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  2. THE ELINGAMITE DISASTER.

    A feeling of dismay and surprise was manifested in Sydney yesterday morning when it was announced in the "Herald" that the Elingamite had been wrecked on the Three Kings. She had on board a ...

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  3. SECOND EDITION

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 22 15-16d per ounce standard. ...

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  4. GUILDHALL BANQUET.

    The banquet to celebrate the assumption of office by the new Lord Mayor, Sir Marcus Samuel, was given in the Guildhall yesterday. The principal speech was made by Mr. A. ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    In regard to the settlement of the Netherlands-South Africa Railway question, it is reported that the German shareholders are demanding more than Great Britain's offer of ...

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  6. THE LATEST PARTICULARS.

    Owing to the isolated character of the coast it is difficult to obtain particulars of the wreck. The Clansman, one of the five steamers sent in search, is expected to reach North Cape at 1 o'clock ...

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  7. THE WRECK OF THE ELINGAMITE.

    Two Perth residents, Mr. E. Wigglesworth, sen., manager of the Perth Gas Company, and Mr. James Wigglesworth, his son, were passengers on the Elingamite. As their names are not mentioned ...

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  8. THE PASSENGERS LANDED.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 203 words
  9. THE PASSENGERS.

    Captain William Douglas Reid, who is in charge of one of the missing boats, is well known in Australian waters. For some years he was connected with the Union Company, and ...

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  10. NO NEWS OF THE MISSING BOATS.

    There is still no news of the missing boats and the rafts, but by to-morrow early six vessels will have arrived at the scene of the wreck, and daring the day news should be available as to whether any of the ...

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  11. FIRE AT NORTH BOTANY.

    About 11 o'clock last night a fire broke out at North Botany, resulting in the destruction of a grocer's store, owned and occupied by Mrs. M. S. Berkley. Shortly after the alarm was received, a ...

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  12. PERSONS ALOFT ON THE WRECKED VESSEL.

    The chief mate states that when his boat left the wreck four or five persons were seen aloft, but it was then impossible to get near the vessel. He adds that the passengers and crew behaved splendidly. ...

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  13. ELECTRIC TRAMWAY EMPLOYEES.

    Among those of the Elingamite were:—Messrs. R. B. Bennett, A. P. Innes, J. Morris, A. Morris, T. Green, A. P. Perkins, C. M. Dixon, Napier, A. E. Muirhead, and S. R. Neale, ...

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  14. FIRE AT EAST LONDON.

    Thirty premises in the centre of East London, Cape Colony, were burned during a hurricane. ...

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  15. THE MISSING BOATS.

    "There is every probability that those in the missing boats, will reach the shore in safety if they have not already done so" was the reassuring reply of Captain Crawshaw to a question put to him by a ...

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  16. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S ADMINISTRATION.

    Mr. Balfour, coutinuing, said that the administration of the Colonial Office by Mr. Chamberlain was by far the greatest administration in British history. ...

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  17. REBELS SURRENDER.

    Twenty more of Van Zyl's commando of Cape rebels in the Strydenberg district have surrendered. ...

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  18. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

    About 2 o'clock this morning a man named Reginald Dossett (33), employed as a canvasser, was seen by Constable Gillett to jump off Circular Quay into the water, near Manly ferry wharf. The ...

    Article : 65 words
  19. OFFICERS AND CREW OF THE WRECKED STEAMER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 307 words
  20. THE UNITED STATES.

    The American Beef Trust is establishing a line of steamers between Galveston (Texas) and Europe for the carriage of dressed beef. ...

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  21. UNION OF MOTHERLAND AND COLONIES.

    All cherished the hope, Mr. Balfour added, that at no distant time some constitutional union might enable the motherland and her great dependencies to conduct together affairs ...

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  22. THE OFFICERS.

    Captain E. B. Atwood, who is in the prime of life, being only 39 years of age, is well-known in shipping circles as a capable and trustworthy captain, his knowledge of marine matters being very ...

    Article : 337 words
  23. SHOCKING TRAGEDY.

    A dreadful domestic tragedy was enacted early to-day at East Malvern at the residence of Mr. Arthur Mueller, a well-to-do city merchant. Mueller appears to have developed insanity soon ...

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    The accompanying plan shows the position of the Three Kings Islands, upon one of which the Steamer Elingamite was wrecked. The vessel was bound from Sydney to Auckland direct, but during a fog struck upon one of the group of islands known as the Three Kings. Vessels bound from Sydney to Auckland usually pass about 10 miles to the southward of the group. The Three Kings form a cluster of islands lying 33 miles W.N.W. of Cape Maria Van Diemen, which forms the north-west point of the north island of New ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  25. RUSSIA.

    M. Pobedonosteff, Procurator-General of the Holy Synod, has resigned owing to ill-health. Count Sergius Scherbostieff-succeeds him. ...

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  26. THE EDUCATION BILL.

    On the motion of Mr. Balfour to apply the guillotine to the amendments on the Education Bill to be moved in the House of Commons to-day, an amendment has ...

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  27. FOREIGN RELATIONS.

    Mr. Balfour said that the relations between Great Britain and the Powers were excellent. The fantastic reasons which had been invented to account for the visit of the German ...

    Article : 133 words
  28. THE DUKHOBORS.

    When the Dukhobors were surrounded by the Mounted Police at Minnedosa they formed a solid square, their arms encircling each other. They refused to move. Two ...

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  29. REPORTS BY OFFICERS.

    The latest particulars of the wreck are that the Elingamite encountered a thick fog at 9 o'clock on Sunday morning, and her engines slowed to half speed. Lookout and fog signals were ...

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  30. A FATAL FIRE.

    A fatal fire occurred at Wire Gully to-day. The residence of Mr. J. J. Freeson, underground manager of the mine there, was burnt to the ground, and two ...

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  31. SPIES SENTENCED.

    Three Italians have been sentenced at Leipzig (Germany) to various terms of penal servitude for revealing German military secrets and a plan of the Metz fortress to ...

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  32. NEWCASTLE RESIDENTS ON BOARD.

    The Elingamite left here on November 3 for Sydney with 850 tons coal and 2912 sleepers. Of the steerage passengers Mrs. Hugo and Miss Hugo booked here for Auckland, and two other steerage ...

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  33. THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW.

    The Lord Mayor's Show in the city yesterday was unusually elaborate from a spectacular point of view. The procession blocked the carriage in ...

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  34. PIRACY IN THE RED SEA.

    [?]urkey will indemnify Italy for the acts of Arab pirates in the Red Sea, and agrees to energetically repress the pirates. The incident which arose over the ...

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  35. THE NEW NAVAL CONTRIBUTION.

    Sir Edmond Barton threw some more light upon the new naval agreement when speaking at the Mayor's banquet to-night. He prefaced his reference to the subject of the naval defence of the ...

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  36. THE CARGO.

    The steamer Elingamite has for some time past taken large cargoes of general merchandise from Sydney for New Zealand ports. On the present disastrous voyage the cargo comprised about 600 ...

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  37. THE INDIAN BUDGET.

    Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India, delivered his Indian Budget speech in the House of Commons yesterday. He said that the surpluses of ...

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  38. THE NORTH MAGNETIC POLE.

    Captain Amundsen will be the leader of the Norwegian expedition to Greenland and King William's Land in 1903 to try and locate the magnetic pole and solve the problem of the ...

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  39. ANXIETY IN PARRAMATTA.

    Our Parramatta correspondent writes:—The news of the wreck of the Elingamite came as a shock to some of the residents of Parramatta, as there were at least six souls on board the vessel who were ...

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  40. SEARCH FOR THE MISSING BOATS.

    The scarch for the Elingamite's missing boats is being made by H.M.S. Penguin and several other vessels. AUCKLAND, Tuesday. ...

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  41. FATAL FIRE AT STOCKPORT.

    A fire occurred at a mill at Stockport, Cheshire, yesterday. Eight of the operatives were burnt to death, and many of the other employees who were on the upper floors were ...

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  42. ILLNESS OF LORD TENNYSON.

    The Acting Governor-General is making excellent progress towards the recovery of his health, but he is still confined to his room. WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday. ...

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  43. THE PASSENGERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 406 words
  44. POST OFFICE ADMINISTRATION.

    The local agent of the metropolitan papers was notified by the Gundagai postmaster to-day that the Sydney papers could not be reposted for transmission by outgoing mails each day, as, according to the ...

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  45. DEEPENING THE THAMES.

    The Thames Conservancy Board is dredging the river to ensure a depth of 14ft. at the lowest spring tides at London Pool, and 16ft. below that place. ...

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  46. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    The Legislative Council was again in a working frame of mind to-day, and passed the Ministers and Public Officers' Salaries Retrenchment Bill, the Treasury Bonds' Bill, the Loans Redemption Fund ...

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  47. ATTEMPT TO SIGNAL THE ZEALANDIA.

    Instructions were sent to the lighthouse-keeper at Cape Maria van Diemon to intercept the Zealandia, which left for Sydney last night before the news of the disaster arrived, but information was received ...

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  48. LARGE SHIPMENT OF BULLION.

    A heavy shipment of bullion was made by the steamer Elingamite before her departure from Sydney. The boxes containing the coin were brought aboard and stored in the bullion-room shortly before ...

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  49. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Legislative,,Council to-day the Bills of Sale Act Amendment Bill and the Registration of Firms Bill were read the third time. The Brisbane River Improvement Bill was passed through committee with ...

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  50. WHERE THE PASSENGERS LANDED,

    Hohoura, where the survivors landed yesterday, lies north of Doubtless Bay cable station of the Pacific cable, and is not connected by telegraph. ...

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  51. GORDON MEMORIAL COLLEGE.

    Lord Kitchener opened the Gordon Memorial College, Khartoum, in the presence of many native notables and Europeans. ...

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  52. GOOD CONDUCT OF THE OFFICERS AND CREW.

    The passengers speak in terms of high praise of the officers and crew. ...

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  53. LATE MINING.

    A report from Charters Towers states that the share market was active to-day, and over 6000 shares sold. The activity is due to on official report that 18in. of mineral reef have been cut in the Ruby ...

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  54. THE INSURANCES.

    Mr. Webb, manager in Melbourne for Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co., states that the Elingamite was valued on the company's books at £40,000, and was insured through the company's ...

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  55. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Indian Government has refused the Standard Oil Company permission to prospect the Burma oil fields. The Rev. Dr. Winnington Ingram, Bishop of ...

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  56. PATHETIC SCENES AT AUCKLAND.

    The scene at the Auckland Telegraph Office and the newspaper offices when the news became generally known was pathetic in the extreme. A large number of anxious men and women crowded the offices ...

    Article : 60 words
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