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  2. CHEAP FISH.

    The steam trawler has come to stay. Already it has caused a revolution in the fishing industry. Ten tons of fish placed on the Sydney market by the syndicate operating the trawler ...

    Article : 852 words
  3. TRAINING DOMESTICS.

    The feeling most prominent when one visits the Mater Miserlcordiae Home, which the Sisters of Mercy have established in Llandaff-street, Waverley, is, that of profound ...

    Article : 565 words
  4. COAL SEAMS.

    WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the working of brick coal scams in the Maitland-Cessnock districts, sat at East Maitland Courthouse to-day, when ...

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  5. PROTECTING WHARF PILES.

    A NEW PROCESS OF WHARF CONSTRUCTION ADOPTED BY THE HARBOR TRUST IN CONNECTION WITH PORTION OF THE WHARFAGE WORKS AT WOOLLOOMOOLOO BAY. After the piles have been firmly fixed re-inforced concrete cylinders are dropped over them. These cylinders form a water-tight shield around the piles. Then the Inter-veiling space between the cylinders and the pile is filled in with cement and the whole thus forms a solid concrete pillar capable of supporting the heavy super-structural ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 112 words
  6. INCOME TAX ADMINISTRATION.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The commission which was appointed in March last to inquire into allegations relating to the administration of the income tax Acts, has found that most of ...

    Article : 73 words
  7. STORMS IN THE CHINA SEA.

    The N.D.L. Liner Prinz Sigismund arrived yesterday from Japan and Hongkong via the Islands. She reported heavy typhoon weather in the China Sea. The storms played havoc ...

    Article : 201 words
  8. THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Dr. Wilson, Bishop of Melanesia, had an interview with the Acting Prime Minister this afternoon in regard to what he considers to be the unsatisfactory ...

    Article : 229 words
  9. ON THE ROOF.

    MOUNT KOSCIUSKO, Thursday.--The annual house snow carnival was celebrated at the Hotel Kosciusko under ideal weather conditions, there being fine snow on the Kerry course. The ...

    Article : 429 words
  10. PEST AT THE CAROLINE ISLANDS.

    Great havoc has been caused by an insect post among the cocoanut plantations at Yap, in the Caroline Group. Thousands of nuts have been destroyed by the pest. It is stated that ...

    Article : 93 words
  11. AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--'Tasmania scored their first win in the carnival to-day, when they beat New South Wales by 74 points--the biggest margin scoured by any team to date. There ...

    Article : 231 words
  12. COASTAL DEPOTS PROPOSED.

    Mr. F. Farnell, ex-chairman of the Board of Fisheries, informed the Food Supply Commission yesterday that certain inshore fisheries should be given a rest for a while from the ...

    Article : 825 words
  13. THE LARGEST BUILDING IN THE WORLD.

    WOOLWORTH BUILDING' IN NEW YORK, TO BE 750 FEET HIGH—SIX TIMES THE HEIGHT OF THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' CLUB IN SYDNEY. Rapid progress is being made oh the Woolworth building located on the Broadway, New York. This immense structure will have 55 stories, and the great tower 86 foot by 84 feet square will ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. REST CURE FOR OVER-WORKED DOMESTICS.

    THE MATER MISERICORDIAE HOME IN LLANDAFF-STREET, WAVERLEY. Where female domestics are trained in cookery and laundry work, and where the worn-out workers can recuperate their strength. The work of the Homo is described on this page. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 60 words
  15. NEW ZEALAND'S DRINK STATISTICS.

    Archdeacon Boyce, president of the New South Wales Alliance, does not consider that the temperance cause is prejudiced by the report of the Police Department referred to in the ...

    Article : 204 words
  16. BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A WOMAN.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday,--Frank Power, at Prahran Court to-day, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment on a charge of having assaulted Margaret Pelzer. Constable Peach ...

    Article : 168 words
  17. NORTH COAST RAILWAY.

    WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--Arrangements are being made here to celebrate the opening of the first section of the North Coast railway but the main ceremony will take place at the ...

    Article : 127 words
  18. FLEET AT THURSDAY ISLAND.

    THURSDAY ISLAND. Thursday.--H.M. ships Cumbrian, Pyramus, Psycho, and Pioneer arrived hero to-day from Sydney. One man from the Pyramus was landed, and sent to the ...

    Article : 62 words
  19. SOLICITOR OBTAINS INJUNCTION

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--In the Supreme Court to-day C. W. Hamilton, solicitor, obtained an injunction with costs against George Storer, solicitor, restraining him from carrying on ...

    Article : 77 words
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