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  2. A DISTRACTED DAMSEL.

    A young dressmaker in Sydney has made an extraordinary series of attempts at self-destruction—it is believed owing to some difference with a young man. She first of ...

    Article : 143 words
  3. THE FORESTERS' FIFTY POUNDS.

    On Monday Mr. Justice Hood, who was appointed a Royal commission to inquire into the allegations of bribery on the pari of Dr. Montague, of the Independent Order ...

    Article : 3,482 words
  4. BRITISH BUDGET.

    The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Austin Chamberlain) delivered his Budget speech in the House of Commons on Tuesday. He stated that the Government ...

    Article : 251 words
  5. NEW LICENSING BILL.

    Mr. Akers-Douglas, the Home Secretary, has moved the first reading of the new Licensing Bill. The measure is based on the principle that the trade must ...

    Article : 306 words
  6. WOOL SALES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 997 words
  7. DUTY ON MAGAZINES.

    The Minister of Customs has decided to tax the English and American magazines which are so popular m Australia. Under the federal tariff, all printed or lithographic ...

    Article : 183 words
  8. LUCKY WINNERS.

    The holder of the winning ticket in the Druids' Gala art union, for which the first prize is a golden druid valued at £1,000, is Miss Annie Gale, a pantrymaid at the ...

    Article : 101 words
  9. A "PUSH" PICNIC.

    On Easter Monday, at Greensborough, a push fight took place between the "Flying Angels" and the "White Rose Push." On April 14, Walter Crawshaw, aged 2s, was ...

    Article : 116 words
  10. GREAT-RAILWAY STRIKE

    The Hungarian state railway system is at a standstill owing to a strike for higher wages. The service is in the hands of the strikers, and they are running trains to ...

    Article : 132 words
  11. SHOCKING DOMESTIC TRAGEDY

    At Northcote on Saturday morning last, an old man named James Horner and his wife Man Ann were found dead in their cottage, under circumstances suggesting that ...

    Article : 205 words
  12. BRITISH SUBMARINE RAISBD.

    The submarine, Al, which was recently sunk off the coast of the Isle of Wight, has been raised and towed into Portsmouth. At the inquest Captain Bacon, the ...

    Article : 86 words
  13. GENERAL CABLES.

    Colonel Macdonald has been visited by the Thibetan General, who stated that be desired peace. A large number of Thibetan troops have fled towards the north-west. ...

    Article : 344 words
  14. STEAD MAKING MISCHIEF.

    Later news states that Mr. Stead has sailed from Cape Town for England, having abandoned his contemplated visit to Australia. It is reported that had he not left ...

    Article : 81 words
  15. AN IMPERIAL EXHIBITION.

    Arrangements have been made for the opening, at the Crystal Palace, London, in May next year, of an "Imperial Exhibition," designed to demonstrate that the ...

    Article : 101 words
  16. A QUESTION OF PROCEDURE.

    The Bendigo City Council is aggrieved at the action of His Excellency the Governor-General in forwarding through Sir John Quick, instead of through the town clerk, a ...

    Article : 139 words
  17. COLONEL MARCHAND IN TROUBLE.

    Colonel Marchand, of Fashoda celebrity, was to have been included in the French mission attached to the staff of General Kuropatkin, but the Government ...

    Article : 148 words
  18. DEVASTATING EXPLOSION.

    A great fire occurred in the oil district of Beaumont, in Texas, owing to an explosion in a large oil agitator at a refinery. Ten acres of buildings in the immediate ...

    Article : 56 words
  19. THE MULLAH FRIENDLESS.

    Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr. H. O. Arnold-Forsier. Secretary of State for War, said that since the Mullah had been expelled from the Somali ...

    Article : 53 words
  20. A PENTRIDGE "REBEL."

    Percy Ramage, the prisoner whose violent conduct in the Geelong gaol in 1902 earned him a transference to Pentridge, has again been giving trouble. On Saturday, when he ...

    Article : 172 words
  21. THE HEREROS REVOLT.

    Captain [?] in charge of a German column [?] that on the 13th inst. he repulsed the enemy after 10 hours' fighting, his losses being 2 officers and 7 men ...

    Article : 62 words
  22. DR. SMILES DEAD.

    The death is announced of Dr. Samuel Smiles, the well-known journalist and writer, author of "Self-help" and other works, at the age of 92. ...

    Article : 84 words
  23. BIOT BY SABBATARIANS.

    A team of hurlers, who were playing near Belfast on Sunday, were stoned by a mob of riotous Sabbatarians. So violent did the disturbers become that the ...

    Article : 74 words
  24. TORONTO FIRE.

    A most disastrous fire has occurred in Toronto. About 130 buildings, covering many acres, were destroyed, and 6,000 hands have been thrown out of employment. The ...

    Article : 49 words
  25. THE SUBMERGED TENTH.

    The officials of the Salvation Army state that the emigration scheme is quite distinct from the proposals of "General" Booth relating to vagrants and the "submerged ...

    Article : 95 words
  26. RIVERINA ELECTION VOID.

    The Riverina election having been declared void, Mr. R. O. Blackwood has opened his campaign again. Speaking at Moama on April 15, he explained the ...

    Article : 127 words
  27. MONTE CARLO GAMESTERS.

    Mr. Harrison Power, a wealthy American, won £74,000 at Monte Carlo in a fortnight. Lord Villiers won in the same period £30,000. ...

    Article : 27 words
  28. WILLS AND BEQUESTS.

    Mrs. Anne Cowlishaw, late of 148 Gatehouse-street, Parkville, who died on March 21, under a will dated November 15, 1901, left estate valued for probate at £2,183, comprising £1,430 realty ...

    Article : 329 words
  29. THE CZAR'S TITLES.

    Some of the newspapers in Finland, in publishing an Imperial manifesto, omitted the titles appended to the name of the Czar of Russia. The authorities have compelled ...

    Article : 46 words
  30. TRANSVAAL DISFFECTION.

    In connection with the recent arrest at Lydenburg, in the Northern Transvaal, of a number of Boer ex-burghers, who were attempting to sow disaffection amongst ...

    Article : 123 words
  31. THE WHEAT SUPPLY.

    The quantity of Wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,805,000 quarters, the quantity for the Continent being 1,675,000 quarters. ...

    Article : 23 words
  32. A DOUBTFUL DEATH.

    The inquest on the body of Walter Lindsay Thompson, the Sydney solicitor, who insured his life for £24,000, and died of a pistol wound, was concluded on Tuesday. ...

    Article : 109 words
  33. SYDNEY WOOL SALES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 136 words
  34. AN AUSTRALIAN INVENTION.

    The British and German post-offices are each submitting to exhaustive practical tests the typewriting telegraph system invented by Mr. Donald Murray, a ...

    Article : 49 words
  35. THE WITTON CASE.

    Owing to the receipt of affidavits that Lieutenant Witton acted on orders received from his superior officers, the committee is now advocating a fresh trial instead of ...

    Article : 35 words
  36. H.M.S. CHALLENGER.

    The officers and men of H.M.S. Challenger, which was recently commissioned for service in Australian waters, have been selected from the Devonport command. The ...

    Article : 29 words
  37. LEOPOLD'S DAUGHTERS.

    The civil tribunal at Brussels has refused the application of Princess Louise and Princess Stephanie, daughters of King Leopold of Belgium, to set aside their mother's ...

    Article : 53 words
  38. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    Another case was discovered in Brisbane on Saturday. The patient is a man aged 30, employed at a produce store in Roma-street, and residing in Boggo-road. ...

    Article : 4 words
  39. ANARCHISTS ARRESTED.

    Three anarchists have been arrested at Marseilles. One of them, named Giovanni, addressing a knot of supporters, volunteered to kill M. Lo[?] of the French ...

    Article : 2 words
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