The Postmaster-General Mr. Thomas, yesterday stated that the British Postmaster-General had agreed to deliver newspapers over eight ...
Article : 111 wordsThe examination of H. D. Flanagan, secretary of the Post and Telegraph Association was resumed before the Postal Commission on Saturday, all the ...
Article : 1,396 wordsThe Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Association (Mr. F. D. Flanagan) gave further evidence before the Postal Commission on Saturday in ...
Article : 2,398 wordsThe contractors for laying the new cable between Victoria and Tasmania have asked the Postmaster-General (Mr. Thomas) to allow a Commonwealth, ...
Article : 84 wordsThe oil ship Kaloma, of the Bucknall line of steamers, bound from America to China, caught fire this week at Singapore. ...
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Article : 426 wordsA quantity of editorial manuscript has been seized at the office of a vernacular newspaper styled "Revolution," at Lahore. ...
Article : 39 wordsLegislation has been introduced in the House of Commons which empowers a magistrate to adequately punish a person who creates a wilful disturbance ...
Article : 91 wordsMr. Hamilton Wicket British Trade Commissioner for Austialia yesterday had an interview with the Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) regarding his mission ...
Article : 101 wordsStatements have been made that the Governor (Sir Thomas Carmichael-Gibson) sought outside advice before coming to his decision to grant a ...
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Article : 45 wordsThe Argentine Senate some time ago rejected a measure providing for the construction of two battleships of the Dreadnought type. ...
Article : 94 wordsThe liquidator in the estate of Messrs. Willer and Riley, a firm whose business was recently wound up, consequent upon losses sustained through the ...
Article : 60 wordsThe following changes have been made in the Postmaster-General's Department of Tasmania:—G. V. Heffernan, telegraph messenger at Doloraine, ...
Article : 177 wordsA proclamation has been issued constituting the Royal Commissioners on Insurance and on the manufacture and sale of Stripper Harvesters ...
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Article : 327 wordsIt was recently mentioned that there was a probability of a new line of steamers being established to run between Italy and Australia. ...
Article : 70 wordsReferring yesterday to the cable message that Australian artists in London had decided to petition the Federal Government not to overlook them when ...
Article : 88 wordsMischa Elman, the boy violinist, who recently left London for Australia, via America, is giving concerts in New York. He is meeting with phenomenal ...
Article : 37 wordsIndians welcome with the utmost enthusiasm the British Government's scheme of proposed reforms in the administration of India. ...
Article : 99 wordsA strong movement, backed by the Merchants' Guilds, has been started to boycott German goods and institutions at Kiao-Chau, the German protectorate ...
Article : 54 wordsNow that the mining industry in parts of the North-East Coast ts not so flourishing as it has been, the people in several districts have a desire ...
Article : 891 wordsThere was a special sitting of Mr. Justice Higgins in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court yesterday, to hear an application in connection with the ...
Article : 215 wordsA Customs proclamation has been issued, extending the date of the prohibition of importation into Australia of matches and vestas containing the ...
Article : 46 wordsProfessor J[?]thro Brown, of the Adelaide University, arrived in Tasmania on Saturday by the t.s. Loongana. Monsieur Henri de Possel, who, ...
Article : 773 wordsGeneral Alexis, President of Hayti, who recently sought refuge on a French warship, has been deposed, and General Simon, who headed the revolution, has ...
Article : 44 wordsThe parcel post arrangement between the Commonwealth and the United States has been varied, so as to permit of parcels being exchanged between the ...
Article : 53 wordsThe New South Wales Rugby team of amateur football players defeated Newport yesterday by a goal to a try. The ground was wet owing to rain ...
Article : 229 wordsThe South African Convention, which has been considering the question of union of the British colonies in South Africa, has adjourned until January ...
Article : 86 wordsMr. McElhone, hon. secretary to the Board of Control, announced to-day several decisions arrived at by the Board of Control. Colonel Foxton, ...
Article : 301 wordsThe question of having a census taken of the population of the Commonwealth is engaging the attention of the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Mahon). The ...
Article : 97 wordsAt the City Police Court on Saturday, before the Police Magistrate (Mr. W. 0. Wise) the hearing of the charge against Charles Metz of establishing an ...
Article : 511 wordsThe speech delivered by the Sultan at the opening of the Turkish Parliament this week was modelled on Western lines. ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) yesterday issued two proclamations, prohibiting the importation into the Commonwealth of prison made goods, and ...
Article : 117 wordsHis Majesty King Edward has telegraphed to the Sultan offering his sincere congratulations on the assembling of Parliament, and his earnest prayer ...
Article : 102 wordsMr. W. H. Taft, President designate of the United States, has not yet completed the task of forming his Ministry. ...
Article : 82 wordsHenry Ernest Hawkins, who was arrested on warrant at Gayundah, Queensland, on a charge of having abducted a girl under 16 years at Ulverstone last August, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 228 wordsThe Mines Eight-Hours Bill was amended yesterday in committee of the House of Lords. The hours of labour were increased ...
Article : 139 wordsH. W. Bottomley, member of the House of Commons for Hackney, and proprietor and editor of "John Bull," has been fined £300 for contempt of ...
Article : 97 wordsFranco and Spain propose that the Powers should collectively recognise Mulai Hafid as Sultan of Morocco. ...
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Article : 72 wordsBullion silver is quoted at 1s ll[?]d. per ounce. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 21 Dec 1908, Page 5
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