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GENERAL NEWS.
The fourteenth anniversary of the Children's Sunbeam Society of South Australia was celebrated by a large gathering at the Lady Colton Hall on Wednesday evening. ...
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ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL.
Much interest has been aroused in industrial circles by the announcement that the President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Winston Churchill) had prepared a scheme ...
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THE EMPIRE. BRITAIN AND TURKEY.
The Sultan of Turkey (Abdul Hamid), who was born on September 22, 1842, sucsseded to the throne on August 31, 1876. Celebrations in connection with the ...
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IRISH AMERICANS.
The Sinn Fein League of America, an off shoot of the Irish Society, whose pollcy is Ireland for the Irish, has appealed to Irish, Americans to refuse to contribute when ...
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MAMMOTH LINERS.
The White Star line is having two immense boats built by Harland & Wolff, of Belfast, for the Atlantic trade. They will be 860 ft. long, or 70 ft. longer than the ...
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BRITISH NAVY.
The Admiralty, as part of its 1908-9 programme of construction, is inviting tenders for 14 larger ocean-going destroyers than have hitherto been built for the navy. The ...
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A FAMOUS DIAMOND.
The famous Cullinan diamond, which in August, 1907, was presented to His Majesty the King by the Transvaal Colony as a token of loyalty and in ...
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TRADE OF THE EMPIRE.
In the course of an important address inaugurating the conference of the Associated Chambers of Commerce at Cardiff, in Wales, Lord Brassey, a former Governor ...
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BRITISH GUIANA.
The Legislature of the Crown Colony of British Guiana, South America, has passed an Act granting preferential treatment to Great Britain, Canada, and the Empirs ...
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OBITUARY.
The death is announced of Mr. J. C. Collins, M.A., author, essayist, and lecturer, who had been professor of English literature at Birmingham since 1905. He was born in ...
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ARMY MANOEUVRES.
Mjr. Gen. J. C. Hoad, C.M.G. (InspectorGeneral of the Military Forces of the Commonwealth). has arrived in England, and has hastened to Winchester to participate ...
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PROGRESSIVE QUEENSLAND.
Before leaving for Marseilles last week the Premier of Queensland (Mr. W. Kidston) arranged with the British-India Steamship Company for a mail service from ...
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SOCIAL.
A most successful masque ball was held on Tuesday in last week at the Walkerville Hall. It was prettily decorated with blue and gold, daffodils, violets, and ribbons. ...
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CANADIAN TRADE.
Mr. Rollands, the President of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, in his address to the annual convention, held this year at Montreal, gave some suggestive ...
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GENERAL.
A Bill dealing with the licences for the sale of light wine has been read a second time in the Legislative Council of Cape Colony. During the discussion the Go ...
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AUSTRALIAN STAGE.
Mr. Hugh J. Ward, the well-Known comedian, will open an Australian season in Melbourne next July with a versatile comedy company, which will include Miss ...
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SOULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.
George Towns, the ex-champion of Australia, who is to meet E. Barry on October 12 for the sculling championship of England and The Sportsman's Cup. is ...
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COLLISION AT SEA.
The British steamer Spartan Prince, 3,192 tons, which was owned by the Prince Line, Limited, and was built in 1897 at Sunderland, was sunk last week ...
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FRAUD IN CAPE COLONY.
E. S. Smith, the Town Clerk of the Woodstock Municipality, near Capetown, a brother of Septimus Smith, who was arrested in Australia, has been taken into custody ...
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PUGILISM.
After much parleying Jack Johnson. the coloured pugilist, has signed a contract with Mr. H. D. McIntosh to light Tommy Burns to a finish. The articles stipulate that the ...
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OVERLADEN VESSEL.
While en route from the Clyde to Sydney last June, the British tug Belmore, which had been purchased by the Sydney firm of Messrs. Fenwick Brothers, ...
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SOCIAL NOTES.
Miss Grosby has returned from Melbourne. Mrs. G. M. Ansteu has returned from Melbourne. ...
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LOTTERIES AND PRIZE COMPETITIONS.
The select committee of members of the House of Lords and House of Commons which was appointed to consider and report on the working of the Lotteries Act. ...
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OVERSEA SHIPPING.
At London—Ruapehn. steamer, from Wellington July 30; Matatua, steamer, from Auckland July 28. At Antwerp.—Hagen, steamer, from Port ...
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SOUTH AUSTRALIA'S LOAN.
The new South Australian loan for £2,000.000 was issued yesterday evening. The minimum was fixed at £97 10/. The underwriters will receive the usual 1 per ...
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MARRIAGE OF MR. CHURCHILL.
The President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Winston Churchill) was married on Saturday in St. Margaret's Church. Westminster, to Miss Clementine Hozier, daughter of the ...
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