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  2. £44,392,500 FOR THE NAVY.

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  3. THE WEEK'S MISCELLANY

    Mr. A. Deakin addressed a crowded audience in the Town Hall, Sydney, on Wednesday evening, when he went exhaustively into the Referendum question. He said :- ...

    Article : 605 words
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  5. FATHER CUTS CHILD'S THROAT.

    A dreadful murder was committed at North Melbourne on Thursday night, a man named William Thomas Smith, living in O'Shanassy-Street, cutting the throat of his. three-yea-old daughter, ...

    Article : 545 words
  6. BULLFINCH MINE.

    A Well-authenticated rumor was current on Thursday at Southern Cross that a good development had occurred on the Bullfinch Proprietary, very rich are having been met with at the bottom ...

    Article : 147 words
  7. AWFUL OUTCOME OF PICTURE SHOW FIRE.

    As the result of a fire at a cinematograph display at Bologue, a small centre 200 miles south-east of St. Petersburg, 90 persons have been incinerated, and 40 others more or less seriously ...

    Article : 403 words
  8. SHIP'S REMARKABLE RUN OF ILL-LUCK.

    In shipping circles Hobart much sympathy Is felt for the captain of the Norwegian ship Hero, which arrived here on January 8 last from the Baltic, with a load of timber. A few days ...

    Article : 363 words
  9. DEMONSTRATION FARMING.

    The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. J. L. Trefle) arrived in Coonamble to perform the opening ceremony of the Coonamble Experiment Farm. The Minister ploughed the first furrow in the ...

    Article : 204 words
  10. THE HAREM SKIRT IN MELBOURNE.

    Eourke-street on the northern side, just above Swanston-strect, was impassable all day on Friday by reason of an enormous throng ever crossing and going in front of the store of Bussell, Robson, ...

    Article : 234 words
  11. AUSTRALIAN DESTROYERS IN COLLISION.

    The destroyers Yarra and Parramatta are being put through a series of trials in Hobson's Bay to determine the amount of fuel consumed and the speeds at various revolutions of the ...

    Article : 127 words
  12. ETHEL HARRIS' MURDERER EXECUTED.

    Alfred Wilson Smart was executed at Perth on Tuesday for the murder of Ethel Harris. In a letter to the Comptroller-General of Prisons Smart, after thanking the prison officials ...

    Article : 230 words
  13. DEATH OF COLONEL NEILD.

    Colonel J. C. Neild, who has been ill for Borne months as the result of a heart trouble, revived by a mishap in" the Maitland district, died on Wednesday night at his residence, ...

    Article : 275 words
  14. CAPTAIN'S CERTIFICATE SUSPENDED.

    The Marine Court inquiry into the wreck of the steamer New Guinea, near Green Cape, was concluded on Thursday. The Court found that the stranding was caused ...

    Article : 244 words
  15. FORGED NOTES IN SYDNEY.

    What looked like a Union Bank note for £10 was taken on Thursday at one of the branches of the E.S. and A. Bank. It turned out that the note, was a forgery, and the matter has been put ...

    Article : 149 words
  16. TWO HOURS IN A WELL.

    A resident of Eganstown (Victoria), Mrs. W. Harrison, had a fearful experience on Tuesday morning. She was the only one at home, and while rescuing a chicken from a well 25ft, deep ...

    Article : 121 words
  17. CHINESE CREW MUTINY AFTER COLLISION.

    The steamer Bannockburn, bound from Antwerp to San Francisco, was beached at Dover after having been in collision. The Chinese crew was seized with panic, and mutinied. The ...

    Article : 49 words
  18. THE MACHINATIONS OF THE " BLACK HUNDRED."

    The trial of Laretchkin, a member of the "Black Hundred," at St. Petersburg', for murdering a workman, throws light on the machinations of the society and the immunity it enjoyed. It ...

    Article : 63 words
  19. ARRESTED FOR JACK-THE-RIPPER ASSAULTS.

    The Berlin police have arrested Richard Bennewitz, who was "wanted" in connection with So "Jack-the-Ripper" assaults on women between February and Midsummer, 1909. ...

    Article : 30 words
  20. TERRIFIC RAINSTORM IN MELBOURNE.

    One of the most remarkable rain-storms in the history of Melbourne occurred on Tuesday. After a heavy fall in the early morning, only steady rain fell till midday. Then, however, it ...

    Article : 188 words
  21. SOBRAON TO BE ABOLISHED.

    The Minister for Public Instruction, Mr. Beeby, made an Important statement on Wednesday regarding certain proposed changes in connection with the State Children's ...

    Article : 207 words
  22. TEST CRICKET.

    The fifth Test match was concluded at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Tuesday, Australia winning by seven wickets. South Africa thus only iron one match out of the five. ...

    Article : 115 words
  23. 22,278 DEATHS FROM PLAGUE IN INDIA.

    "The Times" states that there were 22,278 deaths from plague in India during the week ending February 11, and that out of that total 11,116 occurred in the United Provinces. The ...

    Article : 50 words
  24. IS IT THE WARATAH?

    The British-India steamer Palitana (2998 tons) struck an object while at sea off the South African coast, immediately to the west of East London, and received such serious injuries that she ...

    Article : 78 words
  25. STATE LABOR MEMBER OPPPOSES REFERENDUM.

    Mr. J. B. Nicholson, limber for Illawarra, who is a supporter of the Labor Government, speaking at Bulli, at an entertainment given by Mr. J. S. Kirton, president of the Shire Council, in ...

    Article : 204 words
  26. TORTURING A MURDERER.

    A farmer and his wife were murdered at Novo-Nikolaievskaya, a Cossack village in Northern Caucasia. The villagers tortured the murderer with red-hot stones placed against his feet ...

    Article : 47 words
  27. IMMIGRATION FIGURES FOR 1910.

    During the year 1910 the total number of Government assisted immigrants gained by Australia was 12,304, and S507 were nominated. They comprised 9337 men, 6202 women, and 6272 ...

    Article : 57 words
  28. CARDINAL SUPPORTS REFERENDUM.

    Interviewed at Adelaide, Cardinal Moran said:—"We are wishing the Referendum success. We shall seek to make it successful. A great thing is to strengthen our central government. We must ...

    Article : 78 words
  29. GERMANY'S EMPHATIC WARNING TO VATICAN.

    In the Prussian Diet on Tuesday Dr. von Bethmann-Holhveg (Imperial Chancellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs) pronounced a quiet, but emphatic, warning to the Vatican ...

    Article : 84 words
  30. AERONAUTICS.

    Lieutenant Bague, who only passed the French aviation examination three weeks ago, unexpectedly left Florence without having made preparations, and endeavored to fly to Corsica, a ...

    Article : 70 words
  31. DYNAMITE CARS EXPLODE.

    Three cars of dynamite exploded at the powder works, Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. Dozens of houses in the village were wrecked, and many people were killed. As an effect of the ...

    Article : 48 words
  32. LORD KITCHENER WILL GO UPON THE LAND.

    Sir E. P. C. Girourard, Governor of the East Africa Protectorate, States that Lord Kitchener was so struck with the prospects of the Protectorate during his late visit that he has made an ...

    Article : 67 words
  33. SUCCESSFUL FLIGHTS IN MELBOURNE.

    Ifr. J. J. Hammond made several more flights in his bi-plane on Wednesday morning, taking a passenger on each occasion. The first was Mr. P. Schuler, journalist. Mr. Hammond took ...

    Article : 174 words
  34. AVALANCHES WIPE OUT MINING CAMP.

    Avalanches have destroyed the mountain mining camps at Lundy, Mono, and Jordan (U.S.A.). There are over 20 dead. Rescue parties snowshoed to the stricken area, bringing help. ...

    Article : 165 words
  35. ANARCHIST RUNS AMOK IN GAOL.

    An anarchist named Phillipsohn, who was reprieved after being sentenced to death for murder, ran amok in prison at Baden. It appears he secreted a pair of tailor's scissors, with ...

    Article : 71 words
  36. TRIED IT ON THE HORSE.

    "When driving from Tamworth. to Bowling Ally Point one of my horses took bad with gripes, and got down kicking and struggling," says Mr. Sam L. Pyrke, of ...

    Article : 121 words
  37. GENERAL BOOTH MAY GO TOTALLY BLIND

    In a speech on Thursday at Clapham, Mrs. Bramwell Booth, of the Salvation Army, stated that an operation for cataract would be performed, in the Autumn on the General's remaining eye. ...

    Article : 85 words
  38. FOUR BOYS DROWNED IN DAM.

    At Orange on Friday four boys, named Cecil Hartas (8 years), Richard Hurst (7 years), Honey Hurst (9 years), and Joseph Hayes (13 years), were drowned. in a small dam near the ...

    Article : 137 words
  39. CONFESSED TO A MURDER AFTER 17 YEARS.

    F. Bedford, laborer, has surrendered himself and confessed that he was the murderer of Harry Martin, the night-watchman who was shot dead at the Cafe Royal, London, on December 5, ...

    Article : 38 words
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  41. CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO TRAINS IN A TUNNEL.

    Twenty navvies who were at work in a tunnel at Vincennes (France) crossed the lines on Wednesday in order to escape from an up-train. The smoke and noise prevented the men ...

    Article : 75 words
  42. FORTUNE FROM SALE OF ART TREASURE.

    Sir Hugh Lane, hon, director of the Municipal Art Gallery, Dublin, has sold to an English collector Titian's "Man in a Red Cap" for £30,000. Sir Hugh purchased the picture at ...

    Article : 44 words
  43. ILLNESS OF KAISER'S SON.

    The Kaiser and German Empress are at the bedside of their sailor son, Prince Adalbert, who Is suffering from appendicitis at Kiel. ...

    Article : 26 words
  44. FISHING RESORTS.

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