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  2. PEN-NOTES AND PENCILLINGS.

    We are told that the Panama Canal unites the Atlantic and the Pacific. Even the official paper of the zone features the motto—"We unite by dividing." As ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 861 words
  3. THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND

    When the inquiry into the Empress of Ireland disaster was resumed to-day, George Smart, a passenger by the ill-fated liner, corroborated the ...

    Article : 259 words
  4. FIRE AT GLASGOW.

    A disastrous fire has occurred at Glasgow, and 360 yards of quays on the south side and 60 yards of wharf-age on the east side of Kingston Dock ...

    Article : 110 words
  5. RAILWAY DISASTER.

    A train running from Perth to Inverness was derailed at a bleak, lonely spot, known as Carrbridge Crossing. The embankment had been ...

    Article : 89 words
  6. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

    The council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce met yesterday. Mr. H. C. Langwill, president, occupied the chair, and there were also present Messrs. H. V. ...

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  7. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    Mr. W. E. JOHNSON, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, took the Chair at half-past ten o'clock this morning. ...

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  8. MINING MATTERS.

    Stockton-Borehole Colliery was thrown idle yesterday. Prior to the hour for going down the wheelers held a meeting at the pit head, and discussed some ...

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  9. WONTHAGGI COAL MINERS.

    At a meeting of the Wonthaggi (Vic.). branch of the Australian Coalminers' Association, several grievances relading to working conditions, etc., at the State coat ...

    Article : 396 words
  10. BRITISH TRADE UNIONISTS.

    The conference of railwaymen now in session at Swansea approves the suggestion of an alliance with the miners and transport workers. ...

    Article : 102 words
  11. CAUSE OF THE OUTBREAK.

    The damage occasioned by the fire at Glasgow amounted to £250,000. The fire was due to an accident while repiling the dock with piles ...

    Article : 144 words
  12. IMMIGRATION QUESTION.

    Mr. Grayndler, secretary of the Australian Workers' Union, had something to say this afternoon in reply to the remarks of Mr. Holman State Premier, concerning ...

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  13. AGAIN THE FOG.

    The North German-Lloyd steamer Buetow, bound from Japan to Hamburg, went ashore during a fog near Portland. ...

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  14. SENSATIONAL STATEMENT.

    Galway swore that the wheel of the Empress of Ireland Jammed a few hours before the collision, and the vessel swerved badly while ...

    Article : 336 words
  15. AND CONTINUES.

    A great protection against any occident or malicious blocking of the Canal consists in its generous width, which varies from 1000 to 500 feet through its total ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. THE IRISH QUESTION.

    The police have been informed that large quantities of American rifles of the latest pattern, as well as ammunition, have been landed in ...

    Article : 86 words
  17. TASMANIAN COAL FIND.

    If the coal famine, whose black shadow, is now creeping over Tasmania, extends its range, a crumb of comfort may be got from the good news that in the near ...

    Article : 180 words
  18. ANOTHER COLLISION.

    The steamer Copsewood has arrived at Cowes, and reports having collided in the fog with the Hamburg-Amerika Company's liner Etruria. ...

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  19. VALUE OF WATERTIGHT DOORS.

    It is now stated that when the Kaiser Wilhelm II. met the fog, which led to the vessel's collision with the Incemore off Spithead, the steamer's ...

    Article : 51 words
  20. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE SENSATION

    In February last a coroner's jury at Whatton, Nottinghamshire, found Frederick Houghton guilty of the wilful murder of his father, William ...

    Article : 74 words
  21. RUSSIAN ROYAL FAMILY.

    The Czar and his family have arrived at Tsarskoye Selo, the Imperial residence fifteen miles south of St. Petersburg. ...

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  22. DEVELOPMENT AT WONTHAGGI.

    The Powlett-North Woolamai Company intends to resume active operations at Wonthaggi (Vic.) in the course of a week or two. A big bore is now going down ...

    Article : 92 words
  23. ALBANIAN TROUBLE.

    When a force of 1500 Mirdites arrived at Shiak, a few miles to the north of Durazzo, the unsurgents opened fire on them with a ...

    Article : 108 words
  24. WIRELESS TELEPHONY AT A FIFE COLLIERY.

    The Fife Coal Company has introduced wireless telephony apparatus into their Lindsay Colliery, at Kelty. Should the instrument prove as reliable as is at ...

    Article : 380 words
  25. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. Broadhead, a New Zealand student, took first-class honours at Cambridge University in the modern and medieval languages tripos. Miss Knaggs, who ...

    Article : 63 words
  26. AND STILL CONTINUES.

    Much has been writen concerning the probable effect of earthquakes on the Canal. The last earthquake of any importance occurred in the seventeenth ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 282 words
  27. A VIOLENT BURGLAR.

    The residence of Mr. E. W. Foxall, in Northwood-road, Northwood, was entered this morning by a burglar, who was surprised by the inmates. Before ...

    Article : 493 words
  28. ENGINEERS' EVIDENCE.

    Robert Brennan and Robert Eiddell, of the engineering staff bf the Empress of Ireland, corroborated Captain Kendall that the ship, after ...

    Article : 236 words
  29. TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT.

    Lieutenant Ports, a British airman, has arranged to attempt a trans-Atlantic flight, probably by way of the Azores. ...

    Article : 84 words
  30. WALLARAH FATALITY.

    At the Catherine Hill Bay Courthouse yesterday, Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, concluded the inquest into the death of George Grima, which occurred ...

    Article : 419 words
  31. QUEENSLAND.

    The police have received advice that August Wendt, farmer of Glamorgan Vale, was found this morning on his farm with a gun between his legs, and his skull ...

    Article : 117 words
  32. COLONEL GOETHALS SPEAKS.

    "The Canal is now open, and Government ships are constantly passing through. The Canal will be opened to the ships of the world as soon as the slides ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  33. PATIENT'S FATAL LEAP.

    Mrs. Mabel O'Connor. 32 years or age, who lived with her husband at High-street, St. Kilda, late last night jumped from the filth floor of the Melbourne Hospital, and ...

    Article : 68 words
  34. PERTH SHOP ASSISTANTS.

    A judgment of considerable interest and Importance to Labour circles was delivered by the state Full Court (Mr. Justice Rooth and Mr. Justice Northmore) ...

    Article : 92 words
  35. HAMILTON.

    A euchre party and social in connection, with the Central Rugby Football Club will be held to-night in the Hamilton Mechanics' Institute ...

    Article : 200 words
  36. THE DEATH PENALTY.

    Mr. Hall, the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, announced to-day that the Amending Crimes Bill, to be introduced in the coming session, provides ...

    Article : 188 words
  37. STATE COURTS—MONDAY'S LISTS.

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  38. COWARDICE DISPROVED.

    A number of members of the crow of the Empress of Ireland denied that any of them refused to return to help rescue the passengers. ...

    Article : 89 words
  39. EVELEIGH ROBBERY.

    The police refuse to divulge information as to the Eveleigh robbery. It is known, however, that the force of detectives who meet every steamer and ...

    Article : 88 words
  40. AND CONCLUDES.

    The Canal Zone to-day is one of the healthiest places in the world, although for four hundred years it was known as the most unhealthy. The building of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 194 words
  41. Advertising

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