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  2. WORKMEN'S RAILWAY TICKETS.

    Sir,—I desire through your widely-circulated paper to ventilate what is by many, similarly situated to myself, considered as a justifiable grievance in regard to the ...

    Article : 282 words
  3. IS MARRIAGE A FAILURE ?

    At the Newtown Police Court Ellen Field, 41, was charged with having attempted to commit suicide at Newtown on the 13th instant; and the accused's husband ...

    Article : 230 words
  4. AN APPALLING MURDER.

    T[?] is aged Empress of Austria, who had been in failing health, was assassinated in Gene [?]a, Switzerland, on Sunday. She was travelling incognito, and whilst ...

    Article : 513 words
  5. IN PRAISE OF BOXING.

    Sir,—Mr. C. S. Hale echoes the views of all right-thinking men and lads on the "Art of Boxing." As a muscle-developing sport, as a curb to one's temper, and as an ...

    Article : 326 words
  6. THE WEEK'S MISCELLANY.

    The New South Wales branch of the National Association has collapsed. In the case of Mark Blow v. Eden George, a claim of £2000 for libel, the jury ...

    Article : 569 words
  7. THE SOUDAN.

    Most of the British troops attached to the expedition against the Dervishes are now hastily returning to Cairo from the front, owing to the prevalence of sickness. ...

    Article : 226 words
  8. POISONING AN EMPEROR.

    Reports from Seoul state that an attempt was made upon the life of the Emperor of Corea. Both the Emperor and the Crown Prince ...

    Article : 52 words
  9. POSSIBLE CONFLICT WITH THE FRENCH.

    Major-General Sir H. Kitchener, together with a small staff and a few battalions of troops, will proceed immediately to Fashoda. ...

    Article : 164 words
  10. BOOK-LEARNING V. HEALTH FOR CHILDREN.

    Sir,—No one questions the value of book-learning, but surely in these days of physiological comprehension it will be conceded that the children require something ...

    Article : 222 words
  11. DISASTER IN THE WEST INDIES.

    A disastrous hurricane swept over the British West Indies. The hurricane was accompanied by a tidal wave, appalling destruction being ...

    Article : 162 words
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  13. COLONEL RHODES REINSTATED.

    Colonel Frank W. Rhodes, whose removal from the army was the result of his connection with Dr. Jameson's raid into the Transvaal, has been reinstated by the ...

    Article : 84 words
  14. TRANSVAAL BRIBES.

    President Kruger has denied the statement made by Mr. Rhodes that he (the President) had admitted that large sums of money were being spent in the ...

    Article : 122 words
  15. REFRESHMENT IN CENTENNIAL PARK.

    Sir,—I should like to invoke your influence in aid of the thousands of thirsty mortals who daily frequent the Centennial Park. This place is rapidly becoming one ...

    Article : 207 words
  16. A SORROW-STRICKEN EMPEROR.

    News of the assassination of the Empress of Austria was broken to the Emperor Francis Joseph by Count Goluchowski, the Austro-Hunga[?] Minister for Foreign ...

    Article : 70 words
  17. THE PHILIPPINE WAR.

    The rebels under Aquinaldo have conquered the whole of the island of Luzon, with the exception of Manila. The insurgents also hold 9000 Spaniards ...

    Article : 141 words
  18. THE ASSASSI[?]N'S CAREER—QUITE C ALLOUS.

    Luccheni, who si a mason, is a refugee form Italy, having taken a prominent part in the recent revolutionary riots in Milan. After dealing the fatal blow, he attempted ...

    Article : 469 words
  19. SPAIN ANSD AMERICA.

    The Spanish Senate has adopted the proposals for peace between Spain and the United States. Mr. Justice White has resigned his ...

    Article : 264 words
  20. STRANDED IN KLONDYKE.

    A steamer which arrived here to-day from St. Michael's, reports (says a San Francisco despatch on August 7) that the situation there is extremely precarious. ...

    Article : 45 words
  21. THE CRETAN TROUBLE.

    Rear-Admiral G. H. Uchtred Noel, who is in command of the section of the British' Mediterranean fleet in Cretan waters, has taken determined steps to put an end to ...

    Article : 183 words
  22. THE TESTIMONY OF MRS. MARGARET HAWKES,

    Our reporter recently met with Mrs. Margaret Hawkes, accoucheuse and nurse, near Guildford Station (N.S.W.). who administers to the wants of the district. Mrs. ...

    Article : 635 words
  23. SPANISH TROOPS ANNIHILATED IN THE CAROLINES.

    A revolt has occurred among the natives in the Caroline Islands. According to reports received in San Francisco, two of the leading chiefs united ...

    Article : 57 words
  24. MAD WITH DRINK.

    A sensation was created in Chapel-street, South Yarra, near Melbourne, by a young man named Alfred Glover, aged 23 years, running amuck while under the influence of ...

    Article : 129 words
  25. THE REVOLT IN CANDIA.

    Fifty Christian refugees were burned to death in the British Consulate at Candia. The victims included the Consul's daughter and her infant. ...

    Article : 54 words
  26. IN DIVORCE.

    This case, in which a strong Bar had been retained, was settled out of Court. Formerly, in the Divorce Court, the respondent, Maria Louisa Ridout, obtained ...

    Article : 366 words
  27. BIG PIPE CONTRACT.

    The successful contractors for the pipes for the Coolgardie water supply are Messrs. G. and C. Hoskins, of Sydney, and Mr. Mephan Ferguson, of Melbourne, Adelaide, ...

    Article : 125 words
  28. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    Commandant du Paty de Clam, who is accused of being an accomplice of Major Esterhazy in the forgery of documents used against Captain Dreyfus, has been ...

    Article : 49 words
  29. LADY HALLE KILLED.

    Lady Halle (Madame &orman Neruda), the famous violinist, was killed in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday by a falling rock. ...

    Article : 23 words
  30. THE VICTORIAN STOCK TAX.

    In the Legislative Assembly the debate was resumed on a motion of Mr. M'Gregor, member for Ballarat East, for the abolition of the ,stock tax. He claimed, as a ...

    Article : 168 words
  31. PROBABLE JAPO-CHINESE ALLIANCES.

    The Marquis of Hirobumi Ito, the Japanese Premier, is now on a visit to Pekin, undertaken with the object of studying the value of China as an ally for ...

    Article : 36 words
  32. RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

    "Scribner's" (Gordon and Gotch) for August has a beautiful A[?]umnal fancy on the title cover. It is a [?]neer coincidence that it is called "the fiction number," for ...

    Article : 219 words
  33. IMMORALITY IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Dr. Orpen, who was arrested at 'Frisco, has been acquitted on a charge of murder at Auckland in connection with the death of a woman. Mr. Justice Conolly said all were aware ...

    Article : 140 words
  34. ANARCHISTS ACTIVE IN ITALY.

    A revolutionary committee in the city of Milan has issued a manifesto against the dynasty. An anarchist who was distributing the ...

    Article : 74 words
  35. THE CHINA FLOATED.

    The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. China, which was wrecked near Perim in March last, has been successfuly floated. ...

    Article : 22 words
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