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  2. Inter-State News.

    At the request of the State Ministry, Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice, the visiting British Engineer, is to report on the methods followed in the work of deepening at Port ...

    Article : 268 words
  3. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    Captain Barclay, who returned this week from his exploration tour in the Northern Territory, had a long interview to-day with the Minister of External Affairs. In ...

    Article : 153 words
  4. THE TERRITORY.

    Of all the officials who have returned from the Northern Territory, no one is more enthusiastic regarding its possibilities than Mr. T. G. Oliver, the inspector of ...

    Article : 464 words
  5. NEWS FROM THE ISLANDS.

    The Mindini ?which arrived to-day from the Solomon Islands, reports that the steamer Kulambangra left Fulagi on December 22 with Sir William Lever aboard. ...

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  6. THE QUESTION OF WATER SUPPLY.

    Tenders were recently let by the Department of Home Affairs for the sinking of bores along the route of the Transcontinental railway, and it has now been ...

    Article : 122 words
  7. THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY.

    Some misapprehension has amen over the action of the Minister of External A flairs in having secured authority from Parliament to extend the railway from ...

    Article : 227 words
  8. THE PLANTING OF TIMBER.

    During the consideration of the Estimates in the Senate last week the question was asked whether anything had been done, or was being done, to plant Australian ...

    Article : 142 words
  9. THE LURE OF AUSTRALIA.

    Fifteen of the American and Canadian farmers who recently toured Rochester district have decided to take up land in Victoria. One Californian, who came to ...

    Article : 60 words
  10. HOW £100,000 A YEAR IS LOST.

    The committee appointed by the conference of representatives of the Chamber of Commerce, the Underwriters' Association, the Harbor Trust, and the ...

    Article : 251 words
  11. IMMIGRATION.

    The Mamari, which arrived from London last night, specially chartered of the New Zealand Government, brought the largest contingent of assisted immigrants on ...

    Article : 222 words
  12. THE SUPPLY OF SLEEPERS.

    In reply to Mr. Scaddan, on the delay in the delivery of [?] for the trans-Australian railway. Sir John Forrest says the contract entered into between ...

    Article : 270 words
  13. AUSTRALIAN MARBLE.

    The Minister of External Affairs had a conversation to-day with Mr. Summers, the well-known sculptor, and Mr. Murdoch, the architect of the Home Affairs Department, ...

    Article : 190 words
  14. EMPIRE DEFENCE.

    The eleventh annual reunion of the Western Australam branch of the South African Soldiers' Association last night was a brilliaut gathering. There was a large ...

    Article : 570 words
  15. GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN PERTH.

    The Governor-General and Lady Denman arrived in Perth by the river steamer yesterday and were welcomed on the jetty by the Lieutenant-Governor ...

    Article : 100 words
  16. DRINKING DENS.

    The fining of a country hotelkeeper for having refused to supply meals to the public has drawn attention to the number of purely drinking burs which still exist in ...

    Article : 275 words
  17. TELEPHONES INCREASING.

    A return, which has been prepared for the information of the Postmaster-General, shows that on December 31 last there were throughout the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 86 words
  18. NEW ZEALAND.

    Trade this Christmas has been surprisingly good considering the magnitude of cue recent strike. Mr. John McLuckie (45), employed by ...

    Article : 410 words
  19. THE WESTERN RAILWAY.

    There has been some comment regarding the proposal to import a number of locomotives for use in connection with the construction of the railway from Kalgoorlie to ...

    Article : 274 words
  20. A MELBOURNE RECORD.

    A record quantity of water was used in the metropolitan area on [?] namely, 74.,379,000 gallons, which is eight million gallons more than the previous record for ...

    Article : 57 words
  21. A SUSPICIOUS FIRE.

    What appears to be a deliberate attempt to burn the home of Mr. Mori, secretary of the new arbitration union, at Blackball, occurred in the early hours ...

    Article : 111 words
  22. WIRE NETTING FOR FARMERS.

    Under the Victorian State system of distributing wire netting to farmers ten thousand miles of wire have been supplied, representing a value of nearly ...

    Article : 53 words
  23. A VESSEL ASHORE.

    The Deputy Postmaster-General has received a telegram from Thursday Island stating that it was reported by wireless this morning that the earner Tasman ...

    Article : 262 words
  24. BUSH FIRES IN VICTORIA.

    With the thermometer at 99 deg. in Melbourne to-day, bush fires are ravaging the Plenty Ranges. The fire which broke oat there lost Monday and spread over country ...

    Article : 268 words
  25. ROLLING STOCK ORDERED.

    The Minister of Home Affairs has approved of tenders being called for the construction and delivery of another 50 bogie waggous for the East-West line, each of ...

    Article : 222 words
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