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  2. SOUTH AFRICA.

    It is rumored at Ottawa that the British Government contemplates offering the poet of Governor-General of United South Africa to Sir Wilfrid Leaner, the Premier ...

    Article : 63 words
  3. EXCITING FINISH.

    The finer weather this afternoon induced a large crowd to visit the Hove ground to watch the second day's play in the match between Australia and Sussex, and ...

    Article : 1,587 words
  4. COST OF AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

    With the advices received by cable and published on Saturday morning, giving particulars of the class of vessels which it is proposed that Australia should build, an ...

    Article : 648 words
  5. WAKEFIELD ELECTION.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 768 words
  6. IMPERIAL DEFENCE CONFERENCE.

    The Pall Mall Gazette, discussing in a leading article the Prime Minister's statement of defence proposals, heartily congratulates the Imperial Defence Conference ...

    Article : 161 words
  7. THE MISSING WARATAH.

    Mr. A. S. Brown (chief officer of the steamer Madura, now at Bunbury) has an interesting theory regarding the where abouts of the missing Waratah. The ...

    Article : 376 words
  8. "OUR GRAVEST PERIL."

    "Our-gravest peril" was the subject of an address delivered by the Chief Justice (Sir John Madden) before a congregation which filled the Australian Church to-day. Sir ...

    Article : 824 words
  9. THE SUPREME CANADIAN.

    "French by birth and British by citizenship" is Sir Wilfrid Laurier's summing-up of himself. It has been said that he would not claim to be a great statesman: he is ...

    Article : 214 words
  10. GERMAN CRITICISM.

    The Berliner Tageblatt, commenting on Mr. Asquith's statement in the House of Commons in reference to the Imperial Defence Conference and the proposals which ...

    Article : 183 words
  11. IRISH LAND BILL.

    Mr. Birrell's Irish Land Bill passed through the committee stage in the House of Commons on Friday. ...

    Article : 27 words
  12. A FLEET IN SEARCH.

    An enormous fleet of vessels is continually traversing the Indian Ocean following different routes, and if the Waratah is still afloat she should shortly be spoken. In ...

    Article : 618 words
  13. DEVELOPMENT BILL.

    Mr. Lloyd-George's Development Grants Bill, introduced into the House of Commons on Thursday, has been dubbed by Unionist critics as "The Electorate Bribery Bill." ...

    Article : 152 words
  14. AUSTRALIAN OPINION.

    The Minister for Defence (Mr. Joseph. Cook), speaking yesterday regarding the results achieved by the Imperial Defence Conference in naval matters, said:—"The ...

    Article : 404 words
  15. LOSS OF THE GAEL.

    The story of the French barque Gael's misfortune and of the subsequent experiences of the recovered boat was interestingly told in a compromise between English ...

    Article : 957 words
  16. THE FLOODS.

    The full effect of Friday's incessant downpour was witnessed on Saturday, when the Torrens, swollen beyond all previous limits, rolled in a thunderous cascade ...

    Article : 767 words
  17. IMPERIAL GENERAL STAFF.

    The Minister for Defence, referring to the Imperial general staff, said:—"We for the first time are about to become really responsible for our defence. It will involve ...

    Article : 106 words
  18. BRITISH LIQUOR LAWS.

    The amended scheme for liquor licences submited by the Government includes proposals for considerable reductions in the duties in respect to hotels, restaurants ...

    Article : 74 words
  19. "LIFE A BURDEN."

    The circumstances of the death of Thomas Moore, aged 46 years, an' ex-cabdriver, who was killed on Thursday by a train near Hawksburn Station, were ...

    Article : 263 words
  20. METHODIST UNION.

    Five branches of the Methodist Church will be represented at the Methodist Assembly, to be held in October, in October, to discuss the practicability of organic ...

    Article : 92 words
  21. POTATO BLIGHT.

    Last night after the public meeting about a dozen leading potato growers wailed upon the Commissioner of Crown Lands (Hon. E. T. Coombe) and asked him to ...

    Article : 543 words
  22. CARDINAL MORAN WANTS AS AUSTRALIA DAY.

    Cardinal Moran said to-day that the controversy had ranged around the Dreadnoughts. In this the Australian patriots seemed to have ...

    Article : 174 words
  23. COLLIERY FATALITY.

    A fearful colliery accident is reported from Glamorganshire, in Wales. At the Naval Colliery, in Pen-y-Craig, the cable used for hauling, snapped when the ...

    Article : 68 words
  24. A BANKER'S SUICIDE.

    Shortly after noon on Saturday Alexander Stewart, chief inspector of the Queensland National Bank, was found in his office Kitting behind a screen with a revolver shot ...

    Article : 167 words
  25. THE WAIPARA DISASTER

    At flood tide on Friday clever work was done on the Waipara. As the tide rose the Waipara's endues started, and with the Palmer assisting she was forced in ...

    Article : 371 words
  26. FEDERAL OPPOSITION LEADER INTERVIEWED.

    "I am not sure that the arrangement arrived at by the Imperial Defence Conference means an Australian Navy at all, "said the Federal Opposition Leader (Mr. ...

    Article : 338 words
  27. CHOLERA AT ROTTERDAM.

    It has been ascertained that steamers from St. Petersburg, where an epidemic of cholera baa been raging, carried the infection to the Dutch port of Rotterdam, at ...

    Article : 52 words
  28. LOSSES AT SEA.

    The British firms of underwriters record losses estimated at £1,000,000 caused by shipping disasters during the mouth of August. ...

    Article : 33 words
  29. SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN 1859.

    An advertisement announces that "Miss Gamble, a competent and trained infant school teacher," has been appointed to the control of the Fellenberg Infant School ...

    Article : 157 words
  30. VICTORIA.

    There was great activity with the show preparations in the grounds of the Royal Agricultural Society yesterday. Nearly 1,000 people were engaged at one ...

    Article : 66 words
  31. Advertising

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    Advertising : 324 words
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