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  2. SOME MARITIME DANGERS AND THEIR REMEDIES.

    Whether the lessons inculcated by disasters of the type to which the wreck of the steamer Gambier and, later back, that of the Quetta belong are ...

    Article : 5,554 words
  3. THE LOSS OF THE GAMBIER.

    A special meeting of the Marine Board was held to-day to receive and deal with the report from its Inspector respecting the collision of the steamers Easby and Gambier. Mr. R. ...

    Article : 801 words
  4. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    In the recent battle round the Placilla, which was occupied by President Balmaceda and his troops, the losses of the loyalists included 700 who were killed ...

    Article : 173 words
  5. ECHOES FROM THE SMOKING-ROOM.

    The beginning of the series of late sittings which is to be continued until the end of the session recalls that old Methodistic paradox which used to set ...

    Article : 1,948 words
  6. TURKEY AND RUSSIA.

    The Standard states that the Sultan of Turkey has yielded to the demands of the Czar, and will pay the war indemnity. Turkey, it is said, will henceforth open ...

    Article : 56 words
  7. JAPAN.

    Accounts of a destructive typhoon, which passed over some portions of Japan on August 16, have come to hand. ...

    Article : 52 words
  8. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The Argus notes that one whose conduct marked him out for honourable mention is George Martin, a steerage passenger, whose destination was Adelaide, and whose home ...

    Article : 603 words
  9. DREADFUL PARACHUTE ACCIDENT.

    Another fatal accident to a parachutist has occurred in America. At Detroit, in the presence of 30,000 spectators, the ill-fated adventurer fell a ...

    Article : 52 words
  10. MRS. ANNIE BESANT.

    Mrs. Annie Besant, formerly well known as a Secularist, but who some time since became a convert to Theosophy, has announced that since Madame ...

    Article : 65 words
  11. [RECEIVED August 31, 11 p.m.]

    Several of the loyalist leaders have managed to effect their escape to foreign ships in the harbour of Valparaiso. The officers of several of the ...

    Article : 158 words
  12. [RECEIVED August 31, 9.40 p.m.]

    It is reported from Paris that Madame Bernhardt, the actress, is parleying with Mr. Spreckels, the controlling shareholder in the Union Steamship Company ...

    Article : 55 words
  13. SUNDAY LABOUR AT HONGKONG.

    Lord Salisbury, the British Premier, has disallowed the ordinance forbidding Sunday shipping work at Hongkong. ...

    Article : 19 words
  14. THE EASTERN QUESTION.

    Servia and Bulgaria are heavily mobilizing troops on their frontiers. The Porte advises Servia that if she is merely manoeuvring she must restrict operations ...

    Article : 41 words
  15. EIGHT-HOURS DEMONSTRATION.

    The route to be taken by the eight-hours procession is as follows:—Start at 10 a.m. from the centre Victoria-square, beading east up King William-street to Currie-street, west ...

    Article : 299 words
  16. [RECEIVED September 1, 1.40 a.m.]

    The New York Herald states that when the news reached Santiago of the insurgent victory at Valparaiso a mob set fire to the mansions of President Balmaceda ...

    Article : 142 words
  17. THE STRANDING OF THE STEAMER BANCOORA.

    An investigation by a Court of Marine Enquiry into the stranding of the Banooora on July 13, near Bream Creek, and the hearing of a charge of careless navigation against the ...

    Article : 105 words
  18. AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVES IN MELBOURNE.

    The Premier of South Australia is visiting Melbourne to-day. He called on the Premier and Mr. T. F. Sargood. Mr. Playford expressed his satisfaction at the substantial ...

    Article : 128 words
  19. A PATHETIC INCIDENT.

    The Age gives one of the saddest experiences of the wreck, that of Mr. Thomas Richard Thorne, who lost his wife under very painful circumstances. According to Mr. Thorne:— ...

    Article : 1,096 words
  20. SHEARING TROUBLES IN VICTORIA.

    The Secretary of the Pastoralists' Union recently forwarded a letter to the Secretary of the Australian Shearers' Union, quoting verbatim Mr. Spence's remarks at the Sydney ...

    Article : 319 words
  21. SMALLPOX ON BRITISH VESSELS.

    Further details were obtained to-day in reference to the smallpox on board the Mount Stewart. The victim who died was William Curran, able seaman, aged forty. He expired ...

    Article : 172 words
  22. THE MAIL AT ALBANY.

    The Massilia, Jarvis, commander, arrived from Colombo at 2 a.m. to-day. Saloon passengers : For Adelaide—Mr. Pennefather, Mr. Melvin, Mr. and Mra. Warren and two ...

    Article : 115 words
  23. THE LABOUR CARNIVAL.

    Sir—As an old worker I am glad to live to see the day in which the hours of labour are so largely reduced, and avail myself of the present eight-hours festival to ask you ...

    Article : 165 words
  24. BROKEN HILL WATER SUPPLY COMPANY.

    The half-yearly meeting of the Broken Hill Water Supply Company, Limited, was held to-day. Mr. Duncan Grant, who presided, congratulated the shareholders on the ...

    Article : 176 words
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  26. THE BANK OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

    The Bank amalgamation is progressing slowly. In response to circulars seventy of the largest depositors in the Van Diemen's Land Bank have expressed their willingness to ...

    Article : 87 words
  27. Advertising

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