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  2. MELBOURNE DISASTER

    Sorrow over the calamity which occurred on Monday night, the most awful event in connection with the history of our railway system, is unabated. Never, one may safely say, ...

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  3. LIVE WIRE ON ROAD.

    Considerable excitement was occasioned at about 4.30 p.m. yesterday, when a live electric wire fell in Castlereagh-street, about half-way between Liverpool and Goulburn ...

    Article : 531 words
  4. LATE PRIME MINISTER.

    Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, late Prime Minister, died at his residence, No. 10 Downing-street, S.W., this morning, aged 71 years. ...

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  5. THE ALLOWRIE SENSATION.

    The Superintendent of Navigation, Captain Henry Newton, upon investigating the serious allegotions made by a passenger in regard to the condition of the steamer Allowr[?]e on her ...

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  6. ADVANCED SOCIAL REFORM.

    Mr. L[?]oyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at Manchester in support of the candidature of Mr. Winston Churchill, predicted that old-age pensi[?] ...

    Article : 190 words
  7. MANCHESTER ELECTION.

    The Standing Committee of the United Irish League in Great Britain has recommended Irish Nationalists to vote at the election for North-west Manchester for Mr. ...

    Article : 189 words
  8. BENDIGO TRAIN'S SPEED.

    Some interesting information is disclosed by the report of Guard W. Darcy, who was in charge of the Bendigo train. The report shows the times at which the train should ...

    Article : 232 words
  9. TURKEY YIELDS AGAIN.

    The Porte has conceded the demand of Italy to permit the immediate resumption of the passenger and goods service by the Italian mail boats between Horns in Syria ...

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  10. THE HOME RULE PLEDGE.

    Sir Alexander Acland-Hood, M.P., Whip to the Conservative party, speaking; at Wellington last night, said that Mr. Churchill was not entitled under the Constitution to ...

    Article : 51 words
  11. THE NEWS IN LONDON.

    The newspapers contain sympathetic references to the railway collision at Braybrook, Victoria. ...

    Article : 22 words
  12. SHEFFIELD BY-ELECTION.

    Mr. James Fitzalan Hope (Unionist), who formerly, represented Brightside division of Sheffield in the House of Commons, has been elected for Central Sheffield ...

    Article : 70 words
  13. A PAUSE IN PARLIAMENT.

    Sympathetic references to the railway disaster at Braybrook were made in the Federal Parliament this afternoon by the Prime Minister, Mr. Deakin, the deputy leader of the ...

    Article : 602 words
  14. HR. BALFOUR'S OPTIMISM.

    Mr. A. J. Balfour, in a letter to Mr. Joynson-Hicks, who is contesting the North-west Manchester seat in the Conservative interest, predicts for him a win. ...

    Article : 271 words
  15. PLAIN ENGLISH.

    in the course of an interview Mr. Tait, the Railway Commissioner, showed that the signals which were given to the trains on Monday night from Braybrook were not those ...

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  16. AMERICAN LABOUR CONFERENCE.

    A Labour conference, which has been sitting in New York, Chicago, and [?] where, has adopted resolutions containing ve[?]led threats of political retaliation ...

    Article : 56 words
  17. ANOTHER DEATH.

    Millie Giles Richmond, who had both legs and one arm broken, died to-day in the Melbourne hospital. There are 27 patients, and several are in ...

    Article : 139 words
  18. A CURIOUS CASE.

    An inquest was conducted before the Acting City Coroner, Mr. Stephen Murphy, yesterday afternoon concerning the death of John Hartley, [?]4, lately employed as a railway fuel man, ...

    Article : 244 words
  19. NEW STEAMER FURCHASED.

    Yesterday afternoon the Illawarra and South Coast S.N. Co. purchased and took over the steamer Kempsey from N. Cain's Coastal Co-operative S.S. Company, and she will in ...

    Article : 173 words
  20. OUTRAGE IN GUATEMALA.

    While Senor Cabrera, President of the Republic of Guatemala, was proceeding to the palace in the capital to receive the American Minister, a number of men ...

    Article : 56 words
  21. THE ROLL CALL.

    On Tuesdny the number of the injured passengers was 128, but to-day the Railway Department was notified of 63 additional persons who claim to have sustained injuries in ...

    Article : 471 words
  22. THE KING IN DENMARK.

    King Edward and Queen Alexandra received a warm ovation on their arrival [?] Copenhagen. ...

    Article : 28 words
  23. HOW TRAINS ARE RUN.

    Even before the awful catastrophe at Braybrook occurred to shock the confidence of the railway man all over Australia, it was obvious that the succession of serious accidents in ...

    Article : 417 words
  24. TELEGRAPHIC CODE WORDS.

    Mr. Sydney Buxton, Postmaster-General, in a letter to the London Chamber of Commerce, said he had no intention to support at tim National Telegraph Conference at ...

    Article : 126 words
  25. REV. C. H. NASH.

    The Nash defence committee is in receipt of anothor important letter from Mr. G. S. raulkner, giving further information concerning the inquiries made into the English ...

    Article : 198 words
  26. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The steamer Mount Temple, which was wrecked on the coast of Ironbound Island, British Columbia, in December, has been refloated and taken into port. The ...

    Article : 261 words
  27. EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY.

    His Excellency the Governor-General received the following telegram from the Earl of Dudley yesterday:- "Hope will not be considered pres[?]mptious ...

    Article : 74 words
  28. IRISH LAWLESSNESS.

    A party of moonlighters attacked the house of Rountree, Kingscourt, country Cavan, on Sunday. His wife ran out to try to identify the assailants, when her ...

    Article : 66 words
  29. SECULAR FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

    The statement by Bishop Dwyer at the grand annual moveable meeting of the A. H. C. Guild at Maitland on Saturday, that "the duty was incumbent upon him to put before them ...

    Article : 549 words
  30. OTHER MESSAGES.

    Messages of sympathy were received by the Premier (Mr. Bent) from the Grand United Order of Oddfellows of New South Wales, in annual session; from Sir George Turner, from ...

    Article : 92 words
  31. IRISH LAND LOAN.

    To provide money to carry out further purchases by tenants under the Irish Land Act, £2,000,000 worth of guaranteed 2¾ per cent stock has been issued to the National ...

    Article : 41 words
  32. IN SYDNEY.

    At the annual session of the council of representatives of the Australian Natives' Association last night it was resolved,—"Tha[?] the deep sympathy of this association [?] ...

    Article : 123 words
  33. A BELATED TRAIN.

    In the House of Representatives to-day Mr. Kelly drew the attention of the Minister for Defence to a statement in Sydney newspapers that a battery of field artillery had taken 31 ...

    Article : 90 words
  34. THE UNION SECRETARY.

    Mr. W. J. Evans, M.L.C., general secretary of the Locomotive and Engine-drivers' Association, in an interview, said:—"It was with deep regret that I read in the press to-day ...

    Article : 194 words
  35. INDIAN PUNITIVE EXPEDITION.

    Major-General Willcocks commands the punitive expedition from Peshawar, which is operating against the Mohmands, who number 10,000 fighters. ...

    Article : 107 words
  36. THE ETERNAL WHEELERS.

    Pelaw Main colliery was idle this afternoon owing to a strike of wheelers. A wheeler, ia said to have used bad language to an official, who reported him. The manager ...

    Article : 174 words
  37. ENGINE RUNS OFF LINE.

    The mail train leaving Bourke this morning was delayed an hour through the engine and tender which were to have taken the train, running off the line at the points ...

    Article : 53 words
  38. THE SUSPENSIONS.

    It was officially stated that the two drivers, the two firemen, and the guard of the Bendigo train, and the stationmaster at Braybrook, who was responsible for the working ...

    Article : 466 words
  39. MAORI SYMPATHY.

    The Prime Minister to-day received the following message from New Zealand:— "Takitmu Moari Council have heard of the great calamity in your State. Friend, we ...

    Article : 78 words
  40. MURRURUNDI SMASH.

    The condition of the patients shows a general improvement. To-night Nurses Wills and Hamilton arrived from Sydney. ...

    Article : 24 words
  41. CONGO FREE STATE.

    Great Britain and the United States have resolved to enforce their treaty rights in the Congo Free State, whoever the ruler may be, and have invited Belgium to ...

    Article : 79 words
  42. "GROSS STUPIDITY."

    The Chairman of the Commissioners for Railways (Mr. Tait) has obtained details of the arrangements made for relief to the unfortunate victims of the accident. The ...

    Article : 518 words
  43. THE INQUEST.

    The coroner, Dr. R. H. Colo, P.M., who has fixed the date of the inquest for Monday, May 4, will hold the inquest without a jury Dr. Cole, when interviewed, stated that no ...

    Article : 126 words
  44. WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.

    A complaint is made that the Brisbane mail did not stop at the East Maitland Railway Station this morning thus leaving eight or ten pashengers for Sydney on the railway ...

    Article : 34 words
  45. BURWOOD COLLIERY STRIKE.

    The m[?]rs employed at the Burwood colliery held a meeting to-night to discuss a means of setting the stike of wheelers. The president of the Miners' Federation, Mr. ...

    Article : 80 words
  46. DEATH BY CHOKING.

    A man named John Smythe dropped dead in M'Namara's-lane yesterday afternoon while coming out of a restaurant. Deceased had been having dinner. It is believed that ...

    Article : 49 words
  47. VARSITY LAWN TENNIS.

    Sydney University gained the lawn tennis premiership of the Universities of Australia. ...

    Article : 22 words
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