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  2. PRISON BREAKING. ENCOUNTER WITH TROOPS.

    The town of Penza, some 400 miles south of Moscow, in Russia, has been the scene of a daring escape from gaol by a group of political prisoners, the majority of whom ...

    Article : 268 words
  3. AMERICAN FINANCE. BANKS REOPEN.

    The Borough Bank of Brooklyn and the Jenkins Trust Company, of Brooklyn, both of which institutions closed their doors at the height of the financial crisis in ...

    Article : 40 words
  4. UNITED STATES NAVY.

    The stirring message addressed to Congress by President Roosevelt on the necessity of maintaining the status of the United States navy by an ambitious constructive ...

    Article : 169 words
  5. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. IMMENSE PREPARATIONS.

    The Franco-British Exhibition in London, which is expected to be ready for opening at the end of May, is promising to be a huge concern. His Majesty King Edward ...

    Article : 135 words
  6. PERSONAL.

    The condition of Sir Henry Campbell[?] Bannerman do[?]s not improve. Our London correspondent cables that he spent a restless night on Wednesday. ...

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  7. MAIL TRAINS COLLIDE. CARRIAGES TELESCOPED.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The mail train which left Sydney for Glen Innes at 34 minutes past 7 o'clock last night, collided at halfpast 2 this morning at Murrurundi, with ...

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  8. BRITISH POLITICS. THE KING'S RETURN.

    The King has returned in excellent health from his visit to Biarritz. Upon his arrival in London His Majesty received the new Ministers, who kissed hands upon their ...

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  9. MANCHESTER CONTEST. FIGHTING WITH TERRIFIC ENERGY.

    The election contest for North-west Manchester is being fought with terrific energy. The two principal candidates are Mr. Winston Churchill, who seeks re-election ...

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  10. CURRENCY SYSTEM.

    Mr. C. N. Fowler, a member of the United States House of Representatives, the author of a curreny bill now before the House, has introduced another bill into ...

    Article : 100 words
  11. LORD TWEEDMOUTH AND THE ADMIRALTY.

    Lord Tweedmouth, who has left the post of First Lord of the Admiralty to become Lord President of the Council in the reconstructed Ministry, has taken an early ...

    Article : 127 words
  12. COLONIAL EXHIBITS.

    The installation of the colonial exhibits at the exhibition is still delayed, owing to the fact that the contractors are only just beginning laying the concrete floors. ...

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  13. THE GOLDEN TIDE.

    The stream of gold which poured into the United States during the financial crisis has at length ceased, and there are evidences of renewed prosperity in the returning tide. ...

    Article : 89 words
  14. IRISH AFFAIRS. THE UNDERSECRETARY.

    During the last few months rumours have been published from time to time of the expected retirement of Sir Antony Macdonnell, the Under-Secretary for Ireland. ...

    Article : 155 words
  15. WEST DERBYSHIRE SEAT.

    The succession of Mr. Victor Cavendish to the Dukedom of Devonshire, on the death of his uncle, left vacant the representation of West Derbyshire in the House ...

    Article : 113 words
  16. "GENERAL" BOOTH.

    "General" Booth, the director of the Salvation Army, admits that he will probably be forced to confess failure in regard to his scheme for founding a great Salvation ...

    Article : 182 words
  17. MUTINY AT TOBOLSK.

    A number of prisoners have been tried at Tobolsk, in Siberia, on a charge of being concerned in a mutiny in which a warder was killed. Thirteen of the accused were ...

    Article : 46 words
  18. BAD MEAT.

    A grave scandal was caused in France last week by the disclosure of the fact that a large number of army contractors had been in the habit of supplying tainted meat to ...

    Article : 88 words
  19. MR. EDMUND ROBERTSON.

    Mr. Edmund Robertson, who retired from the post o Financial Secretary to the Admiralty on the reconstruction of the Ministry, has been created a Baron. ...

    Article : 37 words
  20. WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

    Mr. Winston Churchill has been asked by a party of the woman suffragists, who are a fairly numerous body in Manchester, to express his opinion on that question. ...

    Article : 53 words
  21. MR. KRUGER'S WEALTH.

    Replying to a question on March 5, General Both[?], President of the Transvaal, said that the late President Kruger had left £14,000 in sovereigns and £48,000 in ...

    Article : 143 words
  22. HOME RULE FOR IRELAND.

    Mr. John Redmond, leader of the Irish Nationalists, is not satisfied with obtaining from the House of Commons a mere affirmation of the desirability of Home Rule, ...

    Article : 247 words
  23. SCOTTISH CASTLE.

    Monzie Castle, in Perthshire, tenanted by Mr. James Richmond, an Australian, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £20,000. A large number of art ...

    Article : 43 words
  24. RAILWAY DISASTER.

    A disastrous railway accident occurred in October last at Shrewsbury. An express passenger train, travelling during the night, left the rails, with the result that 19 ...

    Article : 154 words
  25. WAR IN MOROCCO.

    The self-styled Southern Sultan of Morocco, who is making a bold bid for the throne in opposition to his brother, Abdul Aziz, shows signs of renewed activity. His ...

    Article : 99 words
  26. BURNT TO DEATH.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.—News has come to hand from the Mount Compass village settelment of a fire which[?] although of small proportions in itself, burnt three people to ...

    Article : 126 words
  27. THE AMUR RAILWAY.

    M. Stolypin, the Russian Prime Minister, a few days ago laid before the Duma a proposal to develop the rich agricultural and timber country on the Amur River, in ...

    Article : 126 words
  28. THIS DRIVER'S STATEMENT.

    According to a wire from Murrurundi tonight, the driver of the down mail avers that the distance signal, which is situated about a quarter of a mile from the station, ...

    Article : 74 words
  29. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 127 words
  30. LYNCHING A CRIMINAL.

    The dissected remains of a youth were found recently in Berlin, wrapped in a woman's apron. It was evident that the youth had been ...

    Article : 107 words
  31. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 329 words
  32. SMUGGLING ARMS.

    Advices from Quetta state that the smuggling of rifles and ammunition for the use of the native tribes of North-West Tndia and the frontier country is proceeding on ...

    Article : 71 words
  33. RAILWAY REVENUE.

    Recently the receipts from the railways have shown a considerable decrease as compared with the revenue for corresponding previous periods. The return made ...

    Article : 114 words
  34. GOD'S SCOURGE.

    Osman Digna, the lieutenant of the Mahdi during the long revolt in the Soudan from 1881 to 1900, has gone mad in prison at Damioka. He now declares that ...

    Article : 229 words
  35. CRICKET. TRIANGULAR TESTS.

    The proposal first put forward by Mr. Abe Bailey, the South African sportsman, for triangular test matches in England between English, Australian, and South African ...

    Article : 139 words
  36. ARBITRATION TREATY.

    The Committee on Foreign Relations of the United States Senate reported favourably a few days ago upon the arbitration treaty between Great Britain and the United ...

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  37. THE MONEY MARKET.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 271 words
  38. AUSTRALIAN FRUIT[?]

    A shipment of West Australian grapes by the R.M.S. Moo[?]an arrived in excellent condition, and sold at from 7/6 to 12/ per case. The apples brought by the same ...

    Article : 53 words
  39. INDIAN TELEGRAMS.

    The congestion in the Indian Telegraph department resulting from the strike of native opera[?] a considerable extent. ...

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  40. THE LAND POLICY.

    KERANG, Thursday.—Mr. Swinburne's proposed bill for the compulsory sale of land met with unqualified disapproval at the meeting of the Kerang Shire Council ...

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  41. THE NEW MAIL STEAMERS

    The keels of the 12,000-ton mail steamers, intended by the Orient Steamship Company for the new Australian service, which were entrusted to the Fairfield and ...

    Article : 106 words
  42. STAR OF JAPAN.

    A steamer has been sent to salvage the cargo of the steamer Star of Japan, of the Star Line Limited, which went ashore on a reef in St. Cyprian's Bay on the north-west ...

    Article : 90 words
  43. CATHOLICS IN CHINA

    An Imperial rescript was issued in China in 1899, con[?]erring on all Roman Catholic bishops in the country the rank of viceroy or governor, and on all priests the rank ...

    Article : 55 words
  44. AUSTRALIANS CRITICISED.

    Mr. A. O. Jones, captain of the Marylebone Cricket Club's team which has just returned from its Australian tour, has given a press interviewer some of his impressions ...

    Article : 93 words
  45. TRIAL IN THE DARK.

    The Supreme Court of Natal has heard in application by Dinizulu, the paramount chief of Zululand who is being tried at Piet[?]rmaritzburg Gaol on charges of ...

    Article : 135 words
  46. LINLITHGOW STATUE. "THE ARGUS" FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 38 words
  47. SILVER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 40 words
  48. PRIVATE ADVICES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 56 words
  49. LORD MAYOR'S FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 56 words
  50. MINERS' EIGHT HOURS.

    The coal-mine owners of the United Kingdom have held a conference in regard to the Miners' Eight Hours Bill now before Parliament. They carried a resolution ...

    Article : 101 words
  51. VICTORIA IN LONDON

    The erection of the new offices for the state of Victoria, on the site leased from the London Councy Council, at the corner of the Strand and Melbourne-place, has ...

    Article : 60 words
  52. WOOLGROWERS' TRUST.

    A gigantic woolgrowers' trust is in process of formation in the western states of America. The woolgrowers of Utah, Nevada, Wyoming, and Arizona have ...

    Article : 65 words
  53. TERRIBLE SNOW-SLIDE.

    A terrible snow slide occured on Monday at Albert Canvon, in British Columbia a station on the Canadian Pacific railway route. As a result, a portion of the ...

    Article : 65 words
  54. MINING SHARES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 133 words
  55. SHIPPING NEWS.

    The following arrivals and departures are reported:— Arrivals.—Port Angusta, s.s., from Port Pirie February 19 (via Antwerp); Ocean, ...

    Article : 84 words
  56. CALEDONIAN SOCIETY FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 41 words
  57. ASIATIC EXCLUSION.

    The measures already taken by the Dominion Government to exclude Asiatics from Canada are not severe enough to satisfy the Asiatic Exclusion League. It has ...

    Article : 64 words
  58. VICTORIAN SCOTTISH UNION FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 38 words
  59. POSTAL AFFAIRS.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Five hundred members of the Federal Public Service Association, who are represented on the council of the association, attended a general ...

    Article : 221 words
  60. ENGLISH UNEMPLOYED.

    The percentage of unemployed to employed in the trades of the United Kingdom though still small, shows an increase or almost exactly double compared with this ...

    Article : 78 words
  61. HELIUM.

    The solidification of helium, an achievement which had hitherto ba[?]ed the endeavours of physicists, was reported to have been accomplished by Professor Kamerlingh ...

    Article : 159 words
  62. POWER OF LOCAL OPTION COURT.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—A question of some importance in connection with the Liquor Act came before Mr. Justice Pring in chambers on Thursday, on behalf of ...

    Article : 252 words
  63. MAIL-ROOM MUDDLE.

    There was a great rush in the mail-room at the General Post-office on Thursday morning. The last mails for country districts before the Easter holidays are ...

    Article : 334 words
  64. RURAL SOCIETIES' FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 59 words
  65. AUSTRALIAN PASTORAL COMPANY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 100 words
  66. THE ALLANDALE TRAGEDY.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Frederick Davies Green who was arrested in connection with the terrible tragedy at Allandale, was before the West Maitland Police Court on ...

    Article : 198 words
  67. AN APPEAL.

    Sir,—Mayy I crave a small space in your paper to bring under notice of the public the deplorable condition of a family named Gibbs, ...

    Article : 266 words
  68. John Begg's SCOTCH WHISKY.

    For 50 years Mr. Begg has supplied the whisky to all the Royal Palaces. On 14th September, 1848, he was called to Balmoral Castle, and Mr. Anson, ...

    Article : 86 words
  69. MELBOURNE TRUST LIMITED.

    The Melbourne Trust Limited during the year ended December 31, 1907, earned a profit of —17,394. The directors have added to that amount £1,000, transferred ...

    Article : 180 words
  70. THE ARARAT TRAGEDY.

    ARARAT, Friday.—Mr. John Colli[?], who was shot at Dobic by his son-in-law, Charles Henry Deutschmann, on Saturday night[?] is doing well in the Bewley private ...

    Article : 38 words
  71. QUITE A LIFETIME.

    For 10 years Bonnington's Irish Moss has held premier place as a Cough Remedy. It cures quickly, and is pleasant to take.—[Advt.] Use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It relieves ...

    Article : 113 words
  72. NECESSITY AND COMFORT.

    To justify its raison d'ctre, an article must have these qualifications; as a tonic they are both exemplified in "Wolfe's-Schnapps."— [Advt.] ...

    Article : 45 words
  73. BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT.

    Pears, Soap Makers to Her Majesty the Queen.—[Advt.] ...

    Article : 15 words
  74. NURSES RECOMMEND IT.

    Bonnington's Irish Moss is valued by nurses for troublesome Chest Complaints. They know it is good, and has stood the test for over 40 years.— [Advt.] ...

    Article : 31 words
  75. MILO CIGARETTES

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

    Article : 16 words
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