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  2. ELECTRIC POWER PRODUCED AT PITHEAD.

    A large colliery has arranged to make an experiment with the scheme, of Sir William Ramsay, the distinguished scientist, for producing electricity from ...

    Article : 119 words
  3. BRITISH COAL STRIKE

    The Agent-General for New South Wales (Mr. Coghlan) is making arrangements to distribute, on behalf of New South Wales, food to the potteries ...

    Article : 1,052 words
  4. CABLE MESSAGES.

    In consequence of their misconduct, the townsfolk of Braganza, armed with fowling pieces, attacked the students, who were armed with automatic pistols. A ...

    Article : 54 words
  5. TUBE RAILWAY FLOODED.

    The tube railway continues to be under 12 ft. of flood water. ...

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  6. WIRELESS TOWER BLOWN DOWN.

    The wireless telegraphic tower at Potsdam, which was 650 ft. high, and was regarded as a remarkable engineering feat, was blown down in a gale. ...

    Article : 33 words
  7. A RUSSIAN SCANDAL.

    An inquiry held into the working of the zemstvo foundling home at Saratoff revealed that the institution was terribly overcrowded and insanitary and that ...

    Article : 47 words
  8. THE ROBBERIES IN PARIS.

    The sale of revolvers has been tenfold since the motor car outrage. The frontiers are being closely watched. Many innocent people have been arrested. ...

    Article : 104 words
  9. THE GEORGES GIFT TO THE KING.

    Viscount Curzon, Lord George Hamilton, and the High Commissioner for Australia (Sir George Reid) presented the King with a badge of the Order of the ...

    Article : 49 words
  10. GENERAL ELECTIONS.

    Mr. R. S. [?]odge, the Liberal candidate for Nanango, speaking at Kingaroy on Saturday night, said, in referring to the late strike, that Mr. Coyne was known ...

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  11. QUEENSLAND NEWS.

    The death occurred in Brisbane yesterday at the age of seventy-nine years, of Mr. Andrew M'Lach[?]an, a pioneer colonist, who was in the Victorian gold rushes in ...

    Article : 317 words
  12. THE ANTARCTIC REGIONS.

    Sir Clements Markham, late Iresident of the Royal Geographical. Society, in a letter to "The Times," emphasises that explorers cannot race to the South ...

    Article : 181 words
  13. DEATH OF DR. W. CALLAGHAN.

    Widespread surprise and sorrow will be felt in this town and district at the some what sudden and unexpected death of Dr. ...

    Article : 821 words
  14. AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY.

    The Chamber of Deputies passed the Miners' Eight-hour Day Bill by a large majority. ...

    Article : 21 words
  15. A STEAMER WRECKED.

    The nitrate steamer Foxley has been wrecked at Puntas Arenas, Costa Rica, South America. A boat containing the captain and three officers was found. A ...

    Article : 50 words
  16. THE DECLARATION OF LONDON.

    The Chamber of Deputies has [?]atified the Declaration of London. ...

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  17. CHINA.

    Taoyang[?]his has formed a Cabinet. L[?]cheug-hsiang, who has hitherto been Chinese Minister at St. Petersburg, is Minister for Foreign Affairs; Tuan-chiji, ...

    Article : 101 words
  18. THEFT OF JEWELLERY.

    Hector Jewell, alias Henry Johnson, has been arrested at San Francisco on a charge of having stolen £2000 worth of diamonds from the store Of Sutton and ...

    Article : 62 words
  19. DISFIGURING A STATUE.

    Vandals disfigured the statue of Admiral Farragut in Madison Square. In 1911 the statue was similarly disgured. ...

    Article : 24 words
  20. A FRENCH SWINDLE.

    A bank was recently founded for investing mortgages in South America. The capital was 10,000 francs (£400.000). The public subscribed the first instalment of ...

    Article : 56 words
  21. THE PANAMA CANAL.

    Senator O'Gorman asserted before the Panama Canal Commission appointed by the Senate that the Anglo-American treaty, gave America the right to fix ...

    Article : 112 words
  22. STATE REVENUE RETURNS.

    The revenue of Queensland for March was £301[?]3, being an 1ncrease [?]s comppared with the previous March, of £71,462; This year the sum of £60,839 was ...

    Article : 196 words
  23. TRAIN COLLISION IN ITALY.

    An express train from Vienna to Nice collided with a goods train at Melzo. The driver and stoker were killed and several passengers were injured. ...

    Article : 36 words
  24. AN UNWILLING BRIDE.

    Katinka Andrassy, a beautiful girl of nineteen years of age, the stepdaughter of Count Julius Andrassy, shot herself with a revolver near the heart. She is in ...

    Article : 64 words
  25. ACCIDENTS & CRIMES.

    The Premier (Mr. Scadden) has telegraphed to the Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) asking that the trawler Endeavour should be despatched immediately ...

    Article : 168 words
  26. UNITED STATES POLITICS.

    Mr. Roosevelt, speaking at St. Paul, advocated the betterment of country life by governmental action. The farmers, he said, ought to adopt the co-operative ...

    Article : 51 words
  27. AN ELECTION RIOT.

    Advises from Aiwalik state that an election riot occurred there owing to the gendarmes attempting to prevent the Liberals from voting. Twenty were ...

    Article : 95 words
  28. IMMIGRANTS FOR AUSTRALIA.

    Thirty immigrants have sailed for Australis. ...

    Article : 12 words
  29. CHINA.

    There has been a serious outbreak at Nanking. The soldiers are looting extensively. ...

    Article : 19 words
  30. GERMANY AND CANADA.

    The correspondent of Reuter's Agency says that Germany has again approached Canada with a view to reciprocity arrangements. ...

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  31. BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.

    The revenue of the United Kingdom for the twelve months was £185,090,286, of which £32,649,000 was derived from customs, £38,380,000 from excise, £9,4[?]4,000 ...

    Article : 52 words
  32. THE TRIPOLITAN WAR.

    The shicks of E[?] S[?]nussi decline to organis[?] a general movement against the Italians. It is stated that the Turks and Arabs ...

    Article : 42 words
  33. SPORTING TELEGRAMS

    On Saturday the stewards of the Aspendale Racing Club imposed a penalty of twelve months' disqualification on the horse Mezzo, the owner (F. Godby). and ...

    Article : 103 words
  34. INTERSTATE NEWS.

    The half-yearly interest payment, at the rate of five per cent per annum, on the debentures of the Chillagoe Railway, and Mines, Limited, is payable at the ...

    Article : 134 words
  35. PERSIA AND INDIA.

    Britain and Russia have emphatically advised Salared Dowleh to leave the country. The Persian Government is concerned ...

    Article : 85 words
  36. AMERICAN LABOUR TROUBLES.

    Unless the coal miners and Operators of cleveland agree it has been arranged that the works shall be shut down on Monday, thus involving 500,000 men. The ...

    Article : 109 words
  37. AN EMPEROR AND PARLIAMENT.

    There have been sensational disclosures concerning the recent audience of the Premier of Hungury (Count Hed[?]rvary) with the Emperor in connection with the ...

    Article : 115 words
  38. ATHLETICS.

    At Stanford University, California, George Horine created a world's record for a running high jump by clearing 6 ft, 6[?] in. ...

    Article : 25 words
  39. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The Employment of Children Bill has been read a second time in the House of Commons. The bill raises the age limit for street trading to eighteen years in the ...

    Article : 309 words
  40. FEDERAL NEWS.

    The members of the People's Liberal party held an enjoyable and successful excursion to Queenscliff yesterday. The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Deakin), ...

    Article : 400 words
  41. CYCLING.

    Rain interfered with outdoor sports yesterday, and only part of the programme of the Easter cycling carnival could be negotiated. The chief event was the ...

    Article : 57 words
  42. OBITUARY.

    Mr. Henry Varley, the evangelist, is dead. ...

    Article : 11 words
  43. Advertising

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    Advertising : 149 words
  44. ROWING.

    Oxford beat Cambridge in the annual boatrace by eight lengths. ...

    Article : 15 words
  45. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    The Admiralty has issued a circular dealing with the reorganisation of the fleet, as outlined in the speech of the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Churchill). ...

    Article : 49 words
  46. CRICKET.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 251 words
  47. MOROCCO.

    The Sultan of Morocco has signed a treaty which establishes a French protectorate over the country. It is similar in s[?]e to the Tunisian treaty. ...

    Article : 35 words
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