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  2. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    On Wednesday afternoon His Excellency the Governor (Sir George Le Hunte), accompanied by Lieut B. S. Connor (Acting A D C) the Commissioner of Crown Lands ...

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  3. SOUTH-WEST AFRICA.

    Politicians and journalists in Germany are discussing a project for the construction of a great harbour and coaling station for warships at Swakopmund a settlement ...

    Article : 131 words
  4. "ON THE WALLABY."

    The occupation of "humping bluey." "carrying the swag," "shouldering Ma-tilda." or "padding the hoof" is known throughout Australia by all with any ...

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  5. "STORY OF THE FALL."

    The Rev. Dr. James Guinness Rogers, a noted Congregational minister, who is now 84 years of age, and other leading Nonconformist preachers have severely rebuked ...

    Article : 65 words
  6. MOROCCO AND GERMANY

    The French public are perturbed owing to the presence in Morocco, as officials of the Moorish Government, of two German officers named Tschudi and Wolff. Their ...

    Article : 103 words
  7. VIOLENT EARTH-QUAKE IN JAMAICA.

    Much alarm has been caused by the receipt of brief messages from Jamaica intimating that a very severe earthquake occurred at Kingston, the capital, on Monday ...

    Article : 391 words
  8. SHOCKS IN NOVEMBER.

    An exceedingly sharp shock of earthquake was felt both in the south and the north, of Jamaica at 11 o'clock on Tuesday evening. November 13. It was immediately ...

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  9. THE DEVASTATED CITY.

    Kingston is situated on the southern side of Jamaica, and its harbour admits the largest Vessels afloat. The population is about 50,000, consisting chiefly of negroes. ...

    Article : 205 words
  10. VARYING VIEWS OF SIN.

    Mr. Campbell's comments on the story of the Fail are on a par with a sermon he delivered on October 21, entitled "The gospel of repentanee," Matthew ...

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  11. UNITED STATES TARIFF.

    Mr. Elihu Root (Secretary of State in President Roosevelt's Cabinet), in an address to the Republican National Convention at Washington on Tuesday, advocated ...

    Article : 69 words
  12. CANADA.

    Speaking in the House of Commons at Ottawa on Tuesday, Sir Wilfrid Laurier stated that the Canadian Government was willing to negotiate with the United States ...

    Article : 108 words
  13. AUSTRALIANS FOR AUSTRALIA.

    In responding to the toast of "His Excellency the Governor-General" at the A.N.A. Exhibition luncheon to-day. Lord Northcote said:—"I congratulate not only the ...

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  14. SHIPPING RING.

    A firm of exporters in New York is prosecuting the Union Castle Mail Steamship Company and other steamship companies for combining to restrain trade for the ...

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  15. THE LATE SIR JAMES FERGUSON.

    The intelligence of the violent death through the Jamaican earthquake of the Right Hon. Sir. James Fergusson will be received with much regret by South ...

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  16. MEETING OF ADMIRALS.

    The Commander-in-Chief of the China Station (Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Moore), the Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station (Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund Poe) ...

    Article : 64 words
  17. A DEADLY WEAPON.

    Mr. Hudson Maxim, of New York, brother of Sir Hiram Maxim, inventor of the Maxim gun and cordite, has invented a motoritc, which will generate steam as a ...

    Article : 62 words
  18. CHANNEL TUNNEL.

    It is officially announced that Mr. R. B. Haldane (Secretary for War) dissents from the Channel Tunnel Bill. It is unlikely therefore that the measure will be ...

    Article : 42 words
  19. CHINESE LEARNING.

    The Imperial Court at Pekin has issued an edict which is calculated lo modify conservative opposition to the reforms which are being adopted in China. The Emperor ...

    Article : 60 words
  20. DELAY IN ARBITRATION.

    At a meeting of the Coastal Trades and Labour Council on Tuesday night Mr. Tom Adams, the workers' advocate in connection with the dispute in the timber ...

    Article : 403 words
  21. EARLY SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At an adjourned general meeting of the Society of Arts on Wednesday evening H s Excellency was asked to accept the office of President, and the following appointments ...

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  22. LONDON ELECTIONS.

    The Social Democratic Federation has quarrelled with the Progressives in respect to the London County Council elections. The latter are in opposition to the ...

    Article : 36 words
  23. FRENCH CONGO.

    French newspapers have reported acts of aggression in the French Congo territories by Germans. They suggest that the Foreign office should ask for an explanation from ...

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  24. "FOR VALOUR."

    King Edward on Tuesday awarded the coveted Victoria Cross to representatives of six deceased military officers and men who, for deeds of valour in past campaigns ...

    Article : 51 words
  25. VALUABLE DISCOVERY.

    Professor Herschel Clifford Parker, instruction of physics at Columbia University since 1890, claims to have invented a metal filament lamp which has 45-fold the ...

    Article : 43 words
  26. "ALL BUILDINGS AND DWELLINGS WRECKED."

    The Colonial Office has received from Mr. Hamar Greenwood, liberal M.P. for Folk, a cable message which was dispatched from Holland Bay. on the cast coast of Jamaica, ...

    Article : 252 words
  27. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The tonnage of shipping at the Port of London in 1906 was 27,145,000. which represented an increase of 1,250,000 tons above the record of 1905. ...

    Article : 39 words
  28. EARTHQUAKE IN NORWAY

    Advices iron Christiania state a number of shocks of earthquake were felt on Monday afternoon over the greater part of the northern provinces of Norway. ...

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  29. COMMENTS BY DR. BEVAN.

    The Rev. Dr. Bevan, in the course of some remarks on the subject to a representative of The Age on Monday evening. said he was not astonished to hear that ...

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  30. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Silver.—The price of bar silver to-day, was 2s. 7 9-l6d., a fall of ¼d. London Wool Sales.—The .January series of wool sales opened brisk, and prices were ...

    Article : 336 words
  31. PRODUCERS IN THE WEST.

    To-day a deputation representing pastoralists, stockowners, and producers generally asked the Premier (Mr. Moore) to come to their assistance by reducing ...

    Article : 364 words
  32. AWA MARU REFLOATED.

    The Japanese steamer Awa Maru, 6,309 tons, which went ashore recently near Redear, off the north-east coast of Yorkshire, has been refloated. She is valued at ...

    Article : 34 words
  33. ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO POISON.

    A charge of a serious nature has been brought against Charles Arthur Jenkins, at Lithgow. He is accused of having attempted to administer poison to Jemima ...

    Article : 380 words
  34. A RICH NOBLEMAN.

    A sad story is related from Findlay, Ohio. A vagrant who had died from exposure has been identified as Count Crondhjelun, a Swedish nobleman, to whom ...

    Article : 52 words
  35. TERRIBLE SNOWDRIFTS.

    Intense cohl is being experienced in the south of France. Snowdrifts 50 ft. deep have accumulated at the foot of the hills in the Cevennes Mountains. Flood waters ...

    Article : 58 words
  36. THE ESTIMATED CASUALTIES.

    The latest advice received by Reuter says that the fire in Kingston is still burning, but it is confined to the docks, and bands of soldiers and sailors are helping the ...

    Article : 111 words
  37. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The Guthrie arrived from southern ports to-day, bringing 170 tons general cargo and 20 tons coal. The passengers were Messrs. Faricy and Sinclair. The captain reports ...

    Article : 47 words
  38. PURCHASE OF THE EDEN HOLME.

    The crew of the wrecked barque Eden Holme has been paid off and arrangements have been made for the apprentices to join the Myrtle Holme at Adelaide. The ...

    Article : 52 words
  39. DEATH FROM THIRST.

    Frederick Matters, blacksmith, who left Thargomindah for Eromanga on a bicycle, died a lonely death five miles from Mount Margaret Station. He left the bicycle on ...

    Article : 55 words
  40. AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT.

    Mr. Winston Churchill (Under Secretary for the Colonies) has just announced the receipt of a cabled despatch from Jamaica stating that the Camp Hospital in ...

    Article : 81 words
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  42. SIR JAMES FERGUSSON KILLED.

    An official cable message has reached the Colonial Office, confirming Mr. Hamar Greenwood's report of the tragic death of Sir James Fergusson, Bart. The news has ...

    Article : 66 words
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