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  2. THE PASSING SHOW.

    "We have evidence altogether of II marriages." Mr. James Sykes, appearing on instructions from the Director of Public Prosecutions, told the Magistrates at ...

    Article : 3,766 words
  3. THE GREAT TYPHOON.

    The typhoon of 1906 is known now in Hongkong as the "Great typhoon," but it is generally recognised that the disastrous disturbance of July 28 eclipsed the former ...

    Article : 609 words
  4. MELBOURNE RAILWAY STATION.

    The Railway Commissioners, who on Saturday terminated the contract for the erection of the central railway station, took over the work to-day. In an ...

    Article : 148 words
  5. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    Dr. jean Charcot, who is in charge of an expedition which has been fitted out with the intention of exploring the antarctic religion, has sailed from Havre in the t ...

    Article : 133 words
  6. RACIAL WAR.

    Further particulars concerning the noting at the town of Springfield, the capital of the State of Illinois, show that the racial fend is even more bitter than was at first ...

    Article : 568 words
  7. GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

    The President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Winston Churchill), speaking on Saturday night at Swansea, made important references to the relations between ...

    Article : 491 words
  8. AERIAL NAVIGATION.

    Col. J. B. Capper, R.E., who has succeeded Col. J. Templer ia command of the British Military Balloon Department at Farnborough. has made a second test with ...

    Article : 506 words
  9. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    For some time the Prime Minister has been in correspondence with the State Premiers on the subject of advertising Australia, He intends to submit a scheme to ...

    Article : 173 words
  10. OCEAN TRACKS.

    An agreement has been entered into between Messrs. Shaw, Savill, & Co., the New Zealand Shipping Company, limited, and the White Star line to follow definite ...

    Article : 78 words
  11. HORSE MAIMING.

    During the past week seven hones have been cruelly mutilated in the vicinity of Grimsby, in Lincolnshire. The police are busy making investigations, but have not ...

    Article : 114 words
  12. VICTORIA.

    The brick wall at the top of the Caledonian Channel at Ballarat East was blown down by dynamite on Saturday night. The local council has offered a reward of £10 for the conviction of the offender. ...

    Article : 45 words
  13. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    The outstanding feature of the county cricket matches concluded on Saturday was the great score of 601 runs for 8 wickets compiled by Kent against Somerset. Four ...

    Article : 86 words
  14. BRAYBROOK DISASTER TRIALS.

    An application has been made on behalf of the Attorney-General to Mr. Justice Hodges that, the trials of Leonard MilLburn, Gilbert Dolman, and Frederick ...

    Article : 105 words
  15. WRIGHT'S AEROPLANE.

    Mr. Wilbur Wright, whose aeroplane has made some remarkably successful flights in France recently, states that he will shortly compete for The Daily Mail's £10,000 prize. ...

    Article : 36 words
  16. THE "CAPTAIN" OF KOPENICK.

    The daring swindler William Voight, who in 1906, dressed in uniform, passed himself off as a captain with a commission from the German Emperor, and by an ...

    Article : 178 words
  17. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    There Was an exciting scene in the vicinity of Woolloomooloo Wharf on Sunday afternoon, when an open-air two-up school was surprised by seven constables. ...

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  18. RUNNING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    In the presence of 15,000 people on Saturday afternoon at Salford, B. Bay won the 440 yards championship of Great Britain, carrying with it a cash prize of £500. A. B ...

    Article : 58 words
  19. BRITISH NAVAL LOAN.

    The Daily Telegraph states that the Government is considering an offer of finance to find £100,000,000 on terms of nominal interest to meet the necessities of the ...

    Article : 167 words
  20. A DISABLED STEAMER.

    The Superintendent of Navigation received a telegram to-day to the effect that a boat displaying an inverted ensign, which showed that sh was in discress, was ...

    Article : 261 words
  21. FOREIGN TROOPS IN PEKIN.

    Tang Shao-yi, the ex-Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs, and a powerful official on the Board of Foreign Affairs, is now visiting Europe on a mission in behalf of ...

    Article : 187 words
  22. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The English railway companies have been experiencing a great falling off in traffic, and the official returns show that the net revenue of the lines decreased over ...

    Article : 76 words
  23. MUSKETRY RETURNS.

    The returns for the annual musketry course of the New South Wales rifle clube for 1907-8 have been made available. The highest possible score was 196, but no ...

    Article : 79 words
  24. THE TOBACCO FRAUDS.

    William Archibald Robertson and Henry Tillingbest, who had pleaded guilty at the quarter sessions to what became known as the tobacco frauds, have been each ...

    Article : 80 words
  25. RAILWAY TO MECCA.

    In 1900 the Sultan of Turkey gave.in­structions for the construction of a railway from Damascus to Mecca, chiefly for the benefit of pilgrims. It is now known as ...

    Article : 98 words
  26. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 115 words
  27. LABOUR TROUBLES IN GERMANY.

    At the beginning of last week the Union of German Dockyards ordered a general lockout, which was to have thrown 50,000 men out of employment. The decision to ...

    Article : 107 words
  28. COMMONWEALTH FISHERIES.

    Sir Joseph Carruthers. in a report dealing with the fishing industry on the east coast of Scotland, made reference to the Federal trawler. Mr. A. Walker,managing ...

    Article : 186 words
  29. MEETING OP UNEMPLOYED.

    A meeting of unemployed, convened by the Mayor, has been held, in the town hall, and was well attended. The Minister for Works is to be requested, owing to ...

    Article : 134 words
  30. JAPANESE TRAITOR.

    The Japanese authorities in Pekin have had reason to suspect that there was a traitor of their country in the Chinese capital. Recently the Japanese Embassy ...

    Article : 81 words
  31. LABOUR'S POLITICAL METHODS.

    Mr. P. Marshall (President of the Sydney Labour Council) indicated to-day that a big movement is well in hand with the object of placing the political methods of ...

    Article : 132 words
  32. LOCAL OPTION CASES.

    The High Court was asked to-day, on behalf of Judge Gibson and Mr. William McKensey, and Dr. Lebrun, members of the Licensing Court for the electorate of ...

    Article : 120 words
  33. THE QUARTER SESSIONS.

    The quarter sessions were opened to-day before Acting judge Edmunds. Mr. W. Bevan prosecuted for the Crown. Denis Gerald Broad, who represented himself as ...

    Article : 203 words
  34. MOROCCO.

    The latest advices from Morocco state that Mulai Hafid's forces have been badly defeated near Marakesh, the southern capital of the country, and that 300 of his men ...

    Article : 41 words
  35. DIPLOMATIC CHANGES.

    It was announced on Saturday that Sir William Edward Goschen, K.C.M.G., who has been British Ambassador at Vienna since 1905, would succeed Sir Frank ...

    Article : 74 words
  36. THE CRUISE OF THE PSYCHE.

    H.M.S. Psyche sailed for Port Lincoln at quarter to 10 this morning direct from the wharf. His Excellency the Governor and the commander were cheered ...

    Article : 47 words
  37. SCHOOLBOY RIFLE SHOOTING.

    A cablegram received by the Defence Department states that Col.Sgt. Frie. of the Onehunga Public School cadets, who was sent home by the New Zealand ...

    Article : 69 words
  38. THE AMERICAN FLEET.

    There have been 15 cases of desertion from the American Fleet reported to the Auckland police. Five men were placed on the Connecticut after she had left ...

    Article : 76 words
  39. FUTURE MOVEMENTS.

    His Excellency telegraphed on Monday to the President of the Marine Board that a call had been made at Point Lowly, There' everything was in order. The work st the light wae nearly compkted and had been well done. They would be visiting Middle.Bank if the weather were fine, and •would make Port Lincoln on Tuesday. The return journey would begin on- Friday. They had called at Tipara on the way to .Wallaroo, and had found all well there. ...

    Article : 82 words
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