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  2. MORE HOT WEATHER.

    For the last three days Melbourne has been experiencing the nearest approach to a heat wave that this summer has yet producsd. The heal, though not extreme has ...

    Article : 202 words
  3. THE ABORIGINES.

    The Prime Minitser was waited upon this morning by a deputation which urged recognition by the State of its obligations towards the aboriginal population of ...

    Article : 947 words
  4. FEDERAL AFFAIRS. THE FEDERAL CARITAL.

    Mr. O'Malley, in reply to the letter from Mr. John Sulman as to the inadequacy of the amounts offered in premiums for designs for laying out the Federal capital, ...

    Article : 260 words
  5. Advertising

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    Advertising : 240 words
  6. THE PARISIANA.

    A matter relating to the crew of the burnt steamer Parisiana was brought before the Legislative Assembly to-day by Mr. Price, who complained on behalf of ...

    Article : 67 words
  7. TO-DAYS WEATHER MAP.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 109 words
  8. FROM DAY TO DAY.

    "What is meant by the lap of luxury?" asked the teacher of a small girl pupil. "It's when the cat gets into the pantry and laps the cream off the milk," was the ...

    Article : 1,089 words
  9. THE BULLFINCH FIELD.

    Mines-Inspector Crabb, in a report on the Bullfinch mines, says the South Bullfinch is about to sink a shaft 100 ft. deep on a quartz vein reckoned to average 20 ft. ...

    Article : 132 words
  10. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS. MOTOR BICYCLE ON FIRE.

    A motor cyclist had an unen[?]able experience at Victora-square on Tuesday evining. The petrol tank of his machme suddenly caught alight, and he was ...

    Article : 63 words
  11. A BOAT CAPSIZES.

    News was received from German New Guinea to-day of an apparent drowning accident. Mr. H. Liversay left Kieta, Bougaiville. in a small beat in December to ...

    Article : 115 words
  12. THE DESTROYER WARREGO.

    The Minister of Defence visited Cockatoo Island to-day and inspected the Australian destroyer Warreo, which is bbeing ut together there. He expressed gratification ...

    Article : 51 words
  13. A SULKY CAPSIZED.

    On Sunday evening Mr. J. Wood in company with Miss Holton. was about to set out for a drive. On getting into the sulky he did not notice that the rein ...

    Article : 99 words
  14. THE LAND TAX.

    A meeting of property-owners has formed an association for the purpose of obtaining an equitable system of land tax valuation without exemption. The meeting ...

    Article : 65 words
  15. A FIND OF OPIUM.

    The searchers of the Custor Department found 27 tins of opium in a baker's oven in a galley of the steamer Chaugsha, which arrived in Sydney on Saturday ...

    Article : 50 words
  16. BAROMETER AND THERMOMETER READINGS.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 13 words
  17. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS AND THE CORONATION.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Ramacciotti commanding officer of the 2nd Australian Infa n try Regiment, has made an offer, through the military headquarters, to ...

    Article : 141 words
  18. CUT BY AN AXE.

    Mr. Norman Stewart, engineer on the Milang, this morning was holding an axe when it slipped and cut through the great toe of his left foot. Dr. Macquarie ...

    Article : 53 words
  19. NEW ZEALAND

    The senate of the New Zealand University has passed a resolution urging on the Government that the University should be given power to grant degrees of divinity. ...

    Article : 51 words
  20. FORECASTS.

    Western Australia.—Comparatively cool in the south-west, lot, sultry elsewhere, and cloudy generally, with scattered thunderstorms. Northeast to south-east winds. ...

    Article : 152 words
  21. DEATH OF A JOCKEY.

    Jockey James E. Johnson. who was badly hurt when Paraloch fell in the Rowena Steeplechase at Caulfield on Saturday, succumbed to his injuries to-day. He ...

    Article : 65 words
  22. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A deputation, representing the Metropolitan and Suburban Dairymen and Cattleowners' Association waited on the Premier (Mr. Wilson) to-day, and urged him to ...

    Article : 106 words
  23. MADAME MELBA ON TOUR.

    Among the passengers by the Orcntes is Mr. J. Lemmone, the Sydney flautist, who accompanied Madame Melba on her tour of Canada and America. Speaking of that ...

    Article : 161 words
  24. SAVARKAR AGAIN.

    The trial was commenced yesterday of Savarkar the notorious Nationalist, on a charge or aiding the murder of Mr. A. M. T. Jackson, of the Indian Civil Service, ...

    Article : 149 words
  25. FATAL BULLET WOUND.

    Mr. John Manning, bookmaker's clerk, aged 49, residing at 82. Palmerston-street, Carlton, was early this morning found lying across his bed until a loaded ...

    Article : 72 words
  26. METEOROLOGICAL NOTES.

    Western Australia.—Cloudy to overcast in the south-west and Kimberley; clear or scattered clouds elsewhere. Sultry throughout. South-westerly winds. chiefly in the south; variable ...

    Article : 270 words
  27. RETURN OF COLONEL FOSTER.

    Returning from three months' leave in Europe, Colonel Foster, who occupies the chair of military science at the Sydney University, arrived by the R.M.S. Orontes ...

    Article : 154 words
  28. THERMOMETER READINGS

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 16 words
  29. DEATHS AFTER SNAKEBITES.

    Thomas Leanhan, an employe of Mundarra station, in the Edenhope district, while rabbiting on Monday put his hand in a log, and his finger was bitten by a snake. ...

    Article : 87 words
  30. RAINFALL.

    Rainfall return for the 24 hours ended 8.30 a.m., January 23:—Port Darwin, 1.04: River Katherine, 0.16; Daly Waters, 0.21; Alice Springs, 0.03; Wentworth, N.S.W., 0.03. ...

    Article : 70 words
  31. TASMANIA.

    The Hobart regatta was held to-day in fine weather. The water was too rough for satisfactory rowing. In the Secheron Purse the Tamar crew swamped, and it ...

    Article : 133 words
  32. EXTORT WHEAT BAGS.

    It is intended by the Minister of Customs to issue shortly a proclamation to prevent the export of wheat and other produce in bags containing more than 200 ...

    Article : 36 words
  33. A FATAL DIVE.

    At the Grafton Municipal Baths Henry Crosby, a bricklayer, aged 50. dived in from the shore side at a point where there was but 3 ft. of water. His companion, ...

    Article : 69 words
  34. IN THE BOWELS OF THE EARTH.

    In Paris one of the recognised sights of the city is the severs. In London what casual visitor ever dreams of inspecting them? Yet London has the finest drainage ...

    Article : 925 words
  35. MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING CASE.

    Mr. Thomas Mitchell, a Bundanon resident, was sitting on his back verandah yesterday afternoon when he suddenly exclaimed. "I am shot." He was taken to ...

    Article : 69 words
  36. CANADIAN-PACIFIC RAILWAY.

    The directors of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company are planning the construction of railway-lines to open up new districts in Western Canada. In addition ...

    Article : 58 words
  37. TASMANIAN CUSTOMS COMMISSION.

    Sir John Forrest has resigned his position as a member of the Tasmanian Customs Leakage Commission. Mr. Sampson has been appointed to the vacaney created ...

    Article : 41 words
  38. KICKED BY A HORSE.

    Mr. Hickmott. who left Leonara for Mer. tondale on Friday with a horse and dray, was found dead on Monday with the horse standing over the body. It is believed ...

    Article : 50 words
  39. FOR STOUT PEOPLE TO READ.

    In reproducing the recipe in full of an extraordinarily successful remedy for overstoutness, it was thought that many readers would like to make up the prescription ...

    Article : 178 words
  40. A REMARKABLE OLD WOMAN

    Mrs. Jane Morris, who resides in Jackson County, near the foothills of the Cumberland mountains, in Kentucky, United States, is the greatest mother in the United ...

    Article : 174 words
  41. MR. FRAZFR'S CONDITION.

    A telegram received by the Minister of Customs yesterday intimated that Mr. C. E. Frazer (hon. Federal Minister) had so far recovered from his sunstroke attack ...

    Article : 41 words
  42. A SCHOOLBOY'S STRANGE DISAPPEARANCE.

    Archibald Birchell, the 15-yoar-old son of a well-known farmer in the Boolar a district, left his home yesterday moining with his brothers and ststers with the intention ...

    Article : 155 words
  43. BITTEN BY A SNAKE.

    While duck shooting and walking waist high in a swamn, a Perth sportsman was bitten by a snake, but his wet garments received the greater part of the virus. On ...

    Article : 86 words
  44. HIGH OFFICIAL DEAD.

    Mr. J. E. Schwitzer, who was recently appointed chief engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, consequent upon his brilliant engineering achievements for ...

    Article : 75 words
  45. MEAT INSPECTION.

    Among the callers on the Minister of Customs to-day was Mr. G. E. Banning, a pustoralist of large holdings in Queensland. As a cattle-raiser, he expressed his cordial ...

    Article : 68 words
  46. SYDNEY EIRE BRIGADES ENQUIRY.

    The evidence heard to-day by the Royal Commission enquiring into the fire brigade administration chiefly related to the use of motor cars' for pleasure. Drivers ...

    Article : 62 words
  47. MANUFACTURE OF CASEINE.

    Dr. Leuseher. who represents a Hamburg firm, told the Minister of Customs, in an interview to-day, that his principals were establishing extensive works in the western ...

    Article : 48 words
  48. APPENDICITIS ON A MAIL STEAMER.

    On Thursday last, during the voyage of the R.M.S. Orontes from Colombo, a third class passenger for Fremantle. Mr. Davidson. became ill with appendicitis and was ...

    Article : 104 words
  49. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 146 words
  50. ALLEGED EXCESSIVE TELEPHONIC CHANGES.

    Mr. Hesketh the Chief Electrical Engineer to the Postal Department, is preparing a report for submission to the Postmaster-General in regard to complaints for ...

    Article : 45 words
  51. ANAESTHETIC DANGERS.

    "Under the present law any man in the street or any quack can administer an anaesthetic," was the complaint of the Southwurk Coroner (Dr. Waldo), at an ...

    Article : 216 words
  52. BUTTER EXPORT TRADE.

    Daring the past few weeks butter exporters and mail shipping companies have em considering the question of a new contract for the carriage of butter to London. ...

    Article : 223 words
  53. THE TRANSFERRED PROPERTIES.

    As to the claim being made by the State Premiers for interest on the value of the transferred properties, the Minister of Home Affairs does not think there is the ...

    Article : 141 words
  54. FEDERAL EINANCE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 316 words
  55. THE REFERENDA CAMPAIGN.

    Mr. Deakin docs not intend to take the platform in the referenda campaign until after Mr. Fisher has spoken at the end of next month in Melbourne. Then he will go ...

    Article : 174 words
  56. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 145 words
  57. DISEASE OF STONE

    The decay of stonework is a more complex effect than has been supposed, and Dr. T. Anderson, of York, England, finds that the persistent crumbling of some stonework ...

    Article : 84 words
  58. CANNED MEAT FOR EXPORT.

    Satisfaction has been given to meat canners and exporters by the removal of the Federal prohibition against the caun[?]ng of briskets for export. Briskets must still be ...

    Article : 62 words
  59. S.A. ADVERTISING COMPANY

    The half-yearly meeting of the S.A. Advertising Company was held at the company's office, Daven, port Chambers, Currie-street, on Wednesday mornin. The chairman of directors (Hon. John ...

    Article : 115 words
  60. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Parliament has been further prorogued from February 7 to March. 21. ...

    Article : 17 words
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