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  2. GENERAL RAINS.

    {No abstract available}

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  3. PERSONAL.

    Their Excellencies the Governor-General and the Countess of Dudley, accompanied by the Hon. Mrs. A. Hore-Ruthven, and attended by Lord Richard Nevill, Mr. Walter Calian, ...

    Article : 657 words
  4. NORTH COAST RAILWAY.

    The Minister for Works has accepted the tender of Mr. G. C. Willcock for the construction of the second section of the North Coast railway from Dungog to Gloucester, a ...

    Article : 522 words
  5. THIRD EDITION.

    The Australians commenced a match at Lords to-day against M.C.C. and ground. The weather was fine, and the wicket fast. There was a moderate attendance. ...

    Article : 384 words
  6. FLOODS IN MEXICO.

    The overflow of rivers has caused enormous damage in Northern Mexico. Eight hundred people perished In the city of Monterey, Nuevo Leon, alone. Fifteen ...

    Article : 143 words
  7. CRUISERS WANTED.

    Lord Charles Beresford, in a conversation reported in the "Montreal Witness," said: "We want cruisers, and will have them. If the trade route between Canada ...

    Article : 89 words
  8. VICTORIES OF AVIATION.

    At the exhibition of aviation at Rheims on Saturday, Mr. Farman won the prize for attaining the highest speed,l with passengers, over a distance of 10 kilometres ...

    Article : 117 words
  9. SHIPPING DISASTER.

    The American steamer Ohio, 3488 tons; has been wrecked on Steep Point, Alaska. Mr. Eccles, a wirelss telegraph operator, was drowned, with four others. He stuck ...

    Article : 156 words
  10. COUNT ZEEPELIN'S VOYAGE.

    Count Zeppelin, in an airship, quitted his base at Friedrichshafen, on the shore o[?] Lake Constance on Friday. He experienced several mishaps, which necessitated ...

    Article : 78 words
  11. THE MISSING WARATAH.

    The Admiralty has received the request of Mr. Deakin that warships should search for the Waratah. The Admiralty has replied that it is ...

    Article : 67 words
  12. AEROPLANES AS MAIL CARRIERS.

    M. Millerand, French Minister for Works, interviewed at the close of the aviation week at Rheims, said he was convinced that there was a great future for ...

    Article : 76 words
  13. SUGGESTED PARALLEL.

    A correspondent recalls the rescue of the Dutch barque Dordrecht, which was missing for several weeks from South Africa in 1884, her position having been just as hard ...

    Article : 41 words
  14. BRIDGE OPENED AT RUTHERFORD.

    The wooden bridge over the North Coast railway line on the Grat Nortrhern road at Rutherford was opened for traffic to-day. The work of plate-laying and ballasting on the ...

    Article : 42 words
  15. GREEK MINSTRY RESIGNS.

    The Ministry of Greece has fallen owing to a military conspiracy. M. Ralli, the Premier, refused to receive a deputation from the army demanding the reorganisation of ...

    Article : 106 words
  16. TRAIN WRECKING IN INDIA.

    An attempt which was made to wre[?]k the East India Railway Company's mail train at Jamalpur, Bengal District, by removing the metals, failed. ...

    Article : 55 words
  17. THE NEW SQUADRON.

    According to the Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin), the new squadron is to be thoroughly Australian. When interviewed to-day he said: "As I understand it the Imperial Defence ...

    Article : 145 words
  18. THE CODY AEROPLANE.

    Mr. S. F. Cody, on his aeroplane at Aldershot on Saturday, covered 8 miles in 9¼m (almost 52 miles an hour) at a height of 100ft. ...

    Article : 53 words
  19. THE UNION BADGE.

    Yesterday was the momentous day upon which great execution was to be done with the union badge. Unionist shop assistants were to be supplied with it, and it was laid ...

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  20. THE FIGHT FOR THE BUDGET.

    The Duke of Devonshire, addressing the Matlock Unionist League on Saturday, said that all their forces shortly would be required in one of the biggest political ...

    Article : 75 words
  21. BENEFICIAL RAIN IN INDIA.

    The Simla correspondent of the "Times" reports that the widespread rain which has fallen in the past two days has assured the crops in India. ...

    Article : 38 words
  22. MACEDONIAN ASSASSIN SHOT.

    Adherents of the Macedonian faction, formerly led by Sarafoff, shot Sandansky, the leader of a rival faction at midnight on Saturday in the centre of Salonika, and ...

    Article : 83 words
  23. RAILWAY WORKERS' WAGES.

    Though no official report is available of the meeting held at Clarence yesterday to consider the trouble that has arisen at No. 11 tunnel, it is stated that the meeting was a ...

    Article : 223 words
  24. RESTRICTION ON OPIUM.

    Router's correspondent at Teheran reports that a decree, which has been issued by the Government, restricts the sale of opium, with a view to the. ultimate ...

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  25. OPPOSITE VIEWS.

    Mr. Walter Long, M.P. (Conservative), addressed a meeting of 10,000 Conservatives and Liberal unionists at Mountain Ash, Glamorganshire. A resolution ...

    Article : 79 words
  26. THE POTATO BLIGHT.

    In consequence of the Minister for Agriculture prohibiting their delivery, owners of the 11.000 bags of Tasmanian potatoes that have been lying on Melbourne wharfs for the ...

    Article : 68 words
  27. A SURGICAL TRIUMPH.

    Dr. E. Doyen, of Paris, has successfully transplanted a live sheep's vein into the leg of a patient who was suffering from arterial aneurism, circulation being thereby ...

    Article : 58 words
  28. SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.

    The rumour that Sir Wilfrid Laurier had been offered the Governor-Generalship of United South Africa is denied. ...

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  29. IS IT IRISH BLIGHT?

    A leading Fish Creek farmer, who had seen much potato blight in Ireland, states that the present outbreak is not Irish blight; but due to continuous rainy days, when the potatoes ...

    Article : 47 words
  30. CHANNEL MAIL STRANDED.

    The mail steamer Nord, 3193 tons, which left Dover at 11 o;clock on Saturday night, [?]unded in a fog opposite Calals Casine. The landing of 39S passengers, the majority ...

    Article : 59 words
  31. PENTRIDGE STOCKADE,

    An inquiry into the administration of the Pentridge Stockade was begun to-day before Mr. G. C. Morrison, Public Service Commissioner. Mr. A. C. Fairhall, of the Crown Law ...

    Article : 292 words
  32. THE "INDIAN SOCIOLOGIST."

    Guy Aldred, a printer, who recommenced printing the "Indian Sociologist," an organ of Indian anarchy in London, has been committed for trial. ...

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  33. TRAVELLING SPRAYING PLANT.

    Owing to the outbreak of potato disease, the Ministor for Agriculture Intends to establish a travelling spraying plant to go through the districts affected In order to acquaint farmers ...

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  34. THE INDIAN ARMY.

    Lord Kitchener, on the eve of his departure, has issued a circular, in which he emphasises the great improvement in the health of the Indian army in the past ...

    Article : 62 words
  35. WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S PROTEST.

    A publie meeting was held on Friday night to consider the action of the Government in prohibiting the importation of potatoes. A resolution In favour of the removal of the ...

    Article : 46 words
  36. LARGE GOLD SHIPMENT.

    The largest South African shipment of gold, totalling £1,143,271, has arrived at Southampton, by the Kildonan Castle. ...

    Article : 28 words
  37. NEWFOUNDLAND CABLE.

    The cable steamer Mackay-Bennett towed to sea on iceberg 160ft in length, which was resting on the shore end of the Newfoundland cable. After the removal the ...

    Article : 48 words
  38. PRISONER'S DASH FOR LIBERTY,

    A young aboriginal, in the lockup charged with stealing money from a young girl with violence, escaped on Saturday morning, scaling the stockade fence. The lockup keepr ...

    Article : 84 words
  39. HUDSON-FULTON CENTENARY.

    Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward H. Seymour, on board the cruiser battleship Inflexible, 17,250 tons, will represent Great Britain at the Hudson-Fulton Steamboat ...

    Article : 56 words
  40. MAIZE FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

    According to the London "Standard," South Africa is shipping to Europe between now and December 200,000 tons of maize—a record. ...

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  41. SALVAGE OF TRAWELRS.

    A powerful salvage steamer, with gear, has left Hull to recover the salvable portion of £150,000 worth of property, consisting of 26 steam trawlers, from Hull, ...

    Article : 54 words
  42. BADGE IDEA NOT FAVOURED.

    The union badge campaign hns been in operation among the shop assistants in Broken Hill for weeks past; but only a small proportion of the assistants wear the badge openly, ...

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  43. THE RING AND THE TURF.

    Tommy Burns left on his return to Sydney by the steamship Mokoia to-night. The exchampion has purchased a two-year-old racing filly by Soult (imp.) from Roxana from Mr. ...

    Article : 58 words
  44. CHOLERA SPREADS IN HOLLAND.

    Cholera has spread from Rotterdam to two villages near Amsterdam. ...

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  45. A SUPPOSED SPY.

    A supposed spy was arrested while taking sketches within the inner batteries of Leenane Fort, one of the strongest in the North of Ireland. ...

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  46. WOMAN'S TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

    News from the back country states that Mrs. W. Evans, employed as cook on Mount Arrowsmith station, pulled a boiler of hot water over herself, causing terrlble scalding. Mrs. Evans ...

    Article : 69 words
  47. QUEENSLAND POLITICS.

    A proclamation was issued to-day proroguing Parliament until September 7. The Premier was engaged with members of the Ministry to-day in discussing detalls of ...

    Article : 315 words
  48. FRENCH POSTAL AGITATORS.

    M. Millerand, French Minister for Works, has reinstated many of the postal officials dismissed by the Clemencean Ministry for taking part in the postal strike. ...

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  49. MELBA AT THE LEWISHAM HOSPITAL.

    Madame Molba, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Charles Lempriere, and her personal representative, Miss Agnes Murphy, paid a visit to the Lewisham Hospital yesterday morning, ...

    Article : 117 words
  50. NEW JAPANESE CRUISERS.

    Japan is constructing three 5000-ton cruisers. ...

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  51. THE WAKEFIELD ELECTION.

    The final figures for the Wakefield election are:—Foster 8121; Vaughan, 6789. ...

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  52. COLLISIONS IN THE CITY.

    A collision occurred between a van and a tram In George-street yesterday morning, with disastrous consequences to the driver of the van and another occupant. Charles Woods, ...

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  53. THE COLOMBIA LOSSES.

    The number of those drowned from the steamer Colombia by her collisoin with the Schlesien, in Monte Video Harbour, on Tuesday last, is officially estimated at 60. ...

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  54. SWIMMING THE CHANNEL.

    E. Heaton made an attempt to swim the Channel, but abandoned. the effort when within a mile of the French coast, after having been in the water seventeen hours. ...

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  55. RAILWAY FATALITY.

    The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Henry Allen, victim of the Aberdare railway fatality on Friday evening, was resumed at the courthouse to-day before the deputy ...

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  56. RAILWAY FATALITY AT LEWISHAM.

    George H. Fineghan, 18, lately living at Victoria-street, Lewisham, had his left leg taken off by a train at Lewisham railway station last night, from the effects of which he died ...

    Article : 148 words
  57. A NEW CUNARDER.

    Swan, Hunter, and Wigham Richardson, of Walisend-on-Tyne, are building a steamer for the Cunard Company, 600ft long, 70ft beam, and 20,000 tons. She will ...

    Article : 75 words
  58. POLISH MINE FLOODED.

    Water from n disused shaft broke into the Dombrovo mine, neur Sosnowice, Poland, and flooded it. Twenty-six miners were drowned. ...

    Article : 62 words
  59. RAINFALL IN QUEENSLAND.

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  60. LORRY ACCIDENT.

    Almost on the same spot another accident occurred an hour later. Albert H. Osborne, a boy of 15, living in Sillver-street, Marrickville, was riding on the back of a lorry, when the ...

    Article : 74 words
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