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  2. DYNAMITE DISASTER.

    Fifty persons were killed and eighty seriously injured by an explosion of 500 tons of dynamite while the explosive was being loaded on the British ...

    Article : 314 words
  3. GAS STRIKE ENDS.

    The gas strikers, at a mass meeting yesterday morning, ratified the agreement arrived at on the previous evening, and returned to work in the ...

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  4. THE BALKAN WAR.

    Several Turkish sentries were frozen to death at Chatalja and Bulair. It is reported that Arab troops at the Dardanelles mutinied owing to the ...

    Article : 112 words
  5. THE NEWCASTLE SHOW.

    Saturday was to have been the big day in connection with the Newcastle Show, but, unfortunately, rain set in at an early hour and continued without intermission ...

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  6. MINING SITUATION.

    Mr. E. Peters, acting president of the Colliery Employees' Federation, stated on Saturday that he had received a telephone message from Mr. A. R. Cant, ...

    Article : 98 words
  7. THE BANKSTOWN MURDER.

    Many detectives are still concentrating their energies in the endeavour to secure a clue in connection with the brutal murder of Esther Porter last week at ...

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  8. STORM AT NEWCASTLE.

    One of the most violent storms experienced in Newcastle for many years, raged over the city on Saturday afternoon and evening. At intervals, the wind, which ...

    Article : 283 words
  9. MORE TROUBLE THREATENING.

    More trouble is threatening at the Kent-street works of the Australian Gas-light Company. It appears that when the men went on ...

    Article : 142 words
  10. ABBERMAIN COLLIERIES.

    Negotiations are being opened between the proprietors of the Abermain No. 1 Colliery and the miners' lodge with a view to arranging a working agreement ...

    Article : 108 words
  11. FEDERAL CONTRACTS.

    Large contracts for supplies for the trans-Australian railway have been entered into with Messrs. Slemens Brothers and Messrs. Johnson, Clapham, and ...

    Article : 146 words
  12. LORD CHELMSFORD.

    A gathering at Parliament House last night totalling about 150, including representatives of both branches of the Legislature, the various professions, and ...

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  13. PARLIAMENT PROROGUED.

    The imperial Parliament has been prorogued. A private bill, dealing with the suffrage, will be introduced next session. ...

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  14. VICTORIA.

    It is reported that Sir Samuel Griffith, the Chief Justice of the High Court, will accept a position on the new Imperial Court of Appeal, and will resign his ...

    Article : 401 words
  15. INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT.

    In conversation with a representative of the "Newcastle Morning Herald," yesterday afternoon, Mr. H. J. Cannington, president of the Agricultural ...

    Article : 1,182 words
  16. TRAIN TRAFFIC DISORGANISED.

    The torrential rains that accompanied the storm that raged on Saturday with such violence over the district were responsible for a considerable amount of ...

    Article : 285 words
  17. DISPUTED IDENTITY.

    Remarkable evidence was given yesterday in a case in which George Thompson Goo Gon and Victor E. Peter. Goo Gon are charged with being prohibited ...

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  18. FIRE ON THE TURAKINA.

    An examination of the steamer Turakina since the fire on board was extinguished disclosed that there is four feet of water in No. 4 hold. ...

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  19. MR. CARMICHAEL'S EXPLANATION

    Mr. Carmichael, the Minister for Labour, has made the following statement: "The dispute in regard to the gas employees claims having been fortunately ...

    Article : 1,121 words
  20. THE GERMAN ARMY.

    The newspaper "Germania" asserts that the reason for the increases in the German army is that Turkey having been unable to hold the Balkan States ...

    Article : 88 words
  21. THE RAILWAY TROUBLE.

    The Midland Railway Company has reinstated Guard Richardson. The company states that it recognises the possibility of oral ...

    Article : 44 words
  22. AUSTRALIAN NOTES FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 66 words
  23. TRAMS DERAILED.

    The tram traffic in the Newcastle district on Saturday afternoon and evening was carried on under considerable difficulty owning to the heavy rain. Owing to ...

    Article : 209 words
  24. FRAUD ON A BANK.

    Two persons simultaneously entered the office of the Bank of Genoa, and presented cheques each in the amount of £12,000. ...

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  25. THE MOROCCAN WAR.

    The Paris newspaper "L'Humanite" alleges that during operations in Morocco General Franchet d'Espery ordered a surgeon-major named ...

    Article : 107 words
  26. QUEENSLAND.

    It is rumoured in political circles that Alderman C. M. Jenkinson will nominate for the plebiscite for the Liberal candidate for Brisbane to oppose Mr. ...

    Article : 65 words
  27. WRECK OF THE REDPINE.

    The steamer Redpine was wrecked on Durville Island last night. She is laden with a million and a half feet of timber. All hands were saved. ...

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  28. KAHIBAH SEAT.

    Mr. Edden, M.P., treats in that philosoprical spirit so characteristic of him the prospect of competition in the selection of a Labour candidate for Kahibah at the ...

    Article : 104 words
  29. AERIAL ACCIDENT.

    M. Vitay, while aeroplaning from Hondon, was caught in a wind gust near Farnborough, and his machine, turning turtle, was completely ...

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  30. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. Redmond, M.P., is appealing for further financial support for the Home Rule Fund. Scottish miners have obtained an ...

    Article : 143 words
  31. NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL FLOODED.

    The Newcastle Hospital severely felt the effects of the storm and at seven o'clock in the evening conditions were pitiable for patients and staff [?]. ...

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  32. THE GAS UNION'S VIEW.

    Mr. Rawlin, the general secretary to the Gas Employees' Union, said:—"It was one of the grandest meetings in connection with the final settlement of a big dispute ...

    Article : 401 words
  33. KEW GARDENS OUTRAGE.

    Joyce Locke, a suffragette, charged with being concerned in the burning of a tea-house at Kew Gardens, was yesterday, sentenced to eighteen ...

    Article : 73 words
  34. THE CYCLING CARNIVAL.

    The cycling and motor carnival, which was to have been held at the Newcastle Sports Ground on Saturday night, as the concluding feature of carnival week, has ...

    Article : 86 words
  35. WRECK OF A STEAMER.

    The English steamer Galvados was lost a week ago in the Sea of Marmora. It was then officially denied that there had been any loss of life, but it ...

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  36. MESSAGE FROM DR. MAWSON.

    Mr. Hunt, Commonwealth Meteorologist, has received the following wireless message via Macquarie Island and Hobart:— "The leader of the Australian ...

    Article : 100 words
  37. MURDER IN PERSIA.

    An unknown person ran alongside a, carriage in which M. Constans, the Belgian Director of Customs, was riding with his wife, and fired several ...

    Article : 47 words
  38. CAPTAIN SCOTT'S LAST CALL.

    "Surely a great, rich country like ours will see our dependents properly provided for. ...

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  39. FIRE IN YOKOHAMA.

    A great fire has occurred in Yokohama. The Exchange, several silk factories, and 250 other buildings were ...

    Article : 31 words
  40. NEWCASTLE'S RESPONSE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 279 words
  41. INFERIOR BUTTER.

    During February 53 cases were tried under the Customs Act, and fines inflicted for the export of butter which was below the standard, or short in weight. ...

    Article : 105 words
  42. H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA.

    The battle-cruiser Australia has returned to Devonport after undergoing three-quarter speed trail, lasting thirty hours. ...

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  43. CANADIAN PARLIAMENT.

    The Dominion House of Commons ended at midnight a sitting which lasted 129 hours. A feature of the closing speeches ...

    Article : 50 words
  44. NATIONAL DEFENCE.

    The "Manchester Guardian" states that while sparsely-populated Australia has established a national service, and Canada has assumed the ...

    Article : 58 words
  45. PRAISE OF THE PREMIER.

    Mr. E. J. Kavanagh, M.L.C., joined with the other unionists in expressing his pleasure at the settlement of the strike. "I am very pleased, indeed, at the ...

    Article : 575 words
  46. TELEGRAPH MESSENGERS.

    Concerning the threatened strike amongst the Sydney telegraph messengers, Mr. Frazer, the Postmaster-General stated yesterday that he was sorry to ...

    Article : 77 words
  47. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    A man's body has been found in the mangroves at Broome. There are indications that death occurred about two months ago. There was a wound in the ...

    Article : 146 words
  48. THE QUEENSLAND IN DISTRESS.

    A telegraphic message was received at Newcastle last night from Wilson's Promontory, stating that at 6.40 p.m. it was reported from there that the steamer ...

    Article : 102 words
  49. DROWNED IN FLOOD WATERS.

    There were two cases of drowning in the Newcastle district owing to the flooded state of the watercourses. Ono case occurred at Wallsend, where ...

    Article : 313 words
  50. Advertising

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