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  2. THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,516 words
  3. THE ORDER OF ECONOMY.

    The extravagance caused by the distribution of different Government departments and sub-departments through various private buildings, the tenancy of ...

    Article : 555 words
  4. CANADA AND THE EMPIRE.

    In the Canadian House of Commons yesterday the Prime Minister, Sir Wilfried Laurier, replying to questions with regard to the forthcoming Imperial ...

    Article : 406 words
  5. AMERICAN WHEAT GAMBLING.

    Owing to Mr. Ogden Armour having purchased 1,000,000 bushels of wheat at Chicago at 5s. 5d. per bushel, Mr. James Patten, the "Wheat King," yesterday ...

    Article : 855 words
  6. FEDERAL POLITICAL SITUATION.

    A long interview took place between Mr. Deakin and Sir John Forrest to-day, and the Federal political situation was discussed from every point of view, Mr. ...

    Article : 391 words
  7. NEWS AND NOTES.

    The Mails.—A mail for the Eastern States will close at the G.P.O. to-morrow at 9.15 a.m. (late fee 10 a.m.), for transmission by the s.s. Yongala. The ...

    Article : 3,074 words
  8. GREAT BRITAIN'S LACK OF EMPLOYMENT.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, explained a Bill which he will introduce to-day to establish early ...

    Article : 274 words
  9. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, estimates that the new estate duties will, after next year, yield £7,425,000, and that the income tax will ...

    Article : 309 words
  10. A DISASTROUS HURRICANE.

    News was received to-day from Tonga that the island of Ninanoon was struck by a terrific hurricane on April 13. Starting inland of the trading stations, it ...

    Article : 226 words
  11. THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LOAN.

    The Western Australian 3½ per cent loan of £1,445,000, issued at £96 10s. will be repayable from 1935 to 1955. A half-year's interest will be payable on ...

    Article : 540 words
  12. SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE.

    Definiteness in regard to the personnel of the Commission to inquire into the metropolitan drainage and sewerage scheme has at last been reached. The ...

    Article : 257 words
  13. THE COMMAND OF THE SEAS.

    The Berlin "Post" taunts Great Britain with inability to maintain the two-Power naval standard. She is, that journal declares, closely watching the North ...

    Article : 77 words
  14. BARRIER LABOUR TROUBLE.

    The question on the papers in a ballot taken to-day was: "Do you agree with the decision of the combined unions at Port Pirie to resume work?" The ...

    Article : 114 words
  15. IMPERIAL PRESS CONFERENCE.

    The Australian delegates en route to London to attend the Imperial Press Conference are the guests of the civic authorities at Ottawa. Yesterday they ...

    Article : 73 words
  16. BLACKMAIL IN NEW YORK.

    Governor Hughes, of the State of New York, has signed a Bill increasing the maximum term of imprisonment for blackmail from five years to 15 years. ...

    Article : 38 words
  17. THE LATE MISS FITTS.

    The will of the late Miss Mildred Fitts, who died at St. Vincent's Hospital on April 24 last, and in connection with whose death Harcourt Whipple Ellis now ...

    Article : 297 words
  18. A STEAMER WEDGED IN ICE.

    The s.s. Mongolian (4,838 tons), belonging to the Allan line, is wedged in an ice-jam in St. John's Harbour, Newfoundland. The passengers have been ...

    Article : 47 words
  19. INTER-STATE.

    Professor Kerr Grant, who succeeded Professor Bragg at the Adelaide University, was badly burnt on the right leg on Wednesday by the overturning of a ...

    Article : 464 words
  20. TRAFFIC IN OPIUM.

    A couple of months ago Ah Way and Edward Merchant in a small steamer were chased by Customs officers after having been seen to pick up something ...

    Article : 323 words
  21. TURKEY'S TROUBLES.

    A state of siege prevails at Shileh, a Turkish town on the Black Sea, owing to the presence of soldiers who escaped from Constantinople. ...

    Article : 49 words
  22. MISCELLANEOUS.

    At Lille, in France, 66 miles from Calais, yesterday, five buildings containing 1,800,000lb. of sugar and 800,000lb. of flax, valued at £250,000, were ...

    Article : 141 words
  23. FIRE IN A BEDROOM.

    At about half-past 10 o'clock last night Sergeant Moore, of the West Perth police station, was informed that a man and woman had been severely injured by fire ...

    Article : 281 words
  24. LONDON'S UNLET MUNICIPAL LANDS.

    The Progressives in the London County Council are strongly opposing a proposal to sell freeholds, in Holborn, on the Strand and in Westminister. Alderman ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. STATE CHILDREN'S CONGRESS

    At the State Children's Congress to-day it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. Gray (South Australia)—."That this Congress heartily approves of the system of ...

    Article : 315 words
  26. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    A deputation from the Trades Hall Council to-day waited on the Minister for Customs to urge upon him the necessity for piacing an export duty on wheat ...

    Article : 397 words
  27. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 40 words
  28. PERSONAL.

    Although not yet out of danger, Mr. F. H. Piesse is slowly recovering from the sudden illness which recently prostrated him. On inquiry last night ...

    Article : 276 words
  29. A PRISON GENIUS.

    The Premier (Mr. Murray) to-day visited Pentridge and inspected the gaol farm stock, the condition of which has recently been criticised severaly. While ...

    Article : 157 words
  30. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    The Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. H. Mahon), Mr. Fraser, M.H.R., and Messrs. Henderson and Needham, members of the Federal Senate, returned ...

    Article : 97 words
  31. "WESTERN MAIL."

    An excellent portrait of Lieutenant Shackleton appears among the illustrations in this week's "Western Mail." Portraits of Messrs. Keenan, Mitchell, and ...

    Article : 307 words
  32. OUR NEW GOVERNOR.

    Sir Gerald Strickland and party left Hobart this afternoon by the steamer Moana for Melbourne, en route to Western Australia. They were accorded a ...

    Article : 93 words
  33. EDUCATION IN VICTORIA.

    The Minister for Education (Mr. A. A. Billson) announced at Shepparton to-day that the Ministry intended to extend the sphere of educational operations ...

    Article : 101 words
  34. A NEW SHIPPING AGREEMENT.

    A new agreement regulating wages and hours of work has been entered into between the Coastal Steamship Association of New South Wales and the ...

    Article : 75 words
  35. MARANOA MINING FATALITY.

    The inquiry into the death of William Raleigh, the victim of the recent accident at the Maranoa mine, was concluded yesterday. The evidence ...

    Article : 121 words
  36. THE LAW LIST.

    Full Court.—At 10.30 a.m., before the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Burhside: The Crown and Murray and Co., Ltd. (part heard). ...

    Article : 52 words
  37. Advertising

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    Advertising : 383 words
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