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  2. MOONTA STREET TRAGEDY.

    Every available seat in the public gallery of the Criminal Court was occupied on Wednesday, when John Robins (44) was called upon to stand his trial before His ...

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  3. BRITISH COLLIERIES.

    Indignation is rife among Northumber-land miners owing to the executive of their association having refused to take action in the direction of a general strike upon the ...

    Article : 109 words
  4. FEDERAL CAMPAIGN.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin) addressed a meeting at Inverell to-night. He urged the acceptance of the financial agreement as fair and equitable to both parties. ...

    Article : 74 words
  5. TOLL OF THE SEA.

    The Russ (St. Petersburg) reports that two passenger steamers and a cargo vessel trading between ports in the Persian Gulf have been wrecked in a heavy storm, and ...

    Article : 107 words
  6. UNITED SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Rand Daily Mail (Johannesburg) says that Mr. Louis Botha (Premier of the Transvaal) has reached the parting of the ways. He must not parry with ...

    Article : 125 words
  7. AN ITALIAN VILLA.

    The Daily Chronicle says that His Majesty King Edward has acquired the Villa Braziliana at Posilippo, near Naples. The mansion commands a magnificent ...

    Article : 61 words
  8. CAUGHT IN A CYCLONE.

    The Merrie England, the steamer belonging to the Papuan Government, on hot recent voyage to Queensland, met with a sensational experience, which is best ...

    Article : 809 words
  9. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Mr. "Pete" Curran, who was defeated by a bare ma-jority at the general elections for the representation of the division of Jarrow in ...

    Article : 211 words
  10. MR. FISHER ON TOUR.

    Rp. Fisher (Leader of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament), accompanied by Mr. A. Johns (ex-member of the Burnett electorate), is now campaigning the district ...

    Article : 262 words
  11. DOCTORS OF DIVINITY.

    The Senatus of the University of St. An-drews has conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity upon the Rev. George Davidson, M.A., of Adelaide. and upon the Rev. John ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 98 words
  12. ANOTHER PEACEMAKER.

    Mr. J.W. Saner (Commissioner of Public Works, Cape Colony), in an address de-livered at Ceres, said that the little racial feeling which still exists in South Africa is ...

    Article : 165 words
  13. FRENCH FLOODS.

    Residents of the low-lying parts of Paris and the neighbouring suburbs and lands in the valley of the Seine are again distressed by the alarming rise of the river, owing to ...

    Article : 89 words
  14. IF FREETRADE FALLS.

    Signor Luzzatti, the new Italian Minister for Commerce, has issued a circular to the managing bodies of large Italian industrial concerns stating that it freetrade collapses ...

    Article : 107 words
  15. GERMAN NAVY.

    In connection with Germany's activc scheme for strengthening and enlarging her naval power, that country has sold to the Turkish Government four torpedo—boat ...

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  16. MR. WADE ON RP. HUGHES.

    The Premier (Mr. Wade) in criticising n Rp. Hughes's speech said to-night that it breathed the sentiment of unification from beginning to end. Mr. Hughes in regard ...

    Article : 136 words
  17. A ROYAL ACADEMICIAN.

    The death is announced at the age of 63 of Mr. John Macallan Swan, R.A., LL.D., painter and sculptor. Mr. John Macallan Swan was a native ...

    Article : 262 words
  18. AUSTRIAN NAVY,

    Six torpedo—boat destroyers have been completed for the Austrian Navy. At their official trials they developed the full contract speed of 28 knots. Some of ...

    Article : 38 words
  19. PRIME MINISTER'S QUEENSLAND TOUR.

    It has been arranged for the Prime Min-ister (Mr. Deatin) to speak in Brisbane on March 14, at Gympie on March 15. and at Rockhampton on March 16. He will also ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. H.M.S. INVINCIBLE.

    Lord Charles Beresford, M.P., in a letter to the newspapers, has protested against Mr. McKenna's "provocative treatment" in connection with his allegations that the ...

    Article : 81 words
  21. PORT OF LONDON.

    The Australasian trade section of the London Chamber of Commerce has deputed Sir John Taverner (Victorian Agent-General) and Mr. Tredwen to interview the ...

    Article : 75 words
  22. ABDUL HAMID.

    Paris newspapers report that Abdul Hamid, the deposed ex-Sultan of Turkey, is dying. He refuses to take any food. ...

    Article : 27 words
  23. G0VERNMENT ADVERTISING.

    Only three States were represented at the conference upon Government advertis-ing which opened to-day at the Department of External Affairs. Neither ...

    Article : 128 words
  24. PRINCE ITO'S MURDER.

    The Korean who murdered Prince Ito (the late Japanese Resident—General in Korea) at Harbin in October last has been sentenced to death. Two accomplices were ...

    Article : 46 words
  25. RUGBY FOOTBALL.

    The Rugby Unions of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales have decided to join in sending a team of footballers to South Africa during the coming season. ...

    Article : 38 words
  26. A MERCHANT'S BOOKS.

    The Daily Mail says that a coffee broker named Jubel has been arrested at Havre in connection with defalcations of £120,000 in the accounts of the local bank, which ...

    Article : 68 words
  27. FUEL FOR THE NAVY.

    The Daily Express, dealing with the decision of the Admiralty to use oil fuel largely in the future for vessels of the British Navy, says that for the current ...

    Article : 61 words
  28. NEW SOUTH WALES LOAN.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 45 words
  29. TROUBLED GREECE.

    Admiral .J. Miaoulis (Commander of the Greek Fleet), together with senior officers of the fleet, has signed a declaration that he will protect the King's person, defend ...

    Article : 67 words
  30. NEW ZEALAND MEAT.

    Nelson Brothers, Limited, New Zealand meat merchants, in their latest financial statement, show a debit balance of £32,490. They have transferred £50,000 from the ...

    Article : 100 words
  31. ALLEGED CRIMINAL LIBEL.

    The trial of Thomas William Hudson Crosland (Assistant Editor and Director of The Academy) for having maliciously pub-lished a defamatory libel concerning the ...

    Article : 176 words
  32. FOOLISH BOY.

    A boy, aged 11, was before the Children's Court to-day charged with having placed a quantity of gelatine explosive on the South Broken Hill tramline to the danger of ...

    Article : 115 words
  33. LABOUR CANDIDATE'S STATEMENTS.

    Mr. Henshaw, the pederal Labour candidate at Perth, recently stated that the Acting Premier (Mr. Wilson) had said that 6/6 a day was a sufficient wage for workers ...

    Article : 95 words
  34. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 160 words
  35. FRENCH TROOPS.

    The Sultan Massalit, in Central Africa, has inflicted heavy loss on a detachment of French troops whom he caught in an ambush at Abeshr, the capital of Wadai, ...

    Article : 41 words
  36. POWLETT COALFIELD.

    Replying to a deputation to-day, the Minister for Railways said the Powlett State coalfield was expected to produce 1,000.000 tons of coal a year, sufficient to ...

    Article : 45 words
  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Special leave to appeal from the High Court of Australia to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has been granted in the New South Wales cases of Smith ...

    Article : 50 words
  38. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    The French Senate having twice rejected the old-age pension scheme drafted by the Chamber of Deputies, on the grounds that it was crude and ill-considered, has ...

    Article : 103 words
  39. GRAZIER'S WILL.

    the will of the late Mr.William Harbison, timber merchant and grazier, who died in November last, and left property valued at over £60,000. is being challenged by his ...

    Article : 116 words
  40. RALSTON WILL CASE.

    The High court concluded its sittings to-day and reserved its decision in the Ralston will case. ...

    Article : 24 words
  41. WARATAH SEARCH.

    The Waratah search committee met to—day and decided to send the following cable message to the Premier of Natal:- "Great indignation in Australia at ...

    Article : 69 words
  42. WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE.

    The Women's Freedom League has sent to the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) a peti-tion asking for a declaration from the Go-vernment that it will undertake legislation ...

    Article : 50 words
  43. BANK SHARES, &c

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 149 words
  44. MINERAL PRODUCTION.

    The Undersecretary for Mines, in a statement regarding the mineral production of New South Wales in 1909,estimates the value of the output for the year at ...

    Article : 104 words
  45. OVER THE IRISH SEA.

    Mr. John Dunville, of Belfast, and Mr. C. Polock, of the Aero Club, London, have accomplished a remarkable voyage in a diri-gible balloon. Starting from Dublin they ...

    Article : 101 words
  46. YOUTHS' QUARREL.

    Allen Snowden, a youth, was tried at the Criminal Court to-day on a charge of man-slaughter. The evidence for the prosecution showed that on the evening of ...

    Article : 158 words
  47. CAPTAIN'S BELIEF.

    The steamer Devonshire was exposed to the terrific gale in which the Waratah is supposed to have been lost. and to-day the Devonshire arrived with a cargo ...

    Article : 85 words
  48. Advertising

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  49. COMMONWEALTH CENSUS.

    The Minister far Home Affairs (Mr. Ful-ler) has approved the scheme submitted to him by Mr. G. H. Knibbs (Common-wealth Statistician) for the conduct of the ...

    Article : 129 words
  50. WAR IN THE AIR.

    The German Emperor has given order that as many officers as possible in the Imperial Army shall be afforded opportuni-ties to learn the use and control of ...

    Article : 56 words
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