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  2. BUDGET FIGHT.

    The Right Hon. Sir John Gorst, M.A., LL.D., who was Vice-President of the (committee of Council on Education from 1895 to 1902 and Conservative M.P. for ...

    Article : 118 words
  3. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The President (Sir Albert Gould, N.S.W.) took the Chair at 2.30 p.m.—Postal Commission.—The Vice-President (Mr. Millen. N.S.W.) ...

    Article : 1,365 words
  4. SPAIN IN MOROCCO.

    The latest news from Morocco states that the Spanish troops occupied Mount Gurugu, the Riffs' principal stronghold, at 7 a.m. on Wednesday. ...

    Article : 80 words
  5. IRISH LAND BILL.

    In the House of Lords on Wednesday the Government's Irish Land Bill was read a second time without a division. The Earl of Dunraven withdrew his motion for the ...

    Article : 543 words
  6. LONDON'S CHIEF MAGISTRATE.

    Aid. Sir John Knill, Bart., has been elected to succeed Sir George Wyatt Truscott as Lord Mayor of London. Sir John is a Roman Catholic, and the election took ...

    Article : 187 words
  7. ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.

    In Legislative Council Secret Commissioner Bill read third time. Brands Bill taken into committee. Health Bill rejected by 10 rotes to 4. council rose at 4.25 p.m. until Tuesday ...

    Article : 92 words
  8. IN THE COUNCIL.

    The Hon. J. P. Wilson arose as soon as the President took the Chair on Thursday and mentioned that he had given notice of addresses for polling places in the ...

    Article : 509 words
  9. POWERS HOLD ALOOF.

    The Sultan Mulai Hafid recently addressed a Note to the Powers, appealing for their intervention to prevent Spain carrying on a war in northern Morocco, and ...

    Article : 88 words
  10. UNSCRUPULOUS TACTICS.

    Mr. Beville Stanier (Conservative M.P. for the Newport division of Shropshire) has informed Mr. Balfour that some Radical speakers are publicly declaring that if the ...

    Article : 133 words
  11. VICAR AND SCHOOLMISTRESS.

    An alleged scandal in which a vicar and a schoolmistress are implicated has been brought to light in Westmoreland. A number of masked men waylaid the ...

    Article : 154 words
  12. A WAR CORRESPONDENT'S LIVELY EXPERIENCES.

    Mr. Henry W. Nevinson is contributing to The Daily News an account of the Spanish campaign in the Riff districts. Writing from Melilla on August 18. he ...

    Article : 1,179 words
  13. NAVAL AFFAIRS.

    The Standard alleges that strained relations have developed between Mr. McKenna (First Lord of the Admiralty) and his Ministerial colleagues, owing to the ...

    Article : 115 words
  14. IMPERIAL SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME.

    The Evening Standard states that Lord Milner has approved the Imperial scholarship scheme propounded by Mr. P. A. Voiles, of New Zealand, and Sir Joseph ...

    Article : 46 words
  15. THE HIGH COURT.

    The High Court to-day beard appeals by Lila Elizabeth and Mary Bayne against orders for sequestration of their estztes made by Mr. Justice a' Beckett in March last. The ...

    Article : 110 words
  16. AUSTRALIA EXPORTS.

    The cartoon in Punch this week, drawn by Mr. Edward Linley Sambourne, the chief cartoonist, has special reference to the, Australian defence proposals. It is ...

    Article : 85 words
  17. COLONIAL NAVAL DEFENCE

    The Bill to amend the Colonial Defence Act passed its third reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday. The following memorandum on the above ...

    Article : 318 words
  18. IN THE ASSEMBLY.

    The dullness of the weather outside corresponded with the proceedings within the Assembly during the early portion of the afternoon. The Commissioner of Public ...

    Article : 303 words
  19. SWEDISH STRIKE.

    The Swedish Government's attempt, to bring about an agreement between the Employers Association, and the trade unions, who were the principal parties in ...

    Article : 244 words
  20. LAND FOR THE CAPITAL.

    A return laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly to-night by the Premier sets out the tenure of lauds within the area of 100 square-miles which has ...

    Article : 133 words
  21. COL. DAVIES.

    Col. Davies, of New Zealand, who has attended all the recent army manoeuvres, will from the present until June be attached to various general staffs, and ...

    Article : 69 words
  22. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    The memorandum on the subject of preferential trade with Great Britain, which was issued this week by the Minister for Customs (Sir Robert Best) has been ...

    Article : 182 words
  23. INTERSTATE COMMISSION BILL.

    During to-day's sitting of the federal Cabinet most of the time was occupied in considering details of the Interstate Commission Bill. The Prime Minister (Mr. ...

    Article : 108 words
  24. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The directors of We Orient, Company have abolished the open steerage berths on all the Steamers of the line, and greatly improved the third class. ...

    Article : 85 words
  25. POLAR RESEARCH.

    The Lord Mayor of London (Sir George Truscott) has opened the vessel Nimrod, on which Lieut. Shackleton went to, the antarctic, for public inspection. The boat ...

    Article : 63 words
  26. GERMANY'S DREADNOUGHTS.

    The Berlin correspondent of The Daily Chronicle stated on September 18 that, owing to a mistake in calculating the displacement of the Westfalen 17.679. tons. ...

    Article : 100 words
  27. FINANCES OF THE STATES.

    Victorian revenue for the first quarter of the present financial year was larger by, £50,000 than it was for the first three months of 1908-9. This increase was due ...

    Article : 74 words
  28. SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN 1859.

    Advt.—"A prize of 10 gs. open to South Australia, is offered by the Gawler Institute for the words of a patriotic song, to be entitled The Song of Australia.' ...

    Article : 140 words
  29. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 233 words
  30. PEARY AND COOK.

    Commander Peary stales that he did not permit Dr. Cook's box and belongings, which had been left in the care of Mr. Whitney, to be placed on board the ...

    Article : 57 words
  31. LABOUR PARTY AND DEFENCE BILL.

    The principal matter discussed at the weekly caucus meeting of the Labour Party held to-day was the Defence Bill. The caucus had under consideration a ...

    Article : 276 words
  32. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The revenue returns for September show a net increase of £13,926 compared with September of last year. The receipts for the quarter decreased by £18,232, which is ...

    Article : 46 words
  33. CHINA.

    Steamers arriving at Shanghai have reported an anti-British boycott at Kiukiang, due to the indignation felt because of a recent charge of manslaughter of Chinamen ...

    Article : 144 words
  34. AMERICAN CUSTOMS PRACTICES.

    The New York Times states that recently the customs officials, suspecting that Mrs. Azecz Khayat, the wife of a wealthy American subject, and her five children, who ...

    Article : 101 words
  35. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The financial returns for the month on September shows:—Receipts, £333,597; expenditure, £268,849; surplus, £66,748. ...

    Article : 23 words
  36. NURSE ATTACKED BY A MADMAN.

    Mr. J. B. Mills (manager of the Bank of Victoria at Ararat) made a desperate attack upon Norse Glynn and Constable Patterson yesterday morning. On ...

    Article : 300 words
  37. "SOCIALISTIC KING."

    The people of Waterloo heM a meeting to-night, and formed a branch of the Federal Liberal League. Rp. Watson is their member, and most of the speeches had him ...

    Article : 207 words
  38. DETAINED WATCHES.

    At the City Court this morning J. W. Clydesdale, the barrister who defended Martha Rendall at the trial when she was convicted of the wilful murder of the boy ...

    Article : 172 words
  39. MEXICAN CORN CROP.

    A period of unprecedentedly cold weather for this season of the year has seriously damaged the corn crops in the Republic of Mexico. The estimated loss to ...

    Article : 43 words
  40. SHIPPING REVIVAL.

    The balance sheet of the North-German Lloyd for the six months from January 1 to June 30 of the present year discloses a ptofit of £250,000. For the ...

    Article : 58 words
  41. BOOT TRADE EMPLOYES' CLAIM.

    In the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day the hearing was continued before the President (Mr. Justice Higgins) of the action brought by the Australian Boot ...

    Article : 730 words
  42. DASTARDLY ACT.

    A dastardly act was perpetrated at Dalton last night. The caps were removed from the wheels of vehicles belonging to people attending a meeting in connection ...

    Article : 87 words
  43. NEW MAIL TIMETABLE.

    The State Ministry has decided to take a hand in the game which is being played over the proposed timetable for the new mail steamers. The Minister for ...

    Article : 942 words
  44. A JURY DISCHARGED.

    In the case in which Emily Vein Streit was charRed at Newcastle Circuit Court with the murder of Edward Joseph Healy at Wickham the jury, who were ...

    Article : 49 words
  45. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The Speaker (Dr. Carty Salmon, V.) took the Chair at 2.30 p.m.—Delay at Fremantle.—The Postmaster-General (Sir John Quick ...

    Article : 1,563 words
  46. GERMAN SETTLERS.

    In reply to enquiries cabled to him yesterday by the Premier the Agent General sent the following message to-day:—"Beyond arranging for passages for nominated ...

    Article : 79 words
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