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The Primitive Methodist Synod sitting at Invercargill carried a resolution strongly urging the people of New Zealand to vote for no-license,…
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The Primitive Methodist Synod sitting at Invercargill carried a resolution strongly urging the people of New Zealand to vote for no-license,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →As a side indication of the influences that were brought to bear against the election as President of the United States of Mr. Beyan, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The New Zealand Government is assured of a substantial majority in the general elections. The polling is very heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Sir Thomas Bent, in delivering his Budget speech, showed a surplus of £140,151. The year's revenue was £8,288,508, and the ecpenditure…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →In the Senate on Tuesday the announcement of the new Ministers and their p[?]rtfollos was made by the vice-President of the Executive Council…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In the Assembly on Tuesday, Mr. Holman asked if it were a fact that some old age pensioners who 19 years ago received advances out of the seed wheat fund and had…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At the local option poll taken at the general elections in New Zealand on Wednesday, no license was carried at Eden, Chinimui, Masterton, Wellington, South…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The latest incomplete returns for the Menzies (W.A.) election are:--Gregory 1156, Buzacott 1133. (At the recent general elections in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY, Monday.—The Government business in the Assembly to-morrow includes the expediency of motions by the Minister for Works for the construction of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the legislative Assembly yesterday, the Minister for Lands (Mr. Moore) gave notice of his intention to move for the resumption, under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Responding to tho toast "Success to Parliament," at the Yamba Bridge banquet last week Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L A., said:—" Members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Council on Tuesday, the President said it Was his melancholy duty to announce the death of Sir Arthur Renwick, a member of the House…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Friday.—In the Senate yesterday Sonator Millen, the Opposition lender, resumed the debute upon the policy statement of the Vice-I'resident of the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Friday Mr. Weddell moved in the Assembly the second reading of the Sydney Harbor Trust and Navigation Amendment Bill. In doing so, he explained that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Joseph Cook, the newly-elected Leader of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament, is an ex-local preacher for the Methodists, and occasionally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Referendum on Defence is what the circumstances call for. Mr. Wade is slow in proposing a reduction of members. On Saturday next, the Australian team of amateur footballers-- the "Wallabies" play at Richmond, the Anglo-Welsh team which recently Mr. H. D M'Intosh has received a cablegram from New York, stating that the beating in most of the American cities in connection with F. Wootton, the popular lightweight jockey, formerly of Sydney, rode four winners one day last week at the Birmingham meeting. The monthly meeting of the above was held at Ulmarra yesterday. The Mayor (Aid. C. Napper) presided and Aldermen Forsythe, McPhee, An unconfirmed report states that a detachment of the Thirty-fourth infantry, which was proceeding to Bosnia, lost four men owing to on In the Assembly to-night Mr. Lee (Minister for Works), introduced a motion authorising the construction of the line from Casino to Kyogle, as Bulgaria is willing to pay £440,000 for the Oriental Railway and capitalisation of the Roumelian tribute. The "Times" says the language The Seat of Government Bill was read a second time and passed into committee in the House of Representatives to-day. At the inquest on the victims of the Paddington tragedy on Friday, which was held this morning, the Coroner found that William Mather died from The Assembly sat all last night discussing the Sydney Corporation Amendment Bill in committee, reading the Industrial Disputes In the Assembly to-night, Mr. Briner asked the Secretary for Lands : "Wits regard to the application made some time ago to have the village or town The mysterious American yacht Coronet sailed for Hobart this afternoon. It was intended to dock the vessel here, but on making inquiries it was The Kee Jang (45) a Chinese storekeeper, was found unconscious this morning on the floor of his shop in Globe-street, City, in a pool of blood News has just reached Sydney that four officers of the American Fleet, as a result of their conduct while in Australia, have been tried by The steamer Tofua, which arrived from Suva (Fiji) to-day, brought news of a murder at Nadi. An Indian woman was found dead, with her throat John Harvey, 18, the night officer in charge of the railway gates on the Sydney Road at Liverpool, was cut to pieces by the Melbourne express The Customs and Excise revenue for November totals £860,922 as against £966,126 in November, 1907, a decline of over £100,000 for the month. In New South Wales the falling off was Some important amendments were made by the Legislative Council in the Lands Act Amendment Bill last evening. On the motion of Mr. A bible at the Melbourne City Court, which had been kissed by a person suffering from cancer, at the suggestion of a solicitor was burnt so as The report of Mr. J. B. Trivett, the Government Statistician, on the vital statistics of the Metropolis for November shows that there were 1261 births The Amending Electoral Act Bill was tabled by Mr. Mahon (Minister for Home Affairs) in the House of Representatives last night and was A number of references to the need for a High Commissioner were made in the House of Representatives last evening. Incidentally, the status of In the Victorian Assembly yesterday the debate on the Treasurers budget took a sensational turn. Mr. J. Cameron attacked the Government's Carumar Moran Visited Strathfield yesterday, for the purpose of blessing the new novitiate and training college of the Christian Brothers. Reference The case in which Billy Wilson (an aboriginal) is charged with the murder of Miss Duffy at Carpentaria Section, was resumed at Georgetown At Hobart, William Sutcliffe was committed for trial on a charge of shooting at William Omay, with intent, at Bellerive (near Hobart). A sad drowning fatality occurred at Plenty (Tas.) yesterday. A brother and sister named Watkins went into the river to bathe. The boy (Jesse, An earthquake was experienced at Whakatane (N.Z.) yesterday. The shock was 30 seconds shorter but more severe that that experienced at The relief ship Nimrod left Lyttalton yesterday for the Antarctic, carrying stores to Lieutenant Shackleton and has party. The Nimrod's commander In a rather tame contest, because it was very much one-sided, Ted Nel[?]on compelled Danny Sullivan (the American middle weight) to withdraw Horatio Bottomiley, M.P., the famous barrister, financier and racehorse owner, has been summoned to answer a charge of conspiracy to These have been 361,197 applications for old-age pensions in England. The elections in Turkey are proceeding. The Armenians and Jews are voting solidly with the Turks throughout Constantinople. The Greeks alone A dense fog prevailed in Paris yesterday and many serious accidents occurred at crossings. A train collided with a carriage containing wedding The South African Closer Union Conference, now sitting in Capetown, unanimously favours the unification of the South African colonies, on the Mr. Stedman, M.P., who has been visiting Germany, reports that the German workman has longer hours for less pay, but is better cared for The first clause in the English Education Bill, giving State aid only to publicly-controlled schools, was carried in the House of Commons, after an When walking to church at Washington on Sunday, President Roosevelt was knocked down by a motor car. The President was not hurt, but he Renewed racial riots have occurred at Prague (the capital of Bohemia) where the gendarmerie cleared the streets at the point of the bayonet. His Holiness the Pope is suffering from a feverish cold and his doctors have ordered him to take a week's rest. It is reported in Newfoundland that the United States Government intends to claim at the Hague Tribunal, when the fisheries dispute is submitted for Mr. w. J. Bryan, the defeated candidate for the United States Presidency, has had a sensational adventure while hunting in Mexico. Mr. The majority of the Marianna miners were Englishmen and Americans It is supposed that a miner struck a pocket of natural gas which ignited, causing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the House of Representatives on Tuesday. An amending Commonwealth Electoral Act was introduced and read a first…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, in answer to Mr, Briner, Mr. Lee said a trust proposal was being prepared for the drainage of the Gummin…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Legislative Council, Mr. Hughes, V.P. of the Executive Council, moved the second feuding of the Pure Food Bill, and said that the measure was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Victorian State election afterpain has been entered upon in earnest. The Ministerial party met yesterday and formulated its policy…
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