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  2. MESSAGE TO MARS.

    Notwithstanding the recent failures to communication with the planet Mars, a further attempt is to be made by Mr. Nikola Tesla, the well-known electrician. He has framed ...

    Article : 410 words
  3. THE WEATHER. RECORD CHRISTMAS HEAT.

    "The hottest Christmas on record" is what the figures at the Observatory show Wednesday to have been, and the words bring a certain sense of satisfaction to the ...

    Article : 502 words
  4. ZULU REBELS. LARGE NUMBER RELEASED.

    The Natal Government, as an act of clemency, has released 295 of the more aged rebels, who were convicted for their participation in Bambaata's revolt in 1906. ...

    Article : 120 words
  5. NEW CITY[?]URT.

    A commencement ha[?]dy been made with the preliminary w[?] carrying into effect the Premier's pr[?] in relation to the erection of a new C[?]rt and ...

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  6. PERSONAL.

    Senator Best, Vice-President of the Executive Council, who has spent a month touring Western Australia, returned to Melbourne by the R.M.S. Oruba on Wednesday. ...

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  7. KING AND POPE.

    The Prince of Monaco has accepted an invitation to visit[?]t Rome King Victor Emmanuel of Italy. The Pope has addressed to the Prince a pr[?]est against the failure ...

    Article : 195 words
  8. ON THE FRONTIER.

    Several French newspapers are following the lead of critics of the country's army and frontier defences, and are publishing articles which betray a feeling of ...

    Article : 431 words
  9. CATTLE-DRIVING.

    Notwithstanding the vigilance of the police in Ireland and the punishment of a number of offenders, cattle-driving continues to prevail. According to a ...

    Article : 84 words
  10. BRITISH CABINET.

    The "Daily Express" foreshadows a number of changes in the Cabinet, which are to take effect at the end of January. According to this prediction, the Prime ...

    Article : 242 words
  11. DUMA TRIALS.

    Having tried and punished a number of members of the second Duma on various charges of disloyalty to the Constitution, the Russian authorities are now turning their ...

    Article : 237 words
  12. DINIZULU'S TRIAL.

    The trial of Dinizulu on a charge of sedition is proceeding at the Pietermaritzburg Gaol, and is being held with closed doors. Interesting evidence was given at the ...

    Article : 262 words
  13. THE DRUCE CASE.

    Preliminary steps towards opening the Portland family vault in Highgate Cemetery have been taken. It was recently announced that it had been deckled to open ...

    Article : 107 words
  14. BRITISH PREFERENCE.

    "The Times," in an article reviewing the Australian tariff as it has left the House of Representatives has published a full list setting out the articles on which a ...

    Article : 57 words
  15. ME[?]

    "Many waters ca[?] love, neither can the floods drow[?]said the Hebrew poet; and neither [?]vy downpour of rain nor the close [?]ggy atmosphere ...

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  16. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    Mr. Alfred Lyttelton, Liberal Unionist member of the House of Commons for St. George's, Hanover-square, addressed a meeting last night at Coatbridge, near Glasgow, ...

    Article : 138 words
  17. JAPAN AND INDIA. COUNT OKUMA'S ADVICE.

    Count Okuma, leader of the Progressive party in the Japanese Parliament, has made an announcement regarding his latest address to the Kobe Chamber of Commerce. ...

    Article : 127 words
  18. LONDON'S UNDER-SIDE.

    Mr. John Burns, M.P., president of the Local Government Board, spent his Christmas in a way which showed his sympathy for the poor and afflicted. He visited the ...

    Article : 76 words
  19. MUST KEEP GOING.

    Colonel Gadke, a distinguished German naval and military expert, who frequently contributes articles to the "Berliner Tageblatt," has, in an article appearing in that ...

    Article : 221 words
  20. PONTOON FATALITY.

    A shocking disaster is reported from the Punjaub. At Nanshahra, a cantonment situated on a small tributary of the Indus, is a bridge consisting of a line of boats ...

    Article : 131 words
  21. DINIZULU'S DEFENCE.

    The defence of Dinizulu has been placed in the hands of Mr. Edwin G. Jellicoe, a barrister, who practised for several years in New Zealand. Mr. Jellicoe has written ...

    Article : 63 words
  22. THE RAINFALL.

    Shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday the wind changed round to the south-west and brought up the rain, whose cooling effect on the city was almost immediately noticeable, ...

    Article : 116 words
  23. IN POSSESSION.

    The socialist municipality of Toulon has been putting some of its theories into practice with disastrous results. The town council, it appears, was ...

    Article : 168 words
  24. WHY DON'T THE MEN PROPOSE?

    An interesting chapter in the Victorian Year Book for 1906-7 relates to marriages. The marriages recorded in 1906 numbered 8,93[?]. This is the highest return for 16 ...

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  25. DEMOBILISATION DISAPPROVED.

    Discontent is expressed in Natal at the action of the Government in ordering the demobilisation of the troops called out to cope with the Zulu trouble. There is also ...

    Article : 51 words
  26. MR. LEVIEN'S REPORT.

    In a report on a visit which he paid to Japan in October, Mr. Levien, the Victorian commercial agent for Japan and the Far East, refers to the speech made by ...

    Article : 204 words
  27. DEATH IN A TUNNEL.

    A fatal accident has occurred in a tunnel under the River Seine. The tannel is being made for a railway to connect with the Paris metropolitan railway, and the ...

    Article : 94 words
  28. QUEENSLAND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 138 words
  29. MOTOR ROADS.

    A movement has been started in England with the object of providing motorists with country roads for their exclusive use. A company has been formed in London to ...

    Article : 117 words
  30. ANTI-MILITARISM.

    The French Government, which had tolerated for a long time past the anti-militarist utterances of the Socialist leader (M. Herve), has at last taken action against ...

    Article : 337 words
  31. EDUCATION LAW.

    The regulations framed by the Board of Education under the Education Act have been under the consideration of the Archbishop of Canterbury (the Rev. Dr. ...

    Article : 198 words
  32. ON THE BEACHES.

    If Mr. Ba[?]hi was one of those aggravating men who say "I told you so" he would have had a thoroughly enjoyable time on Christmast Day and yesterday. On ...

    Article : 896 words
  33. CRUELTY TO NATIVES.

    The punishment of Herr Horn, an ex-Governor of Togoland, in German West Africa, for cruelty to natives, has been considerably reduced. ...

    Article : 91 words
  34. MURDER IN INDIA.

    A message from Dacca, Bengal, gives particulars of a serious ontrage by natives, Mr. Allen, a British magistrate of Dacca, was attacked by three young natives of ...

    Article : 150 words
  35. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    The open money market discount rate for three months' bills is 6? per cent, or ? per cent. below the Bank rate of 7 per cent. ...

    Article : 37 words
  36. GOVERNMENT STOCKS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 126 words
  37. A YEAR'S BURGLARIES.

    Thieves have been exceedingly busy in the United States during the past year, and all the principal cities have suffered from their depredations. ...

    Article : 143 words
  38. POLITICS IN PERSIA. THE SHAH YIELDS.

    News from Teheran with reference to the political situation states that the Shah, who on Monday solemnly assured the British and Russian representatives that ...

    Article : 87 words
  39. HOME RULE PARTY.

    The sections of the Irish Nationalist party, led respectively by Mr. John Redmond and Mr. William O'Briem, have agreed upon terms for a reunion. A manifesto has ...

    Article : 84 words
  40. SENSATIONAL SUICIDE.

    While Constables M'Innes and Venville were on duty on Prince's-bridge at 10 o'clock last night, a young man, dressed like a working man, walked briskly past ...

    Article : 256 words
  41. ADMIRALTY ACTIVE.

    The British Admiralty is proceeding with the construction of storage depots at the chief ports of the United Kingdom. This has been rendered necessary by the ...

    Article : 48 words
  42. AUSTRALASIAN SHARES, &c.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 87 words
  43. SHAH'S PROMISES DISTRUSTED.

    The promises given by the Shah of Persia, who was recently represented to have yielded to the demands of the Parliament upon all points, and to have undertaken to ...

    Article : 70 words
  44. £100,000 LEGACY.

    Trinity College, Cambridge, will benefit immediately by the will of the late Sir W. G. Pearce, chairman of the Fairfield Shipping and Engineering Company, who died ...

    Article : 120 words
  45. RIOTS AT FEZ.

    A few days ago the populace at Fez was thrown into a panic by the dissemination of wild reports regarding the intentions of the French, who are in occupation of the ...

    Article : 83 words
  46. ENGLIS[?]RICKETERS.

    BENDIGO, [?]day. — The English cricket team a[?]in Bendigo on Wednesday evening, [?]re formally welcomed by the official the Bendigo United ...

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  47. UNITED STATES FLEET.

    The American Pacific fleet, under Rear-Admiral Evans, which left Hampden Roads on December 16, arrived at Trinidad yesterday. ...

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  48. TUBERCULOSIS.

    Professor Paquet, a scientist of Vienna, has reported an important discovery with regard to the diagnosis of tuberenlosis. He has discovered a serum, with which he has ...

    Article : 73 words
  49. MINING SHARES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 53 words
  50. MR. F. KENDALL'S DEATH

    The sudden death of Mr. Franklin Richardson Kendall, superintendent of the P. and O. Company from 1866 to 1880, was reported yesterday. It has since been ...

    Article : 56 words
  51. RAILWAY SERVANTS.

    The Midland Railway Company, which was faced by a demand from its employes in October last for better pay and shorter hours, has met the wishes of the men by ...

    Article : 80 words
  52. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted at 24 9-16d. per ounce standard, a rise of 1-16d. since yesterday. ...

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  53. REFORM IN CHINA.

    Though the new-born [?]eal for reform in China is being strongly supported by the Empress Dowager, there is to be no sudden pluage into Western methods of ...

    Article : 180 words
  54. RAND MINING DIVIDENDS.

    The dividends returned by the Rand mines for the year amount to £7,000,000. ...

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  55. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Thursday. — The steamer [?]tra, on arrival at Towansville on Tuesday, crashed into the wharf, making a fair-sized hole. The vessel hung on for a short ...

    Article : 134 words
  56. RODENT ULCER.

    Sir William Ramway, professor of chemistry at the University College, London, in a letter to the "Standard" yesterday, states that the rays of radium bromide are a ...

    Article : 155 words
  57. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

    Wheat,—The markets are quiet, but generally steady. Cargoes are dull, Sellers sale 40/6 per 480lb., cost, freight, and insurance, for South Australian, ...

    Article : 204 words
  58. THE NEW DOMINION.

    The activity of the New Zealand Immigration Bureau is strikingly illustrated by a return showing the results of the last six months' operations. During that period ...

    Article : 83 words
  59. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL

    Mr. Winston Churchill, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, who is touring in Africa, has arrived at Khartoum. ...

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  60. FURIOUS GALE.

    Throughout the whole of yesterday Hobson's Bay was swept by a northerly gale [?] great strength. It was accompanied by a dangerous, choppy sea, whilst at times ...

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  61. MEALS AT SCHOOLS.

    The fund which is being raised by the London County Council to provide meals for needy scholars in the metropolis without recourse to rates is growing steadily. ...

    Article : 89 words
  62. UNBEARA[?] ITCHING.

    [?] in Sore, Red Patches, Like Ringworm, Spread Over Body and Limbs—Physician No Help Gradually Grew Worse—Could Not Work with Comfort—Relieved in One Day, and at Last ...

    Article : 236 words
  63. MAURETANIA ADRIFT.

    The Cunard liner, Maurelanin, which recently established a time record for the Atlantic voyage (five days three hours 58 minutes), has met with an accident. She ...

    Article : 82 words
  64. LEPERS ESCAPE.

    Great alarm has been caused in Havana owing to the [?] of 2 lepers from the hospital. The authorities organised a pursuit, and four of the patients were ...

    Article : 78 words
  65. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Colonel A[?] Gardner, Liveral member of the House of Commons for the Ross division of Herlford-shire. ...

    Article : 84 words
  66. NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON, Thursday. — The brig Galilee, sent by the Carneg[?] Institute, to make a magnetic survey of the Pacific Ocean, has arrived at Lyttelton. ...

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  67. "WOLFE'S-SCHNAPPS"

    Is universally used as a [?]dicinal cordial and invigorant in cases of kidney affections, where a simple remedy is required.— [Advt.] ...

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  68. "W[?]S-SCHNAPPS"

    Promotes [?]per working of the organism, and g[?]th follows its use; it is a refreshing[?] bracing tonic.—[Advt.] "Ribb[?]den'[?] and Anticipations for the ...

    Article : 32 words
  69. MILO CIGARETTES.

    Are preferred by lovers of good things, Guaranteed hand-made.—[Advt.] ...

    Article : 14 words
  70. WHAT ONE OUGHT TO KNOW.

    Pears' Soap is fragrant, refreshing, and soothing.—[Advt.] ...

    Article : 15 words
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