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  2. THE REVOLT IN MEXICO.

    Stubborn fighting lasting two days took place in the neighbourhood of San Rafael and Sonoro, in the north west of Mexico. The rebels outnumbered the federal ...

    Article : 367 words
  3. AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES.

    The Western "Australian United Gold fields Company has issued 7,00,000 eight percent pre[?] shares at 10s, the vendors to receive £29,000 in cash £130,000 in ...

    Article : 57 words
  4. RAILWAY DISASTER IN FRANCE.

    Through the brakes failing to act a train at Garedunord crushed into the buffers. Two coaches were derailed and seventeen people were injured. ...

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  5. FIGHTING IN FRENCH GUINEA.

    A captain, Lientenant, and ten privates of the Tirailleurs were treacherously murdered by friendly natives in French Guinea, Africa, The rest of the regiment ...

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  6. DESPERADOES ARRESTED.

    Four men bound and gagged the countytreasurer of Iowa state and attempted to eynamite the vault containing £20,000 [?] the explosion frightened the ...

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  7. THE CAPE MAIL CONTRACT.

    The Cape "Times" sharpie criticises the Government for having rejected the amendment to restrict the tenders for a mail contract to British ships. It also ...

    Article : 69 words
  8. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    Dr. Mawson will take an aeroplane to the Antarctic regions, probably one of the military Bleriot type, which is capable of carrying two people a distance of 180 ...

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  9. TURKEY.

    The widow of Colonel Schlichting, a German army instructor, who was shot by Albanian soldiers in their resentment of a reprimand he gave them, appealed for the ...

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  10. EMIGRATION TO NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The number of emigrants who sailed for New South Wales in the quarter ended the 31st of March, including assisted farm hands and domestic servants, was 1350. ...

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  11. BRITISH INFANTRY OFFICERS.

    The War Office ordered a new gold and crimson waist sash, which will cost from £5 to £6 each, to be worn by infantry officers : but an agitation in Parliament ...

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  12. ALL-BRITISH SHOWING WEEK.

    The all-British shopping week in London was successful, winning widespread admiration for home products. There was however, no material difference in the ...

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  13. MARITIME COLLISIONS.

    The prevalence of fogs at the end of the week was accountable for several collisions. The Dutch steamer Prinz Frederick ...

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  14. TROUBLE IN MOROCCO.

    The latest information from Fez, Morocco, is extremely crave. All the neighbouring tribes have combined against the Sultan, and an Attack on Fez is ...

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  15. A DEPRECIATING ESTATE.

    A revaluation of the assets of Messrs. Barclay and Perkins disclosed a depreciation of £2,500,000, including the writing off of £1,009,800 on the ordinary shares ...

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  16. A PARIS MURDER.

    Bochelier, a tailor, ill-treated his wife, and she left him. A fortnight later he broke into tier room and murdered her with a butcher's knife. He then fled into ...

    Article : 83 words
  17. COLLISION AT SEA.

    The stemmers Malaga and Blader collided off Rosherville, The Malaga, bank in a few minutes. Her thirty passengers bad a dramatic escape. "The members of the ...

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  18. MILITARY TRAINING.

    The Wiltshire Yeomanry entertained Sir John Fuller, the net ly appointed Governor of Victoria, at dinner. Sir John Fuller, in responding to the toast of hid health, ...

    Article : 74 words
  19. THE AMERICAN LUMBERMEN.

    The Interstate Commerce Commission heard complaints that Australia, Japan, and the Philippine Islands were likely to drive the lumbermen trading in hardwood ...

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  20. MADAME MELBA.

    Madame Melba has founded a scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music. ...

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  21. THE BERLIN DOG TAX.

    Seven hundred dogs have been poisoned with prussic acid in a week, the owners being unable to pay the increased tax, which is now £1 10s. per annum. ...

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  22. AERIAL NAVIGATION.

    Six aeroplanes hovered over The Thames during the progress of the Oxford University boatrace. ' ...

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  23. THE PRINCE OF WALES.

    The Prince of Wales is Warning to speak the Welsh language for his coming investiture at Carnarvon. ...

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  24. THE CANADIAN CUSTOMS.

    The Customs revenue of Canada shows an increase for the fiscal year of 12,500,000. ...

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  25. BOYCOTT OF TURKISH PORTS.

    The boycott of Greeks at the Turkish ports has been revived. The Greek shops at Broussa, Asia Minor, one of the most flourishing commercial emporiums in ...

    Article : 59 words
  26. THE PLAGUE.

    A pestilence has broken out in Java. I There have been 223 deaths-the majority Europeans - in the U-st week. Many dead rats hare been found. ...

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  27. ALLEGED FRAUD.

    The official receiver informed the creditors that the Bowrons, principals in the firm of Bowron and Sons, leather merchants and importers of hides and skins, ...

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  28. STRIKE OF CANADIAN MINERS.

    Seven thousand miners are on strike in Eastern British Colombia and Alberta. Overtures by the Department of Labour are disregarded. ...

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  29. THE CENSUS.

    King George set an example by arranging for the accurate completion of the Buckingham Palace census. Parties of Salvation Army scouts ...

    Article : 121 words
  30. BRITISH SUBJECT FOUND DEAD.

    The body of a British subject was found on the United States boundary at Neche, North Dakota. Foul play is suspected. The immigration staff at Neche was ...

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  31. THE KING'S VISIT TO IRELAND.

    The Corporation of Dublin, by forty-two rotes to nine, rejected a motion to present an, address to King George on the occasion of bis forthcoming visit to ...

    Article : 114 words
  32. DUTCH FINANCES.

    The Government has submitted the Customs Bill to Parliament. It is anticipated that the measure will produce a revenue of 10,000,000 florins (about £820,000), of ...

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  33. AN AUTOMOBILE RECORD.

    M. Disbrow, driving a Pope-Hartford automobile at Jacksonville, Florida, won the 300-mile automobile contest in 3 hrs. 57 min. 33 sec, which is a world's record. ...

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  34. ALASKAN COAL, FRAUDS.

    M. Hillman, a millionaire and real estate dealer, was convicted of fraud and sentenced to imprisonment for too years and a-half and ordered to pay a fine of £1000. ...

    Article : 60 words
  35. SPANISH POLITICS.

    The Spanish Cabinet, which is led by Senor Canalejas, has been reformed. ...

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  36. POLITICAL CRISIS IN SPAIN.

    A crisis has been caused in the Spanish Cabinet by a motion passed by Parliament in favour of the revision of the condemnation of M. Ferrer, who was executed some ...

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  37. BRITISH CAPITAL.

    The "Economist" says that the amount of British capital issued in the quarter ended the 31st of March was £61,000,000, including £5,362,800 in Britain, £16,725,400 ...

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  38. BLIZZARD IN UNITED STATES.

    A blizzard is raging in the middle western states, and five inches of snow have fallen. ...

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  39. REVISION OF THE CALENDAR.

    The opinion of American university authorities is being bought by supporters of the British scheme for the revision of the calendar. ...

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  40. ANGLO-AMERICAN AGREEMENT.

    Cables have teen received stating that Japan, will do her best to expedite the adoption of the proposed Anglo-American arbitration agreement. ...

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  41. THE NEAPOLITAN CAMORRA.

    The trial of forty-one members of the Neapolitan Camorra for the murder of Signor Cuocolo on the 6th of June, 1906, was continued at Viterbo. ...

    Article : 201 words
  42. REVENUE OF UNITED KINGDOM.

    The revenue of tie United Kingdom for the year ni £203,850,588. of which £33,140,000 was derived from customs duties, [?]40,020,000 from excise. £9,784,000 ...

    Article : 42 words
  43. ANTI-CHINESE RIOTS.

    Alleged insults to white women led to anti-Chinese riots at Birkenhead. Thirty thousand rioters invaded the Chinese quarter and stoned and assaulted the ...

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  44. FIRE IN RUSSIA.

    The timberyards at Yarostar are on fire. A number at houses have been burnt. The damage done already is estimated at £70,000. ...

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  45. A VALUABLE PICTURE.

    The option of securing Rembrandt's "Mill,", for the nation has expired. Only [?]17,843 was promised. ...

    Article : 18 words
  46. FRENCH RAILWAYS AND PENSIONS.

    The railway companies have addressed a manorial to the Senate protesting against the pensions to railway servants being. made retrospective. They also contend that the bill is contrary to law and will be ...

    Article : 65 words
  47. ANCIENT OWNS WASHED ASHORE.

    Extraordinarily high tides at Thorp. N[?] at Sideburge on the east coast of England displaced millions of tons of earth. The beach was afterwards found ...

    Article : 67 words
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