LONDON, Friday.--In answer to a question in the House of Commons yesterday, Sir Edward Grey, Minister for Foreign Affairs, said that the effect of Russia's action ...
Article : 133 wordsCAPETOWN, Friday.--The National Defence of the Union Government has been made public. It is modelled on Swiss lines, and is ...
Article : 248 wordsOn Monday evening Lord Chelmsford will dine with the present and past Grand Lodge officers. On Tuesday evening his Excellency and Lady Chelmsford will give a dinner party at State ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 325 wordsLONDON, Thursday Evening.--The steel sailing ship Celtic Race, 1874 tons, owned by the Celtic Race Co., Ltd., on the voyage from Sydney (N.S.W.) to Queenstown, met with severe ...
Article : 139 wordsPEKIN, Friday.--The British Minister, Sir J. N. Jordan, has arranged for a three-days' truce between the opposing Imperialist and revolutionary armies, at Hankow, and ...
Article : 96 wordsFlemington collided with a tornado yesterday. With a shriek and a hiss, a roar, and a whistle, the wind tore off roofs, uprooted trees, broke the telegram wires, battered down fences, and ...
Article : 844 wordsA good deal of interest has been caused in commercial circles by the tariff alterations, which came into effect yesterday. Business men complain that they no sooner get over the ...
Article : 508 wordsHALIFAX, Thursday Evening.--The British steamer Berwindmoor, 5232 tons, owned by the Berwindmoor Steamship Co., Ltd., is drifting ...
Article : 53 wordsPEKIN, Friday Forenoon.--The rebels still hold Wuchang, which did not surrunder to the Imperialists as reported earlier. The reports that the city capitulated were ...
Article : 37 wordsTEHERAN, Friday.--The Mejliss--National Council--is considering the Russian ultimatum at a secret session. ...
Article : 26 wordsVANCOUVER, Friday.--The steamer Tees, with many passengers aboard, struck a rock off the coast yesterday. A wireless message summoned aid, and a tug ...
Article : 29 wordsLONDON, Friday.--The Imperial Government, after consulting the British Minister at Pekin, Sir J. N. Jordan, has decided not to land troops. ...
Article : 59 wordsLONDON, Friday.--In an article to-day in the "Morning Post" the statement is made that the British Foreign Office is discussing with France the subject of ...
Article : 136 wordsGeorge Gunn, who had a small bone in his hand broken in the match between England and New South Wales, seen last night, said that he would, he thought, be available for ...
Article : 186 wordsLONDON, Friday.--In answer to Lord Charles Beresford, in the House yesterday, Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord, stated that the two cruisers belonging to the ...
Article : 57 wordsLONDON, Thursday Evening.--It is rumored that Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, is contemplating a loan of £30,000,000 for naval purposes. This is in addition to ...
Article : 85 wordsCALCUTTA, Friday.--Reports have readied here of a treacherous attack on a friendly mission sent into the Miri country, in connection with the punitive expedition ...
Article : 99 wordsThe observations of several firms in connection with feathers led the heads to believe that if feathers are fashionable, the ladies will have them, no matter how high the price. The ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 162 wordsLONDON, Friday.--The newspapers deny that the Government intends to raise a loan for naval purposes, beyond one to cover the cost of the Rosyth naval base. ...
Article : 30 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.--The Prime Minister stated to-night, when the cable message regarding the Pacific Islands was brought under his notice, that it was pleasant to know that these ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 556 wordsThe increase in the duty on braid over an inch wide will mean a corresponding rise in the charge made to ladies who wear costumes freely ornamented with braid. "It isn't likely," said ...
Article : 67 wordsLONDON, Friday.--The "Daily Telegraph" states that the five battleships of the present year's programme will have a broadside, discharging 14,000lb., as compared with the 12,500lb. ...
Article : 34 wordsSir William M'Millan (Messrs. M'Arthur and Co.) had not had time to make a thorough investigation of the advances when he was called upon. Anything like these attempts to deal ...
Article : 71 wordsLONDON, Thursday Evening.--As a result of conferences held with the British Medical Association, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd George, has given notice of several ...
Article : 90 wordsIt is interesting to note that yesterday's rain brought Sydney's total up to 48.17 inches for the year, or 22 points above the annual average. This is the first time for 10 years that the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 298 wordsHOBART, Friday.--The Premier tendered a reception to-night to Dr. Mawson and the members of his expedition, to enable the citizens to bid them farewell on their departure for the ...
Article : 326 wordsThere has been little advance in the food supplies. The duty on asparagus in tins has gone up from 3s a dozen to 5s, which is said to mean, according to Mr. W. M'Ilrath (Messrs. ...
Article : 117 wordsLISBON, Thursday Evening.--The trials have begun at Oporto of those charged with conspiracy against the republic. Dom Joaquim d'Almeida, the private secretary ...
Article : 74 wordsLONDON, Friday.--The report stage of the Insurance Bill was concluded in the House of Commons last night, when 470 Government amendments were passed with the aid of the ...
Article : 142 wordsAccording to the head of one of the big rubber firms, the trade has been hit very hard in respect of some of the crude materials--so hard, indeed, that it amounts to almost the ...
Article : 135 wordsLONDON, Thursday Evening.--The estate of the late Lord Northcote, formerly Governor General of the Australian Commonwealth, has been sworn for probate purposes at £177,073. ...
Article : 34 wordsLONDON, Thursday Evening.--Mr. Austen Chamberlain (Unionist, Worcestershire East) and Mr. Frank E. Smith, K.C. (Unionist, Walton division of Liverpool) are recommending the ...
Article : 64 wordsPurses and wallets which come under the head of jewellery, have only been raised 5 per cent., and ladies have the assurance of one of Sydney's biggest firms that there will not be ...
Article : 46 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.--An important decision, dealing with the powers of the Railway Commissioners to reduce the status of employees of the department, was given to-day by ...
Article : 149 wordsOTTAWA, Thursday Evening.--The Water Conservation Commission has submitted a report to the effect that the Canadian share of the water power of the Niagara Falls amounts ...
Article : 75 wordsSpirits and ales have escaped the attention of the reviser, and the only thing that affects the trade is a small advance in limejuice, which is scarcely worth considering. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe increase of the duty upon pianos from 20 and 25 per cent, to 35 per cent, has caused some excitement in the local import trade. One firm was smart enough to release 230 ...
Article : 114 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.--Mr. Deane, Federal Consulting Engineer, in a paper which he has prepared for the Senate, comments strongly on statements contained in a report by Mr. J. A. ...
Article : 106 wordsCAMBRIDGE (Mass.), Thursday Evening.--In consequence of the refusal of the Harvard Corporation to permit Mrs. Pankhurst (English suffragette lender) to address the University ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 174 wordsLONDON, Thursday Evening.--The Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, in a statement made in the House of Commons to-night, said he hoped the present session would be brought to an ...
Article : 50 wordsBRISBANE, Friday.--The revenue of Queensland for November was £396,568, compared with £375,089 in November last year. Railways increased £23,593. ...
Article : 58 wordsLONDON, Thursday Evening.--Lord Justice Sir William Grantham, of the King's Bench Division of thE High Court of Justice, died to-day from pneumonia. ...
Article : 195 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.--The Federal Government has determined not to encourage the discussion of the new tariff changes when they are taken in the House of Representatives ...
Article : 61 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.--Leslie Arthur Oxenbury farmer, of Darlimuria, was convicted of feloniously wounding Henry Frank Reedy, at Dandenong, on October 3. Oxenbury took ...
Article : 93 wordsADELAIDE, Friday.--In the Assembly, Mr. M'Donald drew attention to the fact that the Government of West Australia had passed a bill to grant land for the transcontinental ...
Article : 154 wordsLONDON, Thursday Evening.--The Duke of Devonshire has succeeded Lord Waldegrave as chief Conservative Whip in the House of Lords. ...
Article : 24 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.--The Conference of Liberal Organisations of Australians was brought to a conclusion last night. The conference sat in private, but it was announced that the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 191 wordsNews has been received by the naval authorities by cable from Noumea that H.M.S. Torch, which has been on a cruise embracing the Solomon Islands and the New Hebrides, with the ...
Article : 92 wordsDr. Marano, Consul for Italy, has received the following cable from the Italian Embassy in London:-- "Tripoli, November 30.--Taguira has been ...
Article : 52 wordsAn offer has, we understand, been made to the Government to take over the Wolgan Valley railway, at present owned by the Commonwealth Oil Corporation. ...
Article : 66 wordsBALLINA, Friday.--The body of the missing man, Martin Doyle, who disappeared from the steamer St. George, was found this morning under the paddle-box of the City of Grafton.It ...
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The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), Sat 2 Dec 1911, Page 13
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