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  2. CAMDEN-ROAD MURDER.

    The "Daily Express" states that the Canadian Pacific Railway Company has by wireless telegraphy instructed the captain of its steamer Montrose, with ...

    Article : 190 words
  3. AMERICAN POLITICS.

    The Ohio Republican Convention yesterday adopted a platform which, it is expected, will serve as a model for the other State conventions. The platform ...

    Article : 142 words
  4. AERIAL NAVIGATION.

    Mr. Grahame White, the well-known aviator, prophesies that within six months aeroplanes will be travelling at the rate of 100 miles an hour, and that ...

    Article : 153 words
  5. THE STATE PARLIAMENT.

    The third session of the seventh Parliament was opened yesterday with the customary formalities and eclat, good fellowship and good intentions. All the usual extraneous aids to ...

    Article : 1,013 words
  6. FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT.

    The criticism of the Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Wade) on the Federal Conciliation and Arbitration Act Amendment Bill was referred to by Federal Ministers ...

    Article : 517 words
  7. BRITISH POLITICS.

    In the House of Commons yesterday during the debate on the motion for the second reading of the Accession Declaration Bill, ...

    Article : 523 words
  8. NAVAL DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA.

    In the House of Representatives to-day, Sir John Quick (V.) resumed the debate on the Naval Loan Act Repeal Bill, urging that to take £3,500,000 by taxation in two ...

    Article : 666 words
  9. THE TRAMWAY TROUBLE.

    Although Messrs. H. J. Somerset and E. Graham Price, the local directors of the Perth Tramways, Ltd., yesterday met Mr. W. D. Johnson, M.L.A., secretary of ...

    Article : 482 words
  10. SENSATIONAL AFFAIR AT FREMANTLE.

    A most daring case of brutal assault and attempted robbery was brought under the notice of the Fremantle police during the early hours of yesterday morning, when a ...

    Article : 473 words
  11. THE EMPIRE.

    The Council of the Royal Colonial Institute has unanimously decided to ask the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) to receive a deputation from the members of ...

    Article : 82 words
  12. CANADA.

    At Humboldt yesterday Sir, Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada, appealed to an audience of American and other settlers to co-operate in making ...

    Article : 154 words
  13. GERMAN BANK FAILURE.

    In connection with the failure of the North German Bank at Dortmund, in Westphalia, a bank director, named Ohm, has been arrested at the instance ...

    Article : 115 words
  14. TURKISH BATHS COLLAPSE.

    At Kavala, in Turkey, yesterday a building containing ladies' baths collapsed, with the result that 25 women were killed, while many others were ...

    Article : 36 words
  15. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.

    A dynamite explosion on the National Transcontinental Railway in Northern Quebec yesterday resulted in the death of 10 navvies. ...

    Article : 25 words
  16. LIBERIA.

    The Liberian Minister in London declares that Great Britain, France, and Germany view favourably the assistance being given by the United States to ...

    Article : 75 words
  17. THE WEST INDIES.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. George Younger inquired as to the desirability of fortifying the Gulf of Paria in view of the discoveries of ...

    Article : 77 words
  18. "WESTERN MAIL."

    Among the illustrations in the current issue of the "Western Mail" are portraits of Mr. H. J. Somerset, manager of the Perth Electric Tramways Ltd. Mr. E. Graham ...

    Article : 486 words
  19. CHOLERA IN RUSSIA.

    Yesterday 110 fresh cases of cholera, of which 15 proved fatal, were reported in St. Petersburg. ...

    Article : 30 words
  20. SENSATIONAL BOLT.

    A sensational vehicle accident happened last night at Woodman's Hill, between Bungaree and Ballarat. Four workmen, Frank Gaunt, Squire ...

    Article : 253 words
  21. NEWCASTLE COLLIERIES BOARD.

    "I cannot understand any man of selfrespect resigning after such a letter. It was a most injudicious letter. It charged Mr. Paterson with incompetence, ...

    Article : 473 words
  22. GERMANY'S COLONIES.

    With a view of linking the trade interests with the colonial administration. Herr Lindequist, German Colonial Secretary, has invited the Chambers of ...

    Article : 71 words
  23. A CHICAGO STRIKE.

    A strike in the building trade at Chicago has directly thrown 18,000 men out of work and has indirectly affected 10,000 others. ...

    Article : 36 words
  24. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The "Morning Post" appeals for facilities for a discussion on Empire migration at the forthcoming Imperial Conference. ...

    Article : 360 words
  25. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 60 words
  26. INDECENT LITERATURE AND PICTURES.

    A deputation representing the Social Reforms Bureau waited on the Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) to-day on the question of prohibiting the importation of ...

    Article : 402 words
  27. INJUSTICE TO AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Foster Fraser, replying to Mr. T. A. Coghlan through the medium of a letter in the "Standard," maintains that owing to Australia's climate the third ...

    Article : 73 words
  28. ENGLISH BANK FORGERY.

    The "Morning Leader" states that Philip Bernstein, who on January 7, 1903, was sentenced at the Old Bailey to twenty years' imprisonment for ...

    Article : 53 words
  29. RICHMOND RAILWAY DISASTER.

    The inquiry into the cause of the Richmond railway disaster was commenced to-day by Mr. E. N. Moore, P.M., who was appointed by the Government as a Board ...

    Article : 431 words
  30. THE AUSTRALIAN NOTES BILL.

    Clause 11 of the Australian Notes Bill provides that a bank must, if a demand is made, make payment in Australian notes and in the denomination asked for, but that ...

    Article : 278 words
  31. RUSSIAN CORRUPTION.

    Colonel Akimoff, head of a Government department at St. Petersburg, and seven other officials have been arrested on charges of corruption. It is stated that ...

    Article : 39 words
  32. CANADIAN RAILWAYS.

    The engineers on the Grand Trunk Railway are asking for an increase of 15 per cent. in their wages so as to bring the latter up to the amounts received by ...

    Article : 46 words
  33. COMMAND OF THE SEAS.

    Turkey is purchasing two 12,000-ton cruisers from Germany. The price fixed for the vessels is £500,000 each. ...

    Article : 70 words
  34. FIRE DESTROYS STEAMER.

    The Peruvian steamer Huallago, which was insured in London for £19,000, was destroyed by fire at sea a few days ago. Three members of the crew were drowned ...

    Article : 46 words
  35. PERSONAL.

    The Prince of Wales will not accept the position of president of any society or institution during his minority. A cable message from London states that ...

    Article : 402 words
  36. CUBAN INSURRECTION.

    The insurrection in Cuba has been quelled through the rural guards having captured General Minier and several of his followers. ...

    Article : 28 words
  37. STATE GOVERNORS.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Hannah, a Labour member, moved: "That, in the opinion of this House the office of State Governor, as at present constituted, ...

    Article : 257 words
  38. THE OPENING CEREMONY.

    The vice-regal carriage, attended by an[?] escort from the 18th Australian Light Horse in charge of Lieut. Burkett. Swung bravely into Harvest-terrace shortly before ...

    Article : 2,224 words
  39. POLITICIANS AT VARIANCE.

    Mr. Prendergast, the leader of the Labour Party, and Mr. Bayles, figured in a scene in the Legislative Assembly to-day. Mr. Bayles, in moving the adjournment ...

    Article : 206 words
  40. CRICKET.

    Essex beat Kent by 180 runs in the county cricket contest. The Rev. F. H. Gillingham made 145 runs for the winning team. The Kent Club is leading ...

    Article : 41 words
  41. INSPECTION OF PRODUCE.

    In the House of Representatives to-day Mr. Livingston (S.A.) continued the discussion on Mr. Atkinson's (T.) motion that in the opinion of the House the ...

    Article : 223 words
  42. ALLEGED PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT.

    A writ of habeas corpus was a week ago issued by Mr. Justice A'Beckett directed against the captain of the steamer Taiyuan commanding him to produce in Court a ...

    Article : 140 words
  43. RUGBY FOOTBALL.

    In a Rugby football match Cape Colony beat Great Britain by 19 points to nil. ...

    Article : 26 words
  44. SYDNEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

    The keynote of the address which Mr. Winchcombe, the president of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, delivered at the annual meeting to-day was the prosperity of ...

    Article : 192 words
  45. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED BRIBERY.

    A Chinese named William Tue, a fruiterer at Benalla, was committed for trial by the City Court Bench to-day on a charge of having on June 29 last unlawfully attempted ...

    Article : 88 words
  46. FALL FROM A TRAIN.

    A peculiar accident happened near Castlemaine last night to Norman Jeal, aged 21 years, a resident of Bendigo. Jeal was a member of a football team from Bendigo ...

    Article : 176 words
  47. SUPPOSED SUICIDE.

    A sensational death occurred at Ulverstone to-day. Before daylight this morning, Mr. R. Roe, a well-known local builder, who had lately been seriously unwell, ...

    Article : 78 words
  48. SYDNEY MEAT TRADE.

    Fears are now entertained that a strike in the meat trade of Sydney cannot be averted. A special meeting of slaughtermen and ...

    Article : 119 words
  49. VICTORIA.

    The by-election for Walhalla to fill the vacancy in the Legislative Assembly caused by the death of Mr. Albert Harris, will take place to-morrow. The candidates are Messrs. ...

    Article : 61 words
  50. EAST KILMORE TRAGEDY.

    Demetrius Morfessi, who killed his wife at East Kilmore on July 14, and then attempted to commit suicide, is still in the local hospital, but he has almost completely ...

    Article : 45 words
  51. THE LAW COURTS.

    Full Court.—At 10.30 a.m., before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice McMillan, and Mr. Justice Burnside: (1) The Whim Well Copper Mines, Ltd., and Herbert M. Pratt ...

    Article : 97 words
  52. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The builders' labourers to-night considered a proposal for the federation of that class of labour right throughout Australia. The proposal was agreed to. ...

    Article : 28 words
  53. VALUABLE FIND OF OPIUM.

    A cask of opium was picked up by a fishing party off Coogee this afternoon. The cask contained about 20 gallons of the drug, valued at over £1,000. ...

    Article : 38 words
  54. Advertising

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    Advertising : 316 words
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