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  2. THE WEEK'S MISCELLANY

    Ascot Tank, a settlement one mile from Cosgrove and five miles from Dookie (Vic), was the scene of a terrible domestic tragedy on Thursday. ...

    Article : 655 words
  3. NEARLY 150,000 FED IN LONDON.

    At Xmas in London 50,000 people were regaled in the workhouses, and 13,000 in the hospitals. The Salvation Army fed 60,000 people. The Christmas fond ima[?]gurated by the ...

    Article : 110 words
  4. Advertising

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    Advertising : 283 words
  5. CONFESSION OF MURDER.

    Interest fn the tragedy at Armidale (N.S.W.) on December 13 last year, when Hannah Kelly, a young woman, was murdered in bed, was arrived on Wednesday, a young man being arrested and ...

    Article : 576 words
  6. OVERTAKEN BY TRAIN IN TUNNEL

    At 7 a.m. on Thursday fisherman named Richard Hibbs (23) was walking through a tunnel at Hawkesbury, when he was knocked down by the incoming Northern express. He ...

    Article : 85 words
  7. CAIRO TO CAPE RAILWAY.

    The latest section of the Cairo to Cape railway to be opened is that to Wad Medan[?], 120 miles southwards of Khartoum. The opening ceremony was to take place on January 1. ...

    Article : 36 words
  8. BUILDER SHOOTS WIFE.

    A builder named George Oliver living at Kingsland, a suburb of Auckland (N.Z.), in a fit of ungovernable tamper, fired two shots from a revolver at his wife, wounding her severely. He ...

    Article : 51 words
  9. PRUSSIA HAS DEFICIT OF £5,000,000.

    The Prussian Government will begin the financial year 1910 with an estimated deficit of £5,000,000. ...

    Article : 20 words
  10. WIRELESS IN THE PACIFIC.

    On Wednesday, the Prime Minister, Mr. Deakin, made public the report of the conference of representatives of the Commonwealth, New Zealand, the High Commissioner of the Western ...

    Article : 760 words
  11. CITY AND COUNTRY POLICE PROMOTIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 311 words
  12. THE COAL STRIKE.

    There is every indication, that a resumption of work on the South Coast will be arranged for during this week. A committee of 15 citizens of the districts between Mount Kembla and ...

    Article : 855 words
  13. THE YEAR'S BANKRUPTCIES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 756 words
  14. WEDDING MISHAP.

    A sensation was caused at Linton (Vic.) on Monday by the capsize of a phaeton, containing four wedding guests, who were driving from the ceremony at the church to the hotel where the ...

    Article : 209 words
  15. EXTRAORDINARY. HARASSING OF A GIRL.

    A somewhat extraordinary case was heard in the Broken Hill Police Court. Emma Isabel Faggotter, a married woman, was charged with having maliciously caused per[?]nate of [?] to ...

    Article : 245 words
  16. FISHING RESORTS.

    Morning, Afternoon. Sunday, January 2, 1910 .. 12.37 .. 1.2 Monday, January 3 .. .. 1.20 .. 1.56 Tuesday, January 4 .. .. 2.24 .. 2.52 ...

    Article : 1,373 words
  17. NAVY DRAUGHTSMAN CHARGED WITH STEALING PLANS.

    Richard Sidney Knowlden, 24, a draughtsman, was charged at the Portsmouth Police Court with stealing a wireless telegraph receiver, from the torpedo school ship Vernon. He was also charged. ...

    Article : 218 words
  18. ROUGH CHRISTMAS IN EUROPE.

    Widespread damage was caused in Switzerland through heavy storms. The overflowing of the river caused serious floods in Belgium, many factories having to ...

    Article : 303 words
  19. TWO CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH.

    On Tuesday afternoon a terrible burning accident, whereby two children lost their lives, and a third member of the family was rather seriously injured, occurred ut the house of Mr. Edgar J. ...

    Article : 217 words
  20. TREASURY GETS £850,000 FROM ONE ESTATE.

    The death is announced of Miss Ellen Morrison, sister of the late Mr. Charles Morrison, a London financier, from whom she inherited £3,000,000. ...

    Article : 108 words
  21. MISSIONARY BATTERED BY A BURGLAR.

    Mr. Moss, connected with the Seamen's Mission, was assaulted in his room at 9 Milton-street, Dawes Point. The intruder dealt Mr. Moss a blow on the bead with a dumbbell, and ...

    Article : 172 words
  22. NAVAL AFFAIRS.

    The Admiralty is inquiring of Sir William Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., and other shipbuilding firms, for a tender for new Australian warships for the new Pacific fleet. Contracts ...

    Article : 57 words
  23. DUAL ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.

    A man, well dressed, and about 40 years of age, made two determined attempts at suicide—in the Domain and at Sydney Hospital—on Tuesday afternoon. ...

    Article : 230 words
  24. EX-PRESIDENT ZELAYA IN FLIGHT.

    Ex-President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, has reached Salina Cruz, Mexico. It is expected that he will proceed to Europe, where he has accumulated a large fortune from ...

    Article : 55 words
  25. FORTH TO CLYDE CANAL.

    Mr. Asquith, Prime Minister, on behalf of the Committee on Imperial Defence, informed the Canvas and Waterways Commission that a canal carrying Dreadnoughts from the Forth to ...

    Article : 139 words
  26. SEDITION IN INDIA.

    Inquiries into the murder of Mr. Jackson, the Collector at Nasik, Bombay, have led to the unravelling of a serious plot. Savarkar's brother, a law student, Orso, a ...

    Article : 192 words
  27. STRIKE AGITATOR CHECKMATED.

    In consequence of the activities of Pataud, leader of the Paris Electricians' Union, M. Briand, the French Premier, secretly connected all the electric light stations in Paris with the ...

    Article : 77 words
  28. NATIVES HAVE PITCHED BATTLE.

    A native tribal tragedy occurred at Brock's Creek, Northern Territory, last Wednesday. A Brock's Creck native saw and loved a nation belonging to the Daily River tribe and, following ...

    Article : 145 words
  29. LADY'S. MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.

    The Queensland Railway Commissioner has received a telegram from district engineer at Carins relating to a most sensational incident. It is stated that a lady fell over a pricipice at ...

    Article : 78 words
  30. EXPLORERS MURDERED IN ARABIA.

    The Marquis Benzoni, lately Italian Consular Agent at Mocha, and Herr Hermann Burckhardt, a German explorer, were travelling with a small caravan in the Yemen, South-western Arabia, ...

    Article : 50 words
  31. PORT ARTHUR.

    It is stated by the "Nichi Nichi Shimbun" that the Japanese Government has decided to make Port Arthur a commercial harbor instead of reserving is a hither[?] ...

    Article : 92 words
  32. PTOMAINE POISONING AT A BALL

    A strange and serious case of ptomaine posion-poisoning was reported at Camden, from Burragorang, Dr. West receiving word to proceed to that district in consultation with Dr. Vernon, of ...

    Article : 146 words
  33. THE WARATAH.

    Sir John Taverner, Agent-General for Victoria, is negotiating for a steamer to proceed to the Crozet Islands to search for hte Waratah. Sir John Taverner finds that the general ...

    Article : 106 words
  34. REMARKABLE CASE OF SPEECH REGAINED.

    A child, aged 8 years, turned Alice Williams, who had been in the Hobart Hospital some months suffering from St. Vitus' dance, and had become apparently hopelessly dumb, recovered her speech ...

    Article : 70 words
  35. SOME QUEER SUN THEORIES.

    The ancients had some queer theories whereby they sought to explain the riding and setting of the sun. They thought the earth to be flat, and were greatly puzzled ...

    Article : 206 words
  36. ALLEGED SHOOTING TO KILL.

    A farm laborer named Thomas Taylor called at the Willaura (Vic.) police station, and laid un information against Albert Frank Tilker, a well-known farmer, residing in the Stavely ...

    Article : 128 words
  37. WELSH COAL TROUBLE LIKELY.

    A serious difficulty has occurred in South Wales owing to the derision of the High Court that the men are liable to work 60 extra hours yearly. The owners claim £960,000 damages due through ...

    Article : 72 words
  38. Advertising

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    Advertising : 88 words
  39. FIVE KILLED AND 17 INJURED.

    The berating of the boiler of a locomotive at Shawnee, Oklahoma (U.S.). caused the death of live persons, and injured 17 others. ...

    Article : 27 words
  40. GERMANY AND REDUCTION OF ARMAMENTS.

    The German newspapers are discussing with disapproval, "groundless reports of negotiations with England for a reduction of armaments." The "Daily Express" declares that the ...

    Article : 91 words
  41. INSURANCE AND MURDER.

    A Russian engineer named Guilevitch insured his life for £10,800 in 1908, and then murdered a man resembling himself. Guilevitch afterwards f[?]ed to France, and ...

    Article : 47 words
  42. BROKE THE BANK AT MONTE CARLO.

    Mr. Creuzier, a French-Canadian, at Monte Carlo on Tuesday won at the roulette table £23,000. He asked maximums on the dozens on Wednesday, and lost £22,400, but recovered ...

    Article : 46 words
  43. SMUGGLING DUMDUMS FOR AFGHANISTAN.

    Indian newspapers call attention to quantities of Dumdum ammunition reaching traders in the Persian Gulf. There is great danger from this importation, as dumdum bullets are not ...

    Article : 35 words
  44. AUSTRALIAN BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP

    At the Stadium on Monday, Lane (holder) defeated Fitzsimmons (challenger) in the 12th round for the championship of Australia. About 12,000 saw the fight ...

    Article : 27 words
  45. PIERPONT MORGAN' MAKES A MILLION

    Mr. Pierpont Morgan has sold to a syndicate his charge of the Chicago railways. On the sale he realised a profit of £1,000,000. ...

    Article : 30 words
  46. FALL OF ROCK K[?]LS 26.

    A fail of rock at Barco val [?]e Oras, Crease, Spain, overwhelemed a church and other buildings Twenty-six people were killed. ...

    Article : 27 words
  47. A VANISHED FORTUNE.

    The late Senator Patania, a Neapolitan, was reputed to have left a fortune of £800,000 enclosed in a sate, but when the safe was opened it was found empty. ...

    Article : 57 words
  48. PASSENGERS IGNORANT OF FIRE ON STEAMER.

    The liner Celtic arrived at Liverpool with the cotton in the hold on fire. There were 400 passengers on board, but they had no knowledge, of the outbreak until the ...

    Article : 40 words
  49. PRINCESS OWES £400,000.

    The "Tageblatt," of Vienna,' reports that the outstanding debts of Princess Louise of Belgium in Austria amount to £400,000. She expects £240,000 under the will of her father, the late ...

    Article : 49 words
  50. ELEVEN KILLED IN COLLISION.

    An express train from Vienna came into collision with a goods train in Bohemia. Six carriages were wrecked. Eleven people were killed and 20 others were injured. ...

    Article : 32 words
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