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  2. TERRIBLE RAILWAY DISASTER.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Later details of the disaster to the express train from Crewe to Bristol state that the driver of a London and North-Western express ...

    Article : 172 words
  3. HEAVY ON MINING.

    Mr. J. W. Kirwan, who was member for Kalgoorlie in the first Federal Parliament, and who has business interests in the goldfields, arrived in Sydney last week. ...

    Article : 2,101 words
  4. TO-DAY'S PAPER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 316 words
  5. GENERAL NEWS.

    Mr. Nat. Lewis, of Newtown, writes drawing attention to "a cruel and inhuman provision in connection with the law dealing with juvenile offenders." "I refer," he states, "to the fact ...

    Article : 329 words
  6. TERRIFIC EXPLOSIONS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--An explosion at the Dupont blasting-powder mills, Fontanet, Indiana (U.S.A.), was followed by two explosions in neighboring mills. ...

    Article : 184 words
  7. SECOND EDITION.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--An interesting return showing the names and ranks of all permanent officers of the defence forces, dates of their first military appointments, and ...

    Article : 345 words
  8. PARSLEY BAY RESUMPTION.

    Among the lands along the harbor foreshores resumed for recreation purposes by the last Government was an area of about half a mile in length at Parsley Bay. Some complaint was ...

    Article : 159 words
  9. A NEW OFFENCE.

    Under the Local Government Act, 1906, section 199, subsection 3, it is an offence punishable by fine or imprisonment to give a false name to a constable when found committing a breach ...

    Article : 160 words
  10. FIFTY MILES AN HOUR.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Later details stale that 19 persons were killed and 40 injured, many severely, in the disaster which overcame the Crewe to Bristol ...

    Article : 108 words
  11. THE CARE OF THE FOOTPATHS.

    The liability of municipal councils for the maintenance of the footpaths under their jurisdiction was a question involved in a case decided in the District Court in Sydney yesterday. ...

    Article : 196 words
  12. ANTI-JAPANESE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--An anti-Japanese riot was yesterday provoked at San Francisco by a drunken white man breaking a window of a Japanese laundry. ...

    Article : 96 words
  13. STEAMER TRILBY ASHORE.

    PORT MACQUARIE, Wednesday.--While crossing the bar here this morning the steamer Trilby (owner, Nicholas Cain), timber-laden, bound to Sydney, lost her rudder and became ...

    Article : 150 words
  14. "CUT AND DRIED."

    When the Municipal Association, or, as it is now styled, the Local Government Association, was formed, one of the basic ideas was that councils could get legal advice, not at 6s 8d per ...

    Article : 323 words
  15. BISHOP INGRAM IN NEW YORK.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Bishop of London, Dr. Winnington Ingrain, standing on a soap-box; addressed an enormous crowd, including millionaires, financiers, and ...

    Article : 57 words
  16. PERSONAL.

    The ex-Premier, Mr. J. H. Carruthers, took his seat in the Legislative Assembly yesterday as member for St. George, for the first time since the general election. Having taken the ...

    Article : 282 words
  17. TRAM TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS.

    Some months ago it was mentioned that the Tramway Department proposed to remove all the centre poles in George-street, and thus do away with an obstruction in that important ...

    Article : 235 words
  18. SALES OF TALLOW.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--At the weekly sales of tallow to-day, 1757 casks were offered and 1464 casks sold. Prices realised were:--Mutton, fine 35s 9d, medium 33s 6d; beef, ...

    Article : 41 words
  19. THE CONGO FREE STATE.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--M. Wouters Dustin, a builder at Brussels, is suing the Grown Domain of the Congo Free State to recover £240,000 damages for uncompleted ...

    Article : 99 words
  20. STARVING STOCK RATES.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Railway Commissioners have fixed the carriage rates for the removal of starving stock as follows:--One to 80 miles, 25 per cent. reduction on the full ...

    Article : 54 words
  21. EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The fever and catarrh from which the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary is suffering are decreasing. ...

    Article : 36 words
  22. THE COST OF LIVING.

    Dwellers in the city and suburbs begin to realise the existence of drought conditions in the country when the price of household requirements continues to increase. ...

    Article : 550 words
  23. DEVELOPING THE CONGO.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--M. A. Beernaert states that the Congo Parliamentary Commission has emphasised the impossibility of the Congo Free State raising £40,000,000, ...

    Article : 72 words
  24. ENGLISH CYCLING TRADE AND THE TARIFF.

    "The Scorcher," a writer in the "Cycle and Motor Trader," has the following to say concerning the new tariff:--"The new Australian 'preferential' tariff for the development of trade ...

    Article : 204 words
  25. THREATENED RAILWAY STRIKE.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Mr. R. Bell, M.P., secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Employees, expects by October 28 to receive the results of the ballot ...

    Article : 48 words
  26. LIBEL LAW HANDICAPS.

    The Lord Mayor (Alderman Hughes) yesterday officially received the members of the first convention of the Australasian Press Association and the members of the New South Wales ...

    Article : 330 words
  27. SWEATING AND THE REMEDY.

    In view of the proposal of the Government of New South Wales to find a remedy for sweating it is important to find that the workers of the Old Country have turned their eyes to ...

    Article : 640 words
  28. FEDERAL LABOR LEADER.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The rumors affecting Mr. Watson, the leader of the Labor Party, have taken to-night a more definite shape. A caucus of the party was held. Mr. ...

    Article : 354 words
  29. ELECTRIC TRAM ACCIDENT.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--An electric tram was derailed to-day at Sowerby Bridge, near Halifax, and smashed into the wall of a house. Two persons were killed ...

    Article : 41 words
  30. HOW SYDNEY GROWS.

    The work of the Water and Sewerage Board continues to grow apace, and additions to the staff have frequently to be made. At the meeting yesterday, when approval was being given ...

    Article : 296 words
  31. SHIPOWNERS TO FIGHT SOCIALISTS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Mr. T. L. Devitt, head of the great shipowning firm of Devitt and Moore, to-day presided over a meeting of 60 delegates from the various ...

    Article : 64 words
  32. THE FAMOUS H.M.S. CALLIOPE.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--H.M.S. Calliope is about to proceed to the Tyne for service as a drillship for the naval volunteers. ...

    Article : 114 words
  33. PRESERVED MEAT FOR THE ARMY.

    A communication has been received by the Minister for Agriculture from the Agent-General, reporting that the War Office is calling for tenders for preserved meat. The tenders ...

    Article : 103 words
  34. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 105 words
  35. BACKBONE--AND BRAINS.

    At the banquet in honor of the British riflemen last night Brigadier-General Gordon referred to the fact that the visitors included three officers. Thus officers composed nearly ...

    Article : 109 words
  36. THE PRICE OF MILK.

    The recent advance in milk of one penny per quart in Sydney is not regarded by some dairymen as sufficient to meet the high price of feed. But, though suburban suppliers consider a rise ...

    Article : 253 words
  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Chief Secretary for Ireland (Mr. Augustine Birrell) has refused the Irish demand for a special inquiry into the bomb outrage at Lord Ashtown's Glenahiry Lodge, ...

    Article : 187 words
  38. PENSIONS FOR BANK CLERKS.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Minister for Lands gave notice of a Bill for the amendment of the Savings Bank Act. The object of the Bill ...

    Article : 85 words
  39. CATARACT DAM OPENED.

    The president of the Water and Sewerage Board (Mr. T. W. Keele) stated at the meeting yesterday that the water in Prospect Reservoir was at present standing at 9.44ft. below overflow ...

    Article : 237 words
  40. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Government has dismissed from the railway service J. A. M'Cullough, who declined to observe the regulation about non-participation in party politics. ...

    Article : 29 words
  41. QUEENSLAND BUSH FIRES.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--A telegram from Landsborough states that bush fires are raging all round, and several properties have been destroyed. On Thursday last an alarming fire ...

    Article : 96 words
  42. TASMANIA.

    The Union S.S. Co.'s turbine steamer Loongana made her last trip across the Straits, from wharf to wharf, in 15½ hours, averaging 17.6 knots. ...

    Article : 53 words
  43. DESERTIONS FROM THE POWERFUL.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Defence Department has been officially notified of the desertions from H.M.S. Powerful. Under the naval agreement the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 59 words
  44. NEW ZEALAND INTENTIONS.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--Sir Joseph Ward has expressed his intention of introducing next week his promised bill for regulating the price of foodstuffs by means of a sliding duty ...

    Article : 38 words
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