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  2. NAVIGATION BILL.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--During the debate on the Navigation Bill in the Senate to-day, Senator MILLEN (N.S.W.) raised the question of whether the Government or an independent ...

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  3. HOW MEMBERS VOTED.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Members voted as follows in the various ballots:-- ARCHER, E. W. (Q): First and second ballot, Lyndhurst; remaining ballots, Yass-Canberra. ...

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  4. THE NORTH-WEST TRAIN

    INVERELL, Thursday.--At present passengers by the north-west train from Sydney breakfast at Narrabri, at 8.5 a.m., and the sleeping car is there detached. The new schedule to come ...

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  5. PERSONAL.

    The Governor-General will visit West Australia next week. H.M.S. Challenger will leave Sydney on Saturday morning for Adelaide, where the Governor-General will embark on the ...

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  6. A GRATIFIED PREMIER.

    "I was rather surprised," said Mr. Wade last night, "from what I had previously heard, to learn that Dalgety had to give way to the Yass-Canberra site. I am not at all clear what area ...

    Article : 408 words
  7. GREAT SATISFACTION AT YASS.

    YASS, Thursday.--Great satisfaction was expressed throughout town to-night when the "Yass Courier" published an urgent wire from Melbourne stating that Yass-Canberra had been ...

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  8. CONGRATULATIONS FROM MEMBERS.

    YASS, Thursday.--Cr. S. E. Bradford, Mayor, received the following wires immediately the result became known, from Mr. D. R. Hall, M.H.R., Melbourne:-- ...

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  9. THE NEW CAPITAL.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--"How soon after the Federal capital site is adopted?" asked Mr. Johnson, in the House of Representatives today, "does the Government propose to take ...

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  10. SIR WILLIAM M'MILLAN PLEASED.

    "I am very pleased to hear that Yass has been selected," said Sir William M'Millan, when seen last evening. "The climate is good, and the compact entered into with regard to the ...

    Article : 72 words
  11. THE CHOICE A WISE ONE.

    On this subject the State Treasurer (Mr. Waddell), whose predilections, as is well known, are for Lyndhurst, stated last evening:--"It was evidently a choice between Dalgety and Canberra, ...

    Article : 261 words
  12. NORTHERN RAILWAY TRAFFIC.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the Colonial Treasurer (as Minister for Railways), in answer to a series of questions, of which notice had been given by Mr. Collins, said:-- ...

    Article : 218 words
  13. HONEST ATTEMPT TO KEEP A COMPACT.

    The Lord Mayor (Ald. Thomas Hughes), when apprised of the fact that the Yass-Canberra site had been decided upon, said he was very glad to hear it. ...

    Article : 82 words
  14. THE GOVERNOR GENERAL.

    The Governor-General, the Earl of Dudley, received official addresses of welcome at Government House yesterday morning. Mr. J. Lane Mullens, the hon. secretary of ...

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  15. A CONCESSION TO NEW SOUTH WALES.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Federal capital question is, at any rate for the time, completely changed by the result of the ballot. The new bill has to be introduced, and it is ...

    Article : 421 words
  16. DESCRIPTION OF THE SITE.

    The area selected by the House of Representatives as that in which the Federal capital should be located em'races a triangle, roughly bounded by Yass-Canberra and Lake ...

    Article : 434 words
  17. WHAT N.S.W. MEMBERS THINK.

    Mr. M'Gowen said:--"I am pleased that this vexed question has been seltied, and I think the Federal Parliament has treated New South Wales very generously in changing the Dalgety ...

    Article : 293 words
  18. THE AUDITOR-GENERAL.

    Although the sudden collapse of the Budget debate on Wednesday prevented a continuation of the discussion on the powers of the Auditor-General, Mr. Beeby last night gave ...

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  19. RESCUE OF A DISABLED STEAMER.

    The Union Company's steamer Whangape, which broke her tall shaft off the Fiji Group, and was drifting about for some days, was picked up by the company's steamer Tofua, on ...

    Article : 347 words
  20. MR. NIELSEN.

    Mr. Nielsen said:--"I am quite satisfied, and I think that they have fixed the capital in the proper place, not because Yass is in my electorate, but because it is in the right place, ...

    Article : 215 words
  21. WHAT WILL THE SENATE DO?

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A prominent Labor member said to-night that he believed the Senators who had hitherto supported Dalgety would be won over to Yass-Canberra, if the ...

    Article : 696 words
  22. SOMETHING OF THE SITE.

    At first blush, it would appear as if the advocates of Canberra had received a set-back in the final ballot for the selection of sites, but the most elementary knowledge of the ...

    Article : 1,450 words
  23. TIMELY ASSISTANCE.

    One of the officers of the Tofua, when seen yesterday, stated that the Whangape was picked up off Lautoka at about 7 o'clock on Thursday night, sho[?]tly after the Tofua left Suva, "When ...

    Article : 266 words
  24. THE CHOICE OF CANBERRA.

    Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, M.L.A., thus expresses himself in regard to the selection:-- Throw up your hats and cheer for Canberra, the proposed site for the Federal capital! It ...

    Article : 613 words
  25. SPECIAL MINING COURT.

    NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The Special Mining Court, presided over by Judge Heydon, continued the hearing of the dispute filed on behalf of the miners in the Teralba district, ...

    Article : 95 words
  26. "A GRAVE MISTAKE."

    Mr. R. J. Black, M.L.C., was interviewed yesterday on the subject of the proposed change in the time of leaving Sydney of the north-west mall from 7.20 p.m. to 3 p.m. ...

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  27. THE DISABLED STEAMER CAVANBA.

    The North Coast Steam Navigation Company have arranged for their steamer Macleay to tow the disabled steamer Cavanba on to Sydney from Trial Bay. The Cavanba lost two of her ...

    Article : 65 words
  28. ABSTRACT OF SALES BY AUCTION

    William Inglis and Son, at their Bazaar, at 10.30--Ho[?]es and Vehicles; at Camperdown, at 2.30--Horses. James R. Lawson and Little, at their Rooms, at 11--Furniture. ...

    Article : 87 words
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