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  2. AMERICAN FINANCIAL PANIC.

    Lieut. Crawford, secretary to Admiral Dewey of the United States Navy, committed suicide yesterday by drowning himself in the Potomac River. ...

    Article : 129 words
  3. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    New South Wales was defeated by England in a hollow fashion, the lattter winning by 408 runs. The local men did not even reach their first innings' ...

    Article : 1,832 words
  4. NEW SOUTH WALES COLLIERY DISPUTE.

    Resumption of work in the Newcastle and Maitland districts was general to-day. The miners at only one colliery, and that a second-class one, ...

    Article : 384 words
  5. THE TARIFF.

    In the House of Representatives to-day Sir William Lyne, in reply to Mr. Poynton (S.A.), said that if it was generally desired, he would take the ...

    Article : 1,960 words
  6. THE DUKEDOM OF PORTLAND.

    Madame Valette, an elderly woman living in Paris, claims to be the daughter of a natural son of T. C. Druce (alleged to have been the Duke of ...

    Article : 186 words
  7. THE PORTUGUESE CRISIS.

    On Saturday 700 Portuguese officers tried to organise a demonstration at Lisbon in favour of King Carlos. There were, however, so many officers ...

    Article : 115 words
  8. NEWS AND NOTES.

    Mail for Eastern States.—The ordinary mail for the Eastern States is notified to close to-day, at half-past 12 p.m. (late fee half-past 1 p.m.), for ...

    Article : 3,179 words
  9. THE AWAKENING OF CHINA.

    The historic "Pekin Gazette." has ceased publication, and has been replaced by an excellent modern newspaper, named "Changchies Kuan ...

    Article : 46 words
  10. AERIAL NAVIGATION.

    The French military airship Patrie, in a trip extending over 6¾ hours yesterday, covered 269 kilometres (about 167 miles). The vessel was steered ...

    Article : 108 words
  11. LAWLESSNESS IN IRELAND.

    Mr. Augustine Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, addressing a meeting at Belfast yesterday, referred to the lawlessness in the Western portion of ...

    Article : 65 words
  12. THE SPANISH NAVY.

    The Spanish Minister for Marine states that Spain had better abolish her navy altogether unless she spends 25,000,000 pesetas (about £735,000) on ...

    Article : 34 words
  13. THE HAMBURG FAILURE

    Herr Moeller, head of the Moeller Wax Bleachery Company, of Hamburg, which recently failed for £450,000, has been arrested on suspicion of fraudulent ...

    Article : 35 words
  14. THE INDIAN RAILWAY TROUBLE.

    The dismissal of the leading agitators in the recent trouble on the East Indian Railway Company's lines between Calcutta and Allahabad has ...

    Article : 66 words
  15. THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

    The Russian Ambassador in London has handed to the Japanese Ambassador a cheque for £4,860,440, being the amount of the balance due to Japan ...

    Article : 62 words
  16. THE LEGAL PROFESSION.

    Speaking at the annual meeting of the Law Institute to-night, Mr. T. P. Denham said that a combination had been formed by members of the Bar in ...

    Article : 215 words
  17. MISCELLANEOUS.

    A French bank thief named Gallay has committed suicide. ...

    Article : 208 words
  18. MR. KEIR HARDIE, M.P.

    Mr. J. Keir Hardie, Junior member in the House of Commons for Merthyr Tydvil, and Leader of the Independent Labour Party at Westminster, reached ...

    Article : 469 words
  19. MR. LLOYD-GEORGE.

    After temporarily settling at Manchester a cotton strike affecting 10,000 operatives, Mr. David Lloyd-George, President of the Board of Trade, ...

    Article : 61 words
  20. THE ENGLISH SUFFRAGETTES.

    The suffragettes made simultaneous demonstrations in the police courts of London and the provinces yesterday, protesting against men administering ...

    Article : 46 words
  21. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    Speaking at Exeter yesterday, Lord Tweedmouth, First Lord of the Admiralty, said that for the next three or four years Great Britain's naval ...

    Article : 62 words
  22. GREAT BRITAIN'S HOME DEFENCES.

    Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War speaking at the Guildhall on Saturday, said that under the new Territorial Army Scheme London ...

    Article : 51 words
  23. PERSONAL.

    Mr. H. Baker has been gazetted United States Consul at Hobart. ...

    Article : 60 words
  24. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The Prime Minister has arranged for the Vice-President of the Executive Council to visit Western Australia during the recess. The reason for Mr. ...

    Article : 91 words
  25. AMERICA'S WARLIKE MATERIAL.

    Rear-Admiral Mason, reporting to the American Bureau of Ordnance, urges the introduction of legislation authorising the purchase of ordnance, ...

    Article : 48 words
  26. DOMESTIC INFELICITY.

    Helen Marion Charleston, man ageress of a colonial wine shop in Melbourne, to-day petitioned for a dissolution of her marriage with Christopher ...

    Article : 266 words
  27. LESE MAJESTE IN GERMANY.

    Herr Nieberding, Secretary for Justice in the German Cabinet has informed the Reichstag that in future cases of lese majeste will be restricted ...

    Article : 43 words
  28. THE NEW BOUNTIES.

    The Attorney-General directs attention to the Bounties Bill passed by both Houses, and that it now awaits the Governor-General's assent. "It will be ...

    Article : 414 words
  29. OBITUARY.

    Sir Arthur Kekewich, one of the Judges of the Chancery Division of the High Court, died to-day, as the result of an operation for appendicitis. ...

    Article : 69 words
  30. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor and Lady Stone, and Miss Stone, accompanied by Captain Powys Sketchley, Private Secretary, will be ...

    Article : 344 words
  31. THE FRENCH IN MOROCCO.

    The Beni Hassen tribe, in Morocco, attacked a French force at Hacikalifut yesterday, and killed a Spahi. The French shelled the village, killing 25 ...

    Article : 40 words
  32. FINANCIAL.

    After paying the interest on debentures and adding £58,000 to the reserve fund, the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., has a credit ...

    Article : 124 words
  33. COMMERCIAL.

    The quantities of wheat afloat are:—For the United Kingdom, 2,080,000 quarters; for the Continent, 1,255,000 quarters. The shipments for the week ...

    Article : 34 words
  34. THE LAW LIST.

    Full Court, at half-past 10 a.m., before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice McMillan and Mr. Justice Burnside: (1) In the matter of Archibald ...

    Article : 67 words
  35. THE LABOUR MOVEMENT.

    In a letter to the secretary of the local Miners' Union, covering an acknowledgment of a donation of £25 to the defence fund of the Western ...

    Article : 110 words
  36. A FATAL ACCIDENT.

    The adjourned hearing of a claim for £300 compensation under the Workmen's Compensation Act. 1900. made by Ann Mary Wood against Howard. ...

    Article : 111 words
  37. VICTORIAN VITAL STATISTICS.

    A gratifying feature in the vital statistics of Victoria for the third quarter of 1907 is the continuance of improvement in the infantile death rate ...

    Article : 100 words
  38. PUBLIC SERVANTS AS BOOKMAKERS.

    Secret betting is as rife in other branches of the State service as it is in the railway workshops at Newport. There is reason to believe that State ...

    Article : 89 words
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