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  2. FIRE SWEPT CITY.

    Ten thousand people are homeless as the result of a tremendous fire which swept over half the city. The loss in money is put down at ...

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  3. THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND.

    Mr. Aspinall, in the course of his address before the Commission yesterday, claimed that the Storstad was responsible for the collision, because ...

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  4. TRIP TO NEW ZEALAND.

    Alderman M. Light, who recently returned to Newcastle from a trip to New Zealand, gathered some interesting information. ...

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  5. HINDUS AND CANADA.

    The immigration inspector has signed an order for the deportation of one of the Hindu passengers on the Komagata Maru, and this action will supply ...

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  6. MINING MATTERS.

    Of the 675 summonses issued against the afternoon shift employees of Hebburn, Stanford-Merthyr and Pelaw-Main Collieries, 487 have been served by the ...

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  7. FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    A special meeting of the Federal Executive Council was held at Government House yesterday to advise the Governor-General to issue a proclamation ...

    Article : 66 words
  8. TRAVELS OF A NEWCASTLE GIRL.

    The "Newcastle girl," in writing recently to her father, Mr. James Dart, solicitor, of this city, has something interesting to say regarding life in ...

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  9. NOTES ON NEWS.

    It must be many years since politicians concerned themselves as much about one agricultural labourer is they are Going just now. Both parties are talking about ...

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  10. "A BITTER FIGHT."

    The statement made by the Prime Minister that the forthcoming election fight would be a bitter ones, continues to form the subject of comment. Speaking last ...

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  11. HOBART COAL FAMINE.

    As far as the Hobart Gas Company is corned, any immediate danger of a coal famine, which threatened to become very real last week, is over (says the "Hobart ...

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  12. LEAVE TO APPEAL GRANTED.

    Counsel for the Hindus on board the Komagata Maru has appeared before the Court of Appeal, and has been granted leave to appeal against the ...

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  13. WONTHAGGI TROUBLE.

    There was a large attendance at the stop-work meeting held at Wonthaggi to discuss the case of the State coal mine wheeler, who was discharged last week ...

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  14. PROMPT RELIEF MEASURES.

    The relief funds for the homeless are coming in rapidly. Over £3500 has already been subscribed directly, apart from the money raised by the ...

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  15. CHAMPION LADY GOLFER.

    By winning the ladies' championship. Miss Cecil Leitch has Justified the general opinion that she is the best of the lady golfers. It is not always the best players ...

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  16. POSTAL VACANCIES.

    In the Commonwealth "Government Gazette" to-day the P.M.G. notified that the department required twenty-two clerical assistants, one for each of the following ...

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  17. ACCIDENT ON A BATTLESHIP.

    Three sailors were killed and three injured on the battleship Monarch at New Quay to-day. A launch was being hoisted over the ...

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  18. NEARLY £2,500,000 LOSS.

    The insurance adjusters estimate that the total losses caused by the fire will run into over £2,400,000. Of this about £2,000,000 is covered by ...

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  19. NORWEGIAN INQUIRY.

    The Norwegian inquiry into the circumstances of the ramming of the Empress of Ireland by the Storstad was started to-day. ...

    Article : 77 words
  20. COMMONWEALTH PATENTS.

    Messrs. Griffith and Hassel, patent attorneys, of 77 Castlereagh-street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents have been lodged at the ...

    Article : 148 words
  21. THE STRICKEN CITY.

    The city of Salem is situated on the north coast of Massachusetts Bay, 16 miles north-east of Boston. It is a manufacturing centre for boots and ...

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  22. CLERKS AND LORD CLAUD.

    It is very likely that Lord Claud Hamilton has occasionally wished he had not made that speech in which he said that it had been found necessary to go to ...

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  23. EARTHQUAKE AT SUMATRA,

    News has come through that a severe earthquake has passed through Batavia. It is stated that the Government ...

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  24. THE PORT OF HULL.

    The King to-day opened the new dock at Hull, which cost £3,000,000 to construct. Mr. T. Mackenzie, High ...

    Article : 63 words
  25. CLIMATE CAUSES DIVORCE.

    General Sir Percy Girouard, ex-Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the East Africa Protectorate, who married a daughter of Sir Richard ...

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  26. SHOCKS FELT AT RIVERVIEW.

    During the week the seismographic instruments at the Riverview College have been recording slight earthquakes. Yesterday two shocks were received, one of ...

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  27. SCIENCE CONGRESS.

    Mr. Holman, the State Premier, was able to announce a few days ago that the Government had all arrangements well in hand for the apprdoaching Congress of ...

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  28. RAILWAY ELECTRIFICATION.

    Steady progress continues to be made with the various sections of the scheme for the electrification of the Melbourne suburban lines. ...

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  29. UNDER THE HAMMER.

    The sale was held to-day at Christie's of the pictures of Mr. Arthur Morton Grenfell, formerly a director of Chaplin, Milne, Grenfell and ...

    Article : 95 words
  30. FEAR OF ESPIONAGE.

    It now transpires that at the time of the arrest of Lord Brassey at Kiel on a charge of espionage he was not being rowed in a dinghy from his ...

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  31. THE BALKANS.

    A concordat has been signed at the Vatican establishing an Archbishopric at Belgrade with jurisdiction over all Roman Catholics within the old ...

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  32. WORLD'S BIGGEST LINER.

    Once more Germany has the biggest vessel afloat. The Vaterland, which gave us a call on her maiden voyage, is five thousand tons heavier than our own Aquitana, ...

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  33. A VICTORIAN STRIKE.

    A statement leased by Mr. T. J. Murphy, secretary of the Victorian Coal Miners' Association, shows that a total sum of £1371 5s 2d was contributed by other ...

    Article : 86 words
  34. TOUCHED A LIVE WIRE.

    A Workman employed at the substation of the Puget Sound Traction Company came in contact yesterday with a live wire carrying 60,000 volts ...

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  35. PRINCE OF WALES' BIRTHDAY.

    To-day will be observed throughout New South Wales as a public holiday, in celebration of the birthday of the Prince of Wales. ...

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  36. A MAD KING'S CLOTHES.

    What is believed to be the most Valuable suit of masculine attire ever bought here has been acquired by Anita Keoch, of Stuttgart. Germany. ...

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  37. EQUAL WORK FOR EQUAL PAY.

    At a meting oft the Women's Political Association, a good deal was said on the subject of the pay of women in various industries and callings, the discussion ...

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  38. GREEK NAVAL ACTIVITY.

    Seven classes of naval reservists have been called to the colours. The official explanation of the mobilisation is that it is owing to the ...

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  39. EDUCATION AND THE NATION.

    Public education is a matter in which. Germany has been considerably, in advance of us for a long time. We have begun to forge ahead in recent years, but ...

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  40. THE SUFFRAGETTES.

    The Jury in the case of Nellie Hall, a suffragette, charged with being in possession of explosives, with intent to use same for an unlawful purpose, ...

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  41. ALBANIAN REVOLT.

    The Austrian steamer Herzegovina bombarded the rebels position at Rashbul to-day. Large supplies have been ...

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  42. IMMIGRATION QUESTION.

    The report presented to the annual meeting of shareholders in the Australian Farms, Limited, showed that much good work was being done by the company, and ...

    Article : 281 words
  43. QUEENSLAND STORMS.

    Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Company's steamer Morinda, from New Guinea, and the steamer Wyandra, from Townsville, arrived at Brisbane yesterday, having ...

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  44. CALEDONIAN SOCIETY.

    A meeting of the Northern Caledonian Society was hold in the society's rooms, Honeysuckle Hall, Cook's Hill, on Saturday night last, the chief, Mr. J. M. ...

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  45. ENGINEERS' WAGES BOARD.

    The Railway Group No. 7 Board (Engineers) oat at the Newcastle Courthouse on Saturday to receive evidence respecting the claims of the Amalgamated Society ...

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  46. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Sir Harry Verney's Bill in the House of Commons to restrict general elections to two days has been talked out. A fire in the grain warehouses and wool, ...

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  47. "ALL RED" CABLE ROUTE.

    Mr. Goddard, representative of the Western Union Telegraph, Company, informed the Dominion Commission to-day that his company was willing ...

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  48. STEAMER KANOWNA.

    A strike occurred on Saturday on the steamer Kanowna, which was due to sail at noon for Sydney. A fireman returned on board under the ...

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  49. MELBOURNE MOTOR SMASH.

    A motor collision, resulting in the death of Mrs. Louisa Rendall, wife of the principal of Haileybury College, Sandringham, occurred at Caulfield on Saturday. ...

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  50. WARATAH.

    The Waratah Bowling Club have completed their new flagstaff, and on Saturday the flag was hoisted for the first time by the Mayor, Alderman C. Baker. The ...

    Article : 71 words
  51. WEST WALLSEND.

    A little daughter of Mr. T. Harrison, of West Wallsend, was playing in the yard of her parents' residence yesterday, when she fell and cut herself severely on a ...

    Article : 64 words
  52. MEAT EXAMINATION.

    In order to secure the more thorough examination of exported meat, Mr. Groom the Minister for Custom, has decided to appoint eight new inspectors. Four are ...

    Article : 40 words
  53. UPWARD AND ONWARD.

    A striking evidence of continuous progress is shown in the attractive advertisement of Scott's, Limited, on page two. It Is wall worth the careful perusal of ...

    Article : 38 words
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