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  2. STABBED WITH A CHISEL.

    A serious stabbing affray occurred last night in Lower Campbell-street, Surry Hills, as the result of which two women were so seriously wounded as to necessitate their removal to ...

    Article : 311 words
  3. CHEISTMAS DAY. A QUIET HOLIDAY.

    A temperature approximating to 100 in the shade did not by any means conduce to adult enjoyment of the Christmas goose and pudding and cake. But Christmas is the children's ...

    Article : 276 words
  4. KILLED BY A TRAIN.

    Early yesterday afternoon Richard Newman, 72, a plasterer, lately living at 50 Baptist-street, Redfern, was knocked down and killed by a train at the level crossing just outside ...

    Article : 223 words
  5. HARBOUR COLLISION.

    A collision which, if it had occurred during the busy hours, when the boats are crowded, would very probably have resulted in serious loss of life, took place last night in Circular ...

    Article : 588 words
  6. CHINA'S REVOLUTION.

    Official circles in London deny that Great Britain and Japan are co-operating with a view to the maintenance of monarchical government in China. ...

    Article : 134 words
  7. ITALIAN CAMPAIGN. HOSPITAL SHIP CAPTURED.

    The Italians have captured the Turkish hospital ship Kaiserieh. The captors allege that there were no beds, or surgical appliances, or medical ...

    Article : 53 words
  8. RUSSIA AND PERSIA. HOSTILITIES RENEWED.

    The Russians have occupied all the Government offices at Tabriz. Russian artillery demolished many private buildings. Fifty Persians were killed ...

    Article : 117 words
  9. SHARP ENGAGEMENTS.

    Three thousand five hundred Turks and Arabs attacked Colonel Fara's force at Birtobras, near Azizia. Colonel Fara formed a square. His ...

    Article : 105 words
  10. THE RUSSIAN REVENGE.

    After a Ministerial consultation the Viceroy of the Caucasus was ordered to send the largest possible reinforcements to Tabriz. ...

    Article : 106 words
  11. FRENCH SHIPPING.

    The Government has laid a proposal before the Chamber of Deputies for a shipping subsidy of 20 millions sterling, spread over a period of 25 years, to the Messageries ...

    Article : 91 words
  12. TROUBLE ON THE WHARFS.

    The wharf-labourers employed by the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., caused some inconvenience on Saturday by disregarding the terms of their agreement, and ...

    Article : 358 words
  13. AUSTRIA'S KEEN INTEREST.

    The Emperor Francis Joseph is evincing a thorough knowledge of events in Tripoli. He granted an audience lasting five and a half hours to an Austrian officer returned ...

    Article : 39 words
  14. CHURCH SERVICES.

    The seating accommodation at St. Andrew's Cathedral proved quite inadequate for the crowded congregations which attended the Christmas services yesterday. There were ...

    Article : 3,129 words
  15. SERIOUS MISHAP.

    A somewhat alarming discovery was made the other day at the Commonwealth Cordite Factory at Maribyrnong upon the first occasion of using the large iron vats which have ...

    Article : 239 words
  16. TRIANGULAR CRICKET. AUSTRALIAN TEAM.

    The Australian Board of Control for the international cricket matches will meet in Melbourne on Friday next to consider various matters in connection with the forthcoming ...

    Article : 600 words
  17. MEJLISS DISSOLVED.

    At the instance of the Cabinet the Regent has dissolved the Mejliss. The Cabinet has unconditionally yielded to the Russian ultimatum. ...

    Article : 26 words
  18. MENZALEH'S GOLD CONFISCATED.

    The British steamer Menazleh, which was seized by an Italian warship in the Red Sea, after confiscation of the £32,000 in gold aboard, was released. ...

    Article : 29 words
  19. OFFICIAL ESTIMATE OF DEAD.

    The Governor of Tabriz estimates that the Russians killed 500 Persians. ...

    Article : 15 words
  20. BRITISH NAVY.

    William Beardmore and Co., Ltd., of Glasgow, the firm of Dalmuir, Vickers Ltd., and the Barrow Haematite Steel Company, Ltd., have each contracted for a battleship more ...

    Article : 146 words
  21. STRIKE SPECTRE LAID. GENERAL ADVANCE IN WAGES.

    The strike of carters at Newcastle has been settled, a shilling a week advance in wages having been conceded by the masters. The strike at Dundee has been brought to a ...

    Article : 125 words
  22. FREMANTLE LUMPERS. INDUSTRIAL TROUBLE ACUTE.

    No solution of the trouble between the Fremantle lumpers and the steamship owners has been arrived at, and a serious industrial crisis seems certain. ...

    Article : 255 words
  23. SHOOTING AFFAIR.

    A shooting incident occurred at Clarenden-street. East Brisbane, to-night. It is reported that a wharf labourer, George Cooper, shot his wife, Minnie Cooper, and ...

    Article : 61 words
  24. RECORD MAILS.

    By the special train which arrived with the English mail at Spencer-street station from Adelaide yesterday 2196 bags were conveyed. The number was 79 more than that which ...

    Article : 44 words
  25. THE COTTON LOCKOUT.

    Owing to the Lancashire lockout a sub-committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions will shortly consider the question of calling out all the members of the unions not ...

    Article : 64 words
  26. THE MOROCCAN QUESTION. THE SPANISH PROPOSALS.

    The "Temps" states that Spain's counter proposal in regard to Morocco is impracticable, as France could not accept the co-existence of two protectorates in Morocco. ...

    Article : 39 words
  27. LAWN TENNIS.

    Unusual interest attaches to the New Zealand lawn tennis championship contests, which were commenced at Christchurch on Saturday. This is mainly owing to the presence of ...

    Article : 86 words
  28. SECTARIAN BITTERNESS.

    The recent non-unionist difficulty arose at Nelson, in the Colne district, East Lancashire, owing to the Weavers' Union declining to recognise a separate trade union which the ...

    Article : 49 words
  29. WIRELESS IN AUSTRALIA.

    The wireless stations shortly to be erected by the postal department on the coasts of Australia are to be at Hobart, Melbourne, Port Moresby, and either Cooktown or ...

    Article : 163 words
  30. A NATIVE REVOLT.

    The natives near Melilia, on the north coast of Morocco, attacked the Spaniards, severe fighting taking place along forty miles of front. Nine Spaniards were killed and thirty-eight ...

    Article : 46 words
  31. A TRAGIC OPERETTA.

    Mr. Whitaker, an electrician, was killed by electricity on the stage of the girls' school at Rochester while superintending the limelights during an operetta. ...

    Article : 52 words
  32. WATERBURST AT WIGAN.

    A waterburst occurred in a pit shaft at Wigan, in Lancashire. Eighty-seven persons were cut off as a resuit of the burst. Twenty clung to the steam ...

    Article : 94 words
  33. ALL HANDS SICK.

    The Norwegian four-masted barquentine Oberon, 1050 tons, bound from Peru to Newcastle, arrived off Cape Hawke yesterday, and dropped anchor there. A message was ...

    Article : 132 words
  34. THE SHIPMENT OF CARGO.

    If the Western Australian wharf labouring trouble should continue to show signs of being long-continued it is just possible that the interstate shipping companies at Sydney, ...

    Article : 148 words
  35. INDEX.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 147 words
  36. THE ENGLISH TEAM.

    The English cricketers arrived in Bendigo this evening, and were welcomed by the Mayor and Bendigo Cricket Association. In responding, Mr. Pawley, manager for the team, said ...

    Article : 123 words
  37. OFFICERS' SERVANTS.

    Following upon the recent announcement that he intended to curtail the priveleges of military officers in camp, the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) has issued orders ...

    Article : 245 words
  38. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A Royal Commission recommends the provision and endowment by private benefaction of dental buildings in connection with the London University before any scheme of ...

    Article : 333 words
  39. FATHER CHRISTMAS AFIRE.

    Mr. C. Thewliss, of Lah, while appearing in the role of Father Christmas at a Christmas entertainment in Lah State School, had a sensational experience. ...

    Article : 107 words
  40. THE WATER SUPPLY.

    The condition of the water supply continues to improve, and the secretary of the board (Colonel Holmes) stated last evening that everything pointed to the board's ...

    Article : 201 words
  41. Advertising

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    Advertising : 157 words
  42. N.S.W. V VICTORIA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 125 words
  43. HELPING THE DEAF AND DUMB.

    Representatives from Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, and New Zealand attended the congress of the Australasian Deaf and Dumb ...

    Article : 124 words
  44. INTERSTATE JUNIOR CARNIVAL

    The first of three matches between teams representing the junior associations of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia will be commenced to-day, at the Sydney ...

    Article : 156 words
  45. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 173 words
  46. FIRE AT ROZELLE.

    Yesterday at about 2.12 p.m. a fire broke out in a stable, 60ft x 20ft, at the rear of the Alston Soap and Candle Works, Abattoir-road, Rozelle. The Fire Brigade eventually ...

    Article : 76 words
  47. HEAVY RAINS.

    Heavy rain at Dunedin caused floods in the Woodhaugh and North-east Valley suburbs. In many houses the water was four and five feet deep. ...

    Article : 70 words
  48. SAD DEATH.

    A painfully sudden death took place at Kerang on Friday, when Miss Catherine Adair succumbed to a sudden attack of internal hemorrhage. Miss Adair was in the best of ...

    Article : 71 words
  49. BOY'S SUDDEN DEATH.

    Walter David Baber, 12, living with his parents at 64 Bay-street, Erskineville, was found dead in his bed yesterday morning. He was in his usual health when he went to bed ...

    Article : 67 words
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