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  2. WESTPHALIAN MINING DISASTER.

    It is now stated that 360 men perished in the disaster which occurred in the Radbod mine at Harm, in Westphalia, as a result of an explosion of ...

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  3. UNREST IN INDIA.

    The Indian Government and Press now recognise in the demonstration at the funeral of Kunai (the executed murderer of the informer Gossain) a ...

    Article : 245 words
  4. BIG FIRE IN SYDNEY.

    The warehouse of Messrs. Johnston and Sons, leather and grindery merchants, situated in Castlereagh-street, Sydney, was the scene of a fire which ...

    Article : 170 words
  5. GERMANY.

    The Kaiser will on Monday give an audience to the Chancellor (Prince von Buelow) at Kiel, where His Majesty will attend the swearing-in of ...

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  6. THE MIDLAND JUNCTION TRAGEDY.

    The terrible tragedy which took place at Midland Junction on Friday afternoon has for the past two days been the one topic of conversation in that ...

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  7. A SENSATIONAL WRECK.

    Before dawn yesterday morning the four-master barque Falls of Halladale ran on a reef near Peterborough, and the officers and crew, 29 in all, were ...

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  8. ATTEMPTED MINE ROBBERY.

    A daring attempt at a sluice-box robbery took place at the Great Southern mine, Rutherglen, at about 2 o'clock this morning. All work at the mine ...

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  9. CHINA.

    Kuang-hsu, Emperor of China, is dead. Reports from the Imperial Palace at Pekin declare that he died last Tuesday, but it is officially stated ...

    Article : 420 words
  10. THE TIMBER INDUSTRY.

    A conference of delegates, representing the hewers engaged in the timber industry was held yesterday inthe Burlington Hotel. The Conference ...

    Article : 575 words
  11. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    Mr. Fisher had a long interview yesterday with the ex-Prime Minister about the acquisition of the Trafalgar Square site for Commonwealth offices ...

    Article : 186 words
  12. SAN FRANCISCO GRAFT SCANDALS.

    At San Francisco yesterday during the trial of Abraham Ruef the notorious municipal "boss," a saloon-keeper, named Morris Hass, made a murderous ...

    Article : 84 words
  13. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    The Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes), in an interview to-day, said:—"When the Defence Bill comes before Parliament I am to take charge of it in the ...

    Article : 200 words
  14. BRITISH POLITICS.

    In the House of Commons the Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, will move to amend the Licensing Bill so as to provide that no new licences shall be ...

    Article : 171 words
  15. AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN.

    The Ways and Means Committe of the United States House of Representatives has decided that if a special session of Congress revises the Customs ...

    Article : 70 words
  16. BOMB EXPLOSION AT NAPLES.

    A bomb exploded yesterday in a house at Naples frequented by anarchists. A dead woman and two injured men were subsequently extricated from ...

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  17. PENNY-WORD CABLES

    At the recent meeting of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company the chair man of directors (Sir J. W. Barry) characterised Mr. Henniker Heaton's ...

    Article : 94 words
  18. COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES.

    The following notifications regarding the Commonwealth military and cadet forces of Western Australia appear in the last issue of the "Government ...

    Article : 353 words
  19. BULGARIA AND TURKEY

    The Oriental Railway Company demands £5.800,000 as the price of the Eastern Roumelian branch of its line, and, as Bulgaria deems the price ...

    Article : 61 words
  20. KURRAWANG WOOD STRIKE.

    Negotiations on the lines mentioned in Saturday's issue of the "West Australian" for a settlement of the Kurrawang dispute are proceeding, and ...

    Article : 392 words
  21. NALLAN WOOD STRIKE.

    The announcement that the Great Fingall mine would be closed down at 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning has caused much disquietude, particularly at Day ...

    Article : 620 words
  22. SCULLING.

    E. Barry who recently defeated Towns on the Thames, has decided in view of the International Sculling Handicap to be held in England in ...

    Article : 43 words
  23. MELANESIAN MISSION.

    The Anglican Bishop of Melanesia complains publicly that the British Government's refusal to place the steamer Souther Cross on the same footing as ...

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  24. MADAME MELBA'S SON.

    Mrs. Armstrong wife of the son of Madame Melba, has secured a divorce from her husband on the grounds of cruelty and adultery. ...

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  25. ENGLISH TURF.

    F. Wootton yesterday rode four winners at the Derby meeting. [A cable published last week stated that Wootton, who is an Australian, ...

    Article : 40 words
  26. RUGBY FOOTBALL.

    The Australian Amateur Rugby Union (the Wallabies) yesterday defeated Cambridge University by one goal two tries to one goal and one ...

    Article : 170 words
  27. MINING.

    The following are the latest quotations for Australian mining stocks:—Associated (W.A.), 23s. 9d. b, 25s. s; Broken Hill Proprietary. 44s. b, 45s. ...

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  28. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Victoria made a good display of dairy and other produce at the Colonial Produce Exhibition at Liverpool. ...

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  29. INTER-STATE.

    Negotiations are proceeding for the purchase of a site for a new theatre in Adelaide. Mr. Harold Bickford returned a few days ago from Melbourne ...

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  30. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER.

    Edward James Slattery, 20 years of age, a labourer, was arrested at Bendigo to-night on a charge of having shot at his father-in-law, William ...

    Article : 58 words
  31. COMMERCIAL.

    Metals.—Latest quotations are as follow:—Electrolytic copper, £66 15s.; tin, spot, £138 to £138 2s. 6d.; do., forward, £139 15s. to £140 5s.; lead, ...

    Article : 169 words
  32. DARING THEFT OF JEWELLERY.

    Last night while the window was brilliantly lighted up jewellery to the value of £1,000 was removed from the window of Messrs. Coomber and Sons' ...

    Article : 43 words
  33. SCRIPTURAL INSTRUCTION IN STATE SCHOOLS.

    Sir Thomas Bent has amplified the remarks he made in his Brighton Policy speech regarding the Scripture referendum. He said that the Ministry had ...

    Article : 117 words
  34. FARMERS AND PRODUCERS' LEAGUE.

    A special general meeting of the Farmers and Producers' League of Western Australia this afternoon unanimously carried the following ...

    Article : 300 words
  35. THE MENZIES SEAT.

    A meeting was held in Hannan-street last night under the auspices of the Australian Labour Federatino in connection with the approaching Menzies ...

    Article : 245 words
  36. CYCLONE AT WILUNA.

    The town was visited last evening by a cyclone, which did serious damage to business premises and private houses. The Gwalia Consolidated slimes ...

    Article : 118 words
  37. PERSONAL.

    A complimentary smoke social was tendered last week to Mr. R. Fairbairn, I.S.O., the recently retired Resident Magistrate at Fremantle, by the ...

    Article : 280 words
  38. AN ADVENTUROUS NOVELIST.

    Jack London, the novelist, and his wife arrived here yesterday by steamer from the islands. He will go into the hospital for a small operation, and ...

    Article : 241 words
  39. SUNDAY LABOUR.

    An ancient law was invoked at Armidale with negative results. Alexander Simpson and John Hudson, carpenters, were charged in the Police Court with ...

    Article : 90 words
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