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  2. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    The work of the session was brought to a close last night. All that the Government intended to do has not been done. It is the privilege of members to fill the pages of ...

    Article : 1,058 words
  3. ST. JAMES' CRISIS.

    Late last night the Archbishop of Sydney announced that the Ven. Archdeacon Francis Wentworth Sheilds, formerly of Goulburn, N.S.W., and now of St. Kilda, Victoria, had ...

    Article : 254 words
  4. FEDERAL SESSION.

    The opponents of Yass-Canberra were in fine form this morning when the House of Representatives met, and for a quarter of an hour the Minister for Home Affairs was kept ...

    Article : 1,242 words
  5. SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 114 words
  6. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    The race for the sculling championship of the world was rowed here on the Zambesi River to-day, between "Dick" Arnst, of New Zealand, the holder, and Ernest ...

    Article : 494 words
  7. OCTOGENARIAN EMPEROR.

    European monarchs have congratulated the Emperor Francis Joseph on his 80th birthday. The Emperor William, in giving the toast ...

    Article : 76 words
  8. ASIATIC IMMIGRATION.

    Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada, in the course of a speech at Vancouver, dealt principally with the request of the trade unions that more stringent ...

    Article : 149 words
  9. AMERICAN REPUBLICANS.

    President Taft yesterday had an important interview with the Vice-President, Mr. Sherman, who declared that he had no intention of withdrawing from the ...

    Article : 213 words
  10. THE CHOLERA OUTBREAK.

    Prince Kugusheff has been arrested at Saratoff, South-east Russia, on a charge of appropriating and squandering funds entrusted to him for the payment of doctors ...

    Article : 53 words
  11. CRICKET BIOGRAPHIES.

    Some time ago the South African C.A. cabled the names of nine players who were considered to be almost certainties. Of those men two have evidently dropped out—P. W. ...

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  12. PARIS TO LONDON.

    M. Moissant, who monoplaned from Paris to Deal with a passenger, resumed his journey to-day for London with the intention of alighting at the Crystal Palace, ...

    Article : 49 words
  13. ON A BRITISH SHIP.

    Two cases of cholera have been discovered on a British ship at Odessa. ...

    Article : 18 words
  14. AN EXTRAORDINARY EXPLOSION.

    A peculiar explosion occurred to-day near Awaba station, when two labourers, working on the railway duplication works, were severely injured. The men in question were ...

    Article : 221 words
  15. OUTBREAK IN ITALY.

    There is an outbreak of cholera in the province of Apulia, in the South of Italy. Thirty-three deaths have taken place. In the town of Trani, in the province, 19 ...

    Article : 104 words
  16. AIRSHIP IN FLAMES.

    Some woodsmen in Dessau, Germany, observed an airship in flames. The car eventually fell in some hollows in the forest. ...

    Article : 42 words
  17. THE BRUSSELS FIRE.

    Mr. Lytton, the British Commissioner, states that the fire at the Brussels Exhibition destroyed the British section in five minutes. ...

    Article : 78 words
  18. BARONESS VAUGHAN.

    Baroness Vaughan, who was the morganatic wife of King Leopold of Belgium, has married her steward, M. Durien, in secrecy, at Arronville. The pair did not ...

    Article : 65 words
  19. THE CONGO CONCESSIONS.

    The "Journal de Bruxelles" reports that the Kasai Company is suing the Belgian Government to recover £1,600,000 as damages on the ground that the decree of ...

    Article : 127 words
  20. BRITISH REBUILDING STANDS.

    The British exhibitors who intend rebuilding their stands at the Brussels exhibition are arriving in the city. ...

    Article : 27 words
  21. NETHERLANDS BATTLESHIPS.

    Mr. Bosschart, Consul-General for the Netherlands, has received a cable message from his Excelleney the Governor-General of the Netherlands, India, to the effect that a ...

    Article : 78 words
  22. SEDITION IN INDIA.

    The trial of 42 persons charged with conspiracy has begun at Dacca. The Dacca police have received a parcel containing a human skull and a letter ...

    Article : 62 words
  23. EXPLORATION OF GREENLAND.

    The Danish exploration vessel Alabama his been wrecked on the east coast of Greenland. Mr. Mikkelsen, who is in charge of the expedition, and the crew ...

    Article : 91 words
  24. PERTH TEAM STRIKE.

    The Perth tram strike provided a little excitement again to-day. The company ran a limited number of cars, and huge crowds assembled in the main thoroughfare during the ...

    Article : 151 words
  25. THE LATE EARL SPENCER.

    The remains of Earl Spencer were quietly buried in the churchyard at Great Brington, Northamptonshire, yesterday. King George and Queen Alendra were ...

    Article : 73 words
  26. MEN INTERVIEWED.

    Barry, who was interviewed after the race, said he was quite satisfied that the best man had won. He added that he found Arnst a very ...

    Article : 72 words
  27. CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERRITORIALS.

    A London magistrate has sentenced a territorial, David Cunningham, to a month's hard labour for disobeying the drill order of a sergent-major Drummer ...

    Article : 95 words
  28. BRITISH STEAMSHIP LINES.

    Reuter's correspondent says that the new East African steamship combination service, comprising the Clan Line, Ellerman Lines, Ltd., and the Harrison Line, is ...

    Article : 76 words
  29. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. James Patten, cotton and wheat speculator, who has retired from business, sold his seat on the New York Stock Exchange for £14,000. ...

    Article : 162 words
  30. SPURIOUS SOVEREIGNS.

    The detective force has been well occupied recently. First they are confronted with the seemingly impossible task of locating the "old man with the slight limp," as ...

    Article : 247 words
  31. BEST OF MODERN SCULLERS.

    Mr. Guy Nickalls, a supporter of Barry, and a well-known amateur sculler, telegraphs from Livingstone that Barry's fine watermanship was not equivalent to the ...

    Article : 121 words
  32. THE AUSTRALIAN CRUISER.

    The Admirilty has accepted the tender of the Thames Ironworks for the largest pinnace of the Australian armoured cruiser. The acceptance is subject to the ...

    Article : 73 words
  33. THE MODERN PRIZE-FIGHT.

    The "Sportsman" writes that in consequence of the barring of the Lang-Kaufman [?]ight in New York, the promoters of prize-fights are negotiating to secure in ...

    Article : 515 words
  34. IN THE ASSEMBLY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 166 words
  35. ALLEGED SLANDER.

    The hearing was concluded to-day of the slander action, in which Jane Steele, widow, of Seymour, sought to recover £499 damages for slander from the Rev. John J. Owen, ...

    Article : 59 words
  36. LOST AT SEA.

    The barque Trio, which has arrived in the Tyne from Port Pirie (March 31), reports that on rounding Cape Horn terrific weather was experienced. ...

    Article : 53 words
  37. WOMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.

    Mary M'Donald, a well-known lady cricketer, was charged at the St. Kilda Court to-day with having attempted to commit suicide. On August 11 defendant jumped into ...

    Article : 227 words
  38. NAVAL NEWS.

    The naval authorities in Sydney have received news that H.M.S Gibraltar is coming to Sydney with relief crews for H.M. ships Challenger and Prometheus. H.M.S. Gibraltar will ...

    Article : 81 words
  39. SHODDY FOOTWEAR.

    Several samples of Australian-made boots and shoes, in which cardboard paper, instead of leather, forms the principal part of the soles and heels, have been brought under the ...

    Article : 294 words
  40. GOVERNOR-GENEEAL'S TOUR.

    The Governor-General spent Thursday quietly in Dubbo, calling on the Mayor and visiting the Bush Brotherhood's headquarters in the morning and riding through portion of ...

    Article : 81 words
  41. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT.

    The hearing of the charges of fraud and embezzlement preferred against Charles J. Currie, a Melbourne solicitor, was begun at the City Court to-day. The charges were larceny as ...

    Article : 123 words
  42. A WANDERING BOY.

    A fortnight ago, while Thomas Mitchell, a draper, was travelling by the Sydney express to Melbourne with a friend, a boy who was in the same carriage entered into ...

    Article : 300 words
  43. LOSS OF THE MARTOS.

    The owners of the Spanish steamer Murtos, which was sunk during a fog in a collision with the German steamer Elsa, off Tarifa, in the Straits of Gibraltar, are ...

    Article : 53 words
  44. ADVENTURE WITH A WHALE.

    A party in a motor-launch out schnappering off Forester the other day were quietly fishing, when a large whale was seen. It went down; then, to their alarm, it was seen to be ...

    Article : 80 words
  45. STATE JEALOUSY.

    The Premier said to-day that he was delighted to observe that the Premier of New South Wales intended to give effect to the policy of the shortest route to the seaboard ...

    Article : 128 words
  46. EXPLOSION OF GASOLENE.

    An explosion of gasolene destroyed a ferry-boat at Curling, Newfoundland. Six people were killed, and four seriously injured. ...

    Article : 28 words
  47. THE KYARRA IN A GALE.

    The Kyarra reached Fremantle this morning after an exceptionally rough passage from Adelaide. A strong westerly gale was encountered in the [?]ight, and after leaving ...

    Article : 105 words
  48. GAMBLING BY PRISONERS.

    The gambling spirit among the convicts at Pentridge overcomes all difficulties. Besides keeping betting books, Pentridge prisoners, when the opportunity offers, enjoy a quiet ...

    Article : 112 words
  49. BROKEN HILL BAKERS' DISPUTE.

    The bakers' dispute is not yet quite settled. A couple of master bakers are not in complete unison with the arrangements made, and it is understood that any master baker ...

    Article : 145 words
  50. KINGDOM OF MONTENEGRO.

    The citizens of Cettinje, capital of Montenegro, are working day and night erecting tents and barracks to accommodate 80,000 visitors, who are expected to ...

    Article : 47 words
  51. MAN'S TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

    A young man named Edward Fackerell, while trimming a springboard on a selection just across the Queensland border, almost severed one of his feet with an a[?]ze. He ...

    Article : 73 words
  52. RURAL SMALL HOLDINGS.

    The Land Union, with the co-operation of the "Daily Mail," has formulated a scheme to enable pensioners to acquire rural cottages with small holdings on an ...

    Article : 64 words
  53. EXPORT DUTY ON ORES.

    The Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor), referring this atternoon to the decision of the Sydney Labour Council to support a request for a Federal Royal Commission to inquire ...

    Article : 81 words
  54. FAIR RENT COURT.

    The Premier said to-day that, personally, he was favourable to the proposal of the Trades Hall council, that a fair rent court should be established. He thought that the ...

    Article : 55 words
  55. BREAK OF GAUGE.

    The South Australian Royal Commission on the break of gauge arrived at Broken Hill to-day, and opened its sittings at the Town Hall. The witnesses examined were R. E. A. Kitchen[?] ...

    Article : 67 words
  56. INDIGNANT UNIONISTS.

    At a committe meeting of the local branch of the Political Labour League it was decided to forward to the executive for presentation to the Federal Parliament, a protest against ...

    Article : 51 words
  57. MEAT TRADE DISPUTE.

    Proposals were submitted yesterday to the executive of the Slaughtermen's Union, designed to help in the settlement of the dispute at Glebe Island. They will be discussed by ...

    Article : 51 words
  58. THE GREEK ASSEMBLY.

    Cretan leaders refuse to stand for the Greek Assembly. ...

    Article : 22 words
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