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  2. ACTING-SERGRANT H. GLACKIN.

    Acting-sergeant H. Glackin, whose retirement from the police was foreshadowed some weeks ago has received information from the office [?] the Commissioner that he ...

    Article : 43 words
  3. WHAT THE KAISER READS.

    The German Emperor does not really read newspapers nor reviews, except on very rare and important occasions, when his interest is especially excited. He has ...

    Article : 1,298 words
  4. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The Governor-General (the Earl of Hopetoun) in the early part of the week sent a cablegram to the Secretary of State for the colonies (the Hight Hon. J. ...

    Article : 1,120 words
  5. THE WAR.

    Reuter's Agency states that Mr. P. D. De Wet, Chairman of the Bloemfontein Peace Commission, has made a passionate appeal to his brother, General De Wet, to ...

    Article : 787 words
  6. CHINA.

    The Pekin correspondent of "The Times" complains that the British Government neglected the opportunity of foreclosing on the Pekin-Shan-hai-kwan Railway. China ...

    Article : 141 words
  7. IN THE COLONIES.

    The Governor (Lord Lamington) has received a cablegram stating that Private Goodwin, of the Queensland Bushmen's corps, is dangerously ill. This is taken to ...

    Article : 120 words
  8. DEATH OF INSPECTOR J. SHAKE SPEARE.

    The Gold Warden at Charters Towers, says the Brisbane " Telegraph " of Tuesday, notified the Under-secretary for Mines that Mr. Joseph Shakespeare, ...

    Article : 64 words
  9. CABLE MESSAGES. THE PACIFIC CABLE BOARD.

    The Pacific Cable Board has been reconstituted. Sir Spencer Walpole, who was Secretary of the British Post Office from 1893 to ...

    Article : 106 words
  10. NEW BANK AT LONGREACH.

    The tender of Mr. J. Bremner has been Accepted for the erection of premises for the Bank of Australasia at Longreach. The building will be in Eagle-street ...

    Article : 185 words
  11. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS [By Telegraph.] NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A disquieting report was received from Lismore to-day that a Hindoo in the Hospital at Wyrallah was suffering from plague. The Board of Health is sending an ...

    Article : 114 words
  12. THE QUEEN.

    The proposal of the Viceroy of India (Lord Curzon) that a national memorial to the Queen should be erected in Calcutta by the people of India has received an ...

    Article : 537 words
  13. THE TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIN.

    The President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce (Mr. Thomson), in the course of a speech at the annual meeting of the Chamber, said ...

    Article : 77 words
  14. QUEENSLAND NEWS.

    Mr. G. Hanify, who was nominated as a candidate for Bulimba, has withdrawn. Consequently there is now no Labour representative. ...

    Article : 269 words
  15. THE WEIGHT OF BREAD.

    A deputation representing the Queensland Operative Bakers' Society, and consisting of Messrs. F. M'Donnell, T. Dibley, H. Turley, and M. Reid, MM.L.A., Mr. ...

    Article : 271 words
  16. VICTORIA.

    An attempt was made by a woman named Catherine Caulfield to shoot John Edge, a railway porter at the Spencer-street Railway Station,this morning. Miss Caulfield has an ...

    Article : 375 words
  17. THE STEEL RAIL INDUSTRY.

    A combination known as Morgans Syndicate has been formed in the United States, with a capital of $400,000,000 (£92,000,000), to ensure the control of the steel rail ...

    Article : 38 words
  18. BRITISH ORDERS FOR AMERICAN RAILWAY MATERIAL.

    The Great Eastern Railway company of England has ordered 8000 tons of steel rails from the steel factories of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. ...

    Article : 34 words
  19. TRANSFER OF CARNEGIE'S WORKS.

    The works of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, the "Iron King," have been transferred from Pittsburg (Pennsylvania) to Piermont, on the Hudson River, twenty-three miles to ...

    Article : 36 words
  20. THE DUKE OF CORNWALL'S ILLNESS.

    The Duke of Cornwall and York has so far recovered from his illness as to be able to take a short walk indoors. ...

    Article : 31 words
  21. PETROLEUM DISASTER IN RUSSIA.

    A disaster is reported at Baku, capital of the Russian province of that name, on the Caspian Sea. A petroleum magazine containing 20,000,000 poods of oil (about ...

    Article : 72 words
  22. "ADAPTATION OF THE STORY OF CHRIST."

    In the year 1895, says the London "Daily Standard," the trustees of the British Museum purchased a fine papyrus roll, written on both sides, the obverse bearing ...

    Article : 333 words
  23. THE SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    The Premier (the Hon. R. Philp), speaking at a dinner given by the Early Closing Association last night in response to the toast of " The Commonwealth," said he ...

    Article : 366 words
  24. ITALIAN MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

    A Ministerial crisis has taken place in Italy. The Chamber of Deputies, by a majority of 318 votes to 102, passed a motion disapproving of the general policy ...

    Article : 52 words
  25. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Ovalau, which arrived at Auckland from the Eastern Pacific last night, brought news of the sensational burning at sea of the four-masted ship Pyrennees, bound ...

    Article : 102 words
  26. A "HOOLIGAN" IN TROUBLE.

    One of the London roughs known as "The Hooligans" has been sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude for the manslaughter of a policemen at Whitechapel. ...

    Article : 35 words
  27. A RAILWAY JOURNAL IN TROUBLE.

    The organ of the Amalgamated Railway Servints of England has been muleted in damages to the extent of £1000 for accusing a railway superintendent of ...

    Article : 40 words
  28. BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

    The "Court Circular" to-day states that the King, at the lunch to the German Emperor at Buckingham Palace, in proposing the toast of his guest, tendered his thanks ...

    Article : 273 words
  29. CLOSING OF NILE CHANNELS.

    A telegram has been received from Mr. Aird, of Messrs. John Aird and Sons, contractors, stating that the last channel of the Nile at Assouan, on the right bank ...

    Article : 58 words
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    Browne: "Why did Smith knock over his daughter's suitor and then throw him down the stairs?" Towne: " I believe he objected to the young man because the ...

    Article : 331 words
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    A girl whom nature has not endowed with her precious gift of beauty should never think that there is no compensation in her lot. She should not become soured ...

    Article : 284 words
  32. AN AUSTRALIAN COMPANY IN LIQUIDATION.

    The shareholders of the Victorian Gold Estates Company have resolved to wind-up the [?] of the company in liquidation and distribute the assets. ...

    Article : 30 words
  33. PIGION SHOOTING IN FRANCE.

    The pgeon-shooting competition for the Carnation Prize of £2000 at Monte Carlo has resuted in Messrs. Eales and Marconcide [?] the stake. ...

    Article : 32 words
  34. BAIK RATE OF DISCOUNT.

    The bank rate of discount is four and a-half percent. ...

    Article : 21 words
  35. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The following clips were sold at yesterday's sales:—Hilldereden, 6?; Gunbar, 7d.; Wellshot (Central Queensland), 7d.; Taremia, 7½.; Haddon Rig, 7?., ...

    Article : 36 words
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    Cobwigger: " There's a chance that you might recover the watch if you remember the number of it." Mrs. Cobwigger: "Oh is that so, dear? I once wrote the ...

    Article : 69 words
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