfornian anti-Japanese legislation is withdrawn. The Foreign ...

    Article : 46 words
  38. TEMPLE IN THE SPHINX'S HEAD

    The Egyptian "Gazette," which at first announced the "remarkable discovery" by Professor Reisner of a ''temple within the Sphinx's head," now asserts that the whole ...

    Article : 152 words
  39. STRIKE RIOTS IN BUFFALO.

    A strike of car men on the International Railway at Buffalo, led to serious rioting. The troops were called out, and charged the crowd with bayonets fixed. During ...

    Article : 66 words
  40. A TRAIN BREAKDOWN.

    Word was received at Flinders street last night that the 5.9 p.m. down Stony Point train had broken down between Somerville and Hastings, the engine having left the ...

    Article : 76 words
  41. GENERAL CABLES.

    The directors of the British Australasian Trust have declared a dividend of 5 percent and a bonus of 2 percent. The Maori troupe which became ...

    Article : 95 words
  42. LIBERAL REFERENDUM MEETINGS

    The People's Liberal party has organised about 40 special Referendum meetings for the metropolis. Two of these, on 5th May and 28th May, will be held at Melbourne ...

    Article : 77 words
  43. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 204 words
  44. SHIP BUILDING RECORD.

    According to "Lloyd's Register," for: the quarter ended 31st March there were 563 vessels in course of construction, the tonnage being 2,003,091. This constitutes a ...

    Article : 37 words
  45. PASSENGER LOST AT SEA.

    On 2nd April, while the Aberdeen liner Marathon was between Capetown and Melbourne, a young Frenchman, W. Jacques, travelling in the steerage from ...

    Article : 77 words
  46. APPEALS FOR AID.

    Rev. J. B. Sharp acknowledges the following additional subscriptions:--A.P.G., 5; Nellie Gunn, 16. ...

    Article : 25 words
  47. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 70 words
  48. DISCUSSION BY FOOTSCRAY A.N.A.

    After the delegates of the Footscray branch A.N.A. to the recent conference had given their reports at last night's meeting of the branch named, Mr. G. B. ...

    Article : 419 words
  49. MONBULK BUSH FIRES.

    For the fund which was established for the relief of the sufferers by the disastrous bush Bres at Mo[?]bulk, we have received from the Dand[?]ng Cricket Club, £5, being profit on benefit concert ...

    Article : 53 words
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