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  2. COURT PRESSURE.

    The Attorney-General's Department has for some time felt the need of appointing additional Special Magistrates, whose services could be utilized to relieve the work ...

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  3. DEFENCE ACT.

    Peace did hot prevail at a gathering of the Australian Freedom League, held on Thursday evening in the Friends' Meeting House, to enter a protest against the ...

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  4. THEBARTON INCIDENT.

    At the meeting of the Thebarton Council on Thursday evening, Ald. Stacey, on a motion for the adoption of the financial committee's report, expressed ...

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  5. MESSAGE FROM THE KING.

    His Majesty the King, in a message to President Taft, deplored the terrible loss of subjects of two countries which are so intimately allied by ties of friendship and ...

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  6. THE TITANIC DISASTER.

    The details of the Titanic's alleged collision with the iceberg, as published in The New York Herald and other journals— purporting to have been particulars picked ...

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  7. TRAMWAYS CASE.

    Alfred Overdon, motorman at Adelaide, was further cross-examined in the tramways case in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day. ...

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  8. Sympathy at Port Adelaide.

    The Missions to Semen at Port, Adelaide have issued a circular conveying sympathy with those who have suffered through the loss of the steamers Koomhana and Titanic ...

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  9. THE DEMAND FOR LUXURIES.

    The steamship owners bitterly resent the severe comments that have been made. They throw the blame upon those who travel by the boats and demand luxuries ...

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  10. SYMPATHY FROM EUROPEAN COURTS.

    All the Courts of Europe have tendered expressions of sympathy with the two nations immediately concerned in the disaster. ...

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  11. A CAPTAIN'S WARNING.

    The captain of the liner Amerika is reported to have telegraphed that he warned the commander of the Titanic of the danger of icebergs a few minutes before the ...

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  12. References at Thebarton.

    At the meeting of the Thebarton Council on Thursday evening the Mayor (Mr. A. A. Collins) made sympathetic reference to the lass of the Titanic. He spoke feelingly, as ...

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  13. WARNING FROM TUNISIAN.

    The twin steel screw Allan liner Tunisian, 10,576 tons, was 24 hours in the ice during her Atlantic voyage last week. Her commander reports that 200 icebergs ...

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  14. AT THE LAUNCHING.

    "It was the most impressive thing that I have ever seen brought about by the hand of man," said Dr. Ronald MacDougall, when questioned on Tuesday by a ...

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  15. DRIFTING ICEBERGS.

    Sir—The abnormally lot summer experienced in the northern hemisphere during 1911 has had the effect of detaching immense quantities of ice in the north polar ...

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  16. BELIEF FUNDS.

    The Mansion House Fund for the relief of relatives of victims in the Titanic wreck now amounts to £6,000. His Majesty King George has given 500 ...

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  17. MISSING MEN OF WEALTH AND FAME.

    Among the prominent personages rumoured by wireless to have been picked up in the Titanic's boats are Lady Cosmo Gordon, wife of Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, ...

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  18. THE LOST MAIL.

    There were 3,000 sacks of mail on the Titanic, including 1,586 from London. The approximate value of the registered matter has not yet been ascertained. ...

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  19. RUMOUR OF MORE SURVIVORS.

    The Carpathia has announced by wireless that the roll call of survivors fixes the number on board at 705. The liner is expected to arrive in this port early on ...

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  20. SEARCHING FOR FATHER.

    Mr. Astor, son of Col. Astor, who was a passenger by the Titanic, and is believed to be drowned, is much concerned regarding his father's fate. He has chartered a ...

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  21. COLLISIONS WITH ICEBERGS.

    A remarkable escape from destruction after colliding with an fecberg was that of the famous Atlantic greyhound Arizona, of the now extinct Guion line, on her ...

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  22. RANDWICK BURGLARIES.

    Alfred Smith, aged 23 appeared before the City Court to-day on two charges of burglary at Randwick. The burglaries were alleged to have been committed at dwelling ...

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  23. "UNSINKABLE" LINERS.

    In view of the fact that Mr. W. T. Stead (editor of The Review of Reviews) is believed to have gone down with the Titanic, it is interesting to recall his ...

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  24. PLAN OF ROUTE.

    The Steamer was making the Voyage fr om Southampton to New York, and south of Cape Race struck an Iceberg. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  25. CRUMPLED HALF HER LENGTH.

    The Marconi station at St. John's, Newfoundland, has picked up communication with the British steamer Bruce, on her way to Sydney, Nova Scotia. ...

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  26. THE LAST RITES.

    The cable steamer Mackay Bennett has left Halifax, Nova Scotia, having on board undertakers and clergymen, who desire to perform the funeral rites in connection ...

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  27. CONDOLENCE FROM AUSTRALIA.

    The following message was to-day day patched by the Governor-General (Lord Denman) to the Secretary of State for the Colonies:—"In behalf of the people of ...

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  28. WOMEN AND CHILDREN SAFE.

    The United States cruiser Chester, now engaged in relaying work, has received a wireless from the Carpathia giving an assurance of the safety of all the women and ...

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  29. WORLDWIDE SYMPATHY.

    Cable messages of sympathy have been received from the New Zealand Government, the Lord Mayor of Sydney, and other Australian sources. ...

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  30. "SHOOT ME, SHOOT ME."

    To-day the City Coroner conducted an enquiry into the death of William Trehearne, aged 61. at Stanmore, on April 11. The evidence disclosed that two contables ...

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  31. REPORTS PROM THE PARISIAN.

    Advices from Halifax, capital of Nova Scotia, state that the Allan liner Parisian has arrived there. Her captain reports that he had not received any news ...

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  32. FIFTY YEARS AGO.

    Attention has been directed to the fact that the system, so loudly denounced in the mother country, of allowing burial places to be established in the centre of populous ...

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  33. MISLEADING REPORTS.

    Strong comments nave been made relative to the false and misleading character of the telegraphed news concerning the Titanic disaster, emanating from America. ...

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  34. VICTORIA'S SYMPATHY.

    The Governor (Sir John Fuller) to-day dispatched the following cable massage to the Secretary of State for the Colonies:—"The Governor, on behalf of the ...

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  35. THE REGISTER HILLS FIRE FUND.

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  36. JUSTICES REGRET.

    At a meeting of the Council of the Justices' Association on Thursday the following motion was unanimously adopted:—"That the Council of this Association, in regular ...

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  37. CASUALTIES.

    Mrs. Mary Bird, aged 76 years, relict of the late Mr. Joseph Bird, Glen Osmond road, Eastwood, while walking to catch the 7.15 p.m. train from Lares Bay to ...

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  38. CONFIRMATORY NEWS.

    A message from St. Johns states that the Allan liner Carthaginian has arrived in the Newfoundland port. Her commander reports that his vessel lay for two days in ...

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  39. HILLS FIRES RELIEF FUND.

    The secretary to the committee of the above fund advises that at a meeting of the committee, held on Wednesday afternoon, it was resolved that the secretary should ...

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  40. "INADEQUATE" BOAT ACCOMMODATION.

    The Rt. Hon. Alexander Carlisle, consulting advisor to Messrs. Harland and Wolff, says that the boat accommodation on the Titanic was inadequate. He points ...

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  41. MORE BOAT ACCOMMODATION.

    The Right Hon. Alexander Carlisle, P.C., consultant and adviser to Messrs. Harland and Wolff, and ex-Chairman of managing directors—the actual builder-in-chief of the ...

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  42. MARINE UNDERWRITERS' RESOLUTION.

    At a meeting of the South Australian Marine Underwriters' Association on Thursday the following motion was carried:—"The committee learns with deep regret of ...

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  43. Advertising

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  44. MR. HAYES SAFE.

    It is now definitely known that Mr. C. M. Hayes (President of the Canadian (Grand Trunk Railway) is among the saved. ...

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  45. DEEPSEA SHIPS.

    During the next 12 months the Melbourne Harbour Trust will spend, apart altogether from ordinary maintenance work, £254,000 on improving the facilities for handling ...

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  46. Some of the Passengers

    The passengers by the Titanic included the following, in addition to those whose names have been already telegraphed:— Mr. Thomas Pears, the well-known soap ...

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  47. ICEBERGS AND FOGS.

    A'continuous service of 13 years in White Star Atlantic liners renders Mr. Williams, chief officer of the Medic, now at Melbourne, competent to describe the dangers ...

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  48. A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN STEWARDESS.

    Miss Evelyn Marsden, daughter of Mr. W. H. Marsden, railway stationmaster at Hoyleton, was a first saloon stewardess on the Titanic, and naturally her parents are ...

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  49. A BROKEN LEG.

    At a late hour on Wednesday evening a labourer named Samuel-Scoble was discovered, in a gutter in Robe street, Port Adelaide, with his left leg broken below ...

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  50. BEARS IN THE ATLANTIC.

    The captain of the steamship La Bretaane, which has reached New York, reports that huge icebergs were observed from his vessel during the voyage, and that ...

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  51. SEARCH FOR BODIES.

    A specially equipped steamer has been dispatched to the scene of the catastrophe to search for any bodies that may have come to the surface since the departure of the ...

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  52. Advertising

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  53. THOMAS FLEITT FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 243 words
  54. LACERATED BRAIN.

    Henry Duffield, aged 67, of Athelstone, was knocked down by an electric car in front of the Adelaide Hospital on Thursday evening at about 7 o'clock. He was ...

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  55. Advertising

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  56. THE BOATS OF THE TITANIC.

    Mr. Alexander Carlisle has made a further statement in regard to the Titanic. He says that when making designs for the Olympic and Titanic he suggested the ...

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  57. SURVIVORS ON THE CARPATHIA.

    A wireless message was received from the Carpathia some time this (Wednesday) afternoon that practically all of the survivors had recovered from their awful experiences ...

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  58. Advertising

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  59. RELIEF FUNDS OPENED.

    A memorial service will be held in St. Paul's on Friday. The Lord Mayor of London has opened a Mansion House relief fund, and has ...

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  60. Advertising

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  61. LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATION.

    The United States Senate has adopted a motion demanding a comprehensive investigation into the Titanic disaster. Some of the survivors of the wreck will ...

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  62. PFEFFER TO DEE.

    Cabinet refused to-day to reprieve Joseph Victor Pfeffer. who was sentenced to death for the murder of Florence Whitley. He will be hanged on April 29 at the ...

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  63. FIVE SISTERS BEREFT.

    Scenes of pathos and suffering have continuously occurred before the offices of the White Star Company, in Cockspur street. A band of about 50 sorrowing relatives ...

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  64. "CHASING THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR."

    A Bill has been introduced into Congress to prohibit liners from entering or clearing United States ports without sufficient apparatus to accommodate all passengers. The ...

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