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Article : 345 wordsWhen the Manly furry steamer Burrabra was off Middle Harbor on Tuesday afternoon, on the Manly side, a hatless woman rushed on to the upper deck aft and threw herself into the sea. A boat was quickly lowered, ...
Article : 145 wordsNews of a frustrated attempt by New Guinea natives to massacre the whole white population of Friedrich Wilhelshafen was received in Sydney by the arrival of the German steamer Coblenz on Wednesday. ...
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Article : 108 wordsThe, new British Board of Trade regulations, which are to come into force on January 1, provide that foreign-going passenger and cargo vessels must be provided with sufficient lifeboat accommodation for all on board. ...
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Article : 192 wordsMr. W. H. Judkins, temperance advocate reformer, etc., died in Melbourne on Tuesday. ...
Article : 17 wordsFranklin Peterson, aged 20, son of Professor Peterson, of the Melbourne University, was returning to his home in the University grounds on Saturday night, when he saw a man crawling along towards the house. ...
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Article : 48 wordsAt Sunshine (Vic.) on Tuesday two boys lost their lives, and a third narrowly escaped a similar fate. Richard Perry, aged 7, together with two brothers, Thomas McCulloch (13) and James McCulloch (9), visited ...
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Article : 51 wordsTwo Geelong(Vic.)college boys on Saturday afternoon went for a trip on the Barwaon to Queen's Park, on reaching which they has a remarkable experience. The collegians were about to land, when three lads with ...
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Article : 342 wordsAt Vila, New Hebrides, on August 23, the trial took place of Mouna, the female Torres native, charged with the attempted murder of a young white woman of New Caledonia. The accused admitted that her act was due ...
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Article : 259 wordsThe Australians played a match against a combined Surrey-Middlesex team last week, which resulted in a win for the latter by 10 wickets. Scores: Australia, first innings, 227, second innings 182 ; Surrey-Middletex, ...
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Article : 65 wordsAt St. Clair, Dunedin (N.Z.), Percy John Turner, a commercial traveller, had a fatal quarrel with his father, Robert Turner, the altercation being due, it is said, to the latter having been out of employment for some time ...
Article : 136 wordsAn express collided with a stationary train at the Caledonian-road station, London, on the "Piccadilly Tube" on Wednesday. The rear car of the stationary train was wrecked, and ...
Article : 52 wordsA series of revolver fights occurred between the police and five housebreakers at Hagen (Germany), during which three policemen were seriously wounded. The burglars threw one of their comrades, who was ...
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Article : 77 wordsDuring the artillery manoeuvres at Budapest, a sudden gust of wind tore an airship from the grasp of about 300 gunmers, but three were carried by the ascending dirigible into the air. ...
Article : 63 wordsA tram conductor at Genoa (Italy) followed three men who had left his car without paying their fares, whereupon one of them shot him dead. A number of police pursued the trio, and about 40 ...
Article : 90 wordsAmerican physicians arc investigating the case of a two-year-old boy named John Dugun at Philadelphia. Two letters are distinctly visible, one on the retina of one eye, and the other letter on the retina of the other ...
Article : 76 wordsAn insane soldier. named Scbwarz, barricaded himself in a room at Romanshorn (Switzerland), and fired for six hours at those who tried to dislodge him. He killed six .and wounded several others. ...
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Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930), Sun 8 Sep 1912, Page 16
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