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  2. BREAD FOR TROOPS.

    The State B[?]ery at Stanmore has been kept busy providing bread for the various military camps. At the outbreak of the war the bakery management offered to supply the troops ...

    Article : 121 words
  3. CODED CABLES.

    The following cable message was received by the Prime Minister to-day from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, dated London, October 24: ...

    Article : 255 words
  4. MYSTERIOUS CRIME.

    The jury failed to agree in the [?] Mrs. Carman, who was a[?]d on a charge of murdering Mrs. W. D. Bailey early in August. Counsel who appeared for the ...

    Article : 133 words
  5. LEAKING RUAHINE.

    The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Ruahine (which arrived this morning) is now discharging cargo at Wellington wharf. ...

    Article : 247 words
  6. GERMAN ATROCITIES.

    The "Times" publishes further horrible stories of German cruelty and lust. Here is one received by a London vicar from his son, an officer serving with the Expeditionary ...

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  7. THE THEATRE OF WAR.

    We were told before this war that the battles of the future, conducted ever an enormously extended front, would continue for days, and possibly weeks, but few of us can ...

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  8. MELBOURNE TRAGEDY.

    While lying asleep a boy named Jack Delaney, aged 10 years, was murdered early this morning at Flemington. His two sisters, Florence and Gwendoline, aged 11 and 9 years, ...

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  9. VACCINATION.

    The Bonni of Health medical staff is now busily engaged vaccinating the members of the expeditionary force against smallpox. ...

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  10. GERMAN MINERS.

    At a meeting of the delegates of the Illawarra Colliery Association, held on Saturday, the matter of Germans being employed in the South Coast coal mines was discussed. A ...

    Article : 101 words
  11. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of General Sir Charles Whittingham Horsley Douglas, G.C.[?]. General Douglas was 64 years of age. He commenced his military career with the [?] ...

    Article : 130 words
  12. GIFTS OF LIVE STOCK.

    Valuable consignments of live stock in aid of the food fund of the Pastoralists' Union continue to come forward. The classers at the Flemington unloading siding have ...

    Article : 118 words
  13. CASUALTIES.

    The City Coroner yesterday held an inquiry into the cause of death of Alexander Venn King, 30. The evidence showed that King was found at Lane Cove with his throat cut. ...

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  14. GONE TO THE FRONT.

    Amongst the nurses who have left for active service is Miss Alice Joan Twynam, daughter of Mr. E. Twynam, of Goulburn, formerly Surveyor-General. ...

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  15. COALING THE ENEMY.

    The "Nieuwe Soernbajasche Courant" states that the German steamer Offenbach coaled the German cruiser Geier on August 11 and 12 in the neighbourhood of the Island of ...

    Article : 82 words
  16. "REASONABLE DOUBT."

    At the Circuit Court, before the Chief Justice, last week, Mr. F. S. Boyce, who appeared for a Chinaman accused of a serious offence, asked his Honor to direct ...

    Article : 191 words
  17. ABANDONED INFANT.

    On the 14th inst the body of a newly-born infant was found in Baldwin-street, Erskineville. At an inquiry held yesterday the City Coroner found that death was caused by ...

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  18. TASMANIAN SINGER.

    The death is announced of Mr. Lemprie[?] Pringle, the well-known Tasmanian vocalis[?] Death was due to pneumonia. Lempriere Pringle was a Tasmanian [?] ...

    Article : 169 words
  19. INSTEAD OF A PICNIC.

    "We have decided to forego the pleasure of our annual picnic and devote the money to the sufferers from the war." This was the first of a letter sent yesterday by the ...

    Article : 82 words
  20. REGIMENTAL COMFORTS FUND.

    The president of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. F. E. Winchcombe, acknowledges receipt of the following contributions to the Regimental Comforts Fund: ...

    Article : 51 words
  21. KNOCKED DOWN BY MOTOR CAR.

    Ernest Gardiner, 11, while attempting to got on a motor car which was delivering papers, fell and sustained a broken pelvis and abrasions on the face. He was admitted to ...

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  22. MERCHANT SHIPS.

    Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., Ltd., are advised of the following sailings from Calcutta on October 21:—Santhia, s, for Fremantle, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney; ...

    Article : 44 words
  23. FATALITY ON THE BERRIMA.

    Robert Orkney, 56, while dismounting a gun on the transport Berrima, sustained injuries which resulted in his death yesterday at the Sydney Hospital. ...

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  24. NATIONAL RELIEF FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 37 words
  25. PATRIOTIC FUNDS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 397 words
  26. SHIPMENTS OF CONCENTRATES.

    The Department of Mines intimates that the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth advises that shipments of zinc and lead concentrates, silver-lead bullion, blister copper, and ...

    Article : 62 words
  27. YOUNG MAN SHOT.

    Walter Lappan, 22, was yesterday afternoon found wounded with a bullet at Johnston-street, Annandale. There was a revolver by his side. Dr. Bridges attended, but Lappan ...

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  28. AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTARY HOSPITAL.

    The following donations have been received by Mr. Colin C. Stephen, of 14 O'Connell-street:—Amount already acknowledged, of which £7000 has been remitted, £7255/18/7; Richard Binnie, £10; Wyrallah ...

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  29. TWO MEN DROWNED.

    On Saturday afternoon at Maroubra an unknown man was noticed struggling in the surf. Alexander React at once attempted a rescue. Swimming strongly in the rough ...

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  30. MOLYBDENITE.

    A rich find of molybdenite is reported about 30 miles west of Armidale, near Boorolong. The lode is 100ft wide, some ore already tested going 5 per cent. ...

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  31. MELBOURNE ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO.

    At a meeting of the Melbourne Electric Supply Company, Limited, to be held on December 21, shareholders will be asked to increase the capital by £300,000 by the issue of ...

    Article : 86 words
  32. GERMAN CLUB CLOSED.

    A disorderly demonstration at the German Club on Saturday night was promptly suppressed by the police. The club authorities advertise thanks to the police and military ...

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  33. GIRLS' FUND.

    Public Schools: Ballina South, 4th instalment, 9/6; Fern[?], Inverell, 2nd instalment, 9/; Gregra, 1st instalment, 2/; Burwood Girls' Sup., 3rd instalment, £3/5/; Smithfield, 7th instalment, 1/6; Rockdale (Girls'), 2nd ...

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  34. A RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER.

    A Russian who arrived from New Caledonia by the steamer St. Louis last night called at the French Consul's office to-day for the purpose of obtaining permission to volunteer with ...

    Article : 73 words
  35. THE GUN ACCIDENT.

    The State Commandant, Colonel E. T. Wallack, C.B., stated yesterday that he had not yet completed his investigations respecting the machine-gun accident at Maroubra Bay ...

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  36. RUN OVER BY TRAM.

    Edward Burns, 13, residing with his parents at 11 Munni-street, Newtown, on Sunday attempted to board a tram at Iron Cove Bridge. He struck the side of the bridge and fell under ...

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  37. VETERAN SOLDIER'S DEATH.

    The funeral took place to-ay of Warran[?] Officer James Wise, a retired N.C.O. of the Third Australian Garrison Artillery. On April 3, 1869, he joined the ...

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  38. MAN WHO DROVE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.

    Mr. Arthur Blake, who died yesterday, aged 80 years, was a veteran driver. When a boy he was in the Crimea, and frequently drove Florence Nigtingale about. He drove the ...

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  39. DISTURBANCE ON GERMAN STEAMER.

    There was a disturbance on board the German steamer Scharzfels, which has been detained in Double Bay by the Admiralty Court. Several of the vessel's coloured crew started ...

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  40. BELGIAN FUND.

    M. Watt[?] Consul for Belgium, 14 Castlereagh-street, advises that the amount received to date is £57,544/7/4. New South Wales contributions already acknowledged, ...

    Article : 362 words
  41. LATE SHIPPING.

    The Union Company is advlied of the sa[?] of the Niagara at Vancouver. ...

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  42. TRAM ACCIDENT.

    William Marshall, 9, fell off the footboard of a tram at the corner of Elizabeth and Park streets on Saturday night. The wheels of the tram passed over his ankles. He was ...

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  43. ST. LOUIS, FROM NOUMEA.

    The steamer St. Louis arrived from Nou[?] o'clock last night. She left New Caledonia at [?] p.m. on Wednesday last, and had a featureless [?] across. A doctor and three mining engineers, [?] ...

    Article : 69 words
  44. EXCITEMENT AT DARLINGHURST.

    Great excitement was created early this morning at the junction of Victoria and Woolcott streets, Darlinghurst, by the fusing of a number of overhead electric light wires. ...

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  45. ALLEGED LIBEL.

    The claim of Mr. Watt, M.P., ex-Premier of Victoria, against David Syme and Co., proprietors of the Melbourne "Age," in which Plaintiff seeks to recover £5000 damages for ...

    Article : 138 words
  46. THE KAISER.

    Writing to the "New York Herald" from Amsterdam, Count Erik Vanbergen, of Westphalia, says:- "Will it not surprise you that I, a ...

    Article : 659 words
  47. PADDINGTON BRANCH.

    Second Instalment.—C. A. De Kantzow, £1/1/; E. [?] W. F. Flynn, 10/6; R. T. Carter, £5/5; A. Pointing, £5/5/; J. T. Osborne, £2/2/; A. Walker, £1/1/; W. A. Med[?] 10/6; Mrs. Latimer, ...

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  48. COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE.

    The ballot for election of sectional committees of the Commonwealth Public Service Association (N.S.W. branch) has resulted:- Department of Postmaster-General.—Messrs. ...

    Article : 90 words
  49. TELEGRAPHIC.

    NEWCASTLE (62m).—Arr: Oct. 25, St. Louis, s, [?] Noumea; Port Hunter, s, from Brisbane. Oct. [?] Kooyong, s, Kooringa, s, from Melbourne; My[?] Coolebar, s, Corra Lynn, s, Murray, s, Sydney, s, ...

    Article : 255 words
  50. INVESTMENT OF FUNDS.

    Up to the present £100,000 of the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund for the relief of cases of distress among the dependents of those who have gone on active service has been ...

    Article : 112 words
  51. LATE MRS. F. E. MOORE.

    Probate has been granted of the will and codicils of the late Mrs. Fanny Eliza Moore, of Lawson, widow of William Moore, homeopathic practitioner. The net value of the ...

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  52. THE MINERS.

    The North Mine Check-weighers' Union at a meeting yesterday, decided that, owing to the A.M.A. passing a resolution on the rent question, "half-time, no rent." the North ...

    Article : 192 words
  53. FREEZING WORKS.

    Sir William Vestey, chairman of the Union Cold Storage Compnny of London, who has just concluded a visit to New Zealand, undertaken with the object of arranging new ...

    Article : 89 words
  54. THE RED CROSS.

    As an indication of the scope of the work done by the New South Wales division of the Australian Red Cross Society, it is officially explained that the total disbursements in ...

    Article : 193 words
  55. ROBBERIES.

    The residence of Mr. Isaac Budden, of Muswellbrook, was entered on Saturday evening, between 8 and 11, during the absence of the inmates, and jewellery valued at £151 16s ...

    Article : 133 words
  56. INDEX.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 117 words
  57. "WAR CHEST."

    The hon. trensurer of the Citizen's War Chest Fund, 113 Pitt-street, reports that the fortnight's campaign in aid of the starving Belgians will result in over £1000 being cabled ...

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  58. STABBING AFFAIR.

    About 11.30 last night a serious stabbing affair occurred in Seal-place, Goulburn-street, off Goorge-street. From the meagre details available, it is stated that George Field, 48, ...

    Article : 163 words
  59. FIRES AT BROKEN HILL.

    The fire brigade attended no less than five fires between Friday and Saturday nights. One destroyed a boarding-house in Lane-street owned by W. J. Ralph, of Adelaide, and ...

    Article : 92 words
  60. SMALLPOX.

    On the average two cases of smallpox daily in the metropolitan area are being reported by the Board of Health. Three cases have just come from the Yass railway camp, and ...

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  61. FOODSTUFFS PURCHASES.

    The ladies of the executive committee of the Red Cross Society have mude further large purchases of Australian foodstuffs for the hospitals, including 2300 tins of Nestle's ...

    Article : 261 words
  62. ADVERTISEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 183 words
  63. SENSATION AT SEA.

    Whilst the Orient Company's steamer Osterley was coming to Melbourne from Sydney yesterday morning at 5 o'clock several of her sailors were surprised to observe a young ...

    Article : 108 words
  64. OPENING OF THE LAW TERM.

    The fourth and final Supreme Court Term of the year was commenced yesterday, the Full Court consisting of Mr. Justice Pring, Mr. Justice Sly, and Mr. ...

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  65. LATE COMMERCIAL.

    The wheat market was dull and unchanged, growers' lots 4/7, with no inquiries; parcels, nominal value 4/10½ trucks Port Adelaide; flour, unchanged, £10/10/ to £11 delivered city, £10/10/ mill door, Port Adelaide ...

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  66. AN ISLAND WRECK.

    A radio telegram has been received by the Secretaries of the Solomon Islands Rubb[?] Plantations, Ltd., reporting the wreck of the company's ketch Bugotu. The vessel was ...

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  67. TO-DAY.

    Australian Historical Society: Royal Society's [?] "Earliest Australian Industry." 8. St. James's Hall: Campbell Belgian Fund [?] Her Majesty's Theatre: "The Gondoliers," 8. ...

    Article : 126 words
  68. HARBOUR OF REFUGE ON THE NORTH COAST.

    Sir,—Attention has been drawn on many occasions to the urgent need for a harbour of refuge on the North Coast. From Port Stephens to Brisbane there is not a safe ...

    Article : 201 words
  69. MELBOURNE WOOL SALES.

    The wool salts were resumed at Melbourne to-day. Notwithstanding the absence of the Continental section as a body, the attendance of buyers was a wonderfully good one. America and Japan were ...

    Article : 275 words
  70. THE BATTLE OF FLOWERS.

    The exact attendance at the Battle of Flowers at the Showground, promoted by the Millions Club in aid of the Red Cross Society, was 23,387 people. The receipts from all ...

    Article : 154 words
  71. DIED IN THE PULPIT.

    A painful sensation was caused in the Methodist Church at Durham yesterday by the sudden death of the preacher, Mr. St. George Jeffery. ...

    Article : 74 words
  72. BROKEN HILL CASE.

    A case that is exciting interest came before the Police Court to-day. Ellen Melvin sought to have Fredrick Burns ejected from a house, of which she is the ...

    Article : 97 words
  73. FOOD FUND.

    Subscriptions should be sent to the secretary, Chamber of Commerce, Grosvenor-street, Sydney. Regarding the gift shipment of rabbits from the trappers of New South Wales, ...

    Article : 299 words
  74. HOSPITAL SATURDAY.

    The Hospital Saturday and Sunday collections amounted to £9300, as against £8573 last year. ...

    Article : 26 words
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