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  2. SIGN THE PLEDGE.

    At the Labour Conference to-night, Mr. J. C. Watson moved.—"That after March 1, 1911, no member of the Legislative Council shall be regarded as a Labour member ...

    Article : 319 words
  3. A ROMANTIC LAND.

    One of the great joys of the trip in the Governor Musgrave to me was the anticipation which grew from day to day of seeing Flinders and Pearson Islands. The ...

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  4. THE NATIVE ASSAULTS.

    Replying last week to questions in the British House of Commons relating to Lord Gladstone's action in reprieving native prisoners in South Africa who has been ...

    Article : 212 words
  5. PAEKS, GARDENS, AND PLEASAUNCES.

    Now a word on tree-planting in streets. Ten years ago, in a Sydney newspaper, I came across the following:—"It is true that within recent years more attention is being ...

    Article : 2,248 words
  6. INDUSTRIAL PEACE.

    Good numbers of men continue to arrive in Broken Hill to take up raining work, especially from Victoria. Some men, who Went harvesting in South Australia are ...

    Article : 272 words
  7. THE NEW MONEYLENDER.

    There is a quaint story connected with the millions which the Federal Treasurer is anxious to lend the Australian States. Mr. Fisher is Treasurer of Australia during ...

    Article : 1,601 words
  8. OUTRAGES BY SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVES.

    "An Ex-detective" writes:—"A column, of which a South Australian continent formed a company, and I a unit, was moving off at sunrise one morning during the ...

    Article : 517 words
  9. MONTE VELLO BLOW.

    Further particulars have been received with regard to the blow at the Monie Vello Islands on Monday last. After 4 p.m. the glass fell rapidly, and at 7 p.m. the ...

    Article : 200 words
  10. ETHEL HARRIS MURDER.

    The trial of Alexander Smart for the wilful murder of Ethel Harris, whoso body was found in December last buried in a smithy at Hoskins's foundry at West Perth ...

    Article : 249 words
  11. BORROWING FROM THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Fisher) said to-day that he proposed to shortly issue a memorandum setting out in detail the advances made by the Commonwealth to ...

    Article : 84 words
  12. PICKING UP GOLD.

    Mrs. T. Smith and Mr. Kliftlit, of Woddorburn, have enjoyed several profitable oulings since the heavy rains. During the week they have picked up early £40 worth ...

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  13. ALLEGED RABBIT COMBINE.

    An alleged combine in the rabbit trade was the subject of a deputation to Mr. Trefle (Assistant Minister for Viniculture) today. Mr. Gallaway (Secretary of the ...

    Article : 188 words
  14. BUILDERS' LABOURERS.

    The builders labourers of New South Wales, at a meeting of the union to-night, decided not to come out on strike, but to refer their grievance to the Federal ...

    Article : 39 words
  15. A WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LOAN.

    The Government, has secured from the Commonwealth a loan of £250,000 for locally inscribed stock, with a currency of 15 years, bearing 3¾ per cent. interest ...

    Article : 61 words
  16. FROM THE WORLD'S PRESS.

    Wall street, New York, is at present engaged in the cheerful occupation of estimating the fortune of Mr. John D. Rockefelier, the "oil king." There was no ...

    Article : 504 words
  17. RICHMOND RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    A. McDonald, the signalman in the South Yarra box on the morning of the Richmond railway collision on July 18, 1910, was found guilty by the railway ...

    Article : 125 words
  18. CABLES IN BRIEF.

    The Agent-General for Victoria has arranged for a reception of Victorians in London to bid farewell to the Government (Sir John Fleetwood Fuller) and Lady ...

    Article : 47 words
  19. PRINCES ILL.

    Prince Albert (second son of His Majesty the King), who is in his sixteenth year, is suffering from measles at the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. It is ...

    Article : 42 words
  20. COLDSTREAM GUARDS BAND.

    The band of the Coldstream Guards will paly at the Toronto Exhibition a the end of July. ...

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  21. LABOUR CANDIDATES.

    The Political Labour Conference last week passed a motion that no person who had not been a member of the Political Labour League or an affiliated union for ...

    Article : 164 words
  22. CAPT. COOK MEMORIAL.

    The sum of £1,750 has been subscribed in the £3,000 required for the memorial proposed to he envied in London to Capt. Cook, the great navigator. ...

    Article : 30 words
  23. THE REFERENDA.

    The Premier stated today that the Government intended to offer the strongest opposition to the Federal referenda proposals. A meeting of the Ministerialists ...

    Article : 48 words
  24. HOTTENTOT RISING.

    Simon Copper's Namaqualand Hottentots are on the warpath, and have entered German East African territory, near the settlement of Steinhopf, in Namaqualand. ...

    Article : 28 words
  25. SOUTH AFRICAN FINANCE.

    The estimates of expenditure for the Union of South Africa for the coming financial year amount to £16,000,000, which represents a decrease of £500,000 ...

    Article : 37 words
  26. R.M.S. INDIA AT FREMANTLE.

    The R.M.S. India arrived this morning with the following passengers:—For Adelaide.—Rev. Nelson, Messrs. Walker (2), and Miss Williams. ...

    Article : 138 words
  27. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Breadstuffs.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,985,000 qr., compared with 2,725,900 qr. a week ago, and for the ...

    Article : 295 words
  28. LEGAL RECIPROCITY.

    While in New Zealand Mr. Hushes, the Attorney-General, discussed with Dr. Findley, the Attorney-General of the Dominion, the subject of establishing reciprocal ...

    Article : 136 words
  29. EARLY POSTAL CLOSING.

    The Postmaster-General stated to-day that he felt certain no inconvenience would be felt by the public through the determination to close the post offices at 6 ...

    Article : 72 words
  30. A MONEY-LEADING TRANSACTION.

    A case arriving out of a money-lending transaction was before the Full Court to-day. Abraham Wolie sued Andrew Wilson on a declaration setting forth that in ...

    Article : 157 words
  31. QUEENSLAND POLITICS.

    The weekly Cabinet meeting was held to-day. Among the matters considered was the programme of measures to be submitted in the next session of ...

    Article : 52 words
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  33. OVERSEA SHIPPING.

    At London or in Channel.—Peshawar, steamer, from Adelaide December 28; Le Pilier, barque, from Port Pirie October 10; Ingebiorg, barque, from Wallaroo October ...

    Article : 106 words
  34. LABOUR CONFERENCE AND CRIME.

    The Labour Conference tonight decided that a Court of Criminal Appeal should be established that capital punishment should be abolished, and that when a person was ...

    Article : 52 words
  35. SHEEP LOSSES AT SALEYARDS.

    Losses of sheep at the Homebush Saleyards are becoming serious. It is stated that on Thursday one firm of carcase butchers lost 118 sheep after purchase, and ...

    Article : 62 words
  36. VICTORIAN SHOW.

    Judging at the Royal Agricultural Society's next show will be started on Monday, September 4, and the exhibition will be carried on until [?] ...

    Article : 36 words
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