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  2. WEEK'S MISCELLANY: w s £'•:

    Constable Long, of the Parramatta district, was murdered by burglars at Auburn, near Sydney, early on Monday morning. It is supposed that the constable, during ...

    Article : 638 words
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  4. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S GREAT SPEECH—WORKS AND WAR LOANS AND LABOR PROBLEMS.

    Among those present at the banquet given at Johannesburg in honor of Mr. Chamberlain were Lord Milner and General Louis Botha. The Mayor of Johannesburg ...

    Article : 569 words
  5. KNOCKED SENSELESS AT AN ELECTION MEETING.

    While attending an election meeting at Waterloo, Mr. David Vance was struck on the head with a stone and rendered senseless, but was able to go home after ...

    Article : 59 words
  6. GERMAN CHANCELLOR ON THE KAISER AND FOREIGN POLICY.

    In the German Reichstag, in the debate ton the Imperial Estimates, Dr. Schaedler, a Member of the Centre Party, described the telegram sent by the Emperor to Prince ...

    Article : 486 words
  7. DROWNED IN A VAT OF STOUT.

    George Castle, the head cellarman at the Walkerville Brewery, Adelaide, went to test a vat of stout in process of fermentation on the second floor of the premises. As he did ...

    Article : 127 words
  8. A SURPRISE PARTY CAUSES SUICIDE.

    At Moree on Tuesday night, Horace Charles Ezzy, aged 18 years, committed suicide at the Post-office Hotel under peculiar circumstances. He had been Keeping ...

    Article : 224 words
  9. THREE HOURS IN A WATERHOLE.

    A. Tonkin, assistant at the Buninyong (Victoria) post-office, went into the ranges with a dog at 6 a.m., and the dog fell into a shaft filled with water to within a few feet ...

    Article : 242 words
  10. A POTATO DIGGING MACHINE.

    A potato digging machine—an instance of up-to-date culture—used at the Colonial College Farm, Suffolk, England. A cloud of soil is cast into the air, and the potatoes are left lying on the ground after the machine has been through it. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 48 words
  11. WOULD RESTORE BOOTS FOR A CONSIDERATION.

    Frank Wigar, 50, described as a station manager, was committed for trial at the Water Police Court on a charge of attempting to obtain £30 from F. J. Walters by ...

    Article : 302 words
  12. UNINVITED CONSTABLE AT A PARTY.

    At the Newtown Police Court, Constable Albert Read was charged with having, on January 1, assaulted Henry Gleeson at Camperdown. Defendant pleaded not guilty. ...

    Article : 526 words
  13. RASPBERRY SYRUP LIKE RED INK.

    In the Analytical Branch of the Department of Public Health, Sydney, nine samples of reputed raspberry syrup were examined. Six of these were submitted by the ...

    Article : 131 words
  14. LINLITHGOW SUCCEEDS MILNER.

    The Johannesburg correspondent of the "Dally Express" reports that it is stated in official circles that the Marquis of Linlithgow (Lord Hopetoun, ...

    Article : 56 words
  15. BABY FARMERS SENTENCED TO DEATH.

    Annie Walters and Amelia Sach were found guilty at the Old Bailey of the murder of infants, and sentenced to death. On November 18 last a male infant, whose ...

    Article : 232 words
  16. ST. LEONARDS SCHOOL OF ARTS.

    A copy of the 44th annual report of the St. Leonards' School of Arts, to be presented at a meeting on February 4, has been received. There are now 213 members on the roll, of whom 23 ...

    Article : 68 words
  17. CARCASE OF MUTTON COST £70

    Two defendants, residents of town, were fined £50 and £20 respectively at the Orange (N.S.W.) Police Court, in default, six months and four months in gaol, for ...

    Article : 69 words
  18. GOVERNOR'S COACHMAN DROWNED.

    A party from the Vice-Regal residence at Moss Vale were visiting the Fitzroy Fails, and a swim being suggested, several of the men went in. After being in the water for ...

    Article : 75 words
  19. LEPROUS CHINESE LYING IN THE STREET.

    A Chinaman named Kee Ying, aged 20, was seen lying in the street at Frankston (Vic). The doctor, on examining him, found that he was suffering from reprosy, ...

    Article : 70 words
  20. SUN'S HEAT TWISTS TRAIN RAILS.

    The mail train from Albury to Melbourne was delayed for several hours on Tuesday afternoon by a peculiar incident. Three miles from Barnawantha a gang of repairers ...

    Article : 95 words
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  22. EXPLOSIVE SENSATION AT A FIRE.

    An alarming incident happened in connection with a fire at Nhill (Vic.). It reached a cool chamber in a butcher's premises. Two large steel tubes of ammonia, ...

    Article : 88 words
  23. BRAVE BOY LOSES HIS LIFE.

    Two boys, while bathing in the river at North "wagga, got beyond their depth, and a lad named James Collins went to their rescue. He dived, ana did not rise again. ...

    Article : 53 words
  24. FRENCH ARMS FOR THE MULLAH SEIZED.

    Lieutenant G. H. Bevan, of H.M.S. Pomone, in a patrol dhow on the coast of Somanland, sighted an Arab dnow. He sent a Somali to the masthead, and lured the Arab ...

    Article : 112 words
  25. THE ELINGAMITE WRECK.

    The decision of the Court of Inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Elingamite, which occasioned the loss of many lives and horrors on a raft, was given at Auckland on ...

    Article : 794 words
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  27. FILLING A SENATE VACANCY.

    The Victorian State House and Legislative Council wet to elect a representative in the Senate in place of the late Sir Fred. Sargood. Mr. R. Reid was chosen by 58 ...

    Article : 48 words
  28. PARALYSED MAN BEING EATEN BY ANTS.

    On Saturday night an old man named Michael Harold, 82 years of age, was admitted to the Albury Hospital in a serious condition. Harold had been living alone in ...

    Article : 170 words
  29. COLLIER FOUNDERS WITH ALL HANDS.

    The steamer Upupu, of the City of Cork Steam Packet Company, Limited, proceeding from Cardiff to Cork with a cargo of coal, foundered off Bollycotton, the crew, ...

    Article : 54 words
  30. FIVE SAILORS KILLED.

    An eight-inch, gun in the turret of the U.S. battleship Massachusetts exploded, Five sailors were killed and four ochers injured. The explosion was caused by the ...

    Article : 40 words
  31. FINED Id. FOR KITE FLYING.

    In the test case brought by the City Council against an employee of Grace Bros. for kite flying in Hyde Park (for the purpose of advertisement) the magistrate imposed a ...

    Article : 60 words
  32. SIERRA NEAR THE THREE KINGS

    The R.M.S. Sierra had a very rough trip across the Tasman Sea to Auckland. She encountered a severe easterly gale shortly after leaving Sydney, and the upper deck ...

    Article : 100 words
  33. TO BE RELEASED FROM LIFE SENTENCE.

    The Victorian Cabinet has decided that Mrs. Cecile Anderson, who is serving a life sentence, for murder, shall be released On June 30 next Mrs. Anderson was sentenced ...

    Article : 50 words
  34. BARMAN BOUND AND ROBBED.

    Geo. M. Palmer, barman at the Commercial Travellers' Club, Pitt-street, reported to the police that on Sunday afternoon two masked men entered the club, and, ...

    Article : 91 words
  35. PRINCESS AND PARAMOUR.

    The Crown Princess Louise of Saxony and her paramour, M. Giron, travelled to Mentone as Mons. and Madame Jerard. ...

    Article : 28 words
  36. MAN CUT IN TWO BY A SAW.

    At the Worsley No. 2 sawmill, Westralla, August Magussen, aged 57, an employee, got foul of the steam saw, and was cut in two. ...

    Article : 33 words
  37. CANADA INVITES POPULATION.

    The Canadian Government is sending a mission to England to induce war reservists to settle in Canada. Forty successful Manitoba farmers will ...

    Article : 37 words
  38. PILES AND THEIR CURE.

    The pamphlet by Albert Sharp, of Sydney, "Piles, and how to cure, them without operation," sent free on application to 257 George-street. ...

    Article : 32 words
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