The second session of the fifth Commonwealth Parliament was opened today with the customary ceremonies. The Governor-General (Lord Denman) was ...
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Article : 617 wordsWhen the House of Commons reassembled to-day Mr. Asquith took his seat amid the excited cheers of his supporters. ...
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Article : 64 wordsColin Bell, an Australian heavyweight, has been matched to fight Petty-Officer Curran at Liverpool on April 23. ...
Article : 23 wordsAd. Wolgast has agreed to meet Rivers in a 20-round contest, either on May 19 or 22. ...
Article : 28 wordsAbout 100 people assembled to-day to witness a boxing match between Georges Carpentier, the French champion, and George Mitchell, a Bradford amateur. ...
Article : 219 wordsAt a mass meeting of stonemasons it was decided to insist on the board rates and not to entertain negotiations from the employers. ...
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Article : 67 wordsJack Johnson, the champion pugilist, has been granted a new trial in respect of his conviction for abducting a white woman. The Appeal Court reversed the ...
Article : 53 wordsThe Royal Show closed to-day. Above 316,000 people have passed through the turnstiles during the progress of the show. The ambulance attended to 58 ...
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Article : 17 wordsA man yesterday found a raft drifting with the current outside the harbor. It was constructed of two big cases tied together on a platform 8 ft. square. It ...
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Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA : 1910 - 1924), Thu 16 Apr 1914, Page 5
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