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  2. "SING EVERYBODY!"

    Charles M. Alexander tells his friends an anecdote of the early days of his mission study in which his tutor is shown allaying a possible panic in an English provincial hall. ...

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  3. CENSURE MOTION.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Preliminary business in the House of Representatives having been disposed of this afternoon. Mr. FISHER moved the motion of which he ...

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  4. PORT FOR THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    This map, shows the area which Mr. C. R. Serivener, acting on behalf of the Federal Government, suggests should be set aside for the Federal port. The Advisory Board concurred as to the site. This part of Jervis Bay is protected from winds between north-east and south and in a measure from the west The entrance to the port is good in all weathers. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. PERSONAL.

    The Governor-General and the Countess of Dudley, attended by Captain the Hon. A. Hore-Ruthven, V.C., and Captain Rome, visited the National Art Gallery on Wednesday afternoon, ...

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  6. FEDERAL PARTIES.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Mr. Deakin, on the Address-in-Reply, to-night, in the House of Representatives, took the opportunity to say something of the position of parties, and what ...

    Article : 630 words
  7. PRIME MINISTER'S REJOINDER.

    Mr. DEAKIN congratulated Mr. Fisher on the fair and precise manner in which he had presented his case. He contended that his offer of a Dreadnought was tendered as a pledge of ...

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  8. SENATE PROCEEDS WITH BUSINESS.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--In the Senate this afternoon Senator MILLEN (Vice-president of the Executive Council) said that the ordinary course followed, when there was a motion of ...

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  9. VICTORIA.

    No clue has yet been obtained to the perpetrators of the safe robbery at the premises of A. Brecht, 114 Elizabeth-street, when between £6000 and £7000 worth of precious stones were ...

    Article : 38 words
  10. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    Whilst driving a horse and cart along Mullins-street, Balmain, this morning, Archibald Smith (44), a grocer, had an exciting experience. The breeching of the harness slipped, ...

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  11. RECORD RUN FROM THE RICHMOND.

    Captain B. Alley, of the North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Brundah, holds the record for the fastest passage between the Richmond River and Sydney. The Brundah arrived at 12:40 ...

    Article : 101 words
  12. THE JURY DISAGREED.

    In the Criminal Court Arthur Wilkinson (19) was placed on trial on a charge of having, in company with a person unknown, and armed with a revolver, robbed Percy Graham ...

    Article : 99 words
  13. BROKEN-HILL WATER SUPPLY.

    BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--Yesterday's rain amounted to 25 points, the total for the last two days being 81 points. The reservoir benefited to the extent of 76,000,000 gallons, a rise of 7¼ ...

    Article : 44 words
  14. CHILD'S TRYING EXPERIENCE.

    BATHURST, Thursday.--Whilst the four-year-old son of Mr. Waller Howden, licensee of the Court House Hotel, was playing in the market square this afternoon, he forced his head ...

    Article : 105 words
  15. QUEENSLAND.

    In replying to a deputation, the Home Secretary said the Government thoroughly believed in kindergarten teaching, and within the next few years there was likely to be a great ...

    Article : 163 words
  16. BRIDGE V. TUNNEL.

    During the past few months a sub-committee of the Sydney and North Sydney Bridge League, with the assistance of experts, has been examining the report of the Royal Commission on ...

    Article : 367 words
  17. AN INJURED FOOT.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The action in which John Mee, of Fitzroy, a miner, claimed £1000 damages from the Outtrim, Howitt, and British Consolidated Coal-mining Co., was concluded in ...

    Article : 111 words
  18. BUGGY CAPSIZES.

    BOWRAL, Thursday.--Mrs. Weisner, a visitor from Sydney, accompanied by her daughter, was driving along Bong Bong-street, Bowral, this afternoon, when her horse took fright at a ...

    Article : 83 words
  19. BOY'S LEG FEARFULLY LACERATED.

    WINDSOR, Thursday.--A serious accident happened at Wilberforce to a State boy named William Rice, apprenticed to Mr. Ernest Salter. He was in the act of dismounting from a pony ...

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  20. THE BOYNE VALLEY STRIKE.

    Messrs. Bowman and M'Lachlan waited on the Minister for Railways to ask him to agre to the demand for an increase of 1s per day to the men on strike on the Boyne railway. ...

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  21. REPERTORY THEATRE CO. LTD.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--In connection with the movement to form a Repertory Theatre Company, Limited, for the purpose of providing a fund for the production of Shakespearian and ...

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  22. DROWNED IN A GREEK.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Myrtle Roe yesterday fell into a swollen crock at Stirling West, and was carried away and drowned. ...

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  23. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Fremantle Harbor Trust, on account of the increased expenditure involved by dock construction, has decided to impose a special harbor improvement rate of 6d per ton on ...

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  24. SHOT THROUGH A DOG.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--A boy named Lisher Leson met a painful accident at Port Lincoln, through the playfulness of a dog, which knocked over a small-bore rifle leaning against the ...

    Article : 52 words
  25. BENT LAND INQUIRY.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--At the Bent Land Inquiry Commission to-day, it was placed on record that it had been ascertained in regard to each property either that Sir Thomas Bent had ...

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  26. THE BILLIARD MATCH.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 213 words
  27. NEW ZEALAND.

    Fruit is arriving from Australia in increasing quantities. At to-day's auctions oranges realised 4s, lemons 8s, passionfruit 3s 6d per case. ...

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  28. MISHAP TO THE KALLATINA.

    GRAFTON, Thursday.--During a dense fog this morning the North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Kallatina, while, approaching the port at 5.15 o'clock, struck on Yamba Point. She ...

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  29. THE MISSING ORME.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A telegram has been received by the engineer for ports and harbors that the Government steamer Lady Loch reached the Lakes Entrance last night at 7.30. ...

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  30. MELBA.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--Madame Melba arrived by the mail train to-night from Sydney, and was accorded an enthusiastic welcome by on immense crowd that had gathered in and around the ...

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  31. ADVERTISING VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The departmental committee appointed by the Government to report as to the best methods of advertising Victoria, recommends that a Bureau of ...

    Article : 161 words
  32. THE VESSEL AT MACLEAN.

    MACLEAN, Thursday.--The steamer Kallatina, Captain Hine, struck the rock at Yamba Point, South Clarence, this morning. She had a full cargo from Sydney, and commenced to take ...

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  33. SIR WILLIAM LYNE ON PROTECTION.

    Sir,--Permit me to show how Sir William Lyne is seeking to impose upon the public. He refers to the poverty of Great Britain, and tries to make out that it is due to freetrade. As a matter of fact, the cause ...

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  34. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION.

    WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--The members of the South Australian Parliamentary Commission, who have been touring Queensland, inspecting some of the light lines of railway in ...

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  35. FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The negotiations for the acquisition or transfer of the Federal capital site at Canberra by the Federal Government, begun on Saturday last by the Minister ...

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  36. PACIFIC CABLE BOARD.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Gradually, the annual nominal deficit on the Pacific Cable, caused by the system of annual repayments of the loan, is creeping downwards. ...

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  37. STEAMER TO BE BEACHED.

    GRAFTON, Thursday.--Arrangements have been made to beach the Kallatina for repairs to-morrow. The vessel arrived alongside tho wharf at Grafton about 7 p.m., and is now ...

    Article : 75 words
  38. KANGAROOS V. ALL BLACKS.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--The following team has been picked to represent Australia against New Zealand on Saturday next:-- Full back: M'Gregor. ...

    Article : 168 words
  39. NORTH COAST TRADE.

    A cable was yesterday despatched by the directors of the North Coast S.N. Company, ordering a third new steamer for the North Coast trade. The order bas been placed with ...

    Article : 170 words
  40. ANTI-TRUST LEGISLATION.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The position of various anti-trust inquiries, initiated by former Governments, in their relation to the judgment of the High Court in the coal combine test case, ...

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  41. THE DALY CASE.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Minister for Defence (Mr. Joseph Cook) has received from Staff-squadron Sergeant-major Daly, of the Instructional Staff in New South Wales, a ...

    Article : 123 words
  42. ILLAWARRA COLLIERIES.

    BULLI, Thursday.--The proposed new industrial agreement has now been dealt with by all the miners' lodges in Illawarra, with the exception of Corrimal. Nearly all the clauses ...

    Article : 109 words
  43. DARING ROBBERY.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The premises occupied by the Beale Piano Company, in Rundle-street, were the scene of an audacious robbery yesterday afternoon. ...

    Article : 85 words
  44. THE PROGRAMME.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 91 words
  45. Advertising

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    Advertising : 116 words
  46. Advertising

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    Advertising : 123 words
  47. STEAMER HANAU AT TOWNS-VILLE.

    TOWNSVILLE, Thursday.--The German steamer Hanau has arrived from oversen, and will land 210 tons cargo. She will take south 80 tons of cased meats and 100 tons of wolfram. ...

    Article : 40 words
  48. Advertising

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    Advertising : 17 words
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