While the New South Wales Association is pursuing its dictatorial, but apparently weakening, attempt to coerce the leading players of that State into deliberately ...
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Article : 185 wordsThe cable steamer Recorder, a vessel specially designed for cable laying and repairing, arrived from Singapore to-day. The object of the visit is to repair breaks in ...
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Article : 243 wordsA girl, aged 4 years, daughter of Mr. J. Wunke, of Truro, was playing with her brothers and sisters this afternoon, when the mother, who was inside tho house, ...
Article : 113 wordsSome weeks ago the police went to great trouble to raid an alleged hazards school supposed to be conducted by Lambert George William Fischer in a boarding ...
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Article : 28 wordsThe sittings of the Presbyterian General Assembly were continued at the Assembly Hall, Collins-street, yesterday, the Moderator, the Rev. Dr. Cairns presiding. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 160 wordsNominations for the seats held by Mr. N. Keenan, Attorney-General, and Mr. J. D. Connolly, Colonial Secretary, closed at noon to-day. ...
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Article : 87 wordsThe mayor of Kaigoorlie, Cr. Cummins, gave a garden party on the Kalgoorlie racecourse this afternoon. The guests numbered about 1500. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe following new passenger rolling stock is now under construction at the Newport workshops:--For the Sydney express trains: 2 luggage vans, 1 mail luggage van, ...
Article : 207 wordsThe Minister of Lands, in a speech today, stated that he wished something could be done to check the. operations of land syndicates, which were booming land to a ...
Article : 40 wordsAt the periodical meeting of the Grocers' Employes' Union, held at the Trades Hali on Tuesday evening, Mr. Georgeson presiding, it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. ...
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Article : 128 wordsA miner named John M'Pherson, a married man, employed at the Victoria Proprietary mine at Diamond Hill, sustained a compound fracture of the right arm to-day ...
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Article : 122 wordsA man named Donald Campbell has been arrested at Taihaipe on a charge of embezzlement from the Greta Coal Company, West Maitland, New South Wales. He ...
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Article : 442 wordsSamuel M'Shane, who was extradited from London on a charge of robbery of jewellery from a pawnshop, has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment. ...
Article : 30 wordsA Spring Gully miner, named S. Jenkins, while riding an unbroken horse was thrown in Greenhill-street. His spine was injured, and he was picked up in an unconscious ...
Article : 31 wordsThe case against John Patrick Daly, alias "Professor Kemp," was again called on in the City Court yesterday, when Detective Considine applied for a remand until 23rd inst. with a ...
Article : 531 wordsThe man Allan Hinchcliffe, aged 28, who recently induced his sweetheart to take poison, and then "attempted suicide, has been sentenced to two years' ...
Article : 36 wordsBefore leaving the bench at the conclusion of business at the police court yesterday, Mr. Burrowes, P.M., said he hoped he would never again have to deal ...
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Article : 377 wordsThe board appointed to deal with the appeal of Mr. A. A. Sheehan, engine driver, against his reduction to the position of fireman. on account of the Gembrook accident, ...
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Article : 165 wordsThe musical and elocutionary competitions were continued in the Brunswick town hall on Wednesday evening, Tesults:--Piano solo, fourteen years and under eighteen, who have never won a first ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Thu 17 May 1906, Page 7
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