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  2. NEWS AND NOTES.

    The Mails.—A mail for the United Kingdom and foreign countries (superscribed correspondence only) is notified to close at the General Post Office this morning at 9.15 ...

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  3. BALKAN BLAZE.

    M. Daneff (Bulgaria) stated to an interviewer yesterday that Adrianople and the Aegean Islands must be surrendered, and that unless the Turks accepted the terms of ...

    Article : 88 words
  4. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The discussion on the report stage of the Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons yesterday was lifeless. Six clauses were reviewed and seven Government amendments ...

    Article : 39 words
  5. IRRIGATION.

    Yesterday a depuation of orchardists from the Harvey district waited upon the Premier, seeking that by some means, notwithstanding the legislative deadlock, the ...

    Article : 2,016 words
  6. TRAMWAY MEN'S WAGES.

    The Adelaide Tramway Trust paid its employees under a new scale of wages for the first time this morning. The rates were prepared by the management, and are ...

    Article : 335 words
  7. THE CIVIL SERVICE.

    At the instance of the Clerks' Union a mass meeting was held at the Alexandra Cafe, Hay-street, last night, to give consideration to a published statement that, ...

    Article : 2,449 words
  8. THE FRANCHISE BILL.

    The Committee stage of the Franchise Bill in the House of Commons will commence during the last week of the present month. ...

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  9. PROPOSED FOOD TAXES.

    An informal conference took place yesterday between Mr. Bonar Law and the Lancashire Unionists. The latter emphatically opposed the inclusion of food taxes in the ...

    Article : 67 words
  10. ALBANIAN AUTONOMY.

    The European Ambassadors yesterday recumed their conference concerning the Balkan situation. In consequence of the principle of Albanian autonomy having been ...

    Article : 45 words
  11. THE NEXT ELECTIONS.

    There have been many comments upon Mr. Asquith's hints at the possibility of an appeal to the country, and Mr. Bonar Law's acceptance of the challenge. ...

    Article : 103 words
  12. MILITARY ACTIVITY.

    There is great military activity in Turkey. Over 6,000 fresh troops are camped in the vicinity of Constantinople. Large naval orders for ammunition have been placed in ...

    Article : 46 words
  13. SERVIANS OFFEND GREEKS.

    In the Florina district of Epirus, the Servians recently occupied several villages evacuated by the Greeks. The Servians disarmed many Greeks, and ordered them ...

    Article : 54 words
  14. CHAMBER OF MINES AND POLITICS.

    The following statement in reply to the remarks of the Premier (Mr. Scaddan) as published in the "West Australian" of December 23, has been supplied by the ...

    Article : 772 words
  15. THE BUTTER TRADE.

    A summary of the report by Sir George Reid (High Commissioner for the Commonwealth) with regard to the trade in Australian butter in England has been cabled ...

    Article : 149 words
  16. TRADE UNION BILL.

    The National Conference of Miners yesterday passed a resolution declaring that although it was unable to accept anything short of a complete reversal of the Osborne ...

    Article : 52 words
  17. WAR EXPENSES.

    It is reported that the war has cost Bulgaria £29,360,000, and that Bulgaria claims from Turkey the payment of this amount as an indemnity. ...

    Article : 30 words
  18. ACTION BY BRISBANE ASSOCIATION.

    The recent award made by Mr. Justice Higgins in the Federal Arbitration Court was considered in its relation to the local Association by members of the Brisbane ...

    Article : 254 words
  19. INDUSTRIAL AFFAIRS.

    Eleven thousand men are affected by the taxi-cab strike in London. The trouble has spread to Liverpool. ...

    Article : 173 words
  20. THE TRIPOLITAN WAR.

    It is officially stated that the value of the spoils secured by the Italians in the Tripolitan war is estimated at £2,500,000, including £350,000 in cash. The spoils will be ...

    Article : 61 words
  21. NATIONAL INSURANCE.

    In an address yesterday to the advisory committee appointed under the National Insurance Act Mr. Lloyd-George (Chancellor of the Exchequer) said that 10,000 doctors ...

    Article : 139 words
  22. RAILWAY SMASH.

    Near Huntington, in West Virginia, yesterday a freight train fell through a bridge into a river, with the result that eight men were killed and 15 others were injured. The ...

    Article : 47 words
  23. THE S.S. NARRUNG.

    Replying to Mr. J. P. Farrell (Nationalist), in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. J. M. Robertson (Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Board of Trade) said that the ...

    Article : 96 words
  24. APPLICATION TO HIGH COURT.

    Sitting in Chambers this afternoon the Chief Justice of Australia (Sir Samuel Griffith) heard on application made by Mr. Feez, K.C., on behalf of the Brisbane ...

    Article : 131 words
  25. A TRAGIC HONEYMOON.

    In a railway train near Darlington yesterday a locomotive fireman, named Rowley, killed his wife with a razor and then committed suicide. The pair were returning ...

    Article : 43 words
  26. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

    The protected cruiser Melbourne, 5,600 tons, the first of the larger vessels for the Royal Australian Navy, will leave London for Australia on January 27. She will ...

    Article : 152 words
  27. FIGHTING IN TRIPOLI.

    The Bedouin Arabs attacked some Italian positions on the northern coast yesterday, but they were repulsed, with heavy loss. Italian warships assisted in shelling the ...

    Article : 36 words
  28. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    At yesterday's sitting of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the contract arranged between the Imperial Government and the Marconi Company, Mr. Gandil, ...

    Article : 138 words
  29. Y.A.L. TOUR.

    A contingent of 132 lads, chiefly from the goldfields and farming districts of Western Australia in charge of Mr. J. J. S[?] arrived in Melbourne to-day on a month's ...

    Article : 181 words
  30. INTER-STATE CRICKET.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 299 words
  31. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Yesterday Count Tisza and Count Karolyn fought a sabre duel, which lasted for an hour, and consisted of 32 bouts. The combatants both received slight wounds, and ...

    Article : 363 words
  32. COLONIAL GOVERNORS.

    Replying to Mr. J. C. Wedgwood, in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Lewis Harcourt (Secretary of State for the Colonies), said he was considering regulations to ...

    Article : 79 words
  33. FIGHTING IN TIBET.

    Advices from Ching-tu, in the extreme south-west of China, state that a few days ago Chinese troops showed reluctance to follow their officers over a little-known and ...

    Article : 81 words
  34. THE CHINN CHARGES.

    Consideration was given by the Federal Cabinet to-day to the formal appointment of Mr. Justice Hodges, of the Victorian Supreme Court, as a Royal Commission to ...

    Article : 122 words
  35. NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS.

    The by-election for the Blayney seat in the Legislative Assembly, rendered necessary by the resignation of Mr. Beeby as a member of the McGowen Ministry, and of ...

    Article : 211 words
  36. BRITISH CIVIL SERVICE.

    Persons giving evidence before the Royal Commission on the Civil Service stated that the whole of the upper staff of the Education Department had been recruited by ...

    Article : 73 words
  37. VICTORIA.

    A few months ago so flourishing was the builkling trade that contractors had great difficulty in obtaining labour, but with the tightness of the money market building has ...

    Article : 101 words
  38. THE WAVERLEY TRAGEDY.

    Frederick Adams was arrested early this morning in connection with the shooting of Lilian Lambert, a young married woman, at Waverley, on Wednesday night. He ...

    Article : 72 words
  39. MOBBING A REFEREE.

    The majority of the newspapers of Paris regret the fact that the spectators mobbed the English referee at the Franco-Scottish Rugby football match yesterday, although ...

    Article : 66 words
  40. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Mary Walker is recovering from the wound in her neck which was inflicted at Erskineville yesterday by Robert Knight, who directly afterwards killed himself. ...

    Article : 77 words
  41. DEADLY ICE CREAM.

    Over 100 cases of ptomainc poisoning have occurred in Wanganui during the past two days, the majority being traceable to icecream. Several of the cases are severe, but ...

    Article : 42 words
  42. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 269 words
  43. SHOOTING WITH INTENT.

    In the Central Police Court to-day, Vera Moore, 17 years of age, was charged with having shot at Annie Joyce with intent. Mrs. Annie Joyce said:—I was passing the ...

    Article : 98 words
  44. DISASTROUS FIRE.

    A sensational fire occurred at Pomona, on the North Coast line, this evening. The Pomona Hotel, Potter's large store, Bull's butchering establishment, Cunningham and ...

    Article : 71 words
  45. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The State Government has received an intimation from the Federal Government that on and after January 1, 1914, the Commonwealth staff will take over the management ...

    Article : 40 words
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