The High Commissioner for Australia in London (Sir George Reid) has reached Plymouth on his return from his visit to the Commonwealth. ...
Article : 221 wordsRumours prevail that the rebels have captured Tampico. Other reports state that Mexican gun boats are successfully defending the city. ...
Article : 51 wordsA militant suffragette has been arrested on a charge of doing damage in the British Museum to-day. The woman, who used a hatchet, completely wrecked seven cases ...
Article : 47 wordsA sensational episode has been reported to the authorities. When the German fishing steamer Burgermeister Monckeberg, 254 tons, was lying off Iceland, 25 armed ...
Article : 128 wordsAddressing his constituents at Longeaton yesterday, Col. Seely, who represents the IIkeston Division of Derbyshire, explained fully his reasons for resigning his portfolio ...
Article : 364 wordsA further outrage by a militant suffragette was reported yesterday. The woman, attired in male garb and lining a hatchet, completely wrecked the glass of seven cases ...
Article : 167 wordsNews from Elpaso, Texas, states that Gen. Carranza (leader of the Constitutionalists) has received Mr Myles, the British Consul. The latter requested protection ...
Article : 180 wordsConvicts in the prison at Kherson, a fortified town in Southern Russia, were found to hare a systematic method of intercell communication by means of tapping ...
Article : 105 wordsAt the coming of age conference of me Independent Labour Party, which has been opened at Bradford, Suffragettes howled down Mr. Keir Hardie's presidential ...
Article : 48 wordsThe High Commissioner for Australia (Sir George Reid) has been much sought after since his return from the Commonwealth. In the course of an interview he ...
Article : 106 wordsThe result of the fighting around Tampico is awaited. The battle is still proceeding. Admiral Mayo, in charge of the American battleships in the harbour, has ...
Article : 83 wordsA man styling himself Count Lepanno Battisa Decavicchy, but in reality the son of an indigent porter, has been arrested at Stresa, north-western Italy. Lepanno, ...
Article : 151 wordsLast week a woman, attired in male clothing, and using a hatchet, wrecked the glass of seven cases in the British Museum, Valuable porcelain was completely ...
Article : 108 wordsThe Carlow Hunt arranged for Easter has been cancelled, Nationalist members having protested against military officers who were enemies of home rule for ...
Article : 37 wordsA Mexican officer ordered the arrest of a party of marines from the United States gunboat Dolphin. He marched them through the streets, but subsequently ...
Article : 120 wordsAlluding to Australia's navy. Sir George remarked that Admiral Patey had told him that he was more than pleased with the seamen on the battleship Australia. Of ...
Article : 68 wordsThe [?]ter volunteers are spending their Easter holidays training. Sir Edward Carson is inspecting the various units. The effective strength of the forces ...
Article : 38 wordsThere were continuous interruptions by suffragettes during service at St. John's Church, Lowestoft, yesterday. Twenty of the women were ejected. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe position in the Far East was unsatisfactory. The time must come when India would have to help to maintain a fleet. Similarly, Canada would be called upon to ...
Article : 52 wordsIt is reported that Ulster gunrunners have achieved a successful coup. A constabulary inspector ordered a piano from London, and the Ulster agents contrived ...
Article : 84 wordsThe French authorities have manifested anxiety regarding the attitude likely to be adopted by British suffragettes during the forthcoming visit of King George to Paris. ...
Article : 70 wordsPresident Wilson has announced that the Mexican Government has agreed to fire a salute at Tampica as an apology for the arrest of United States marines. ...
Article : 35 wordsAn Imperial Bill was recently introduced in the Reichstag, limiting betting to horseracing, and allowing bookmakers to pursue their calling only at operating ...
Article : 105 wordsSir George, continuing, observed that there never had been a real commercial crisis in Australia. The financial crisis of 1893 had taught the Australian bankers ...
Article : 73 wordsA hundred and sixty wealthy Mexicans met Gen. Huerta and agreed to provide clothing for poor labourers in the surrounding country. ...
Article : 52 wordsThe four notorious "gunmen" convicted of the murder of the gambler and informer, Herman Rosenthal, were electrocuted today in Sing-Sing Prison. It is ...
Article : 182 wordsThe Ulster volunteers for the most part spent their Easter holidays in camp. Sir Edward Carson made a tour of inspection among the men under canvas. ...
Article : 62 wordsEducation, especially in the sciences affecting the practical side of life, was being made accessible to all, thus enlarging the usefulness of the universities, which had ...
Article : 48 wordsRecently the Duma Committee on Agricultural Finance adopted a tax on grain, peas, and beans imported into Russia. The duty is equivalent to 30 kopeks (about ...
Article : 82 wordsA Socialist conference in London carried a motion condemning "the hypocrisy of the Liberal placeholders and placehunters in attempting to exploit the Ulster crisis ...
Article : 100 wordsSir George admitted that Australian arbitration tribunals were busy with troubles affecting industry in the prevailing good times. It was impossible to conjecture ...
Article : 77 wordsThe veteran statesman, Count Shigenobu Okuma, has accepted the Prime Ministership of Japan, in succession to Admiral Yamamoto. ...
Article : 133 wordsThe Kaiser will soon visit King Charles of Roumania. In diplomatic circles it is believed that the object of the German Emperor is to strengthen the relations of ...
Article : 58 wordsWith regard to the remarks of the Commonwealth High Commissioner, upon his return to London, The Globe states that Sir George Reid'e confident message from ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Standard states that the controllers of Germany's espionage system employ a private detective firm in London to ascertain the financial position of British naval ...
Article : 77 wordsIt is now established, through a confession by Dago Frank, that the other three men killed Rosenthal, while Dago Frank himself was absent. Dago Frank, ...
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Advertising : 293 wordsExtraordinary scenes marked the burial of the criminals. Their relatives were allowed to claim their remains. Ten thousand people passed the bier of Dago ...
Article : 58 wordsDr. Alexis Carrel has described some of his latest surgical experiments before the American Surgical Association. In one of these he clamped the pedicle of the heart ...
Article : 101 wordsThe Dowager Empress of Japan, widow of the late Emperor Mutsuhito, died today in her sixth-fourth year. The Princess Harnko, daughter of Prince Ichijo, was ...
Article : 158 wordsThe well-known aviator Hamel, succeeded in making 22 successive loops in the air at Hendon yesterday. This feat constitutes a record. ...
Article : 29 wordsA parachutist named Boursis leaped from an aeroplane which was being driven by M. Lemonier at a height of 1,300 ft. The parachute collated before it reached ...
Article : 76 wordsTroops are guarding the cotton warehouses of the city, in view of the series of fires which have occurred at these establishments recently. ...
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Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931), Sat 18 Apr 1914, Page 39
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