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  2. CHAOS IN PAPUA.

    "Everything is chaotic in New Guine"— "An Acting Administator should have been appointed two months ago"—"The postition is such that the absence of one ...

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  3. CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

    The Army Estimates total £27,690,000. The personnel provided for [?] 186,400, an increase of 2200. The sum of £85,000 is to be devoted to aviation. It is announced ...

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  4. FEDERAL REFERENDA.

    The members of the Nundah branch of the P.P.L. held their adjourned meeting in the Toombul Shire Hall on Saturday evening. The chair was taken by Captain ...

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  5. DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    A dreadful accident occurred on the Blackbutt railway extension this morning. A ballast train struck a staging on which several men were working, knocking it ...

    Article : 121 words
  6. THE BY-ELECTIONS.

    The contest for the vacant Enoggera seat, rendered so by the retirement off Mr. Hawthorn, was a keen one, and the polling booths were the main centres of ...

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  7. OPIUM CASES.

    At the Police Court to-day Ah Zow, charged with sly grog setting, was convicted, and the liquor confiscated, but no fine was inflicted. The same man was ...

    Article : 124 words
  8. COMMONWEALTH MATTERS.

    After much hard work, Federal members completed, last week, a manifesto in connection with the referenda. Mr. O'Malley, who was with Mr. Hughes when the draft ...

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  9. TOOWONG ELECTORATE.

    A meeting of the electors of Toowong opposed to the referenda will be held at the Masonic Hall, Sherwood road, to-night, at 8 o'clock, to arrange matters in ...

    Article : 39 words
  10. MEETING AT LAIDLEY.

    A meeting was held in the Norman Hall last night, under the auspices at the Queensland Women's Electoial League, in connection with the Federal leferenda ...

    Article : 212 words
  11. UNIVERSAL TRAINING.

    Yesterday afternoon the area officer, Captain A. Clowes, assembled the boys liable for service under the new defence scheme at the drill shed. Over 200 boys ...

    Article : 75 words
  12. THE CAIRNS RAILWAY.

    Number 10 tunnel, on the Cairns railway, is now sufficiently clear to allow lowsided goods waggons to pass through. The department has issued an order that goods ...

    Article : 129 words
  13. MR. WADE ILL.

    Mr. Wade, ex-Premier, who had heen conducting a campaign in the country against the referenda proposals, is threatened with serious illness. An apology ...

    Article : 74 words
  14. QUEENSLAND NAYAL COMMANDANT.

    The Minister for Defence states that Commander Richardson, who was brought to Melbourne to sit on the board, will return to his duties as Naval Commandant ...

    Article : 89 words
  15. AMERICAN RAILWAYS.

    The United States Interstate Commerce Commission has brought about the reduction of the tariff on all merchandise by 18 per cent. in the east, and 16 per cent, in ...

    Article : 113 words
  16. AMERICA AND JAPAN.

    The new commercial treaty between the United States and Japan has been ratified by the Senate, the Senators representing the Pacific ...

    Article : 157 words
  17. TRAIN DERAILED.

    A train was derailed at a bridge, and precipitated into a ravine near the Bradon copper mines, in the province of O'Higgins, 50 persons ...

    Article : 37 words
  18. WELSH COLLIERY STRIKES.

    The South Wales Miners' Federation has resolved upon a further levy of 1/ per month on its members, making a total of 2/, to provide for ...

    Article : 57 words
  19. THE FRENCH NAVY.

    The French Chamber of Deputies, by 461 votes to 76, authorised the construction of two new battleships, each of 28,500 tons displacement. ...

    Article : 66 words
  20. THE HAREM SKIRT

    Several serious street conflicts have occurred in Madrid as a result of ladies wearing the so-called harem skirt, and a number of arrests have ...

    Article : 88 words
  21. EARTHQUAKE IN NEW ZEALAND.

    A sharp earthquake occurred this morning, but no damage was done. ...

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  22. CRICKETING MATTERS.

    The County Cricket Advisory Committee has adopted the proposal of Somersetshire to allow 5 points for a win in a completed match and 3 ...

    Article : 84 words
  23. A THEATRE RIOT.

    M. Henry Bernstein's new play, "Apres Moi," which was produced at the Comedie Francaise last night, was the scene of a series of ...

    Article : 74 words
  24. MINING DISASTER.

    Eleven men were killed in the disaster at the Belmont mine, at Tonafah, in the State of Nevada. Five men yet remain to be rescued. ...

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  25. ROCKHAMPTON.

    Polling day ran to a close in a quiet, orderly fashion, though the crowds albout the streets were larger than ordinary, betckening the importance attached to ...

    Article : 1,377 words
  26. FRENCH POLITICAL CRISIS.

    In the Chamber of Deputies yesterday the Social Radical Party accused the Government with conniving at the reopening of the schools ...

    Article : 119 words
  27. THE PARLIAMENT BILL.

    The Duke of Bedford, addressing a meeting at Bedford, denounced the Parliament Bill, which is now before the House of Commons, and abolishes ...

    Article : 105 words
  28. A TRAIN WRECK.

    HALIFAX (Nova Scotia), Saturday. A train was wrecked at the village of New Germany, and the cars ...

    Article : 59 words
  29. NO NEWS.

    Yesterday again went by without any official news regarding the missing party in Papua, Mr. Batchelor was, however, seen by Mr. Metcalfe, representative of ...

    Article : 184 words
  30. A SCHOOL DESTROYED.

    An avalanche destroyed a school at Aibye, on the shore of the Black Sea, and 12 boys and 6 adults were afterwards found dead in the ruins of ...

    Article : 40 words
  31. Cabmen's Races.

    The Railway Band has kindly volunteered to play at the Cabmen's Races at Woolloongabba next Saturday afternoon. Nominations for the different events close with ...

    Article : 35 words
  32. AVIATOR'S EXPERIENCE.

    M. Eorian, who was competing for the aviation prize for a race from Paris to Brussels, landed in a field near Rheins, and went away to ...

    Article : 75 words
  33. BATHROOM TRAGEDY.

    A terrific explosion occurred in the public baths in St. Petersburg yesterday, and undressed bathers of both sexes rushed into the corridor, ...

    Article : 51 words
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