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  2. THE TEST MATCH.

    A crowd of some 17,000 people attended the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday for sight of the first stages of the Test Match. It was a day which would be described in the ...

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  3. FACTORY BOYS AND GIRLS.

    The Royal Commission of Labour, under Mr. A. B. Piddington, resumed its investigation yesterday into the conditions prevailing in the life of factory employees. ...

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  4. LARGE FEDERAL LOAN. £2,460,476 WANTED.

    In the House of Representatives this morning the Prime Minister asked members to agree to the Commonwealth raising a loan of £2,460,476 to provide funds to enable the ...

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  5. THE DELHI WRECK. VESSEL BADLY STRAINED.

    Captain Hayward was in command of the P. and O. Company's steamer Delhi which went ashore on the coast of Morocco. The vessel is badly strained, and is ...

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  6. FEDERAL SESSION.

    After a sitting lasting nearly 40 hours the members of the House of Representatives seemed to be inclined to take things easy when the House assembled this morning. The ...

    Article : 243 words
  7. AUSTRIA AND ITALY.

    The "Brunswick Zeitung" declares that the recent bombardment of Preveza by the It[?]lian fleet brought Austria and Italy to the verge of war. ...

    Article : 66 words
  8. THE KING IN INDIA. DURBAR FUNCTIONS.

    The review of 50,000 British and Indian troops yesterday proved a magnificent spectacle, lasting an hour and a half. Each Maharajah rode at the head of ...

    Article : 70 words
  9. RAILWAYS AND LAND PURCHASE.

    The Loan Bill provides that the amount to be raised is £2,460,476, and it has been indicated by Mr. Fisher that the money will beadvanced from the Australian Notes Trust ...

    Article : 147 words
  10. MOROCCAN CRISIS.

    In the Chamber of Deputies last night the Comte de Mun, by an interpellation, opened a debate on the relations between France and Germany in regard to the Moroccan question. ...

    Article : 276 words
  11. THE INVESTITURE.

    During the afternoon a great audience assembled in the audience tent. An hour before the King's arrival the cry of "Fire" was raised, and a golden ...

    Article : 128 words
  12. DOMINION ELECTIONS.

    After the declaration of yesterday's polling, the crowd refused Sir Joseph Ward a hearing. Addressing a gathering of political ...

    Article : 204 words
  13. PERSONAL.

    Major-General Kirkpatrick, Inspector-General of the Commonwealth military forces, and Lieut.-Col. Pattinson returned to Sydney from Brisbane yesterday. ...

    Article : 416 words
  14. FRENCH SEAMEN'S GALLANTRY.

    The Government has congratulated the crew of the warship Friant on their gallant conduct during the work of rescuing the passengers from the Delhi. ...

    Article : 66 words
  15. REMISSION OF SENTENCES.

    In the House of Commons last night, Mr. [?]. S. Montagu, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for India, stated that out of 220 political prisoners in India 183 were being ...

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  16. THE ROYAL FAMILY.

    Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia, has telegraphed to the Duke and Duchess of Fife congratulating them on their rescue. ...

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  17. THE NEW CAPITAL.

    To-morrow the King and Queen will each lay a foundation-stone in connection with the new capital. ...

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  18. THE SWOPE CASE.

    The second trial of Dr. Hyde, on a charge of having murdered his father-in-law, Colonel Thomas Swope, by poisoning him, has ended in a miss-trial. ...

    Article : 260 words
  19. BITTERNESS IN CALCUTTA.

    There is much bitter criticism in Calcutta in regard to the removal of the capital. The shopkeepers are dismayed. It is suggested that the administration i0 the ...

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  20. DEATH OF DR. BRUCE.

    The death of the Rev. David Bruce, D.D., of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, took place at Killara yesterday at the age of 87 years. Strangely enough, there appeared in ...

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  21. TURKO-ITALIAN WAR.

    The Italians have occupied Tajura and the oasis unopposed. ...

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  22. FATE OF PERSIA. THE NEW COMMITTEE.

    Lord Lamington, on behalf of the Persian Committee of the House of Commons, has appealed to Great Britain to maintain the integrity and independence of Persia, and not ...

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  23. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    The Premier announced in the House of Commons to-day that the Appellate Jurisdiction Bill will he reintroduced next year. Parliament will be ororogued on Saturday, ...

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  24. AUSTRALIAN SLANG.

    His Honor Mr. Justice Pr[?]g when delivering a speech at the Newington College speech day celebrations yesterday said:— "I was much amused this morning upon ...

    Article : 393 words
  25. THE BRITISH ATTITUDE.

    In the House of Commons last night the debate on foreign affairs was concluded. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, stated that he had informed ...

    Article : 107 words
  26. BRADFORD WOOLCOMBERS.

    The Bradford Woolcombing Masters' Federation has decided to increase the wages of employees concurrently with the termination of the wages board agreement. ...

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  27. DEATH OF MRS. C. J. FAIRFAX.

    A private cable message was received in Sydney yesterday announcing the death on Wednesday last, at Ashburn Place, London, of Mrs. C. J. Fairfax, the widow of Mr. Charles John ...

    Article : 297 words
  28. A ROYAL ROMANCE.

    The Archduke, Henry Ferdinand, a brother of the ex-Crown Princess Louise of Saxony, has fallen in love with a bourgeois beauty, but the Emperor Francis Joseph has refused ...

    Article : 61 words
  29. ENGLISH BILLIARDS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 80 words
  30. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 240 words
  31. WOMEN'S FRANCHISE.

    A deputation from the National League, which is opposed to women's suffrage, waited on the Premier, Mr. Asquith, to-day, and asked that a referendum be taken before ...

    Article : 161 words
  32. HIGH-PRICED BROOD MARE.

    Lord Rosebery has purchased the brood mare Signorinetta. It is believed that the price paid is about 10,000 guineas. Signorinetta was bred in 1905 by the ...

    Article : 222 words
  33. TAXATION FIGURES.

    The amount collected under the Land and Income Tax Act during the year ended June 30 last was £178,884, against £172,314 in the preceding year. Dividend duty of a shilling ...

    Article : 167 words
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  35. NATIONAL EXPENDITURE.

    Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated in the House of Commons to-day that there was little hope of a reduction in expenditure. The House of Commons, which ...

    Article : 141 words
  36. COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE

    The Prime Minister, in the House of Representatives, said that the Government intended to introduce a bill this session to amend the Public Service Act in the ...

    Article : 135 words
  37. ENGLISH TENNIS TEAM.

    There is every likelihood that an English team will be seen in Australia in 1912. The Australasian Association has received a letter from Mr. A. Wallis Myers, stating that ...

    Article : 178 words
  38. KILLED BY BOLTING HORSE.

    A horse, attached to a sulky, became unmanageable at Bridgetown on Wednesday. When the driver got out to see what was the matter, it bolted, and ran down three boys ...

    Article : 62 words
  39. TO-DAY.

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  40. SNAKE ON THE PILLOW.

    Last night Mrs. Jenkins, of Tallangatta undressed a child in the kitchen at her home, telling her to run off to bed. The little one pleaded for a light, but the mother replied that ...

    Article : 86 words
  41. TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY.

    A deputation of members of both Houses of Parliament waited on the Premier, and urged that surveys of the country between Fremantle and Kalgoorlie be made in order ...

    Article : 92 words
  42. NATIONAL INSURANCE BILL.

    A referendum is being taken among 32,000 doctors on the question of the acceptance of the provisions of the National Insurance Bill. ...

    Article : 31 words
  43. THE COST OF LIVING.

    The Arbitration Court has increased the wages of timber yard employees a shilling per day all round, holding that the cost of living had gone up 8s 3d a week since the ...

    Article : 46 words
  44. NO PRIZES.

    Lady Denman, who attended the Church of England Girls' Grammar School prize-giving to-day, said that she never won a prize at school. ...

    Article : 52 words
  45. Advertising

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