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  3. THE WEEK'S MISCELLANY:

    The startling news was received at Brisbane on Monday that a tragedy had occurred at Gayneah, the victim being Mr. Muir, one of the employees of the branch of the Commercial Bank of Sydney ...

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  4. COMMONWEALTH WINS SURPLUS REVENUE CASE.

    The High Court delivered judgment in the surplus revenue cases. The action was brought by the State of New South Wales (representing the other States) against the Commonwealth. The ...

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  5. FIRE IN BROKEN HILL MINE.

    On Wednesday moraine it was discovered that Broken Hill Block 14 mine was on fire underground. Only two shifts work underground— from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and 4 p.m. to midnight. ...

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  6. TWO MEN CHARGED WITH MURDER.

    George Salmon, who died in the Goulburn Hospital as a result, it is alleged, of an attack mate upon him, went into Goulburn to witness the Eight-hour demonstration. He was leaving an ...

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  7. UNEMPLOYED IN ENGLAND.

    Mr. John Burns, President of the Loval Government Board, spent the week-end at Sandringham with the King, who wished for full information regarding the unemployed. ...

    Article : 854 words
  8. A FAMOUS QUACK AND HIS DUTIES.

    Mantaccini, the famous charlatan of Paris, was a young man of good family, and, having in a few years squandered a large estate and reduced himself to ...

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  9. AUSTRALASIAN MEDICAL CONGRESS.

    The eighth session of the Australasian Medical Congress was opened in Melbourne on Monday. Medical men from all parts of the Commonwealth were present. ...

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  10. "JACK" JOHNSON TALKS BIG.

    "Jack" Johnson, who is to box "Tommy" Burns for the Championship of the World, at Sydney, arrived at Fremantle on Wednesday. In the course of an interview Johnson was told ...

    Article : 331 words
  11. BOY SCOUTS.

    Between 300 and 400 scouts accepted Mr. Shearston's invitation to attend the Trafalgar celebrations at the Royal Naval House on Wednesday evening, and they thoroughly enjoyed themselves. ...

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  12. CO-RESPONDENT PAINTED BLACK

    Samuel Attwell. co-respondent in the divorce case Wm. Attwell v. Eugenic Jessie Attwell, received a rough handling by fellow workmen at the Perth railway workshops. A bag was placed over his ...

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  13. SNAKE-BITTEN AND SIX DAYS ALONE IN THE BUSH.

    An extraordinary story of adventure and privation is told by Oliver Dully, a young man of 27, who is now lying at the house of a relative at Jerusalem Bay, near Cowan Creek, worn out by ...

    Article : 575 words
  14. THE KINCUMBER WRECKED.

    A mishap occurred at Harrington on Friday night, when the steamer Kincumber, while attempting to cross into the Manning, struck the end of the breakwater. She was considerably ...

    Article : 101 words
  15. "JUMPERS" IN RAIN.

    Rain at Millthorpe on Saturday was accompanied by white jumpers similar to those in cheese. Several samples were secured. ...

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  16. DEATH OF MR. H. M. FAITHFULL.

    Mr. Henry Montagu Faithfull, a well-known Sydney citizen, died on Thursday, at his residence, St. Anne's, Elizabeth Bay. He was born at Springfield, near Goulburn, 61 years ago. The ...

    Article : 222 words
  17. SUFFRAGETTES ON TRIAL.

    At the Bow-street Police Court, the hearing of the charge against Mrs. Drummond, Mrs. Pankhurst, and Miss Christabel Pankhurst, of trying to provoke a breach of the peace in connection with ...

    Article : 184 words
  18. KILLED IN GAMBLING QUARREL.

    On September 13 some colored men were gambling at their quarters at Homebush Mill, Mackay (Q.), and quarrelled. Sing Appon, a Cingalee went outside, and returned with a ...

    Article : 79 words
  19. COST OF COTTON LOCK-OUT.

    The "Daily Mail" reports that the cotton lockout has thrown idle 400,000 operatives, and caused a loss of £3,500,000. ...

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  20. UNEMPLOYED AND FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    During the debate on the want of confidence motion in the House of Representatives, about 50 unemployed attempted to make their way into the galleries. As these were full, the men ...

    Article : 137 words
  21. AMERICAN FLEET IN JAPAN.

    The American battleship fleet, under Rear-Admiral Sperry, has arrived at Yokohama. The fleet, escorted by Japanese cruisers, entered Yokohama Harbor amid the discharge of fireworks ...

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  22. MR. HEARST SUED FOR SLANDER.

    The Nebraskan Sheriff on being refused admission broke into Mr. W. R. Hearst's railway saloon carriage at Omaha (Nebraska), while Mr. Hearst and his wife were retiring for the night, and ...

    Article : 76 words
  23. COOLIES EXECUTED.

    Five coolies have been executed at Suva for the murder of Mr. Ben Hall, a plantation overseer, who was killed some weeks back. ...

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  24. CHINESE OPIUM MONOPOLY.

    The Chinese Government has abandoned its monopoly of opium selling, and has substituted in its place the licensing system. At a meeting on Friday night the following ...

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  25. OVER £60,000 FOR CHARITIES.

    Mrs. E. Knox, an old and wealthy identity of New Zealand, whose death took place on Monday at the age of 99, has left bequests to various Auckland charities, amounting in the aggregate ...

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  26. THE WHEAT CROP.

    The Government Statistician has completed his annual estimate of the area under wheat and all crops for the present season. The area under all crops is estimated to be 2,616,656 acres, of ...

    Article : 66 words
  27. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

    Mr. W. J. Bryan, Democratic candidate for the American Presidency, calculates that he will receive the votes of 1,500,000 unemployed in the Eastern States. ...

    Article : 184 words
  28. GOVERNMENT AGRICULTURAL TRAINING FARM.

    Mr. Herbert R. Eaton, the hon, secretary for the Immigration League of Australia, and Mr. W. A. Oatley, a vice-president, have received the following letter from the Under-Secretary for ...

    Article : 102 words
  29. MISSING BALLOON FOUND.

    The last of the missing German balloons, the Hergesell, which took part in the Gordon Bennett race, has been found in the sea, 100 miles north of Heligoland. ...

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  30. WOMAN FOUND STRANGLED.

    Esther Prager, a Russian Pole, was discovered strangled in lodgings in Bernard-street, Russell-square, London. The case is similar to that of Emily Dimmock, ...

    Article : 71 words
  31. FEDERAL TRAWLER.

    It is expected that the Commonwealth trawler Endeavor will be put into commission early in January. The Public Service Commissioner is inviting ...

    Article : 75 words
  32. POLES OUTWIT GERMANS.

    Poles in Prussia, under the Public Meeting Law, are not allowed to speak the Polish language at public meetings, but must speak German. The Speeches, however, are printed and ...

    Article : 64 words
  33. BLACKMAILERS CONVICTED.

    Charles Winborn and Arthur Canham, farriers, were sentenced to five years and three years' imprisonment respectively for threatening to murder Mr. J. B. Joel unless they were paid £500. ...

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  34. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS FOR ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.

    The steamer Paparoa, due at Wellington (N.Z.) next week from London, is bringing out a considerable consignment of Christmas presents for the members of Lieutenant Shackleton's Antarctic ...

    Article : 141 words
  35. LOCAL OPTION IN ENGLAND.

    The discussion in Committee of the Whole of the House of Commons, on the amendment proposed by the Government to clause 3 of the Licensing Bill, providing that local veto should ...

    Article : 71 words
  36. £2,000,000 WANTED FOR POSTAL DEPARTMENT.

    Mr. Hesketh told the Postal Commission that £1,200,000 was required for new telegraph and telephone works in the Commonwealth. He also stated that £800,000 was also needed ...

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  37. MAN FALLS INTO BOILING FAT.

    A married man, George Moore (49), employed at the Candle Works, Bulimba, Brisbane, fell into a vat of boiling fat, and was terribly scalded from head to foot. He was removed to a ...

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  38. CLAIMS FOR OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

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  39. THROAT CUT AT DINNER.

    While the servants of the Hotel de Sezavanne, Paris, were at dinner last month, one of the chambermaids, who had been discharged because of a complaint made ...

    Article : 58 words
  40. AMERICAN ELECTION REVELATIONS.

    A committee representing the depositors in the recently suspended National Bank at Waynesburg (U.S.A.) discovered a cheque written with lead pencil on the blank side of an official ...

    Article : 88 words
  41. MASSACRE IN THE ISLANDS.

    News of a massacre in the New Hebrides has readied Sydney. The victims were Mr. Peter C. Greig, aged 51; Miss. Ada Joyce Greig, 17; and Miss. Elizabeth ...

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  42. THE HEALTHY.

    Wolfe's Schnapps is the beverage for the healthy or the ailing; it is the beverage that benefits.— ...

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  43. EAT AND DRINK.

    The best, Wolfe's Schnapps represents the supreme perfection of a distilled spirit.— ...

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  44. DINING CARS ON RAILWAYS.

    The work on the three dining ears under construction at Newport (Vic.) for the Sydney and Adelaide expresses is well advanced. When passengers can dine on board, the Sydney express ...

    Article : 156 words
  45. EXCITING INCIDENTS AT TRAM STRIKE.

    The conductors and collectors employed by the Belgian Tramway Company in Car[?] struck for higher wages, and prevented European inspectors from running the cars. ...

    Article : 57 words
  46. BROKEN HILL CRISIS ADJUSTED.

    A mass meeting, held in the Central Reserve at Broken Hill on Sunday afternoon was attended by over 5000 men and women. The ballot resulted in favor of a strike by a ...

    Article : 130 words
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  48. CENSURE MOTION DEFEATED.

    The debate on Mr. Reid's censure motion was concluded in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. On an amendment by Sir John Forrest the ...

    Article : 62 words
  49. FOREST FIRES TEN MILES WIDE.

    During the forest fire in Michigan a wall of flame ten miles wide swept partly across the lower Michigan Peninsula. Five villages were destroyed, and 50 people ...

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  50. EIGHT BLOCKS OF LAND—1200 APPLICATIONS.

    Over 1200 applications were lodged at the lands office at Moree in respect of the eight settlement lease areas, ranging in area from 2600 acres to 6000 acres. One area is at Boomi, three at ...

    Article : 59 words
  51. LAWLESSNESS IN IRELAND.

    Mr. A. Birrel, Chief Secretary for Ireland, replying to a question in the House of Commons by Mr. James Craig, said that there were 23¼ agrarian outrages reported by the Royal Irish ...

    Article : 60 words
  52. A LAWYER LYNCHED.

    A bond of masked night raiders in Tennessee, being dissatisfied with legislation regulating fishing in Reelfool Lake, dragged from an hotel two Treaton lawyers, who were visiting the lake for ...

    Article : 104 words
  53. WELL-KNOWN ACTOR DEAD.

    Mr. Herbert Flemming, the well-known actor-manager, died suddenly at Menzies' Hotel, Melbourne, on Friday, after an illness of only a day or two. He was 52 years of age. ...

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  54. CANAL TO COST £19,000,000.

    Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian Premier, has announced that if the revenue continues to increase at the present rate, the Georgian Bay Canal, 20ft, deep, to cost £19,000,000, will be ...

    Article : 45 words
  55. RESIGNATIONS FROM VICTORIAN CABINET.

    Sir Alexander Peacock and Mr. Donald Mackinnon have resigned from the Victorian Ministry. The former resigned on account of ill-health, ...

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  56. PROTECTION AGAINST AERIAL ATTACK.

    Trials in Russia show that quickfirers trained at an angle of 40 degrees are an exce[?]ent defence against airships. Projectiles aimed at a dirigible balloon rose to ...

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  57. PUBLIC SCHOOLS RIFLE SHOOTING

    In the second rifle shoot for the Grand Challenge Shield Orange Public School defeated Bathurst District School by 708 points to 681. The winners now hold the shield. ...

    Article : 38 words
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