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THE SPRINGBOKS.
'A number of cricket enthusiasts, including several ladies assembled in the Adelaide Town Hall on Saturday morning to welcome the South African cricketers ...
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FINCHES WHISTLING.
Telegrams from Perth, published in The Register on Saturday, stated that the prevailing impression at Southern Cross was that the Bullfinch field had come to stay. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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STRIKE RIOTS.
The strike of express wagon-drivers at Manhattan, Long Island, is spreading with alarming consequences. There was further rioting yesterday. The mob attacked tie ...
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THE KAISER.
Extraordinary precautions were taken by the police authorities in connection with the departure of the Kaiser after his visit to King Albert. These ...
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AVIATION.
Having searchingly tested the airship Clement Bayard II., the British Government has decided to purchase the dirigible from iU inventor, M. Clement. The ...
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COLLISION AT SEA.
The owner of the barque Eclipse, 3,090 tons, has recovered damages against the owner of the barque Dupleix, 2,200 tons, which came into collision with the former ...
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LUNACY INCREASING.
Dr. L. Forbes Winsloe, the famous founder of the British Hospital for Mental Disorders, giving evidence before the Royal Commission on Lunacy, stated that ...
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AMERICAN POLITICS.
The Hon. Elihu Root, Senator for New York, and formerly Secretary of War and Secretary of State, peaking in this city yesterday said if Mr. Taft ...
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AVIATRESS SLOWLY RECOVERING.
The Baroness de la Roche, who met with a serious fall from her aeroplane at Rheims in July, and whose life was for a time despaired of, is making gradual progress ...
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FAITH HEALING.
Ten prominent medical men and ten clergymen have held a private conference in the chapter-house of St. Paul's Cathedral to discuss the question of co-operation ...
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THE FRENCH STRIKE.
The Minister for Public Works and Railways (M. Millerand) has announced that the Government has decided to copy the legislative methods employed by Great ...
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ANOTHER AMERICAN RECORD.
The New York Aero Club's aviation meeting was continued at Belmont Park yesterday. The rough weather had seriously interfered with the success of the ...
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COMMERCE AND FINANCE.
Silver.—The price of standard silver to-day is 2/1 11-16, a decline since Thursday of 3-16d. LONDON, October 29, 6.55 a.m. ...
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UNITED STATES.
It is reported that the United States Ambassador to Turkey (Mr. O. S. Straus), who has been at Constantinople since October last year, has resigned. The report ...
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THE GORDON BENNETT CUP.
Messrs. Hamilton, Armstrong Drexel, and Walter Brookins, all well-known aviators, have been nominated as defenders of the Gordon Bennett Cup, the international ...
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LOS ANGELES EXPLOSION.
The Grand Jury at Los Angeles found that The Times newspaper building, and plant won wrecked recently as the result of dynamite having been placed on or near ...
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Derwent Jack Option Syndicate.
A meeting of the allottees of shares was held at the arbitration room, Brookman's Building, on Friday afternoon. Mr. S. E. Beach presided. The memorandum and ...
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SLUMP IN MELBOURNE.
Little more than a simmering interest was maintained in Bullfinch stocks by Melbourne operators on Saturday. An occasional echo of the still excited dealings ...
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A NON-STOP FLIGHT.
M. Tabuteau travelled on his aeroplane round the aerodrome at Etampes for six tours without stopping, and in that time covered 288½ miles. ...
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GORSE HALL TRAGEDY.
At the Cheater assizes to-day a verdict of not guilty was brought in by the jury against Mark Wilde, an ex-soldier, who was tried upon a charge of having murdered ...
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COLLAPSE OF SEATING.
During a prize fight in the Old City Hall at Pittsburg yesterday a large section of seating accommodation, which had been erected temporarily, collapsed, and many ...
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SENSATIONAL RACE.
The aviation race for the Gordon Bennett Cup for speed took place yesterday at Belmont Park over a course of about 62 miles. There were eight entrants, comprising three ...
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THE SUNSHINE OF THE RUSH.
Last night the main streets and hotels were thronged with strangers, many of whom were familiar at Coolgardie and fannan's in the early days of the 90 ...
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SPANISH POLITICS.
Another political crisis is not unlikely in Spain. In the Senate to-day the Premier (Senor Canalejas) threatened to resign office unless ...
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REVOLUTION IN URUGUAY.
The revolutionary outbreak in the Republic of Uruguay is regarded, as serious. A band of revolutionaries recently entered the north portion of the country ...
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A GOOD PRACTICE.
The reception over the South Africans hurried to the University Oval and had a knock before luncheon, which they partook at the Adelaide Oval with the ...
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PERSIA.
Advices from Constantinople assert that the 6th Turkish Army Corps recently crowed the frontier into Persia, and occupied Uramia and Kermanshehir. The ...
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PLAGUE PANIC.
The Local Government Board deprecates the possibility of arousing a plague panic in England owing to infection from rats. There has been a tremendous ...
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EXTRA MEN.
On their arrival list Wednesday, the Africans were delighted to hear that Sinclair had arranged to follow them a fortnight later. They were interested on ...
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THE BARRIER.
Citizens generally, are again agitating hard through meeting and resolution for the Umberumberka water scheme, and there seems every hope that the new ...
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RAPID FLYING
Driving a Bleriot machine of 100-horse-power, M. Moren flew a mile in a minute it the Belmont Park Meeting. ...
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ANOTHER MAN MAY COME.
The Cricket Association is considering the question of sending another cricketer in addition to J. H. Sinclair, to join the South African tram. Sinclair is at present ...
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FEDERAL AFFAIRS.
On Saturday it was stated in a cable message that the most trade in London was perturbed at the serious increase of worm nodules lately manifest in Australian ...
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CABLES IN BRIEF.
Mr. Fairlie Cunninghame, a young Sydney sculptor, has been granted a year a free tuition at the London Royal College of Art. ...
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AEROPLANES IN WAR.
The Russian Government has ordered 23 aeroplanes of various makes. ...
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CABLE SERVICE.
The statements that recent negotiations on the part of the Atlantic cable companies indicated the formation of a combine are denied in America, and it is ...
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VICTORIA.
The Conference of the Political Labour Council, which was held at the Trades Hall yesterday and to-day, was the larges attended of any similar gatherings. There ...
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FARMANS FOR AMERICA
The United States Government is negotiating for the purchase of ten aeroplanes of the Henry Farman type. ...
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A GLOWING REPORT.
Mr. C. Jones, the prospector of the Bullfinch, is now in Perthm and says that six lodes, all auriferous, have been proved. Developments up to Friday night:—No. 1 ...
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LADY OF THE LAMP.
At an influential meeting under the Presidency of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, M.P., it was resolved to arrange for the establishment of an Empire memorial to the ...
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RED CROSS SOCIETY.
The death has occurred in this, city of Dr. Dumant, founder of the International Red Cross Society. The doctor originated the Geneva ...
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THE DESTROYERS.
The Commonwealth destroyers Yarra and Parrramatta have left Colombo, on their last stage of the voyage to their home waters. ...
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STRUCK OIL.
Advices received from Sarawak, in the of Borneo, state that the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company, Limited, of London, have struck oil at a depth of 450 ...
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AFTER SIXTEEN YEARS.
Mr. Waldron, son., of Mount Cole, met with an accident 10 years ago, by which a large splinter was driven into his left hand. Two pieces have remained in the ...
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BILLIARDS.
In reply to the challenge issued by George Gray, the Australian hog billiardist, to Melbourne Inman or any other player to a match of 18,000 up level for ...
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INSPECTION OF STALLIONS.
At a meeting of the Kerang Agricultural Society Committee on Friday Mr. E. Wren, the owner of the thoroughbred stallion, Hymettus, complained that he had been ...
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CAPE TO CAIRO.
The section of the Cape to Cairo Railway from Wadnedani to Senar will be opened on November 1. ...
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EXPLOSIVES STOLEN.
A considerable quantity of explosives has been stolen from a railway wagon while in transit between Nantes and Vernon. ...
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
The Greater Perth movement has received a setback by the refusal of Subiaco, the most populous suburban municipality, to join in the scheme. The other ...
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BRIGHT PROSPECTS GENERALLY.
W. J. Loring, partner of Bewick, Moreing, & Co., this afternoon, before leaving Kalgoorlie, was seen by a representative of The Register, On being asked for an ...
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FRENCH ARMY UNIFORMS.
The Minister for War (Gen. Brun) is adopting khaki grey or other neutral tint for the uniforms of the French Army. ...
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NEW SOUTH WALES ELECTIONS.
The result of to-morrow's elections in Hustings, MacLeay, and Durham are looked forward to with the greatest possible interest. Should these, constituencies return ...
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SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION.
The members of the Scottish Agricultural Commission, who have spent nearly a month in Queensland and the northern portion of New South Wales, returned to ...
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FORGERS AT WORK.
The Treasury officials have been informed of the report that a gang of forgers intends to circulate paper, purporting to be Australian notes, when the ...
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PROJECTED CANAL.
The Government surveyors report that there are no insuperable obstacles to the construction of the projected canal from Winnipeg Luke to the Rookies via the ...
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A STATE HOTEL.
A numerously signed petition has been presented to the Attorney-General, asking for the establishment of a State hotel in the timber centre of Marrioup. Mr. ...
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WELCHER IMPRISONED.
A bookmaker named Victor McDun (alias Robert Watson) was arrested at the Wellington Races and charged with welching. He was sent to prison for one ...
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