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  2. Other Men's Minds.

    The drawback in being tried by posterity is that the jury remains out of the court for such a long period.—Mr. W. Pett Ridge. ...

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  3. CABLE NEWS.

    Professor Goodby, who delivered the annual Hunterian lecture at the Royal College of Surgeons, yesterday, said that rheumatoid arthritis and other forms of rheumatism were due to a ...

    Article : 76 words
  4. THE IRISH BLIGHT.

    The Irish blight visitation in the district is even worse than was feared a few days ago. The blight has made its appearance right through the Crookwell district. One man there riding ...

    Article : 199 words
  5. CABLE NEWS.

    The Imperial Chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg, speaking in the Prussian Diet yesterday, delivered a quiet but emphatic warning to the Vatican in connection with the decree ...

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  6. THE LATEST.

    The Flemington races were to-day again postponed in consequence of the course being under water as the result of heavy rain. The day's programme has been fixed for Saturday, and the ...

    Article : 104 words
  7. Advertising

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    Advertising : 155 words
  8. SALE OF WORK.

    A sale of work in aid of the funds of the Baptist Church was opened in the Oddfellows' Hall on Wednesday afternoon. Some tastefully decorated and well-laden stalls were in evidence, ...

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  9. THE ESSENTIAL THING.

    No one can live a righteous life unless he has will power; and he cannot have will power unless he has strength of body.—Mr. R. W. Guerra. ...

    Article : 30 words
  10. WHY CHANGE?

    If every generation had held the theory that the old was good enough for them we should still be living in caves.—Rev. P. W. Jones. ...

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  11. FRENCH POLITICS.

    The Chamber of Deputies has passed a resolution affirming confidence in the new Government by 309 votes to 114. Berlin, March 6. ...

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  12. RUSSIAN HOLOCAUST.

    The inhabitants of Bologue, where tile fatal cinematograph fire occurred on the 5th inst., are chiefly railway men, but many peasants came in to see the cinematograph pictures dealing with ...

    Article : 350 words
  13. CURABLE.

    Poverty can be abolished; it is only a question of studying economics and applying the remedies.—Mr. B. Seebohm Rowntree. ...

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  14. VARIETY IS CHARMING.

    The design of many, Continental cities tends towards monotony; the variety of our English cities possesses a greater charm.—Mr. W. H. Lever. ...

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  15. THE CARCOAR AND LITHGOW STRIKERS.

    In the Industrial Court to-day Judge Heydon, on behalf of the Attorney-General, granted leave to prosecute William Mullalley and 124 others for an alleged breach of the Industrial Disputes ...

    Article : 123 words
  16. TROUBLE IN ZION CITY.

    Zion City is in a state of turmoil, the Dowieite followers having split over the pending election of an Overseer. Lively scenes have taken place, followed by the arrest of a number of Church ...

    Article : 58 words
  17. THE CURATE'S FUTURE.

    Instead of a decreasing stipend and decreasing popularity as he grows older, the curate should be able to look to a steady advance and to being properly paid.—Bishop ...

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  18. FLOODS EXPECTED.

    The local police received the following telegram froth the Inspector-General of Police under date 8th March:—"Government Meteorologist, Melbourne, wires gales and flood rains ...

    Article : 67 words
  19. WEEKLY CALENDAR.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 93 words
  20. GOULBURN POLICE COURT.

    Before the P.M. and Mr. Belcher. DRUNK. One man, on bail, pleaded guilty to drunkenness on the Braidwood-road, and was fined 2/6. ...

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  21. THE MEXICAN REVOLT.

    The. Mexican revolt still drags on. Every day there are small raids by guerilla bands. A few Federals have been killed in indecisive engagements. ...

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  22. THE "HOCKEY GIRL."

    The "hockey girl" may be too bouncing for some tastes, but she is a Vast improvement upon the anaemic and neurotic poseuse of seven years ago.—Mr. Arnold White. ...

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  23. ASKING QUESTIONS.

    The modern young man is very fond of suspending in the air a number of un answered questions, as one puffs rings from a cigarette—a practice which soon becomes ...

    Article : 37 words
  24. REBELLION IN MOROCCO.

    The tribes between Al K'sar al Kebir and Fez have risen in rebellion, and communication with Fez is cut off. The Sultan sent several detachments against them, but two Were badly cut up, ...

    Article : 74 words
  25. THE CAMORRA.

    Reuter's correspondent at Viterbo, Italy, tells an amazing story based on the evidence of 450 witnesses at the trial of a number of Camorrists charged with the murder of ...

    Article : 261 words
  26. GOOD GOVERNMENT.

    The true way to govern any country or empire is to treat men as intelligent human beings and deal with them on lines of equality and justice.—Sir Robert Aske. ...

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    ANY utterance of the veteran author and statesman, Viscount Morley, whether given in the form of an address or contained in a written article, on such a comprehensive subject as ...

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  28. ALL-BRITISH SHOPPING WEEK.

    The "Berliner Tageblatt" protests against the conversion of the All-British Shopping Week into a weapon against German trade. It points out that Germany, if she so desires, can call into ...

    Article : 68 words
  29. THE CRIME OF TO-DAY.

    The crime of to-day is not brutality, but the crime of educated persons, with skill and ability, but without balance of character.—Archdeacon Madden. ...

    Article : 30 words
  30. [REUTER'S.]

    Hoffman and Trassjonsky, two of the persons in custody with respect to the Houdsditch tragedy have been discharged, there being insufficient evidence to convict them ...

    Article : 630 words
  31. CRIME AND THE CRIMINAL.

    Some decent people are in prison, just as some decent people are outside. St. Paul was in prison. Some prisoners are wrong-headed, some are weak, some are feeble-minded. ...

    Article : 108 words
  32. A MURDEROUS PRISONER.

    Phillipson, a reprieved anarchist, who had been convicted of murder and was incarcerated at Buchsal, Baden, secreted a pair of tailor's scissors, and subsequently pierced a warder's ...

    Article : 46 words
  33. SIR HECTOR MACDONALD.

    Several passengers by the China liner Asia, which arrived here yesterday, assert that they had seen Sir Hector Macdonald (the British General who is supposed to have committed ...

    Article : 70 words
  34. ANTI-BRITISH PROPAGANDA.

    In the House of Commons last night Mr. E. S. Montagu, Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the India Office, stated that the Government of Bengal had arranged with the ...

    Article : 90 words
  35. CRICKET.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 81 words
  36. A LAW FOR THE RICH.

    The Divorce Act is administered only to the relief of a few wealthy persons who suffer from the misadventures of a few others of the same class.—Judge Mulligan, K.C. ...

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  37. BIG BRITISH ENTERPRISE.

    The Brussels correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that the Minister for the Colonies has agreed to Messrs. Lever Brothers forming a company, with a capital of a million sterling, ...

    Article : 53 words
  38. ACCENTS.

    The Londoner has a perfect right to have an accent. Most people in town speak with a broad Scotch accent, some of the most delightful have that which is Irish, while ...

    Article : 49 words
  39. THE SPRING HILL STRIKE.

    The manager of tile Spring Hill mines, Nova Scotia, who was arrested on a charge of incitement to riot preferred against him by labour agitators, has been acquitted. Police have been ...

    Article : 51 words
  40. THE WELSH STRIKES.

    The Daily Express reports that hundreds of families of the 12,000 strikers in the Rhondda colliery district, Wales, are on the verge of starvation. Women and children ...

    Article : 116 words
  41. RECIPROCITY.

    In the House of Lords last night Lord Ampthill (Liberal Unionist) initiated a debate on the reciprocity agreement between Canada and the United States. He strongly criticised the ...

    Article : 302 words
  42. OUR OWN FAULT.

    Every one is said to possess the stomach he deserves; and there can be no doubt that our digestions are of our own making.—Mr. W. Soltau Fenwick. ...

    Article : 31 words
  43. MISSING EXPLORERS.

    Thursday Island, Wednesday.—Very little authentic information came to hand from Daru by the ketch Assam Ceylon last night. Other mails are expected to arrive early next week. ...

    Article : 293 words
  44. TORTURING A MURDERER.

    A farmer and his wife were murdered at Novo-Nikolaievskaya, a Cossack village in Northern Caucasia. The villagers tortured the murderer with red-hot stones placed ...

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  45. HARVEST FESTIVAL AND SALE.

    The harvest festival and sale of gifts was continued at the Lagoon street Methodist Church on Tuesday evening. There was a good attendance, and a very fair amount of business was ...

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  46. "AM I MY BROTHER'S KEEPER?"

    No woman or man should be free to enjoy a sheltered life while others are being tramped to death in the relentless march of civilisation.—Rev. Dr. Aked. ...

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  47. BRAINS AND KNOWLEDGE.

    The best places in the workshop of the world are no longer open to those who work by rule-of-thumb, but are for those with special knowledge and well disciplined. ...

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  48. FISHERMEN ON STRIKE.

    Serious conflicts have occurred at St. Malo between crews of the fishing fleet and the gendarmes. The fishermen struck for increased wages, and refused to allow the ...

    Article : 64 words
  49. EMPIRE PICTURES.

    There was a good house at the Empire Pictures last night (Wednesday). To-night the usual change will take place, and some exceptionally good films are promised. One, "The ...

    Article : 65 words
  50. MR. BALLINGER RESIGNS.

    Mr. Richard A. Ballinger, Secretary of State for the Interior, has announced his intention to resign. He states that he will prosecute his accusers, who declared that he ...

    Article : 97 words
  51. THE MAN.

    It is from the energy of the individual that all reforms and social improvements are brought into the world.—Professor Vaughan. ...

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  52. FREE CHURCH CONGRESS.

    A feature of the Free Church Congress which opened at Portsmouth yesterday was tile welcome of the rev. R. S. Medlicott, Rural Dean of Portsmouth. Dr. J. H. Jowett, President of the ...

    Article : 148 words
  53. EDUCATIONAL DYSPESIA.

    Many people suffer from chronic educational dyspepsia brought on in early childhood through the mistaken zeal of parents.—Dr. Michael Sadler. ...

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  54. THE WEATHER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 103 words
  55. DRINK AND CRIME.

    If I could only draw a picture by way of a panorama of the people who come before me charged with offences of all sorts which arise out of intemperance, they would be ...

    Article : 76 words
  56. OIL FUEL AT SEA.

    The United States Navy League Convention, which is sitting here, debated the strength of the Pacific Fleet last night. Rear Admiral Cone, in the course of the debate, ...

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  57. A GIRL RIDER.

    The Braidwood "Review," in its show notes, says—"A very attractive feature of the ring events was an exhibition of riding over jumps given by Miss Marey McKenny, aged 12, who ...

    Article : 180 words
  58. VOTES FOR WOMEN.

    Women have been given a large share in public affairs, and to give qualified women the vote in Parliamentary affairs is not to take them out of Oriental seclusion and ask ...

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  59. THE ROYAL NAVY.

    The King's Birthday will be celebrated on the home stations on May 27, and on the other stations on June 3. ...

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  60. THE SUN'S HEAT.

    In a lecture at the Royal Institution on the sun's heat, Sir J. J. Thomson said that on a clear day the sun transmitted power equivalent to 7000 horse-power, per acre. If this ...

    Article : 122 words
  61. GOULBURN AND DISTRICT HOSPITAL.

    The monthly meeting of the general committee was held at the hospital last (Wednesday) night. Present: Messrs. E. W. Johnson (president, in the chair). C. W. Furner, R. E. Conolly, ...

    Article : 242 words
  62. THE FRENCH NAVY.

    The Chamber of Deputies has approved of the construction of two further Dreadnoughts. M. Jaures proposed that the vessels should be armed with 13.5-inch guns. M. Deleasse, ...

    Article : 79 words
  63. SCOTTISH OIL INDUSTRY.

    A shalefield has been discovered on Lord Rosebery's Dalmeny estate, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. It is believed that it extends under the Firth of Forth into Fifeshire, thus ...

    Article : 43 words
  64. THE NAVY'S BUSINESS.

    The main object aimed at by our fleet, whether for the defence of commerce or for any other purpose, is to prevent any ship of the enemy from getting to sea far enough to ...

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  65. HOME RULE.

    In the House of Commons last night, in the course of discursive debate on the Revenue Bill. Mr. William O'Brien (Independent Nationalist) said that the Budget of 1909 was a most ...

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  66. A NOTABLE FEAT.

    M. Renaux, with a passenger, aeroplaned 210 miles in five hours to the summit of Puy-de-Dome (4813ft), the celebrated mountain in Central France. By this feat h, won ...

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  67. EJECTED FROM AN ENTERTAINMENT.

    At the Wyalong Police Court on Wednesday. before Mr. H. Giles Shaw. P.M., an important case was heard touching the ejectment of persons from a public entertainment who had ...

    Article : 231 words
  68. "HEAR, LAND O' CAKES!"

    Personally, I shiver at the thought that I narrowly escaped being a Scotchman, for I left that country when I was two months old. The national instinct was so strong in me ...

    Article : 68 words
  69. SELLING PRICE OF COAL.

    Newcastle, Wednesday.—The delegate board of the Colliery Employees Federation considered a motion forwarded by the Abermain Lodge to the effect that representations be made to the ...

    Article : 69 words
  70. PORTUGAL.

    The Vigo correspondent of the 'Daily Mail' reports that a Royalist revolt occurred in Arcos, Northern Portugal. As the result of violent speeches against the Monarchy and the clergy a ...

    Article : 71 words
  71. LOSS OF A WHEAT SHIP.

    In regard to the loss of the iron ship-Ardencraig in January last, on the coast of Seilly luring a fog. while bound from Melbourne with a cargo of wheat, the Board of Trade has ...

    Article : 127 words
  72. PILING IT ON.

    It is moderation and temperate language which give justice to our criticisms or opinions. There is too much tendency in our lives to excess and exaggeration. That is to ...

    Article : 56 words
  73. TREASURE TROVE.

    On Wednesday morning. Master T. Hobble white and a companion, while indulging in a swimming the Wollondilly. noticed what they at first thought to be the body of a drowned person ...

    Article : 149 words
  74. EVENTFUL CYCLING TOUR.

    In these days of high speed records 16 miles in nine hours for motor cycling would not create much stir, and it is mainly on this account that the cyclists responsible for the figures are modest ...

    Article : 369 words
  75. CRISIS IN MEXICO.

    A division of the United States army has been ordered to the Mexican border, General Carter commanding. The Pacific fleet is concentrating at San Diego ail San Pedro, but Guantanamo, Cuba. ...

    Article : 69 words
  76. "MADAGASCAR MILLIONS."

    The trial in connection with the Madagascar land concessions case concluded today. The jury found that Horne's judicial separation had been a ruse to evade liability. ...

    Article : 52 words
  77. BETTER FOR ENGLAND.

    If we could only train people to take more interest in work. instead of pleasure, it would be a great deal better for England.—Mr. George Morgan. ...

    Article : 290 words
  78. THE PLAGUE DECREASING.

    The plague in Manchuria is rapidly decreasing. There were only 18 deaths at Mukden on Monday, and other places are almost free of the scourge. ...

    Article : 185 words
  79. SHUNTER KILLED.

    A middle-aged shunter named Richard Maher, residing at Chippendale, while coupling up two Pullman carriages in tile Central Railway Station yard on Wednesday, was caught ...

    Article : 167 words
  80. RECIPROCITY.

    There was a crowded attendance in the House of Commons last night, when the Prime Minister, Sir Wilfrid Lauzier, defended the Reciprocity Bill. He said that Canada's trade was pertain to benefit as a ...

    Article : 101 words
  81. ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED.

    The Sydney City Coroner, Mr. S. Murphy, held an inquiry on Wednesday into the cause of death of Spencer Lloyd, aged 24, no occupation, lately residing of Kareela, Dudley-street, ...

    Article : 86 words
  82. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 132 words
  83. WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT.

    At a meeting of Welsh members of the House of Commons yesterday it resolved that the passage of the Welsh Dire establishment and Disendowment Bill during 1912 was an essential condition to the ...

    Article : 117 words
  84. A FATAL FALL.

    A fatal accident occurred at Mr. J. O'Connor's hide and wool store, Day-street, Sydney, on Tuesday afternoon. Cecil Lewis, a labourer, 33, was attending to the lift, up ...

    Article : 97 words
  85. GOULBURN TECHNICAL COLLEGE.

    Mrs. Iredale, who has for some time successfully conducted the cookery classes at the Goulburn Technical College, is resigning from the department, and intends to proceed to Sydney. ...

    Article : 40 words
  86. SENIOR CADET FOR ENGLAND.

    So far in response to the appeal of the Gordon Club for £40 to enable a senior cadet to be sent to England by the Commonwealth Government to take part in the Corouation celebrations the ...

    Article : 56 words
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