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 ...
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Advertising : 407 wordsMr. 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 ...
Article : 511 wordsIn 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 wordsA 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 wordsJames 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 wordsAt 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 wordsEarly 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 wordsAt 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. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 690 wordsThe "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 wordsWhile 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 wordsRichard 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 wordsPrince 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 wordsAt 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 wordsAt 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 wordsA 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 wordsWhen 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 wordsThe 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 wordsCharles 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 wordsThe 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 wordsJames 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 wordsJames 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 wordsAt 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 wordsA 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 wordsIn 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 wordsDuring 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 wordsPort 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 wordsShortly 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 ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 934 wordsIn 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 wordsDuring 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 wordsThe 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 wordsAs 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 wordsPresident 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 wordsThe 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 ...
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Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930), Sun 8 Dec 1912, Page 14
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