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  2. BOOM IN THEATRES.

    There is a boom in theatre-building in Sydney, and within the next few months four additional houses may be open to the, public. To-day Messrs. Eaton & Bates, ...

    Article : 268 words
  3. AFRICAN UNION.

    The motion of which notice was given by a member of the Congress of the Afrikander Bond at Beaufort West, Cape Colony, last week that Cape Colony is ...

    Article : 70 words
  4. SEEKING SETTLERS.

    The Hon. Newton Moore, Premier of Western Australia, is arranging to visit Edinburgh and Glasgow, Preston, Bradford. Leeds, and Bristol. In each place he will ...

    Article : 273 words
  5. PERSONAL.

    Lady Bosanquet will open the Southern Districts Floricultural and Horticultural Society's annual show at the Unley City Hall this afternoon. ...

    Article : 739 words
  6. Advertising

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    Advertising : 31 words
  7. SHIPPING NEWS.

    Warrawee, s., 175, C. Barry, Edithburgh. Kooringa, s., 130, W. Germein, Ardrossan. Juno, s., 100, G. McKay, Stansbury. Karatta, s., 278, W. J. Spells, Kangaroo Island. ...

    Article : 577 words
  8. Advertising

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    Advertising : 33 words
  9. AMERICAN "BUCKET SHOPS."

    As the outcome of the crusade organises largely by newspapers against the "bucketshops," as the places are called where facilities are given for small wagering on ...

    Article : 117 words
  10. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 1,115 words
  11. SHIPPING ACCIDENTS.

    The steamer Bramley, bound From Newcastle to South America, arrived to-day with her machinery slightly out of order. ...

    Article : 29 words
  12. LABOR IN AMERICA.

    The New York Central Railway Company have increased by 7 per cent, the salaries of all employes receiving less than 200 dollars (£40) monthly, who are employed on ...

    Article : 104 words
  13. QUEER WILL CASE.

    Mr. Justice Cussen to day delivered his reserved decision in respect to the application for probate to two wills of Henry Irwin Weatherbey. formerly of Windsor, ...

    Article : 356 words
  14. BIG FIRES.

    "Hope End," a mansion near Ledbury, in Herefordshire, which occupies the site of the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the poet, has been destroyed ...

    Article : 184 words
  15. DESTROYING FRUIT PESTS.

    With the object of killing aphides and other insect pests, which are working havoc among the fruit and vegetables, 52,000,000 ladybirds, weighing in all a ton, ...

    Article : 56 words
  16. GENERAL NEWS.

    THE HANGING OF HADJI KHAN. The Afghan, Hadji Khan, who was sentenced to death at the Port Augusta Circuit Court on March 8 for the murder of Said ...

    Article : 2,309 words
  17. PRESIDENT TAFT.

    President Taft at a reception yesterday shook hands with 1,700 women who were presented to him. On hearing, however, that there were 300 more women to com[?] ...

    Article : 60 words
  18. DOMESTIC SERVICE.

    In Australia the difficulty of securing sufficient and properly trained domestic help is keenly felt by thousands of housewives, who are prepared to pay current ...

    Article : 1,267 words
  19. THE COTTON INDUSTRY.

    The American manipulators for the May corner in cotton are reshipping thousands of bales of cotton from Liverpool to New York. The steamer Baltic takes 17,000 ...

    Article : 90 words
  20. RACEHORSE STOLEN.

    S. Bullock, horse trainer, of Thomasstreet, Moonee Ponds, has reported to the police that the racehorse, Golden Park, was stolen from his stables on Saturday ...

    Article : 92 words
  21. RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

    Acting under instructions from St. Petersburg, the police on Saturday searched the residences and offices of 200 officials of the Army Commissariat Department ...

    Article : 100 words
  22. Advertising

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    Advertising : 152 words
  23. CHINESE CABINETMAKERS.

    Since the Amending Factories and Shops Act came into operation at the beginning of the present year piecework Chinese journeymen cabinetmakers have been ...

    Article : 177 words
  24. CANADIAN DEFENCE.

    In the supplementary naval programme, submitted to the Canadian Dominion House of Commons, the Prime Minister (Sir Wilfrid Laurier) proposes to augment the ...

    Article : 51 words
  25. RONALD-HARPER CASE.

    The hearing of the charge of conspiracy arising out of the libel and slander action, Ronald versus Harper was resumed to-day. Edward Batchelor, cross-examined by Mr. ...

    Article : 309 words
  26. BRITISH CAPITAL.

    The "Economist" this week states that the past quarter's capital applications totalled £99,355,600, compared with £64,238,400 for the corresponding quarter ...

    Article : 70 words
  27. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Wheat.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 4,180,000 quarters, as against 4,230,000 quarters last week, and for the ...

    Article : 117 words
  28. A POST-OFFICE ROBBED.

    A daring robbery was committed at Manildra during the early hours of Sunday morning. An iron safe was taken from the post-office in a sulky to the railway ...

    Article : 88 words
  29. PROFIT SHARING.

    The malcontents whose agitation led to the condemnation at a meeting of trades unionists at Hartlepool of the system of copartnership, which was introduced by Sir ...

    Article : 164 words
  30. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    A competitive examination was held in the State capitals on Saturday of candidates for appointment as typists on the Federal Parliamentary reporting staff. ...

    Article : 168 words
  31. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE.

    Mr. W. H. Barclay, of the Commonwealth Customs service, will leave for England by the R.M.S. Orsova this week to take charge of the commercial branch of ...

    Article : 127 words
  32. POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS.

    Great Britain, &c., April 8, via Suez, 10.30 a.m., per R.M.S. Orsova; registered letters and newspapers. 9-30 a.m.; Port Adelaide letters, 11.15 a.m.; newspapers and registered letters, 8.40 ...

    Article : 412 words
  33. CRUSADE AGAINST OPIUM.

    A return prepared for the Minister of Customs shows that in the years 1906-9, inclusive, 4,479 lb. of opium were seized in New South Wales, of an estimated value ...

    Article : 171 words
  34. Advertising

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    Advertising : 41 words
  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Dr. Barry, Canon, of Windsor, and for merly Bishop of Sydney, who died, last week, will be buried at Worcester on Wednesday. ...

    Article : 154 words
  36. The Advertiser

    Although the scrutiny is still incomplete in several districts, the latest figures heighten the probability of a narrow victory for the Labor Party. In the ...

    Article : 735 words
  37. THE BUILDING TRADE.

    The building trade in New South Wales is as prosperous at the present time as it ever was, and perhaps it is more prosperous. The great industrial upheaval of a ...

    Article : 216 words
  38. OLD AGE PENSIONS.

    The total number of old age pensions granted since the Federal Act came into operation last July, was 66,745. made up of 25,998 in New South Wales. 20,526 in ...

    Article : 163 words
  39. AFTER THE COAL STRIKE

    Eight of the nine miners delegates, Messrs. B. Rees, P. Sneddon, T. Prose, G. Neilly, F. Watson. W. Littlefair. E. Parkes, and J. Stenhouse, who were ...

    Article : 121 words
  40. QUEENSLAND.

    At a meeting to-day Mr. Barlow warned the people that unless they seized the opportunity to regulate the Federation they would suffer from the imposition of more ...

    Article : 78 words
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