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  2. SEAMEN'S STRIKE.

    LONDON, Monday.--There are 10,000 seamen idle in Hull, while Tom Mann is organising a strike in Liverpool. Ten Glasgow shipowners have agreed to pay ...

    Article : 56 words
  3. DISSENSION IN THE RANKS.

    Mr. G. S. Briner, secretary of the Democrats, when asked for his views on the political situation, said emphatically that so far there was none. While he believed that "The Daily ...

    Article : 924 words
  4. READY, AYE, READY!

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The naval branch of the Defence Department has practically completed the enrolment of cadets under the Naval Defence Act, and is making final preparations ...

    Article : 380 words
  5. NATIVE TREACHERY.

    About a fortnight ago extracts were [?]lished in "The Daily Telegraph" from letters from Papua describing a portion of the trial taken by Messrs. W. J. Little, Thomas Evans ...

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  6. NEWCASTLE.

    Messrs. Kethel and Co.'s Newcastle office, in Scott-street, was yesterday morning the scene of a sheriff officer's mile. This is the office where interest centred during the big coal ...

    Article : 223 words
  7. POLICE PRECAUTIONS AT AMSTERDAM.

    AMSTERDAM, Sunday.--Owing to the seamen's strike and as a precaution against scenes of disorder, police, armed with carbines, are watching the departure of all vessels. ...

    Article : 34 words
  8. MURDER OF COLLECTOR ASCHE.

    CALCUTTA, Sunday.--Ten arrests have been made in connection with the assassination of Mr. Asche, the Collector who conducted the recent trial of the rioters at Tuticorin, and who ...

    Article : 65 words
  9. A DUPLICATED ACCIDENT.

    About two months ago one of the lighthouse-keepers at Seal Rocks, William John Lyons, slipped on the rocks at his solitary residence and sustained a broken leg. A passing steamer ...

    Article : 124 words
  10. BELGIAN FERRY DISASTER.

    BRUSSELS. Sunday.--A shocking ferry boat accident happened to-day at Mechlin, 14 miles distant from Antwerp. A ferry steamer, having 40 women and ...

    Article : 58 words
  11. CUSTOMS CLEARANCES.

    The following vessels were cleared at the Newcastle Custom house yesterday--Maheno, str., for Auckland via Sydney, with 1100 tons bunkers and quantity timber; Alabama, str., for ...

    Article : 97 words
  12. EUROPEAN CIRCUIT

    THE HAGUE, Sunday.--Fourteen of the aviators now at Utrecht, who are competing in the European Circuit, promoted by the "Standard," and the "Journal," of Paris, collaborating with ...

    Article : 115 words
  13. MR. ESTELL PROFESSES INNOCENCE.

    Mr. John Estell, the Government Whip, refused to acknowledge that there was anything at all in the air. "I have read that there is something wroug," he said "but I don't know ...

    Article : 334 words
  14. SPORTING NEWS BY CABLE.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Mr. Sydney Pardon, editor of "Wisden, writing in the "Sunday Times," states that it is rumored that either G. L. Jessop (Gloucestershire) or R. H. Spooner. ...

    Article : 93 words
  15. "A DISCREDIT TO AUSTRALIANS."

    The wanton destruction of native birds and animals was the subject of strong protests from the Lieutenant-Governor of the State (Sir William Cullen) and other public men, at last ...

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  16. BAT CHASING.

    A FORM OF SPORT at PRESENT BEING INDULGED IN BY THE MEMBER FOR RANDWICK. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 17 words
  17. SHOT DEAD.

    HOBART, Monday.--A prisoner, Henry Edward Cooper, was shot dead at Hobart Gaol today, while trying to make his escape. Some months ago Cooper was sent to gaol for ...

    Article : 274 words
  18. GAOL WITHOUT OPTION.

    The Northern Milk Vendors' Association, which includes the Newcastle, West Maitland, and Cessnock districts, waited yesterday afternoon on the Chief Secretary, Mr. Flowers, and ...

    Article : 674 words
  19. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS

    William Robbie (47) fell, from the steamer Moresby on to the Federal Wharf yesterday afternoon, and fractured his skull. He was conveyed by Civil Ambulance to Sydney ...

    Article : 39 words
  20. TARRANT AS A "TEST" PLAYER.

    LONDON, Monday.--The selection of F. A. Tarrant, the ex-Victorian and Middlesex player for the test trial match. "Probables v. Possibles" commencing at Lord's on Thursday, in ...

    Article : 105 words
  21. EIGHT HOURS IN MINES.

    LONDON, Monday.--There is a strong Labor movement on foot in favor of an international treaty, regulating labor in mines, on the basis of a universal eight hour shift, calculated from ...

    Article : 82 words
  22. SUDDEN DEATHS.

    A Surry hills boarding-house keeper, William R. Donald, died suddenly at his residences yesterday morning. At about 10 o'clock he stated that he was suffering from pains in his right ...

    Article : 89 words
  23. MR. PERRY AND A DREAM.

    Mr. Perry was inclined to treat the matter lightly though he said, the third party was there and it was being made use of by the Government because it was there. ...

    Article : 333 words
  24. TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The final game for the tennis singles championship of London was played yesterday at the Queen Club. The game and the championship were won by ...

    Article : 50 words
  25. TRAIN COUPLINGS PART.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--The following telegram has been received by the Commissioner of Police from the Petersburg police:-- "A serious railway accident occurred about ...

    Article : 206 words
  26. HALF-CASTE'S DEATH.

    A half-caste Chinese, Alf. Tong, who followed the occupation of a cabinet-maker, whilst, attempting to board a moving tramoar in Elizabeth-street, near Eddy-avenue, yesterday ...

    Article : 44 words
  27. A GANGER'S DEATH.

    MUSWELLBROOK, Monday.The adjourned inquiry into the death of ganger Edward Blunt was concluded on Saturday; when the coroner, Mr. T. Border, returned a verdict of accidental ...

    Article : 96 words
  28. THE GRAND PRIX.

    PARIS, Sunday Night.--The great French race of the year was run at Longchamps to-day, with the following result:-- GRAND PRIX DE PARIS, of 300,000 francs ...

    Article : 489 words
  29. HARDEST HIT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 138 words
  30. THROWN FROM A VEHICLE.

    BALLINA, Monday.--While driving on the Alstonville-Ballina road, Dr. and Mrs. Sanderson were thrown out. The doctor received injuries in the shape of broken ribs and a severe ...

    Article : 63 words
  31. ALMOST SCALPED.

    LITHGOW, Monday.--A young mail, Thomas Gordon, Employed by W. Minohen, storekeeper of Airly met with an accident on Saturday at Capertee. He was driving a loaded van down ...

    Article : 133 words
  32. THE NAVAL BOARD.

    The members of the Naval Board paid a flying visit to Cockatoo Island, yesterday afternoon, and spent a very busy hour. The party consisted of Rear-Admiral Sir William Creswell, ...

    Article : 564 words
  33. AN EMPHATIC SILENCE.

    When the subject of political mutterings and predicted disintegration was gently introduced to him yesterday by a reporter, the Acting-Premier Mr. Holman, replied with great emphasis ...

    Article : 46 words
  34. A SORDID TRAGEDY.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The story of the Fitzroy tragedy was re-told in the Coroner's Court to-day; when an inquiry was held into the circumstances connected, with the death on ...

    Article : 352 words
  35. A CHILD AND A TOMAHAWK.

    HARTLEY VALE, Monday.--On Saturday evening the five-year-old daughter of Constable Coberoft, of Hartley Vale, met with a painful accident while playing with a six-year-old ...

    Article : 88 words
  36. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    Traffic on the Southern Cross to Bullfinch railway has been so unremunerative that the Government is reducing the service to two trains a week. ...

    Article : 41 words
  37. HAND CRUSHED.

    OBERON, Monday.--Mr. Brayley, of the Mount Gossan mine, near. Oberon, was in the act of cleaning up under one of the stampers, which had been raised for that purpose, when ...

    Article : 57 words
  38. LATE SPORTING.

    WELLINGTON, Thursday.--The stallion Stepniuk, once a famous performer on the turf, and the sire of many winners, is dead. ...

    Article : 32 words
  39. CIVIL SERVANTS AS RIFLEMEN.

    Sir,--Permit me to draw attention, through your columns to the Government's latest regulation on the civil servant riflemen in the State. For years past any civil servant who desired to ...

    Article : 368 words
  40. DRAGGED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BAY.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--Alfred A. Elseman, a bluejacket on the Pyramus, who some time ago was entangled in an anchor chain when it was running out and was dragged to the bottom of ...

    Article : 59 words
  41. TAMWORTH JOCKEY CLUB.

    TAMWORTH, Monday.--Seventy-five members of the Jockey Club attended a special meeting to-night, to consider various suggested alterations in the rules. Many of the members had previously expressed indignation ...

    Article : 161 words
  42. VICTORIAN FLOODS.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--Kaarimba and Kotupua residents are now in the middle of the Goulburn flood waters. The water has extended almost to the ...

    Article : 115 words
  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Herr Augustus Thyssen, the son of a millionaire, has been sentenced to undergo, three months' "honorable detention" for fighting a duel with a lawyer. ...

    Article : 117 words
  44. ABSTRACT OF SALES BY AUCTION. THIS BAY.

    William. Inglis and Son, at their Bazaar, at 12--Horace, Hatt, Rodd; and Purves, Limited, at their rooms, at 11.30--Properties. Dent and re Perot, at Newtown, at 7, and at Darling ...

    Article : 50 words
  45. BOXING.

    BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--The return match between and M'Coy and Frank Thorn took, place in the Hippodrome to-night. The contest went the full 20 rounds. M'Coy gained the verdict on points. ...

    Article : 36 words
  46. Advertising

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  47. THE LEICHHARDT ASSAULT.

    In connection with the assault and robbery on a Chinese, Ah Cliqng, in Leichhardt on Saturday night, it was yesterday learned from the Royal Prince Hospital, where the Chinese is an inmate, that his ...

    Article : 92 words
  48. PERIODIC COMET WOLF.

    The following cable has been received Sydney Observatory from Kiel, Germany:--"The periodic comet Wolf has been observed on its return by Wolf tat Kosnigstuhi on June 19,11 ...

    Article : 68 words
  49. GRASS HIGHER THAN SHEEP.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--Mr. J. B. Henderson Government Hydraulic Engineer, who has just returned from a tour of the west, said to-day that water and grass were plentiful in the ...

    Article : 58 words
  50. DEALER BOOTS.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--Following the recent advance in the price of leather, the boot manufacturers to-night decided that the price of boots be immediately advanced. ...

    Article : 31 words
  51. Advertising

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