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  2. ITALIAN CLOUDBURST.

    A cloud burst in the country to the south-east of Naples this morning, and as a result torrents of water and mud are now flowing from Mt. Vesuvius ...

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  3. COMMAND OF THE SEAS.

    "Die Zeit" states that Italy is considering plans for four 24,000-ton Dreadnoughts to enable her to place in commission in 1915 eight battleships of that ...

    Article : 328 words
  4. OCEAN DISASTERS.

    A wireless call for aid has been received from the American tank steamer Oklahoma (5,853 tons), but the whereabouts of the vessel are unknown. ...

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  5. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Mr. J. Havelock Wilson, ex-M.P. (Labour), has retired from the contest for the Parliamentary vacancy in South Shields. Mr. Gee will stand for the ...

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  6. PERSIA.

    Replying to the Note from Great Britain threatening to-occupy the roads in Southern Persia unless they are kept open for traffic Persia emphasises the ...

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  7. BULLFINCH BOOM.

    So far as actual discoveries of gold are concerned, there is nothing new to report concerning the Bullfinch and the multiple of other shows comprised in the famous ...

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  8. THE BUDGET IN BRIEF.

    This is the twentieth Budget since responsible government and my fourth Budget speech. At last we can see tangible results, after ...

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  9. LATER PARTICULARS.

    The floods caused by the cloudburst invaded Cetara, a fishing village close to Naples, killing 12 persons. A hurricane, with floods of mud and ...

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  10. AWAKENING OF CHINA.

    The Chinese Assembly at Pekin yesterday decided to petition the Regent to open Parliament at an early date. The Pekin correspondent of the ...

    Article : 96 words
  11. ADDITIONAL ACCOUNTS.

    Torrents of volcanic mud and blocks of lava from Mt. Vesuvius have swept over the circular railway, overwhelming the crops for miles and crushing the houses. ...

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  12. INDUSTRIAL STRIFE.

    Thirty-four dynamite cartridges were found on a railway line here to-day. ...

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  13. ANOTHER GOLD RUSH.

    Rumours as to the existence of a good find in or about Binduli, six miles along the railway line towards Coolgardie, were current in Kalgoorlie to-day, and ...

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  14. TROUBLE IN URUGUAY.

    A political plot against the Government has been discovered in Northern Uruguay. The ringleaders have been arrested, and the troops have been ...

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  15. CREECE.

    The King yesterday assured 20,000 persons, who made a demonstration in favour of the present Cabinet and the proposed political reforms, that he desired M. ...

    Article : 129 words
  16. THE TURKISH LOAN.

    The negotiations for the flotation of a Turkish loan in Paris have collapsed owing to the Porte's not agreeing to the appointment of Frenchmen as Director ...

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  17. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Mr. Edwin Lewis's drapery shop, in Stockwell-road, was set on fire by an incendiary last night, following upon threats from an anonymous ...

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  18. CHOLERA IN ITALY.

    In connection with the efforts to check the spread of cholera in Italy riots have been reported from Bisceglia (on the Adriatic). Yesterday the populace ...

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  19. ENGLISH OUTRAGES.

    Wm; Broome has been sentenced to death for having murdered Mrs. Wilson at Slough (18 miles from London) in July last. ...

    Article : 136 words
  20. MOROCCO.

    Anxiety is being felt in France owing to a rumour that Spain demands an indemnity of £5,400,000 from Morocco with a view of imposing upon the latter a ...

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  21. AVIATION.

    The Lebaudy dirigible balloon, constructed for Great Britain to the order of the "Morning Post," carried eight passengers during a flight of 2½ hours ...

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  22. COLLISION AT SEA.

    The s.s. Sussex, which left Avonmouth for New Zealand on October 17, reached Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands, yesterday after having collided with the ...

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  23. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Governor, Sir Gerald Strickland, accompanied by Captain Selby Smyth. A.D.C., returned from Southern Cross yesterday. ...

    Article : 361 words
  24. CHARING CROSS BANK.

    In connection with the smash of the Charing Cross Bank a rough estimate prepared by the Official Receiver shows the bank's liabilities at £2,500,000, and ...

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  25. HATS A YARD WIDE.

    In the Bow-street Police Court on April 15 last Mr. Frank Curzon, lessee of the Prince of Wales Theatre, was summoned by Mrs. Blanche Eardley, a well-known ...

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  26. MILITARY CRITICISM.

    Lieutenant Allan Sutor, who recently resigned from the Royal Garrison Artillery following upon a reprimand for having published a hostile criticism of ...

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  27. INDIAN UNREST.

    Speaking yesterday at the dinner given by the Harrow Association in honour of Lord Hardinge (the new Viceroy of India) Lord Crewe (Secretary of State ...

    Article : 85 words
  28. PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC.

    It is semi-officially announced that at Great Britain's instance France and Germany have agreed to recognise the Republican Government in Portugal ...

    Article : 146 words
  29. COHUNA LAND TRANSACTIONS.

    An opportunity was given to-day at the sitting of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the Cohuna land purchases to Mr. C. K. Anderson, the engineer of the ...

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  30. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. R. C. Hare (Acting Agent-General for Western Australia) has arranged for Mr. Montgomery (Western Australian State Mining Engineer) to lecture in the ...

    Article : 49 words
  31. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    At a meeting of officers engaged in old-age pensions work in the London district yesterday a resolution was passed protesting against over-employment as ...

    Article : 45 words
  32. PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION.

    A referendum of the whole of the Swiss Confederation has by 262,066 votes to 238,928 votes rejected the proposed system of proportional representation in ...

    Article : 40 words
  33. FORGERY.

    The trial of Captain Hugh Willyams and his wife (Mrs. Olive Alice Limcoe Willyams) on a charge of having forged promissory notes of the value of £10,000 ...

    Article : 71 words
  34. NEWCASTLE COAL STRIKE.

    About eight months ago Peter Bowling, the president of the Northern Miners' Federation, was sentenced to two and a-half years' imprisonment on charges arising out ...

    Article : 124 words
  35. SLY-GROG SELLING.

    The number of sly-grop charges during 1909 totalled 260, and 156 convictions were recorded. In 1908 there were 156 charges and 100 convictions. ...

    Article : 32 words
  36. ALPINE CLIMBING.

    Miss Bates, an Englishwoman who started out a fortnight ago to climb one of the Alpine peaks in the vicinity of Geneva, is reported to be missing. ...

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  37. BERLIN FRAUDS.

    Otto Cyriacus, partner in an old-established firm of booksellers in the city, committed suicide to-day following upon the discovery that he had been engaged ...

    Article : 50 words
  38. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    On a railway crossing near Winnipeg yesterday a special train conveying Sir Thomas Shanghnessy (president of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company) ...

    Article : 41 words
  39. AMERICAN FIRE.

    The town of Warren, in Minnesota, is burning. Appeals for aid to quench the flames have been made to the neighbouring towns. ...

    Article : 32 words
  40. THE LATE KING.

    The committee of the Mansion House Fund has decided that the London memorial to the late King shall include a statue in some thoroughfare in the city. ...

    Article : 36 words
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