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  2. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

    A few days ago Mr. J. Gordon, S.M., in the Adelaide Police Court, upon being informed that several informations laid under the Weights and Measures Act had been ...

    Article : 3,405 words
  3. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Parliament House resumed its usual busy appearance to-day, as members of the House of Representatives were back from their visit in search of the federal capital ...

    Article : 404 words
  4. THE BOER WAR.

    The Neue Freie Presse, a daily newspaper published at Vienna, in commenting upon the latest news from South Africa, expresses pleasure that the prospects of peace ...

    Article : 142 words
  5. RUSSIA.

    A revolutionary demonstration occurred recently at Saratoff, the capital of a large agricultural province in Russia. The military authorities took prompt measures to ...

    Article : 621 words
  6. THE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS

    It is stated that many woman and children are imprisoned at Grande Riviere by the streams of lava which surround the place. The unfortunate people can be seen ...

    Article : 220 words
  7. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    For some time past the Government of Natal has had under consideration a suggestion that it should follow the example of Cape Colony by presenting a cruiser to the ...

    Article : 86 words
  8. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    The Australian Eleven began a game at Lord's to-day against a strong eleven representing the M.C.C. and Ground. G. C. B. Llewellyn, of Hampshire, who had been ...

    Article : 484 words
  9. IMPORTANT EXPERIMENTS.

    The Lords of the Admiralty witnessed an important and impressive series of experiments at Barrow-on-Furness last week relating to the armour-piercing properties ...

    Article : 423 words
  10. DISAPPOINTED BOERS.

    It is reported that a number of Boers assembled in the market square at Pretoria on Saturday. When enquiries were made as to their reason for doing so they stated ...

    Article : 127 words
  11. MOUNT PELEE SPLIT FROM PEAK TO BASE.

    The latest advices from the West Indies indicate that the eruption which occurred at Martinique at the end of last week was even more awe inspiring than those which ...

    Article : 285 words
  12. POLITICAL AMENITIES.

    In the course of an address which he delivered at Darlington on Saturday evening Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Leader of the Liberal Party, explained that ...

    Article : 118 words
  13. VICTORIA.

    The railway earnings last week amounted to £50,379, which brought the total paid into Treasury since July 1 up to £3,020,179, an increase of £73,911 compared with the ...

    Article : 227 words
  14. THE SENATE AND THE TARIFF.

    The reports of the passage of the tariff through the Senate have caused some misunderstanding and misapprehension regarding the attitude of certain members of ...

    Article : 855 words
  15. RECENT REINFORCEMENTS.

    Mr. Brodrick stated, in the course of his speech at the Volunteer Service Companies' dinner on Friday night that during the last six weeks 20,000 troops had been ...

    Article : 40 words
  16. AN UNORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN.

    At the sessions of the General Assembly of the United Free Church of Scotland last week reference was made to the opinions expressed by the Rev. Dr. George Adam ...

    Article : 278 words
  17. FIRST TEST MATCH.

    The English Board of Control has decided that the team to represent England in the first test match against the Australians at Birmingham on Thursday will be ...

    Article : 122 words
  18. OPTIMISTIC MR. SEDDON.

    The Right Hon. E. J. Seddon was entertained at a banquet at Pretoria yesterday, and in replying to the toast of his health be expressed the hope that peace ...

    Article : 52 words
  19. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Decrees nisi were granted in 15 cases in the Divorce Court to-day. The majority of the applications were made on the ground of desertion. ...

    Article : 203 words
  20. CHINA.

    Further advices have been received from China relative to the offer of a German firm at Shanghai to pay to the Chinese Government an annual subsidy, for the privilege of ...

    Article : 155 words
  21. THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH.

    King Edward has conferred the order of Knight of the Garter upon the Duke of Marlborough, who has held the office of Paymaster-General of the British Army ...

    Article : 130 words
  22. SURRENDER OF A COMMANDO

    Commandant Visagie and all the burghers under his command have surrendered at Balmoral. ...

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  23. NEW ZEALANDERS CONVALESCENT.

    Surgeon-Capt. Bakewell and Lieut. Taplin, of the New Zealand mounted rifles, are convalescent, and have resumed duty. ...

    Article : 21 words
  24. THE ATLANTIC SHIPPING SYNDICATE.

    The German newspapers assert that Herr Ballin, the manager of the Hamburg-American line of steamers, has refused to accept the position of manager of the North ...

    Article : 59 words
  25. THE ENGLISHMEN'S AVERAGES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 218 words
  26. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    To-day William Robertson, while engaged in demolishing the old Western Australian Bank premises, now owned by Messrs. Foy and Gibson, who intend to erect new ...

    Article : 176 words
  27. ARBITRATION COURT CASES.

    Mr. Addison, Registrar under the Arbitration Court, came to a decision to-day with respect to appeals in connection with the Machine Shearers' Union and the ...

    Article : 168 words
  28. FRANCE.

    The studio in Paris formerly occupied by M. Frederic Humbert, who absconded a few weeks ago with large sums of money which his wife had obtained by false ...

    Article : 90 words
  29. THE ROCKDALE TRAGEDY.

    Thomas Nicholas Birch was placed on trial at the Central Criminal Court to-day, charged with the murder of Augustine Lawrence, at Rockdale, on April 25. ...

    Article : 133 words
  30. A RECLUSE ARTIST.

    Interesting evidence was adduced in a divorce case before Mr. Justice a'Beckett to-day, in which Ethel Georgina Portal petitioned for divorce from her husband. ...

    Article : 410 words
  31. A FORMIDABLE COMBINATION.

    Looked at any way, the English Eleven who will oppose the Australians on the Edgbaston Ground, Birmingham, on Thursday are extremely formidable. If they ...

    Article : 1,058 words
  32. THE CORONATION.

    King Lewinika, the enlightened paramount Chief of Barotseland, a region east of the Upper Zambesi River in Northern Rhodesia, has arrived in England in ...

    Article : 54 words
  33. A COSTLY LAWSUIT.

    The Chief Justice to-day delivered reserved judgment in the Henty case, the hearing of which occupied 47 sitting days of the court. The plaintiffs were two of the ...

    Article : 100 words
  34. A MEDICAL SCANDAL.

    A grave scandal has been revealed in Christchurch in connection with doctors' prescriptions. At a meeting of the Pharmaceutical Association it was stated by a ...

    Article : 218 words
  35. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    A deputation which waited on the Mayor of Sydney to-day contended that the cleansing operations in the city had been done in a reckless manner, and in some cases had ...

    Article : 211 words
  36. ENGLISH SPORTING.

    The Manchester Cup was run on Saturday over one and three-quarter miles, with the following result:—Rambling Katie, by Hampton—Barmaid ...

    Article : 71 words
  37. THE QUEENSLAND OUTLAWS.

    Rumours are current that the brothers Kenniff, who are wanted by the police on charges of having murdered Mr. Dalke, manager of Carnarvon station, and ...

    Article : 65 words
  38. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Silver.—The price of bar diver to-day is 2/ per oz., a fall of 1/8d. ...

    Article : 22 words
  39. ALLEGED NEGLECT OF A CHILD

    The result of a post-mortem examination on the body of Alice Nelson, a child 11 years of age, whose death was alleged to have been due to neglect, was given to a ...

    Article : 300 words
  40. ARRIVAL OF SIR HARRY RAWSON.

    The steamer Sonoma arrived at 8 o'clock this morning. Among the passengers were the new Governor of the State, Vice-Admiral Sir Harry Rawson, Lady Rawson ...

    Article : 117 words
  41. EXPERIENCES OF A BARQUE.

    The Norwegian barque Zelateur, which left Sydney in ballast for Adventure Bay, Tasmania, on May 6, returned to port to-night. When a few days out the Zelateur ...

    Article : 93 words
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