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  2. STEAMER FIRE.

    A fire occurred last night on the steamer Wareatea, 500 tons, lying at South Wharf. The stewardess was sitting in her cabin, in which there was a kerosene heater, when ...

    Article : 177 words
  3. THE FERRIES.

    The Sydney Ferries has practically adopted the policy of building steel steamers, and projects a six-minute service between Circular Quay and North Sydney. ...

    Article : 940 words
  4. THE EVICTION.

    The attention of the Acting Premier (Mr. Holman) was directed yesterday to the remarks of the Governor-General at the Lord Mayor's dinner concerning Federal ...

    Article : 906 words
  5. AIRSHIP DISASTER.

    Mr. Melvin Vaniman's airship, in which he expected to cross the Atlantic from America to England, exploded this morning while at an altitude of half a mile at New Jersey. ...

    Article : 149 words
  6. IMPERIAL CRICKET.

    The Australians continued their return match against Yorkshire to-day at Sheffield. After the adjournment the attendance was 7000. Hirst and Booth continued the bowling. ...

    Article : 509 words
  7. TRANSPORT TROUBLE.

    In the House of Commons last night, Mr. James O'Grady (Labour) brought forward a motion in regard to the transport trouble to the effect that a meeting of the employers ...

    Article : 317 words
  8. DISASTER IN CANADA.

    Regina City, the capital of the province of Saskatchewan, has been involved in a great catastrophe. A tornado struck the city, and levelled ...

    Article : 320 words
  9. UNITED STATES POLITICS.

    Ceaseless balloting marked the entire session of the Democratic Convention yesterday. The results of the ballots show that Dr. Woodrow Wilson is gradually increasing his ...

    Article : 498 words
  10. DOMINION DEFENCE.

    Dominion Day was celebrated by Canadians in London yesterday. Five hundred attended a banquet in the evening. Mr. G. E. Foster, Minister for Trade and ...

    Article : 172 words
  11. IS SHAKESPEARE READ?

    "The poetry of Shakespeare is a very nice thing for the educated man, but the general public wants something more of drama, burlesque, and extravaganza, than of solid and ...

    Article : 583 words
  12. PREFERENCE.

    The trade agreement which has been arrived at between Canada and the West Indies has been published. It shows that important preferences have ...

    Article : 234 words
  13. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.

    Foot and mouth disease has appeared at Morpeth, Liverpool, and Holyhead. Twenty-four affected animals have been discovered near Dublin. ...

    Article : 161 words
  14. THE IDLE RICH.

    Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in the course of an interview with a representative of the New York "Outlook," said:—"There are 2,000,000 idle rich in Great ...

    Article : 96 words
  15. AIRWOMAN KILLED.

    Miss Harriet Quimby, who was the first woman to fly across the English Channel, was killed instantly at the aviation meet here yesterday in consequence of her monoplane ...

    Article : 145 words
  16. SECOND DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 255 words
  17. BY-ELECTION.

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  18. WRECK OF THE TITANIC.

    At the British inquiry into the loss of the steamer Titanic to-day the Attorney-General, Sir Rufus Isaacs, continuing his address, said that the evidence showed that the Titanic had ...

    Article : 173 words
  19. THREE MILLION ROSES.

    The King and Queen attended a command performance in aid of the Music Hall Benevolent Fund at the Palace Theatre this afternoon. ...

    Article : 87 words
  20. A GERMAN ACCIDENT.

    Herr Koenig, who won the long distance circuit of Germany last year, has been killed, owing to the capsize of his aeroplane while flying at Altona. ...

    Article : 32 words
  21. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 186 words
  22. BRITAIN'S DEFENCE.

    Sir Ernest Escott, the newly-appointed Governor of Fiji, who passed through Fremantle on the Maloja, sees in the principle of universal military service the only true solution ...

    Article : 255 words
  23. MOROCCO.

    The Chamber of Deputies last night ratified the treaty establishing a protectorate over Morocco, by 460 votes to 79. M. Poincare, the Prime Minister, declared ...

    Article : 159 words
  24. THE STAR OF CANADA.

    Reinsurance on the steamer Star of Canada, which is ashore on the coast of New Zealand, has advanced to 55 per cent., owing to the heavy southerly gales suspending ...

    Article : 75 words
  25. WAR ON CHILDREN.

    A body of Hibernians, returning from a Nationalist meeting at Castle Dawson, Londonderry, attacked 500 children who were returning from a Sunday-school excursion, and ...

    Article : 84 words
  26. LORD MAYOR'S SCHEME.

    The only solution of the problem of the congested ferry traffic, in the opinion of the Lord Mayor, is the removal of the ocean-going steamers from Circular Quay and the using ...

    Article : 569 words
  27. THE SOUTH AFRICANS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 250 words
  28. VIOLENT DRIVER.

    Charles Carty was charged at the South Melbourne Court yesterday with having assaulted Vera Connell, 13 years of age, on June 22. Defendant was driving a pair of horses ...

    Article : 115 words
  29. AN AMAZON.

    It is reported that the Italians captured a European woman in the Turkish lines during the recent fighting at Homs. She was wounded, and carried a rifle and ...

    Article : 48 words
  30. SUPPRESSION OF GAMBLING.

    The Bishop of Hereford, the Right Rev. Dr. Percival, has introduced a bill in the House of Lords to suppress the publication of betting; also gambling advertisements. ...

    Article : 51 words
  31. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 196 words
  32. GAS SUPPLY.

    A municipal conference will take place at the Town Hall on the 17th inst, over which the Lord Mayor will preside, to consider the matter of introducing legislation more ...

    Article : 171 words
  33. NAVAL SENSATION.

    While the filling of the magazine of the battleship Thunderer was being completed at Devonport, a 13.5 shell slipped from the sling, and fell a distance of 30ft, to the floor ...

    Article : 99 words
  34. THE SUFFRAGISTS.

    The National Liberal Club has abandoned the proposed reception of the Prime Minister on Friday, owing to the attacks of the women's suffragists. ...

    Article : 31 words
  35. BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

    The "armour plate" press characterises Lord Haldane's recent cordial references to the German Emperor as "barefaced flattery," and "a sheaf of compliments with a motive ...

    Article : 66 words
  36. A DARING BURGLARY.

    A daring burglary took place last night at the Royal Hotel, Surrey Hills. Mrs. R. Coulthard, the licensee, was bailed up in her own room by two men, who obtained from her the ...

    Article : 51 words
  37. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Mr. Walter S. B. M'Laren, M.P., for Crewe Division of Cheshire (Independent Liberal). Mr. Walter Stowe Bright Maclaren was ...

    Article : 212 words
  38. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 220 words
  39. EXCITING BOLT.

    An exciting bolt occurred in Collins-street to-day, owing to a horse attached to a mail van, becoming frightened, and getting out of the control of the driver, James Kill. It ...

    Article : 111 words
  40. COUNTY CRICKET.

    Playing for Kent against Essex, James Seymour scored 111. ...

    Article : 14 words
  41. SPANISH BATTLESHIP'S ESCAPE.

    The battleship Espana narrowly escaped foundering at Ferrol yesterday, owing to the opening of her Kingston valves. Two sailors have been arrested in connection ...

    Article : 34 words
  42. BANK MANAGER'S DEATH.

    The body of Alexander Lane Artis. manager Copmanhurst branch of the E. S. and A. Bank, was found last night with two bullet wounds in. the forehead. He had been missing two ...

    Article : 64 words
  43. MASKED INTRUDER.

    In the Criminal Court to-day the young man, Frank Murphy, who was caught on the premises of the Royal Mail Hotel on the night of June 15 pleaded not guilty to a ...

    Article : 149 words
  44. ROWING IN ENGLAND.

    The Australian eight rowed the full Grand Challenge Cup course yesterday in 7 minutes 7 seconds. "Sporting Life" says that riverside opinion ...

    Article : 113 words
  45. LEVEL-CROSSING DISASTER.

    The members of a Breslau card club, with their wives and families, numbering in all 150 persons, were returning from an excursion at midnight last night, and while they were ...

    Article : 81 words
  46. STRIKE DISTURBANCES.

    The Home Secretary, Mr. M'Kenna, in reply to a question in the House of Commons this afternoon, said that during the strike disturbances at the docks 74 policemen had been ...

    Article : 48 words
  47. TUNCURRY STABBING CASE.

    The Italian fisherman, Felice Magriana, arrested on Sunday and charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on Joseffa Rosia, was brought before the Court yesterday, and ...

    Article : 44 words
  48. PREMIER OF SERVIA.

    The death is announced of Dr. M. Milovanovitvh, Premier and Minister for Foreign Affairs. ...

    Article : 22 words
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