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  2. PEOPLE AND THINGS IN INDIA.

    Of all the odd things in India the very oddest is its religion. The British Empire is itself a bundle of paradoxes—racial, social, political. It is the ...

    Article : 397 words
  3. CORRESPONDENCE

    Sir,—In your issue of the 2nd inst., a "Business Man" complains of an abomenable street rrgan." On the date mentioned I was in Launceston ,with my ...

    Article : 172 words
  4. COMMONWEALTH.

    The Military Board has recommended bending four officers and two non-commissioned officers to England yearly, instead of two, as at the present. Two ...

    Article : 49 words
  5. HOBART & SOUTH

    The directors of the Australian Natives' Association have decided to offer a gold medal to the student at the continuous classes during the year ...

    Article : 46 words
  6. THE COMING ELECTIONS.

    Mr. W. H. T. Brown has decided to contest the Queenborough seat at the coming elections. ...

    Article : 21 words
  7. ASSOCIATION OF UNIONS.

    When the Federal Trade Marks Act was passed, Mr. Watson, leader of the Labour party, and Mr. Tudor, secretary of the same party, addressed a circular ...

    Article : 165 words
  8. A ZEALOUS OFFICER.

    A minute has been received by the Attorney-General of the resolution passed by the Westbury Municipal Council, commending the services during the year of ...

    Article : 37 words
  9. SWEEP MONEY AND BLACKMAIL.

    Sir, — Your article and also the a letters which have appeared in the "Examiner" during the last fortnight have been interesting, and ...

    Article : 525 words
  10. OPENING UP TRACKS.

    The Minister of Lands and Works has approved of a track being cut from Weir's Surprise claim to Kay's diggings, at the junction of the Arthur and ...

    Article : 83 words
  11. THE WORSHIP OF THE GUTTER.

    If anybody desires to know how bestial Hindu worship can be let him climb the steep ghaut to the Napaulese temple on the bank of the Ganges, and follow ...

    Article : 319 words
  12. HOW CAN ANYONE BELIEVE IT?

    The puzzle is how can sane men under the light of civilised skies credit such an absurd mythology, or persist in worshipping in such monstrous temples? It ...

    Article : 132 words
  13. MILITARY DEFENCES.

    As to the alleged finding of plans and fortifications, the facts are that when the steamer Australia was here on November 19 Kane Matsu and Nishi Kawa, ...

    Article : 129 words
  14. TICK-INFESTED SHEEP.

    At the Police Court at Outlands to- day John Cummings pleaded guilty to having sheep yarded at Parattah infested with ticks, and was fined £1 and ...

    Article : 32 words
  15. PORT OF ST. HELEN'S.

    To-day Messrs. J. G. Davies and T. Haley, representing the residents of St. Helen's, waited on the Premier with regard to making St. Helen's a separate ...

    Article : 73 words
  16. THE FLAW IN THE HINDOO MIND.

    But there is a curious flaw in the Indian intellect. It has no sense that truth and falschood are eternal apposites; that a thing cannot both be and ...

    Article : 160 words
  17. AGGRESSIVE IDOLATRY.

    The awakening of a new mood of hope, or, at least, of self-content, in the idolatry of Hinduism is one of the oddest phenomena of India itself; but it is ...

    Article : 433 words
  18. INLAND WIRES

    The Chief Justice (Sir John Dodds) arrived here to-night from Zeehan. He is improved in health. Senator Mulcahy arrived by the same train. ...

    Article : 48 words
  19. MINISTERIAL

    The Premier proposes to leave for Launceston by express on Monday, and on Tuesday, in fulfilment of the promise made some time since, he will ...

    Article : 82 words
  20. A NON-MORAL RELIGION.

    Hinduism in the concrete is thus a bundle of the most incredible follies, and yet its folly is the most harmless feature. lt is essentially non-moral, or even ...

    Article : 478 words
  21. THE WEATHER.

    The sky has been overcast all day. This morning a shower of rain fell, which gladderred the hearts of all. ...

    Article : 24 words
  22. THE WONDERFUL BABU.

    And the result of all this is that the Bengal Babu with the caste mark outside his forehead and the knowledge which triumphs over a whole procession ...

    Article : 436 words
  23. EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENTS

    At a meeting of the Executive Council to-day Mr. J. E. Mackenzic was appointed a J.P. for Fingal, and Mr. L. N. Murdoch a J.P. for Glenorchy. Mr. ...

    Article : 142 words
  24. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    This morning Mr. Dowsett, the representative of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co., met several wardens of the Mersey Marine Board and the chairman ...

    Article : 127 words
  25. INTERSTATE MAILS—THE LOONGANA QUESTION.

    Sir,—In reply to Warden Sadler's remarks criticising my statements bearing upon the suggested improved mail service between Melbourne and Tasmania, ...

    Article : 1,601 words
  26. ENCOURAGING IMMIGRATION

    Mr. H. C. M. Lambert, from the Imperial immigration staff, who has been travelling through the Commonwealth for the purpose of obtaining information ...

    Article : 157 words
  27. THE WEATHER.

    A smart shower fell about 11 a.m., but was insufficient to lay the dust. The sky, however, continued overcast, with a close atmosphere, and it was hoped ...

    Article : 40 words
  28. HINDUISM IN THE CONRETE.

    The practical man, of course, tries all the creeds by practical tests. Not what the idolatry of India is when seen through the softening lens of literary ...

    Article : 408 words
  29. WESTERN NEWS.

    After a long spell of intensely hot weather, steady rain started to fall this evening, with every appearance of continuing through the night. ...

    Article : 108 words
  30. THE "ALL RED" ROUTE.

    In another column the Union S.S. Co., by special advertisement, draw attention to the excursions by the "All Red" route between Australia and Canada, by ...

    Article : 365 words
  31. BETTER ELEMENTS.

    It would be absurd, of course, to deny that there are both some elements of truth and some forces which make for goodness in a creed of 200,000,000 of ...

    Article : 273 words
  32. ANNIVERSARY AT PROSPECT

    At the anniversary services in connection with the Prospect Congregational Church sermons were preached by the Rev. M. Massie in the afternoon, in ...

    Article : 215 words
  33. FIRE PROMPTLY EXTINGUISHED.

    A four-roomed house in Westwood- street, owned by Mrs. Lucy Clements, narrowly escaped destruction from fire to-night. A man named Wilson, living ...

    Article : 69 words
  34. Advertising

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    Advertising : 12 words
  35. THREASHING AT CRESSY.

    Threshing is in full swing now, and the results are very disappointing to many; in fact, upsetting many laid down rules. Some fallowed land of very fair ...

    Article : 93 words
  36. SPRAINED ANKLE, STIFF NECK, LAME SHOULDER.

    These are three common ailments for which Chamberlain's Pain Balm is especially valuable. If promptly applied, it will save you time, money and suffering ...

    Article : 40 words
  37. HEADACHE CANNOT EXIST

    When Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are taken. Their marvellous influence on the liver and bowels puts an end to it every time. They follow Nature's ...

    Article : 49 words
  38. GENERAL DEIFICATION.

    The objects of worship in Hinduism range from the small-pox to the cow, and even to the excrete of a cow. The farmer prays to his plough, the ...

    Article : 284 words
  39. WHAT ARE HINDOO VIRTUES?

    A distinguished Indian official, who had administered a great district, writes to me protesting that, "thought the taint of indecency is widely spread through ...

    Article : 305 words
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