On Thursday portion of the crater of Vesuvius fell in and caused a violent eruption of ashes, cinders, and sand. The phenomenon produced a panic among the ...
Article : 237 wordsThe Right Hon. James Bryce. Liberal M.P. for Aberdeen South, and Chief Secretary for Ireland, has been appointed British Ambassador to the United States, in ...
Article : 165 wordsIn Legislative Council plan of proposed vermin fence between Yardea and Streaky Bay districts approved. Additional Ministers Bill amended to strike out increases of members, and passed. ...
Article : 149 wordsThere has been extraordinary min[?]der standing regarding the proposed conference to settle the building trade strike. The master builders this morning officially ...
Article : 197 wordsWellington street, in close proximity to its intersection with King street, was last night the scene of a fatality. At about half-past 8 o'clock William Brown, 15 ...
Article : 99 wordsA new operation, which enlarges the field of treatment for defective vision, has been performed at Vienna by Dr. Zirm, a famous oculist. ...
Article : 96 wordsReturns received for the Federal scrutiny from the Division of Grey during Friday had the unexpected result of changing the positions of the candidates. ...
Article : 264 wordsA signal book was recently missed from the naval arsenal at Chatham. James Abbott, a naval signalman, who was a few days afterwards caught trying to sell the ...
Article : 55 wordsAn accident, which proved fatal, occurred at the East Fremantle Railway Station last night. The victim was William Allen, 50 years of age, following the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 754 wordsFriday morning's sitting in the Legislative Council was only another instance of the absolute futility of morning sessions. Some legislators seemed to have got out ...
Article : 332 wordsS great effort was mae by the Government to-day to wind up the business of the session. Several minor measures, on which the Legislative Council had made amend. ...
Article : 224 wordsThe Times, in a leading article dealing with the results of the Commonwealth elections, expresses the opinion that Mr. Deakin will be able to carry on the ...
Article : 137 wordsThe Port Lincoln Copper Mining Company, with a capital of £350,000, has been registered. Its object is to acquire and develop mines and properties in the ...
Article : 45 wordsA Paris telegram says that the English, Scottish, and American students at the Roman Catholic Seminary of St. Sulpice have protested to the French Government ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Assembly to-night resumed consideration of the Council's amendments in the Licensing Bill. The general tendency of the amendments was to modify the ...
Article : 257 wordsThe British Rugby Football Union has decided to invite New South Wales to send a team to England in 1908, and possibly an English team will be sent to New ...
Article : 48 wordsMr. Baffour (Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons) has been unable to take his place in the Chamber for several days, and is now confined to his bed ...
Article : 43 wordsMasters of ships which have navigated Le Maire Strait, in South America, between Terra del Fuego and Staten Island, have frequently reported having seen a ...
Article : 148 wordsA fire broke out in the women's division of the Hobart Gaol this afternoon at about half-past 1 o'clock, and the water service being defective and a north wind blowing ...
Article : 109 wordsLONDON, December 20, 3.5 p.m. Silver.—The price of bar silver to-day is 2s. 8 3-16d. per oz., a rise of 3d. December 21. 2.5 a.m. ...
Article : 422 wordsMr. Felix Schuster (Governor of the Union of London and Smith's Bank, Limited) read a paper before the Bankers' Institute on Thursday on "Our gold ...
Article : 143 words"With eyelids weary and worn" legislators dragged themselves into the Chamber at 11 o'clock on Friday. There was a "Weary Willie" look about everybody, due ...
Article : 705 wordsAt Ararat to-day H. Anders, A. Gibson, and R. Scott, who were concerned in the recent trotting match from Lake Bolac to Ararat, were each fined £10, with £2 ...
Article : 92 wordsThe Commonwealth Arbitration Court heard further evidence to-day in the claim by the engineers in Howard Smith Company's vessels to terminate thier contract ...
Article : 234 wordsAn extraordinary incident is reported from the mining town of Bakersfield, California. A minier named Hicks was entombed nearly a fortnight ago by an immense ...
Article : 106 wordsA deputation from te proprietary articles subsection of the London Chamber of Commerce waited upon the Hon. J. W. Taverner on Thursday and ...
Article : 133 wordsThe following is the order of merit of candidates who have distinguished themselves in the whole examination. The Junior Commercial Scholarship is awarded to ...
Article : 90 wordsA scheme for the reinstatement of the members of the old executive committee of the Locomotive Drivers' Association and other leaders in the railway strike ...
Article : 58 wordsThe vessel which foundered in the North Sea, opposite the entrance to the Humber, on Wednesday has been positively identified as the collier steamer Heathpool ...
Article : 55 wordsA dispute between the journeymen butchers and their masters has culminated in trouble. The men want a rise in wages and less hours. They seek a minimum of ...
Article : 314 wordsDarbalara and Aralabard Stations, in the Gundagai district, have been sold to the Scottish and Australian Investment Company. The former went at the rate of £10 ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Governor of German South-West Africa) (Herr Lindequist) is negotiating with the British Government with the view of obtaining guarantees from Cape ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 63 wordsKatherine Lily Proud. Muirden College; Leslie Thomas Lewis (a), Muirden College; Gertrude Irene Mann, Muirden College; John Stanley Hartley, Howard's ...
Article : 229 wordsThe boiler on the Mississippi laver steamer Seovel exploded at Vicksburg on Thursday morning, and blew the vessel into fragments. Fifteen negroes employed upon ...
Article : 72 wordsThe inquest concerning the death of Ruby Olive Heron was concluded to-day. Heron arrived in Sydney from Tasmania, and was on November 22 taken to a house ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 173 wordsSome uneasiness is felt because an influential German syndicate is trying to obtain a controlling interest in the Dry Dock Company at Bangkok, the capital city and ...
Article : 61 wordsFor the testimonial promoted to recognise the fact that A. A. Lilley, the English wicketkeeper, had played in 27 test matches, £434 has been raised. ...
Article : 51 wordsSir John Gorst (late Vice-President of the Council of Education in Great Britain) delivered an address on "National education" to-day. The Governor (Sir Reginald ...
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Advertising : 824 wordsThe Woman's Christian State executive met on Friday morning. Mrs. Nicholls (President) in the chair. Important business was transacted, and a motion was passed expressing satisfaction and ...
Article : 127 wordsSir William Lyne has stated that Mr. Carruthers had misconstrued his remarks in reference to a bonus to the iron industry to a deputation in Melbourne. He ...
Article : 88 wordsAt London or in Channel.—Banffshire, steamer, from Wellington October 25; Tropic, steamer, from Sydney October 14; Altona, steamer, from Port Adelaide ...
Article : 73 wordsThe following candidates have passed in the five compulsory subjects:—I. English literature: 2. commercial arithmetic: 3. commercial geography; 4. bookkeeping: 5. ...
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The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), Sat 22 Dec 1906, Page 10
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