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  2. THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN.

    The Californian House of Representatives, by forty-eight votes to twenty-eight rejected the bill introduced by Mr. Drew, the object of which was to for ...

    Article : 342 words
  3. THE DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA.

    Major-General J. C. Hoed, Inspector-General of the Australian military forces, was one of the speakers at the dinner of the Canada Club. In replying to the toast ...

    Article : 91 words
  4. FLOODS IN CENTRAL EUROPE.

    Owing to the sudden melting of the snows, extraordinary floods have occurred in Saxony, Thuringia. (Central Germany), Bavaria, and the Tyrol. ...

    Article : 266 words
  5. THE NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES QUESTION.

    The Government of Newfoundland has assented to the treaty in connection with the fisheries question. Several alterations were asked for; but they are not of ...

    Article : 35 words
  6. RACE SUICIDE IN AMERICA.

    The Legislature of the state of Iowa, United States, is endeavouring to grappla with the question of race suicide. It has decided to offer a dollar (about 4s. 2d.) to ...

    Article : 46 words
  7. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    It is stated in Navy League circles that the Admiralty asked the Cabinet to lay the keels of six vessels of the Dreadnought type this year. ...

    Article : 32 words
  8. GIRTON COLLEGE.

    An appeal is being made by Girton College for £50,00 to pay oft the existing debt end endow scholarships. ...

    Article : 25 words
  9. THE ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE.

    Miss Amy Castle, the Australian singer, will take part in a concert to be held in the Albert Hall, London, in aid of the sufferers by the earthquake in Italy. Their ...

    Article : 55 words
  10. SHIPBUILDING IN SPAIN.

    The engineering and banking firms in Spain have formed a company with a capital of £8,000,000, of which sixty per cent is reserved for Spanish investors to ...

    Article : 83 words
  11. THE WANGANUI HARBOUR BOARD DEBENTURES.

    The £100,000 worth of debentures, bearing interest at the rate of five per cent per annum, issued by the Bank of New Zealand on behalf of the Wanganui Harbour ...

    Article : 50 words
  12. THE UNEMPLOYED IN ENGLAND.

    Many of the unemployed who are engaged on relief work at Bristol asked permission to cease work early on Saturdays to enable them to watch the football ...

    Article : 46 words
  13. VISIT OF SIR CHARLES LUCAS TO AUSTRALASIA.

    An official of the Colonial Office, in the course of an interview, stated that the visit of Sir Charles Incas, head of the Dominion Department of the Colonial ...

    Article : 155 words
  14. TRADE UNIONISM IN BRITAIN.

    The General Federation of Trade Unions in England, in its annual report for 1908, shows an expenditure for the twelve months of £137,152. This is a record. ...

    Article : 60 words
  15. RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

    Eighteen death sentences were announced in St. Petersburg yesterday, including fifteen at Irkutsk (Siberia) in connection with the escape of prisoners from the ...

    Article : 239 words
  16. CHINA.

    "The Revue," a magazine published in Paris, states that the the Empress of China, shortly before her death, induced Prince Yuan Shi-kai, late Viceroy of ...

    Article : 110 words
  17. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Sir A. M. Torrance, the Liberal member for Central Glasgow, and ex-Chairman of the London County Council, at the age of sixty-four ...

    Article : 32 words
  18. THE BUTTER MARKET.

    The butter market is steady. Danish butters is selling at form [?] to [?] per cwt. There is a fair demand for the choicest colonial outter at late rates; ...

    Article : 70 words
  19. A BRITISH RAILWAY DISPUTE.

    The Right Hon. Sir Edward Fry, acting as Board of Trade arbitrator on the differences between the London and North-Western Railway Company and its 39,000 ...

    Article : 102 words
  20. THE NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES DISPUTE.

    The British Ambassador at Washington (the Eight Hon. J. Bryce) has notified the United States Government that Britain has sanctioned the submission of ...

    Article : 41 words
  21. IMMIGRATION TO NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Parliamentary Labour Committee has received a communication from the Newcastle (New South Wales) Labour Council. The Council represents that the ...

    Article : 140 words
  22. THE ROSYTH NAVAL BASE.

    Messrs, Gibb, Easton, and Son, of Westminster, have entered into a contract for the construction of the works necessary to the establishment of a naval base ...

    Article : 158 words
  23. BRITISH OFFICIALS VISITING ANSTRALASIA.

    The Secretary of State for the Colonies (the Earl of Crane) has instructed Sir Chides Lucas, head of the Dominion Department of the Colonial Office, to make a ...

    Article : 182 words
  24. BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.

    Returns issued by the British Board of Trade show that the imports in January were less in value by £2,852,020 than in the previous corresponding period. In the ...

    Article : 50 words
  25. THE BALKAN STATES.

    Owing to quarrels with the Ottoman and Dentscher Bank the Turkish Government is in urgent need of money sad is already discounting port of the money it is to ...

    Article : 356 words
  26. THE WANGANUI HARBOUR BOARD.

    The Bank of New Zealand has issued £100,000 worth of debentures, bearing interest at the rate of five per cent per annum, on behalf of the Wanganui ...

    Article : 44 words
  27. MRS. J. CHAMBERLAIN.

    Mrs. Chamberlain, wife of the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain, M.P, has started for the Riviera. ...

    Article : 22 words
  28. THE LONDON AND PARIS EXCHANGE.

    The "Daily Express" states that the liabilities of the London and Paris Exchange are between £300,000 and £500,000. the sum of £150,000 is due to creditors, ...

    Article : 52 words
  29. PERSIAN AFFAIRS.

    All the tows in Khorassan have risen against the Shah and formed an anjuman. Meshed will assume the administration of the province. ...

    Article : 30 words
  30. THE EARTHQUAKE IN SICILY.

    A man haas been rescued from the [?] of Messina after being burred for thirty-seven days in a confectioner's shop. He subsisted on sweetmeats and liqueurs. ...

    Article : 35 words
  31. THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

    For the first time since the events of November last the German Emperor visited the German Imperial Chancellor (Prince Bulow), the occassion being the ...

    Article : 41 words
  32. THE IMPERIAL PRESS CONFERENCE.

    Sir Gilbert Parker, the Conservations member for Gravesend who was at one time [?] Editor of the "Sydney Morning Herald" speaking at a dinner ...

    Article : 69 words
  33. THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BILL.

    The President of the United States (Colonial I. Roosevelt) has vetoed the cen sus Bill. he insists on a competitive examination being held for the clerks who ...

    Article : 67 words
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