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  2. SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION.

    At the invitation of the Premier (Mr. Frank Wilson), on behalf of the Government, the members of the Scottish Agricultural Commission last evening attended a ...

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  3. FUEL FOR THE MINES.

    The firewood companies and the delegates for the men still preserve their attitude of defiance of each other, and will not consent to any proposals for setting the existing ...

    Article : 344 words
  4. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The South Africans' success in the third test match caused great elation throughout South Africa. It is assumed that on English wickets, which favour ...

    Article : 626 words
  5. CAPTURE OF GAOL BREAKERS.

    James Mace, alias Cyril Pegg, and Joseph Denmead, who escaped from Darlinghurst Gaol on Wednesday last, were recaptured at Marrickville this morning, after a short, ...

    Article : 325 words
  6. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION

    The Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science concluded its 13th session yesterday with a meeting of the general council. ...

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  7. UNIVERSAL TRAINING.

    The question of universal training in connection with the new Commonwealth Defence Act is one which is at present engaging a good deal of public attention. At ...

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  8. INDUSTRIAL STRIFE.

    The strike of 22,000 miners at Liege has ended, the mine-owners having granted many of the demands made by the men. ...

    Article : 280 words
  9. STORMS IN SPAIN.

    Many snowstorms have been reported from various parts of the country, particularly the north. A railway train, filled with passengers, ...

    Article : 162 words
  10. CENTRAL AFRICA.

    Over a month ago the Egyptian Government sent Slatin Pasha, accompanied by native commissioners, to Darfur to bring pressure upon the tribesmen, with ...

    Article : 111 words
  11. WRECK OF THE TIME.

    The master, the chief engineer, the chief and third officers, and two of the crew of the Time have been detained to give evidence before the board of inquiry into the ...

    Article : 118 words
  12. FEDERAL LAND TAX ACTS.

    A writ has been served on the Commonwealth by Messrs. Norton, Smith and Co., of Sydney, on behalf of Frank Osborne, of Neutral Bay, North Sydney, landowner, ...

    Article : 356 words
  13. AVIATION.

    In discussing the proposed aviation safety tests with a Press representative yesterday M. Henry Farman predicted that by the end of the present year ...

    Article : 93 words
  14. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Mr. Marconi has acquired the interests of the German wireless telegraphic companies, thus ending the competition between the Marconi and the Telefunken ...

    Article : 100 words
  15. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    Two representatives of Australian paper mils waited on Mr. Tudor the Minister for Customs, to-day and stated that they were afraid that the present method of ...

    Article : 300 words
  16. EARTHQUAKES.

    Loud rumblings and shocks of earthquake were felt at Vyruyi, in Russian Turkestan, yesterday. Many of the walls damaged by the former shocks ...

    Article : 35 words
  17. DANISH DEFENCES.

    The "Berlingske Tidende" claims to have elicited from the Ministry for Foreign Aflairs that no foreign pressure whatever has been brought to bear ...

    Article : 47 words
  18. COMMAND OF THE SEAS.

    The battleships King George V. and Conturion; hose keel plates will be laid to-day, will each have a displacement of about 25,000 tons, engines of 27,000 ...

    Article : 114 words
  19. FRENCH RAILWAY COLLISION.

    A passenger train and a ballast train collided at Vire yesterday, with the result that two engine-drivers and a stoker were killed, while several persons were ...

    Article : 40 words
  20. VICTORIAN STATE COAL MINE.

    The wheelers employed at the Stated coal mine. numbering about 80, are dissatisfied because two sections of them have has their pay reduced by ½d. per ton, and further ...

    Article : 409 words
  21. INSEPARABLE TWINS.

    The Bohemian twin sisters, Josefa and Rosa Blazk, who are inseparably joined together, arrived from Edinburgh on Saturday to undergo an examination by ...

    Article : 68 words
  22. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The Government of Northern Nigeria is arranging for the construction of a railway to connect the Banchu tinfields with the Baro-Kano trunk line. ...

    Article : 206 words
  23. PERSIAN RAILWAYS.

    Germany has assured the Porte that the negotiations which are still progressing with Russia deal exclusively with railway construction in Persia and the ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. DRUCE CASE SEQUEL.

    The "Weekly Dispatch" states that Miss Robinson, who was sent to gaol for having committed perjury in connection with the Druce claim to the Portland ...

    Article : 55 words
  25. THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.

    The council of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science to-day adopted motions strongly urging the establishment of magnetic stations as ...

    Article : 355 words
  26. WILD WEATHER AT SEA.

    The steamer Hymettus entered Sydney Heads at 6 o'clock this morning. The vessel left Melbourne on Wednesday night last, and passed Wilson's Promontory at 8 o'clock the ...

    Article : 102 words
  27. CHOLERA.

    The total number of cholera cases reported on the island of Madeira was 1,646, and of these 435 proved fatal. Owing to the subsidence of the outbreak ...

    Article : 43 words
  28. EUROPE'S FOOD SUPPLIES.

    Several hundreds of tons of Argentine frozen meat are in transit to Italy. The "Shipping Gazette" declares there are indications that the Continental ...

    Article : 60 words
  29. PERSONAL.

    It is officially announced at Calcutta that the King and the Queen may visit India next winter. Their Excellencies the Governor-General ...

    Article : 343 words
  30. EXODUS FROM ARGENTINA.

    Owing to the expected failure of the maize crop in consequence of the prolonged drought 3,800 labourers have embarked for Europe since Christmas. ...

    Article : 36 words
  31. JEWELLERY ROBBERY.

    In August last Mrs. Bacon (sister-in law of Sir Gilbert Parker, M.P.) was robbed while at St. Moritz Doff of £9,000 worth of jewellery. Her French ...

    Article : 88 words
  32. A GAMBLER'S LUCK.

    The "Standard" correspondent at Nice states it is credibly reported that an English army captain won £200,000 on the gambling tables at Monte Carlo ...

    Article : 41 words
  33. ALLEGED PERJURY.

    In the City Court to-day James O'Connor, an ex-officer attached to the Criminal Investigation Department. Melbourne, was charged on the information of George Pierce with ...

    Article : 100 words
  34. LOST IN THE BUSH.

    An old man named Theodore James Watt, known as "Jimmy the Fiddler," an old resident of Day Dawn, was reported as missing on Saturday week last. The police received ...

    Article : 236 words
  35. RETURNING EMIGRANTS.

    The authorities here, finding that the Prussian police had stopped 650 returning Russian emigrants, on the ground that they possessed inadequate means of ...

    Article : 73 words
  36. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Premier (Mr. Verran) has decided that he cannot, on account of public and private business, go to England to represent South Australia at the Cornation. Cabinet ...

    Article : 121 words
  37. KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN.

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  38. ADELAIDE DRIVERS' DISPUTE.

    The hearing of the drivers dispute was resumed in the Industrial Court to-day. Most of the time was occupied in discussing the increased cost of living. Evidence was ...

    Article : 85 words
  39. VICTORIA.

    The Political Labour Council has dismissed the objections raised in connection with the selection of Mr. Frank Brennan to Contest the Batman seat in the House of ...

    Article : 145 words
  40. Advertising

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  41. THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM.

    During his stay in Victoria recently the Earl of Harrowby was interested in the State's Land settlement operations and methods that are being adopted for ...

    Article : 97 words
  42. INDUSTRIAL TROUBLES.

    In view of the wages troubles in Queensland and New South Wales in connection with builders' labourers, Mr. H. Hannah, the secretary of the Builders' Labourers' ...

    Article : 71 words
  43. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Federation of Labour cannot see its way to accede to the request of a public meeting at Christchurch that Mr. Peter Bowling should remain for eight weeks in ...

    Article : 39 words
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