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  2. THE WEEK'S CABLES.

    It is understood that the underwriters have received 75 per cent. of the Tusmanian £1,500,000 4 per cent. loan. An official return shows that there are ...

    Article : 726 words
  3. UNITED STATES.

    Admiral Peary, speaking after a lecture by Commander Evens at a gathering in the Carnegie Hall, deplored the lack of interest in America with regard to Polar ...

    Article : 390 words
  4. THE PARIS TRAGEDY.

    The Radical party is now demoralised, and there is a growing clamour for the resignation of Mr. Monis. The revelations regarding the relations ...

    Article : 168 words
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    Advertising : 212 words
  6. SOUTH AFRICAN TOPICS.

    The Labour candidates who asked for a mandate against the deportation of the strike leaders carried the Provincial Council elections in the Transvaal yesterday. ...

    Article : 114 words
  7. FRENCH CABINET RESIGNS.

    Owing to the disclosures made concerning Mr. Cailiaux, Minister of Finance, M. Monis has resigned, and his resignation involves that of the Ministry. ...

    Article : 121 words
  8. TRANSVAAL REPLY TO DEPORTATIONS.

    The "Rand Daily Mail" states that the result of the elections for the Transvaal Provincial Council, at which Labour secured a sweeping victory, must arrest the attention ...

    Article : 155 words
  9. ELECTION RIOTS.

    Several arrays took place at the funeral of M. Calmette. Cries hostile to M. Cailleaux aroused counter demonstrations. One of the supporters of Mr. Caillaux at ...

    Article : 245 words
  10. ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

    The Canadian Government has chartered the whaler "Herman Heas" to search for the whereabouts of Mr. Stefanson's Arctic party. ...

    Article : 171 words
  11. AFFAIRS IN MEXICO.

    It is reported that President [?]uerta, owing to the increasing seriousness of the financial situation in Mexico, is preparing to reopen negotiation with Mr. Lind, the ...

    Article : 128 words
  12. GERMANY.

    An Imperial Bill has been introduced to allow of betting on horse races only, and licensing bookmakers operating in places approved by the police. ...

    Article : 350 words
  13. A CAPE RECORD.

    The Union House of Assembly by-election for Liesbeck, a suburb of Capetown, to replace Mr. Long (Unionist), who resigned, has resulted:— ...

    Article : 63 words
  14. THE REBELS INVEST TORREON.

    General Villa, the rebel leader, with 12,000, men, has invested Torreon, the Federal, stronghold where General Veiasco, the Federal commander with 9000 troops, is ...

    Article : 69 words
  15. FOOTBALL.

    In the Rugby League final, sheffield Untied v West Bromwich each side scored one goal. In the Rugby match England v. Scotland ...

    Article : 222 words
  16. "DON'T HESITATE TO SHOOT."

    Regarding the telegram quote by Mr. Creswell at Johannesburg recently, in which the Government urged the local authorities not to hesitate to shoot the strikers if they ...

    Article : 88 words
  17. MADAME CAILLAUX'S LETTERS.

    At the inquiry in connection with the death of Mr. Calmette, editor of "Figaro," who was shot by Madame Caillaux, wife of the ex-Minister for Finance, Princess Mesagne ...

    Article : 174 words
  18. THE BENTON MURDER.

    The British Consul at Galveston, Mr. C. A. S. Pereival, who was deputed to proceed to Mexico and inquire into the murder of Mr. William Benton, a British subject. In ...

    Article : 187 words
  19. A VENICE DISASTER.

    A torpedo-boat, travelling at a high speed, collided with a launch on the Grand Canal, Venice, yesterday, and 50 of the passengers in the launch were drowned. The victims ...

    Article : 171 words
  20. INDIA.

    Sixty thousand bales of cotton were destroyed by fire last night, the damage being estimated at £500,000. The Viceroy, Lord Hardinge, speaking in ...

    Article : 84 words
  21. FRANCE.

    The Sorbonne University crew has challenged the winner of the Oxford-Cambridge boat race to a contest on the Thames. Mr. A. J. Balfour and Mr. A. Wilding ...

    Article : 117 words
  22. CAREER OF M. CAILLAUX.

    M. Caillaux has had a very interesting career. He is an ex-Prime Minister, and has been in several Cabinets. His ability as a master of finance is universally ...

    Article : 671 words
  23. EX-PRESIDENT CASTRO.

    Ex-president Castro, of Venezuela, has been discovered in hiding here. He declared yesterday that he wished to avoid the persecution to which he had ...

    Article : 83 words
  24. A BORDER SKIRMISH. FIGHTING AT TORREON.

    United States soldier fought a number of Mexican Federal troops across the Rio Grande, above Del Rio. One United States soldier was injured. Fighting between the rebels and the Federal troops in Torreon has begun, and General Villa, the rebel leader, has already captured several positions outside the town. ...

    Article : 118 words
  25. SOUTH AFRICA.

    At the Rhodesian elections the candidates favouring the Chartered Company were returned for Salisbury and Buluwayo. The Rhodesian elections have largely ...

    Article : 87 words
  26. JAPAN.

    Regarding the death in prison of Yoshida, on whose statements most of the arrests in connection with the naval scandals were made, some of the newspapers disbelieve the ...

    Article : 75 words
  27. PERUVIAN AMAZON COMPANY.

    The Official Reciever's report on the Peruvian Amazon Rubber Company states that the estates sold to the company were not of great value, nor did they produce the ...

    Article : 111 words
  28. THE REEKS MURDER.

    An officer, in the mercantile marine, and a friend of the late Mr. Reeks, who was murdered at Wolverhampton, has handed the Liverpool police several letters from the ...

    Article : 77 words
  29. BRITISH POLITICS.

    In the House of Lords, Lord Newton's Betting Inducements Bill, was lend the third time Lord Willoughby de Broke's measure, providing for the compulsory military ...

    Article : 216 words
  30. RUSSIA.

    The Duma has passed the Senate Reform Bill, which was promised by the Czar in 1905. Proceedings have commenced in the case ...

    Article : 55 words
  31. A "BLOODY BATTLE."

    General Villa, with 12,000 troops, fought a bloody battle in the neighbourhood of Gomez, Palacio, near Hereclasco. The Federal Commander, attempting to ...

    Article : 74 words
  32. TURKEY.

    At the instance of General von Sanders, Enver Bey, Minister for War, has ordered the May manoeuvres to be held near the russian frontier. The troops to take part ...

    Article : 45 words
  33. THE SLATER CASE.

    In August, 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle issued a pamphlet containing a demand for an inquiry into the case of Oscar Slater, who was convicted of the mudrer of Marion ...

    Article : 112 words
  34. STRIKE RIOTS IN AMERICA.

    Riots in connection with a strike resulted in bloodshed. Mr. Depew, Governor, ordered out the militia, and the strikers assembled around the factory in which the strike was ...

    Article : 82 words
  35. TALE OF A SHIPWRECK.

    Thrilling scenes of heroism marked the wreck of the steamer City of Sydney. While salvage operations were being carried on a heavy sea capsized a dory. Captain Burns and ...

    Article : 177 words
  36. GREECE.

    The Minister of Marino has announced that the Greek navy will be strengthened by three battleships, three armoured cruisers. and a proportionate number of light units. ...

    Article : 29 words
  37. ITALY.

    Senor Mercili, Director of the Viennese Observatory, has been asphyxated through the explosion of a kerosene lamp in his bedroom. ...

    Article : 22 words
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  39. REMARKABLE SUBSIDENCE.

    Two minors, while engaged at work in a shanty on the side of a mountain near a colliery, disappeared into the earth inside the building, owing to a subsidence. ...

    Article : 59 words
  40. BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP.

    The challenge round of 18,000 up between Inman and Reece in the English billiard championship was continued, the final scores being:— ...

    Article : 58 words
  41. CANADA.

    Despite the monetary stringency, Canadian trade during the year ended February 28 reached the greatest total in the history of the Dominion. ...

    Article : 26 words
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