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  2. EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--A violent earthquake has almost destroyed the towns of Pizzo, Martirano, and Monteleone, in Italy. ...

    Article : 128 words
  3. THE TARTAR REVOLT.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The revolt in TransCaucasia is still serious, although latest reports from Baku state that partial pacification has been effected in that city, and that ...

    Article : 330 words
  4. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The Government. hopes on Tuesday to get through with the works a buildings estimates. It intends to procceed with the Representation Bill. ...

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  5. TOKIO QUIET.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--The, Japanese Premier (Count Katsura) states that Japan is not bound under the terms of the treaty not to fortify the shores of the Straits ...

    Article : 167 words
  6. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    LONDON, Saturday Evening.--The match between the Australian Eleven and Mr. C. I. Thornton's team was concluded to-day at Scarborough, the result being a drawn game. The ...

    Article : 111 words
  7. ANGRY FEDERAL MINISTERS.

    A complimentary dinner to Mr. O. C. Beale, prior to his departure on a tour round the world, was given at the A.B.C. rooms on Saturday night. The Lord Mayor presided over a ...

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  8. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Preparations are being made by the Home Affairs Department to commence as many Federal public works as possible immediately the Appropriation Act is ...

    Article : 585 words
  9. SECOND DAY'S PLAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 426 words
  10. WHY AUSTRALIANS ARE "SLACK."

    The last of the science lectures under the University Extension Board was delivered at St. James-hall on Friday night by Professor ...

    Article : 779 words
  11. VICTORIA.

    The Victorian gold yield for last month was nearly 7000oz. less than for August, 1904. ...

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  12. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Municipal Council of Tokio has passed a resolution denouncing the peace terns, and urging the Mikado not to ratify the treaty." ...

    Article : 145 words
  13. MORE CHILD MURDER.

    Another case of child murder was disclosed to-day, a newly-born infant, whoso body was found in Darebin Creek, having died from suffocation. The inquest was adjourned, in order ...

    Article : 39 words
  14. AN INCOME TAX GRIEVANCE.

    A strong protest was made to-day by the members of the Baliarat Stock Exchange against the action of the Commissioner of Taxes in assessing the profits of mining companies for ...

    Article : 56 words
  15. ELECTRIC LIGHTING IN MELBOURNE.

    In consequence of the rapidly-increasing demand for electric current, the City Council has sanctioned an expenditure of £6900 for the further extension of the plant. Provision is to ...

    Article : 101 words
  16. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The inquiry in connection with the murder of the commercial traveller, Mark Liebglid, who was found dead on the shore at Broome, with his head battered in, still continues. At ...

    Article : 60 words
  17. EIGHT HUNDRED ARRESTS.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Tokio is now much quieter. Eight hundred arrests have been made in connection with the suppression of the peace riots. ...

    Article : 96 words
  18. DISTURBANCE AT LIBAU.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Fresh disturbances have broken out at Libau, in connection with the departure of Reservists. The troops tired volleys into the crowd, ...

    Article : 91 words
  19. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    A middle-aged man, named Thomas Hawkins, was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday afternoon, suffering from several wounds in the throat, evidently inflicted with a tableknife. ...

    Article : 56 words
  20. ANNUAL ROAD RACE.

    The annual cycling road race from Beverley to Perth, 117 miles, took place yesterday. The competitors, who numbered 46, had a very bad time, ploughing through wind, rain, and mud, and a ...

    Article : 70 words
  21. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

    At the end of play the home team, with half of their wickets down in the second innings, were leading by only 66 runs, and the visitors had therefore the better of the draw. The ...

    Article : 116 words
  22. FEDERAL REPRESENTATION BILL.

    Mr. Held, the loader of the Federal Opposition, who is now in Sydney, points out that the Federal Representation Hill of the present Government is, in essence, ...

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  23. GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S VISIT.

    The cadets parade in honor of the Governor-General's visit had to be postponed yesterday. A church parade was held to-day, several members of the Ministry attending the service, in ...

    Article : 40 words
  24. LITTLE BOY KILLED.

    While playing in a paddock attached to St. Joseph's College grounds yesterday afternoon, a little boy. named Arthur Robinson, was kicked on the head by a horse, and fatally injured. The ...

    Article : 72 words
  25. THANKS TO ROOSEVELT.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--The Emperor of China and the Empress-Dowager have heartily felicitated President Roosevelt upon his grand achievement in bringing ...

    Article : 39 words
  26. WITHAM RAILWAY DISASTER.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The inquest on the bodies of those who were [?] in the railway disaster wmen occurred recently at [?], near Colchester, terminated yesterday. ...

    Article : 94 words
  27. ACCIDENT TO A STEAMER.

    There was some excitement at Fremantle on Saturday, owing to the steamer Grantala crashing into the Quay. The vessel was leaving for the eastern States, and had reached the middle ...

    Article : 134 words
  28. WEST AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

    PERTH, Sunday.--The Premier (Mr. Rason) delivered his policy speech at Midland Junction last night. He said that if it could be proved when the House met that ho was in a minority ...

    Article : 291 words
  29. DISLOCATED HIS NECK.

    The body of a man, named Henry Saunders (63), lately employed as storeman at the Metropolitan Lime and Cement Company, Sussexstreet, was found yesterday morning on his ...

    Article : 80 words
  30. KAISER AND THE YELLOW PERIL

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--Addressing members of the United States Congress now on a visit to Berlin, tlie Kaiser yesterday spoke with extraordinary frankness ...

    Article : 131 words
  31. THE AUSTRALIAN RUGBY TEAM.

    WELLINGTON, Sunday.--The Australian Rugby team met the representatives of Wanganui and Taranaki and Hawera yesterday and won by 18 points to 13. The ground was heavy, but the ...

    Article : 290 words
  32. QUEENSLAND.

    The sugar bounty payment in the Bundaberg district is so far slightly over £3000. Growers complain of the effect of the recent severe frosts on the weight of the cane. The Gin Gin ...

    Article : 120 words
  33. DROWNED IN THE HARBOR.

    The body of an elderly man named Thomas Smith was found on Saturday afternoon in the harbor, near Dawes Point. Smith, who was a cook on the schooner Alma Doopel. left his ...

    Article : 100 words
  34. NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL TEAM.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--Representatives of the Regoy [?] met and welcomed the team of New Zealand [?] which arrived at [?] yesterday. ...

    Article : 87 words
  35. DEATH IN A CAB.

    A post-mortem examination, held on Maggie Crookes, who died in a cab on Friday afternoon, while being conveyed to the Sydney Hospital, revealed the fact that death was due to ...

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  36. A BREAD-CARTER INJURED.

    A bread-carter named Thomas Walker, while descending from his cart in Bridge-road, Petersham, on Saturday morning, had the misfortune to catch his trousers on a projection of the ...

    Article : 86 words
  37. A MAN MALTREATED.

    A man named Andrew Howden, a laborer, was found near the railway station, at Pinkenba, this morning in rather a critical condition. Howden, who had a serious gash at the back of the head, ...

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  38. LABOR IN CONGRESS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Trades Union Congress, sitting at Hanley, has passed a resolution unanimously condemning Chinese labor. ...

    Article : 107 words
  39. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    One hundred and thirty-five cases of cholera have so for occurred in Prussia, and there have been 32 deaths. The Prussian strikers at Rorsbach almost ...

    Article : 90 words
  40. THE MEDICAL CONGRESS.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The work of the Medical Congress was brought to a conclusion, with a general business meeting on Saturday morning. The meeting was over in less than an ...

    Article : 331 words
  41. DIED AFTER DRINKING BEER.

    TAMWORTH, Saturday.--At the inquiry concerning the death of Mrs. Cowans, who died after drinking some beer, a finding of accidental death was recorded. The analysis showed that ...

    Article : 43 words
  42. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The show entries total 2851, compared with 2374 last year. The new total eclipses all previous records. ...

    Article : 26 words
  43. STEAMER' PACIFIQUE AT. BRISBANE.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.--The French mail steamer Pacifique, which is bound from New Caledonia to Sydney, put into Moreton Bay to-night, short of coal. ...

    Article : 30 words
  44. SEPTIC PNEUMONIA.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.--An inquest was held yesterday into the death of Charles Denton, aged 68 years, who was admitted to the Adelaide Hospital on Thursday, suffering from a severe ...

    Article : 81 words
  45. RIOT AT A CHURCH.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The disaffection which has prevailed for nearly two years in the Church of Christ, Prahran, broke into open violence tonight. As on a previous occasion, the ...

    Article : 160 words
  46. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Government has promised £600O additional towards the equipment of Victoria College, Wellington. During the 12 months ended March 31 there ...

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  47. THE MAILS.

    The R.M.S. Manuka, of the Canadian-AustraBan line, made a quick run from Vancouver, arriving early yesterday morning, and landing her mails two days ahead of time. The steams ...

    Article : 280 words
  48. A BOOKKEEPER'S DEATH.

    ROCKHAMPTON, Sunday.--The police this morning discovered the body of J. H. King Church, bookkeeper on Archer's station, Gracemere. about three-quarters of a mile from the ...

    Article : 62 words
  49. STEAMER'S PERILOUS TRIP.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The steamer Waimate, which left Sydney on Tuesday last for Williamstown, only arrived to-night, having received a severe buffetting in the recent gales, ...

    Article : 178 words
  50. TIRED OF "THE MACHINE."

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--The "Daily Mail" states that the Labor Union Congress sitting at Hanley passed the freetrade resolutions already reported, because ...

    Article : 53 words
  51. THE SEDDON CHARGES.

    Four officials of the Christchurch post-office who made statements to Mr. Fisher, on which the latter based his charges against Captain Seddon, have been suspended from duty, and ...

    Article : 53 words
  52. RUN OVER BY A TRAIN.

    ADELAIDE, Saturday.--A young man named James P. Lawrence was run over by a train at Port Adelaide on Saturday morning. He had just previously alighted from the train, and was ...

    Article : 53 words
  53. AUSTRALIAN LABOR LAWS.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--Commenting on the proposed modification of the Australian immigration laws, the "Spectator" considers that Mr. .T. C. Watson's ...

    Article : 54 words
  54. A SPEEDY TURBINE STEAMER.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The turbine steamor Loongana completed to-day a trip to and from Tasmanian ports which eclipses all coastal records. On the return Launceston was left at ...

    Article : 97 words
  55. REJECTED OFFERS OF MARRIAGE.

    BROKEN-HILL, Sunday.--Mrs. Augusta Modistan, a washing woman, was on Saturday, she alleges, the victim of an assault. As a result she how lies in the hospital. Her story is that ...

    Article : 70 words
  56. A STEAM LAUNCH WRECKED.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.--There is news from Thursday Island that Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s steam launch Balmain was totally wrecked on the North Coast oil August 25, through the ...

    Article : 50 words
  57. Advertising

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