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  2. NOMENCLATURE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The chapter dealing with names beginning with S will be spread over two articles. One of the most unfortunate features about the nomenclature of ...

    Article : 1,825 words
  3. IRISH LEADER.

    Recently the Rochfortbridge branch of the Irish League adopted a resolution sarcastically recommending Mr. John E. Redmond (Nationalist M.P. ...

    Article : 116 words
  4. AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

    In the House of Commons on Tuesday the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. R. McKenna) made a further statement in regard to the Commonwealth scheme for an ...

    Article : 120 words
  5. SUGAR CONVENTION.

    Mr. E. A. Villiers (Liberal member for Brighton) on Tuesday introduced a large deputation of members of the House of Commons to the Prime Minister in regard to ...

    Article : 250 words
  6. BRITISH HEROISM.

    Details have been published of an accident on a British submarine, in which two officers displayed great heroism, and at the risk of their own lives repeatedly attempted ...

    Article : 391 words
  7. STRIKE ENDED.

    The arrival of the premier at Kalgoorlie (his morning was regarded as a good omen for the settlement of the strike. For one thing, it was thought, that his bush ...

    Article : 1,015 words
  8. SUGGESTED RECHRISTENING LEAGUE.

    Sir—Long before your correspondent in to-day's issue (Mr. H. A. Giles) came to Australia the derivation of Mount Pleasant was in the same state of uncertainty as it ...

    Article : 564 words
  9. ATTITUDE OF THE ADMIRALTY.

    New light was cast on the attitude of the Admiralty toward Australian naval defence by the Prime Minister to-day. He said:—"At the conference last year Lord ...

    Article : 228 words
  10. GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA.

    The Governor-Designate of Victoria (Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael) has appointed Lieut, the Hon. James Boyle, of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, to be his A.D.C. Lieut. ...

    Article : 59 words
  11. AUSTRALIAN APPEAL CASES.

    In the case of Williams v. O'Keefe the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has granted leave to appeal, conditionally, on the Government bearing the posts of the ...

    Article : 401 words
  12. DUTY ON TEA.

    In the House of Commons on Tuesday Mr. P. Snowden (Labour member for Blackburn) moved an amendment to reduce the duty on tea from 5d. per 1b, to 3d. per lb. ...

    Article : 114 words
  13. GERMAN AERIAL WAR VESSEL.

    The German Government has undertaken to purchase a number of aerial war vessels similar to the one in which Count Zeppelin has been making successful trips above Lake ...

    Article : 75 words
  14. TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.

    A heartrending tragedy, due to an unfortunate blunder, was enacted in the streets of Durban on Monday. A large crowd of people had gathered to witness a ...

    Article : 168 words
  15. GREAT BRITAIN AND CANADA.

    Several Conservative members of the Canadian House of Commons, in the course of a debate on Tuesday, urged that preference to Great Britain was useless to ...

    Article : 80 words
  16. OLYMPIC GAMES.

    The outstanding feature of the Olympic sports at the great stadium at the Franco-British Exhibition yesterday was the 3,500 metres (3.825 yards) walking race, which ...

    Article : 175 words
  17. MOUNT PLEASANT.

    Sir—Your correspondent "Henry A. Giles" says. "The township of Mount Pleasant situated about three miles south-east of the mount, comprises Mount Pleasant, ...

    Article : 119 words
  18. MONSTER PETITION.

    Mr. A. Henderson (Labour member for Durham, Barnard Castle) presented to the House of Commons on Tuesday a monster petition from members of the Wesleyan ...

    Article : 67 words
  19. PLOT AGAINST CZAR.

    A telegram from Berlin states that a carefully planned plot to assassinate the Czar of Russia has been discovered at Sosnowiee, a town on the Austrian frontier, in ...

    Article : 129 words
  20. QUEEN'S OWN TOWN.

    Sir—The name Queen's own Town is clumsy and cumbersome. There is a Queenstown near Port Adelaide, which must create confusion. Watulunga is the ...

    Article : 69 words
  21. A LEGISLATIVE SCRAMBLE.

    In the House of Lords on Tuesday Lord Lansdowne complained of the Government's delay in sending measures to the Peers' Chamber. He ...

    Article : 73 words
  22. LAMBETH CONFERENCE.

    The Lambeth Conference has elected the Archbishop of Sydney (Most Rev. Dr. Saumarez Smith) to a place on the committee which has bren deputed to allocate the ...

    Article : 42 words
  23. TRIANGULAR CRICKET.

    Mr. L. O. S. Poidevin, the well-known Sydney cricketer, who has been playing in England for several years. has,in his capacity as representative of the Australian ...

    Article : 85 words
  24. "WATER WURLIE."

    Sir—I notice you have omitted "Para Wurlic" from your "P" nomenclature. There is a hundred of Para Wurlie on Southern Yorke's Peninsula, to which ...

    Article : 124 words
  25. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 353 words
  26. ABOUT SIR JOHN PIRIE.

    Sir—Port Pirie fills such an important place on our map that perhaps a few facts in amplification of what you published about Sir John Pirie. Bart after whom ...

    Article : 309 words
  27. SIEVIER COMMITTED.

    Large crowds of people have been attracted to the Low Street Police court to hear the case against Robert S. Sievier, the editor of The Winning Post, who was ...

    Article : 130 words
  28. PACIFYING PERSIA.

    Although order has been restored in Teheran, the Shah of Persia has not yet quelled the unruly element in Tabriz, the chief city in the north-western portion of ...

    Article : 49 words
  29. REV. C. H. NASH.

    A crowded meeting of the parishioners of Christ Church; Geelong, was held to-night. Mr. H. Dykes (Chairman of the Nash Defence Committee) presided. The following ...

    Article : 216 words
  30. HARMSWORTH ATLAS.

    The value of the Harmsworth Atlas to travellers, whether by land or sea, cannot, be overestimated. Diagrams of steamer routes, showing distances from all ports ...

    Article : 272 words
  31. BRITISH WHEAT CROP.

    The Times has issued its annual preliminary report on the condition of the British wheat crop. The recent weather has been favourable, but in spite of this the prospect ...

    Article : 64 words
  32. CO-OPERATIVE DEALS.

    Mr. Lloyd, the official liquidator of the Farmers and Settlers' Co-operative Society, Limited, made an application to the Equity Court to-day, the main object ...

    Article : 272 words
  33. VICTORIAN POLITICS.

    The Country Party in the legislative Assembly is displaying considerable activity, and its organization is being strengthened in anticipation of the unexpected ...

    Article : 113 words
  34. BOY'S LIFE SAVED.

    Several weeks ago it little son of Mr. C. J. Warnecke, a resident of Middle Bridge was seriously injured, and grave fears were entertained for his recovery. ...

    Article : 80 words
  35. DISCUSSED FIFTY YEARS AGO.

    Sir—In The Farm and Garden (edited by E. W. Andrews, under the auspices of the South Australian Agricultural and Horticultural society) of November 11, 1858 ...

    Article : 555 words
  36. TASMANIAN PARLIAMENT.

    When the Address-in-reply came on in the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Nicholls) intimated his intention to more a ...

    Article : 62 words
  37. LUCKY PROSPECTOR.

    While prespecting shallow ground in the locality known as the Blue Gully and Trentham district, around which there are plenty of old workings. Alfred Bennett ...

    Article : 88 words
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