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  2. EARTHQUAKES.

    Anyone who has experienced a sharp earth. quake will never quite forget it. I have heard men in New Zealand say, in a momentary spirit of bravado, that they enjoyed a ...

    Article : 671 words
  3. "BAD TIMES"

    In 1831 the British Government abandoned the system of free grants and quit-rents which had previously been its land policy in the Australian colonies. A minimum price, at ...

    Article : 1,337 words
  4. THE WEST INDIES.

    The West Indies cricket team which is at present touring Australia is a very interesting combination. They hall from various islands. The captain, Mr. G. C. Grant, gives ...

    Article : 841 words
  5. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    Primary producers, and particularly wheatfarmers who are said to be facing ruin and starvation in many parts of New South Wales, will be able to draw little comfort or hope ...

    Article : 845 words
  6. Advertising

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    Advertising : 171 words
  7. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 1,768 words
  8. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 968 words
  9. Advertising

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    Advertising : 136 words
  10. OCEAN BEDS.

    The hand of nature works strange widen when the fury of an earthquake is at its highest point, and in many instances, such as the upheaval of the bed of Hawkes Bay, changes ...

    Article : 742 words
  11. HUME RESERVOIR.

    A conference of parties to the River Murray Agreement was held at the Commonwealth Bank yesterday when decisions were reached on a report submitted by the River Murray ...

    Article : 597 words
  12. CALARE ELECTORATE.

    The annual meeting of the Farnes branch or the National Association carried the following resolution: "That this branch of the National Association refuses to have Mr. Thorby or any ...

    Article : 70 words
  13. SIR FRANK DUFFY.

    In the High Court to-day, Sir Frank Gavan Duffy took the oaths of office as Chief Justice of Australia. There was a large assembly of barristers and solicitors. ...

    Article : 266 words
  14. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    In the middle of last Augusts—just short of six months ago—the heads of all the State' Governments and Treasuries met the Prime Minister and ...

    Article : 883 words
  15. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Governor of Queensland and Lady Goodwin were the guests of his Excellency the Governor and Lady Gamo at luncheon at Government House yesterday. ...

    Article : 300 words
  16. AUSTRALIAN TIMBER.

    Increasing interest in Australian timbers, particularly Western Australian and Tasmanian hardwoods and several Queensland varieties, is being shown by English ...

    Article : 108 words
  17. HISTORIC CONTRACT.

    While rummaging through some old documents in his possession, Mr. Frank Walker, of the Royal Australian Historical Society, found an old contract for the making of ...

    Article : 263 words
  18. SWORN-IN.

    The new Postmaster-General (Mr. [?] and the Minister foi Trade and Customs (Mr. Forde) were sworn-in to-day by the GovernmentGeneral (Sir Issac Issacs) at Victoria ...

    Article : 166 words
  19. STEWART HOUSE.

    "Stewart House," the children s holiday home at Curl Curl, near Manly, of which Mr. F. H. Stewart is the founder, has received its first batch of occupants. They arrived on ...

    Article : 134 words
  20. ABORIGINES.

    Father Otto Raible, chief of the Beagle Bay and Lombadina Aboriginal Missions in the north-west of Western Australia, stated that members of Niol Niol tribe, for whom ...

    Article : 114 words
  21. ELECTORAL REFORM IN BRITAIN.

    Mr. Ramsay MacDonald's Government holds office by grace of the Liberal members. On numerous occasions it has been saved from defeat by these ...

    Article : 907 words
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