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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,218 words
  3. PTOMAINE POISONING.

    Three cases of ptomaine poisoning occurred in Ballarat on Monday evening, the sufferers being two children of the family of Mr. Tuxer, contractor, and a servant, ...

    Article : 162 words
  4. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Mr. Chamberlain, in the course of his great speech delivered in the Kimberley Town Hall, was very outspoken with regard to the ingratitude displayed by the ...

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  5. BROKEN HILL.

    On Saturday night an outbreak of fire occurred in Iodide-street, in a four-roomed wood and iron house. The brigade, however, soon reduced the flames, and some of ...

    Article : 120 words
  6. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    Some time ago, at a meeting of the Unley Corporation, Councillor Macklin drew attention to the unsatisfactory state of the Goodwood tramway lines and cars, and it ...

    Article : 1,351 words
  7. THE HEAT WAVE.

    "The monsoonal depression, which was over the goldfields on Saturday," said Mr. Griffiths, on Monday, "has since slowly drifted eastwards, and this morning it lies ...

    Article : 245 words
  8. FIRE AT KAPUNDA.

    About 4 a.m. on Sunday the premises of Mr. R. J. Day, in Main-street, were discovered to be on fire by a person residing in the neighborhood, into whose room, ...

    Article : 277 words
  9. ALLEGED INDECENT ADTERTISING.

    At the Adelaide Police Court on Monday morning, before Messrs. J. Gordon, S.M., H. O'Connor, F. J. Whitby, W. Dring, and W. Ifould, Henry William Clancy was ...

    Article : 652 words
  10. SIR WILLIAM LYNE.

    Sir William Lyne addressed a public meeting at Boulder to-night on the subject of Federal politics in general and the fiscal issue in particular. Mr. W. T. Rabbish ...

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  11. VICTORIA.

    The report of the Railway Board which investigated the derailment of 21 trucks between Wandong and Kilmore East, on January 15, states that the train parted ...

    Article : 120 words
  12. RAIN IN THE NORTH.

    After a week's extreme heat, with north winds, a thunderstorm came up to-day, but unfortunately it passed over here without rain falling. The wind veered to the south ...

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  13. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Last evening the steamer Chingtu was seen to execute some mysterious manoeuvres off Sydney Heads, and on arrival at Newcastle this morning the captain reported ...

    Article : 172 words
  14. THE POWERS IN MOROCCO

    Latest advices from Tangier state that General Menebbi, Minister of War in the Cabinet of the Sultan of Morocco, effected a surprise by rushing the Pretender's camp ...

    Article : 335 words
  15. RAIN AND HAIL STORM AT PORT VICTOR.

    One of the heaviest thunderstorms experienced for years occurred early this morning, starting about 1 o'clock. The thunder and lightning were continuous for 12 hours, ...

    Article : 95 words
  16. SLY-GROG SELLING.

    This morning Edward Ray was arrested at Tarnagulla for sly grog-selling at Waanyarra rush. The constables had a warrant to search the tent, and discovered two beer ...

    Article : 100 words
  17. STORM AT THE ANCHORAGE.

    Between 1 and 2 a.m. on Monday a sudden and furious burst of wind came on the Semaphore from the north-west and north-east, raging for half an hour or more with ...

    Article : 121 words
  18. CHARGED WITH BURGLARY AND MURDER.

    Digby Grand, one of the men accused of the murder of Constable Long, was before the Water Police Court to-day, charged, along with his wife, Florence Newbold, ...

    Article : 142 words
  19. A CIVIL SERVANT IN TROUBLE.

    Henry Benjamin Staley, an officer of the fourth class, receiving £325 per annum, has been suspended from duty in the income tax office. It is alleged that there are some ...

    Article : 74 words
  20. STORM ON YORKE'S PENINSULA.

    Last night a thunderstorm burst over the district. The lightning was very vivid, and continued incessantly up till this morning, when several showers of rain fell. The ...

    Article : 122 words
  21. RUN DOWN BY A TRAIN.

    At Geelong this morning William Doig, aged 39, a railway enginedriver, was walking down the 6-ft. way towards the office to ascertain what train he was booked for, ...

    Article : 94 words
  22. PLUCKY RESCUE.

    A plucky rescue from drowning was effected at Sandringham this morning by Barney Barnabas (a groom) and a young lady, Grace Partridge, both of whom are ...

    Article : 124 words
  23. DISASTROUS BUSH FIRES.

    Extensive grass fires are raging at Kilcunda. Nearly 300 acres of grass have been destroyed, and scores of sheep brought from the drought-stricken districts have ...

    Article : 35 words
  24. SEVERE DUSTSTORMS.

    Another phenomenal duststorm occurred at Wycheproof to-day. About 12.45 p.m. a dense cloud of red dust, streaked vertically with even denser masses of inky ...

    Article : 154 words
  25. HEAT IN THE SOUTH-EAST.

    We have had a week, of warm weather, culminating to-day in the hottest day of the summer. The heat has been a clear one all through, and consequently has not been ...

    Article : 42 words
  26. KILLED BY A HORSE.

    At Bendigo this evening a young man, John Griffin, a groom in the employ of Mr. Breuer, called at the stables for his horse. While the stableman was putting the bridle ...

    Article : 95 words
  27. LAYING THE DUST.

    It is several months since Councillor Bonython, carried a motion in the City Council to have an experiment made to test the utility of oil for laying the dust in the ...

    Article : 200 words
  28. A VIGOROUS DELIVERANCE.

    Sir John Forrest, in the course of an earnest and convincing speech delivered by him at the great protectionist demonstration in Perth last Wednesday, said:—He ...

    Article : 504 words
  29. DROWNING FATALITIES.

    A young man, Reginald Coleman, was drowned, in the Macleay River, near Kampsey, while bathing. He attempted to swim the river, and got half-way across, and then ...

    Article : 113 words
  30. TEE EDUCATION BILL.

    A special committee of adherents of the Wesleyan Methodist Church have passed a resolution affirming that the Education Act recently adopted by the British Parliament ...

    Article : 45 words
  31. A CHILD BURNT TO DEATH.

    At Bairnsdale, Cecil Westropp, aged 1 year and 10 months, was burnt to death this morning. His parents were picking beans on their selection, near the mouth of the ...

    Article : 76 words
  32. MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.

    At Coolumbooka, six miles from Bombala, yesterday, a lad named Brotherton, aged 14, in company with two other lads, was endeavoring to yard a mob of horses when ...

    Article : 104 words
  33. FLOODS IN SCOTLAND.

    Heavy rains have fallen continuously for 50 hours in Scotland, and unprecedented floods are reported to have occurred between the Firth of Forth and Loch Ness. ...

    Article : 57 words
  34. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The Royal Australian Artillery is in a state of fervent indignation owing to the operation of an Order-in-Council which came into operation on January 1. This provides ...

    Article : 231 words
  35. A CAB DRIVER'S SUICIDE.

    A cabdriver, Alexander West, who resided in Clarendon-street, South Melbourne, was found hanging from a rafter in his stable to-day. At the inquest the deceased's ...

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  36. THE TORRENS LAKE.

    The Torrens Lake is regarded as one of the beauty spots of Adelaide, but there is no doubt that its maintenance requires a rather large expenditure annually. At the ...

    Article : 443 words
  37. A BOXING CONTEST.

    The international boxing contest between Grace, of America, and Johns, of New-South Wales. (both welter weights), for a £150 purse, resulted in a win for Johns, ...

    Article : 43 words
  38. A MAHARAJAH ABDICATES

    Sir Shivaji Rao Holkar Bahadur, Maharajah of Indore, owing to ill-health, has abdicated in favor of his son, Tukoji, a youth 12 years of age, and has enjoined him to ...

    Article : 80 words
  39. SUPPOSED REMEDY FOR CANCER.

    A representative of the Victorian Cancer Research Association to-day waited upon Sir John Madden (the Chief Justice) with a petition, signed ...

    Article : 238 words
  40. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    It was reported to the Kalgoorlie police this afternoon that the dead body of a man had been found lying near the Phoenix brickworks on the Kanowna-road. ...

    Article : 211 words
  41. A LIFEBOAT CAPSIZED.

    A terrible fatality is reported from Port Talbot, a small port in Glamorganshire, Wales. The lifeboat from Mumbles Head, while ...

    Article : 43 words
  42. FIRE AND LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES AT THE ADELAIDE HOSPITAL.

    The Adelaide Hospital Board of Management met on Monday afternoon and took into consideration the serious statements which were made in "The Advertiser" on ...

    Article : 309 words
  43. THE THAMES.

    Dr. William Collingridge (medical officer of health for the City of London), in a report, which has caused a great sensation, states that the entire estuary of the Thames ...

    Article : 50 words
  44. THE PLAGUE.

    Some rats caught at Fremantle yesterday were, on examination, discovered to be infeeted with plague bacilli. They are the first infected rats ever caught at ...

    Article : 62 words
  45. THURSDAY ISLAND.

    Mr. Jier, resident magistrate at Daru, arrived here last evening. He reports that the drought in Western British New Guinea has broken up, although only a very small ...

    Article : 146 words
  46. THE YORKSHIRE STRIKE.

    The executive of the Yorkshire Miners' Association have condemned the Denaby strike, and have ordered the 5,000 miners who have been idle for the past 31 weeks ...

    Article : 137 words
  47. STREET LIGHTING AT HINDMARSH.

    On Monday evening, at the meeting of the Hindmarsh Council, the South Australian Gas Company submitted a draft agreement and plans for supplying 75 gas ...

    Article : 161 words
  48. POLITICAL LABOR CONFERENCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 82 words
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