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  2. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Tenders closed on Monday in the Postal Department for the supply of 20,000 telephones to be of Australian make. The department is not aware yet ...

    Article : 331 words
  3. FINANCIAL AGREEMENT

    Mr. Joseph Cook, Federal Minister for Defence, dealt fully With the financial agreement and the State debts proposals at a meeting he addressed in the Macquaric-hall, Parramatta, last ...

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  4. BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 445 words
  5. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    Arthur Joyce Maples (36). a barman, was found dead on Wednesday night under the counter of the bar at the Arcadia Hotel, where he was employed. In one of the pockets of ...

    Article : 58 words
  6. JUDGE SCHOLES DEFINES THE POSITION.

    His Honor said he intended to make a plain statement on those matters which he could disclose without divulging what took place at the various interviews that he had had with the ...

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  7. BRISK AT CLIFTON.

    CLIFTON, Thursday.--Since the resumption of work at Coal Cliff Colliery, very brisk trade has been carried on, and shipments despatched every day. Extra men were put on, when work ...

    Article : 254 words
  8. VERDICT OF ACCIDENTAL DEATH.

    QUEANBEYAN, Thursday.--At an inquest on Isaac Harrison, ganger, who died from the effects of injuries received in a railway accident yesterday, a verdict of accidental death Was ...

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  9. GUARD'S STRANGE DEATH.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--First-class Guard George Orr, who had been 25 years in the railway service, was found dead in his van on a Sandgate-bound train when it arrived at Nundah ...

    Article : 52 words
  10. MYSTERY CLEARED UP.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The mystery surrounding the disappearance of John Russell, fireman on the steamer Suevic, was cleared up to-day by the identification of the body which ...

    Article : 86 words
  11. EXCITEMENT AT CLIFTON.

    CLIFTON, Thursday.--Williamson and Phillips--the two men who for five months defied the local Miners' Union, ultimately gaining a victory--resumed work with the other employees ...

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  12. A FATAL CAPSIZE.

    LAUNCESTON, Friday.--Yesterday, whilst driving to Bellvale, the home of her father, F. Jones, Mrs. Hoster, of Constitution-hill, near Oatlands, met with an accident. The Vehicle in ...

    Article : 63 words
  13. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    A batch of chauffeurs was fined 23s each to-day for motoring in King's Park at 20 miles an hour. Sir John Forrest's chauffeur was timed by the trustees' watches at 25,miles an hour, ...

    Article : 98 words
  14. A CIVIL SERVICE GRIEVANCE.

    GUNNEDAH, Wednesday.--Mr. W. S. Kelk, C.P.S., and Crown lands agent at Gunndah, has resigned from the service after a term of service extending over 21 years,and intends ...

    Article : 944 words
  15. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN METHODIST CONFERENCE.

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  16. Y.M.C.A. FESTIVAL.

    The ladies' auxiliary in connection with the Young Men's Christian Association invite the attendance of ladies at the Y.M.C.A. this morning at 11 o'clock, to make arrangements for the festival to be held in the ...

    Article : 41 words
  17. COMMENTS BY THE PREMIER.

    In the course of a speech delivered by the leader of the Federal Labor Party, Mr. Andrew Fisher, at Gympic," Queensland, it was urged that the public should be given three years in ...

    Article : 268 words
  18. MANLY SCHOOL OF ARTS.

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  19. MISSION STEAMER JOHN WILLIAMS.

    After a stay in port of two months the London Missionary. Society's steamer John Williams will leave Parbury's. Wharf to-morrow at 7 a.m. for New Guinea. On this occasion the mission ship will call on route at ...

    Article : 126 words
  20. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

    The annual general meeting of the Benevolent Society of New South Wales was held at the general offices, Thomas-street, yesterday. The Lord Mayor, Ald. Allen Taylor, presided, and the Main-hall, where the meeting ...

    Article : 870 words
  21. THE SHORTAGE ON THE BARRIER.

    BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.--The Central Mine and mill are to be closed down at 4.o'clock this afternoon on account of the difficulty experienced in getting supplies of coal through from ...

    Article : 253 words
  22. SIR ROBERT BEST'S ADVOCACY.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Sir Robert Beat, Minister for Customs, at a smoke concert to-night, described the financial agreement between the States and Federation as a supreme ...

    Article : 99 words
  23. MR. COOK AND LORD KITCHENER'S REPORT.

    Sir,--Mr. Joseph Cook, in replying in your columns this morning to criticisms of Mr. W. M. Hughes regarding defence matters, incidentally refers to this league and its proposals. I shall be glad, therefore, of a little space to ...

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  24. AUSTRALIA'S BISLEY TEAM.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The first day's shooting in connection with the Bisley test competition took place at Williamstown to-day. The conditions comprised seven shots at 300, ...

    Article : 134 words
  25. EASTERN SUBURBS RAILWAY.

    The need for on eastern suburbs railway was urged at a public meeting in the Randwick Town-hall last night, over which the Mayor (Ald. J. Snape) presided. Mr. David Storey, M.L.A., moved--"That it was ...

    Article : 230 words
  26. STRIKE SUPPRESSION ACT.

    A motion was carried by the Redfern branch of the A.S.C. Joiners to the effect that "We, the members of the above branch, do strongly protest and condemn the present Government in ...

    Article : 58 words
  27. AN ADELAIDE LABOR TROUBLE.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--This morning there appeared the following advertisement over the signature of the Secretary of the Operative Masons and Bricklayers' Association:-- ...

    Article : 248 words
  28. STILL SHORT OF COAL.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Inquiries have been made by the Central Postal authorities to ascertain whether the Union Company cannot resume the running thrice weekly of the ...

    Article : 82 words
  29. SOUTHERLY SET.

    An exceptionally strong southerly current is prevailing on the coast just now. The signal-master at Sydney Heads remarked upon it yesterday, and Captain Weatherall, of the ...

    Article : 102 words
  30. A FAIR DEAL.

    Sir,--"Why can't we have a fair deal when entering into business with our municipal council?" These words were uttered by one of our most worthy, and respected citizens when travelling in a tram citywards this ...

    Article : 343 words
  31. SOUTHERN COAL TRADE.

    BULLI, Thursday.--The coal trade in its palmiest days was never better than at present. The miner means to make hay while the sun shines, in order to in some measure compensate ...

    Article : 332 words
  32. QUEENSLAND JEWELLERY ROBBERY.

    Detectives Ward, and Surridge boarded the steamer Grantala, which arrived from Brisbane early yesterday morning, and arrested a passenger in connection with the disappearance of £150 ...

    Article : 51 words
  33. Advertising

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  34. AUSTRALIAN COINAGE.

    PERTH, Thursday.--The R.M.S. Otranto, which left for the east this morning, brought 136 boxes of new Australian silver coinage, consisting of £50,000 worth of shillings, with a ...

    Article : 59 words
  35. MANUFACTURES DAY.

    The special committee appointed by the Chamber of Manufactures is pushing on with the work of "Manufactures Day," which is to be held on Thursday, March 31. Retailers are now ...

    Article : 122 words
  36. LATE SPORTING.

    HOBART, Thursday.--The New South Wales cricketers arrived to-day, and were welcomed by leading members of the Cricket Association. They start play to-morrow. ...

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  37. Advertising

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  38. INTER-STATE SAILING.

    HOBART, Thursday.--S.J.S., of Port Melbourne, won the second-class yacht race to-day, but it is not yet known how the points will go, pending dealing with protests. ...

    Article : 34 words
  39. Advertising

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  40. BEAUREPAIRE AGAIN.

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  41. Advertising

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