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  2. THE PASSING SHOW.

    The Anglers' Rest Inn, beloved of all Thames fishermen, was on November 3 completely gutted by fire. The landlord and occupier is Mr. Charles Robert Stone. ...

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  3. COURT SENSATION.

    There was a sensational scene in the Criminal Court at Birmingham to-day, during the trial of a burglar named Thomas Field, before Mr. Justice Ridley. ...

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  4. TRINITY COLLEGE PRACTICAL EXAMINATIONS.

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  5. MALICIOUS PROSECUTION.

    There was begun in the Courts on Wednesday an interesting sequel to the notorious "La Milo" (pearl necklace) case of last year, in which Miss Pansy Montagu ...

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  6. THE ARAB RISING.

    Latest news from the seat of the Turkish-Italian war is to the effect that 14 Arabs have been courtmartialled and hanged for participating in the insurrections from ...

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  7. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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  8. "A BOOK OF MIRTH."

    When the jury was being sworn in to investigate the South Mine totality on Saturday, one juryman, Thomas Atkin, refused to lake the oath. When requested to ...

    Article : 148 words
  9. MINE EXPLOSION.

    A report from Knoxville, Tennessee, states that in explosion has occurred in the main mine of the Gross Mountain system. About 100 miners have been ...

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  10. DEMORALIZING LITERATURE.

    A deputation, which included the Earl of Aberdeen, several bishops, field masters of schools and colleges, and representatives of rescue societies, waited upon the ...

    Article : 113 words
  11. KILLING THE ARABS.

    The Italian Prime Minister (Senor Gioitti), having impeached the accuracy of the reports of British war correspondents in Tripoli, which we published last week ...

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  12. SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS.

    The Afrikander Bond has been dissolved with a view of its members joining the new South African Party. ...

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  13. TRADE & LABOUR.

    QUORN, December 9.—At the monthly general meeting of the Quorn branch of the Railway Association, the Chairman (Mr. W. F. Halbert) presided over a good attendance. ...

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  14. A CANADIAN COMBINE.

    The Bank of Montreal has begun an action against Sir A. Sandford Fleming, seeking to recover payment of a promissory note. ...

    Article : 75 words
  15. PERSIA AND RUSSIA.

    The Persian Government has appealed to the American authorities to interfere diplomatically against Russia's ultimatum, which is aimed to destroy the power of ...

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  16. BILLIARDS TEST.

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  17. CANADA'S IDEALS.

    The Canadian Premier (Mr. Borden), speaking at a dinner given in his honour by the Canadian club in this city, gave the assurance that the defeat of ...

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  18. HALFPENNY CARDS.

    The Federal Executive Council has approved of a regulation allotting pictorial ind ocher postcards wholly printed to be posted at the halfpenny rate. The new ...

    Article : 163 words
  19. STATE LABOUR DEPARTMENT.

    PERTH, December 10.—The Australian Labour Federation has resolved that a State Labour Department must be created to take over the Government Labour Bureau, which ...

    Article : 70 words
  20. ENGLISHMAN FORGING AHEAD.

    At the close of Saturday night's session Stevenson was still forging ahead. Gray had replied with none of his huge breaks. The scores were: ...

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  21. CABLES IN BRIEF.

    The White Star Company is building an 18,000-ton vessel for the Australian passenger service. She is to be of the improved Suevic type. ...

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  22. LATE SHARE QUOTATIONS.

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  23. WIRELESS RIVALS.

    The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company has withdrawn its original action against the Telefunken Company, and has substituted another. The charges include ...

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  24. A GREAT OCTOPUS.

    Speaking at Creswick yesterday, the Premier (Mr. Murray) said the Federal Labour Government was a great octopus, reaching out its tentacles to grasp what belonged ...

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  25. PETTICOATS UNPOPULAR.

    The remarkable vogue of the hobble skirt fashion, has rendered, idle 20,000 work girls in Paris, through, the unpopularity of the petticoat. It is estimated ...

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  26. LATE MINING.

    Good development work is still being accomplished in the Junction Mine. In the old crushed ground in the McIntyre section a body of suphides, 52 ft. wide, has been proved on the ...

    Article : 109 words
  27. FOURTEEN DROWNED IN A WRECK.

    The Belgian steamer Vandyck has been wrecked off land's End, and 14 of the crew drowned. ...

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  28. THE "KANGAROOS."

    The Australasians won their match against Salford by 2 tries to 1. The play was witnessed by about 5,000 spectators. Each side secured a try in the first half. ...

    Article : 87 words
  29. VARSITIES' CROSS-COUNTRY RACE.

    Oxford beat Cambridge in the cross-country race by 39 points to 16. Sproule, a Melbourne student at Balliol, was placed third. ...

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  30. BREAKING OF SOUTH AFRICAN DROUGHT.

    A disastrous hailstorm in and around Johannesburg has ended a drought which has lasted for months past. ...

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  31. THE TOTALIZATOR.

    The select committee of the Legislative Assembly appointed to enquire into the totalizator question, will be turned into a coral commission, and the members will ...

    Article : 107 words
  32. FETES AND FAIRS.

    A successful strawberry fete and floral fair were held on Saturday afternoon and evening in a large marquee erected on the Richmond Baptist Church grounds. There was a big attendance. The ...

    Article : 272 words
  33. TO-DAY'S DIARY.

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  34. DYE WORKERS ON STRIKE.

    Two thousand dye workers in the Vale of Leven have gone out on strike for a 10. per cent. advance of wages. ...

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  35. "A PAGAN INSTITUTION."

    The Rev. C. Silvester Home (Liberal member for Ipswich) stated at the Free Church Conference at Anglesey that Nonconformists regarded the Church of ...

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  36. PRINCESS PATRICIA.

    Princess Patricia of Connaught has arrived at Ottawa, and has joined her royal parents. ...

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  37. MAURETANIA DRY DOCKED.

    Owing to the strain occasioned through her running aground, the great Cunard liner Mauretania has had to be dry docked. She will not resume her trans-Atlantic trips ...

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  38. TRANSVAAL'S WONDERFUL WEALTH.

    There was a record output of gold from the Transvaal during the month of November. There was obtained 719,739 oz., valued aL £3,057,213. ...

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  39. WHIPPET RACING.

    The Broken Hill Whippet Club held two handicaps—one of 120 yards and one of 100 yards—at See Park on Saturday. The 120-yards handicap resulted as follows:—Loch ...

    Article : 59 words
  40. HORRIBLE CRIME.

    Walter Perry, a coachman, has been sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for manslaughter. He abducted a five-year-old child near Staines, and. after having ...

    Article : 58 words
  41. HOSPITAL SPORTS.

    The Sydney Hospital centenary sports meeting was concluded last night. The chief events resulted as follow:—International Half-mile.—R. J. McNamara (Dubbo). A. ...

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  42. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  43. DEATH OF A WESTERN AUSTRALIAN STOCKBROKER.

    The death is announced of Mr. Lewis Aarons, a Western Australian stockbroker, who had been for some time in England upon a visit. ...

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  44. A GLENELG BAZAAR.

    A bazaar and fet in aid of Minda, at Brighton, was held in the Masonic Hall, Glenelg, on Saturday afternoon and evening. The Rev. John Lumsden, rector of St. Peter's, Glenelg, in a ...

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  45. POLITICS IN GERMANY.

    The Reichstag was dissolved to-day. General elections will take place on January 12. ...

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  46. AUSTRALIAN NOTES.

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  47. NEW SHIP FOR ADELAIDE STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

    The Adelaide Steamship Company's latest addition to its fleet, the Warilda, has been launched at Dalmuir, on the Clyde. ...

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    A householder who had had a desperate fight on his staircase with a man with masked face gave a dramatic account of the struggle at the Acton Police Court. The ...

    Article : 343 words
  51. LUNACY IN THE WEST.

    The annual report of the Lunacy Department for the year ended June list shore the number of lunatics to be 798, or an increase of 14. The percentage of insane ...

    Article : 89 words
  52. A CARNEGIE LIBRARY.

    Mr. Andrew Carnegie recently granted the Midland Municipal Council £1,500 for the erection, of a Carnegie library The lowest tender for the erection of the ...

    Article : 56 words
  53. SAUSAGE SKINS.

    The Federal commerce officers have decided that sausage skins are not meat within the meaning of the export regulations, and a gazette notice has been issued ...

    Article : 51 words
  54. Advertising

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