In the Criminal Court on Friday, Peter O'Shannessy, ex-Town Clerk of Coburg, was found guilty on three counts of embezzling of moneys belonging to the borough, and was ...
Article : 59 wordsThe steamer Prinz Sigismund, of the fleet of the Nord-Deutscher Lloyd, which returned to Sydney yesterday from the Far East, via the islands of the German Archipelago, had ...
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Article : 141 wordsThe "Times," in commenting upon the changes in the disposition of battleships, says that the reduction and reorganisation are not due to the spontaneous ...
Article : 121 wordsMr. F. J. Foster, one of the candidates for New England, writes protesting against his classification as a socialist, and stating that his correct title is that of ...
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Article : 81 wordsA public demonstration against socialism will take place this ovening at the Redfern Town Hall, when addresses will be delivered by Mr. G. H. Reid. Sir James Graham, and ...
Article : 57 wordsDuring the trip of the steamer Courier from Geelong to Melbourne this evening A. G. Quinlan, 28 years of age, a passenger, fell overboard and was drowned. A boat was lowered ...
Article : 65 wordsThe approaching elections are beginning to create a stir. Mr. Lee is malting his way up the coast, speaking at the various places, and is announced to speak here shortly. Mr. ...
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Article : 78 wordsWednesday, December 12, being the day appointed for the forthcoming general election of members of the House of Representatives, writs will be issued by the Governor-General ...
Article : 411 wordsSir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and M. P. Cambon, French Ambassador in London, have signed the Convention on the New ...
Article : 299 wordsLast night Mr. P. E. Quinn, protectionist candidate, delivered an address before a very small attendance. Mr. Henry York, Mayor, occupied the chair, and at the close of his ...
Article : 41 wordsThe Police Offences Acts Amendment Bill, primarily intended to overcome difficulties in administering the vagrancy law, was circulated on Saturday. It includes a clause ...
Article : 121 wordsThe Bank of England rate of discount has been raised to 6 per cent. from 5 per cent., at which rate it had stood since October 11. ...
Article : 50 wordsAt the Centennial Hall on Friday evening Mr. G. B. Holt, the selected Labour candidate for Illawarra, delivered a speech upon the principles of the Labour platform. There ...
Article : 113 wordsThe British and Irish Shop Assistants Association asked the Government to legislate, giving local authorities compulsory powers to fix a uniform hour for the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 266 wordsReports were received to-night that the Wandong robbers had been seen near Croydon. At 5 o'clock this afternoon trackers were chasing the men down. The trackers ...
Article : 67 wordsPrince Meschersky, one of the Czar's near friends, committed suicide at Moscow while in a train. Apparently he feared assassination by ...
Article : 50 wordsA meeting of delegates from the various trades unions appointed to attend next week's wages conference was held in the Trades Hall last night. The meeting resolved,—"(1) That ...
Article : 143 wordsDissatisfaction among the supporters of the Ministry in the Legislative Assembly, noted for some time, became oven stronger during the past week. The Premier, in respect to ...
Article : 142 wordsSpeculators, taking their profits, caused a fall in copper, but the position is very sound. Consumption is ahead of production, and there is no sign of larger ...
Article : 337 wordsWholesale trials among the military are taking place in Russia. Three generals, 20 officers, and 200 soldiers are being tried at Moscow for ...
Article : 38 wordsWhen tha Anglo-French Convention was submitted to the Federal Government, Mr. Deakin and the late Mr. Seddon addressed a long despatch to the Colonial Office, ...
Article : 227 wordsA mass meeting of mine employees was held on the Duke of Cornwall Roserve this afternoon to discuss the question of the men's delegation to the Mine Managers' Association. Mr. W. ...
Article : 340 wordsA by-election took place on Saturday in the Central District for the Legislative Council for a vacant seat, caused by the death of Mr. H. W. Thompson. There was a straight-out ...
Article : 126 wordsThe Hon. Joseph Cook opened the Federal campaign for Parramatta electorate by addressing a meeting in the Hornsby School of Arts on Saturday night. Mr. G. P. Unwin ...
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Article : 309 wordsThe Commissioners appointed to inquire into charges of bribery and corruption at Worcester at the general election in January have intimated that ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 77 wordsA meeting was held on Friday night, which was addressed by several Labour candidates for the Sonate. A resolution was agreed to, strongly declaring continued loyalty to the ...
Article : 80 wordsMr. W. H. Lever, M.P. (Liberal), head of the firm of Lever Bros., soap manufacturers, is head of the proposed amalgamation of soap manufacturing firms. ...
Article : 91 wordsThe barque Ganymede, which cleared Queenscliff three weeks age for Port Huon, and whose non-arrival was causing anxiety, anchored in D'Entrecasteaux Channel to-day. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 95 wordsMessrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s island mail steamer Induna, Captain Anland, arrived from Sydney on the morning of the 7th inst (Sunday), landing mails and passengers, the ...
Article : 331 wordsThe Public Works report shows that the Minister is devoting considerable attention to the subject of utilising the water power of the colony for developing electrical energy. ...
Article : 58 wordsThe New South Wales oranges shipped by the R.M.S. Macedonia arrived in excellent condition. Leading fruit merchants pronounce them superior to any ...
Article : 42 wordsM. Sarrien, Premier of France, has resigned, owing to ill-health, due to insomnia. A previous cable stated that should M. Sarrien resign, it was the general opinion that ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 82 wordsA fire broke out yesterday in the north transept of the Abbey Church, at Selby, Yorkshire. The choir, the roof, and the internal fittings, including a new reredos, ...
Article : 163 wordsThe inquest on the body of Mr. Ronnie, schoolmaster, of Papakaio, near Oamaru, elicited no evidence as to who shot deceased. The jury brought in a verdict of murder by a ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Balmain and Rozelle committee of the Dalley electorate met last Friday night at the Temperance Hall, Balmain, a large and representative attendance being present. ...
Article : 186 wordsThe Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge has voted £1000 for the Cathedral at Dunedin. SINKING OF A SUBMARINE. ...
Article : 47 wordsA Toowoomba telegram states that a most distressing accident was reported this evening. It appears a party of ten ladies and gentlemen, including Miss Eugene Daly, niece of the ...
Article : 162 wordsThe letter from the Canterbury Trades and Labour Council to the "Manchester Guardian" was sent to 25 leading British newspapers. It states that the object is to ...
Article : 155 wordsThe jury at Findley, Ohio, has found the Standard Oil Company guilty of conspiracy to restrain trade since July, 1903. Each day's business constitutes a separate ...
Article : 50 wordsThe candidates definitely announced in this State are:— SENATE. G. F. Pearce (L.), P. J. Lynch (L.), E. ...
Article : 206 wordsAt the Moorefield racecourse on Saturday a deplorable accident occurred in the steeplechase, causing the death of P. Regan, one of the most popular and accomplished ...
Article : 222 wordsThe steamer Waihoi arrived yesterday morning from Victoria River, bringing Messrs. Bradshaw, Dempsey, and Stow. On the outward voyage of the Waihoi Mr. Joseph Bradshaw ...
Article : 125 wordsA London street bookmaker named Pratt. who does an extensive business, has informed the London Police Commission that he has regularly paid the police £200 a ...
Article : 47 wordsThe ladies who set out on Saturday to capture all the available coin of the charitably-disposed in aid of the Thirlmere Home for Women Consumptives secured over £300, ...
Article : 242 wordsSir John Bingham, a great cutler of Sheffield, advocates the formation of a huge employers' strike insurance fund to fight trade unions. He himself guarantees a ...
Article : 128 wordsOn Friday night Mr. J. S. Hawthorne addressed a well-attended meeting in the School of Arts Hall, Lawson. Mr. Alfred Allen presided. On Saturday the candidate addressed ...
Article : 136 wordsSir Frederick Holder, replylng to Sir John Forrest, says that so long as he was a State Minister he did all he could in connection with the Survey Bill. In February, 1900, he ...
Article : 177 wordsThe Lord Mayor of London, Sir Walter Vaughan Morgan, was so exhausted after the festivities arranged by the Municipal Council of Paris in honour of the visit of ...
Article : 58 wordsJohn Quinlan, an old age pensioner, was fossicking in an old shaft, 6ft deep, at Dawsonville, when the side fell in, and nearly covered him. As he did not return to camp ...
Article : 99 wordsA meeting of the members and supporters of the Australian Democratic Union and of the various leagues that are co-operating with it will be held in the I.O.O.F. Temple, ...
Article : 87 wordsMr. Acton addressed a large meeting in the Protestant Hall last night, the Mayor presiding, and had a splendid recention. He said he had given no pledge to anyone, and had ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Mon 22 Oct 1906, Page 7
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