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  2. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    The Governor-General (Lord Northcote) entertained several Senators and members of the House of Representatives and offi-cers of the Federal Parliament at luncheon ...

    Article : 983 words
  3. ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.

    In Legislative Council Hons. J. Vardon, Doussa, J. G. Bice, and G. Brookman spoke on Franchise Bill, and Hods. B. A. Moulden and E. Lucas on Vaccination Bill. Debates adjourned. ...

    Article : 115 words
  4. CUBAN REVOLT.

    Advices from Havana confirm the state-ment that plots have been discovered to assassinate President Palma of Cuba, and to overthrow the Government. ...

    Article : 94 words
  5. THE PORT ADELAIDE CUSTOMS CASE.

    From a report received by the Minister for Customs regarding the investigation of alleged frauds by Frederick William Forwood, a licensed customs agent at Port ...

    Article : 615 words
  6. THE EARTHQUAKE.

    The intelligence now being received from Valparaiso is said to give a fair idea of the extent of the mortality caused by the earthquakes last week. ...

    Article : 192 words
  7. DEATH OF BISHOP SANDFORD.

    The death is announced of the Right Rev. Dr. Daniel Fox Sandford, formerly Bishop of Tasmania, who was born in 1831. He was the third son of the late Sir Daniel ...

    Article : 113 words
  8. RUSSIAN CRISIS.

    Bomb outrages continue throughout Po-land. On Wednesday the Chief of Police at Siedlce (a town with a mixed popula-tion of Poles, Little Russians, jews, and ...

    Article : 89 words
  9. IN THE COUNCIL.

    When the Council met on Wednesday the Hon. J. G. Bice presented a petition from 44 persons asking that the system of granting permits to hotel keepers to keep ...

    Article : 1,258 words
  10. H.M.S. HINDUSTAN.

    to is stated that when the new firstclass battleship Hindustan, 16,350 tons, was dry-docked recently at Gibraltar, her keel was strained by the enormous overbearing ...

    Article : 81 words
  11. WIDESPREAD INSURRECTION.

    The outlook in Cuba is exceedingly grave, and it is expected that the situation will require the early intervention of the United States. ...

    Article : 180 words
  12. GEN. TREPOFF POISONED.

    St.Petersburg advices convey the startling news that Gen. Trepoff, who. in the capacity of Governor-General of St. Peters-burg, has become famous as "the Power ...

    Article : 366 words
  13. THE DREADNOUGHT.

    the Dreadnought the largest battleship in the world, will be placed in commission on September 1. As the first keel plate was laid down only on October 2 last year, the ...

    Article : 60 words
  14. THE VALENCIA WRECK.

    In january last the American steamer Valencia, belonging to the Pacific Coast Steamship Company, was wrecked near Cape Beale, Vancouver Island, and over ...

    Article : 72 words
  15. RELIEF WORKS STARTED.

    The Chilian Chamber of Deputies has voted £300,000 for the institution of a sys-tem of relief works to tide the people over the temporary distress occasioned by the ...

    Article : 116 words
  16. FRANCE AND THE POPE.

    The summer session of the Councils Ge-neral, which owe their election to universal suffrage, is being held throughout the va-rious department of the French Republic, ...

    Article : 123 words
  17. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    Mr. Nicholas Holtze, the eldest son of Mr. Holtze (of the Adelaide Botanical Gardens), and the curator of the Botanic and Experimental Gardens at Palmerston, ...

    Article : 1,100 words
  18. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    Playing for Middlesex against Lanca-shire, E. A. Tarrant, the ex-Victorian cricketer, secured 9 wickets for 54 runs in the first innings and 4 for 34 in the second ...

    Article : 43 words
  19. CONGRESS OF RAILWAY WORKERS.

    A congress of 142 delegates of employes on the various railway systems in Russia has been held in Finland. After discus-sion, a resolution was carried declaring ...

    Article : 73 words
  20. NEW ISLETS IN VALPARAISO BAY.

    The earthquakes have apparently consi-derably affected the depths of water for an unknown distance along the Chilian coast. Following upon the seismological ...

    Article : 45 words
  21. CHINESE EMPIRE.

    The Dowager-Empress of China, who re-cently has strongly favoured Western learning and civilization, has summoned a conference of high officials to discuss the ...

    Article : 46 words
  22. YORKSHIRE BEAT SURREY.

    The return cricket match between York-shire and Surrey Counties, played at Shef-field, has resulted in a victory for the for-mer by 102 runs. ...

    Article : 78 words
  23. PIRACY IN CHINA.

    PERTH, August 23. Mr. G. Comper, who is hunting for insect parasites in China on behalf of the Western Australian Government, in a ...

    Article : 202 words
  24. SHOOKS IN ITALY AND PRUSSIA.

    On Wednesday shocks of earthquake were felt in Calabria, southern Italy, con-sisting of the peninsula between the Gulf of Taranto and the Tyrrhenian Sea, and ...

    Article : 51 words
  25. NATAL

    The Natal Government has appointed a royal commission, consisting of Mr. H. C. Campbell (Judge President of the Native High Court), Sir James Liege Hulett ...

    Article : 55 words
  26. MILITARY MUTINY.

    The 24th Ural Cossack Regiment at Samarkand, Russian Turkestaa, is in a state of mutiny. The men seized their offi-cers and threw them into prison. They ...

    Article : 117 words
  27. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Australian Mail Contract. Now that full details of the new Anglo-Australian ocean mail contract have been received in England. shipping circles are ...

    Article : 84 words
  28. ALLEGED RAILWAY FRAUDS.

    In the Legislative Assembly Last night Mr. Bolton moved—"That all papers and reports dealing with the departmental enquiry into the dismissal and prosecution of ...

    Article : 196 words
  29. ITALY AND AUSTRALIA.

    An Italian commission of emigration ex­perts has taken passage to Fremantle in the German steamer Gera. The Commis­sioners intend to investigate the question ...

    Article : 47 words
  30. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 154 words
  31. PEASANT RIOTS.

    in parts or vyatka, a province of north-eastern Russia, the peasants are burning the State forests, in token of protest against the Government's refusal to satisfy their ...

    Article : 182 words
  32. INDIA AND TIBET,

    Darjeeling despatches state that Mr. John Clande White. C.I.E. Political Agent for Sikkim and Bhutan in all Tibetan affairs since 1905, has been cordially received by ...

    Article : 50 words
  33. SAILORS AND CRIMPING.

    During the hearing of the Newcastle wharf labourers' dispute in the Arbitration Court to-day it was contended, on behalf of the union, that boarding housekeepers ...

    Article : 104 words
  34. INDIA.

    The strike among the native postmen at Bombay has ended. They left their work and demanded that their rates of pay should be equal to the wages of the ...

    Article : 49 words
  35. ALLEGED BIGAMIST.

    Remarkable evidence was given in an alleged bigamy case at the Water Police Court to-day. Donald Roderick Sinclair was charged that he on July 9, 1903, ...

    Article : 301 words
  36. EARLY SOUTH AUSTRALIA,

    Mr. Nathaniel Hailes has been appointed secretary of the South Australian Insti-tute; and, as the books lately belonging to the Mechanics' Institute are likely to ...

    Article : 120 words
  37. LAW OF VAGRANCY.

    An important dcision has been given by the Full Court in regard to the vagrancy law. A Bendigo Magistrate some time ago disimssed a charge of vagrancy against a ...

    Article : 120 words
  38. RABBIT DESTRUCTION.

    The Premier appears to have been speaking rather recklessly when he told the de-putation of farmers yesterday that a won-derful method had been discovered during ...

    Article : 148 words
  39. RAID ON SOCIAL DEMOCRATS.

    In the city of Moscow recently 109 peo-ple, chiefly Social Democrats, have been lodged in gaol on suspicion of fostering revolution. ...

    Article : 208 words
  40. IN THE ASSEMBLY.

    After 20 minutes of questions, the Premier rose to move the second reading of the Factories Act Amendment Bill. The principal of Wages Boards had been ...

    Article : 749 words
  41. STEAMER REFLOATED OFF A REEF.

    The steamer Port Chalmers, which was stranded on the Ulrica Reef, at the en-trance to Torres Straits, has been refloat-ed. She has reached Goode Island, and ...

    Article : 60 words
  42. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 196 words
  43. DECREASE IN DRINK TRAFFIC.

    A report presented to Parliament shows that the consumption of spirits per head of the population fell from £2 5/6 in 1885 to £1 7/8 in 1905. The consumption per ...

    Article : 59 words
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