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  2. FEDERAL SESSION. NORTH AUSTRALIA.

    The House of Representatives, which was engaged throughout the afternoon in considering matters brought forward as private members' business, adjourned at 5.45 p.m., to ...

    Article : 567 words
  3. EMPIRE UNITY.

    "We have our difficulties in Great Britain —you have yours in Australia. Our resources of organisation and skilled work are almost unlimited—your resources of primary ...

    Article : 1,580 words
  4. APPALLING HARBOUR DISASTER. Ferry Boat Struck by Mail Steamer.

    In the harbour yesterday afternoon the H.M.S. Tahiti ran into the ferry boat Greycliffe, cutting her in halves and sinking her. The bodies of eleven persons who were on the Greycliffe have been recovered. Twenty six are reported to be missing, and more than 50 injured were taken to hospital. ...

    Article : 76 words
  5. ENDOWMENT.

    The State Cabinet came to an important decision yesterday regarding the taxation imposed upon industry to meet child endowment. ...

    Article : 392 words
  6. SCIENTIFIC WORK.

    Dr. C. M. Y[?]ge, who is to act as leader of the Expedition to examine the Barrier Reef, promoted by Sir Matthew Nathan and others, recently spent some time at the Bilogical ...

    Article : 211 words
  7. EMPIRE TRADE. Sir A. Mond's Advocacy.

    The Empire as an economic unit was advocated by Sir Alfred Mond, M.P., in a speech before the Empire Industries' Association. It is described by the "Financial Times" as a ...

    Article : 197 words
  8. SCENE OF THE DISASTER.

    There was a scene of desolation in the neighbourhood of the accident when a launch conveying "Herald" representatives arrived there about half an hour after the ...

    Article : 496 words
  9. DEAD.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 124 words
  10. SALE OF STEAMERS.

    The United States Shipping Board is being urged by Senators Charles McNary and Frederick Ste[?]wer (Oregon) to insist on a five-year operation guarantee in the specifications ...

    Article : 140 words
  11. MISSING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 115 words
  12. GREVILLE'S MEMOIRS.

    A literary sensation has been caused by publication of the suppressed passages of Charles Greville's memoirs, which aroused Queen Victoria's indignation at the time of ...

    Article : 149 words
  13. AMERICAN FARMERS.

    News from St. Louis, Missouri, says that 300 agricultural leaders from 20 mid-west and southern,States, in a sweeping indictment of the foes of farm relief, adopted a resolution in ...

    Article : 126 words
  14. GOVERNOR'S SPEECH.

    At noon to-day the members of both Houses of the State Parliament will assemble in the Legislative Council Chamber to hear the Governor's speech. His Excellency (Sir ...

    Article : 220 words
  15. INJURED.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 221 words
  16. THE WARATAHS.

    The Waratahs defeated Cambridge University by 18 to 11. [Details of the play appear in the sporting columns.] ...

    Article : 27 words
  17. AIR NAVIGATION.

    The improvement of night flying is one of the most important factors in the development of Empire air routes," declared Sir Se[?]ton Brancker in a lecture, "Even with our ...

    Article : 81 words
  18. QUESTIONS.

    Mr. Theodore asked the Prime Minister whether it was necessary to send H.M.A.S. Melbourne to Britain? Mr. Bruce replied that it was much more economical to have the work ...

    Article : 89 words
  19. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    There has been a sensation in the Cricket world at the action of the Yorkshire County Club in appointing Herbert Sutcliffe as county captain. Sutcliffe remains a professional. ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. THE SENATE.

    In the Senate, the second reading of the Forestry Bill, which provides for the establishment and maintenance of a Forestry Bureau, was moved by the Acting Leader of ...

    Article : 259 words
  21. ON BOARD THE TAHITI

    Passengers on board the R.M.S. Tahiti were stunned by the suddenness of the happening. They spoke to one another in awed whispers, speech vainly endeavouring to overtake ...

    Article : 938 words
  22. LABOUR GAINS.

    The gains and losses of Labour and other parties at the municipal elections in England and Wales were:— Gains. Losses. ...

    Article : 146 words
  23. RACE CLUBS.

    "It is desirable that the Government should take some action to give the public representation on racing boards to compel racing clubs to publish balance-sheets and to devote ...

    Article : 222 words
  24. MANDATED LANDS.

    In a statement to the Permanent Mandates Commission at Geneva Mr. Grimshaw, an official of the International Labour Office, said that the Native Labour Commission was of ...

    Article : 104 words
  25. TREATED AT SYDNEY HOSPITAL.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 183 words
  26. ESCAPE OF VON SANDERS.

    That the man mainly responsible for the escape of General von Sanders from the clut[?]es of the Australian Light Horse after the rout of the Turkish army in Palestine was ...

    Article : 112 words
  27. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

    "The enlargement of Westminster Abbey is of urgent national importance," says the Church Assembly's Cathedral Commission, in issuing the report of a sub-commission of ...

    Article : 164 words
  28. QUESTIONS.

    There were cries of derision in the Senate when Senator Grant (N.S.W.) inquired whether in view of the widespread desire to hear the speeches of senators, and in view of the ...

    Article : 98 words
  29. "TOO MANY DEAD[?] HEADS."

    Giving evidence for the respondents in tne application of the locomotive engine-drivers before the Full Court of the Commonwealth Arbitration Court for a reduction of their ...

    Article : 207 words
  30. TASMANIAN COMPANIES.

    Van Dieman's Land Company and the Bur[?] Timber Company have passed resolutions approving the sale of the properties. The directors of the former company estimate ...

    Article : 42 words
  31. THE DISASTER.

    The greatest disaster that has ever occurred on Sydney Harbour took place yesterday afternoon about 4.30 o'clock, when the Union Steamship Company's R.M.S. ...

    Article : 613 words
  32. TRAMWAYMEN.

    It was announced at the Trades Hall yesterday that about 200 men employed on the tramway permanent staff had received notices of dismissal which would take effect from to-day. ...

    Article : 128 words
  33. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Duke of York has issued his first court circular from 145 Piccadilly. Mr. Ronald McNeill, who has been raised to the peerage, has adopted the title of Lord ...

    Article : 381 words
  34. JURY DISCHARGED.

    Having heard in his chambers further statements in regard to attempts to "square certain jurymen, Mr. Justice Siddops to-day declared a mis[?]trial in the case of Albert S. ...

    Article : 154 words
  35. DUTCH STEAMER ALMKERK.

    The Dutch steamer Almkerk, in which 54 Chinese stowaways were discovered at Fremantle last week, arrived at Sydney yesterday, and berthed at No. 1 wharf, Darling ...

    Article : 148 words
  36. LOCO. DEPOT.

    At an estimated cost of £224,000, the construction of a new locomotive depot at Mayne Junction, Brisbane, was commenced in 1911, up to date £449,[?] has been expended, and ...

    Article : 134 words
  37. SOVIET ANNIVERSARY.

    It has head decided at Moscow to mark the tenth anniversary of the revolution by creating an international scientific organisation for research into the history of the pro[?]tariat. ...

    Article : 139 words
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