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  2. BEFORE QUEEN ANNE.

    "Freedom in the governed to complain of wrongs, and readiness in rulers to redress them, constitute," says Sir Thomas Erskine May, "the ideal of a free State. Philosophers and States ...

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  3. A DREADNOUGHT FLEET.

    One feature of the Budget debate in the House of Representatives was the patriotic speech of Dr. Maloney, who went into public life, as he said, an avowed Republican, but ...

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  4. THE CITY MISSION.

    It is difficult to associate the bright, healthy, happy-looking children who appeared on the platform at the Town-hall last night with the poverty and misery amidst which so much of ...

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  5. COST OF LIVING.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), August 20.--It is now fairly safe to forecast the report of the Cost of Living Commission, appointed by the late Government. In the first place, it will be ...

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  6. THE SYSTRUM-STREET QUAGMIRE.

    Systrum-street, Ultimo, a picture of which is here given, was described at a meeting of the City Council's Health Committee on Monday as a quagmire and a disease disseminating bed. The street is a private thoroughfare, and consequently the only repairs which are made in it are done by property-owners or tenants themselves. Yesterday the Lord Mayor said he was urging the Government to-pass an amendment to the City Corporation Act to enable the council to take over Systrum-street and other private thoroughfares. If that were done the council would have them put into proper condition. Notices have been issued to the owners of several properties to demolish ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. DEATH OF MR. W. H. JUDKINS

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr. W. H. Judkins, the well-known social reformer and prominent Methodist churchman, died early this afternoon, the cause of death being cancer. He left a Australian edition of the "Review of Reviews," offered the editorship to Mr. Judkins, who accepted it. When the social reform crusade was started ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. AUTOMATIC COUPLER.

    The Shailer automatic coupler and centre buffer is the invention of Mr. P. H. Shailer, an Australian. It has for its object the doing away with outside buffers, as used on the New ...

    Article : 443 words
  9. MODERN CARGO STEAMER.

    The N.D.L. Company's new cargo steamer Rheinland, berthed at Barling Harbor, was yesterday thrown open to inspection, and had a number of visitors. ...

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  10. AN AMERICAN VISITOR.

    Mr. W. N. Black, an American civil engineer, at present visiting Sydney, and who had charge of a section of the work on the Panama Canal, stated yesterday that he was strongly of the ...

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  11. MANLY FERRY SERVICE.

    A 15 minutes' service to and from Manly is projected by the directors of the Port Jackson and Manly S.S. Company during the coming summer season. The growth of the traffic has ...

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  12. THE DEESIDE TRAGEDY.

    COONAMBLE, Tuesday.--A statement made by F. W. Koenig, the victim of the Deeside tragedy, taken before the policed magistrate, Mr. A. R. Perry, on Sunday night, an hour ...

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  13. POSTAL ELECTRICIANS.

    Before Mr. Justice Higgles in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court yesterday, the claim of the Australian Postal Electricians' Union v. the Postmaster-General and the Commonwealth ...

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  14. TEE LORD MAYOR'S OPPONENT.

    MR. CHARLES SCOTT, whom the executive of the P.L.L. has endorsed to contest Belmore Ward in the forthcoming municipal election. His opponent will be the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  15. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CLERKS.

    The sixth annual report of the Local Government Clerks' Association of New South Wales, to be presented at the conference to-day, says:-- ...

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  16. PARK AND WILLIAM STREETS.

    At the meeting of the works committee of the City Council yesterday, the City Assessor submitted a report with respect to the proposed widening of Park and William streets on ...

    Article : 225 words
  17. THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY.

    The senate of the University of Sydney met on Monday, the Chancellor (Sir Normand MacLaurin)in the chair. The following degrees were conferred in ...

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  18. R.M.S. ORSOVA AT FREMANTLE.

    FREMANTLE, Tuesday.--The Orient liner Orsova arrived from London and ports this morning at 6 o'clock, but owing to the stiff wind blowing she would not venture into the ...

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  19. TREATMENT OF "BLACKS."

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The attention of the Home Secretary has been called to a speech recently delivered by Rev. C. E. Lefroy at Adelaide, in reference to the condition of ...

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  20. DIRECT TRADE WITH HULL.

    Sir,--In your issue this morning there is a letter from Mr. Austin Wilson, in which he states we have issued a leafit on this subject. This is incorrect. We have issued to leaflet. ...

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  21. A WAREHOUSE ROBBED.

    The warehouse of Sargood Bros., 218 Kent-street, city, was visited during, Monday night by thieves, who wrenched the bolt and lock from the front door and, after securing an ...

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  22. STUD RAMS FOR ENGLAND.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Two stud rams from Mr. James Sloane and Sons' Mulwala Station Estate, Yarrawonga, have been purchased for shipment to England to the order of Mr. ...

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  23. FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    MUDGEE, Tuesday.--Mr. W. Clarke, formerly postmaster at Gulgong and Muswellbrook, who is now living privately in Sydney, has definitely decided to submit his name for selection to ...

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  24. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The number of persons in Queensland at present receiving the invalid and old-age pension is 11,614. ...

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