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  2. NAVAL CONSTRUCTION.

    The statement made by the "Daily Mail," that the programme of the Admiralty for the coming year includes four Dreadnoughts, has been confirmed as the ...

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  3. SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.

    An interesting statement with regard to the views of leading South African politicians respecting the formation of the first Union Government is made by the ...

    Article : 257 words
  4. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The "Morning Post" to-day publishes the report of ah interesting interview accorded to one of its representatives by Mr. Joseph Chamberlain before his departure for ...

    Article : 582 words
  5. PRIME MINISTER AT BALLARAT.

    The Prime Minister delivered the policy speech of the Fusion Government before an audience of between 6000 and 7000 electors, including a large number of ...

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  6. THE BEAUFORT DISASTER

    The Beaufort railway disaster was an absorbing topic of conversation to-day, and much sympathy was expressed for the bereaved relatives, who are old and well ...

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  7. LIGHTING THE METROPOLIS.

    Electric lighting has had great struggle to obtain a foothold in Melbourne. It has been handicapped primarily by the universality of gas and gas fittings. Not only ...

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  8. THE BRAKES.

    A member of the Locomotive Engine Drivers and Firemen's Association stated yesterday that information had been received in Melbourne showing that Driver ...

    Article : 350 words
  9. REPAIRING THE DAMAGE.

    The breakdown gangs are still at work clearing up the wreckage in the Beaufort railway yard. The wrecked engines and tenders are now on the permanent way, ...

    Article : 101 words
  10. "A REGULAR DEATH TRAP."

    At the monthly meeting of the Ripon shire Council to-day the railway disaster was alluded to by the president (Cr. M.Flynn). He felt he would not be ...

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  11. THE PARIS FLOODS.

    Another fatality has occurred in connection with the floods in France. Yesterday woman and a young girl returned to a house at Alfortville which was ...

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  12. ENGINEMEN'S HOURS.

    Further particulars were made available by the department yesterday as to the hours worked by members of the crew. On Wednesday Driver Coward signed off duty ...

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  13. AERIAL WARFARE.

    The Defence Committee of the Russian Duma, which has been devoting attention to the possibilities of aerial warfare, recommends the construction of a flotilla of ...

    Article : 55 words
  14. SYDNEY RAILWAY MISHAPS.

    A feeling of great uneasiness is being manifested among the travelling public owing to repeated railway mishaps. Last week three trains on the mountains met ...

    Article : 271 words
  15. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

    The match for the chess championship of the world between Dr. Lasker, the holder of the title, and Herr Schlechter, which was commenced at Vienna, is nearing a ...

    Article : 135 words
  16. BEEF TRUST STATISTICS.

    The position of the Beef Trust in relation to the present high cost of living in the United States, and the outlook with regard to the trusts generally, form the ...

    Article : 172 words
  17. LARGE GERMAN LOANS.

    On Saturday German Imperial bonds to the amount of £17,000,000 and Prussian consols to the amount of £7,000,000 were issued. Both loans, which bear interest ...

    Article : 91 words
  18. FROZEN PIGS FROM CHINA.

    The growing trade in frozen pigs from China has suffered a check owing to the action of the London health authorities, who have ordered the re-exportation of ...

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  19. MINERS' DISEASE.

    A well attended conference, convened by the Neangar branch of the Australian Natives' Association, was held in the Eaglehawk town hall to-night for the purpose ...

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  20. HEAVY TRAINS AND STEEP GRADES.

    The heaviest load which can be carried in any circumstances under the regulations is 900 tons. On 1 in 50 grade, such as that met with on the down side of Beaufort, a ...

    Article : 128 words
  21. INVESTIGATING THE CAUSE.

    The catastrophe which happened at Beaufort in the early hours of Saturday morning, when a heavily loaded goods train, apparently quite out of control, dashed down ...

    Article : 534 words
  22. IMMIGRATION.

    The project in connection with the acquirement of land in the oversea dominions by British municipalities, which was put forward by Mr. Reginald Enock in a paper ...

    Article : 153 words
  23. SUEZ CANAL.

    The Khedive of Egypt has convened the General Assembly, for the purpose of considering the draft of the Suez Canal Convention which was submitted to the ...

    Article : 225 words
  24. FIGHTING IN NICARAGUA.

    Further desultory fighting has taken place in Nicaragua between the Presidential troops and the insurgents. A largo body of insurgents was ...

    Article : 96 words
  25. THEORIES OF THE ACCIDENT.

    The circumstance that in nearly all the serious railway accidents which have happened during recent years the ill-fated trains were drawn by two engines points ...

    Article : 702 words
  26. ART CIRCLE SENSATION.

    Mr. Carew Martin, assistant secretary of the Royal Society of British Artists, appeared at Bow-street police court yesterday charged with having twice forged the ...

    Article : 77 words
  27. AMERICAN TRADE.

    The Reichstag yesterday passed a bill embodying the tariff agreement between Germany and the United States. The "Times" correspondent at ...

    Article : 86 words
  28. COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

    An explosion in the Earnest colliery, in Pennsylvania, has killed eleven miners. ...

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  29. CONDEMNED FOR MURDER.

    A petition for the reprieve of Peter Robustelli, who is under sentence to be bunged on 9th inst. for the murder of a fellow countryman named Giovanni ...

    Article : 73 words
  30. TALE OF A TUB.

    A remarkable escape from death is reported from Staffordshire. A man employed in the Meadow colliery pushed a tub into a shaft under the ...

    Article : 86 words
  31. RUSSIA AND FINLAND.

    The elections in Finland have resulted in a large number of Socialists and anti-Russian candidates being returned. Much anger has been provoked ...

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  32. ANOTHER DREDGE FOUNDERS.

    The German steamer Schlesion, which arrived to-day at Fremantle from Bremen, reports that on 11th January, when six hours out from Capetown, it witnessed the ...

    Article : 73 words
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