After question time in the Legislative Council yesterday, the Potato Diseases Bill was taken up as an urgent measure, but hon. members showed no signs of ...
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Article : 81 wordsMembers of the Ministerial party in both Houses held a caucus this morning to consider what might be done to prevent the Opposition again ...
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Article : 35 wordsDuring inilitary man[?]vres in France yesterday, the French dirigible, the Republique, rose to a height of a thousand metres (approximately ...
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Article : 594 wordsThe Haytian Government is in favour of a scheme propounded by the German Minister at Port au Prince to create a German bank. It is ...
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Article : 49 words"The Times" correspondent at Ottowa says that the request of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company for Asiatic labour will be refused, but it is ...
Article : 82 wordsLord Milner, in the course of an interview respecting the proposal of the Sydney Citizens' Committee to establish a naval college and immigration ...
Article : 71 wordsThe aviation contests which it was proposed to hold at Wembly-park, Middlesex, next month will not now take place, as M. Bleriot and Mr. Latham ...
Article : 43 wordsMr. Marconi states that Captain Scott, who is to load the Antarctic expedition next year, can transmit ethergrams a distance of two hundred miles ...
Article : 50 wordsMr, Keir Hardio, M.P., presided yesterday at the final meeting of the 'Young Egypt Congress" at Geneva, which resolved to demand the ...
Article : 55 wordsThree thousand applications have been received for two hundred positions that were created this session under the Labour Exchanges Bill. ...
Article : 34 wordsDonald McLean, a cabman, was shot dead at Brighton early this morning. The circumstances are at present enshrouded in mystery. Late last night ...
Article : 237 wordsAt a meeting of the Scottish Liberal members of the House of Commons yesterday, it was decided to oppose the Government's proposal to apply a ...
Article : 58 wordsIn the House of Lords yesterday, the Primate (Dr. Davidson) called attention to the Poor. Law Commission's report, and emphasised the fact thats ...
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Article : 62 wordswarriinoo, s.s., 3,529 tons, R. Neville, from Molbourne. Passengers:£Saloon: Mesdames Gillon, May and infant, Walstell; Misses Holloway, Fennon, Speller: Messrs. Brent, ...
Article : 70 wordsIn the lawn tennis contests between representatives of the United States and England to decide which country shall challenge Australia for the Davis ...
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Article : 139 wordsThe Earl of Rosebery has resigned the presidency of the Scottish Liberal Club. ...
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Article : 56 wordsThe conference of representatives of Victoria, tasmania, Brokou Hill, and Cobar Miners' Associations resumed its sittings to-day. The discussion on the ...
Article : 166 wordsAt a meeting of the Good Samaritan Committee to-night, it was shown that, although there was a debit balance last month of £6 13s. 8d., and the expenses ...
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Article : 88 wordsThe bill to provide for the protection of women, and to make illegitimate children legitimate, which was introduced to the Legislative Assembly last week by ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 17 Sep 1909, Page 5
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