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  2. THE WEEK'S MISCELLANY

    There was tremendous excitement in the Canadian Parliament when the Prime Minister, Mr. R. L. Borden, introduced a bill authorising the Government to provide for the construction of three battleships for the Imperial ...

    Article : 768 words
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  4. MR. WILLIS TALKS OF "CUBS."

    Mr. Willis, Speaker of the N.S. Wales Assembly, was in Melbourne during the week. "When I became Speaker," he said, "the Oppositionists were like cubs. I left them like lambs. I think they are all well trained ...

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  5. LABOR SENATOR ATTACKS BRITISH MILITARY OFFICERS.

    In the Senate on Thursday night Senator M'Dougal (Labor, N.S. Wales) made an attack on the practice adopted by the Federal Government of bringing military officers from England. ...

    Article : 425 words
  6. WAR IN THE BALKANS—ARMISTICE SIGNED.

    A peace conference sat at Chatalja and eventually an armistice was signed by the representatives of all the belligerents except Greece. The Turkish terms submitted to the Conference include an armistice until ...

    Article : 362 words
  7. GAOL-BREAKER GETS FIVE YEARS.

    James Henry Townley, who escaped from Yatala Prison (South Australia) in October, 1911, and was captured at Prahran, Melbourne, a few weeks ago, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment, making his ...

    Article : 42 words
  8. YOUTHFUL CRIMINALS WITH BAD RECORDS.

    At the Sydney Quarter Sessions, William Hayes, 18, and Alfred Pearce, 20, together pleaded guilty to charges of breaking, entering, and stealing from the dwelling-houses of George Harris Edwards at Rockdale ...

    Article : 309 words
  9. LIVED AFTER BEING RUN OVER BY ENGINE.

    Early on Monday, as a train, consisting of two engines and five coaches, was approaching a bridge which spans Tribune-street, South Brisbane, Albert Blondhal, a seaman, aged 38, jumped from the coping at the side of ...

    Article : 194 words
  10. INSANITY PLEA IN MURDER CHARGE.

    At the Sydney Central Criminal Court Thomas Evans. was charged with feloniously and maliciously murdering Margaret Biddle, a widow, at Surry Hills, on June 22, 1912. ...

    Article : 84 words
  11. SYDNEY MARKETS.

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  12. GERMAN WORKMEN AND CATHOLIC UNIONS.

    The "Frankfurter Zeitung," Berlin, states that the Imperial Chancellor, Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg, recently informed a leading member of the Centre that the recent Papal Encyclical enjoining German Roman ...

    Article : 143 words
  13. JEWELLERY ROBBERY AT KEMPSEY.

    While an entertainment was being held next door, burglars entered the bedroom of the proprietor of the Royal Hotel, Kempsey (N.S.W.), and stole about £200 worth of jewellery. The loss was not discovered till ...

    Article : 163 words
  14. STATIONMASTER CUT TO PIECES.

    Richard Hayes, stationmaster at Croydon, near Sydney, was run over and killed by a train at Croydon Station on Friday night. It seems that Mr. Hayes was on No. 3 platform, the "up fast," and was in the ...

    Article : 106 words
  15. ANGLO-GERMAN RELATIONS—"NEVER MORE FRIENDLY."

    Prince Lichnowsky, German Ambassador to Great Britain, speaking at a meeting of the Royal Society, said that the close intellectual connection between England and Germany was a powerful help in establishing ...

    Article : 78 words
  16. YOUTH STEALS JEWELLERY VALUED AT £3048.

    At the Adelaide Criminal Court, Frank Isaacson, aged 17 years, charged with stealing jewellery and other goods to the valve of £3048 from Harris. Scarfe and Co., pleaded guilty, and was remanded for sentence. ...

    Article : 252 words
  17. LYNCH LAW DEFENDED BY GOVERNOR.

    At the Governors' Conference at Richmond (U.S.A.). Governor Blease, of South Carolina, defended lynching, He said that when black brutes attacked white women it was only necessary to get the right man, then those ...

    Article : 66 words
  18. TWO CHINESE MURDERED.

    A tragedy was discovered by a Chinese hawker at Darwin when calling upon some old friends, who were gargeners, and who appeared to have lived quietly together On arrival at the place he found a human head ...

    Article : 119 words
  19. RUN OVER BY SEVERAL TRAINS.

    When the 3.42 a.m. train arrived at penrith on Sunday particles of flesh and clothing were found on the front of the engine, and blood splashes were noticed on the wheels. And after it was found that a man, who has ...

    Article : 96 words
  20. 1913 A BOOM YEAR.

    The London newspapers anticipate considerable activity on the Stock Exchange directly peace in the Balkans is assured. British trade is at present enjoying unbounded and ...

    Article : 95 words
  21. BUTCHER LOCKED IN REFRIGERATOR.

    Charles Barry, a butcher's assistant, was engaged in a refrigerating chamber at Wangaratta (Vic.), when his employer passed, and, noticing the door ajar, closed it tightly, and left the shop. ...

    Article : 95 words
  22. WHITE RIVAL SHOT BY NEGRESS.

    The London "News of the World" reports that, following a convivial gathering in a house in Bloomsbury, among negro music-hall artists early in the morning, a negress shot dead on a staircase an actress named ...

    Article : 111 words
  23. LIGHT SENTENCE FOR MANSLAUGHTER.

    James Patrick King, who was convicted of the manslaughter of his wife. Ellen King, at Pyrmont, on September 4, was called up for sentence last week. His Honor, addressing the prisoner. said: "The jury has ...

    Article : 198 words
  24. STRUGGLE WITH A BURGLAR.

    James McGuffog had an unpleasant adventure with a burglar in a house at Cook-road. Centennial Park (Sydney), early on Sunday morning. He was asleep in a balcony room at Kona, a boarding-house, when at about 2 ...

    Article : 164 words
  25. SENTENCE OF DEATH.

    At the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, James Egan, who wag charged with feloniously wounding his wife, Ruth Egan, with intent to murder her, at Alexandria, on September 25, 1912, was found guilty (with a strong ...

    Article : 47 words
  26. DOG FINDS BABY'S CORPSE.

    A dog unearthed the body of a recently-born tamale child, fully developed, at a sand heap on the claim of the Britannia United Company, Ballarat East (Vic.). The animal carried the corpse of the infant to the ...

    Article : 48 words
  27. "RACECOURSES THE GATES OF HELL."

    In the Criminal Court, Perth, Western Australia, Mr. Justice Burnside sentenced Walter William Haynes to two years' hard labor for stealing a large sum from the Union Stores, Fremantle, in which he held a position ...

    Article : 98 words
  28. BRITISH CREW RESCUED.

    During the voyage of the British steamer Barcelona in the Bay of Discay during the recent gale, the cargo shifted, and for two days the vessel was on her beam ends, struggling with the terrific seas which early ...

    Article : 80 words
  29. WOMAN KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

    Port Pirie (S.A.) was visited by a severe thunder and rain storm on Thursday. At what is known as the Two-mile Crossincr, a Mrs. Olive Blanche Smith was struck dead by lightning, as also was the horse she was ...

    Article : 182 words
  30. DROWNING GIRL CHANGES HER MIND.

    Shortly after midnight on Sunday, George Siddell, a groom, employed at an hotel in Wagga (N.S.W.), was retiring, to bed, when he heard a succession of piercing; shrieks, and a cry of "Save me, for God's sake; it is a ...

    Article : 150 words
  31. FISHING RESORTS

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  32. INCREASED PAY IN THE NAVY.

    In the House of Commons, Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, announced details of the increased rates of pay which arc to be granted to men in the Royal Navy. ...

    Article : 144 words
  33. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AT FUNERAL.

    During the funeral at Germanton cemetery (U.S.A.) of a man named M'Cann, who had been killed by an explosion at the Victoria Kills transforming station, a thunderstorm occurred, and a discharge of lightning ...

    Article : 64 words
  34. SENTENCED FOR FORGING LORD ROBERTS' SIGNATURE.

    The trial has concluded in London of Powrs, a financier, and Bourke, a music-hall performed on a charge of attempting to obtain £1750 from Cox's Bank by the forging of Lord Roberts' signature. ...

    Article : 84 words
  35. CONDITIONAL LEASES—A WARNING.

    As many holders of pre-emptive leases converted into conditional leases under the provisions of section 52 of the Crown Lands Act of 1884 have not, for reasons of their own, exercised their right to an extension of the ...

    Article : 230 words
  36. AMERICA FRIENDLY WITH EVERYONE.

    President Taft, in a message to Congress, states that the relations of the country with the other Powers are satisfactory. There is a growing feeling of friendliness between the United States and the South American ...

    Article : 439 words
  37. SYDNEY CITY ELECTIONS.

    The triennial elections for Aldermanic positions in the Sydney City Council wore held last week. The elections resulted in a victory for the independent candidates, 21 of whom were returnee. Labor will have five ...

    Article : 73 words
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  39. FATAL FIRE.

    A fire occurred in a house in New York where apartments were let, the building, being destroyed. Two of the inmates were killed, and five fatally injured. Five others are missing. The firemen rescued a dozen ...

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