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  2. GLEANINGS OF HUMOR.

    Father—"Tommy, stop pulling that cat's tail." Tommy—"I'm only holding the tail; the cat's pulling it." The Patient—"Can't you help me, doctor? ...

    Article : 1,421 words
  3. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    What have been called "fancy religions" are numerously represented in Australia (remarks a London paper). There are a hundred of them in the census returns. There ...

    Article : 463 words
  4. THE DANDENONG MURDER AN EXTRAORDINARY STATEMENT.

    The police engaged in unravelling the mystery surrounding the murder of the farmer Sangal at Dandenong last Friday night, having heard that a suspicious ...

    Article : 648 words
  5. THE REDFERN TRAGEDY.

    Despite the statement made in Parliament by Mr. Broughton that the perpetrators of the Redfern tragedy had escaped by a vessel from Newcastle, the police are still ...

    Article : 122 words
  6. VICTORIAN RAILWAYS.

    The position in the railway service to-day is that this drivers and firemen are looking for a loophole of escape from the position they have assumed. Time after ...

    Article : 1,010 words
  7. FORTUNATE FARMERS.

    The crops in Manitoba and lower Canada are extraordinarily heavy this season, the August average of wheat, barley, and oats being 114,000,000 bushels, which is a record. ...

    Article : 64 words
  8. THE AUSTRALIANS. MATCH AT LORD'S.

    When play Was resumed this morning the sky was heavily overcast and the attendance was extremely small. Hill, who was not out with 13 to his credit on the ...

    Article : 729 words
  9. FROM DAY TO DAY.

    The "Southern Baptist" recently created some little indignation by its comments upon a meeting held by some members of the Civil Service, but it has now made an ...

    Article : 1,346 words
  10. A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE.

    "Just imagine yourself breathing through the nose with the aid of a thin tube inserted in one nostril and your senses of seeing and hearing absolutely dulled for 15 ...

    Article : 1,343 words
  11. IN THE ICE REGIONS.

    The National Geographical Society of Washington has engaged Mr. C. E. Borchgrevink, who commanded the antarctic expedition in 1898, to take two ships on ...

    Article : 79 words
  12. LORD KITCHENER.

    Mr. Richard Marsh has presented Lord Kitchener with the American-bred racehorse Democrat, to be used as a charger. ...

    Article : 27 words
  13. A MILLIONAIRE'S ESTATE.

    The will of Mr. J. W. Mackay, who was known in America as "The Silver King," and who died about the middle of July, at the age of 71, has been proved. The ...

    Article : 58 words
  14. NEWS IN BRIEF. BURGLARY IN THE CITY.

    During Wednesday night Messrs. Cornish and Co.'s piano and organ warehouse, in Rundle-street, was broken into from the rear of the premises. An iron roller, ...

    Article : 75 words
  15. PERSONAL.

    At the viceregal reception in Melbourne last week in honor of the King's Coronation the Acting Governor-General was in Court dress. Lady Tennyson wore white silk, ...

    Article : 221 words
  16. THE BLOOD-STAINED GARMENTS.

    An important discovery has been made by the detectives in connection with the tragedy at Dandenong, Victoria. As reported a day or two ago a blood-stained ...

    Article : 224 words
  17. A DOG, A BAIT, AND A HOOK.

    Barracoutta have made their appearance at the Semaphore anchorage, as they did two years ago, for the first time in the memory of the oldest inhabitants. They ...

    Article : 153 words
  18. INSTRUCTING INSTRUCTORS.

    The Federal Commandant recently sent a number of military instructors to this State because, in his opinion, there were no local non-commissioned officers competent ...

    Article : 150 words
  19. VICTORIA.

    A nolle prosequi has been entered in the charge against Mr. Gordon-Coutts, the well-known artist, who was committed for trial on a charge under the Marriage Act ...

    Article : 415 words
  20. "A TOUCH OF FELLOW FEELING."

    Some time ago a young man who is both deaf and dumb, presented himself to Mr. Samuel Johnson, M.A., the superintendent of the Brighton Blind, Deaf, and ...

    Article : 365 words
  21. THE SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR.

    The sum of £2,000 has been guaranteed to the Australians in connection with the South African tour, in addition to any surplus from the proceeds of the matches. Six ...

    Article : 63 words
  22. DUTCH BARQUE WRECKED

    The shipwrecked crew of the Dutch barque Krimpen ad Lek arrived by the steamer Airlie from Thursday Island to-day. The barque went on a reef off the ...

    Article : 239 words
  23. THE BLIND GOD OF LOVE.

    Blind people are just as intelligent as those blessed with sight—often their ability is greater—and of this there is ample proof in our midst. There is a blind girl at the ...

    Article : 403 words
  24. THE EXETER FATALITY.

    A middle-aged man was run over and killed at Exeter by the 5.45 train from Port Adelaide to Semaphore on Friday morning. The accident occurred between the ...

    Article : 265 words
  25. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    Great changes are pending in connection with the pay to be given to the military forces. Under the new defence re-organisation scheme the pay of all naval militiamen ...

    Article : 167 words
  26. AMUSEMENTS.

    A large number of seats have already been booked at Mr. R. Correll's, Flinders-street, for the massed band concert to be held in the Exhibition Building this ...

    Article : 183 words
  27. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 91 words
  28. A DROWNING ACCIDENT.

    At Wilby, Edward Lewis, aged 8, was returning from school with some companions, and was playing near a waterhole when he fell in. Instead of seeking assistance at ...

    Article : 146 words
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