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  2. ALLEGED CUSTOMS FRAUDS.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The case of the Commissioner for Customs v. Robert Reid and Co. was resumed in the Supreme Court this morning. Mr. Feez, in his opening address to the jury, ...

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  3. DROUGHT RELIEF.

    There seems little doubt that Mdlle. Dolores' farewell concert at the Town-hall to-night will he very largely attended. As a reference to the advertisement will show, the programme ...

    Article : 738 words
  4. MILITARY PARALYSIS.

    If the converse of the proposition that preparedness for war is the most effective safeguard against it held good of Australia, as it does of older nations, the Commonwealth might ...

    Article : 1,638 words
  5. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    It appears that Sir Edmund Barton promised some time ago to inform the Premiers of Canada and New Zealand of any terms he purposed making with the Eastern Extension Telegraph ...

    Article : 1,141 words
  6. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir,--As you helped me so greatly in my recent efforts to bring before the public the condition of the people on the laud in our drought-stricken areas, and thereby enabled me to gain the ...

    Article : 1,453 words
  7. A LOVE TRAGEDY.

    A tragic incident occurred in Clarence-street, city, last evening, Arthur Strachan, a steward, attempting to murder his sweetheart, Elsie Queen Cooper, 22 years of age, daughter of the ...

    Article : 928 words
  8. FEDERAL CAPITAL SITE.

    ARMIDALE, Wednesday.--The Federal Capital Commissioners revisited the Gostwyck site yesterday morning, accompanied by Messrs. H. Hogarth, Government surveyor, S. Herbert, district ...

    Article : 154 words
  9. THE BIBLE-BURNING.

    AUCKLAND, Wednesday Afternoon.--The "Fiji Times," in an article dealing with the Bibleburning incident says:-- "As a matter of fact, so soon as the priest ...

    Article : 241 words
  10. MORE MELBOURNE PROSECUTIONS.

    MELBOURNE. Wednesday.--For wrongful description of goods in Customs declarations, the following firms were to-day each fined the minimum of £5, with costs:--Johanna Cedzich and Co., ...

    Article : 47 words
  11. ISLAND NEWS BY THE FRENCH MAIL.

    A correspondent writing from Faureville, New Hebrides, on February 28, says the absence of a medical man is much regretted. Dr. Farrand is away in Noumea on a well-earned holiday, ...

    Article : 202 words
  12. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    A telegram from Lake Way states that on Sunday Charles Aitken committed suicide by swallowing a quantity of cyanide. He leaves a widow and four children. ...

    Article : 53 words
  13. "THE DAILY TELEGRAPH" FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 76 words
  14. THE THEFT OF A LUGGER.

    Last October six Japanese stole a pearling lugger in tho North-west. Five were captured, and sentenced to five years imprisonment, but the sixth escaped, and has never been captured. ...

    Article : 73 words
  15. THE LORD MAYOR'S FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 220 words
  16. THE PUBLIC SERVICE.

    Tho Royal Commission on the Public Service has presented a progress report. A scheme is presented for the re-clarssification and grading of the service everywhere outside Perth, where the ...

    Article : 72 words
  17. NEW CALEDONIA.

    News from Thio, dated February 9, reports that a man named L'Ecuzer Marius breakfasted at the store of the, Nickel Society, partaking rather plentifully of the good things on the ...

    Article : 349 words
  18. QUEENSLAND'S FINANCIAL POSITION.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Speaking at a Chamber of Commerce banquet at Toowoomba last night, Mr. Leahy, Minister for Railways, after a long speech in defence of the ...

    Article : 91 words
  19. BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--An action for £5000 damages, for breach of promise, was brought in the Bance Court to-day, before the Chief Justice and a jury of six, by Eliza Bayne, ...

    Article : 139 words
  20. CONTINENTAL AT CABARITA.

    In connection with the Concord branch of the Drought Relief Fund, a Continental entertainment will take place to-night at Correy's Gardens, Cabarita, as advertised. ...

    Article : 28 words
  21. LORD HAWKE'S CRICKET TEAM.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The English cricketers, who have just arrived from New Zealand, reached Melbourne shortly before 1 o'clock to-day by the Sydney express. The train was 20 minutes ...

    Article : 126 words
  22. TAXPAYERS' UNION.

    A meeting of the council of the Taxpayers' Union was hold yesterday afternoon. It was decided to call a special general meeting to consider a proposal to amalgamate with the People's ...

    Article : 161 words
  23. SEED WHEAT AND FODDER.

    The applications for seed wheat continue to come in very freely. The Premier stated yesterday that the total to date numbered 2877. The number approved for supply was 976. Up to the ...

    Article : 140 words
  24. DROWNED IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.

    PERTH (W.A.), Tuesday.--The German steamer Rhein reached Fremantle at one o'clock this morning. The captain reports that the night before the vessel reached Colombo, Miss ...

    Article : 162 words
  25. ROBBED IN HYDE BARK.

    A clerk in the Lands Department, named Walter Tyndall, was assaulted and robbed lust evening by two men in Hyde Park. Tyndall stated that he was crossing the main ...

    Article : 178 words
  26. NEWS FROM THE COUNTRY.

    GOULBURN, Wednesday.--As the outcome of a meeting of ladies yesterday a street collection will be taken up on Saturday week for the drought relief fund. ...

    Article : 328 words
  27. NOTES FROM MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Complaints against Sir Edmund Barton having what is called another "holiday" in Sydney are being renewed in Melbourne. Sir Edmund is ...

    Article : 460 words
  28. LABOR UNION TENDENCIES.

    The English labor unions are changing from benevolent into fighting societies. In this development the rudiments of a new political ganisation are to be discerned. By investing ...

    Article : 70 words
  29. THE RECENT BOXING CONTESTS.

    At a meeting of the Women's Political Educational, League held last night the following resolution, concerning the recent boxing contests, was agreed to:--"That this meeting pledges itself to ...

    Article : 130 words
  30. R.M.S. VICTORIA AT FREMANTLE.

    FREMANTLE, Wednesday.--The R.M.S. Victoria, of the P. and O. line, arrived at 1.40 a.m. to-day from London via ports and Continued her voyage for eastern ports at 4.30 p.m. She brought ...

    Article : 161 words
  31. WANING ARISTOCRATIC INFLUENCE.

    Socially, the barriers between ranks and classes in England have been to a large extent broken down, not only by the irruption people from other social grades into the ancient ...

    Article : 81 words
  32. TRAM ACCIDENT.

    Last evening a young man named Thomas Goodman, residing in the Arcade, Milson's Point, in trying to board a tram at the corner of George- street and Market-street, missed his footing, and ...

    Article : 91 words
  33. ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

    The monthly meeting of the Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia was held on Wednesday, Dr. A. Carroll presiding, Mr. J. H. Olose read a paper on "Beliefs and Superstitions of the Norsemen." Mr. A. G. ...

    Article : 60 words
  34. LATE SHIPPING.

    The steamers Anglian, from Hobart, and Wanaka, from Newcastle, arrived in port early this morning. ...

    Article : 19 words
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