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  2. MORPETH IN 1864.

    On May 2, 1864, the railway from East Maitland to Morpeth was opened to the use of the public. The time of departure of trains from Morpeth was 8 a.m., 11.50 a.m. ...

    Article : 1,148 words
  3. PARIS DAY BY DAY.

    A duel with swords was fought yesterday morning at Neuilly-Saint-James, between Comte Pierre d'Heursel and Baron Robert le Vavasseur. In thethird bout the latter ...

    Article : 368 words
  4. HOW SONGS BECOME POPULAR.

    How does a song become popular? And what constitutes a popular song? Some songs will hit the public taste instantly, but their success is ephemeral, and ...

    Article : 598 words
  5. THE HIBERNIANS.

    The annual conference of the Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society was continued on Friday, in the Catholic Club Hall, Castlereagh-street, Sydney. ...

    Article : 345 words
  6. FATAL CANOE ACCIDENT.

    Two young advocates, MM. Bigeard and Dupre, were drowned in the Marne through the capsizing of their canoe. The accident was witnessed by a number of persons ...

    Article : 313 words
  7. ELECTIONEERING CAMPAIGN.

    In view of the coming general elections, a curious attempt is being made to form a "Catholic party" to carry on an active campaign in the country. The enterprise, is ...

    Article : 260 words
  8. STATE PRISONS.

    The 1913 report of Mr. Macfarlane, the State Comptroller-General of Prisons, now ready, is the last he will issue. The report states that, including ...

    Article : 401 words
  9. HOW MUNICH TEACHES THE TRADES.

    The Munich schools have worked out the system of industrial training which undoubtedly leads the world, because it is based on demonstration teaching in ...

    Article : 576 words
  10. PRACTICAL JOKES ON BARRISTERS.

    Many are the jokes which have been played with unblushing effroutery by junior counsel upon their seniors. "I am afraid, m[?]lud, that I must at this unexpected ...

    Article : 491 words
  11. VIOLENT SWEETHEART.

    A certain Mlle. Marthe, whose love is strong but whose hand is weak, twice thought that she had killed her lover and twice she found him hale and alive as if ...

    Article : 528 words
  12. TRAFFIC IN DECORATIONS.

    According to persons who know Hans Branco, one of the trio arrested on the charge of illicit traffic in decorations, he is a victim of the other two prisoners. His ...

    Article : 271 words
  13. THE WONDERS OF WIRELESS.

    Thousands of liners that ply the great oceans are now equipped with wireless outfits, and in one year there are transmitted between ship and shorn messages ...

    Article : 306 words
  14. A NEW FIELD GUN.

    A new heavy field gun is shortly to go into service in the French army. It is a 1913 model, and is a very slight modification of the 106mm gun, supplied to the ...

    Article : 232 words
  15. STANDARD OIL COMPANY IN CHINA.

    The following is a summary of an account of the Standard Oil Company's Chinese contract furnished by Mr. Bemis, one of the vice-presidents, to the New York "Sun. ...

    Article : 208 words
  16. THE CULTIVATOR OF THE VOICE.

    Taking lessons in singing and in elocution is highly desirable in voice cultivation, and much may be done by the practice of reading aloud with due expression and feeling, and a ...

    Article : 259 words
  17. FOUNDATION STONE-LAYING.

    Morpeth people, three weeks after the opening of their railway, viz., on Queen's Birthday, 1864, witnessed the laying of the foundation stone of the new church for "the ...

    Article : 605 words
  18. BOY SENTENCED TO DEATH.

    Andre Martin, a lad of 17, was yesterday condemned to death at Beauvais. There were several very curious circumstances about the verdict. In the first place, a capital sentence ...

    Article : 216 words
  19. TRANSFORMING THE CITY.

    After a period of nearly fifty years the old plan for transforming the streets of Paris drawn up by Baron Haussmann is gradually being completed on the left bank ...

    Article : 480 words
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