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  2. THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.

    The Aurora, which has been in this port exactly a month, having arrived here from England, via Capetown, on November 4, the day of the opening of ...

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  3. THE SEAMEN'S AWARD.

    Further consideration was given by the President of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court to-day to the minutes in respect of his award, in the Seamen's ...

    Article : 336 words
  4. THE TREVASCUS TRAGEDY.

    The Coroner's inquest on the body of Henry Trevascus at the Gleche was continued to-day. Detective Lonsdale, of Melbourne, gave ...

    Article : 708 words
  5. SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE

    The South, African Government's Defence Bill has been modelled on the Swiss system, and costs £300,000 in addition to the present cost of defence ...

    Article : 542 words
  6. PERSONAL.

    Mr. L. K. Ward, tke Assistant Government Geologist, has forwarded his resignation to the Secretary for Mines, to take effect from the 31st inst., or as soon ...

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  7. IMPERIAL POLITICS.

    At a representative meeting of members of the British Medical Association recently, it was resolved that if the National Insurance Bill be passed in ...

    Article : 590 words
  8. REVOLUTION IN CHINA.

    Sir J. N. Jordan, the British Minister to China, has arranged for a three days' truce at Hankow aud Wuchang. During this time Li-Yunn-Hung, one of ...

    Article : 535 words
  9. NAVAL DEFENCE.

    It is rumoured that Mr. Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, is contemplating a loan of £30,000,000 for naval purposes, in ...

    Article : 290 words
  10. TURCO-ITALIAN WAR.

    The Italians have bombarded the town of Mekha, on the Arabian coast, this action being taken to aid the sheiks in revolt against Turkey. ...

    Article : 38 words
  11. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

    In fine but hot weather the visiting English cricketers to-day entered upon their match with Queensland. The wicket was in good order, and though rather ...

    Article : 303 words
  12. RUSSIA AND PERSIA.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Sir Edward Grey, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, referred to the ultimatum delivered to Persia by ...

    Article : 150 words
  13. ABOR EXPEDITION.

    The expedition under Major-General Bower co-operating, against the Abors to avenge the murder of Mr. Noel Williamson, the British, political agent, ...

    Article : 112 words
  14. WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

    Owing to the Corporation of Harvard University refusing to allow Mrs. Pankhurst, the militant British suffragette, who is now touring America, to ...

    Article : 110 words
  15. COMMONWEALTH SAVINGS BANK.

    The Prime Ministar (Hon. A. Fisher) to-day received from the Premier of Tasmania (Sir Elliott Lewis) a telegram relating to the proposed action of the ...

    Article : 255 words
  16. NIAGARA'S WATER POWER.

    The Royal Commission appointed by the Canadian Government to inquire into, the question of the conservation of the water power of the Falls of Niagara ...

    Article : 88 words
  17. ISTER-STATE CRICKET.

    Heavy showers of monsoonal rain interfered with play to-day at the open ing of the Now South Wales and South Australian cricket match. Although ...

    Article : 285 words
  18. BOXING.

    A boxing match took place yesterday in San Francisco between "Packy" Macfarland and Harem Murphy, the American lightweights. The bout was a ...

    Article : 127 words
  19. GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

    An article in the "Morning Post" today contains the announcement that the Foreign Office, is discussing the rectification of boundaries in Africa ...

    Article : 119 words
  20. SHIPPING DISASTERS.

    The British steamer Berwind, 2,589 tons, Captain Moore, is helplessly adrift off the coast of Nova Scotia. In a recent storm she lost her rudder. All ...

    Article : 172 words
  21. PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC.

    The trial of the conspirators concerned in the Royalist plot in Portugal has begun at Lisbon. Jonquim Almeida, one of the leaders, has been sentenced ...

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  22. N.S.W. POLITICS.

    In connection with the proposals of the Government submitted to the Assembly to-day by the Treasurer, on the motion for granting supply, companies ...

    Article : 200 words
  23. LABOUR IN AUSTRALIA.

    At a meeting of shareholders in the Great Cobar copper mine, which was held yesterday at the office of the company in New Borad-street, in the city, ...

    Article : 86 words
  24. AVIATION.

    M. Salmet, an instructor at the Bleriot Aviation School at Hendon, ascended to-day in a monoplane to a height of 9,000ft., which is a record ...

    Article : 39 words
  25. RUGBY FOOTBALL.

    Early in October the general committee of the Northern Rugby Union considered the case of D. Frawley, of New South Wales, a member of the ...

    Article : 96 words
  26. MOUNT LYELL MINES.

    The matter of compensating Norman White, over whom the Mount Lyell strike originated, is being discussed a good deal in many quarters. One ...

    Article : 122 words
  27. FEDERAL MATTERS.

    The Customs and excise collections for November amounted to £1,22[?],522, an increase of £186,438 over the total for the corresponding month of the last financial ...

    Article : 185 words
  28. NIHILISM IN RUSSIA.

    In October last a Russian student named Kristi committed a despirate deed at the railway station at Novocher-Kassk, the capital of the Don Co[?]k. ...

    Article : 116 words
  29. FINANCIAL.

    The Bank of England figures for November 30, with the previous week's totals given in parentheses, are as follow:— ...

    Article : 190 words
  30. THE YOUNG GUARD.

    In response to a request by the Rev. H. J. Rose (senior chaplain of the military forces of the Commonwealth), Earl Roberts has sent a message to the ...

    Article : 261 words
  31. POSTAL NOTES CASE.

    John A. Smythe, charged with conspiracy against the Federal Government through the Postal Department, appeared again at the City Court ...

    Article : 124 words
  32. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The sixth serios of the London wool sales were continued to-day, when there was another large attendance of Home, American, and Continental buyers. ...

    Article : 88 words
  33. FEDERATED MASTER BUILDERS.

    The annual convention of the Federated Master Builders' Association of Australia, which has been in progress since Tuesday, was concluded to-day. ...

    Article : 114 words
  34. BILLIARDS.

    George Gray, the young Australian billiardist, is engaged in a match of 9,000 up at Birmingham against W. Chapman, to whom he has conceded ...

    Article : 95 words
  35. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Standard Oil Company announces that [?]s subsid[?]y companies will immediately take over the control of their own affairs, independent of the parent ...

    Article : 35 words
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