A memorial, signed by 244 members of the House of Commons of all parties, has been presented to the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) to urge the formation of a ...
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Article : 139 wordsThe Secretary for War (Viscount Haldane), speaking at Accrington, in Lancashire, on Saturday night, said that he was hopeful as to the future relations ...
Article : 136 wordsHans Fluctsch, a schoolmaster in the canton of Grison, resolved in a fit of madness to exterminate his family. He travelled 50 miles to a town in which ...
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Article : 1,160 wordsPreparations for the Coronation Durbar on Tuesday are complete. The city is thronged with people from all parts of India, and there are representatives of all ...
Article : 128 words"As long as we are playing cricket in Australia, so much the better for Australia," said His Excellency the Governor (Sir John Fuller) yesterday, when the teams form the ...
Article : 624 wordsSir.—Some correspondents on this subject have written from the Australian artist's standpoint when proposing a flat rate of £2 or £5 on imported paintings. ...
Article : 388 wordsAn official memorandaum has been issued which shows that it was intended to bring the national insurance system into operation on July 15 next, but that power has ...
Article : 202 wordsA sergeant-major named Schroeder and his sweetheart have been arrested at Posen, an important fortress town in Prussia, on a charge of having attempted to sell the ...
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Article : 93 wordsAt a conference at Birmingham on Sunday, at which 80,000 postal employees were represented, it was resloved that there was no longer any necessity to strike at ...
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Article : 720 words"Squad No. 1 get trady." The members of the squad detached themselves somewhat reluctantly from teh crowd of lads waiting at the end of the baths to ...
Article : 1,073 wordsDuring a display at a large cinematoaraph theater in Liege last night a bomb was thrown among the audicnce. There were 3,000 persons present, and a terrible panic ...
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Article : 147 wordsIn a speech at Aecrington, in Lancashire, on Saturday night, the Secretary for War (Viscount Haldane) dealt with the relations of Great Britain and Russia in respect ...
Article : 78 wordsAn interesting correspondence has taken place between the Free Workers' Socicty and the Commonwealth Prime Minister on the "prefercnce to unionists" questio. It ...
Article : 815 wordsThe Turkish Governmenr has taken staps to expel Italians from the importatnt Asia Minor seaport of Smyrna. All ltalians have been ordered to leave that place ...
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Article : 488 wordsIt has been asserted by M. Royer, member of the Chamber of Deputies, that the late King Leopold, with the aid of teh signatures of officials to a number of fales ...
Article : 115 wordsFrederick Herry Warming, late of Mo[?], Queen's[?], North Fitzroy, gentleman, who died on November [?] last, by his will dated December [?], [?], left realty £9,823, and persona[?]£1,[?], to ...
Article : 120 wordsThe death is announced of Mr. Eraest H. Benzon, who was widely known some years ago as the "Jubilee Plunger." Berore he gained notoricty as the ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 12 Dec 1911, Page 7
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