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  2. EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,036 words
  3. CHINESE STOWAWAYS.

    As a sequel to the discovery of 19 Chinese stowaways on the steamer Empire at Sydney on July 17, the master of the vessel. Captain George, was to-day fined £100 in ...

    Article : 79 words
  4. A DISASTROUS FIRE.

    A disastrous fire broke out at Morwell early this morning and reduced to ashes the whole of one business square in Commercialroad, comprising five shops and the ...

    Article : 107 words
  5. THE TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY DELAY IN OBTAINING MATERIALS.

    The delay in contracting for the supply of material for the trans-Australian railway is being adversely commented upa[?]. The Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. O'M[?]alley) is ...

    Article : 95 words
  6. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    At His Majesty's Theatre during the week the great Jansen established himself as a mystery-maker who has few, if any, rivals. Sleight-of-hand, illusion, and other feats of ...

    Article : 1,285 words
  7. SENSATIONAL COLLISION.

    A sensational motor-car and van collision, which ended in a man being almost roasted alive through his clothing becoming saturated with petrol and then igniting, occurred ...

    Article : 381 words
  8. MANAGEMENT OF THE LINE.

    "It is not a bad suggestion," said the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. O'Malley) when seen to-day regarding the proposal of Mr. Scaddan, the Premier of Western ...

    Article : 110 words
  9. ROYAL COMMISSIONS BILL.

    The motion for the third reading of the Royal Commissions Bill was before the House of Representatives to-day. Mr. Glynn (S.A.) said that he doubted ...

    Article : 807 words
  10. YOUNG GIRL'S INFATUATION.

    A curious case of infatuation is reported from Christchurch. Constance McCracken, a barmaid, 18 years of age, was charged with having stolen £20 ...

    Article : 107 words
  11. TENDERS FOR MATERIAL.

    Finality has been reached regarding tenders for the supply of a large number of sleepers, the Western. Australian Government having been given ...

    Article : 102 words
  12. QUEENSLAND RAILWAYS.

    In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, after formal business had been disposed of, the Premier (Mr. Denham) made an important statement regarding the ...

    Article : 109 words
  13. QUESTIONS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    In the House of Representatives to-day Sir John Forrest asked the Minister for Home Affairs:—(1) Has he decided the kind of timber that is to be used for sleepers on ...

    Article : 291 words
  14. THE SPY MOVEMENT.

    Further light was to-day thrown on the movements of Carl Graeves, who has been sentenced in Edinburgh to 18 months' imprisonment for espionage. On the voyage ...

    Article : 345 words
  15. WHARF LABOURERS' WAGES.

    The Habort coal workers demand a special rate of pay for night work and have refused to work shifts after 5 p.m. The steamer Warrimoo is unable to coal, owing ...

    Article : 199 words
  16. QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly this week the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. F. Wilson) referred to the question of the supply of sleepers for the trans-Australian railway. ...

    Article : 279 words
  17. AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

    As a result of an interview between the Trade Commissioner for Hull (Mr. Wilson) and the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Trefle) there will probably be in the near future ...

    Article : 104 words
  18. RAIN IN SYDNEY.

    This is proving a record-breaking July for rain at Sydney. Up to 9 o'clock this morning the total fall for Sydney since July 1 was 980 points, and 19 out of 29 ...

    Article : 67 words
  19. GOLD IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Gold has been discovered in Flinders Range, near Port Pirie. Quartz specimens have been obtained in which the precious metal is plainly visible. A prospector who ...

    Article : 63 words
  20. THE BRENNAN MONO-RAIL.

    The correspondence relating to the proposed sale of the Australian rights of the Brennan mono-rail to the Commonwealth was laid on the table of the House of ...

    Article : 161 words
  21. INDIAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION.

    The report that Lord Islington, the Governor of New Zealand, has been appointed president of the Indian Public Service Commission, has been confirmed. It is ...

    Article : 94 words
  22. THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT CONTRACT.

    The Premier has received a communication from the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth confirming the statement that a contract for the supply of 1,500,000 sleepers ...

    Article : 85 words
  23. BACON FACTORY DESTROYED.

    A large bacon and ham factory and canning works at Oxley, near Brisbane, belonging to Foggitt, Jones, and Co., was almost totally destroyed by fire early yesterday ...

    Article : 178 words
  24. THE DAY OF REST.

    At a conference of the Lord's Day Alliance at Ontario yesterday Elder Johnson, a Seventh Day Adventist, offered to give 1,000 dollars to anyone producing satisfactory ...

    Article : 89 words
  25. SUSPECTED MURDER.

    The Inspector-General of Police received a telegram from Grafton to-night stating that a man named Edward Hoey (65) had been found dead in his camp at South ...

    Article : 77 words
  26. UNREST IN CHINA.

    The militarists urge President Yuan Shih Kai that in the event of the National Assembly's continued obstruction he should establish a military dictatorship. The ...

    Article : 44 words
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