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  2. THE VETO.

    In his reply to criticisms as to the Government's intentions in regard to the veto resolutions, the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) in the House of Commons on ...

    Article : 91 words
  3. FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    Electors must remember that PLUMPING IS NOT ALLOWED IN THE SENATE ELECTIONS. Three candidates must be voted for, or the paper will be informal. ...

    Article : 37 words
  4. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    An Australian in London, in a private letter, makes the following references to the High Commissioner for Australia:—"Sir George Reid has made a splendid start. He ...

    Article : 1,900 words
  5. IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

    The second destroyer constructed to the order of the Commonwealth Government for the defence of Australia, and named the Yarra, was successfully launched at ...

    Article : 543 words
  6. DYNAMITE OUTRAGE.

    At 11 o'clock on Sunday morning an explosion was heard, and people rushed to the fire brigade station, which was found to be in dynamite smoke. Examination ...

    Article : 159 words
  7. TURKISH DEFEAT.

    The position in Northern Albania is growing rapidly more acute. Hostilities between the tribesmen and the Turkish troops centre about the city of ...

    Article : 161 words
  8. THE LATE CATHERINE HELEN SPENCE.

    —Business and Speculation.— My grandfather Brodie was a speculating man, and he last nearly all his savings through starting, along with ...

    Article : 1,867 words
  9. Federal Postal Voters Guide.

    Application for postal voting papers must be made to the divisional returning officer for the electorate for which the applicant is entitled to vote, and he will ...

    Article : 223 words
  10. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    Only one member is required for each of the REPRESENTATIVES' divisions, so that only one cross must be marked on the ballot paper. ...

    Article : 26 words
  11. CRISIS AFTER LORDS' REJECTION.

    The Secretary to the Treasury (Waster of Elibank) speaking at Manchester on Friday night, said a political crisis would arise from the hour when the Government was ...

    Article : 71 words
  12. The Liberal Ticket.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 98 words
  13. PERU AND ECUADOR.

    The war fever is burning as fiercely in Peru as in its northern neighbour, Ecuador. A force of 15,000 Peruvian volunteers has ...

    Article : 70 words
  14. The Land Problem—Divided Counsels.

    Mr. W. M. Hughes, the New South Wales Federal Labour Leader, has told the people that the real issue of the present election is WHETHER of NOT T ...

    Article : 224 words
  15. EIGHT PERSONS DROWNED.

    A boat containing a picnic party capsized near the mouth of the Wanganui River. Mrs. Ludlam and four children and Mrs. Anderson and two children were ...

    Article : 54 words
  16. CREATION OF NEW PEERS.

    The Spectator, The Standard, and other newspapers, are discussing a suggestion that in the event of the House of Lords rejecting the veteo proposals, Mr. Asquith ...

    Article : 95 words
  17. CASUALTIES.

    BRISBANE, April l0.—Mary Florence Murphy, aged 19, a resident of Warwick, was found dead in a bedroom in a boarding house in Neil street, Toowoomba, on ...

    Article : 189 words
  18. Finance and State Debts.

    Every voter will receive two ballot papers under the Referendum (Constitution Alteration Act, 1906). He or she will be requested in each to make a ...

    Article : 65 words
  19. GERMAN NAVY.

    The big 1908 building programme of the German Navy has been completed by the launching at Hamburg of the cruiser Moltke, which, with superior equipment, has ...

    Article : 148 words
  20. TARIFF REFORM.

    In the House of Commons on Wednesday, in seconding a motion that fiscal reform was necessary owing to foreign tariffs hindering British trade and aggravating the ...

    Article : 164 words
  21. ALTERATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.

    State of South Australia. Submission of a proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution, entitled Constitution Alteration (State Debts). ...

    Article : 120 words
  22. BOOT TRADE AWARD.

    A large meeting of employers was held in the council chamber of the Victorian Employers' Federation on Friday night in connection with the judgment recently ...

    Article : 393 words
  23. IMPALED ON A CART SHAFT.

    SYDNEY, April l0.—The practice so prevalent in Sydney of riding on the footboards of crowded trams led to a terrible fatality on Saturday morning, when a ...

    Article : 178 words
  24. PARIS MURDER TRIAL.

    The Paris Court of Justice has been engaged in hearing a trial for murder which has excited the utmost interest in the French capital. ...

    Article : 122 words
  25. WELSH STRIKE.

    The result of the ballot among the colliers of South Wales as to whether the strike should be proceeded with or the terms of the compromise accepted shows ...

    Article : 75 words
  26. IMPERIAL PREFERENCE.

    Half a dozen self-appointed, self-styled "Imperial Missioners," who claim to have come across the seas from Canada, South Africa, and Australia, are stumping ...

    Article : 115 words
  27. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. STATE REFERENDUM (CONSTITUTION ALTERATION) ACT, 1906.

    State of South Australia. Submission of a proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution, entitled Constitution Alteration (Financial ...

    Article : 110 words
  28. SMASHED BICYCLE.

    Considerable excitement prevailed on Friday night when the driver of the 10.30 special train discovered a bievcle on the front of his ...

    Article : 155 words
  29. MARSEILLES STRIKE.

    Some time ago it was stated that the, naval reservists at Toulon and Bordeaux intended to show active sympathies towards the strikers at Marseilles. It is ...

    Article : 56 words
  30. CRIMEAN VETERAN KILLED.

    PERTH, April l0.—William Gray, aged 70, Crimean veteran, employed by the Agricultural Department, was cut to pieces on the railway line at West Subiaco on Friday ...

    Article : 33 words
  31. Danger of Vote Splitting.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 450 words
  32. GROCER'S SUICIDE.

    PERTH, April 10.—John Bodiner, a grocer employed in the city, committed suicide on Friday by taking cyanide of potassium. ...

    Article : 16 words
  33. TO PREVENT DESTITUTION.

    Sir R. J. Price (Lirberal, Norfolk East), in the House of Commons on Friday moved the second reading of his "Prevention of Destitution Bill." The object of ...

    Article : 114 words
  34. EMIGRANTS' PANIC.

    The casualties among the emigrants on board the emigrant liner Cairnrona, of the Cairn line of steamships, registered at Newcastle, by the explosion in the coal ...

    Article : 177 words
  35. DISEASED QUEENSLAND BEEF.

    The Medical Officer of Health of London reports that out of 1,583 Queensland fores ex Perthshire which were recently landed 283 briskets and flanks contained a ...

    Article : 52 words
  36. SMALLPOX.

    Mrs. O'Hara, mother of the child born in quarantine, is suffering from smallpox, and is in a serious condition. The child is well. ...

    Article : 37 words
  37. TASMANIAN LAND CHARGES.

    The royal commission which is hearing the charges of Mr. Jensen, M.H.R., in regard to the purchase of land from the Chief Justice (Sir John Dodds), for the ...

    Article : 258 words
  38. PERICLES WRECK.

    The following message has been received I from the captain of the Government steamer Penguin, which was commissioned to locate the position of the Pericles ...

    Article : 76 words
  39. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 455 words
  40. GANGER CURE.

    President Taft has sent a message to the United States Congress asking for an appropriation to investigate the cause of canneer in fishes. He hopes by means of this ...

    Article : 61 words
  41. EMIGRANTS FOR AUSTRALIA.

    The High Commissioner for Australia (Sir George Reid) and the Premier for Western Australia (Mr. N. J. Moore) were the guests of the Glasgow Corporation on ...

    Article : 78 words
  42. THE BARRIER.

    The annual social of the Barrier branch of the Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association was held on Friday night. Mr. T. Doyle (President) occupied the chair, and ...

    Article : 63 words
  43. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    The battleship Colossus, one of the eight Dreadnoughts started under the 1909-10 programme has been successfully launched at Greenock, She will be completed in ...

    Article : 39 words
  44. CUNARD LINE.

    The annual report and balance sheet of the great Conard line, which numbers among its fleet the mammoth Atlantic record breakers, Mauretania and Lusitania, ...

    Article : 72 words
  45. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 172 words
  46. ART TREASURES.

    The sale of the art collection of the late Mr. C. T. Yerkes was continued in New York on Friday. The total amount realized for the benefit of the creditors was ...

    Article : 63 words
  47. GERMANY AND AUSTRALIA.

    The German shipping lines have reduced the surtax on freights to Australia by 5/ per cubic metre on class I goods and 2/6 on goods of other classes. ...

    Article : 38 words
  48. GAOLBREAKER AT LARGE

    The search for Powelka, the escaped prisoner, continues around the Pahiatua and Manawatu districts. The apprehension of settlers has been increased by another fire ...

    Article : 147 words
  49. HALLEY'S COMET.

    The officer stationed at the Capetown Observatory have sighted and located Halley's comet for the first time since it passed the sun. , ...

    Article : 31 words
  50. MEMOS. FOR FEDERALISTS.

    You should realize that this is really a State election in the sense that the interests of the State are involved in a way that they were never before. The Prime ...

    Article : 102 words
  51. LORD KITCHENER.

    Lord Kitchener was the guest of Admiral Sebree (the Commandant of the 2nd division of the 1st S[?]nadr[?] of the United States Pacific Fleet) on the flagship ...

    Article : 79 words
  52. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 76 words
  53. CANADIAN HARBOURS.

    The Canadian harbour authorities have decided to expend £3,600,000 in improving the Montreal harbour. ...

    Article : 23 words
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