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  2. PITTSBURG FLOODED.

    Floods at Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania, yesterday caused damage to the extent of 2,000,000 dollars (about £400,000), and rendered 20,000 ...

    Article : 64 words
  3. ENGLISH SHIPBUILDING TROUBLE.

    Eighteen thousand men engaged in the ship-building engineering shops on the north-east coast of England have accepted the employers' modified ...

    Article : 1,027 words
  4. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    The Senate met to-day. ...

    Article : 749 words
  5. GERMAN COLONIES.

    In the Reichstag at Berlin yesterday Herr Dernburg, Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated that soon few of the German colonies would require ...

    Article : 135 words
  6. THE DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA.

    The Military Board to-day adopted the regulations for the new Intelligence Corps, which has been established for the following purposes:—(a) The ...

    Article : 340 words
  7. SWIMMING.

    Under the auspices of the West Australian Amateur Swimming Association, the fourth and final of the present year's championship series was ...

    Article : 1,881 words
  8. OWNERSHIP OF THE "TIMES."

    "The "Daily Graphic" states that Mr. C. F. Moberly Bell, assistant manager of the "Times," has, on behalf of an American syndicate, which includes Mr. ...

    Article : 161 words
  9. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The match between England and New South Wales was continued to-day. When stumps were drawn the local team were 11 runs in the minority, ...

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  10. OLD AGE PENSIONS.

    In the French Senate yesterday M. Viviani, Minister for Labour, acknowledged that it was impossible for the State to contribute above £4,000,000 a ...

    Article : 137 words
  11. RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

    Russia's determination to secure a prompt settlement of the Turko-Persian frontier question and to compel the withdrawal of Turkish troops from ...

    Article : 282 words
  12. THE SURRENDER OF PORT ARTHUR.

    It is expected that the verdict of the court-martial on Generals Stoessel, Reiss, Fock, and Smirnoff in connection with the defence and surrender of Port ...

    Article : 115 words
  13. THE LIMITATION OF ARMAMENTS.

    The "Berliner Tageblatt" publishes a London despatch stating that Great Britain is trying to come to an agreement with Germany in regard to the ...

    Article : 624 words
  14. TRINITY COLLEGE, LONDON.

    Following are the results of the musical knowledge examination held on December 7, 1907, in the Hibernian Hall. The list of those who have ...

    Article : 877 words
  15. WOMAN'S FRANCHISE.

    Twenty-three suffragettes paraded New York yesterday amid jeers from the spectators. ...

    Article : 21 words
  16. SPANISH BOMB OUTRAGE

    Two bombs were exploded yesterday in a throughfare at Barcelona, the second largest city in Spain. The explosion wrecked two houses, killed a ...

    Article : 40 words
  17. MR. KEIR HARDIE ON THE RAND.

    Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., addressing private meetings at Johannesburg yesterday, advocated equal wages for whites and natives. He hoped that ...

    Article : 65 words
  18. EXPLOSION ON A FRENCH CRUISER.

    The bursting of a boiler tube on board the French cruiser Descartes on the Moroccan coast yesterday resulted in tenmen being killed and 30 others ...

    Article : 39 words
  19. THE PACIFIC CRUISE.

    New York newspapers accuse the Japanese Government steamer Kasoto Maru of shadowing the American battleship fleet in Chilian waters. The ...

    Article : 41 words
  20. LORD NORTHCOTE'S SUCCESSOR.

    The "Daily Express" states that it is reported in the lobbies of the House of Commons that Mr. Herbert Gladstone, Secretary of State for the Home ...

    Article : 58 words
  21. PERSONAL.

    Quite a number of distinguished passengers for Australia are on board the R.M.S. Asturias, which is due at Fremantle on Thursday next from ...

    Article : 240 words
  22. MANUFACTURE OF WHISKY.

    The Government has appointed Lord James of Hereford chairman of a Commission appointed to inquire whether or not it is desirable to place ...

    Article : 51 words
  23. PORTUGAL.

    Queen Amelie, widow of the late King Carlos of Portugal, has received letters advising that her son, King Manuel, should leave the country as ...

    Article : 39 words
  24. PERSONAL.

    Mr. William H. Kelly, one of the New South Wales members of the Commonwealth House of Representatives, was recently married to Miss ...

    Article : 48 words
  25. MINING IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    Mr. Louis Botha, Premier of the Transvaal, addressing a meeting of farmers at Standerton yesterday, defended the proposal to place ...

    Article : 60 words
  26. SYDNEY TIMBER TROUBLE.

    Work was in full swing at the timber yards in the metropolis to-day. Mr. Johns, the secretary of the Sawmills Employees' Union, informed the ...

    Article : 112 words
  27. FINANCIAL.

    Bar silver is quoted at 2s. 2 1-16d. per ounce. ...

    Article : 96 words
  28. SUNDAY FUNERALS.

    Representatives of the Council of Churches, the Master Undertakers' Association, and the Undertakers' Union, to-day asked the Chief Secretary to ...

    Article : 82 words
  29. BRITISH POLITICS.

    In the House of Commons yesterday the motion for the second reading of the Small Landowners (Scotland) Bill was carried by 347 votes to 107. ...

    Article : 53 words
  30. SUICIDE OF AN OLD MAN.

    Thomas Toohey, an inmate of the Old Men's Depot at Claremont, was found dead in his bed at a James-street boarding-house yesterday morning, and ...

    Article : 235 words
  31. STEPHEN GRACE FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 252 words
  32. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The Theatre Royal, at Windson, was destroyed by fire last night. A lot of properties and scenery were lost in the conflagration. ...

    Article : 83 words
  33. YORK BUSH FIRES.

    The bush-fires to the westward of the town which started on the 9th inst. are still burning, and much of the timber now alight will burn for many weeks. ...

    Article : 137 words
  34. INFLUENZA IN LONDON.

    Eighty-four deaths from influenza have occurred in London during the past week. ...

    Article : 23 words
  35. COMMERCIAL.

    Butter.—The arrival of 90,000 boxes of butter has steadied the market. There is a fair demand for Australian and New Zealand at 150s., and ...

    Article : 119 words
  36. MINING.

    Latest quotations for Broken Hill mining stocks are as follow:—British Broken Hill, 13s. 6d. b, 14s. 6d. s; Block 10, 56s. 3d. b, 58s. 9d. s; North ...

    Article : 41 words
  37. THE WRECKED WINDSOR.

    Fishermen who have just returned from an expedition northwards report that large quantities of sandalwood, presumably from the steamer Windsor ...

    Article : 69 words
  38. BULGARIAN IMMIGRANTS.

    The Prime Minister stated to-day that two small parties of Bulgarians, about half-a-dozen in each, were on their way to Australia and New ...

    Article : 59 words
  39. CUE QUARTER SESSIONS.

    At the Cue Quarter Sessions to-day Andrew Jorzzardi, an Italian, was found gulity, while temporarily insane, of having attempted to commit suicide. He ...

    Article : 93 words
  40. BUSHFIRES IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Disastrous bush fires are raging near New Plymouth, and it is believed that a number of families have been burned out. Some school children, isolated by ...

    Article : 54 words
  41. Advertising

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