The Prime Minister, replying to the ascertion of the Colonial Treasurer that the contribution of Western Australia to the Commonwealth was £1 6/ per head more ...
Article : 1,206 wordsShortly after half-past 2 this afternoon the people of this beautiful seaside resort were alarmed by the cry of fire, and on turning around to ascertain its ...
Article : 1,021 wordsIn the House of Commons on Wednesday Sir Edward Grey (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), replying to a question by Mr. J. Dillon (Nationalist member for ...
Article : 234 wordsContinental messages to The Times show that a deadlock has for some time existed in the relations of Austria-Hungary and Servia, and affairs have reached an acute crisis. ...
Article : 274 wordsMadame Melba, who is a passenger for the eastern States by the steamer Orontes, was interviewed at Fremantle to-day. She said:—"I can say that I am most happy ...
Article : 883 wordsIn the House of Commons on Wednesday the debate was concluded on the amendment to the Address-in-reply, submitted by Earl Percy (Conservative South ...
Article : 223 wordsThe Washington Senate recently voted an increase of the President's salary, including travelling expenses, to £20,000. The present remuneration is £10,000, and £5,000 ...
Article : 54 wordsThe hearing of the Broken Hill depute was continued in the Court of Conciliation and Arbitration before Mr. Justice Higgins to-day. ...
Article : 4,941 wordsOwing to the default of the Crystal Palace Company, Limited, in payment of interest, the debenture stocks have lately stood at a considerable discount, and the ...
Article : 370 wordsA minority report signed by four Labour members of the Poor Law Commission is attracting the attention of the Radical press. The recommendations of the ...
Article : 217 wordsReplying to a communication from French merchants in London, expressing alarm concerning the effects of the contemplated revision of the French tariff, the Customs ...
Article : 181 wordsRifaat Pasha, the newly appointed Turkish Minister, for Foreign Affairs, will shortly go to St. Petersburg to conclude negotiations for a financial settlement with ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Government of California is taking a census of the Japanese population in the State, with the view of ascertaining whether the immigration of subjects of the ...
Article : 68 wordsTwo thousand five hundred pounds in notes and gold has been stolen from the treasury of the new British armoured cruiser Indomitable (17,250 tons) while the ...
Article : 47 wordsOwing to the action of the Czar Nicholas in ordering a penal dissolution of the Finish Diet because its numbers claimed the right of free speech in petitioning the ...
Article : 54 wordsA Calcutta telegram states that Lal Mohun, a Bengali boy, has been found guilty of having wilfully mutilated the statue of the late Queen Victoria at Benares. ...
Article : 63 wordsProfessor Hecker, of Potsdam, as the result of six years' observations, has measured the diurnal oscillations of the solid earth, and expresses the opinion that the ...
Article : 94 wordsAdvices from New York notify that the American steel trade is demoralized owing to the action of the Steel Trust in reducing the prices of steel shapes and plates by ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Bill providing for the increase of the subsidy to the North Gennan L1oyds for a steamship service between Europe and German New Guinea to £25,000 a year was ...
Article : 52 wordsIn the House of Lords on Wednesday, after criticisms had been passed on the measure by Earl Cromer and the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Indian Councils Bill was ...
Article : 55 wordsThe London Education Committee proposes to spend nearly £1,000,000 during the next 18 months on elementary and secondary schools. ...
Article : 34 wordsA terrible accident occurred on Wednesday on a railway near Riobamba, a town in Ecuador. A passenger train became derailed, and was precipitated over a cliff for ...
Article : 61 wordsThe Supreme Court of the United States has upheld the fine of £21,600 imposed upon the New York Central Railway Company for havine granted illegal rebates to ...
Article : 64 wordsExcitement was occasioned at Westminster on Wednesday by a fresh attempt by militant suffragettes to raid the House of Commons and present the Premier (Mr. ...
Article : 147 wordsSix Years for Stealing £20,000.— A man named Verinder, who acted as secretary of the Penge Building Society. ...
Article : 101 wordsThe Marine Underwriters' Association of Victoria has received a cable message stating that the Dutch-Australian steamer Flensburg, 4,435 tons, has been slightly ...
Article : 69 wordsFor some time the intention of the Government to issue new telephone regulations has been well known, and a report was some time ago furnished to the ...
Article : 551 wordsSpeaking on the subject of simplifying military uniforms, the Minister for Defence (Sr. Pearce) to-day said:—"We have consulted upwards of 100 officers in the militia. ...
Article : 246 wordsThe R.M.S. Orontes arrived at 5 o'clock this morning, and sailed at a quarter to 1, with the following passengers:— For Adelaide.—Messrs. Cooper, ...
Article : 357 wordsSilver.—The price of standard silver to-day is 1/11 7-16d. per oz.—an advance of 1/8 d. since Monday. February 25, 4.30 a.m. ...
Article : 202 wordsVisitors to the National Gallery in Trafalgar square were startled on Wednesday to observe a well-dressed man, who had been viewing the paintings, suddenly draw ...
Article : 99 wordsSome sympathy, a great deal of interest, and much amusement were caused in the Legislative Assembly by the reading by Mr. McLachlan of a number of letters from ...
Article : 375 wordsIn the opinion of the Premier of Queensland (Mr. Kidston), who is in Sydney on his tray to Hobart, all other questions effecting the relations between the States ...
Article : 103 wordsOn Sunday night last the police made a raid on two cottages at North Botany and surprised, a number of Chinese playing fan tan. Those found in one of the cottages ...
Article : 138 wordsThe steamer Empire arrived from southern ports this morning and resumed the voyage to Hongkong, this, afternoon. The vessel brought nine European passengers ...
Article : 258 wordsAt to-day's meeting of Cabinet consideration was given to the request from Mr. Hoskins, of the Lithgow Ironworks, for permission to use scrap steel in the ...
Article : 240 wordsThere is danger of a strike of enginemen and firemen at Newnes. Mr. Mitchell (general secretary of the Federated Engine Drivens and Firemen's Association) stated ...
Article : 74 wordsThe members to constitute the royal commission to enquire into the Murray waters agreement have been selected. Mr. MacKinnon, M.L.A., is to be Chairman. ...
Article : 69 wordsThe foundation stone of the new town hall, to cost £80,000, was laid to-day. ...
Article : 20 wordsThe Norwegian barque Ester, bound from Macassar (East Indies) to New Zealand, anchored in the Derwent to-night. She has called for provisions. In September ...
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The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), Fri 26 Feb 1909, Page 5
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