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  2. ABOUT PEOPLE

    Mr. Fisher has been presented with the freedom of kilmarnock. A Turin cablegram reports that Queen Maria Pia of Portugal is dead. ...

    Article : 470 words
  3. BRITISH POLITICS

    In the House of Lords the debate was resumed on the amendment moved by the Marquis of Lansdowne, leader of the Unionist party, to clause 2, exempting ...

    Article : 384 words
  4. AVIATION.

    Ten started in the return flight of the "Standard's" race, and all descended safely at Dover. Vedrines won £200 for the fastest fight from Hendon to Shoreham. ...

    Article : 63 words
  5. EMPIRE BURDENS.

    The Freedom of the Leather-Sellers' Guild was conferred on Sir Joseph Ward, in recognition of his services to the Empire, and also in commemoration of the ...

    Article : 260 words
  6. BRITAIN AND GERMANY

    In January a unique suggestion for honouring the coronation of King George V. and promoting the entente between Great Britain and Germany was made by, ...

    Article : 131 words
  7. MOROCCAN QUESTION

    Some newspapers hint that the Anglo. German relations are improved. It is stated that the German Government understands that Great Britain will not send a ...

    Article : 235 words
  8. EIGHT HUNDRED AND SEVENTY MILES IN AN AEROPLANE

    It was M. Vedrines, the cleverest cross. country airman in France, who on May 26 won the £40,000 prize offered by the "Petit Parisien" for the quickest flight ...

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  9. CANADIAN HEROINE

    Chief Justice Moss unveiled a memorial on Queenston heights to the Canadian heroine Laura Secord, who in the war of 1812 gave the British commander the ...

    Article : 63 words
  10. RECIPROCITY BILL

    In the Senate Mr. Cummins criticised, Mr. Taft's pro-reciprocity campaign, declaring that the President left himself open to attack because of his ...

    Article : 71 words
  11. PEACE OF THE WORLD

    Right Hon, A Fisher, replying to Provost Smith, who presented the Freedom of Kilmarnock to the Prime Minister of Australia, dwelt; upon the value of the ...

    Article : 96 words
  12. RECENT CONFERENCE.

    At a luncheon in the United Club Sir J. G. Findlay, Sir C. Morris, and other oversea visitors were present. Right Hon. Walter Long, M.P., in ...

    Article : 133 words
  13. COUNCIL OF COMMERCE

    A meeting of representatives of the chambers of commerce of the Empire has unanimously decided to form a British Imperial Council of Commerce, on the lines ...

    Article : 53 words
  14. TASMANIA'S CLAIM

    Further evidence was taken at Federal Parliament House to-day by the Royal Commission appointed to enquire into the Tasmanian Customs leakage. Mr. J. ...

    Article : 118 words
  15. AMERICAN MOVEMENT.

    Pope Pius in an autograph letter to the Apostolic delegate praises the peace movement in the United States. ...

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  16. NATIONAL INSURANCE

    The House of Commons has entered on the committee stage of the Insurance Bill. There are an enormous number of amendments. ...

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  17. IMMIGRATION

    Premier M'Gowen, Mr. T. A. Coghlan, and other Australians inspected the s. Rangitira, carrying 800 immigrants to New South Wales, many being the wives and ...

    Article : 68 words
  18. BATTLESHIP MAINE

    General Bixby, chief of the United States Engineers' Corps, who personally inspected the batteship Maine, announces that the vessel's loss was due to an ...

    Article : 53 words
  19. CENTRAL HULL ELECTION

    An election to fill the seat in the House of Commons for Hull took place to-day, and resulted as follows:- Sykes (U.) 3823 ...

    Article : 61 words
  20. STEEL TRADE

    A secret conference, representing many manufacturers of Europe and America, has initiated an organisation called the International Steel Institute, and ...

    Article : 64 words
  21. FRUIT SHOW

    The Horticultural Society entertained Sir Josiah Symon, Sir T. B. Robinson, Hon. A. A. Fitzpatrick, Sir Charles Lucas, Sir Newton Moore, Sir E. H. Wittenoom, and ...

    Article : 57 words
  22. FRUIT INDUSTRY

    The Government has appointed a commission to enquire into the state and future development of the fruit industry. ...

    Article : 26 words
  23. MOTOR CAR DESTROYED

    Mr. J. R. Newman, proprietor of the Horsham Motor Works, had a sensational experience this afternoon. He took a large F.I.A.T. car,. which had undergone ...

    Article : 116 words
  24. THE DREADNOUGHTS

    The "Pall Mall Gazette" has high authority for stating that the Director of Naval Construction contemplates the abandonment of the Dreadnought type, and the ...

    Article : 86 words
  25. STOCK EXCHANGE

    The stock markets are extremely depressed. British 2½ per cent. Consols are quoted at £78 12s 6d, the fall being due to sales, largely on Continental ...

    Article : 60 words
  26. FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE

    At the Empire Competitions in boxing H. Hardwick (N.S.W.) beat Hazell in a round, Thompson a bye, and Hardwick beat Thompson in less than a round. In ...

    Article : 58 words
  27. AMERICAN RAILS

    The Canadian-Pacific control of the Eric railroad is denied, and a sharp fall in both stocks took place on Wall-street. ...

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  28. ENGLISH CRICKET

    Cambridge's second innings against Oxford produced 240, of which Collins made 50. The Victorian Rhodes scholar Le ...

    Article : 37 words
  29. A SUBMERGED SWAMP

    Sad stories of the trials undergone by settlers and their stock on the submerged Kooweerup Swamp were related to Mr. Edgar, Acting Minister of ...

    Article : 237 words
  30. ADDRESS TO THE KING

    A majority of the members of the Corporation at an informal meeting repudiated the Lord Mayor's claim to represent the city in receiving the King, and ...

    Article : 71 words
  31. AMUSEMENTS

    A programme which embraces such distinctly superior pictures as "The Mystery of a Hansom Cab," "The Deluge," :and "Lady Jane Grey" can surely be ...

    Article : 195 words
  32. LAWN TENNIS

    In the All-England Plate at Wimbledon A. W. Dunlop defeated S. N. Doust, 6—4, 1—6, 6—3. In the third round of the Mixed Doubles ...

    Article : 44 words
  33. SCORCHING HEAT

    A scorching heat prevails in the eastern states, resulting in many prostration. The fear that the corn crops in Kansas are ruined has caused an advance in ...

    Article : 73 words
  34. TRIAL OF SPEE

    Seven destroyers of the Acorn class arrived at Portland leaking badly as the results of steam trials. They attained a speed of 28 knots, but strained rivets ...

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  35. A COLLISION

    A Steamer collided with a sailing boat at Bournemouth. Four occupants of the latter, including a lady and two children, were drowned. ...

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  36. MOTOR FATALITY

    Frederick Maclure, an army tutor at Eastbourne, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment for the manslaughter of Squire, another army tutor. ...

    Article : 48 words
  37. SKIN TRADE FRAUD

    The hearing of the case in which T. L. Knight, wharf foreman, in the employ of John Allan Bowron, the Bermondsey leather manufacturer, who pleaded guilty to ...

    Article : 66 words
  38. NO LADY LAWYERS

    A lady lawyer applied to the Supreme Court of British Columbia for permission to practise. The court, however, refused the ...

    Article : 31 words
  39. CHEMICAL LABORATORIES

    Mr. R. C. Forster has given a further donation of £30,000 for the University College's (London) chemical laboratories. ...

    Article : 25 words
  40. MANSION ON FIRE

    The country house of Count Ludwig, an oil millionaire, was burnt, and a boy and girl killed. The governess in trying to rescue the children went raving mad. The ...

    Article : 45 words
  41. THE LYCEUM—TODD'S PICTURES.

    Elsewhere in this issue the management of Todd's Pictures have set out in interesting form particulars of certain features on their current programme. ...

    Article : 206 words
  42. COMMERCIAL

    Mother o' Pearl Shells.—The 1300 cases which were offered all sold. Queensland advanced 30s, and Aroe and West Australian 10s. The prices are the highest ...

    Article : 34 words
  43. SHOT DEAD

    A patrolman was shot dead in the streets, and the murderer escaped. ...

    Article : 22 words
  44. A PLUCKY RESCUE

    Richard Scott, a stonebreaker, employed at Rutherglen, risked his life to-day to save a child. While engaged at his work Scott heard several women screaming. ...

    Article : 189 words
  45. INDEPENDENCE DAY

    Statistics relating to the Fourth of July celebrations show the smallest casualties yet. There were 24 deaths, and 881 persons were injured, while the fire losses ...

    Article : 36 words
  46. SHIPPING FEDERATION

    The Shipping Federation's scale of indemnity for shipowners who are compelled to idle their vessels varies from twopence to three-farthings per ton per day, ...

    Article : 38 words
  47. WOODLUPINE MURDER

    The trial of David Horatio Smithson, aged 26 years, for the wilful murder of the young woman Frances Compton, who was outraged and strangled in the ...

    Article : 116 words
  48. REMARKABLE STATEMENT

    A man accosted Constable Gill at Kilmore yesterday and asked to be taken to the police station, as he had a quarrel with his mate and shot him. When ...

    Article : 118 words
  49. COMING EVENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 40 words
  50. Advertising

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