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  2. THE LATEST.

    A private cable states that the German-Australian steamer Colmar and a vessel called the Madis collided at sea. The Madis was sunk, but the crew were saved. The Colmar put back ...

    Article : 70 words
  3. THINGS THOUGHTFUL.

    Many go out for wool and return shorn. Procrastination is like the ivy round the oak, and ends by limiting, if it does not destroy, the power of manly and necessary exertion.—Sir ...

    Article : 48 words
  4. CABLE NEWS.

    At the Socialist Congress at Jena yesterday there was a lot of hot debate on the proposal that there should be a general strike if the Government failed to reform the Prussian ...

    Article : 155 words
  5. LABOUR TROUBLES.

    One of the leaders states that the strike of 4000 of the Midland Railway Company's men over the dismissal of men for refusing to handle goods for Dublin is the beginning of a ...

    Article : 295 words
  6. SMALL POX

    There were five new cases of smallpox on Wednesday—three men and two women. Four of the cases came from one house in Surry Hills. The other was from Erskineville. ...

    Article : 262 words
  7. WEEKLY CALENDAR.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 120 words
  8. EXPRESS SMASHES INTO TANK.

    An unusual accident happened to the Melbourne express travelling to Sydney on Monday night as it was passing the Illabo railway station. The night was stormy, and a strong ...

    Article : 231 words
  9. THE GREAT PROBLEM.

    A happy man or woman is a better thing to find than a five-found note. He or she is a radiating focus of good will, and their entrance into a room is as though another candle had ...

    Article : 87 words
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    IS it not high time, in the name of common honesty aid fairness, to call a halt in that policy of laying burdens on the general taxpayer to provide superannuation allowances, ...

    Article : 729 words
  11. LABOUR TROUBLES.

    There are 6000 railway men on strike in Birmingham. All the goods stations are closed, and all the stations are picketed. Every conceivable vehicle, including undertakers' ...

    Article : 670 words
  12. MASONIC.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 388 words
  13. "THESE THINGS SHALL BE."

    A brighter morn awaits the human day, When every transfer of earth s natural gifts Shall be a commerce of good words and works; When poverty and wealth, the thirst of fame, ...

    Article : 124 words
  14. THE LAND PROBLEM.

    A number of prominent Unionists have issued a pamphlet in which they formulate an agricultural policy. They advocate the application of the Trade Boards Act to low-waged ...

    Article : 93 words
  15. LADIES' HOCKEY.

    The following will represent Mulwaree Hockey Club against Kenmore Hockey Club at Kenmore on Friday:—D. Stewart, S. Magee, I. O'Donnell, M. Watmann, A. Day, E. McGovern, ...

    Article : 80 words
  16. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    In the Assembly on Wednesday the Savings Banks Amalgamation Bill was reported from committee, and the third reading made an order of the day for the next sitting. The ...

    Article : 175 words
  17. IT DOES NOT PAY.

    Jaded faces are common in the city's streets. World-weary eyes look out on us from countenances that are cold and hard. They betray blase and sated spirits, which have drunk deep ...

    Article : 205 words
  18. MOROCCO.

    The Moors ambushed a Spanish column at Ceuta. General Arraiz sent all the available troops in Ceuta to assist the column, but they were fiercely attacked and forced to retreat. ...

    Article : 87 words
  19. FEDERAL SESSION.

    Melbourne, Wednesday.—Although the Labour party has not a majority in the House of Representatives it is still able to prevent a man from speaking if it does not agree with his ...

    Article : 541 words
  20. CHATSBURY SLATE COY.

    The Chatsbury Slate Company, Ltd., has been registered, and it is the intention of the Directors to allot the shares on Monday next. Should it be ascertained that more shares have been ...

    Article : 137 words
  21. AN OTTOMAN LOAN.

    Djavid Bey, on behalf of Turkey, and M. Pichon (Minister for Foreign Affairs) have arrange for the issue of a loan of £28,000,000 on the basis of Turkey agreeing to the French ...

    Article : 75 words
  22. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

    Tamworth, Wednesday.—At Ogimbil, during a storm, three sons of Mr. W. J. Style had a narrow escape from death by lightning. They were hurrying home from work when a tree ...

    Article : 90 words
  23. TENNIS.

    Goulburn tennis players will be well catered for next month. The Killara Tennis Club, of Sydney, is sending a hot team to play the Goulburn Club on Saturday, 4th October, and the ...

    Article : 379 words
  24. DUTY.

    Through no disturbance of my soul Or strong compunction in me wrought, I supplicate for thy control; But in the quietness of thought. ...

    Article : 158 words
  25. CHINA AND JAPAN.

    Fresh public dissatisfaction is being manifested over the Chinese apology in regard to the Nanking incident, and it is held that the Japanese demands were inadequate. The ...

    Article : 56 words
  26. BALL.

    The annual ball this evening promises to be a record success. Visitors are arriving from various portions of the State, and the accommodation of the city is fully taxed. The ball, ...

    Article : 88 words
  27. GOVERNMENT'S GROWING ACT OF EXTRAVAGANCE.

    Mr. Wade estimates that the work of consolidating the various Land Acts has cost the taxpayers £34 a page for 230 pages. "Taking it per line," said Mr. Wade on Wednesday ...

    Article : 222 words
  28. CHOLERA IN SERVIA.

    The returning troops have introduced cholera into the country, and from some towns from 10 to 20 deaths are being reported daily. Colonel Neditch, a hero of the recent ...

    Article : 90 words
  29. PERSONAL.

    A very pleasing function took place at the Land Board office on Wednesday afternoon, when Mr. Rogerson, chief draftsman, on behalf of the staff, presented Mr. H. Phillips, chief ...

    Article : 276 words
  30. DISASTROUS GAS EXPLOSION.

    Further details in regard to the disastrous gas explosion at Coburg show that although the inmates of the house had been warned that there was a strong leakage of gas, they, ...

    Article : 93 words
  31. THE WORD OF CHEER.

    There is strength in words. Along the invisible wires of speech surges power as well as sound. Words are sometimes bugle-blasts calling into action all the latent forces of the soul. ...

    Article : 341 words
  32. MEXICO.

    President Huerta, in a message to Congress yesterday, forecasted a general election as soon as the pacification of the country would permit. He said that the permission given to the United ...

    Article : 74 words
  33. DARING ROBBERY.

    Melbourne, Wednesday—A daring robbery was committed at Epsom racecourse this afternoon. A few minutes before the last event was run Mr. H. J. Buckland, assistant secretary, ...

    Article : 136 words
  34. THE STOLEN NECKLACE.

    The man who found the 59 pearls belonging to the missing necklace is Augustus Horne, a pianoforte back maker, aged 40. He is the father of three young children, and lives in two ...

    Article : 457 words
  35. FOOTBALL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 113 words
  36. EMPIRE DEFENCE.

    The Prime Minister, Mr. R. L Borden, referring to the proposal that Canada ought to renew her offer of three Dreadnoughts to the Admiralty, declared last night: "The duty of ...

    Article : 76 words
  37. SIFTINGS.

    The Federal Government was well advised when it threw down the gauntlet to the caucus over the reform of the electoral law. Such action will compel the Labourites to show what a ...

    Article : 779 words
  38. CRICKET.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 98 words
  39. NEW YORK MURDER.

    According to cables that have been received, the Rev. Hans. Schmidt—who is charged with the murder of the girl, Anna Aumaller, whose dismembered body was recently discovered in ...

    Article : 211 words
  40. DROWNED IN A CASK.

    Braidwood, Wednesday.—John Hinchcliffe, an old resident of Araluen, was drowned on Sunday under extraordinary circumstances. While getting water nut of a cask, which was only ...

    Article : 60 words
  41. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 97 words
  42. GOULBURN CITY AND DISTRICT BAND.

    At a meeting of the members of the above band, held at the band rooms, pattern cards were submitted and inspected and uniforms forms chosen. Tenders for the supply ...

    Article : 104 words
  43. GARDEN AND FIELD CALENDAR FOR SEPTEMBER, 1913.

    The weather has boon eminently favourable to growers, and the soil is in fine order. All seasonable crops should be got in at once to give them a start before the hot weather sets ...

    Article : 387 words
  44. LABOUR RIFT.

    The secretary of the Parliamentary Labour Party (Mr. Hoyle, M.L.A.) on Wednesday night made the following statement regarding the caucus meeting which was held on Tuesday:— ...

    Article : 355 words
  45. GOLF.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 68 words
  46. STAR PICTURES.

    The change of programme at the above pictures commencing from to-night contains a very fine collection indeed. A film of rare magnitude and colour, entitled "The Black ...

    Article : 97 words
  47. OBITUARY.

    Mr. Thomas W. Bullman, for many years a resident of Goulburn, died at the Goulburn hospital at 11 o'clock on Wednesday night at the age of 48 years. Deceased had been in bad ...

    Article : 81 words
  48. BRITISH ARMY.

    A special army order has been issued which announces that infantry battalions after September and each company into four platoons. A mounted major or captain will command each ...

    Article : 98 words
  49. CYCLING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 140 words
  50. CATHOLIC CLUB.

    The usual meeting of the above was held at the club rooms on Wednesday evening. Mr. Locke opened a debate to the effect "That the freedom of the press had been productive of ...

    Article : 158 words
  51. NO LETTER YET FOR MR. WADE.

    Mr. Wade stated on Wednesday night he had not yet received any official communication from Mr. Griffith's solicitors. "Possibly the letter will come along to-morrow," remarked ...

    Article : 47 words
  52. WHARF STRIKE.

    What was practically a settlement of the wharf strike was arrived at on Wednesday night. The men's union agreed to truck four bags of chaff and other light material. The question of ...

    Article : 182 words
  53. RAND RIOTS.

    In an interview last night General Smuts, Minister for Defence, said that he and his colleagues who had negotiated with the strike leaders in Johannesburg after the riots, were ...

    Article : 136 words
  54. JALON MURDER CASE.

    The trial of Captain Sanchez and his daughter, Luisa, on a charge of murdering M. Jalon, a wealthy man, was continued yesterday. The male accused, on being interrogated, blamed his ...

    Article : 107 words
  55. DOGCART CAPSIZES.

    A dog-cart overturned at the intersection of Auburn and Clifford streets just before noon on Wednesday, with the result that a woman, with a baby in her arms, and a little girl ...

    Article : 126 words
  56. HAIRDRESSERS' DISPUTE.

    Wagga, Wednesday.—The dispute between the local hairdressers over early closing, which recently came into effect under the Hairdressers' Award, was the subject of a discussion at the ...

    Article : 92 words
  57. WORLD'S SWIMMING RECORD.

    At Middlesborough, J. G. Hatfield broke the world's amateur swimming records for 300 yards. His time was 3m 26 2-5s, which eclipses the previous record, which was held by F. E. ...

    Article : 40 words
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