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  2. EARTHQUAKES IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Several sharp shocks of earthquake were felt from Napier to Auckland at about 7.30 o'clock this morning, the centre being apparently at Tolopa and Tokomaru Bays. ...

    Article : 234 words
  3. MR. BATH'S RETIREMENT.

    The Minister for Lands and Agriculture (Mr. Bath), who is retiring from politics in order to devote his attention to his farm, returned to the city on Saturday from a ...

    Article : 129 words
  4. BRITAIN'S SUGAR SUPPLIES.

    The Home Secretary (Mr. Reginald McKenna), in order to avoid a sugar famine in the United Kingdom, has purchased 900,000 tons of raw sugar at about £20 10s. ...

    Article : 101 words
  5. THE WEATHER.

    The week's weather has been controlled by a "high" having its centre over the eastern coast of the continent, while a lowpressure area was lying off our South-West ...

    Article : 538 words
  6. BRITISH TREASURY BILLS.

    The applications for £15,000,000 worth of six-months' Treasury bills aggregated £30,500,000, and the average interest asked for was 3 15-32 per cent. ...

    Article : 31 words
  7. BRITISH TRADE.

    The Board of Trade returns for September show the following decreases compared with the figures for the similar month of last year:—Imports, £16,303,788; exports, ...

    Article : 34 words
  8. IMPROVING PEKIN.

    The Anglo-French-Chinese Corporation has reported having completed an agreement to lend the Chinese Government £10,000,000 for tramway extensions and the ...

    Article : 39 words
  9. ITALY'S ATTITUDE.

    Mr. H. M. Hyndman, chairman of the Socialist Party in England, in a letter to the "Messagero," reminds the Italians of Cavour's action in sending troops to the ...

    Article : 75 words
  10. ASIATIC EARTHQUAKE.

    A great earthquake has occurred in the Konia district, in Turkey-in-Asia. The number of victims is estimated at 2,500. ...

    Article : 29 words
  11. OBJECT OF THE WAR.

    Dr. Adolf Harnack, Professor of Theology and General Director of the Royal Library at Berlin, replying to the manifesto issued recently by the English theologians, ...

    Article : 54 words
  12. VICTORIA.

    Charles L. Andrews, barrister, aged 52 years, who up till a year ago was chairman of the Licences Reduction Board, disappeared from his home in South Yarra a ...

    Article : 54 words
  13. AVIATION.

    The New York "Tribune" announces that the United States Government has invited tenders for the construction of two dirigible balloons for military or naval purposes, ...

    Article : 47 words
  14. KILLING CANCER BY HEAT.

    The treatment of cancer by the application of heat in incperable cases was among the subjects of discussion at the recent Clin[?]cal Congress of Surgeons of North ...

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  15. IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Government of the South African Union has accepted the offer of Rhodesia to send a contingent of troops for service against the Germans in Damaraland. ...

    Article : 33 words
  16. A MENACE TO HEALTH.

    Of all domestic pests the commonest, the most troublesome, and the most dangerous to health are flies (observes a Melbourne contemperary). These insects simply swarm ...

    Article : 736 words
  17. SHOOTING SENSATION AT COLLIE.

    A somewhat tragic occurrence was reported from Messrs. Lewis and Reid's mill, four miles from Collie last night. From the meagre details available it appears that a ...

    Article : 106 words
  18. CANADA'S AID.

    Colonel Hughes, Canadian Minister for Militia, declared to an interviewer here yesterday that Canada was able and willing to send 500,000 fighting men to the front if ...

    Article : 71 words
  19. GERMANS IN CANADA.

    The inhabitants of Berlin (Ontario), of whom 12,000 are Germans, or of German descent, have collected £15,000 as a national patriotic fund, and cabled the ...

    Article : 67 words
  20. SMALL-POX IN SYDNEY.

    During the recent cool weather smallpox has manifested itself in and around Sydney at the rate of two cases a day. All of the cases have been of a distinctly ...

    Article : 58 words
  21. NEW ZEALAND TROOPS.

    The New Zealand contingent formed in London has gone into camp on Salisbury Plain. The men were formally farewelled by the High Commissioner for New ...

    Article : 136 words
  22. COUNTRY REPORTS.

    Every day brings prospects of rain, but when black clouds seem to be on the point of giving their moisture they pass away with tantalising regularity. Early this ...

    Article : 302 words
  23. TWO LIVES LOST.

    In the rough, weather of last week a fisherman named Frank Morris and his son, about ton years of age, lost their lives at Corner Inlet, Search parties have ...

    Article : 67 words
  24. ALBANIAN INSURRECTION.

    Ten thousand troops under Essad Pasha, who has been endeavouring to secure the position of ruler of Albania, have occupied strategic points at Durazzo, the ...

    Article : 66 words
  25. SIEGE OF KIAU-CHAU.

    It is reported that Japanese warships have sunk the German cruiser Cormoran and two Geman gunboats in Kiau-chau harbour. ...

    Article : 59 words
  26. RELIEF OF BELGIAN DISTRESS.

    The Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) to-night made the following statement in justification of the proposal of the Government to grant £100,000 to Belgium: "The ...

    Article : 210 words
  27. KAISER'S OWN VERSION.

    The following was circulated officially through the Gorman wireless stations, and received by the Marconi Company:- "The Russian advance in East Prussia, ...

    Article : 249 words
  28. THE RAINFALL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 325 words
  29. LIGHT HORSE BRIGADE.

    A light horse brigade ts to be formed for active service. A cable message was sent to the Secretary of State on October 2 by the Minister for Defence, asking if a ...

    Article : 89 words
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