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  2. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Reid, N.S.W.) laid on the table a despatch from the Secretary of Stated regarding the adoption of the metric principle of weights and ...

    Article : 1,223 words
  3. GROWTH OF THE STEAMSHIP.

    The advent of many new high-class steamers in the Australian merchant service makes the present opportune briefly to review the trend of shipbuilding ...

    Article : 2,273 words
  4. BATTLESHIPS IN ACTION.

    A writer in the July Overland Monthly gives a vivid account of a battleship in action:—The [?] have been sighted at 7,000 ...

    Article : 540 words
  5. FROM THE WORLD'S PRESS.

    Mr. Plowden played a "Sir Charles Wyndhap" kind of part at Marylebone Police Come recently. His advice to married couples who fail to agree is worthy of general ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 3,361 words
  6. THE MAN WITH THE MAGIC TOUCH.

    America, just like Scotland, has her "bloodless surgeon." He is Tom Quinlan, of Massena, N.Y., and he is called the "natural bonesetter." He was originally ...

    Article : 851 words
  7. THE TRAMWAYS.

    The banqueting room at the Norwood Town Hall was crowded on Wednesday evening to hear a discussion on the Electric Tramway Bill new fore the House ...

    Article : 371 words
  8. GENERAL NOTES.

    The Prime Minister wil invite applications for the position of official med cal officer in British New Guinea this week. A salary of given will attach to the ...

    Article : 421 words
  9. AGRICULTURAL OLD COLLEGIANS' ASSOCIATION.

    The annual gathering of members of the Agricultural Old Collegians' Association was held at Martin's Cafe, Pirie street, on Wednesday evening. Over the general ...

    Article : 1,181 words
  10. THE MAYOR OF NORWOOD IN EXPLANATION.

    Sir—Mr. Crawford Vaughan's letter, published yesterday on the matter of my having refused the hill to him, or rather to the petitioners for discussion the tramway. ...

    Article : 730 words
  11. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES.

    The half-yearly district council of the South Australian District, No. 81, I.O.R., was hell in the Grove street Rechabite Hall on Tuesday, when there were present—D.D.R. Brother [?] ...

    Article : 1,459 words
  12. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A [?] car was returning from Port [?] evening and when descending the hall near Kegarah at a rapid rate. One of the [?] caught in a hole in the road. ...

    Article : 86 words
  13. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES:

    After considering the advisableness of adopting the metric system for close on 100 years, the Imperial Government have now finally decided to abolish the present ...

    Article : 1,214 words
  14. AN ECONOMICAL PREMIER

    There is room caught, to the Premier's thinking to house all the public servants in Sydney within the present permanent Government buildings, and thus save ...

    Article : 87 words
  15. MARRIED IN A TREETOP.

    Marriages are said to be made in Heaven. Be that as it may, they take place in very queer places on earth. Couples have been married in a lion's den up in a balloon ...

    Article : 804 words
  16. PREMIERS CONFERENCE ON MURRAY WATERS.

    With reference to the proposal for a conference of the Premiers of New South Wales Victoria, and South Australia to consider the question of the control of ...

    Article : 73 words
  17. BROKEN HILL, September 7.

    The A.N.A. competitions were concluded on Saturday night after a fortnight's [?] with successful results financially. The net profit was £35, which will be ...

    Article : 64 words
  18. YACHTING.

    Port Adelaide [?] Club.—The annual meeting the Port Adelaide Suiting Club was held at for Exchange Hotel on Wednesday evening. Mr. W. Russell decided over a [?] ...

    Article : 706 words
  19. Tn the Editor.

    Sir—If the Tramways Bill is passed in the form which some people want it will be a serious blow to the progress of the State by working into the hands of the ...

    Article : 266 words
  20. To the Editor.

    Sir—There is a lot of "boohooing on the part of a section of the community who desire the nationalization of the tramway [?] That is to say they wish the ...

    Article : 259 words
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