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  2. KING EDWARD MEMORIAL.

    Aubrey Bettridge, 33; Andrew, Effie, and Isabel Hadarick, Maud Goldfinch, Vera and Lina Folland, and Ethel Williams, each 12; Robert Lee, 7; Kathleen Catt, Thomas Frost, Myrtle ...

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  3. IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

    It is officially announced that Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, Adjutant-General of the Forces, and Second Military Member of the Army Council, has been appointed to the ...

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  4. FIGHT ABANDONED.

    A Reuter message intimates that the promoter of the pugilistic encounter between Al Kauffman and Sam' Langford (Mr. L. Blot) Las cancelled the engagement. ...

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  5. RONALD-HARPER CASE.

    The Atheneum was crowded this afternoon with a representative gathering of persons desirous of expressing their sympathy with and respect for Rp. Robert ...

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  6. HONOUR FOR AUSTRALIAN.

    Mr. Bertram Mackennal, the celebrated Australian sculptor, has been commissioned to design and model the coronation medal and the coinage for the new reign. ...

    Article : 63 words
  7. SAFETY OF SUBMARINES.

    The many disasters to submarines caused through collisions or defects in machinery have caused the naval authorities to mate careful experiments to secure appliances ...

    Article : 123 words
  8. BOOT TRADE

    The High Court to-day had the boot trade award under review. Whybrow and Co. and several other boot manufacturers of Victoria, New South Wales, South ...

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  9. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JUN.

    Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt on Monday attended the marriage of their eldest son Theodore to Eleanor B. Alexander, the daughter of one of the best-known ...

    Article : 59 words
  10. FRENCH RAILWAY DISASTER.

    The fire which swept the wrecked trains at Villepreux, in France, on Saturday night, has proved to be the most dreadful feature of the occurrence. Additional ...

    Article : 188 words
  11. WHO'S AFRAID?

    Mr. E. H. D. Sewell, the well-known Essex cricketer and writer, in an article contributed to Sporting Life, state that the Australian Board of Control does not ...

    Article : 331 words
  12. BOY SCOUTS.

    His Majesty the King has accepted the position of Patron of the Boy Scouts— the movement headed by Gen. Sir Robert Baden-Powell, and for which a fund amounting to ...

    Article : 41 words
  13. ALTERATION IN BRITISH ARMY.

    It is officially announced that Mjr.-Gen. J. S. Ewart, C.B., who was appointed Military Secretary at headquarters in 1904 and Director of Military Operations in 1906 ...

    Article : 68 words
  14. PREMIER MURRAY'S REMARKS.

    The Premier (Mr. Murray) slated to-day thai Mr. Robert Harper's suggestion regarding the appointment of a royal commission to enquire into the action of the ...

    Article : 51 words
  15. RISE IN WHEAT.

    Hot and dry weather conditions in the wheat belts of North and Sooth Dakota and the State of Minnesota have caused great apprehensions in reference to the ...

    Article : 111 words
  16. ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S CONTENTION.

    In the course of defence of his action in filing a presentment against Messrs. Robert and William Harper, and Brocket and Kemp, in the recent conspiracy case after ...

    Article : 309 words
  17. AUSTRALASIAN WARSHIPS.

    The keel of the New Zealand cruiser-battleship of the Indefatigable type was laid on Monday. The building of Australia's war vessel will be begun on Thursday. ...

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  18. COLLISION AT SEA.

    A disastrous collision baa occurred between two steamers off Holyhead, in the Irish Sea. The steamer Yews—a three-masted vessel ...

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  19. Character Sketch.

    General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, K.C.B., D.S.O., Colonel of the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, who succeeded Lieut.-Gen. Sir C. W. H. Douglas on June ...

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  20. BRITISH MEAT SUPPLY.

    In committee in the House of Commons on Monday the discussion on the vote on account of the Civil Service led to a debate on the question of the meat supply in Great ...

    Article : 236 words
  21. CANADIAN FORCES.

    The Inspector-General (Sir John French), after inspecting the Canadian Field Artillery at the Petewawa Camp, stated that those persons in Great Britain who thought ...

    Article : 60 words
  22. BOARD OF CONTROL OPINION.

    With reference to the cablegram regarding the South African cricket team, Mr. Sinclair (Secretary of the Cricket Board of Control) said to-night that he did not think ...

    Article : 166 words
  23. TRUNK MYSTERY.

    Further investigations into the mystery surrounding the barbarous death of Mrs. Charlton Porter in Lake Como, and the disappearance of her husband, throw a ...

    Article : 158 words
  24. GOVERNOR OF GIBRALTAR.

    Gen. Sir Archibald Hunter, until recently in command of the Southern Army in India, has been appointed Governor of! Gibraltar. ...

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  25. MURDER AND SUICIDE.

    An enquiry was held to-day into the tragedy which occurred at the Sir Walter Scott Hotel, Elizabeth street, on May 31. The Coroner found—"That John Tunks ...

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  26. THE SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    R. Arnst, the champion sculler of New. Zealand, who will row E. Barry, of England, for the championship of the world od the Zambesi in August, left Capetown ...

    Article : 44 words
  27. WONDERFUL FLIGHTS

    Two extraordinary and highly significant performances have been lately credited to German "air men." One of the Imperial Government's fleet ...

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  28. VICTORIA.

    William J. Richardson, a young man, was arrested at Korumburra on Sunday on a charge of having unlawfully assaulted Alexander Becker, and occasioned bodily ...

    Article : 83 words
  29. MEATPACKERS INDICTED.

    Legal proceedings have begun at Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S.A., to debar five meat packing companies from doing business in Missouri. The firms affected include ...

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  30. LITERARY SOCIETIES.

    FEELING, June 20.—The literary and debating society is losing the services of one of its most valued members. Mr. H. N. Ellis, who is removing from the district. Mention was made ...

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  31. LAWN TENNIS.

    In the All England Lawn Tennis Single Championship events A. F. Wilding and S. N. Doust were victorious in the first round. The former defeated Roper-Barrett, 4—6 ...

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  32. COLLAPSED HOUSE.

    For some reason, the explanation of which has not been forthcoming, a two-storied house in the large Galician city of Lemberg (in Austria) suddenly collapsed. ...

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  33. VICTORIAN MEAT.

    The Victorian Agent-General in London (Sir John Taverner) has advised the Premier (Mr. Murrey) that he has succeeded in arranging with the Washington State ...

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  34. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    Lieut.-Col. Sir Arthur Bigge, I.S.O., who was Private Secretary to His Majesty as Prince of Wales, has informed Col. Paine (the leader of the Australian Bisley team) ...

    Article : 62 words
  35. EDUCATION BILL.

    The State Ministry to-day considered the Education Bill, which will be reintroduced this Session. It was agreed that the main principles of the old Bill should be ...

    Article : 74 words
  36. BUTTER FRAUDS.

    The case of the New South Wales, Victorian, and Queensland Agents-General against Coopman Brothers, the London produce merchants, who were charged with ...

    Article : 66 words
  37. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

    Mr. Grant Watson, who will take part in the Cambridge ethnological expedition in Western Australia, to be led by Mr. Alfred Brown, Fellow in Ethnology of Trinity ...

    Article : 130 words
  38. NEW ZEALAND DINNER.

    The annual New Zealand dinner was held at the Trocadero on Monday night. The High Commissioner (Mr. W. Hall Jones) presided, and among those present were ...

    Article : 222 words
  39. AN ACTOR DEAD.

    The death is announced of Mr. Henry Neville, a well-known old actor. Henry Neville was the son of the late John Gartside Neville ("Handsome Jack") ...

    Article : 239 words
  40. ROWDY MEETING.

    Two men were put out of a temperance meeting at Prahran to-night, at which the Premier (Mr. Murray) gave a lecture on "The advantages of total abstinence." His ...

    Article : 39 words
  41. LONDON'S HEAT WAVE.

    Tuesday was a hot day in London. The temperature reached 81 deg. in the shade, which is the record since August 15, 1909. ...

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  42. THE TORRENSIDE FIRE

    The Hindmarsh Volunteer Brigade, directed by Mr. J. Duncan, were responsible for a fine piece of work at the fire which occurred on the premises of Kitchen and ...

    Article : 381 words
  43. ITCHING PILES.

    Probably half the people who see this article suffer from Piles. It is one of the commonest of diseases, and one of the most obstinate. People have it for years, and just ...

    Article : 381 words
  44. BOARD OF GUARDIANS SCANDAL.

    The President of the Local Government Board (Mr. John Burns) has ordered that a preliminary investigation shall be held! into an alleged Board of Guardians ...

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  45. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Silver.—The price of standard silver to-day is 2/¾, an advance of 1/8d. since Tuesday last. LONDON, June 21, 4.30 a.m. ...

    Article : 130 words
  46. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Australian Coking and By-products Company, Limited, has secured an area of 20 acres in Hexham. Contracts have been signed for the supply of 100,000 tons of ...

    Article : 53 words
  47. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    President Taft has signed the necessary documents admitting the territories of Arizona and New Mexico to full statehood. ...

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  48. SOCIALIST FEDERATION.

    At Bricknell's cafe on Tuesday night a complimentary social was tendered, under the auspices of the South Australian Branch of the Socialist Federation of ...

    Article : 160 words
  49. OVERSEA SHIPPING.

    At Channel (for orders).—Ville de Dijou, barque, from Sydney March 6; Strathavon, steamer, Geelong April 12; Downhill, ship, Sydney February 25; Caterina Accame ...

    Article : 80 words
  50. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Premier (Sir Joseph Ward), replying to a deputation, said he proposed to get authority from Parliament this session to enable the Government to spend half a ...

    Article : 101 words
  51. MOTOR MISHAP.

    It was reported on Monday morning that Professor Thomas Michael Kettle (Nationalist member for East Tyrone since 1906) had been seriously injured in a ...

    Article : 66 words
  52. CAPT. COOK MEMORIAL

    Last month the British Empire League started to raise a fund of £3,000 for the erection of a monument in London to Capt. Cook, the great circumnavigator, who ...

    Article : 56 words
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