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  2. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The President took the Chair at 2.20 p.m —Old-age Pension. — Mr. Neild (N.S.W.) moved the affirmation by the Senate of a resolution arrival ...

    Article : 671 words
  3. THE TOBACCO COMBINE

    Interesting evidence was elicited to-day at the sitting of the select committee appointed by the Senate to enquire into the nationalization of the tobacco industry, ...

    Article : 926 words
  4. THE WAR.

    Official despatches from Tokio state that strenuous efforts are being made by the Japanese forces to ensure the capture of Port Arthur on the Mikado’s birthday. ...

    Article : 201 words
  5. THE NORTH SEA OUTRAGE.

    Correspondents at Berlin intimate that While relations between Britain and [?] were strained almost to breaking point the inspired German newspapers, sought to ...

    Article : 211 words
  6. FEDERAL OFFICERS’ SALARIES.

    The application to the High Court for leave to appeal to the Privy Council against the High Courts derision concerning the right of the Government of ...

    Article : 414 words
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  8. STORM AT THE ANCHORAGE.

    The boisterous weather which has was a war of destruction among the crops and [?]rehards, and ha tried the patience of City and country folk alike during the past few ...

    Article : 1,188 words
  9. GENERAL NOTES.

    —Proposed Statistical Department.— A Statistical Department is to be created. When Sir William Lyne was Minister for Home Affairs he proposed to pass ...

    Article : 196 words
  10. CYAMA TAKES THE OFFENSIVE

    Gen. Sakharoff reported to the Czar oh Wednesday that the Marquis Oyama has begun a. forward movement against.the the extreme left wing of the Russian Army ...

    Article : 57 words
  11. THE NEGOTIATIONS.

    The Premier presided on Wednesday over a Cabinet Council -which was held in Downing street. The proceedings lasted an hour and a half. Daring tie day M- Paul Cambon. ...

    Article : 161 words
  12. CANADA.

    Addressing a gathering of 1,500 electors at Toronto, the Hon. George E. Foster, an ex Minister of Finance, referred to the advice given to Canadians on Monday by Mr. ...

    Article : 116 words
  13. BUTTER TRADE ENQUIRY.

    The Butter Trade Commission sat to-day for the purpose of hearing the evidence of Mr. Edward Trelawney (general manager in Australia of the P. & O. Company). ...

    Article : 344 words
  14. SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    Many members of the House of Representatives, including representatives of waited on the Minister for Customs to-day to ask that the system of ...

    Article : 212 words
  15. GALE IN EASTERN STATES.

    The weather which prevailed along he coast and in the harbour to-day showed a little improvement on that of the previous day. The wind Hew with considerable ...

    Article : 225 words
  16. DRUNKEN OFFICERS AND MEN.

    A Russian lieutenant on one of the Baltic warships, in a private letter to his father, gives a brief account of the Dogger Bank incident. He rays that most of the ...

    Article : 180 words
  17. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The Speaker (Sir Frederick Holder. S.A.) took the Chair at 2-10 p.m. —The Empire’s Coloured Races.— Mr. Higgins (V.) desired to know if ...

    Article : 1,022 words
  18. THE INQUEST AT HULL.

    The coroner’s inquest on the remains of George Smith and William Leggott, master and mate respectively of the sunken steam trawler Crane, was concluded at Hull on ...

    Article : 200 words
  19. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    The greater part of the sitting of the legislative Assembly on Tuesday was occupied with discussion of the Railway [?] Several members found fault with the ...

    Article : 232 words
  20. FEELING IN VICTORIA.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Premier moved a resolution expressing the sympathy of the people of Victoria with the sufferers from the late unprovoked and ...

    Article : 82 words
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  22. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    The select committee appointed by the House of Representatives to enquire into the probable cost of establishing a Federal old-age pensions scheme held a short ...

    Article : 109 words
  23. POPE PIUS X.

    In an interview at the Vatican on Wednesday. His Holiness the. Pope referred mournfully to the terrible war which is raging in Manchuria. He expressed regret ...

    Article : 70 words
  24. ENGLISH MAIL CONTRACT.

    The Federal Cabinet to-day declined to accept the tender of the Orient Company for the carriage of mails. The amount asked was £150.000. The department has ...

    Article : 207 words
  25. ART AND SCIENCE EXAMINATIONS.

    At the above examinations, held by authority of the Board of Governors of the Public library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia, or October 19, [?] the following candidates were ...

    Article : 482 words
  26. WATCHFUL BRITISH FLEETS.

    Reuter’s correspondents at Gib[?]ltar reports that Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. Admiral Sir Compton Donvile. and Gen. Sir George S. White (commander of the ...

    Article : 114 words
  27. SIR JOHN COCKBURN.

    Mr. Chamberlain has written a letter to Sir John Cockburn warmly supporting his candidature for the Parliamentary sent for West Monmouthshire rendered ...

    Article : 86 words
  28. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    In the Legislative Assembly Mr. Wade informed Mr. Regan that Cabinet had not yet come to a decision on the question of the establishment of an auxi[?] ...

    Article : 88 words
  29. THE GOVERNMENT PRAISED

    Sir Henry H. Fowler. Liberal M.P. for Wolverhampion. in a speech before his constituents. said he was sure the public throughout the United Kingdom admired ...

    Article : 59 words
  30. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Legislative Council to-day reduced the fine on Mr. John Drayton, editor of The Kalgoorlie Sun. to £50. On Tuesday the House lined Mr. Drayton £100 for ...

    Article : 63 words
  31. WHAT MELBOURNE READS.

    On December 31 last there were 203,757 books in the Public Library. Melbourne. Of that number 20.517 belonged to the lending library. During 1933 the lending library ...

    Article : 221 words
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  33. SCATHING RE ORT ON THE BLACK SEA FLEET.

    At a time when the Bailie Fleet is being severely criticised, special interest attaches to a report prepared by View-Admiral Tc[?] concerning the condition of ...

    Article : 140 words
  34. NEW ZEALAND.

    The greater part of to-day’s sitting of the House of Representatives was occupied of the consideration of the Hih Commissioner Bill. Mr. Seddon. in moving the second ...

    Article : 129 words
  35. SYMPATHY WITH KING ALFONSO.

    In connection with the death of the Princess of the Asturias, elder sister of King A[?]onso, Mr. Henry Cave ( Consulin-in-Chief for Spain) sent on behalf of the ...

    Article : 79 words
  36. A SAVAGE COW.

    NURIOOTPA. November 3.—Mrs. H. P[?]tzner had a narrow escape yesterday morning. A cow. the property of Mr. B. Weindonbach, seeing a small back gale [?] ...

    Article : 169 words
  37. INKERMAN ROLL CALL.

    Every detail is complete for the Inkerman celebration on Saturday. The reception of the veterans will take place at 3 o’clock. The roll will be called at 4 ...

    Article : 152 words
  38. AUSTRALIA’S VIEW OF THE ENQUIRY.

    In the Senate on Thursday 51 r. Higgs moved the following . resolutions;—“That the Parliament of the Commonwealth desires [?] to express its deep sense of ...

    Article : 934 words
  39. NOVELTY AT THE ZOO.

    The latest [?] by the Zoological [?]ns is an Australian specimen seldam caught alive, and exhibited nowhere else in the world. Mr. A. O. Minchin has ...

    Article : 77 words
  40. ADVANCED SCHOOL OLD SCHOLARS” ASSOCIATION.

    The [?] general meeting of the association was held at the Adelaide [?] 2. The [?] interesting address[?] ...

    Article : 78 words
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