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  2. THE WEEK'S MISCELLANY: E

    At the instance of the Czar, Lieutenant Pobiesky, of the Russian battleship Kniaz Souvaroff, travelled to Cannes, France, from Dakar Senegambia (where Admiral Rozlidestyensky coaled) ...

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  4. PARSON SHOOTS AT A JUDGE.

    A sensation occurred during the sitting of a Court in San Francisco on November 28, Superior Judge James C. Hebbard being fired at in Court by Isaac R. Selby. a street preacher, who had ...

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  5. "PERFIDIOUS" GERMANY.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Times," in a[?] the criticisms passed by the "Cologne Gazette." upon the policy of M. Delcasse, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, considers that ...

    Article : 168 words
  6. HEAVY RUSSIAN LOSSES.

    Prisoners who have arrived at Tokio report that in the storming and capture of 203-Metre Hill by the japanese 3000 Russians were killed and 5000 were wounded. ...

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  7. HUGE ARMIES.

    Japan is actively engaged in drilling and equipping troops until Marshal Oyama's total reaches 500,000 men, and is also reinforcing the artillery on the Sha-ho. ...

    Article : 49 words
  8. ROZY'S SUPERHUMAN TASK.

    The "Russ," of St. Petersburg attributes the shame of the enormous losses sustained by Russia at Port Arthur to the system, of concealing defects in the Navy. "The journal declares that ...

    Article : 48 words
  9. THE ROMANTIC STORY OF "BRADSHAW."

    It was an inspired moment when it occurred to George Bradshaw, the Manchester Quaker and map-engraver, to publish his "Time-Table," just 65 years ago; and ...

    Article : 888 words
  10. JAPS STORM AND CAPTURE A FORT.

    Erhlung-shan, one of the most important forts on the eastern line of the inner defences of Port Arthur, was captured on Wednesday. A lodgment was obtained on the parapet, and after furious ...

    Article : 113 words
  11. BALTIC FLEET NOT HURRYING.

    Advices received in France from St. Petersburg state that several ships of the Baltic Fleet have developed serious defects, and that Vice-Admiral Rozhdestvensky will probably await the ...

    Article : 185 words
  12. SIBERIAN RAILWAY CAPABILITIES.

    Since the war began the Trans-Siberian Railway has carried 537,000 men, 10,800 officers, 118,000 horses, and 211,000 tons of merchandise. ...

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  13. FOUND DEAD UNDER HIS BED

    Mrs. Boyd, 68 years of age, wife of a dyer carrying on business at Cole-street, Williamstown (Vic.), reported to the police that she had not seen her husband since Christmas Day. The police ...

    Article : 308 words
  14. LOST HIS LIFE FOR DUCKS.

    Mr. Stephens, a grazier, residing on the Wakool River, New South Wales, and a member of a well-known family living in the Newlyn district, Ballarat, was drowned on Thursday while ...

    Article : 176 words
  15. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.

    On Thursday evening, in Regent-street, Joseph Gardiner, 18, a tinsmith, who resided in Henderson-road, Alexandria, shot a young woman named Emma Forbes Black, and subsequently ...

    Article : 403 words
  16. FRENCH BOUNTY SYSTEM AND BRITISH SHIPPING.

    At a recent meeting of the Association of Chambers of Commerce, held at Manchester, the fallowing motion was carried:—"That this meeting is of opinion that his ...

    Article : 240 words
  17. REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENTS IN RUSSIA.

    Indications are daily being experienced of wide discontent in various parts or Russia. The Czar issued a manifesto promising reforms, but it is not accepted at its face value. ...

    Article : 241 words
  18. ARBITRATION COURT AND THE COAL TRADE.

    The N.S.W. Arbitration Court held a special sitting for the purpose of hearing an application from the Colliery Employers' federation of the Northern District against the Northern Colliery ...

    Article : 164 words
  19. SUICIDE OF A SCHOOL TEACHER.

    The City Coroner held an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Patrick Geo. Hewitson, of Parramatta, school teacher, who was found with his throat cut in the Sydney Domain ...

    Article : 281 words
  20. GOLDEN BENDIGO.

    The yield of gold in the Bendigo district for last year totals 248,000oz. The dividends declared [?] £367,806, and the calls reached £168,694. ...

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  21. ITEMS OF INTEREST.

    Butter of a blue tint is made from milk obtained from the native cow of India. A marriage market is held annually near Moscow, and it is said that over 1000 ...

    Article : 634 words
  22. THE WORLD'S BATTLESHIPS.

    In a paper on this subject in "Chambers' Journal", for November, Mr. Archibald S. Hurd gives some figures which show very effectively the haste of the nations in ...

    Article : 313 words
  23. 13 KILLED BY RAILWAY COLLISION.

    The Boulogne, express train with London passengers in proceeding to Paris, was travelling 39 miles an hour, when during a fog it came into collision with the Lille express. The luggage ...

    Article : 81 words
  24. INTER-STATE CRICKET.

    In the cricket match between Victoria and New South Wales, the latter won by 135 runs. Scores: Victoria 213 and 345; N.S.W., 213 and 480. ...

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  26. BUSH AND GRASS FIRES.

    Bush and grass fires did much damage in New South Wales and Victoria. At Adelong Crossing, Gundagai district, all the small settlers lost all their grass and much ...

    Article : 281 words
  27. DISASTROUS FIRE ON ABERDEEN LINER.

    The Aberdeen liner Sophocles, en route form Sydney to London, put into Fremantle, W.A., considerably damaged by fire. A final survey of the steamer showed that ...

    Article : 132 words
  28. TO ENCOURAGE SHEEP-BREEDERS.

    The council of the Tasmanian Shropshire Sheep-breeders' Association has, among other donations, voted £10 to the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association and £10 10s to the Royal Agricultural ...

    Article : 42 words
  29. BURNT TO DEATH.

    While May Vivienne Elliott, aged 23, was engaged cooking the Christmas dinner, at her residence, Walladilly, near Temora, her clothes became ignited. Her sister Wilfred hastily threw ...

    Article : 176 words
  30. MR. WISE AND THE LABOR COUNCIL.

    A letter of introduction to labor leaders in England furnished to Mr. B. R. Wise, M.L.C., who is now on his way to London, was discussed at some length at a meeting of the Sydney Labor ...

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  31. BARQUE STRUCK BY TIDAL WAVE.

    On arrival of the barque Meniwen in Hobson's Bay on Tuesday Captain Potter reported an extraordinary experience on the voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne. While in the vicinity of St. Paul's ...

    Article : 169 words
  32. GERMANY'S LITTLE WAR.

    The Gentians in South-west Africa engaged a force of 200 Hottentot Witbois and others in an trenched camp at Hudup, and after ten hours' fighting dispersed them. The victors made large ...

    Article : 90 words
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  34. A SNAKE STORY.

    A peculiar incident occurred on Tuesday at Lady Gully, near the North Perseverance Mine, Castlemaine, Victoria. A brown snake, some four feet long, was seen to tackle a large lizard, and ...

    Article : 119 words
  35. DOUBLE BATHING FATALITY.

    Misses Nellie Gardiner (18) and Fanny Kennedy (12). were drowned whilst bathing in the Wollomombi River, near Hillgrove. Mrs. Snape, wife of the landlord of the Wollomombi Hotel ...

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  36. DANGEROUS INFORMATION.

    First Boarder: "I see that the members of a scientific expedition were obliged to eat stewed tree bark to save themselves from starvation. You wouldn't think ...

    Article : 59 words
  37. NEW ARTILLERY FOR BRITISH ARMY.

    The "Times" says that the War Office has ordered of Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, Sir William Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., and others, a sufficient number of new quick-firers ...

    Article : 42 words
  38. GOLD DISCOVERY AT TARCUTTA

    An important gold discovery is reported at Tarcutta, 24 miles from Wagga. Mr. Wilkinson, the police magistrate and mining warden, has gone out to hear applications to mine on private ...

    Article : 49 words
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  41. FOG COST TEN MILLIONS.

    It is estimated that the recent fogs in England caused a loss of £10,000,000. ...

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  42. NIHILISTS ABOUT TO STRIKE.

    It is reported at Zurich, Switzerland (the headquarters of the sect), that the Russian Nihilists are preparing for an unprecedentedly active campaign. ...

    Article : 31 words
  43. THE "GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE WORLD."

    "I am Governor-General of the World," said a man to the constable on duty at the Government House gates, Melbourne, "and it is the duty of one Governor-General to call upon another. I ...

    Article : 92 words
  44. ENGLISH NURSE SAID TO BE A SPY.

    An English nurse in the employ of the Imperial family at St. Petesrburg has been expelled from Russia on suspicion of espionage. ...

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  46. RENDERS THEM SENSELESS.

    A narcotic bomb has been invented by an Austrian surgeon which may be fired from any gun. The bomb has a time fuse, and when dropped among a regiment of the ...

    Article : 103 words
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