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  2. SURF BATHING ACCIDENT.

    A drowning disaster occurred at Moonee, a holiday resort between Woolgoolga and Coff's Harbour, yesterday. It involved the loss of four lives, and a ...

    Article : 315 words
  3. FIRE DAMP IN WEST AUSTRALIAN COLLIERY.

    The first fatalities from black damp in a colliery in this State occurred at the Walls end Proprietary mine at Collie this morning, when seven men. viz., ...

    Article : 172 words
  4. ENGLAND AND FRANCE.

    Mr. John N. Raphael, the Paris correspondent of the "Standard," refers to-day to the interview which Mr. L'oyd-Goorge, the Chancellor of the ...

    Article : 142 words
  5. LONDON GOSSIP.

    Lord Rosebcry's latest essay in the difficult art of biography has just been published. Those who were amused and instructed by the brilliant "Life of Pitt" ...

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  6. BENZINE EXPLOSION.

    A remarkable disaster occurred yesterday it Catania, in Sicily "Whilst a catt containing seven barrels of benzine was proceeding along a street one ...

    Article : 86 words
  7. FIGHTING IN PERSIA.

    British warships for some time past have assembled in the Persian Gulf, and landed bodies ot men for the purpose of suppressing the traffic in arms into ...

    Article : 335 words
  8. LANCASHIRE COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

    The Home Office inquiry into the cause of the disaster at the Hulton coliery, in Lancashire was opened to-day Evidence was submitted showing ...

    Article : 121 words
  9. PERSONAL.

    On Friday afternoon next Lady Barron will be present at the welcome to be given to Lady Henderson by the Victoria League. On Saturday His Excellency, ...

    Article : 434 words
  10. BIG PORTS FOR BIG SHIPS.

    The "Sydney Daily Telegraph" of Friday last has a long special article setting out Hobart's claim as the port for the big ship of the future. The ...

    Article : 783 words
  11. THE FIRE ON A TRAIN.

    The inquiry was opened yesterday into the cause of the disaster at Hawes, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, where a fire occurred on the London to ...

    Article : 136 words
  12. AVIATION.

    Yesterday, whilst the Italian aviator Cirri was bi-planing over the Gulf of Genoa his machine collapsed, and fell 150 feet. The machine was smashed, ...

    Article : 155 words
  13. SENSATIONAL EXPERIENCE.

    The driver of the Bright to Omeo mail coach had a sensational experience on his last trip across the mountains, the coach reaching its destination two days ...

    Article : 137 words
  14. INTER-STATE CRICKET.

    The third day's play in the interstate game between elevens of Victoria and New South Wales took place under pleasant circumstances save the ...

    Article : 536 words
  15. DR. COOK.

    Early last month Knud, Rasmussen, who led an expedition under the auspices of the Danish Government for the anthropological study of the Eskimos, ...

    Article : 147 words
  16. FRENCH EQUATORIAL AFRICA

    In the French Chamber of Deputies to-day, M. Etienne, who was Minister for War in the Government of M. Rouvier, and several of the colonial ...

    Article : 364 words
  17. BRITISH NEW GUINEA.

    Rev. E. Bryce Jones, of the London Missionary Society, returned to Sydney the other day from New Guinea. Interviewed by a representative of ...

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  18. A DRAMATIC MAKE-BELIEVE.

    Late on Christmas Eve, Erneset Knight, bottlewasher, was walking across the reserve opposite East Brunswick Police Station, when he came ...

    Article : 226 words
  19. ARMED BURGLARS IN LONDON

    A constable of the Metropolitan London police had a desperate hand-to-hand struggle last night in the Borough High-street, on the Surrey side of ...

    Article : 110 words
  20. HOME RULE.

    In addressing his constituents last night at lasburn, to the south-west of Belfast, Captain J. Craig, the Unionist member for East Down, stated that ...

    Article : 86 words
  21. INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS.

    The Indian National Congress opened yesterday at Allahabad, and was attended by 800 delegates. Sir, William Wedderburn, formerly a ...

    Article : 130 words
  22. SHOCKING GUN ACCIDENT.

    Three children named Mann, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mann, were playing at soldiers at Tamworth yesterday. One of them, aged five years, obtained ...

    Article : 90 words
  23. MEXICAN REBELLION.

    The news that insurgent scouts had entered the Mexican State of Chihua[?]ua, and threatened to occupy the capital of the State has been followed by the ...

    Article : 63 words
  24. CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND.

    Boxing Day in England was dull, but there was no rain. Hundreds of thousands of people from the North of England attended the football matches. ...

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  25. BOXING.

    The boxing match between Lang and "Jack" Burns took place at Olympjn to-day. There were over 5,000 spectators. Lang attacked strongly from the start, ...

    Article : 167 words
  26. AN ISLAND SHOCK.

    The steamer makambo, which has arrived at Sydney from the New Hebrides, brings news of a severe earthquake at the Island of Santo. The shock occurred ...

    Article : 544 words
  27. MOHAMMEDAN UNIVERSITY.

    Aga Khan, the head of the Ismaih Mohammedans, has offered a lakh of rupees (about £16,000) to found a university at Aligarh, in the North-West ...

    Article : 51 words
  28. THE REFERENDUMS.

    Mr. Wade intends on return from his holiday trip to New Zealand to address a series of meetings throughout New South Wales and urge the electors to ...

    Article : 194 words
  29. M. JAURES.

    M. Jean Jaures, the French Socialist leader, is leaving on a visit to the Argentino, where he receives £3,200 for delivering 20 lectures during the coming ...

    Article : 39 words
  30. GOVERNMENT MONOPOLIES.

    Owing to the increasing use of automatic' lighters in France, due to the poor quality of the matches supplied to the public, the Ministry proposed a tax, ...

    Article : 84 words
  31. FRENCH RAILWAY STRIKE.

    As a sequel to the French railway strikes, four men were sentenced at Rouen last month for murdering "blacklegs." One of the prisoners, whose ...

    Article : 98 words
  32. ATHLETICS.

    A race took place yesterday at Johannesburg between J. Donaldson, the Victorian, and R. Walker, of Natal (the ex-amateur champion). The ...

    Article : 47 words
  33. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The South Africans continued their match against a Bendigo fifteen to-day The weather was favourable. The South Africans on the previous day had ...

    Article : 258 words
  34. BANK DIRECTORS ARRESTED.

    Twelve directors of the Portuguese Land and Mortgage Bank have been arrested. These include Sonhor Lucriano Castro, the leader of the Progressive ...

    Article : 97 words
  35. AWAKENING OF CHINA.

    The Imperial Edict which has been issued ordering the Constitutional Bureau at Peking to prepare a constitutional programme, which is to ...

    Article : 62 words
  36. TEE ZEEHAN SMELTERS

    Mr. Harris has not yet received a reply from his directors with regard to the last-offer made in connection with the opening of the Zeehan Smelters. ...

    Article : 186 words
  37. YOUNG WOMAN'S DEATH.

    An inquest concerning the death of Annie Theresa King, which occurred yesterday at the Royal Hospital for women. Paddington, was opened at the ...

    Article : 72 words
  38. LABOUR DISPUTES.

    The Federation of the district councils, of the London and North-Eastern railway employees has resolved that all the organised men shall fix a day on ...

    Article : 49 words
  39. GENERAL CABLES.

    The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,430,000 quarters, as against 2,165.000 quarters a week ago. The ...

    Article : 74 words
  40. DOLLY CASTLES.

    Miss Dolly Castles, the Australian, and sister of Miss Amy Castles, made her appearance last night at Drury Lane Theatre. The London newspapers ...

    Article : 63 words
  41. MINING RUSH IN CANADA.

    A great mining rush has set in at Cobalt, the Canadian town where great deposits' of cobalt glance have been worked-for some lime. Prospectors are ...

    Article : 64 words
  42. FATAL FIRE.

    A man named Davis and his wife were burned to death near Dargaville last night. The house took fire when they wore asleep. ...

    Article : 40 words
  43. NEW ZEALAND'S DEFENCES.

    Sir Joseph Ward said to-day, that New Zealand had now the most advaned system of defence of any self-governing dominion. ...

    Article : 29 words
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