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  2. BARQUE BEECHDALE WRECKED.

    The steel barque Beechdale, 1,358 tons, of Liverpool, belonging to Chadwick, Wainwright, & Co., Limited, left Delagoa Bay in ballast for Newcastle-on-Tyne a few ...

    Article : 78 words
  3. POOR LAW COMMISSION.

    A minority report signed by four Labour members of the Poor Law Commission is attracting the attention of the Radical press. The recommendations of the ...

    Article : 214 words
  4. SOUTH AFRICAN UNION. NATAL PROCRASTINATING.

    The action of the Capetown branch of the Africander Bond in expressing regret that the Closer Union Convention decided upon the unification instead of federation ...

    Article : 218 words
  5. FOREIGN. EARTH'S OSCULATIONS.

    Professor Hecker, of Potsdam, as the result of six years' observations, has measured the diurnal oscillations of the solid earth, and expresses the opinion that the ...

    Article : 85 words
  6. VICTORIA.

    William Welsh, a married man, was run over by a train at Maryborough last week and fatally injured. His right leg was severed at the thigh, his left leg ...

    Article : 230 words
  7. CHAMPION SCULLERS.

    Ernest Barry, the English champion sculler, says it will be impossible to allow R. Arnst, the Australasian champion, £200 expenses in connection with the proposed ...

    Article : 68 words
  8. PERSIA.

    Three Persian revolutionists who were arrested for throwing bombs in the bazaar at Teheran have been summarily tried and convicted. Terrible punishments were ...

    Article : 166 words
  9. OUR NEW GOVERNOR.

    The Governor-designate of South Australia (Admiral Sir Day Hort Bosanquet) and Lady Bosanquet and daughters sailed for Adelaide by the Orient mail steamer Omrah, ...

    Article : 33 words
  10. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced, at the age of 70 years, of Sir Frederick Wills first baronet, a director of the Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland, Limited, and ...

    Article : 81 words
  11. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A drowning accident has occurred in the Swan River. William Crau[?]e and Patrick Dwyer, two young Irishmen, employed as barmen in a city hotel, went for a b[?] ...

    Article : 749 words
  12. NAME OF "ORANGE FREE STATE" TO BE RESTORED.

    Mr. M. T. Steyn, who was President of the Orange Free State immediately prior to its annexation by Great. Britaia, addressed a meeting at Wynberg, Cape Colony, on ...

    Article : 108 words
  13. ROBBERY ON A WARSHIP.

    Two thousand five hundred pounds in notes and gold has been stolen from the treasury of the new British armoured cruiser Indomitable (17,250 tons) while the ...

    Article : 41 words
  14. GENERAL.

    The Westport (New Zealand) Harbour loan of £200.000 has been oversubscribed, and is quoted at 10/ per cent, premium. The interest payable is 5 per cent., and the ...

    Article : 319 words
  15. ARGENTINA.

    The Argentine Republic has at last consented to permit the entry of Australian live stock. provided that the Commonwealth gives certain assurances ...

    Article : 70 words
  16. FREE EDUCATION.

    The London Education Committee proposes to spend nearly £1,000,000 during the next 18 months on elecmentary and seconda— schools. ...

    Article : 27 words
  17. CRYSTAL PALACE.

    Owing to the default of the Crystal Palace Company, Limited, in payment of interest, the debenture stocks have lately stood at a considerable discount, and the ...

    Article : 109 words
  18. TRIBUTE TO LORD SELBORNE.

    Reuter's correspondent at Pretoria reports that a farewell dinner was held in that city on Tuesday in honour of Dr. W. J. Leyds. who was Minister ...

    Article : 103 words
  19. GERMANY.

    In pursuance of the policy of the Berlin Foreign Office for the development of Germany's Australian and Pacific trade, the Reichtstag has passed a Bill which increases ...

    Article : 69 words
  20. SHAKEN ITALY.

    A landslip, which occurred near the Italian city of Arezzo, the capital of Tuscany, took place so suddenly that 10 farmhands failed to escape in time, and were ...

    Article : 55 words
  21. THE UNITED STATES. AMERICAN FLEET.

    New York telegrams state that 30,000 people, who lined the decks of a numerous fleet of excursion steamers which had proceeded to sea, accorded an enthusiastic ...

    Article : 117 words
  22. CURATIVE TREATMENT OF LEPROSY.

    At the Bombay Congress on Tropical Diseases on Tuesday Capt. williams. surgeon of the British residency at Bushire, on the Persian Gulf, announced that, as the ...

    Article : 164 words
  23. THIRTY-SIX "JACK THE RIPPER" CASES.

    Notwithstanding the arrest on Wednesday of a man who was caught in the act of stabbing a woman in Berlin five more "Jack the Ripper" outrages were reported ...

    Article : 170 words
  24. OVERSEA SHIPPING.

    At Dunkirk.—Arrino, steamer, from Port Pirie December 9; Port Pirie. steamer, from Port Pirie December 5; Clan Macintosh, steamer, from Sydney December 23. ...

    Article : 131 words
  25. ILLECAL REBATES.

    The Supreme Court of the United States has upheld the fine of £21,000 imposed upon the New York Central Railway Company for having granted illegal rebates to ...

    Article : 37 words
  26. MILITARY AIRSHIPS.

    In the House of Commons on Tuesday Mr. John T. Macpherson (Labour, Preston) asked the Secret[?] for War if he would stop any further waste of money by ...

    Article : 155 words
  27. ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 63 words
  28. THE SANTIAGO SENSATION.

    Remarkable developments have taken place in connection with the recent sensation at Santiago, capital of Chili. Herr Beckett, the German Chancellor, ...

    Article : 284 words
  29. BRITISH PARLIMENT.

    When the scheme of old-age pensions was submitted to Parliament Mr. Asquith estimated that £1,200,000 would cover the payments for the three months—January, ...

    Article : 60 words
  30. HUMAN LETTERS.

    The London suffragettes are adopting extraordinary methods to keep their cause before the eyes of the public. Knowing that the post office regulations permit ...

    Article : 86 words
  31. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    W. Ashworth was struck by lightning during a thundersform at Greenhills, in the Adelong district and killed. Two horses which he was driving were also killed. ...

    Article : 282 words
  32. EASTERN EUROPE. A PERILOUS SITUATION.

    It is stated in Vienna that until Servia shall have relinquished her territorial claims Baron Achrenthal (the Austro-Hungarian Chancellor) will not formulate ...

    Article : 141 words
  33. ARCHBISHOP CARR.

    The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne (Most Rev. Dr. Carr) has been suffering from a serious illness in Dublin, but is now progressing slowly toward recovery. ...

    Article : 51 words
  34. BROKEN HILL.

    Mr. T. McMahon has been elected President of the Barrier Ranges Athletic League, with Mr. T. Funder Vice-President, A. Ross secretary, and F. Eividge ...

    Article : 646 words
  35. STEAMER ON FIRE.

    The steamer President Roca (2,807 tons), while on a voyage between Southern Argentine ports and Buenos Ayres, caught fire and sank. Three hundred and fifty ...

    Article : 81 words
  36. FLOODS AND SNOW IN EUROPE.

    The devastating floods which occurred a fortnight ago in parts of Germany have not yet ceased. Fifty thousand acres of land in the vicinity of the rivers Elbe and Havel ...

    Article : 123 words
  37. MTNERS WAGES.

    Lord St. Aldwyn (Sir Michael HicksBeach) arbitrating for the Welsh Mines Conciliation Board, has decided that the wages of coalminers should be reduced ...

    Article : 54 words
  38. BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE TO BULGARIA.

    Sir Edward Grey has informed the Sofia Government that Great Brita[?]n will recognise the independence of Bulgaria when that country's differences with Turkey ...

    Article : 51 words
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