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  2. ECHOES FROM THE SMOKING-ROOM.

    It seems rather odd that members of Parliament should formally decide to obtain certain information from foreign lands when the article required was already in ...

    Article : 1,528 words
  3. ADELAIDE AND LONDON TELEGRAPH.

    Khalil Chalid Bey, the Turkish Ambassador at Teheran, declares that the British girl who was abducted by Kurds at Soujholak, Persia, became a convert to the ...

    Article : 179 words
  4. COLONIAL TELEGRAMS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 60 words
  5. GUN EXPLOSION ON H.M.S. CORDELIA.

    H.M.S. Cordelia returned to harbour to-day. She reports that on June 29, while the crew were engaging in quarterly gun practice, one of the guns exploded, killing six men and injuring ...

    Article : 866 words
  6. IMPERIAL FEDERATION AND BRITISH TRADE.

    A very favourite weapon of the imperialist and the Protectionist is the policy of imposing differential duties with the object of aiming blows at the ...

    Article : 5,554 words
  7. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A fatal fight occurred at Hurstville on Saturday, when a young man named Edwin James Lloyd, seventeen years of age, succumbed to injuries received in a pugilistic encounter with ...

    Article : 74 words
  8. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Government are considering the question of erecting a lighthouse on Stephens Island, Cook Straits. ...

    Article : 21 words
  9. TASMANIA.

    Parliament will be opened to-morrow. It is generally believed that the Government will not propose a railway scheme or any works which will necessitate a loan. Mr. N. J. Brown ...

    Article : 51 words
  10. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    In the Supreme Court to-day the case of Regina v. Hastie for manslaughter was concluded, the Jury returning a verdict of guilty, with a strong recommendation to mercy on the ...

    Article : 152 words
  11. CENTRAL LAND BOARD.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 260 words
  12. INDIA.

    The fears of a severe famine in Madras are now less pronounced. The long-continued drought, which has prevented the sowing of cereals, has broken up. ...

    Article : 45 words
  13. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The Rob Roy sailed for western ports on Saturday, having as passengers Messrs. Baker, Durock, and Connor, and two Chinese. The Palmerston and Pine Creek Railway ...

    Article : 206 words
  14. PUGILISM.

    Jim Corbett, the boxer, has refused to accept an offer made to him by the Melbourne Athletic Club to meet the winner of the forthcoming contest between ...

    Article : 86 words
  15. CORONER'S INQUEST.

    The City Coroner (Dr. Whittell) held an enquiry at his office on Monday morning concerning the death of James Wake, aged 67 years, of Stepney, which took place in a tramcar at ...

    Article : 326 words
  16. [RECEIVED July 6, 6.30 p.m.]

    The Emperor William of Germany, who is now in England, will review 20,000 volunteers at Wimbledon on Saturday. ...

    Article : 30 words
  17. PROVINCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    A grand fancy fair in aid of St. Matthew's Church Parsonage Fund, which has been held in the Town Hall, terminated on Saturday night, the results being most satisfactory. The ...

    Article : 128 words
  18. VICTORIAN FINANCES.

    Notwithstanding the policy of retrenchment initiated by Mr. Munro there is a large discrepancy between revenue and expenditure to be made up by further economy or taxation. ...

    Article : 179 words
  19. PORT PIRIE, July 6.

    The coffee and reading rooms under the auspices of the Women's Christian Temperance Union were opened to-night, Mr. Goode in a brief speech commending the object. The ...

    Article : 117 words
  20. HEAVY WEATHER IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Heavy storms are prevailing throughout the central parts of the colony, and all low-lying localities in Perth are flooded. Washaways are reported on the Eastern Railway near ...

    Article : 204 words
  21. FACTORY SMELLS.

    Sir—Now that the case of the alleged nuisance at Thebarton has been judicially decided there can be no harm in pointing out how desirable and necessary it is that sweeping ...

    Article : 685 words
  22. THE LATE DR. BEANEY'S WILL.

    The late Dr. Beaney's will, read to-day, bequeaths £10,000 to the Mayor and Corporation of Canterbury for founding a free library to be known as "The Beaney Institute for the ...

    Article : 233 words
  23. MOONTA, July 6.

    An elderly man named Williams, familiarly known as "Tailim," has been missing since Saturday night at 11 o'clock, when he left his comrade near the Royal Hotel to get a bottle ...

    Article : 78 words
  24. GLADSTONE, July 6.

    On Saturday night the landlord of the Gladstone Hotel heard a noise in his cellar, and on going down found a coloured man in the act of stealing some bottles of spirits. Mr. ...

    Article : 60 words
  25. TANUNDA, July 6.

    We have experienced heavy weather with splendid rains. On Saturday night a hurricane passed between Tanunda and Nuriootpa, its track being about two chains wide. Trees were ...

    Article : 45 words
  26. LOSS OF THE BARQUE COMPADEE.

    The captain and crew of the barque Compadee, from Calcutta to Talcahuana, landed at the Bluff to-day from the Auckland Islands, where they were discovered by a sealing vessel. ...

    Article : 179 words
  27. HAWKER, July 6.

    An accident happened to-day to Mr. Wallers through his horse running away. He broke his collarbone. Dr. Bennett attended to the sufferer. ...

    Article : 24 words
  28. VICTORIAN UNEMPLOYED.

    The Government are dealing with the question of providing work for the unemployed in an effective manner, and up to the present work has been found for 200 men. ...

    Article : 132 words
  29. THE PROGRESS OF TIME.

    One of the chief signs of the progress of the age in which we live is tho rapid improvement of machinery, and its tendency to cheapen the requirements of modern life. Fifty years ago ...

    Article : 275 words
  30. MALLALA, July 6.

    Mr. Butler, M.P., addressed a good meeting on Friday on "Federation." ...

    Article : 14 words
  31. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.

    Splendid rain fell here last Saturday. Since it has been showery every day, and the weather at the same time keeping warm is causing the feed to grow well. The wheat is ...

    Article : 313 words
  32. THE SHEARING DIFFICULTY.

    A further number of men of the Defence Force, who have been on duty in the West, returned to Brisbane this morning from Rockhampton. Orders had been sent for their ...

    Article : 184 words
  33. ACTION FOR LIBEL.

    In the Supreme Court to-day an action for libel was brought by a Roman Catholic priest, officiating at Dunmanway, Ireland, against the proprietors of the ...

    Article : 94 words
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