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  2. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Earl of Selborne, the High Commissioner for South Africa and the Governor of the Transvaal, took his departure from Pretoria yesterday, when a large ...

    Article : 144 words
  3. THE NORSEMAN GOLD MINES.

    To-day the Arbitration Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Burnside (President) and Messrs. W. Somerville and F. D. Good (respectively workers' and employers' ...

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  4. BRITISH POLITICS.

    It is reported that the Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, intends to insert in the Budget an amendment relating to agricultural land, with the object of conciliating ...

    Article : 496 words
  5. SHOCKING RAILWAY FATALITY.

    The railway bridges spanning the Swan River between Fremantle and North Fremantle were yesterday morning the scene of a sensational fatality, a comparatively ...

    Article : 786 words
  6. AEROPLANING IN FRANCE.

    After Mr. Farman had aeroplaned fifty miles across country from Etampes to Chevilly, near Orleans, M. Paulhan proceeded on the same machine as far as ...

    Article : 94 words
  7. ANOTHER SHIPPING DISASTER.

    The British-India steamer Satara was wrecked this afternoon on the Edith Breakers, near Seal Rocks, and it is feared that the catastrophc is accompanied with loss of ...

    Article : 660 words
  8. THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    The Chief Electoral Officer for Western Australia (Mr. Piesse) states that the figures published yesterday in connection with the returns for the Senate and the House of ...

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  9. AMERICAN POLITICS.

    A sensation has been caused in the United States by the announcement that Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, the leader of the Republicans in the Senate, and ...

    Article : 145 words
  10. NEW YORK TRAGEDY.

    A jury has been empannelled in New York to try Albert Wolter, a youth of eighteen years, who is charged with the murder of Ruth Wheeler, a girl of ...

    Article : 463 words
  11. CANADIAN DEFENCE.

    The Ottawa representative of the "Daily Chronicle" states that correspondence between Lord Kitchener and Sir Frederick Borden, Canadian Minister ...

    Article : 294 words
  12. PENNY POSTAGE.

    Replying to a deputation of members of the House of Commons yesterday Mr. H. L. Samuel, the Postmaster-General, refused to introduce penny ...

    Article : 117 words
  13. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY.

    The cross-examination of Robert Harper in connection with the charge of conspiracy against Patrick Hill, John Huxley, William Harper, Walter Kemp, and William Brocket ...

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  14. ART FORGERIES.

    Inquiries by the police have brought to light some interesting particulars of the antecedents of the man and woman who were recently arrested at Tours on ...

    Article : 188 words
  15. IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

    Sir George Reid, the High Commissioner for Australia, speaking at the Municipal Corporations dinner last night, said that all looked forward to ...

    Article : 70 words
  16. GERMANY AND TURKEY.

    Germany has offered to sell the cruiser Blucher to Turkey for £2,000,000, although it only cost £1,372,000. The Turkish Admiralty, however, have ...

    Article : 53 words
  17. THE RUBBER BOOM.

    The best raw rubber has risen sixpence in the last fortnight, during which it has averaged 12s. 5d. Manufacturers are contracting for supplies of rubber in ...

    Article : 625 words
  18. A GOLD TRANSACTION.

    Mr. Justice Hodges resumed the hearing of the action to-day in which Thomas Petch, hotelkeeper, claims £1,336 from Nathan Bear, machinery merchant, as representing ...

    Article : 478 words
  19. TASMANIAN LAND TRANSACTION.

    The Royal Commission inquiring into the charges made by Mr. Jensen. M.H.A., relating to the transactions of the Chief Justice (Sir John Dodds) in connection with ...

    Article : 477 words
  20. EMPIRE DAY.

    Leave to introduce a Bill providing for the official recognition of May 24 as Empire Day was refused in the House of Commons yesterday by 240 votes to 150. ...

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  21. A GRAND-DAUGHTER OF JAY GOULD.

    Miss Marjorie Gwynne Gould, a grand-daughter of the late Jay Gould, the multi-millionaire, and a daughter of George Jay Gould. was married at New ...

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  22. INDIAN SEDITION.

    Kanhere, Gopal Krishnaji Kerve, and Vinayek Narayen Despande have been executed in the Thana gaol for the murder of Mr. Jackson, the collector at ...

    Article : 498 words
  23. NEW GUINEA.

    Capt. Ernest Goldfinch Rason, formerly British Resident in the New Hebrides, read a paper on the history of New Guinea before the Royal Colonial ...

    Article : 43 words
  24. AUSTRALIAN'S SUICIDE.

    John William Kaiser, alias Emson, who was said to be an Australian, committed suicide in a lodging-house at Bloomsbury, in London, yesterday, after ...

    Article : 38 words
  25. FERRYBOAT CAPSIZES.

    A number of market women were yesterday morning ferrying across the River Bodrogh, in Hungary, three miles north-west of Tokay, when the boat capsized ...

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  26. THE CHANG-SHA RIOTS.

    The rioting at Chang-sha, in the Chinese province of Hu-nan, is now subsiding. The three missionaries who were drowned were Spanish Augustinians, and ...

    Article : 63 words
  27. THE CHATSWOOD MURDER.

    The post-mortem examination of the body of the little-child Florence Philips, who was found murdered yesterday afternoon near Chatswood, revealed the fact that she had ...

    Article : 172 words
  28. PERSIAN BRIGANDS.

    A detachment of Bakhtiari horsemen and artillery was recently despatched in pursuit of a body of 500 brigands, who eventually fortified themselves in the ...

    Article : 68 words
  29. TWO VESSELS MISSING.

    Some anxiety is entertained for the safety of the schooner Houto, which sailed from Sydney on March 8 for Kaipara, and has not since been reported. As she has now ...

    Article : 100 words
  30. BRITISH NAVY.

    A hundred British warships, including eight Dreadnoughts, have begun a fortnight's manoeuvres in the North Sea. ...

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  31. PERSONAL.

    The death of Mr. William Dagg, one of the pioneers of New South Wales, is reported to have occurred at Mitchell's Flat. He was a colonist of 73 years' standing, ...

    Article : 312 words
  32. SCOTTISH BENCH.

    Mr. Arthur Dewar, Solicitor-General for Scotland, has been appointed to succeed the late Lord McLaren as a judge of the Scottish Court of Session. Mr. ...

    Article : 52 words
  33. A TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY.

    An important forward step in the direction of constructing a transcontinental railway through Western Queensland to link up Port Darwin with Sydney, Melbourne, and ...

    Article : 111 words
  34. THE LAW COURTS.

    In Chambers.—At 10.30 a.m., before Mr. Justice Rooth. Nisi Prius.—At 10.30 a.m., in No. 3 Court, before Mr. Justice McMillan: W. D. King ...

    Article : 45 words
  35. ADELAIDE BUILDING TRADE STRIKE.

    The building trade strike has been declared off. A communication was received to-night by the Operative Bricklayers and Masons Society from the Builders and ...

    Article : 72 words
  36. A FATAL FALL.

    On Monday morning Arthur J. Youens was engaged repairing the telephone line between Northam and York, when the pole on which he was working broke with the ...

    Article : 101 words
  37. A DESPONDENT FATHER.

    A telegram received from Gulgong states that Mr. Thomas Hornsey, the father of Reginald Hornsey, dentist, who shot himself on March 15, was found in the ...

    Article : 83 words
  38. MELBOURNE TIMBER STRIKE.

    A doubt exists as to whether the Timber Merchants' Association will agree, as a condition precedent to the sitting of the Wages Board to determine the dispute with the ...

    Article : 53 words
  39. SERIOUS BLASTING ACCIDENT.

    A blasting accident occurred on the Branxholm railway works yesterday, when two workmen. David Bissett, aged about 40 years, and Charles Quinn, aged 16 years, ...

    Article : 90 words
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