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  2. THE SHADOW OF UNEMPLOYMENT.

    The darkest shadow on the homeland, apart from the heavy burden of the war itself, is the resultant danger and evil of unemployment (says a London paper of ...

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  3. BANKING MATTERS.

    A certain amount of misfortune dogged the governor of the Commonwealth Bank (Mr. Denison Miller) upon his arrival in Perth from the Eastern States a few ...

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  4. PERSONAL.

    At last night's meeting of the North Perth Council the Mayor (Mr. E. W. Waugh) announced that he had decided not to contest the Mayoralty at the ...

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  5. THE WEATHER.

    Fine weather was general over the State yesterday morning, and the only rain recorded during the previous 48 hours was 6 points at Eucla. Moderately warm ...

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  6. ON PARADE.

    The human stream which broke over the embankments of the railway station and deluged the city highways was at its full flood when chance flung me on to an island ...

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  7. INTERVIEW WITH EARL ROBERTS.

    The appointment of Field-Marshal Earl Roberts as Colonel-in-Chief of the Oversea Forces which have volunteered for service at the front is an honour which will be ...

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  8. WHY GERMANY MADE WAR?

    The London "Times" of August 14 publishes the following letter from its Berlia correspondent:— Every day that passes obscures still ...

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  9. WAR PENALTIES.

    Interesting comments on the European situation were made by Professor A. W. Kirkaldy, Professor of Finance in the University of Birmingham, when he paid a ...

    Article : 541 words
  10. GERMAN TRADE THROUGH GERMAN EYES.

    The "Vorwaerts" of August 6 has an article headed "The Law of Blockade and Capture at Sea," which it precedes by a quotation from a speech by Sir Edward ...

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  11. THE MENACE OF KAISERDOM.

    The New York correspondent of the London "Times" telegraphed as follows on August 13:—Generally speaking, the efforts of the ...

    Article : 593 words
  12. A THREATENED ENGLAND.

    G. R. Sims writes these moving lines in the London "Referee" on the haunting theme of a threatened England:—"Sometimes when the August days are ...

    Article : 389 words
  13. VICTORIA.

    Sarah Dabscheck, aged 27 years, who, with her mother, father, sister, and brother, was rescued under sensational circumstances from the fire which destroyed ...

    Article : 54 words
  14. KINDLY WIT.

    Alfred Ohichele Plowden, the well-known London police magistrate, has tendered his resignation. The most vivid magistrate who has sat in a London Police court for ...

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  15. TRAGEDY AT LISMORE.

    Edith Mulvena, aged 19, a married woman, was shot dead at her home in Lismore on Saturday night. There had been a disagreement during the day between the ...

    Article : 209 words
  16. CAVALRY RIFLES.

    There is considerable agitation in military circles for the adoption of the shorter-barrelled rifle for use in the cavalry (observes a New York contemporary). The ...

    Article : 118 words
  17. THE NAVAL POSITION.

    Lieutenant L. Menzies, R.N., writes in a London contemporary:—In Britain's present great naval war against the German and Austrian battle fleets nobody, ...

    Article : 235 words
  18. FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    Following is the final list of the Federal election figures:—Senate.—Givens, 152,842; Ferricks, 152,322; Maughan, 152,177; Stewart, 151,408; ...

    Article : 110 words
  19. THE GALLOPING KITCHEN.

    "Since an army marches on its stomach, the greatest battle of all times involves the greatest catering feat of all times." says the London "Evening News." "Two ...

    Article : 547 words
  20. SURFACE CRAFT.

    The "United Service Gazette" (London) of August 20 says:—It is somewhat curious that after so keen a controversy in the Press, initiated by so great an authority ...

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  21. SPANISH SYMPATHIES.

    The Seville correspondent of the London "Times" writes on August 11:—Belated newspapers have arrived here containing reports of the speech of Sir Edward Grey, ...

    Article : 140 words
  22. THE NEW FRANCE.

    The Paris correspondent of the London "Times," writing on August 20, remarked: Now that the general mobilisation of France is practically complete it is ...

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  23. SMALL-POX IN SYDNEY.

    Several cases of small-pox have been discovered in Sydney. The disease is of a mild type. Prompt precautions have been taken to prevent a spread, and all contacts have ...

    Article : 41 words
  24. THE POET'S REWARD.

    There was born in Naples on July 28 1458, Jacopo Sanazaro, who was to live to receive one of the greatest sums ever paid for a poem. He wrote six lines of ...

    Article : 165 words
  25. GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK.

    The first news of the British Fleet since the commencement of the war was issued on Monday morning by the Admiralty (says a London contemporary of August 15). ...

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  26. THE PANAMA EXHIBITION.

    A decision that Victoria should take part in the Australian display at the Panama Exhibition, was arrived at by Cabinet to-night. ...

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  27. VICTORIAN ROYAL SHOW.

    The Royal Show was concluded yesterday. The railway bookings for the week were less than for many years past. They amounted to £51,676, as against £110,181 ...

    Article : 39 words
  28. THE LAW COURTS.

    Nisi Prius.—At 10.30 a.m., in No. 1 Court, before the Acting Chief Justice and a jury: R. Bushby (plaintiff) and S. B. Alexander (defendant), part heard. ...

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  29. NEW ZEALAND.

    The barque Anglo Norman 762 tons, which was sailing from Dunedin to Kaipara, ran ashore on the north spit at Kaipara, and has become a total wreck. The crew ...

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