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  2. THE WEEK'S MISCELLANY.

    Major-General C. E. Knox captured Commandant Joubert and Field-Cornets Wolmarans and Diedrichs, among other prisoners. ...

    Article : 720 words
  3. 200.000 CATTLE PERISH BY DROUGHT.

    Mr. William Riley, a well-known commis-sion agent, who returned to Longreach, Queensland, from a trip to Beetoota, buying horses for South Africa, reports that the ...

    Article : 243 words
  4. ATTACKED IN HIS OWN HOUSE.

    A young man named James Daniel Grant had an exciting experience upon returning to his home at 743 Darling-stroet, Balmain, early oh Tuesday morning. He walked ...

    Article : 282 words
  5. CHARGED WITH ABDUCTING A WIFE.

    At the Police Count, Glen Innes, William Kingsley, on remand from Toowoomba, was charged with abducting Teresa Dunn, wife of Owen Dunn, she being under the age of ...

    Article : 305 words
  6. STRANGE CHARGES OF BIRTH CONCEALMENT.

    Early in November tine police at Wyalong charged a young widow woman named Harriet Harris with concealment of birth. On being questioned she admitted that she had ...

    Article : 489 words
  7. TWO CHILDREN KILLED BY A TRAIN.

    A railway accident, resulting in the death of two little boys, occurred, on the line near the Hurstville railway station. One of the children, John Henry Sparkes, aged 5, was ...

    Article : 217 words
  8. COLLAPSE OF A TIMBER STACK—FOUR MEN BURIED.

    While working at a stack containing about 3000 feet of Oregon pine at Saxton and Binns yards, Pyrmont, on Thursday, a side of the stack collapsed and buried four ...

    Article : 114 words
  9. PANIC AND LOSS OF LIFE AT A FIRE.

    The Oriental Hotel and three shops in Willis-street, Wellington, N.Z., were destroyed by fire. The hotel was badly equipped with means ...

    Article : 192 words
  10. BEER AT BROKEN HILL.

    The probability of a reduction in the price of beer is agitating the people of Broken Hill. Several publicans took the initiative and reduced the price to 4d per pint, but ...

    Article : 134 words
  11. ALLEGED SUBORNING OF A WITNESS.

    At the Water Police Court, Nathaniel Thompson, 40, law writer, was charged with endeavoring to persuade one Charlotte Smith to make a false statement on oath ...

    Article : 581 words
  12. NIGGERS "SALTING" GOLD MINES.

    The Governor of the Gold Coast Colony (Major M. Nathan, C.M.G.) reports as worthless a number of the gold-mining concessions. The natives have been blowing ...

    Article : 37 words
  13. CYCLONE AND TIDAL WAVE.

    Phenomenal tides occurred on the East Coast of England, and miles of country were submerged. A cyclone, fallowed by a tidal wave 6ft ...

    Article : 39 words
  14. BURIED CITY UNEARTHED.

    A buried city lias been discovered at the foot of Mount Emratz, near Aleppo, in Northern Syria. The buildings are of stone, and there are ...

    Article : 36 words
  15. FEDERAL TARIFF ALTERATIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 637 words
  16. POPE LEO " FADING AWAY."

    Several newspapers announce that. n o t w i t hstanding repeated denials. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 101 words
  17. 24 KILLED BY BOILER EXPLOSION.

    A trailer explosion occurred at an injector factory, Detroit, Michigan, United States. Twenty-four persons were killed and 25 were injured. ...

    Article : 27 words
  18. SUICIDE OF A BANK MANAGER

    Early on Tuesday morning Frank Churchill Tucker, 38, bank manager, residing with his parents at Charlotte-street, Ashfield, was found lying on the floor of ...

    Article : 218 words
  19. BARQUE WRECKED AND MATE DROWNED.

    The wooden barque Royal Tar of 598 tons, was wrecked at Tiritiri Island, about 30 miles north of Auckland (N.Z.) on Tuesday morning. She struck a rock at 2 ...

    Article : 132 words
  20. CHINA CRISIS.

    The confidential report of General Voyron, who commanded the French troops in China states that French soldiers sympathising with missionaries helped them and ...

    Article : 179 words
  21. ITEMS OF INTEREST.

    There are 5000 Mormons in England. There are 41 times as many sovereigns in use as half-sovereigns. The value of mining machinery in the ...

    Article : 518 words
  22. FIJI AND NEW ZEALAND.

    The steamer Taviuni (from Fiji) brought news to Auckland (N.Z.), that the federation agitation has been renewed. The Fijians are working very hard, and ...

    Article : 79 words
  23. THE PROFITS OF FAITH HEALING.

    The Rev. J. A. Dowie, the founder of Zion City, has been assessed at Chicago as owning property worth £100,000. Mrs. Eddy, of the Christian Science ...

    Article : 44 words
  24. GOULD LIVE UNDER WATER A WEEK.

    Successful experiments have been conducted with the United States submarine boat Fulton. She was submerged for 15 hours. ...

    Article : 37 words
  25. ATTEMPTED TO MURDER HIS BROTHER.

    At the Beech worth (Vic) Assizes George Edward Martin, of Yackandan[?]ah, was sentenced to seven years imprisonment on a charge of shooting at his brother with ...

    Article : 60 words
  26. HUGE BANK FRAUDS.

    The Bank of Liverpool (England) is reported to have been defrauded of £170,000 toy a bookkeeper. A sum of £250 has been offered for the ...

    Article : 206 words
  27. KANAKA SENTENCED FOR MURDER.

    At Townsville, Queensland, a kanaka named Follows was charged with the murder of William Wing at Ingham on October 24. Accused was found guilty and was ...

    Article : 34 words
  28. FENIAN CONSPIRACY.

    The secret society called "The Order of the Midnight Sun," which engaged in a conspiracy to overthrow Canadian authority at Klondyke, was founded by Fenians at ...

    Article : 49 words
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  30. A DUTCH DEFEAT.

    A Dutch river expedition in Sumatra operating against the chief Sebakoel has been defeated by the chief, who captured the river flotilla of transports. Bight of the ...

    Article : 46 words
  31. LYNCH AND THE COMMONS.

    The friends of Colonel Lynch, the ex-Boer officer, who has been elected to the ?House of Commons for Galway, have been warned that if he goes to England he will ...

    Article : 39 words
  32. WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK.

    A stormy debate arose in the Greek Chamber of Deputies following on the recent riots in Athens. A member of the Opposition called M. Theotokis, the Premier, an assassin. ...

    Article : 106 words
  33. AWFUL RAILWAY DISASTER.

    A terrible disaster occurred on Wednesday on the Wabash Railway, United States. A West-bound train with immigrants came into collision at Seneca, Illinois, with ...

    Article : 142 words
  34. COLONIAL MOUNTED CORPS.

    The King has consented to the formation of a corps of mounted infantry composed wholly of Colonials in London. The corps, which will have a machine gun battery, ...

    Article : 113 words
  35. SCHOOL INSPECTOR'S NARROW ESCAPE.

    Mr. Skillman, Public School Inspector, while driving down the Dorrigo Mountain, Bellinger district, in a buggy, had a remarkable escape from a terrible death. The ...

    Article : 86 words
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