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  2. TO-DAY'S PAPER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 368 words
  3. MEXICO.

    WASHINGTON, Friday.--Mr. W. J. Bryan, Secretary of State, has informed the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Senate, that it would be inadvisable to precipitate a discussion on ...

    Article : 121 words
  4. TOLLS EXEMPTION.

    WASHINGTON, Thursday.--President Wilson personally addressed Congress on the Panama Tolls Exemption Bill. He stated that he would be unable to know how to deal with other and ...

    Article : 221 words
  5. STATE TAXATION.

    It is only with much difficulty that the daily papers have extracted from the State Government some of the proposals for raising additional revenue. But a weekly paper, the ...

    Article : 924 words
  6. IRONWORKERS' STRIKE.

    The strike in the iron trade was not ended by the mass meeting of the men held yesterday afternoon at the Protestant-hall. There was a crowded attendance, and ...

    Article : 583 words
  7. THE MEAT STRIKE.

    After about four weeks of dislocation of the meat industry of Sydney, the strike was settled last night. Representatives of both parties and the ...

    Article : 349 words
  8. SIGNIFICANT SIGNS.

    LONDON, Friday.--The "Daily Telegraph" states that the Governor of the Bank of England has conveyed the directors' views to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Lloyd George, ...

    Article : 180 words
  9. BRITISH POLITICS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The army estimates total £28,845,000, including £1,000,000 for the aviation corps. The Civil Service estimates total £21,036,650. ...

    Article : 185 words
  10. BLOODLESS NAVAL BATTLE.

    NOGALES, Sonora, Thursday.--The first naval engagement of the Mexican revolt ended without bloodshed. The rival vessels, the rebel gunboat Tampico and the Federal warships ...

    Article : 42 words
  11. THE BILL INTRODUCED.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. A. Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, introduced the Home Rule Bill amid loud Ministerial and Nationalist cheers. ...

    Article : 53 words
  12. A GENERAL'S SON.

    EL PASO, TEXAS, Friday.--General Luis Terrazas has appealed to the United States to save his son, who is held by General Villa for ransom amounting to £50,000. ...

    Article : 120 words
  13. THE INFANTRY.

    Colonel Seely, Secretary of State for War, in a memorandum on the War Office Estimates, admits a deficiency of 8000 men in the Infantry, though the total establishment shows an ...

    Article : 64 words
  14. 'FRISCO EXHIBITION.

    LONDON, Friday.--Members of the House of Commons, to the number of 350, representing all parties, and including Mr. Bonar Law, leader of the Opposition, Mr. A. J. Balfour, Mr. ...

    Article : 65 words
  15. INDIAN CURRENCY.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Indian Currency Commission recommends that a gold standard reserve should be kept in London, but at least half should be in actual gold. ...

    Article : 105 words
  16. NEW BILLS INTRODUCED.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. J. A. Pease, President of the Board of Education, introduced the Plural Voting Bill to-day. Mr. R. M'Kenna, Home Secretary, introduced ...

    Article : 46 words
  17. TERMS OF SETTLEMENT.

    Following are the terms of settlement:-- 1. That the men return to work forthwith on the rates of pay existing on February 1 last, and the Minister refer to the Board ...

    Article : 255 words
  18. AGAINST PARTICIPATION.

    PARIS, Friday.--The feeling against participation in the San Francisco Exhibition is growing, owing chiefly to dissatisfaction with the American Customs methods. ...

    Article : 49 words
  19. GERMAN COMMENT.

    BERLIN, Friday.--The newspapers strongly criticise America's helplessness in Mexico, declaring that by permitting the importation of arms America lent practical support to the ...

    Article : 40 words
  20. RETURNING OFFICERS

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Federal Cabinet has decided to appoint a permanent divisional returning officer in each one of the electoral divisions of the mainland of the Commonwealth. ...

    Article : 478 words
  21. A BENEFACTOR DEAD.

    HARTFORD, Connecticut, Thursday.--Henry Green, the pioneer manufacturer of X-ray tubes, is dead. A cancerous growth on the liver was induced by X-ray poison. He was the first to ...

    Article : 62 words
  22. THE FIRST SERVICE.

    It was an old manuscript book, bound in card board covers, but the careful way in which the members of the Australian Historical Society handled it denoted that it was very ...

    Article : 465 words
  23. FAVORABLE BALLOT CERTAIN.

    At the men's meeting yesterday the decision on the voices was in favor of returning to work, but a ballot being demanded, it was resolved this be taken on Monday. ...

    Article : 60 words
  24. BANISHMENT CLAUSE.

    CAPETOWN, Thursday Evening.--After a continuous debate which lasted for 24 hours, the House of Assembly decided to retain the names of the deported Labor leaders in the ...

    Article : 131 words
  25. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  26. AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER.

    The American Trade Commissioners now in Sydney express themselves as delighted at the suggestion that there should be a Commonwealth High Commissioner for America. "We ...

    Article : 445 words
  27. SHACKLETON EXPEDITION.

    LONDON, Friday.--Sir Ernest Shackleton has already received £50,000 towards the cost of his Antarctic Expedition. The leader declines to go further in the ...

    Article : 52 words
  28. A GREAT RELIEF.

    The Premier, Mr. Holman, stated last night that he was exceedingly pleased to know that an agreement had at last been arrived at. It would be a great relief to everybody to know ...

    Article : 183 words
  29. THE LOST SUBMARINE.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Three battleships, three destroyers, and 13 submarines were present at the funeral ceremony above the sunken submarine A7. The service was concluded ...

    Article : 46 words
  30. "A FARCE."

    LONDON, Friday.--The Labor newspapers describe the proposal to send Mr. Tom Mann to South Africa as a farce. The "Labor Leader" says that Mr. Mann is ...

    Article : 44 words
  31. TO-DAY.

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  32. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

    Speaking at the opening of additions to the Burwood Superior Public School, Mr. Carmichael (Minister for Education) spoke of the increase that was made during 1913 in ...

    Article : 291 words
  33. LABOR FOR THE SOLOMONS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Sir William Lever, who presided at Lever Bros.', Ltd., annual meeting, referring to the shortage of labor in the Solomon Islands, said he could not see the ...

    Article : 52 words
  34. DEPARTED "SPIRITS."

    Mr. Charles Bailey, the medium at the demonstration given in Leigh House on Thursday night, replied last night to the statements published in "The Daily Telegraph," in regard ...

    Article : 465 words
  35. EMPLOYERS' ARRANGEMENTS.

    Although it was expected that practically the whole of the shops in the metropolitan area would be open yesterday afternoon, the number open was actually less than that of ...

    Article : 476 words
  36. REVOLT IN BRAZIL.

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Thursday.--The Government has sent a force against the revolutionaries in the province of Ceara, Brazil. The sudden proclamation of martial law in Rio ...

    Article : 81 words
  37. HIGH COURT AND CONSTITUTION.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--During argument in the tramway appeal cases before the High Court to-day, Mr. Mitchell, K.C., leading counsel for the Brisbane Tramway Company, was ...

    Article : 293 words
  38. "MAKING A CATSPAW."

    ADELAIDE, Friday.--The ex-Attorney-General, Mr. Denny, gave evidence before the Commonwealth Electoral Commission to-day. The Chairman said: As chairman of this ...

    Article : 293 words
  39. TROUBLED ALBANIA.

    VIENNA, Thursday.--The Prince of Wied[?] and his Consort embarked at Trieste for Durazzo. The international fleet escorted the Prince's vessel. ...

    Article : 43 words
  40. THE SLEEPER CONTRACT.

    Yesterday the Prime Minister (Mr. Cook), the Assistant Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Kelly), and the Premier of West Australia (Mr. Seaddan) were in conference on the ...

    Article : 106 words
  41. CHURCHES' RE-UNION.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--The recent successful Melbourne congress on the reunion of the churches is about to have important international, as well as Australian, results. ...

    Article : 195 words
  42. GILT FOR GOLD.

    BROKEN-HILL, Friday.--Thos. Henry Kirby and Harold Stafford Green were committed for trial to the Sessions to-day on a charge of false pretences by pretending that certain ...

    Article : 68 words
  43. COMMONWEALTH BISLEY.

    BRISBANE, Friday.--The rifle shooting contest to decide the two Queensland representatives in the Bisley team was concluded to-day. A. L. Halliday was first, with a grand total of ...

    Article : 110 words
  44. PROGRESS OF CONSTRUCTION.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--Steady progress is now being made with the construction of the railway from Kalgoorlie to Port Augusta. At the end of February the permanent survey on ...

    Article : 110 words
  45. SUNDAY TENNIS.

    BRISBANE, Friday.--The Methodist Conference carried a resolution viewing with misgiving the increase in Sabbath desecration throughout the State, and noticing with regret ...

    Article : 78 words
  46. ISLAND MURDER.

    SUVA, Friday.--At Taviuni on February 22 an Indian attacked another with a cane-knife, inflicting fearful injuries, which resulted in death one hour later. The crime is ...

    Article : 46 words
  47. COOLEBAR REFLOATED.

    The steamer Coolebar, which went aground at Shark Island, on the Macleay River, was floated off at 3 o'clock yesterday morning apparently uninjured. ...

    Article : 26 words
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