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  2. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. RETURN OF THE AURORA.

    Any doubts as to the safety of the Australasian Antarctic expedition, under the leadership of Dr. Mawson, of which nothing whatever had been heard since ...

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  3. CHINESE REPUBLIC. MANIFESTO BY THE PRESIDENT.

    Yuan-Shi-Kai, the President of the Chinese Republic, has issued a manifesto in which, in order to mark the inception of the Republic, he pardons all ...

    Article : 51 words
  4. GREAT COAL STRIKE. ANOTHER JOINT CONFERENCE.

    A careful investigation shows that 844,000 miners and 441,960 workers in other industries are idle through the strike, and many thousands more are ...

    Article : 126 words
  5. GERMAN COLLIERS. THE STRIKE OF THEIRUHR FIELD.

    The strike of the miners on the Ruhr coalfield, in Germany, which supplies the Essen factory with fuel, took place to-day, bat was only partially ...

    Article : 116 words
  6. SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.

    In the Union Assembly yesterday Mr. Patrick Duncan, who, before entering the Union Parliament, was secretary to Lord Milner, and afterwards held many ...

    Article : 138 words
  7. PERSONAL.

    The Premier (Sir Elliott Lewis) returned to Launceston from Mount Balfour last night, and expects to arrive in Hobart to-night. ...

    Article : 536 words
  8. NORTH LONDON POISON MYSTERY.

    The trial was continued to-day at the Old Bailey of Frederick Henry Seddon, formerly a district superintendent of the London and Manchester ...

    Article : 218 words
  9. FIERCE FIGHTING AT CANTON.

    There was fierce fighting at Canton yesterday between recruits under a former pirate chief and the regulars, owing to the proposed disbanding of ...

    Article : 60 words
  10. COLLISIONS WITH THE POLICE.

    Thirty-five per cent. of the German miners have struck. The women and children at Essen assembled at the pit heads, and prevented many of the ...

    Article : 101 words
  11. FLIGHT OF MISSION GIRLS.

    The British gunboat Moorhen, 180 tons, has conveyed 63 Wesleyan mission girls to a steamer proceeding to Hongkong. ...

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  12. EXPLORER'S PERIL.

    It is reported at Ottawa that Barry Radford, an American explorer, has been deserted in the Far North during an exploration trip. His guides are ...

    Article : 51 words
  13. WHOLESALE DECAPITATIONS.

    The Peking correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that summary executions continue. A thousand people have been decapitated during the ...

    Article : 95 words
  14. CAPTAIN AMUNDSEN, THE HERO OF THE SOUTH POLE.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

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  15. NEARLY 1,500,000 IDLE.

    The estimate of the mine employees who have ceased work should include 203,700 surface workers, the total now being 1,499,860. ...

    Article : 64 words
  16. AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

    Mr. Roosevelt, who is now at Oyster Bay, has decided to stump the country and make a vigorous fight for the party nomination for the Presidency. He ...

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  17. REVOLT OF A GARRISON.

    It is reported that the garrisons of the forts on the Canton River, 50 miles below the city of Canton, and [?]own as the Bogue forts, have revolted ...

    Article : 65 words
  18. SPEECHES BY LABOUR LEADERS.

    Mr. Albert Stanley, the Labour member for North-West Staffordshire, stated at Cannock Chase to-day that during the past three months the coal ...

    Article : 287 words
  19. NEW ENGLAND COTTON MILLS.

    One hundred and fifty thousand cotton mid woollen mill operators have secured an increase in wages of five per cent. throughout New England. It ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. FIGHTING IN BRAZIL.

    A severe conflict took place last night [?]t a political meeting held at Macao, in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Norte. ...

    Article : 71 words
  21. N.S.W. POLITICS. WHEN THE GENERAL ELECTION WILL TAKE PLACE.

    Although Ministers maintain silence in Parliament, there is good authority for the statement that the general elections will be held towards the close of ...

    Article : 92 words
  22. MINERS' PENSIONS.

    Seventy per cent. of the miners in France struck yesterday as a protest against the non-passage of the Miners' Pensions Bill, and also of an eight ...

    Article : 75 words
  23. FIRE IN CANADA.

    A great fire which occurred yesterday at Winnipeg destroyed the International Harvester Company's warehouse. An explosion that occurred ...

    Article : 112 words
  24. PICTURE OF THE FRAM, WHICH WENT FURTHEST NORTH WITH NANSEN, AND FURTHEST SOUTH WITH AMUNDSEN.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

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  25. THE BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Minister of Works introduced the Local Government Bill. The Bursaries Bill was read the first time, and the ...

    Article : 91 words
  26. "FOUL, DISHONOURABLE POLICY."

    Mr. Stephen Walsh, the Labour member for Inco., in a speech delivered at Wigan last night, condemned the pamphlet issued last month from the ...

    Article : 93 words
  27. COAL MINERS' DISPUTE.

    The Newcastle delegate board's recommendation regarding a conference to deal with the afternoon shift question has now been agreed to by ...

    Article : 83 words
  28. THE MINIMUM WAGE.

    At Mansfield yesterday, Sir A. B. Markham, the Liberal member for the town, advised the men to stand firm for the minimum wage, which would only ...

    Article : 60 words
  29. ICE CONDITIONS IN THE ANTARCTIC.

    In reply to a question put to him regarding the conditions experienced in the Antarctic during last summer, Captain Davis said:—"There appears to be a ...

    Article : 425 words
  30. GENEROUS EMPLOYERS.

    Questioned in the House of Comons last night, Mr. Asquith stated that the Government noted with satisfaction that many masters, instead of ...

    Article : 36 words
  31. ANOTHER CONFERENCE.

    As a result of the appeal made by Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, the coal miners and mineowners are to meet together in conference and settle their ...

    Article : 138 words
  32. THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM.

    The Australian cricket team that is going to England under the auspices of the Board of Control was this evening given a cordial send-off by the New ...

    Article : 154 words
  33. NAVAL DISASTER.

    Success has at last attended the salvage operations in connection with the loss of the British submarine A3, which was sunk early in February after ...

    Article : 114 words
  34. BOXING.

    An inquest was held yesterday on the body of Raphael Bolli, the French boxer, who died on Saturday after receiving severe punishment in a match ...

    Article : 74 words
  35. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

    In the House of Commons this afternoon Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, stated that the Home Rule Bill would be the first measure introduced after ...

    Article : 91 words
  36. GENERAL CABLES. AMMUNITION SEIZED.

    A quarter of a million German cartridges, consigned to Oran, in Algeria, were seized to-day at Dunkirk, the most northerly seaport of France. It ...

    Article : 45 words
  37. THE MINERS' FINANCES.

    The Lancashire and Cheshire Miners Federation has paid out £30,000 for the first week's strike benefits. Many firms, particularly in the ...

    Article : 75 words
  38. MELBOURNE WHARFAGE RATES.

    The Governor-in-Council to-day approved of the new schedule of wharfage rates submitted by the Melbourne Harbour Trust. The new schedule ...

    Article : 65 words
  39. AN ESCAPE FROM FREEZING-UP.

    "Was there any danger, then, of getting locked up for the winter?" was another question. "Yes," answered Captain Davis, "the ...

    Article : 199 words
  40. TERRORISM IN IRELAND.

    A dastardly attempt to murder six men returning from a hurling match was made yesterday at Gort, in Galway, Ireland. ...

    Article : 126 words
  41. WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS.

    Mrs. Pankhurst, the militant suffragist, who was sentenced last week to two months' imprisonment for being concerned in the outrages in the West ...

    Article : 74 words
  42. ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL.

    In the internatinal association football match which was played to-day between England and Wales, the former won by two goals to nil. ...

    Article : 28 words
  43. CO-PARTNERSHIP.

    One hundred and fifty-seven unionist members of the House of Commons, 72 Liberals, and 10 Nationalists, have signed a memorial to the Prime ...

    Article : 65 words
  44. PANAMA CANAL.

    The House of Representatives Committee on Inter-State Commerce, by fourteen votes to four, has adopted a bill, called the Government Canal Bill, ...

    Article : 148 words
  45. BREADSTUFFS.

    The cargo of Australian-wheat by the Inversnaid has been sold at 38s. 9d. per quarter. ...

    Article : 18 words
  46. N.S.W. V TOOWOOMBA.

    The New South Wales cricket team, after defeating Queensland at Brisbane, commenced a two-days' match at Toocoomba against a local eleven to-day. ...

    Article : 98 words
  47. NEW ZEALAND VOLCANCES.

    Dr. James Mackintosh Bell, the Director of Geological Surveys in New Zealand, read a paper last night before the members of the Royal Geographical ...

    Article : 33 words
  48. ON THE BRINK.

    A special Government Commission has ordered the removal to another site of the town of Frank, in the province of Alberta. Three thousand ...

    Article : 89 words
  49. AUSTRALIAN CADETS.

    The cadets under Lieutenant Jeffreys, who are visiting England under the auspices of the Young Australia League left London to-day for Windsor, where ...

    Article : 53 words
  50. A LONELY VOYAGE.

    "Of course you saw nothing of any of the other expeditions now in the south?" said the interviewer. "No." answered Captain Davis "we ...

    Article : 50 words
  51. STATION MANAGER'S SUICIDE.

    The body of George Burrows, aged 50, a sheep station manager from the north-west, who had been missing over a week, was found in King's-park this ...

    Article : 64 words
  52. AVIATION.

    Tabuteau, the French aviator, put up a remarkable performance yesterday by piloting a monoplane from Pau to Paris a distance of 448 miles, in 317 ...

    Article : 45 words
  53. THE WIRELESS STATION.

    "And, of course, as you did not return to the main base, you can tell us nothing about the progress of the wireless station?" was the next remark. ...

    Article : 149 words
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