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  2. COLLISION.

    A sensational collision occurred in Moreton Bay on Saturday afternoon. The steamer Emerald left Brisbane on her usual Saturday afternoon trip, and the [?]douga, bound for ...

    Article : 365 words
  3. DESPATCH RIDE. EXCITING RACE.

    The military despatch ride, which started on Good Friday morning with the cyclist relays, was continued on Saturday and yesterday, and was brought to a conclusion at 3.2 ...

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  4. WAVE OF CRIME. DISSIPATION ON GOOD FRIDAY.

    Good Friday was remarkable for the number of offenders who were taken in charge by the police. There were more cases at the Central Police Court on Saturday morning ...

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  5. DESMOND.

    When Desmond failed in the high jump at the Royal Show last week there were tumultuous cheers around the ring, not because of failure itself, but because the huge crowd ...

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  6. GREAT FLOODS. SUFFERING IN AMERICA.

    The death list owing to the floods is growing. Ten people are known to have been drowned. The Mississippi River is still increasing in ...

    Article : 91 words
  7. CANADA'S NAVY.

    The Quebec correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that it has been decided to treat the question of naval defence on non-party lines, and tenders are to be called ...

    Article : 172 words
  8. END OF THE STRIKE. MINERS' CONFERENCE.

    In all, 62,000 miners have resumed work. Many district meetings have censured the executive for its recommendations. Those at Yorkshire, Fifeshire, and Lothians ...

    Article : 366 words
  9. THOUSANDS HOMELESS.

    Mr. Taft has ordered the utilisation of army supplies for sufferers by the floods. Congress is ready to provide monetary relief whenever a clear idea of the losses is ...

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  10. THE SOUTH POLE.

    Rear-Admiral Peary, the discoverer of the North Pole, declares his belief that Captain Scott has been successful in his search for the South Pole. ...

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  11. MAROONED IN TREETOPS.

    At Hickman, in Kentucky, 20 persons were manooned on treetops and [?]ousetops, and were rescued by boats, after hope had been given up, the water covering an area 10 miles wide ...

    Article : 66 words
  12. A RIDER ARRESTED.

    Charles Plunkett, who was taking part in the military relay race from Adelaide to Melbourne on Saturday, was arrested on his arrival at Ballarat on a warrant, charging him ...

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  13. THE OHIO RISING.

    A message from Cairo, Illinois, states that the Ohio River is now rising, and hundreds of men are working to prevent the destruction of the waterfront levees. ...

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  14. DIAMONDS.

    It is learned, on the authority of Mr. Groves, who recently arrived in New South Wales, as the representative of South African capitalists interested in diamond mining, that ...

    Article : 234 words
  15. MAROONED.

    Advices from Palmerston relate the strange operation of the allen law in the case of Mrs. Eliott, widow of an Englishman, daughter of a Scotch father and grandfather, and a ...

    Article : 283 words
  16. DECISION TO RESUME WORK.

    The conference, by 440 votes to 125, decided that work must be resumed in Scotland on Monday and in England on Tuesday. Each vote represented 1000 members of the ...

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  17. IN CASE OF WAR.

    The "Tagliche Rundschau" states that a difficulty has arisen between Britain and Germany over the exchange of naval information respecting foreign warships building in ...

    Article : 88 words
  18. HEAVY RAILWAY LOSSES.

    Owing to the strike the receipts of 51 railways for the last week in March decreased £747,060, compared with the corresponding week in 1911. The receipts for the quarter ...

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  19. THE COTTON MILLS.

    The "Times" states that the strike has only slightly affected the cotton industry. During their previous prosperity the masters accumulated enormous stocks of coal, enabling ...

    Article : 55 words
  20. ROOSEVELT AND THE LAWYERS.

    Mr. Roosevelt, who is campai[?]g in this State, attacked the New York lawyers who had attacked him for his attitude towards judiciary reform. ...

    Article : 58 words
  21. NEW SOUTH WALES' HELP.

    The Mayor of Stoke, in a letter to the newspapers, says: "The kind action of New South wales has put heart in our people, and shows that in times of difficulty and stress the ...

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  22. MAIL TRAIN DERAILED.

    An entire mail train, whilst travelling at 50 miles per hour, was derailed at Stockton-on-Tees, and ploughed the permanent way for a quarter of a mile before being brought to a ...

    Article : 68 words
  23. PASSION PLAY.

    The illustrated reading of the Oberammergau Passion Play in the King's Theatre last night was marred by the disgraceful conduct of a number of disturbers in the gallery. ...

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  24. KOOMBANA. WRECKAGE FOUND.

    A Roebourne telegram reports that the steamer Una has found the wrecked Koombana with her masts standing out of the water, five miles from Bedout Island, on a reef running ...

    Article : 143 words
  25. EARLY MORNING ROBBERY.

    On Saturday morning, at about 10 minutes before 5 o'clock, Percy Mulrooney, a bread-carter, of 30 Queen-street, Paddington, was waylaid by two desperadoes and robbed. ...

    Article : 132 words
  26. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ASSISTANCE.

    At an executive meeting of the Timber Workers' Union on Thursday it was decided to give £100 towards relieving the distress among the coal miners in Great Britain. The ...

    Article : 40 words
  27. PEKING TO PARIS.

    The "Matin" is organising an aeroplane race from Peking to Paris. ...

    Article : 19 words
  28. CANADA AND WEST INDIES.

    The conference which has been h[?]ld here in regard to trade reciprocity with the West Indies is reported to have resulted favourably, and there will be sweeping tariff changes ...

    Article : 188 words
  29. WERRIWA SEAT. THE LIBERAL CANDIDATE.

    The electorate conference held to-day to select the Liberal candidate for Werriwa was very representative and was well-attended. Two candidates submitted ...

    Article : 69 words
  30. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 182 words
  31. IN RECEIVERS' HANDS.

    The Pere-Marquette railroad is in the hands of receivers. The line operates over 3000 miles in Ohio, Illinois, and Ontario. The Railway Commission refused to allow the ...

    Article : 57 words
  32. BURGLAR AT LEICHHARDT.

    A burglur attempted an entry at the residence of Mr. Daniel Davies, Margaret-street, Leichhardt, in the early hours of Saturday morning. ...

    Article : 100 words
  33. EMPIRE TRADE COMMISSION.

    The "Cape Times" states that the personnel of the Empire Trade Commission is strong and must inspire confidence. The Rand "Daily Mail" remarks that ...

    Article : 105 words
  34. LIFEBOAT AND CABIN DOORS.

    The wreckage found by the Una, 33 miles WNW of Bedout Island, consisted of the mast of a lifeboat and cabin doors, which belonged, it is believed, to the Koombana. The captain ...

    Article : 69 words
  35. KILLED ON RACE TRACK.

    A well-known resident of Gosford, Mr. Andrew Burke, was accidentally killed while exercising a race mare on the Victoria track. The mare put her foot into a bog-hole, and ...

    Article : 82 words
  36. THE WRIT.

    Speculation has been caused by the delay on the part of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. M'Donald, M.P., in issuing the writ for the election of a member ...

    Article : 129 words
  37. Advertising

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  38. SLUMS IN WAGGA.

    Startling allegations were made in his report to the Wagga Municipal Council by the new Sanitary Inspector, Mr. Tinsley. He said he could not speak too strongly of ...

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  39. BATHURST RESIDENTS' LOSS.

    Mr. and Mrs. Cane, of Peel-street, Bathurst, have received advice from Western Australia that their son, Frederick, aged 22, was aboard the Koombana, which is believed to have ...

    Article : 98 words
  40. NOT DEAD.

    On Wednesday last a man named Pert, whose parents reside at Yea, met with an accident at Alexandra. On Good Friday morning word was received in Yea that Pert ...

    Article : 130 words
  41. SITUATION IN TRIPOLI.

    The Tripoli correspondent of "The Times" states that peaceful activity is gradually gaining sway in Tripoli, and there is every prospect of a successful co-operation between the ...

    Article : 93 words
  42. THE CHINESE REPUBLIC.

    The Chinese Ambassador to Lhassa has hoisted the Republican flag. The officials have discarded their queues and donned frock coats and tall hats. ...

    Article : 70 words
  43. MISSING MAIL BAG.

    Nothing has yet been beard of the missing mail bag. It is understood that inquiries by the postal and police authorities elicited the fact that the bag arrived at the G.P.O. tram ...

    Article : 83 words
  44. HORSEMAN'S PREDICAMENT.

    Mr. W. D. Wright, of Brookly, Captain's Flat, met with an accident recently, which-might have resulted fatally but for his presence of mind. His horse fell and rolled on him, ...

    Article : 111 words
  45. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 207 words
  46. SAVED BY A DOG.

    Mr. P. H. Illingworth, M.P., his wife, children, and servant, escaped in their night attire, at Lake Wiltshire, from a newly rented Elizabethan mansion, which had caught fire. ...

    Article : 81 words
  47. REMARKABLE RIDE.

    While out shooting with two friends at Wangaratta on Friday, Wilfred H. Clark, aged 17 years, was accidentally shot with A pearifle. ...

    Article : 82 words
  48. "KISSING THE FLAG."

    The Industrial Workers of the World, a Socialist organisation, which has been recently disturbing the whole of the Pacific Coast from Vancouver to San Francisco, [?] be[?] ...

    Article : 71 words
  49. BRISBANE STRIKE RECALLED.

    Replying to the question—Did Mr. Fisher do right in refusing to send military to put down the insurrection at Brisbane?—Colonel Ranking, Liberal candidate for Burrum, said ...

    Article : 108 words
  50. CLOTHES ON FIRE.

    A shocking burning accident occurred at Longwood East on Friday morning. Mrs. John Wakeford, aged 70 years, was scalding milk at an open fire outside her home, when ...

    Article : 105 words
  51. OVERLANDING BY MOTOR.

    Overland cyclist Birtles arrived in Broken Hill at 3.30 on Saturday afternoon and left again this morning. He exp[?]s' to reach Sydney on Saturday [?] and his ...

    Article : 76 words
  52. MINING DISASTER.

    At the Gympie mine William Atkinson, 66, an old resident of the field, while working in a winze, bored into the inner plating of a charge, causing it to explode. He received ...

    Article : 65 words
  53. DEFENCE AND TAXATION.

    The "Standard's" Berlin correspondent states that Dr. Bethman von H[?]weg, Imperial Chancellor, is studying taxation acts in connection with the new defence burdens. ...

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  54. HOUSING AN OFFICER.

    The Board of Fire Commiss' ners has notified the council that unless the council could assist it securing the resi[?]nt officer a house at a reasonable rental he w[?]ld have to be ...

    Article : 45 words
  55. Advertising

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  56. Advertising

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