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  2. SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.

    His Majesty the King has intimated that His Highness the Prince of Wales will open the first Parliament of United South Africa at Capetown in September or ...

    Article : 77 words
  3. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The Premier (Mr. Asquith) in an address at Bletchley on Friday, said that when the Budget was framed he had no conception of the splendid character of the ...

    Article : 110 words
  4. AN ENGLISH ELEVEN.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 408 words
  5. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    When the match between the Australian Eleven and an Eleven of England was continued this afternoon at Blackpool, the quick scoring methods ...

    Article : 1,224 words
  6. THE MISSING WARATAH.

    Divergent opinions are being expressed in reference to the diameter of the floating objects which were seen in the water off the entrance to the Bashee River. ...

    Article : 289 words
  7. BRITISH AEROPLANE.

    Mr. S. F. Cody, who has for some months been experimenting on Laffan's Plain with his improved airship, made a magnificent series of flights, on Friday. The aeroplane ...

    Article : 142 words
  8. EMPIRE DEFENCE.

    The various committees of the Imperial Defence Conference are approaching the end of their deliberations. The nest full meeting of the conference, at which the ...

    Article : 117 words
  9. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The Conference of Premiers was continued on Saturday. The following is a summary of the proceedings:— The President Raid that the Prime ...

    Article : 1,135 words
  10. ROYALTY ON TOUR.

    The Russian Princess Gagarine and Princess Bismarck of Germany, while at St. Moritz, a fashionable Swiss tourist resort; have been victimized by swell, mobsmen. ...

    Article : 75 words
  11. THE FINANCE BILL.

    The House of Commons on Friday adopted by 112 votes against 38 clause 14 of the Finance Bill, dealing with the definition of the total value and site value of land. Mr. ...

    Article : 129 words
  12. UNIFIED FORCES.

    Mr. Haldane (Minister for War), referring at Bradford to the Imperial Defence Conference now in session, said he was glad to announce that plans were more ...

    Article : 185 words
  13. MR. CODY'S AEROPLANE.

    Mr. S. F. Cody resumed experiments on Laffan's Plain on June 19, when, at 7 p.m. he started his engines with the machine resting on the northern bank of the ...

    Article : 357 words
  14. THE BUDGET.

    The Federal Treasurer (Sir John Forest), when interviewed to-night in reference to criticisms that have been made on the Budget, said:—"In regard to the ...

    Article : 365 words
  15. STRIKE IN SWEDEN.

    Advices from Stockholm in reference to the progress of the general strike which was declared on August 3, show that the strikers are apparently losing heart. Out ...

    Article : 108 words
  16. GREECE OR TURKEY?

    The members of the Government in the island of Crete have intimated to the Porte that they will have to resign owing to the failure of their efforts to persuade the ...

    Article : 128 words
  17. TUG SENT FROM EAST LONDON.

    A tug sent from East London to the mouth of the Bashce River (75 miles) in search of the supposed corpses which were stated to have been seen near the reef ...

    Article : 148 words
  18. CANADIAN STRIKE.

    During the strike of dockmen connected with the Canadian Pacific Railway wharfs at Fort William a riot, occurred, and the local militia, powerless to cope with the ...

    Article : 60 words
  19. TABLE OF RESULTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 170 words
  20. STATE OF THE NAVY.

    The subcommittee appointed by the Premier (Mr. Asquith) from the members of the Special Committee on the Navy, to consider the serious allegations made in recent ...

    Article : 270 words
  21. AUSTRALIAN BUTTER.

    Weddel's Annual Review, in an outlook on the imported butter trade, predicts that the prices realized for butter in the coming season will be rather lower than those of ...

    Article : 49 words
  22. MILITARY PARDONS.

    Capt. Marix, a reporter of the Central Court Martial in connection with the French Military Department, has been sentenced to a year's imprisonment, and two ...

    Article : 55 words
  23. INSPECTION OF THE SPOT.

    The Aberdeen steamer Miltiades. 6,793 tons, belonging to G. Thompson & Co., Limited, has been dispatched from Capetown to the mouth of the Bashee River to ...

    Article : 41 words
  24. JAPANESE ART.

    The Anglo-Japanese Exhibition of Arts and Industries, to he held in London in 1910, has aroused great interest in Japan. The Mikado's Empire has arranged to send ...

    Article : 71 words
  25. POSTAL PROHIBITION

    The Postmaster-General (Sir John Quick), on Saturday, in The Commonwealth Gazette, issued nine more orders under section 57 of the Post and Telegraph ...

    Article : 195 words
  26. NOTES ON THE MATCH.

    In the times of the wet pitches the Australian bowlers had a good share of the spoils; now the batsmen are having their turn. Excepting for the first three ...

    Article : 430 words
  27. MELBOURNE SHIPMENTS.

    The Melbourne shippers with the largest consignments on board the Waratah are:—Messrs. Mullaly &. Byrne, 3,531 crates of rabbits: Delany & Co., 6,107: and Messrs. ...

    Article : 164 words
  28. THE CHANNEL SWIM.

    M. A. Holbein, who has repeatedly essayed the feat of swimming the Channel from England to France, made another attempt yesterday. He was in the water for ...

    Article : 58 words
  29. MOTOR AND SOLDIERS.

    One of the five soldiers of the Territorial Army who were seriously injured through a motor van dashing into the marching lady of troops at Tilshead, Wilshire, on ...

    Article : 49 words
  30. PRUSSIAN CABINET.

    Lieut.-Gen. von Einem, the Minister of War in the Prussian Cabinet, has been obliged to resign on account of ill-health,, after a term of exactly six years in office. ...

    Article : 45 words
  31. DISEASE IN POTATOES.

    The statement that Tasmanian potatoes had been sent on to Sydney from Victoria is not in any way discounted by the Department of Agriculture. Reports received ...

    Article : 208 words
  32. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Silver.—The price of standard silver to-day is 1s. 11 9-16d., a decline of l-16d. August 15, 6.30 a.m. Breadstuffs.—The wheat markets are ...

    Article : 403 words
  33. MILLIONAIRE MURDERER.

    Harry K. Thaw, the Pittsburg millionaire who shot Mr. Stanford While in New York in 1906, and was sent to the Matteawan Lunatic Asylum, recently made ...

    Article : 99 words
  34. BELIEVES VESSEL IS SAFE.

    Capt. Bennett, ex-master of the Loch Vennachar, still believes that the Waratah is safe. He expressed the opinion that she had drifted before the prevailing ...

    Article : 48 words
  35. PRESS COMMENTS ON THE REPORT.

    Though The Times considers that the report will have the effect of lowering the public estimate of Lord Charles Beresford's judgment, some of the Unionist papers ...

    Article : 151 words
  36. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    A total of 1,496 claims for old-age pensions have been received. Of these 149 were granted, 47 rejected, and 12 withdrawn. ...

    Article : 30 words
  37. A NAUTICAL OPINION.

    A nautical man who has had considerable experience along the South African coast called at The Register Office on Saturday morning with reference to the ...

    Article : 105 words
  38. SCENE IN A CHURCH

    The afternoon service at the Collingwood Methodist Mission to-day developed into a remarkable gathering. In expectation of hearing the Rev. S. T. B. Woodful ...

    Article : 288 words
  39. SUICIDE OF LODGE SECRETARY.

    James Kirkland, formerly Grand Secretary of the United Free Gardeners' Friendly Society, committed suicide on Friday night. Kirkland, who was 66 years ...

    Article : 163 words
  40. THIS WEEK'S MATCHES.

    Two counties will be met this week. To-day the tourists will appear at Cheltenham to play the return match with Gloucestershire. At Bristol in the middle of ...

    Article : 109 words
  41. ENQUIRIES BY THE AGENTS.

    On Sunday morning Messrs. George Wills and Co. received the following cable message from Messrs. William Anderson & Co., of Capetown, agents for the Blue Anchor ...

    Article : 145 words
  42. ONE-CLASS STEAMERS.

    The Peninsular and Oriental Company has placed two steamers, of 7,000 tons each, on the London to Bombay service, carrying only one class of passengers, those ...

    Article : 59 words
  43. GROWERS' PROTECT.

    A meeting of the Ballarat district potatograwers was held yesterday. A motion protesting against the admission into Victoria of Tasmanian potatoes affected by ...

    Article : 56 words
  44. NEW ZEALAND POTATOES.

    Cabinet has cabled the Federal Government and the Premiers of the Australian States asking whether the present juncture is not a suitable time to consider the ...

    Article : 80 words
  45. METALS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 119 words
  46. THE AVERAGES.

    The high scoring of the past week has its reflection in the batting table published to-day. Bardsley, Tramper, McAlister, and Hartigan all move up considerably. ...

    Article : 425 words
  47. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Imperial Maritime League Rave a luncheon on Friday to Sir Joseph Ward, the Prime Minister of New Zealand. ...

    Article : 32 words
  48. THE BRADDON CLAUSE.

    The Prime Minister will visit the Premiers' Conference to-morrow to lay before the Premiers the Federal Ministry's views on resolutions unanimously agreed to by ...

    Article : 590 words
  49. BIRD MESSENGERS.

    The Commonwealth utilized birds of the Queensland Homing Society to make a test of flying and carrying a message for the military authorities from Roma to ...

    Article : 70 words
  50. TIRED OF LIFE.

    Isaac Byrne, the young man who took a quantity of rabbit poison at Menindie a few days ago died on Saturday night he was being escorted by the police ...

    Article : 111 words
  51. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 176 words
  52. TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

    Mr. Frank Tate, I.S.O. (Director of Education), in a speech at the Melbourne Medical Association's annual supper last night, said Germany would not be in the ...

    Article : 182 words
  53. AUSTRALIAN MINING SHARES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 82 words
  54. EXCITING ADVENTURE

    Mr. James Kearney, 90 years of age, had a narrow escape at North Wangaratta today while driving in a buggy. He had driven 25 miles, and the horse was tiring when he ...

    Article : 168 words
  55. DROWNED IN A DAM.

    Thomas Quirk, a settler, at Tammin, drowned himself in a dam on his farm. He left a note stating that he was tired of life, and that his body would be found in ...

    Article : 43 words
  56. Advertising

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    Advertising : 352 words
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