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  2. SEEN AND HEARD

    The man behind the farm is the factor that makes for success or otherwise, and, according to our correspondents on the Downs, farms where up-to-date methods ...

    Article : 927 words
  3. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTES

    "A platelayers' gang on the Cleveland duplication works struck work on Monday night on account of one of their number having been dismissed by the ...

    Article : 111 words
  4. "OBSERVER" WEATHER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 104 words
  5. THE BOTTOMLESS PIT.

    The Commonwealth Government is out on a financial orgy. When the present dubious methods of raising the wind are no longer responsive there will be further exploiting of the sources of revenue of the States for the wherewitbal to dump into the bottomless pit of Federal extravagance.—Current comment. State Treasurer: "I say, old chap, would you mind leaving me the pocket?" ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 65 words
  6. DEATH OF MISS ROWLANDS.

    SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. XMAS PRESENTS IN GREAT VARIETY. GEMS, ART JEWELLERY—SILVERWARE—WATCHES AND SPECTACLES. At THE GEM STORE. ...

    Article : 464 words
  7. THE MOUNT LYELL CO.

    Unless calm reason prevails there is a strong probability that the Mount Lyell Mine will have to go through another industrial struggle. A number of men have ...

    Article : 181 words
  8. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 298 words
  9. SHIPPING.

    Dec. 19—MATARAM, 3273 tons Capt. [?], from [?] Pasengers; Me[?], chie, L. Fe[?], J. Au[?] E. Ryan, [?] and child. Newman, S[?] and child, ...

    Article : 1,210 words
  10. THE RAILWAY DISPUTE.

    The executive of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants have received scores of resolutions passed at meetings of the men demanding the publication of ...

    Article : 102 words
  11. COAL MINERS AND THE MINIMUM WAGE.

    At a conference of coal miners it is understood the latter modified their proposals with regard to the fixing of a minimum wage, and are prepared to discuss ...

    Article : 75 words
  12. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT

    In the Senate to-day Senator Pearce introduced a Bill to authorise the Pacific Cable Board to lay a submarine cable between Australia and New Zealand. ...

    Article : 692 words
  13. TARIFF ALTERATIONS

    Consideration was resumed in Committee of the Tariff Bill. Item 177, electrical machines, was altered, so that the duty on dynamo machines up to 200 h.p., electric ...

    Article : 371 words
  14. A SYDNEY SENSATION

    At about a quarter to 5 o’clock this morning Henry Archer Bray, aged 28, a butener, residing at 78 [?]tith-street, Leichhardt, was shot three times by his ...

    Article : 410 words
  15. FIRE ON THE BIELEFELD

    The fire brigade has smothered a fire on the steamer Bi[?]eld at Port Pirie. Water was pumped into No. 4 hatch continuously, and at midnight the battens ...

    Article : 199 words
  16. THE OBSERVER AND EVENING BRISBANE COURIER. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1911.

    Words were givan us to disguise our thoughts, said a sage. Words certainly have been given to the Legislative Assembly to conceal its meaning. When the ...

    Article : 1,406 words
  17. ROYAL VISIT TO INDIA

    Land values here have increased fourfold since the announcement of the transfer of the capital. D[?]LHI, Tuesday Afternoon. ...

    Article : 69 words
  18. THE A.W.U.

    Following is the result of the different ballots taken among members of the Longreach branch of the Australian Workers' Union:— ...

    Article : 146 words
  19. OVERLAND PASSENGERS.

    To Brisbane: Messrs. Joyner, [?], Small, Flower, Wilson, Stirling, Henderson. Riche, Mr. and Mrs. Hall. Misses Pu[?]cell, Power, Maris. To Toowoomba: Messrs. L[?]nd[?]ey, B[?]ba, H[?]lgh. ...

    Article : 158 words
  20. FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVICE

    The Prime Minister to-day introduced a Bill to amend the Commonwealth Public Service Act in relation to the permanant staff list, the classification of the clerical ...

    Article : 360 words
  21. SPY PANIC IN GERMANY

    The newspapers publish further stories with regard to Wilhelmshaven, and add that the reason why the German fleet remained at sea was not to guard against ...

    Article : 153 words
  22. ABORIGINAL TRAGEDY

    The magisterial inquiry concerning the death of the aboriginal woman Louisa was continued to-day. Acting Sergeant Price gave evidence that he received a telephone ...

    Article : 214 words
  23. RAILWAY DISASTERS

    A car was wreeked on a s[?] ra[?]way here, and three persons were killed. An employee named Roscoe Agers, although his hands were burned to the bone, ...

    Article : 132 words
  24. MAILS OUTWARD.

    All Australian States and New Zealand (via Sydney)—overland, daily, 6 a.m. Gladstone and Rockhampton—overland, Mondays, 6.30 a.m.; Tuesdays and Fridays, 7.45 p.m.; ...

    Article : 257 words
  25. H.M.S. TORCH DISABLED

    H.M.S. Psyche, which made her trial trip to Noumea, New Caledonia, to tow H.M.S. Torch back to Sydney, arrived in Port Jackson this afternoon with the ...

    Article : 104 words
  26. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    It is estimated by the Government statistician (Mr. Trivett) that the wheat crop of the State amounts to 23,372,000 bushels, or an average of 1.31 bushels per ...

    Article : 37 words
  27. THE N.S.W. SPEAKER

    The remarkable experiences of Mr. Willis as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly were added to last night, when he was hooted out of the chair by members ...

    Article : 207 words
  28. A Northern Territory Picnic.

    According to present intentions (our special representative in Melbourne wired last night) the Federal visit to the Northern Territory is to commence about ...

    Article : 61 words
  29. SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    Edward William Gleeson, sharebroker, was sentenced to one year's imprisonment to-day for breaches of insolvency laws. The examination into his affairs has been in ...

    Article : 232 words
  30. THE MOROCCAN QUESTION

    Speaking in the Moroccan debate in the Chamber of Deputies, the Prime Minister, M. Caillaux, stated that the possession of Algeria and Tunis by France made the ...

    Article : 100 words
  31. POWERFUL'S DEPARTURE.

    H.M.S. Powerful, the flagship of the Australian Station, after having done duty here for six years under three Admirals, started to-day on her farewell ...

    Article : 94 words
  32. Heavy Railway Traffic.

    The passenger traffic on the railways has been exceptionally heavy during the just few days, and the mail trains for the South have been running in two ...

    Article : 53 words
  33. WRECK OF A STEAMER

    Five survivors from the French steamer Vilie de Carthage, a vessel of 1965 tons register, which was wrecked in the Bay of Biscay, have been landed at Las Palmas, ...

    Article : 54 words
  34. FLOODS AT SWANSEA

    The tinplate works at Pontardawe have been [?]ndated, and 500 workers thrown idel. The railway bridges have been swept ...

    Article : 42 words
  35. SHIPPING COMBINATION

    The purchase of the Union-Castle line by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company is regarded here as a victory for the shipping ring. Although the rebates ...

    Article : 69 words
  36. RUSSIAN TERRORIST

    A terrorist at C[?]f[?]ka, in Southern Russia, took refuge in an Englishman's garden, where he was surrounded by police and Cossacks. The man eventually made ...

    Article : 51 words
  37. MINING DISASTER

    The bodies of 51 of the men who were entombed by the explosion in the Cross Mountain Mine have now been recovered. The total number of lives lost is ...

    Article : 44 words
  38. ESTATE OF LATE W. T. JONES.

    The estate of the late Mr. W. T. Jones, formerly of Victoria, has been sworn at £102,530. ...

    Article : 22 words
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