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  2. NEWS AND NOTES.

    Mail for the Eastern States.—The weekly mail for the Eastern States will close at the G.P.O. to-morrow at 9.15 a.m. (late fee 10 a.m.), for conveyance ...

    Article : 4,373 words
  3. INTERNATIONAL PEACE.

    Ex-President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt arrived at Christiania yesterday, and were welcomed at the railway station by the King and Queen of ...

    Article : 362 words
  4. OTIRA TUNNEL COLLAPSE.

    Reports have been received of the heroism displayed by George Pitts, one of the men entombed by the second fall of earth in the Otira tunnel. By superhuman efforts ...

    Article : 296 words
  5. FIRE IN JAPAN.

    The "Morning Leader" reports that the town of Omori, in Japan, was yesterday devastated by fire. The conflagration destroyed 8,000 ...

    Article : 64 words
  6. ALBANIAN INSURRECTION.

    Fighting between the insurgents and the Turkish troops in Albania still continues. It is reported at Diakova that a ...

    Article : 76 words
  7. POLAR EXPLORATION.

    In the Albert Hall last night, under the auspices of the Royal Geographical Society, Rear-Admiral Peary delivered an address before 10,000 persons on his ...

    Article : 200 words
  8. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, speaking at Oxford yesterday, said it was untrue that the Government had bargained in order to ...

    Article : 374 words
  9. THE FINANCIAL PROBLEM.

    Referring yesterday to the remarks of the Federal Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) in regard to the financial arrangements between the Commonwealth and the States, ...

    Article : 847 words
  10. THE PARIS APACHES.

    Lia beuf, the apache who murdered a policeman in the Rue Aubry de Boucher at Paris on January 9 last, has been sentenced to death. ...

    Article : 840 words
  11. GERMAN LABOUR CONDITIONS.

    A dozen members of the British Labour Party, including Mr. G. N. Barnes and Mr. Henderson, M' s.P., have started for Germany to study the conditions under ...

    Article : 176 words
  12. MADAME MELBA.

    Madame Melba arrived in London yesterday. Interviewed by a representative of the "Standard of Empire," the prima-donna ...

    Article : 114 words
  13. VICTORIAN POLITICS.

    The principal differences between the States Ministry and some of their supporters were settled at a conference to-night. In regard to the land tax, it is ...

    Article : 200 words
  14. JAPANESE-BRITISH EXHIBITION.

    One thousand Japanese workmen are engaged day and night in finishing the building for the Japanese-British Exhibition, which will be opened in London by ...

    Article : 85 words
  15. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

    Mr. Fisher was asked to-day if he could anticipate the policy of his Government in regard to raising money for the Federal capital site. The Prime Minister said that ...

    Article : 163 words
  16. NEW ZEALAND'S NEW GOVERNOR.

    Mr. Hall-Jones (High Commissioner for New Zealand) held a reception in honour of the new Governor of New Zealand (Lord Islington) and Lady Islington in ...

    Article : 127 words
  17. WORKERS AND WEALTH.

    The Duke of Devonshire, in delivering the presidential address at the annual meeting of the Iron and Steel Institute yesterday, combated the Socialists' ...

    Article : 149 words
  18. PROTECTION OF LABOUR.

    The London newspapers welcome the proposal of the Premier of Italy to hold an international congress in Rome next year to adopt permanent rules governing ...

    Article : 76 words
  19. MELBOURNE TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.

    A complete modern telephone service will be supplied to Melbourne telephone subscribers when the new Telephone Exchange is completed, and the whole of the ...

    Article : 235 words
  20. CANADIAN PARLIAMENT.

    Remarkable ceremonies took place yesterday in connection with the prorogation of the Canadian Parliament. The members of the Ministry, attired in ...

    Article : 64 words
  21. ARTESIAN WATER SUPPLY.

    Information was received from Coonamble to-day that the artesian water supply shows serious signs of diminishing. The flow of one bore, from which the town water ...

    Article : 251 words
  22. PORT OF LONDON CHARGES.

    Viscount St. Aldwyn, who conducted a Board of Trade inquiry into the import charges proposed by the Port of London Authority, has submitted his report. ...

    Article : 97 words
  23. "WESTERN MAIL."

    Chief among the illustrations in the current issue of the "Western Mail" are the photographs of the crews who contested the secondary schools' four-oar-championship. ...

    Article : 254 words
  24. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Count Oriola, a member of the Reichstag, was killed in a motor accident at Berlin a few days ago. He has left estate valued at £3,600,000. ...

    Article : 208 words
  25. AMERICAN PHILANTHROPY.

    The American Steel Corporation has established a fund amounting to 8,000,000 dollars (about £1,600,000) for the payment of pensions to its employees. This ...

    Article : 47 words
  26. TROPICAL AGRONOMY.

    Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for the Commonwealth, has arranged for Professor Wyndham Dunstan. Director of the Imperial Institute and ...

    Article : 53 words
  27. NEW ZEALAND POLITICS.

    The Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward) delivered his policy speech to-night, dealing at length with the operations of the last financial year and the intentions of the ...

    Article : 585 words
  28. MALARIAL FEVER.

    Malarial fever is raging in Eastern Zululand, and there has been a serious loss of life. The natives are receiving every succour from the magistrates, ...

    Article : 37 words
  29. BEER DRINKING STUDENTS.

    On national and individual grounds the Kaiser has censured the students throughout Germany for the beer-drinking habit. ...

    Article : 28 words
  30. THUNDERSTORM IN SYDNEY.

    A thunderstorm passed over the city to-night, accompanied by heavy rain. In George-street West a flood was caused owing to the stormwater drain not being of ...

    Article : 298 words
  31. ANOTHER MINING DISPUTE.

    Serious trouble is expected at the Great Cobar mine. Hitherto the management have been paying 3s. 6d. a ton for breaking ore and putting it down the passes for ...

    Article : 220 words
  32. ADELAIDE DIVORCE SUIT.

    Laura Hester Socke (nee Trewenack) petitioned the Court to-day for a dissolution of her marriage with John Socke, of Adelaide, cycle manufacturer, on the grounds of ...

    Article : 293 words
  33. CRICKET.

    The Marylebone Club have decided to send a team to New Zealand during 1911-12, provided the New Zealand Association pays their expenses. ...

    Article : 32 words
  34. PERSONAL.

    His Majesty the King, states a cable message from London, granted an audience to Mr. Newton Moore, the Premier of Western Australia, at Buckingham Palace, last ...

    Article : 466 words
  35. SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM.

    Last night the Southern Railway Hotel at Goulburn was discovered to be on fire. On the arrival of the fire brigade, it was found that one of the bedrooms was alight. ...

    Article : 151 words
  36. ENGLISH TURF.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 73 words
  37. ALLEGED PERJURY.

    At the Court of General Sessions to-day Karl Foller, an operatic singer, was charged with perjury. The accused pleaded not guilty. ...

    Article : 147 words
  38. A DESERTED WIFE.

    At the Divorce Court to-day Alice Lenora Dickman, aged 27, of West Melbourne, sought the dissolution of her marriage with James John Dickman, aged 37, on the ...

    Article : 165 words
  39. AN OVERLAID INFANT.

    An inquiry was held to-day into the circumstances of the death on April 28 of Eva Florence Green, aged three months, who was overlaid by her mother. ...

    Article : 113 words
  40. WRECK OF THE SATARA.

    Captain Hugill, the master of the wrecked steamer Satara, was before the Court of Marine Inquiry to-day to show cause why his certificate should not be dealt with for, ...

    Article : 180 words
  41. THE VICTORIAN CONSTITUTION.

    About 10 years ago the Trades Hall Council passed a resolution providing that in the altered conditions of the time an amendment of the State Constitution was ...

    Article : 181 words
  42. THE TANUNDA MURDER.

    Carlo Augusta Bonello, who was on April 7 convicted of the murder of a little girl named Emma Norma Plush at Nuriootpa, near Tanunda and sentenced to death, paid ...

    Article : 180 words
  43. CLOSER SETTLEMENT IN VICTORIA.

    The closer settlement board have purchased the Cornellia estate, and Mr. Elwood Mead has added this to his list of land in the irrigation areas from which he will offer ...

    Article : 93 words
  44. RUNAWAY RAILWAY TRUCKS.

    An accident occurred last night in connection with coal loading operations at the McMyler hoist at Newcastle. While a line of waggons loaded with coal was getting ...

    Article : 86 words
  45. A LONG FAST.

    The Hungarian, Sacco Homan, this evening, completed a fast extending over a period of 43 days. ...

    Article : 27 words
  46. SERIOUS DRIVING ACCIDENT.

    Mrs. Gregory lost her life while out driving near Murchison to-day. When about two miles from the town a bolt broke at the shaft end, causing the vehicle to swerve ...

    Article : 72 words
  47. NEW ZEALAND.

    A landslide at Omoana, in the Taranaki district, buried a man named Wilson. Two other men named Morris and Collins were badly injured while endeavouring to rescue ...

    Article : 68 words
  48. THE LAW COURTS.

    Nisi Prius.—At half-past 10 a.m., in No. 3 Court, before Mr. Justice Rooth: In the matter of an application by B. M. Hawkes for a writ of Habeas Corpus. ...

    Article : 43 words
  49. COAL MINING FATALITY.

    A miner named George Ford was killed this morning in the South Greta colliery. He was working in a face and put in a shot, subsequently returning to work. Two ...

    Article : 74 words
  50. DESCENT OF A FIREBALL.

    Some excitement was created at Circular Quay shortly after 9 o'clock to-night by the descent of a fireball It appeared to come to within about 8th of the ground in ...

    Article : 69 words
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