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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 750 words
  3. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    Senator D. J. O'Keefe left for Melbourne by the Loongana yesterday afternoon. Professor Lowric has resigned his ...

    Article : 939 words
  4. THE SUFFRAGETTES.

    Wargrave Church, near Henley, built in 1538, has been burned, and a quantity of suffragette cards was found, in scribed, "Reply to the Government," and ...

    Article : 53 words
  5. STORSTAD'S ANCHOR.

    An examination of the collier Storstad, which rammed the Empress of Ireland, shows that the anchor point pierced the liner's side, killing numbers of people in ...

    Article : 77 words
  6. AVIATION.

    Great crowds witnessed the descent of a 20,000 cubic feet balloon at Greenwich. The people pressed in while the deflating process was proceeding, and a ...

    Article : 53 words
  7. COLONEL BLOOMFIELD'S DEATH.

    The cadets who visited Australia and New Zealand express the keenest sympathy with the relatives of Colonel Bloomfield and family, Who were lost in ...

    Article : 49 words
  8. IN THE HANDS OF MILL GIRLS.

    On the occasion of Sir Edward Carson's arrival, mill girls mobbed several suffragettes. They stripped one of nearly all her clothing, and spanked her with her ...

    Article : 51 words
  9. WARNING BELLS AND SIRENS.

    Finding his vessel enveloped in fog, Captain Kendall, of the Empress of Ireland, took the precaution of stopping her engines. Had Captain Kendall neglected ...

    Article : 351 words
  10. COUNT ZEPPELIN'S VIEWS.

    Count Zeppelin, addressing the Marine Engineers Society at Frederickshafen, said it was truly staggering to see the progress of aeroplanes. He was forced ...

    Article : 64 words
  11. THE ENQUIRY.

    The Government has appointed Sir Adolphe Routhier and the Hon. Ezekiel McLeod, and the British Board of Trade has appointed Mr. George Vaux, to ...

    Article : 87 words
  12. MEXICAN CRISIS.

    A hitch his occurred in the peace negotiations, owing to the differences arising out of the Constitutionalists' request to be included in the conference. The ...

    Article : 87 words
  13. FORTY-FIVE MILES AN HOUR.

    A passenger airship flew from Sachsen a distance of 1375 miles ,at a speed of 45 miles as hour. ...

    Article : 23 words
  14. STORSTAD'S SPEED CHECKED.

    Captain Anderson asserts that the Empress of Ireland changed her course, as he maintained the Storstad's course without deviation. The Storstad's speed ...

    Article : 88 words
  15. HINDU IMMIGRATION.

    The Dominion House of Commons discussed the Hindu's arrival. Hon. Frank Oliver declared that the Hindu's had thrown out a challenge, and ...

    Article : 169 words
  16. NOTES ON THE DISASTER.

    The Empress of Ireland was a steel twin-screw steamer of 14,191 tons, which was built to the order of the Canadian. Pacific Railway Company in 1906 by the ...

    Article : 120 words
  17. AN ERUPTION.

    Mount Lassen, near Redding, California, is erupting. Aches, mud, and lava are pouring out. A new crater has been formed. ...

    Article : 62 words
  18. STATEMENT BY MRS. ANDERSON.

    Mrs. Anderson, wife of the Storstad's captain, stated that her husband enc deavoured to keep the Storstad pressed against the Empress of Ireland's side, but ...

    Article : 205 words
  19. LAURENCE IRVING.

    Laurence Sidney Brodribb Irving, the younger son of the late Sir Henry Irving, was born in 1871. His elder brother, H. B. Irving, was in Australia two years ...

    Article : 586 words
  20. CUTTER CAPSIZED.

    A sea scouts' cutter, hoisting sail, capsized near Somerleyton. Three instructors, including an ex-navyman, and three boys were drowned. The sole survivor ...

    Article : 35 words
  21. WATERTIGHT VESSELS.

    The Empress of Ireland was divided into 10 watertight compartments by means of transverse bulkheads, and it may be assumed that with any two ...

    Article : 401 words
  22. GERMAN-AUSTRALIAN LINE.

    The German-Australian line's extension to New Zealand is connected with the policy to cut the German protectorates of the South Seas out of the ...

    Article : 149 words
  23. CO-OPERATIVE CONGRESS.

    The Co-operative Congress represents trade of £130,000,000 annually, share capital £41,000,000, with a trading profit of £14.260,000, and a membership of ...

    Article : 29 words
  24. WHITMONDAY.

    Bright and dry weather prevailed for the bank holiday yesterday, and the people thoroughly enjoyed themselves. ...

    Article : 22 words
  25. ENQUIRY BY JUDGES.

    The Government has fixed the 9th inst. as the date for opening the enquiry into the loss of the Empress of Ireland. Two judges of the Canadian Admiralty Court ...

    Article : 107 words
  26. SHIPPING.

    The following notifications have been posted at Lloyd's:— Arrivals.—At London—Cairnross, s., from New Zealand ports; Medic, s., from ...

    Article : 55 words
  27. POLITICS IN FRANCE.

    Owing to the uncertain political outlook, the French Cabinet has decided to resign. June 2. ...

    Article : 104 words
  28. NO CHANCE OF RAISING THE LINER.

    Commander Tweedie, of the cruiser Essex, says it is impossible to raise the Empress of Ireland, but the divers may recover the money and valuables. ...

    Article : 31 words
  29. SPORT OF COURSING.

    At the annual meeting of the S.P.C.A. Mr. (Paris Nesbit, K.C., sought to carry a motion of protest against the committee for not instituting a prosecution ...

    Article : 488 words
  30. RECOVERY OF BODIES.

    Sir Henry Seton Kerr's body has been found. Advices state that the bodies of Mrs. H. Wynne and H. W. Prince, both of New ...

    Article : 93 words
  31. NEW HEBRIDES.

    A newspaper states that the New Hebrides negotiations are likely to be protracted, as the Australian Imperialism has thrown its weight into the ...

    Article : 47 words
  32. NEW PICTURE THEATRE.

    The new Picture Palace Theatre, in Elizabeth-street, almost opposite the Post Office, was officially opened by the Mayor (Alderman R. J. Meagher) this ...

    Article : 106 words
  33. MR. AND MRS. IRVING.

    News has been received that Mr. Irving's body drifted ashore. MONTREAL, June 1. In connection with the recovery of Mr. ...

    Article : 67 words
  34. ALBANIAN AFFAIRS.

    Turkhan Pasha has asked the Powers for the services of 500 international troops now at Scutari to enable the Government to pacify the population, ...

    Article : 39 words
  35. COMING EVENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 38 words
  36. ST. LAWRENCE A BAD RISK.

    The River St. Lawrence has been regarded unfavourably by underwriters for many years past, owing to the character of the navigation, the risk of ice, and ...

    Article : 350 words
  37. FUNERAL OF VICTIMS.

    The Canadian-Pacific Railway Company is arranging a public funeral for the bodies recovered from the wreck. ...

    Article : 19 words
  38. A WOMAN'S HEALTH.

    Every woman's health is peculiarly dependent upon the condition of her blood. How many women suffer with headache, pain in the back, poor appetite, weak ...

    Article : 220 words
  39. RAILWAY COLLISION.

    The Sunshine railway: station, where two trains crashed together with disastrous results in April, 1908, was the scene of another collision last night. An ...

    Article : 175 words
  40. RELIEF FUNDS.

    King George has contributed £500 and Queen Mary £250 to the Mansion House fund. LIVERPOOL; June 1. ...

    Article : 42 words
  41. RHEUMATISM? RUB ACHING JOINTS!

    Rheumatism is "pain only." Not one case in fifty requires internal treatment. Stop, drugging Rub soothing, penetrating "St. Jacob's Oil" directly into ...

    Article : 135 words
  42. FEARS FOR A SYDNEY PARTY.

    Mr., Mrs., and Mss Quartly, of Sydney, Australia, were, it is believed, passengers by the Empress of Ireland, but the Canadian-Pacific Company is unable ...

    Article : 46 words
  43. WOMAN'S TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.

    Starved and raving as the result of her experience, a stalwart Norwegian woman passenger of the Empress of Ireland was found wandering amongst the ...

    Article : 86 words
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