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  2. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The ill-fated submarine A3, which was sunk in a collision with the cruiser Hazard, was towed to sea yesterday, and the battleship St. Vincent, at a range of 2000 yards, sank ...

    Article : 510 words
  3. A GANGER KILLED.

    A fatal accident occurred on the railway near Oakey Park early on Sunday, by which a railway ganger named Robert Joseph M'Garity lost his life, after receiving terrible ...

    Article : 264 words
  4. WHITE MAN'S LAND.

    A story, coinciding in facts with that told by Senator M'Dougall and Mr. Ozanne, M.P., on Saturday, concerning the Northern Territory, is told by one who has lived there ...

    Article : 319 words
  5. AUSTRALIAN WEATHER.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 106 words
  6. SHIPPING.

    Maunganui, s, 1454 tons, Captain Worrall, from Wellington. Passengers—Misses Diamond, Ellis, Kempthorne, Rossbottom, Hall, Pringle (2), Meyers, Skoglund, Boulton, Brown, Cholmondeley, Dall, Score (2). ...

    Article : 518 words
  7. NEWCASTLE.

    The following Vessels cleared at the Newcastle Customs-house on Saturday:—Komura, s, for Melbourne, with 3150 tons coal cargo, 160 tons bunkers; Tofua, s, for Fiji, via ...

    Article : 160 words
  8. EMPIRE DAY.

    The programme of Empire Day celebrations arranged by the British Empire League in Australia for Sydney and suburbs includes a special Empire service at 1 p.m. at St. ...

    Article : 491 words
  9. THE VETERANS.

    The members of the Newcastle and Northern District Naval and Military Association met at the Council-chambers on Saturday night, when the flag recently presented by his ...

    Article : 65 words
  10. MAYORS AND PRESIDENTS' PICNIC.

    Th Mayors, ex-Mayors, presidents, and ex-presidents of the northern district held a river excursion and picnic on Saturday, at which Alderman H. M. Shedden, Mayor of ...

    Article : 67 words
  11. 24-HOURS' STRIKE.

    Mr. D. Watson, president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, made some pointed remarks to-day concerning the proposed 24 hours' irritation strike, with which it is ...

    Article : 248 words
  12. LOYALISTS AS STRIKERS.

    The newly-formed Enginedrivers' Union at Waihi has issued a long manifesto justifying its action in breaking away from the Miners' Union, in the course of which it says:— ...

    Article : 344 words
  13. CHILDREN'S HEALTH.

    As a result of the preliminary survey made by Dr. Bourne, the medical inspector of schools, the Government contemplates a considerable increase in expenditure in ...

    Article : 145 words
  14. DEPARTURES.—May 20.

    H.M.A.S. Protector, for Newcastle. St. Albans s, for Melbourne. Dredge Tethys, for the North Coast. Yarra, s, for Adelaide, via Wallarah. ...

    Article : 34 words
  15. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 772 words
  16. PROJECTED DEPARTURES.—May 21.

    Tofua, s, for Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and Auckland; Pacifique, F.M.S., for Noumea and the New Hebrides: Kapunda, s, for W.A. ports, via Melbourne and Adelaide; Wyreema, s, for Melbourne; Arawatta, s, for ...

    Article : 123 words
  17. CHAPMAN AND ALEXANDER.

    The beginning of the Chapman-Alexander Mission in Adelaide has been made under in-auspicious circumstances, for already three members of the party have been prevented ...

    Article : 153 words
  18. CLEARANCES.—May 20.

    St. Albans, s, 4119 tons, for Melbourne. Glaucus, s, 1363 tons, for Melbourne, via Newcastle. Yarra, s, 2140 tons, for Adelaide, via Wallarah. ...

    Article : 214 words
  19. WIRELESS.

    On June 4 in London a conference will be held to discuss radio-telegraphy. Representatives of all the civilised countries will be present, and no doubt a scheme will be ...

    Article : 275 words
  20. CASUALTIES.

    A well-known district farmer named Frederick William Preston, 39, was found dead in his room at the Royal Exchange Hotel, soon after noon to-day. A traveller, who ...

    Article : 95 words
  21. AERONAUTICS.

    Captain Paine, late of the torpedo school ship Actaeon, who secured an airman's [?] tificate, after only four days' flying, and was appointed to the Naval Air Corps, has since ...

    Article : 83 words
  22. MOTOR CYCLISTS INJURED.

    On Saturday afternoon two brothers, Thomas and Clyde Hewitt, were returning from a football match on a motor cycle when they met with a serious accident. Thomas Hewitt ...

    Article : 151 words
  23. CADET COMPETITIONS.

    It has been decided to postpone tne Commonwealth cadet competitions from June 7 and 9 to June 21 and 22 to avoid clashing with the several educational examinations in the ...

    Article : 123 words
  24. ACCIDENT TO SPECTATORS.

    As Lieutenant Ashton was concluding a successful flight at Salisbury Plain a crowd of 2000 spectators closed in upon the aeroplane shed, and the airman in alighting was unable ...

    Article : 49 words
  25. MOVEMENTS OF OVERSEA VESSELS.

    Cufie, s (White Star line), sailed from Liverpool on Saturday for Australian ports. Rostock, s, and Sydney, s (G. A. line), both arrived at Suez on Friday from Australia. ...

    Article : 123 words
  26. DIVORCE SUIT.

    A remarkable divorce case, in which Charles Peach Ashton, a commercial traveller, sought dissolution of his marriage with Elizabeth Jane Ashton, on the ground of her ...

    Article : 210 words
  27. MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY.

    Surprising revelations as to the insanitary conditions and the insufficiency of buildings for accommodation of classes in arts and education were disclosed in the report submitted ...

    Article : 240 words
  28. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING.

    BRISBANE (510m).—Arr: May 19, Mallina, s, from Rockhampton May 20, Van Heemakerk, s, and Bombalu, s, from Melbourne; Marloo, s, and Gabo, s, from Sydney, Tyrian, s, from Cairns: Warrego, s, from ...

    Article : 756 words
  29. SAFETY OF PASSENGER SHIPS.

    The conference convened by the German Emperor to advise as to precautions to be taken to secure the safety of passengers at sea, has presented a report, which includes a ...

    Article : 81 words
  30. TOFUA FOR THE ISLANDS.

    The steamer Tofua, sailing to night for Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, and Auckland, will take the following passengers:—Mr. and Mrs. Shillingford, Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Strong, Dr. and Mrs. Joynt, Mr. ...

    Article : 175 words
  31. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    In view of the success that has attended the experiments of the Commonwealth wireless expert with respect to the utility of ground lines in long-distance wireless ...

    Article : 117 words
  32. FOUND DEAD IN THE BUSH.

    The body of an unknown swagman has been found in the bush in the vicinity of the Pinnacles, about 20 miles from here. ...

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  33. A SHUNTING ACCIDENT.

    A terrible accident happened yesterday to H. Badge, working at Tabletop railway station. While he was shunting he missed his footing and fell, the wheels of the truck ...

    Article : 54 words
  34. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    Thirty-two applications have been received by the Department of External Affairs for the position of Director of Lands in the Northern Territory at a salary of £600 a ...

    Article : 89 words
  35. RAILWAY SERVANTS.

    At a meeting of railway men at Birmingham yesterday it was resolved that the time had come for the establishment of a minimum living wage. ...

    Article : 83 words
  36. STEAMER AUSTRALIAN.

    The steamer Australian, recently wrecked on the South Australian coast, was an old Clarence River trader under the flag of John Sec and Co., which ran in opposition to the Clarence and Richmond River ...

    Article : 114 words
  37. DAVIS CUP CONTESTS.

    It has now been practically arranged that the next Davis Cup match for the lawn tennis championship of the world will be played in Melbourne, on the Albert Cricket ...

    Article : 150 words
  38. A MINER INJURED.

    Robert Wilson, a miner, whilst engaged in bo[?]ing a piece of rock in the Great Cobar mine on Saturday night, was buried through the rock splitting. Screw jacks had to be used ...

    Article : 53 words
  39. AN UNRULY CADET.

    At the Carlton Court on Saturday Henry Schultz, aged 18 years, a member of the Carlton contingent of cadets, was charged under the Commonwealth military regulations with ...

    Article : 155 words
  40. FINE WEATHER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 418 words
  41. COMPULSORY ENROLMENT.

    "Owing to the compulsory clauses of the new Electoral Act," said the Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) yesterday, "enrolment is now more active than at any other period in the ...

    Article : 150 words
  42. "B.P.'S" LECTURES.

    "I'm not going to inflict Mafeking on you to-night," said General Baden-Powell to a large audience at the Sydney Town Hall last evening. ...

    Article : 225 words
  43. THE NEW PULGANBAR.

    The new steamer Pulganbar will make her maiden voyage to the Clarence this week leaving Sydney on Saturday 25th instant, crossing the Clarence bar early on Sunday. Four hundred invitations have ...

    Article : 61 words
  44. WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT.

    Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, addressed a meeting of 10,000 people at Carnarvon on the Disestablishment of the Church in Wales. During the proceedings eight ...

    Article : 67 words
  45. SALVING THE THISTLE.

    Considerable delay has occurred in salving the tug Thistle, which sank in the Bellinger River through damages received on the bar, on account of the salvage gear from Sydney not arriving till a few days ago. ...

    Article : 159 words
  46. BOXER BECOMES EXHAUSTE[?].

    Frank Carroll and Billy Robertson, both [?] amateur light-weight boxers, met at the Melbourne Athletic Pavilion to-night. Robertson was leading until the eighth round, when [?] ...

    Article : 129 words
  47. PARADE OF VETERANS.

    The annual memorial parade of the South African Soldiers' Association, which was held at the Fallen Soldiers' Monument, St. Kildaroad, on Saturday, was attended by about ...

    Article : 55 words
  48. CHINA.

    The Mohammedans at Ill, favouring the re-establishment of a monarchy, massacred the newly-appointed governor and the district magistrate. ...

    Article : 32 words
  49. THE YACHT INCIDENT.

    The Taunen which passed close to the yacht Culwulla III, off Long Reef on Saturday was the O.K., owned by Messrs. Church and Crawford, of Abbotsford. She was towed into Port Jackson by the steamer Barunda. ...

    Article : 71 words
  50. BOOKMAKER AND TOTALISATOR.

    The N.S.W. Royal Commission on the Totalisator commenced the examination of Queensland witnesses at Parliament House this morning. ...

    Article : 140 words
  51. MEN'S CHURCH SOCIETY.

    Rev. J. E. Watts-Ditchfleld delivered an address before the members of the Church of England Men's Society at the Cathedral Chapter-house last night. The Archbishop, ...

    Article : 183 words
  52. LATE KING OF DENMARK.

    Queen Alexandra and the Empress Dowager Marlo of Russia will attend the funeral of the late King of Denmark, Frederik VIII. ...

    Article : 31 words
  53. CAPTAIN HACKING ON TOUR.

    The superintendent of Navigation (Captain Hacking) returned to Sydney yesterday from a visit to the Macleay and Nambucca rivers. While at Nambucca Heads he concluded the preliminary inquiry held in reference ...

    Article : 82 words
  54. WELL-PAID MINERS.

    Speaking at the luncheon at the North mine employees' picnic on Saturday, Mr. Geo. Weir, the general manager of the North mine, said that the average wages a shift made by ...

    Article : 181 words
  55. EXHIBITION SKATING RINK.

    The opening night of the Exhibition Skating Rick was held last night, when an invitation evening was given by the managing directors, Messrs. McDonagh, Foley, and McCarthy, at which over 2000 people ...

    Article : 64 words
  56. THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

    The British Olympic games trials are proceeding with promising results in running and swimming. Corkery won the Marathon trial in 2h 37s. ...

    Article : 31 words
  57. NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING.

    NEW PLYMOUTH.—Arr: May 20, Queen Elizabeth, s, from Newcastle, BLUFF (1107m).—Dep: May 20, Moeraki, s, for Hobart. ...

    Article : 32 words
  58. NEW N. D. L. STEAMER.

    The new vessel ordered by the Norddeutscher Lloyd from the Schichau Yard will be, according to reports in Hamburg, about 7500 tons larger than the George Washington—that is to say, about 33,000 tons—and have ...

    Article : 77 words
  59. FIRE AT A POST-OFFICE.

    A fire of an unusual nature was discovered about 8 o'clock on Sunday morning at Kogarah Post-office by a newsboy passing by He saw smoke emitting from the posting ...

    Article : 99 words
  60. THE MAILS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 197 words
  61. CONSPIRACY CHARGES.

    The second trial of Charles Brown Kellow and Raymond Ewart Kemsley on charges of conspiracy commenced to-day. The charges were that Kellow and Kemsley did, between ...

    Article : 172 words
  62. THE HARDWOOD TRADE.

    The steamer Boppie has taken from the Clarence a load of hardwood to Queensland market. The shipments are likely to be more regular in future as the mills are again working at Reppville. Three ...

    Article : 60 words
  63. SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS.

    Mr. H. C. Hull, Minister of Finance, has resigned from the Ministry, owing to differences with respect to the raliway policy. ...

    Article : 32 words
  64. SHIPPING DEALS.

    For the north-west cattle trade it has been decided to purchase the steamer Darius, 3295 tons, the Archibald Currie liner, for £20,000; also the steamer Wexford, 2104 tons. ...

    Article : 75 words
  65. CORNWALL AND DEVON ASSOCIATION.

    The annual dinner of the Cornwall and Devon Association took place at the A.B.C. Cafe, on Saturday evening, under the presidency of Mr. J. R. Rosewarne. Theo vistors ...

    Article : 94 words
  66. COLLIERS' WAGES.

    The Conciliation Board has increased the wages of the Durham miners by 32 per cent. ...

    Article : 22 words
  67. THE HOPWOOD-FOLDI RECITALS.

    The success which attended Miss Phyllis Hopwood-Foldi at her first recital in the Y.M.C.A. Hall on Saturday was repeated last night, when she gave the second entertainment of the present short season in ...

    Article : 115 words
  68. ANOTHER NORTH COASTER.

    The Tanbar, the latest addition to the fleet of the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, Limited, was launched on Saturday. According to a cable received yesterday by ...

    Article : 92 words
  69. STEAMERS DUE TO-DAY.

    Irishman, from Liverpool, via ports. Moorabool, from Melbourne. ...

    Article : 13 words
  70. FRESH CHARTERS.

    Titania four-masted bqtne, 1031 tons, Surprise is land to Dunedin—guano; Helen Denny, bq, 694 tons, Newcastle to Wellington—coal. ...

    Article : 22 words
  71. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 50 words
  72. BAR HARBOURS.

    The following particulars were posted at the G.P.O. yesterday evening—Richmond River Heads, bar 10ft, inside channel 9ft, low water; Camden Haven Heads, bar 7ft 9in, rise of tide 2ft 9in; Manning River Heads, ...

    Article : 82 words
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