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  2. RALLYING THE LIBERALS. SIR JOHN BRUNNER'S SPEECH.

    The speech which Sir John T. Brunner, a leading member of the Liberal party, made at the great meeting of the party at the Reform Club last week, is causing a ...

    Article : 271 words
  3. BOMB-THROWING IN INDIA.

    A bomb-throwing outrage has taken place at Muzaffarpur, in Bengal, and a discovery made in calcutta indicates that the Indian agitators are adopting the methods of the ...

    Article : 297 words
  4. PREMIERS' CONFERENCE. COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL SCHEME.

    States' Ministers may have been able as a result of reflection to have drawn some definite conclusions from Mr. Deakin's speech. But up to the time on Saturday ...

    Article : 1,284 words
  5. GERMANS IN THE EAST. SHIPPING SUBSIDY.

    When the bill granting to the Norddentscher Lloyd Company an additional subsidy of 500,000 marks (about £25,000) a year in consideration of a resumption of its service ...

    Article : 267 words
  6. COMMERCE CONGRESS.

    It has been decided that the Congress of the Chambers of Commerce of the Empire shall meet at Sydney next year, either on September 14 or September 21. ...

    Article : 290 words
  7. THE RAILWAY DISASTER. OFFICIAL REPORTS.

    Interesting and important statements are made in the official reports of the drivers and firemen who were on the Bendigo train on the night of the railway collision. Since ...

    Article : 655 words
  8. MAY DAY. CELEBRATIONS IN MELBOURNE.

    The celebration of May Day in Melbourne yesterday drew a crowd of some thousands to the northern bank of the Yarra. The committee arranged that the meetings ...

    Article : 904 words
  9. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Governor, attended by Captain Fife, A.D.C., leaves by train this morning for Port Albert, stopping en route at Foster, Toora, and Welshpool. At ...

    Article : 553 words
  10. THE PEARLING DISASTER.

    PERTH, Sunday. — A telegram from Broome states that since Friday the schooners Ena, Alto, and Bux, and a large number of luggers, have arrived at Broome. ...

    Article : 375 words
  11. MINING IN NEW GUINEA.

    The question of the development of the mining industry in German New Guinea is receiving some attention in Germany, and various suggestions have been made ...

    Article : 138 words
  12. TASMANIAN CABLES.

    Action is being taken by the Postmaster-General (Mr. Mauger) to secure to the Commonwealth at least two lines of cables between Tasmania and the mainland. The ...

    Article : 394 words
  13. LONDON BANK.

    The London Bank of Australia Limited during the year ended December 31, 1907, made a net profit of £34,951, after paying £42,311 interest at the rate of 4½ per cent. ...

    Article : 112 words
  14. EXTRAVAGANT EXPENDITURE.

    Mr. Harold Cox, M.P. for Preston, a member of the Liberal party, makes a damaging criticism of the Government on the score of their extravagant expenditure. ...

    Article : 58 words
  15. MOHMANDS TRUCULENT.

    Although there were indications that the Mohmand tribesmen, who have been giving much trouble on the Indian frontier, had tired of their enterprise, it appears now ...

    Article : 138 words
  16. MR. CHURCHILL'S CANDIDATURE.

    Mr. J. Keir Hardie, the Independent Labour leader in the House of Commons, has an article in the "Labour Leader" (London) this week on the Dundee ...

    Article : 97 words
  17. LIVERPOOL DOCKS.

    Liverpool is about to make an extensive addition to the already large dock accommodation of the port. It is proposed to construct a new series ...

    Article : 76 words
  18. FRENCH IN AFRICA.

    A party of French troops has met with disaster in the Senegal country, on the south-western border of the Sahara country. ...

    Article : 56 words
  19. "RUNNING THE MINISTRY."

    On several occasions the Premier (Mr. Bent) has taken exception to speeches made by officials in the state public service, and on Saturday his protest, "I should like to ...

    Article : 203 words
  20. HEAT AFTER SNOW.

    The severe and unseasonable weather which prevailed over the United Kingdom last week has been succeeded by an extreme change of the exactly opposite ...

    Article : 129 words
  21. NAVAL DISASTERS. LOSS OF THE MATSUSHIMA.

    The latest accounts of the foundering of the Japanese cruiser Malsushima, in Formosa Channel, as the result of the explosion of the magazine, show that the loss of life ...

    Article : 77 words
  22. CRUELTY TO PIGEONS.

    HORSHAM, Saturday.—At the Police Court to-day Ronald Kiefel, a Natimuk resident, was charged, before Mr. E. Harrison, P.M., with having, on April 16, ...

    Article : 228 words
  23. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS. SILVER.

    Bar silver was quoted to-day at 24? per ounce standard, an advaance of l-16d. since yesterday. ...

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  24. SIZE OF CORNSACKS.

    In "The Argus" on Saturday a suggestion was made by Mr. A. Harvey that the Minister for Customs (Mr. Austin Chapman) could easily secure ...

    Article : 450 words
  25. MINING SHARES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 66 words
  26. BRITANNIA EXPLOSION.

    Another death has occurred amongst the men injured by the explosion of the boiler tube on H.M.S. Britannia. This is the third man who has died out of the five ...

    Article : 40 words
  27. POSTAL INQUIRY.

    SYDNEY. Sunday.—Members of the Federal Cabinet—Senator Best, Senator Keating, and Mr. Mauger (Postmaster-General)—appointed a committee to inquire ...

    Article : 106 words
  28. TESTING THE BRAKES.

    Further tests of the Westinghouse brakes will be held during the week. A trial will also be made at night, in order to ascertain whether the application of the breke or ...

    Article : 68 words
  29. FORGERY OF COUPONS.

    The forgery of coupons of the French rentes on an extensive scale has been discovered. The forgeries were distributed abroad, a well-organised scheme for this ...

    Article : 101 words
  30. TWO ARRESTS MADE.

    While the May Day meetings were in progress proceedings at the meeting addressed by J. W. Fleming near by were very stormy. He had with him a red ...

    Article : 333 words
  31. DALGETY AND CO. LIMITED.

    An interim dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. has been declared by Dalgety and Co. Limited. ...

    Article : 29 words
  32. RUNAWAY TRAMOAR.

    Serious losa of life and injury to passengers has occurred in a sensational electric tram accident at Bournemouth, the well-known watering-place, on the Hampshire coast. ...

    Article : 83 words
  33. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 578 words
  34. THE CASUALTIES.

    The Railway authorities are daily notified of additional passengers who were injured in the railway accident. Eleven additional names were received by the claims agent ...

    Article : 125 words
  35. METHYLATED SPIRITS.

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — The vigorous suppression of Sunday trading has led, it has been at various times asserted, to a marked increase in the habit of methylated spirits ...

    Article : 184 words
  36. REVENUE RETURNS.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—The Treasury returns issued yesterday for April show that the revenue was £476,908, a decrease of £3,377. The amount received from the ...

    Article : 168 words
  37. WHOLESALE MURDERER.

    An arrest has been made in Germany which is believed to supply the key lo a whole series of murders. The supposed murderer is named Koch, a ...

    Article : 97 words
  38. SHIPBUILDERS' LOCKOUT,

    Up till the last moment it was hoped that the negotiations which were in progress for the settlement of the dispute in the shipbuilding trade in the north of ...

    Article : 81 words
  39. ROUGH PASSAGE.

    PERTH, Sunday.—The steamer Moonta, engaged in the north-west cattle trade, reached Fremantle late on Friday night. She had a particularly tempestuous passage. ...

    Article : 113 words
  40. OLD MEN'S MONEY.

    HOBART, Sunday.—Three men, named Henry Chalker, Henry Morris, and James Harris, have been committed for trial on a charge of having conspired to defraud an ...

    Article : 324 words
  41. THE INQUEST.

    The coroner (Dr. Cole) will open the inquest at the Morgue this morning. Formal evidence will be taken in all cases but one, and then those cases will be adjourned ...

    Article : 242 words
  42. RABBITS FOR THE NAVY.

    Suggestions have been made that rabbits should be included in the navy's bill of fare, and accordingly the Admiralty is inquiring for samples of tinned rabbits, with ...

    Article : 52 words
  43. HOURS IN SHOPS.

    The bill introduced by Sir Charles Dilke in the House of Commons, to provide for the regulation of the hours of persons employed in shops, has been read the second ...

    Article : 69 words
  44. CELEBRATION AT BENDIGO.

    BENDIGO, Sunday.—Under the auspices of the Bendigo Political Labour League, a May Day demonstration was held in the Upper Reserve this afternoon. There was ...

    Article : 289 words
  45. COLLISION WHILST SHUNTING

    A railway mishap occurred during the progress of shunting operations at Mornington Junction on Friday. The 8.10 a.m. train from Melbourne to Stony Point arrived at ...

    Article : 411 words
  46. CYCLIST AND GUNPOWDER.

    CAMPERDOWN, Saturday.—A remarkable accident befel Mr. Dibbin, an employee of Mr. G. Robertson, baker, on Thursday evening. He was riding a bicycle, and ...

    Article : 203 words
  47. SCHOONER FOUNDERS.

    The following memorandum was received last night from the telegraph manager (Mr. Blandford): — "Burnie (Tasmania) reports that the schooner Victoria, from ...

    Article : 47 words
  48. OVERDUE STEAMER.

    The steamer Orari, which left Wellington, New Zealand, for London, via South American ports, on April 2, was overdue at Rio de Janeiro. All fears as to the safety ...

    Article : 54 words
  49. STATE DEBTS QUESTION.

    An opportunity is to be given members of the state Parliament of hearing the details of the proposal made by Mr. Harper, M.H.R., for the transfer of state debts to ...

    Article : 75 words
  50. ALLEGED VALUELESS CHEQUES.

    Sir,—kindly grant me space to say that the south Albert Foo, who was yesterday arrested on charges of having passed valueless cheques, never was a pupil of Wesley ...

    Article : 254 words
  51. QUEENSLAND POLITICS.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—At the annual reunion of the Brisbane grocers on Saturday evening Mr. Bowman, leader of the Labour party, in responding to the toast of ...

    Article : 197 words
  52. THE DOCTORS' WORK.

    Sir,—May I have the space to suggest that the Victorian Railway Commissioners and the public generally should recognise in some fitting way the heroic and ...

    Article : 204 words
  53. VISIT TO GRACEBALE-HOUSE.

    The state Premiers paid a visit to Gracedale-house for the week-end. Yesterday thet were driven over the Black's Spur in a special motor coach. Mr. Bent was not ...

    Article : 62 words
  54. ENDURANCE TESTS.

    WELLINGTON, Sunday. — Tom Burrows has succeded in establishing a new record for swinging clubs, having accomplished a continuous performance of 62 ...

    Article : 73 words
  55. WHAT HAPPENED TO MRS. GLAYDE?

    Sir,—Having witnessed a performance of "John Glayde's Honour," it occurred to me that Mr. Alfred Sutro in his final "curtain" has provided a psychological problem which ...

    Article : 102 words
  56. ECZEMA OF THE HEAD.

    Results from Ringworm—Child Suffered Three Years—Doctors' and Chemists' Prescriptions Fail —Head Now Clean and Free from Sores—In three Weeks Cuticura Effected a Marvellous Cure. ...

    Article : 179 words
  57. PRIVATE ADVICES

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 64 words
  58. GIRAFFE'S CHRISTENING.

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — Wirth's Circus, at Prince Alfred Park, was crowded last night, when the giraffe secured in Germany by Mr. Phil Wirth, on his recent visit, was ...

    Article : 63 words
  59. MILO CIGARETTES

    Are preferred by lovers of good things. Guaranteed hand-made.—[Advt.] The feeling of brightness, energy, vitality after taking Cockle's Antibilious Pills is only a little ...

    Article : 34 words
  60. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    George Alexander Wakenshaw, of Balmattum, labourer. Causes of insolvency— Inability to secure remmerative employment. Liabilities, £19/6/2; assets, nil, T. ...

    Article : 26 words
  61. MAN IS CAPABLE

    Of greater things than he generally performs, and by the use of "Wolfe's-Schnapps" his capabilities are stimulated and developed.—[Advt.] ...

    Article : 25 words
  62. THE HABIT OF HEALTH,

    The constant use of Pears' Soap.—[Advt.] ...

    Article : 11 words
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