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  2. CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER.

    Every fatal disease that has its causation shrouded in mystery carries with it special terrors. Bubonic plague is not nearly so much feared now as when the doctors knew ...

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  3. DISASTERS AT SEA.

    There was quite a commotion in shipping circles yesterday upon the receipt of the startling news of a second disaster in the vicinity of Lord Howe Island. The ...

    Article : 560 words
  4. DEATH OF LORD GOSCHEN.

    Viscount Goschen died suddenly this morning of heart failure, in his 76th year. Lord Goschen, who began in politics as a follower of Mr. Gladstone, and ended his ...

    Article : 468 words
  5. BRITAIN AND AMERICA.

    A Pilgrims' dinner in, honour of Mr. James Bryce, Ambassador Designate to the United States, was given at the Savoy yesterday. Earl Roberts presided, and ...

    Article : 245 words
  6. THE GERMAN ELECTIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 132 words
  7. WRECK OF THE AUSTRALIAN.

    Captain Strachan, who has returned from the wreck of the steamer Australian, reports the death of one of his Papuan crew from foul air in No. 1 hold of the Australian. The ...

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  8. DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL.

    The Annasona was a steel barque under the British flag, and was formerly known as the Margaret A. B. Carswell. She was a vessel of 1430 tons gross, and of 1373 tons net, and ...

    Article : 100 words
  9. THE MISSING CENTENNIAL.

    The Inquiry into the condition of the missing steamer Centennial, when she left Launceston two months ago for New Zealand, was opened yesterday. The evidence went to show ...

    Article : 120 words
  10. SCENE OF THE DISASTER.

    Middleton Reef, upon which the Annnsona came to grief, is a danger well known to mariners, and is accurately charted. It is covered at high water, and is about five miles ...

    Article : 95 words
  11. TASMANIA.

    The steamer Trowbridge left Port Esperance to-day for Rangoon and Calcutta with the second largest cargo of timber shipped from Tasmania. The shipment comprised 1,961,303ft. ...

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  12. THE DERELICT MAELGWYN.

    When the timber-laden German steamer Midgard, with cargo from Port Townsend, reported on arrival at Port Pirie on Sunday last that the barque Maelgwyn, dismantled and ...

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  13. A MIDNIGHT OVATION.

    The crowds who waited in the streets until midnight to learn the final returns enthusiastically cheered the Emperor and Empress outside the Palace. ...

    Article : 84 words
  14. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Wellington grand jury has made a presentment denouncing the giving of special discount on private accounts of officers of public bodies. It is contended that such a ...

    Article : 121 words
  15. RUSSIA.

    M. Plokhoff, a leader of the Octobrists (Constitutionalists) at Kursk, Central Russia, was assassinated in his office. The assassins escaped. ...

    Article : 26 words
  16. MASSACRE IN THE CONGO.

    Advices from Henga, in the French Congo, state that cannibals massacred 100 French colonists at Monjondo and Unionge. ...

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  17. NEW DESTROYER FLOTILLA.

    Dover has been appointed the base of a new, the fourth, destroyer flotilla. ...

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  18. VICTORIA.

    The annual meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria was hold to-day. The report stated that various improvements during the year entailed an expenditure of ...

    Article : 125 words
  19. NIEBOGATOFF'S SENTENCE.

    The Czar has confirmed the sentence of ten years' internment in a fortress passed on Admiral Niebogatoff for surrendering to the Japanese at Tsu-shima. The ...

    Article : 47 words
  20. DREADNOUGHT CRUISING TRIAL.

    The Dreadnought has done a cruising trial from Gibraltar to Trinidad. She maintained a speed of 17 knots throughout the voyage, of about 4000 miles. Her ...

    Article : 103 words
  21. INTERESTING LIBEL ACTION.

    An Interesting libel action was heard in the County Court to-day. The parties were Edward F. G. Hodges, the unsuccessful candidate for Kooyong at the Federal elections, and ...

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  22. AMERICA AND JAMAICA.

    Influential newspapers in the United States argue that the Davis-Swettenham incident illustrates the tendency towards geographical unity in Government, and ...

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  23. FEAR OF THE FRUIT FLY.

    Prompt action will be taken if necessary to prevent the Queensland fruit fly being brought into this State over the Murray from New South Wales. The pest is reported to be ...

    Article : 117 words
  24. THE MAELGWYN DESCRIBED.

    The Maelgwyn like the Annasona was a British vessel, but she was very much older, having been built as long ago as 1884 by Messrs. W. Doxford and Sons, of Sunderland. ...

    Article : 167 words
  25. TURBINES FOR FRANCE'S DREADNOUGHTS.

    The six new battleships of the 1906 programme of French naval construction to be built to equal the Dreadnought will be engined with turbines. ...

    Article : 32 words
  26. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT.

    The Duke of Connaught yesterday, at Hongkong, unveiled statues of the King and the Prince of Wales. ...

    Article : 26 words
  27. TEST LIQUOR CASE.

    A test case under the new Licensing Act was decided to-day in the District Court. A restaurant-keeper, who is the holder of an Australian wine license, was fined 40s for ...

    Article : 86 words
  28. FATE OF THE ANNASONA.

    The Annasona, a fine barque, about 15 years old, was on her way in ballast from Callao, Peru, to Newcastle, when disaster overtook her. She sailed from the South American ...

    Article : 265 words
  29. THE TRIAL OF HARRY THAW.

    At the trial of Harry Thaw for the murder of Stanford White at New York evidence was called yesterday to show that Thaw's demeanour was irrational at ...

    Article : 127 words
  30. A MARLBOROUGH SETTLEMENT.

    In October last it was rumoured that the Duke and the Duchess of Marlborough had decided on a separation, on the ground of incompatibility of temper. At ...

    Article : 95 words
  31. THE MESSAGE FROM THE INDUNA.

    Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., Limited, the owners of the Island steamer Induna, which discovered the castaways of the Annasona and Maelgwvn at Lord Howe Island yesterday ...

    Article : 101 words
  32. QUEENSLAND.

    The Chief Protector of Aboriginals recently suggested the establishment of an aboriginals' station in the north, largely to assist pearlshellers in securing labour for their industry. ...

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  33. URGENT NEED FOR FOOD.

    Mr. Frauk Farnell, Commissioner for Lord Howe Island, received a cable from Norfolk Island yesterday announcing the arrival at Lord Howe Island of the two shipwrecked ...

    Article : 172 words
  34. IMMIGRATION POLICY.

    If is expectod that in his speech at Rockhampton on Saturday night the Premier will make an important announcement regarding immigration. He will be able to give the ...

    Article : 67 words
  35. WITHDRAWAL OF POMPOMS.

    Pompoms, guns throwing a shell of about 11b, introduced into the British army during the Transvaal war, will shortly be withdrawn. ...

    Article : 270 words
  36. THE LAND CAMPAIGN IN NEW ZEALAND

    The Premier made some very important and quite unexpected announcements in a policy speech at Auckland on the eve of his departure from New Zealand to attend the ...

    Article : 417 words
  37. RIOTS IN JAPAN.

    Being aggrieved at the action of the employers, 1000 copper miners at Ashiwo, 68 miles north by west of Tokio, rioted. They killed the chief engineer of the ...

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  38. THE NEW PARTY.

    As the result of negotiations between Mr. Philp and Mr. Denham for the formation of a new party a meeting of the Opposition was hold to-day under the presidency of Mr. ...

    Article : 113 words
  39. THE RESCUE BY THE STANLEY.

    The schooner Stanley, which picked up the castaways of 'the Annasona after they had abandoned their vessel, is a private yacht, which sailed from Sydney on December 23 on ...

    Article : 172 words
  40. DESPATCH OF RELIEF.

    As soon as definite news was available regarding the wrecked crews at Lord Howe Island, the Government arranged to despatch relief. The Superintendent of Navigation. ...

    Article : 178 words
  41. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    The "Times" infers from the speech of Mr. Winston Churchill, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies, at Leeds, and the attitude of those for whom ...

    Article : 94 words
  42. PREMIERS' CONFERENCE.

    Mr. Bent received a letter from Mr. J. H. Carruthers, Premier of New South Wales, today, stating that he had written to Mr. Kidston, Premier of Queensland, urging him to ...

    Article : 192 words
  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Father Wernz, General of the Society of Jesus, has offered the Pope several millions of francs, collected in all parts of the world. ...

    Article : 156 words
  44. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A public meeting representative of the commercial interests was hold in Brookman's building this afternoon to establish a State league, with the object of protesting against ...

    Article : 117 words
  45. CAREER OF THE ANNASONA.

    The barque Annasona has had an adventurous career, and her ship's company/ has had some exciting experiences. Only last year, while bound from Philadelphia with a ...

    Article : 291 words
  46. THE FIRST NEWS.

    The steamer Induna arrived from Sydney last evening at 9 o'clock, and reports that the British barque Maelgwyn (Captain Thomas) from Callao to Newcastle, was abandoned ·23 ...

    Article : 121 words
  47. A RECIPROCITY TREATY.

    The American Tariff Commissioners now in Germany have agreed with the German delegates on a basis for a reciprocity treaty. An attempt to ratify ...

    Article : 67 words
  48. ALLEN IMMIGRATION.

    Captain Cullington, of the steamer Indravelli, was to-day fined £300 for allowing three Chinese to enter the Commonwealth contrary to the provisions of the Immigration ...

    Article : 91 words
  49. THE STATE ELECTIONS.

    The local branch of the Political Labour League last night nominated Mr. George Adams, proprietor of the "Spectator," to contest the Namoi at the forthcoming State ...

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  50. THE STATE FINANCES.

    The "Government Gazette" to-day published the revenue and expenditure up till December 31 last. The revenue shows an increase for the half-year of £132,501, and the ...

    Article : 115 words
  51. A PREVIOUS DISASTER.

    The last serious shipping disaster in the vicinity of Lord Howe Island was the destruction by fire and foundering of the steamer Ovalan, belonging to Messrs. Burns, Philp, ...

    Article : 101 words
  52. FIRE AT ULTIMO.

    Shortly after midnight a fire was discovered in a grocer's shop kept at 273 Crown-road. Ultimo, by John Bowden. A detachment from the headquarters station of the M.F.B. turned ...

    Article : 75 words
  53. TURKISH EXTORTION.

    Fehml Pacha, Chief of the Secret Police at Yildlz. Kiosk, charged with extortion by the German Ambassador at Constantinople, has been suspended from office, ...

    Article : 36 words
  54. LATE SHIPPING.

    The stuall steamer Brinawarr, of the fleet of the Adelaide S.S. Company, arrived at 2 o'clock this morning from Queensland, for her periodical over[?] ...

    Article : 30 words
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