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  2. THE COAL STRIKE.

    The Western minors met on Monday, and the oc[?]cided, by a large majority, to return to the mines from Tuesday. The Western mines did not, however, resume ...

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  3. THE WEEK'S MISCELLANY

    A fire occurred in the drapery stores of Arding and Hobbs, Clapham, causing a panic among the people in the stores. Hundreds of the employees were dressing the ...

    Article : 509 words
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  5. EDEN STRIKES A ROCK.

    On arrival at Sydney of the steamer Eden, of the fleet of the Illawarra and South Coast S.N. Company, Limited, it was ascertained that the vessel ran ashore while on her way alone ...

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  6. THREE ASSASSINATIONS.

    A bomb outrage occurred at St. Petersburg. A youth named Vosskressensky hired a flat in St. Petersburg and announced that his uncle and a man servant were visiting him. ...

    Article : 491 words
  7. THIRTY HOUSES AND SHOPS BURNED.

    A fire occurred at Williamstown (Vic). where 30 weatherboard houses and shops were destroyed. Fortunately no one was injured. The outbreack started in the washouse of a villa ...

    Article : 294 words
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  9. WAVING THE RED FLAG.

    If the resolutions of which notice has been given for the annual conference in January are adopted, the Socialist members in England will have a very stormy ...

    Article : 307 words
  10. YOUNG MAN'S EXTRAORDINARY BEHAVIOUR.

    Af Ballarat (Vic.) Constables Ward and Craig were informed that a man armed with a gun had taken possession of his parents home in Little Lyons-street, and had threatened to shoot ...

    Article : 365 words
  11. DEATH FROM ELECTRIC SHOCK.

    Harold Baker, an electrician, who accidentally received an electric shock of about 3000 volts at the Balmain lighting station, last Monday, died in Balmain Hospital on Thursday night. ...

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  12. LORD KITCHENER. AT PORT DARWIN.

    Lord Kitchener arrived at Port Darwin on Tuesday, and was welcomed on board B.M.S. Encounter by Major-General Head, on behalf of the Commonwealth. Lord Kichener left on ...

    Article : 575 words
  13. BRIDEGROOM PUNCHES BEST MAN AT WEDDING.

    An amusing assault case came before the Court of Petty Sessions at Hay. It arose out of a wedding which took place to Thursday last. The wedding party adjourned to a building formerly ...

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  14. TAMMANY HOBBLED.

    New York has at last won a victory for good government. It is true that the Tammany candidate was elected as Mayor, but the men who will compose the Board ...

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  15. COOK AND THE POLE.

    Reuter's correspondent at Copenhapan says that the committee of the University, which was appointed to examine the papers submitted by Dr. Cook, the Aretic explorer, has announced that ...

    Article : 365 words
  16. THREE KILLED IN EXPLOSION OF SPIRITS.

    A terrible accident happened at Hampton Hotel, 60 miles from Cloncurry, whereby Luke McCormack, Walter Bentley, and Mick Cullen lost their lives, and Peter Toobey and Mick Hogan were ...

    Article : 132 words
  17. SANDBAGGERS IN CONFLICT WITH CONSTABLES.

    There was another serious shooting affray, in which a number of the police force was under, fire near Adelaide on Saturday night. Residents of Goodwood who were in the vicinity of the ...

    Article : 307 words
  18. STABBED TO DEATH.

    Shortly after midnight on Thursday a fearful tragedy wits enacted in Moonta-street. Adelaide. A constable was attracted to the scene of E. A. H. Madge's bakery by loud calls of "Police, ...

    Article : 499 words
  19. FISHING RESORTS.

    Sunday, Dec. 26 7.46 8.7 Monday, Dec. 27 8.28 8.48 Tuesday, Dec. 28 9.8 9.32 Wednesday, Dec. 29 9.55 10.19 ...

    Article : 841 words
  20. PROSPERITY OF THE UNITED STATES.

    The New York-Post-Office, excluding Brooklyn, has issued European money orders representing £1,504,000, representing Christmas gifts from people in the United States to relatives in Europe. ...

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  21. PROSPECTIVE BRIDEGROOM DIES SUDDENLY.

    A young man named George Johnson died at Uralla on Tuesday night. He had spent the evening with a young lady, making arrangements for their marriage, leaving her with the promise ...

    Article : 76 words
  22. KING LEOPOLD'S FUNERAL.

    Dense crowds attended a service in Brussels Cathedral held in connection with the funeral of King Leopold. The remains were interred at Laeken, two miles ...

    Article : 222 words
  23. PROFESSOR'S BEQUEST TO UNIVERSITY.

    Dr. Graham, Professor of Chemistry at the University of London, bequeathed to the University College Hospital £35,000 for the purposes of medical research. ...

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  24. BOY RIFLE SHOT SCORES SIXTY-SIX CONSECUTIVE BULLS.

    Shooting for the North Island (N.Z.) Challenge Shield, Danevirke School Cadets scored 827 out of a possible 840. One boy made 66 consecutive bull's eyes. ...

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  25. MAORIS CLAIM OWNERSHIP OF LAKE ROTORUA.

    The natives of Rotorua have commenced an action in the Supreme Court to establish their claim to the ownership of Lake Rotoura. Their claim is based on native custom, by which they ...

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  26. CANADA'S IMPROVING TRADE.

    Canada's imports for the eight month ended November show an increase of £9,000,000, and the exports £10,000,000, compared with the corresponding period last year. ...

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  27. DREADNOUGHT TO BE BUILT ON THAMES.

    The Admiralty has accepted the tender of the Thames Ironworks and Engineering Company for the construction of a Dreadnought if the company will provide £50,000 as a guarantee that it will ...

    Article : 55 words
  28. BAD COTTON SEASON.

    An analysis of the balance-sheets of 100 typical Lancashire mills, containing 8,000,000, spindles, shows a loss of £272,072, or 8 per cent. on the year. Nevertheless, dividends average 7½ per cent. ...

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  29. A "JACK-THE-RIPPER" IN PERTH.

    Christmas was ushered in at Perth with a diabolical murder on the cutter yacht Banshie. anchored in Swan River, near Mill Point, South Perth. A woman, aped about 50 years, was ...

    Article : 309 words
  30. THE GYROSCOPE.

    Mr. Louis Brennan has transferred his rights in the invention of the gyroscope railway to the British army and Navy in consideration of assistance rendered by the British Government ...

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  31. THE NICARAGUAN REVOLT.

    General Estrada, the revolutionary leader in Nicaragua, has been victorious in his operations, having captured Recreo and. Tatumbia, strongholds of General Zelaya. Many losses were ...

    Article : 89 words
  32. GERMAN DOCKYARD SCANDALS.

    Chief Engineer Roggensack, of the German cruiser Danzig, who was sentenced to three months' imprisonment, and cashiered in connection with the Kiel dockyard scandals, has ...

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  33. WILL OF AN OLD DIGGER DISPUTED.

    The hearing of a romantic will case began at Dublin on November 11, when William Brazil, a Limerick farmer, sought to establish the will by which his cousin, ...

    Article : 227 words
  34. MASKED BURGLAR.

    The Newnes post-office was broken into or a masked man at 4 a.m. on Tuesday and the postmaster sandbagged. The intruder proceeded to the room occupied by ...

    Article : 126 words
  35. THE WARATAH.

    A largely attended meeting was held at the Melbourne Town Hall on Wednesday night to consider the question of sending another vessel to search for the missing steamer Waratah. The ...

    Article : 288 words
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  37. GAMBLING QUARREL ENDS IN STABBING.

    A stabbing affray occurred at Chinatown, Geraldton (Q.) on Wednesday night During the afternoon Indians and other aliens, who were engaged gambling, alleged that cheating was going ...

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  39. MOB OF SHEEP STARVED IN YARDS.

    An extraordinary occurrence is reported from Weetalibah, about 20 miles from Coonamble, bearing in its train serious loss for a well-known district grazier. ...

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  40. MANY INJURED IN STAMPEDE.

    Stampedes occurred at fires in three New York theatres, and many people were injured—at the Windsor, where the audience numbered 700; at the Murray Hill Theatre, where there were 1600 ...

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  41. STORMS IN BRITAIN.

    Heavy winds and gales, with snow, fen the weather conditions in Great Britain on Tuesday, and these were followed on Wednesday by a rapid thaw, with torrential rains and floods in Devon ...

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  42. MAHARAJA DISTRIBUTES WEIGHT IN GOLD.

    The Maharaja of Nepaul, following the usual custom, has distributed his weight in gold among his poor fellow-pilgrims. ...

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  43. KILLED BY BRANDY.

    Four laborers while working in a cellar of an hotel at Wigan, Lancashire, breached a cask of brandy, and all died from over-indulgence in the liquor. ...

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  44. FAMOUS PEARL NECKLACE.

    It has been discovered that the necklace belonging to the late Lira. William Astor—five magnificent strands of pearls—contained 90 imitation pearls, which has reduced its value to ...

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