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  2. SHOOTING AFFAIR IN HOBART.

    Coming down Warwick-street between 2 and 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon a "Mercury" reporter passed a short, slightly-built man with a very dark[?]face, ...

    Article : 754 words
  3. SMALL-POX EPIDEMIC

    A recrudescence in the small-pax epidemic has to be reported for to-day, when ten fresh cases were brought under the notice of the Board of Health. Seven of ...

    Article : 1,305 words
  4. PANAMA EXHIBITION.

    The American newspapers generally decline to accept the explanation that Great Britain's not taking part in the Panama Exhibition is due to commercial ...

    Article : 627 words
  5. INDIAN PROBLEMS.

    People are apt to speak and think of India as a country like France or Spain, a single national entity with a comparatively homogenous population. Nothing, ...

    Article : 1,449 words
  6. NAVAL DEFENCE.

    The naval correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," after a careful review of the position, admits that the Admiralty is maintaining a 60 per cent ...

    Article : 271 words
  7. THE DARWIN ELECTION.

    The Premier (Hon. A. E. Solomon) and Mr. Marshall, the Liberal candidate for Darwin, addressed a crowded meeting in the Ulverstone Town-hall to-night. Mr. ...

    Article : 435 words
  8. SERIOUS DISTURBANCE IN INDIA.

    There was a serious riot at Cawnporo on Saturday, arising out of the Indian authorities demolishing a mosque. The police opened fire, and killed 13 natives ...

    Article : 234 words
  9. BALKANS SITUATION.

    The recent bombardment of W[?]dm by the Servians destroyed half the town. Two hundred civilians were killed, and 600 wounded. ...

    Article : 458 words
  10. SCARCITY OF GOLD.

    Owing to the scarcity of gold coins the Bank of France is converting its gold reserves into 20-frame pieces. ...

    Article : 29 words
  11. MR. LLOYD-GEORGE.

    The speech made last Thursday by Mr. Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the Carnarvon demonstration in his honour, has drown ...

    Article : 215 words
  12. PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION.

    It may be remembered that at the time of the last State election the Chief Electoral Officer of New Zealand visited Tasmania in order to study our electoral ...

    Article : 500 words
  13. THE CITY SOLICITORSHIP.

    At last night's meeting of the City Council Alderman Williams moved— That the question of the appointment of a city solicitor be deferred until ...

    Article : 498 words
  14. COLLIERY DISASTER.

    The Cadder Colliery, in the Mavis Valley, near Glasgow, caught fire on Saturday afternoon, and 23 men were entombed. ...

    Article : 71 words
  15. NICARAGUA.

    Reuter's correspondent at Washington states that the proposal of Mr. W. Jennings Bryan, the American Secretary of State, for a treaty to establish a ...

    Article : 75 words
  16. BRITISH LAND SYSTEM.

    The "Nation," in its issue of yesterday, stated that the report of the Committee of Inquiry on the land system in Great Britain is practically complete, ...

    Article : 192 words
  17. MOTOR BUS TRAGEDY.

    A motor omnibus, which was loaded with excursionists, capsized in the darkness last night near Hoddesdon, in Staffordshire. ...

    Article : 45 words
  18. STRIKE RIOTS.

    Five companies of militia are under arms at Sacramento, in California, ready to proceed to Wheatfields, in Yuba County, where 400 hoppickers ...

    Article : 80 words
  19. GOAL MINING-INDUSTRY.

    The Lothian miners have decided to urge the Scottish Federation to secure a minimum wage of 7s. a day. Mr. Koir Hardie, the Labour member ...

    Article : 68 words
  20. THE PORT OF HOBART.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 229 words
  21. IMMIGRATION AND BANKING.

    A conference was held to-day between the Prime Minister (Mr. Cook) and the Premier of Victoria (Mr. Watt) with reference to immigration and banking ...

    Article : 181 words
  22. BATHINS FATALITIES.

    The weather has been exceptionally warm during the past few days, and the eve of the first Monday in August bank holiday has been marked by an unusual ...

    Article : 61 words
  23. THE SUFFRAGISTS.

    When the Litany was being recited in St. Paul's Cathedral this morning 40 suffragists chanted together, "Save Emmeline Pankhurst. Spare her, spare ...

    Article : 185 words
  24. TREATMENT OF BRITISH INDIANS.

    Mr. Gopal Krishna Gokhale, who is one of the non-official members of the Bombay Legislature on the Viceroy of India's Legislative Council, in an ...

    Article : 218 words
  25. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

    The Director of Education (Mr. W. T. McCoy) with Inspector Davis has visited the Forth, Don. Mainstone, Spreyton, and Paloona schools. ...

    Article : 143 words
  26. CHINESE REVOLUTION.

    The Northern generals have initiated a sweeping movement to corner the rebels at Woosung. A detachment of Indian troops has been sent to ...

    Article : 119 words
  27. ALLEGED NEGLIGENT DRIVING

    In the St. Kilda Police Court to-day, John Kirkaldie Mountain, an engineer, was committed for trial on a charge of having negligently driven a motor-car, ...

    Article : 50 words
  28. A DIVORCE CASE.

    In the Divorce Court to-day May Clementson (28), of Mentone, petitioned for a divorce from her husband, John Joseph Clementson (35), on the ground ...

    Article : 135 words
  29. EMBEZZLING UNION FUNDS.

    At the City Police Court to-day, Alexander Henderson and John Richard Flanagan, formerly treasurer and secretary respectively of the Perth Wharf ...

    Article : 72 words
  30. FEDERAL ELECTORAL LAW.

    The case in which the "Sunday Times" Publishing Co. Ltd. was charged with having on June 15 last permitted the publication of an unsigned article, ...

    Article : 97 words
  31. GERMAN ARMY SCANDALS.

    At yesterday's proceedings of the court-martial on the seven officials of the German War Office, who are charged with having betrayed secrets to agents ...

    Article : 71 words
  32. SAD TRAGEDY.

    A sad tragedy occurred to-day at Great Missenden, a village to the southeast of Aylesbury, in Buckinghamshire. As the outcome of poverty, the ...

    Article : 66 words
  33. GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

    The weather is still showery and cold, but slightly improved. DELORAINE, August 4. The weather is bitterly cold. Ben ...

    Article : 46 words
  34. RUSSIAN METHODS.

    The "Novœ Vremya" states to-day that, owing to their refusal to take the military oath, the Russian Government is considering the proclamation of the ...

    Article : 47 words
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