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  2. RAILWAY DISASTERS. EXPRESS DERAILED AND BURNED.

    The Midlands express, while travelling at the rate of 60 miles an Hour with 500 holiday makers on board, last night, overtook two light engines, which were only ...

    Article : 438 words
  3. UNIONISTS v. NON-UNIONISTS.

    The North-easter Railway Men's District Council's Federation has resolved that all the organised men should on a fixed day decline to work alongside of ...

    Article : 41 words
  4. LATEST CABLEGRAMS. STUDENTS AND POLICE.

    The students are in a state of effervescence over the treatment of political prisoners, and arrests and imprisonments are frequent. ...

    Article : 83 words
  5. BALLINA RACES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 222 words
  6. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. WOMAN'S THROAT CUT.

    A boarding-house keeper named Cash, formerly captain of a tugboat at Helensville, is alleged to have murdered his wife last night in that township, by cutting ...

    Article : 56 words
  7. SHIPWRECKS AND COLLISIONS.

    The London and Glasgow express collided with an obstacle on the line at Hawes. Two carriages were telescoped and fired, two persons being killed and 25 injured. ...

    Article : 140 words
  8. BANK DIRECTORS ARRESTED.

    Twelve directors of the Portuguese Land Mortgage Bank have been, arrested, and also Lucriano Castro, the leader of the progressive party, who is the bunk's ...

    Article : 84 words
  9. Rowing

    Harry Pearce defeated William Webb in the sculling race for £200 aside at Wanganui to-day, heading the ex-champion of the world by two lengths. ...

    Article : 240 words
  10. PRISONER HANDS HIMSELF.

    Bernard Gifford, who was awaiting trial in the Wellington Gaol, on a charge of theft and burglary, hanged himself with hammock ropes. Gifford is believed to have ...

    Article : 44 words
  11. FAMINE IN CHINA.

    The famine in the northern portion of the Province of Kiangsu and in Anhul continues unabated, and 3,000,000 people are affected. The International Committee at ...

    Article : 60 words
  12. INDIAN INDEPENDENCE.

    Eight hundred of the delegates to the Indian National Congress, with Mr. William Wedderburn as president, have appealed to the officials to accept the reform ...

    Article : 99 words
  13. WEATHER FORECAST.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 40 words
  14. RAILWAY STRIKES IN FRANCE.

    A bill has been introduced in the Chamber of Deputies making a strike of railway employees equivalent to "sabotage" (wifful destruction of property). The ...

    Article : 59 words
  15. MORE IMMIGRANTS.

    The steamer Armadale has arrived at Fremantle with [?] immigrants for West Australia. ...

    Article : 17 words
  16. SEDITION IN INDIA.

    In connection with the Nasik conspiracy, Savarkar has been sentenced to transportation for life and his property forfeited. Chandavarkar has received a ...

    Article : 59 words
  17. A DOCTOR ARRESTED.

    The police arrested Doctor A. C. Brownless, and charged him with causing the death of a widow named Annie King, aged 38, which occurred at the hospital for ...

    Article : 49 words
  18. DEFENCES OF HOLLAND.

    Notice has been given in the Belgian Chamber of Deputies of amotion to interpeliate the Minister for Foreign Affairs with regard to the proposed coastal ...

    Article : 88 words
  19. BLAZING BENZINE.

    A key of benzine fell from a cart and exploded at Catania. Six others became ignited, and the blazing benzine flooded the streets and set fire to several houses on ...

    Article : 51 words
  20. SUICIDES IN NAPLES.

    Eight suicides have been reported here in one day. A cavalry officer blew out his brains. A youth committed suicide after attempting to kill with a revolver ...

    Article : 87 words
  21. CHINESE COMMITS SUICIDE IN GAOL.

    A Chinese named Tommy Hoy, who was committed for trial at Albury on a charge of maliciously wounding Lois Matthews, has handed himself in the Albury, gaol. ...

    Article : 63 words
  22. THE COLLIERY DISASTER.

    King George has given £500 towards the relief fund, and the Queen £100. Baron de Forest has donated £1000. Many local funds are being established. ...

    Article : 34 words
  23. AMERICA AND BRITAIN.

    The Anglo-Saxon Club banqueted the senior officers of the American fleet. Lord Northcote, who provided, recalled with expressions of pleasure that almost his last ...

    Article : 118 words
  24. CHATSWORTH REGATTA.

    There was a good attendance at the Chatsworth regatta yesterday. W. E. Skinner won the maiden Gladstone Skiff race, and maiden singles in club skiffs. L. ...

    Article : 79 words
  25. ETHEL HARRIS CASE.

    The reopening of the inquest on the death of Ethel Harris was not accompanied by any demonstration or feeling. Mrs. Reynolds, storekeeper, deposed that ...

    Article : 137 words
  26. 203 BODIES RECOVERED.

    Queen Alexandra has contributed £100 to the fund for the relief of the sufferers from the colliery disaster at Bolton. It is estimated that there are 1500 dependants ...

    Article : 234 words
  27. CHINESE CO NSTITUTION.

    In consequence of recent petitions, nn Emperial edict has been issued, which sternly forbids agitation in Parliamentary matters, and excludes the agitators from ...

    Article : 99 words
  28. Boxing.

    Abe Attell, who defeated Billy Wagoner in a fifteen-round bout, is claiming the world's bantam-weight championship, BRISBANE, Tuesday. ...

    Article : 35 words
  29. THE INQUEST OPENED.

    At the inquest on the Hawes accident ten deaths were traced to the collision, though the railway company notified that twelve persons are missing. The railway company ...

    Article : 96 words
  30. MURDER IN VIENNA.

    Mmr. Bartonena (a divorced woman) and her lover have been arrested and charged with the murder of the woman whose mutilated remains were found in the ...

    Article : 93 words
  31. MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP.

    Before a record house Dave Smith, of Sydney, won on a foul from Billy Papke, the middleweight champion of the world, in the tenth round, at the Stadium ...

    Article : 300 words
  32. AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN NAVY.

    The new naval programme will be submitted to the Austro-Hungarian Delegations on Wednesday. It includes two Dreadnoughts to be completed in the ...

    Article : 69 words
  33. CHILDREN RUN DOWN.

    While a party of children were crossing the Great Central line at Bolsover, in Derbyshire, after a cinematograph entertainment a passenger train dashed through ...

    Article : 110 words
  34. A CHRISTMAS TRAGEDY.

    A shocking family tragedy occurred at Globe this morning. A quarrel between two brothers, Dennis James Welman and William Arthur Wellman, culminated in ...

    Article : 337 words
  35. FORGER SENTENCED.

    Vasies, the author of forgeries used in the Friedjung liberl action in Austria-Hungary in 1909, has been sent to prison for five years for treason, because he ...

    Article : 93 words
  36. CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND.

    Christmas Day in England has been dry and warm. The day was observed practically as an ordinary Sunday. There was carol Hinging in a majority of the ...

    Article : 176 words
  37. AVIATION.

    Mr. Cecil Grace, the English aviator, starting from Dover, made a flight across the English Channel, in the competition for the De Forest prize for the furthest ...

    Article : 333 words
  38. MR. LLOYD-GEORGE INTERVIEWED. LORDS' VETO TO BE ABOLISHED.

    The Socialist journal "Humanite" publishes a report of an interview with Mr. Lloyd-George, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer. Mr. Lloyd-George ...

    Article : 159 words
  39. THE HOUNDSDITCH MURDERS.

    The body of Goldstein, the burglar, who was killed in the fight with policemen who were attacked at Houndsditch, has been preserved in an airtight glass ease in the ...

    Article : 80 words
  40. LANG DEFEATS BURNS.

    There were over 5000 spectators at the light at the Olympic Club to witness the light between Bill Lang (Langfranchi) and Jack Burns. ...

    Article : 163 words
  41. OCEAN MAIL SERVICE.

    The Assistant Postmaster-General of the United Status reports that there is need for legislation by Congress subsidising a contract for an ocean mail service to ...

    Article : 37 words
  42. ALLEGED PICTURE FRAUDS.

    Mrs. Paine, widow of the American "Copper King," who instituted proceedings at Tours against the pseudo Count Daulby de Gultigny (who is alleged to be ...

    Article : 74 words
  43. ANOTHER FRENCH INTERVIEW.

    A representative of the Paris "Matin" has interviewed Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the Riviera, Mr. Lloyd-George repeated the statement ...

    Article : 272 words
  44. ITALY AND VICOTRIA.

    The Council of Emigration has sat and heard a report on the recruiting of peasants for Victoria, also the details of the Victorian Government's terms. A ...

    Article : 45 words
  45. SURF BATHING FATALITIES.

    Four persons, named Mr. Taylor, Birdie McKenzie and Heather McKenzie, and M. Heard, while surf bathing at Moonee beach, 8 miles south of Woolgoolga, yesterday, ...

    Article : 179 words
  46. FRENCH AFFAIRS.

    The Chamber of Deputies enforsed the Government's action in equatorial Africa. Colonial members insisted that France proclaim Wadai. Tibesti, and Bormu ...

    Article : 140 words
  47. CHILLED BEEF.

    The fourth shipment or chilled beef per the Marathon, which left Brisbane on October 22, has arrived, and is adjudged satisfactory in condition and quality. ...

    Article : 74 words
  48. PERSONAL.

    Dr. Parker, son of Rev. and Mrs. T. Parker, of Lismore, is at present spending a few days with his parents, and leaves on Saturday to take up his duties ...

    Article : 190 words
  49. Billiards.

    Nelson, in the match against George Gray, the young Australian billiard champion, of 8000 up at Edinburgh, received a start of 2750. ...

    Article : 36 words
  50. Pedestrianism.

    Donaldson covered 100 yards in 9 seconds, defeating Walker, who fell. ...

    Article : 15 words
  51. THE MEXICAN REVOLT.

    In connection with the revolt in Mexico insurgent scouts entered Chihuahun, the capital, and distributed circulars announcing the retention of the rebels to occupy ...

    Article : 83 words
  52. AN INDIAN UNIVERSITY.

    Agakhan, the head of the Ismaill Mahomedans, offers a lakh of rupees to found a unviersity at Aligarh as an intellectual centre of the Moslem world. ...

    Article : 32 words
  53. CHEAP CATTLE SYRINGES WITH LARGE TIN OF SOLUTION FREE.

    This is the solution we first introduced into the district four years ago, and is doing great work in preventing cows slipping their calves. The advantage over ...

    Article : 113 words
  54. DUNOON.

    Finigan and Glaister, painless dentists, of Woodlark-street, visit:— Dunoon—Wednesday Next, 28th December, at Mr. Langley's. ...

    Article : 67 words
  55. SAILORS FIGHT WITH ARABS.

    Reuter correspondent at Bushine states that in connection with the suppression of the traffic in arms with Persia the cruiser Hyacinth landed a force at Dubai to ...

    Article : 60 words
  56. THE ESPOINAGE CASE.

    The Belrin Press is moderate in its comments of the trial of the two Englishmen at Leipzig, and pays a tribute to the open and steadfast characters of the prisoners. ...

    Article : 86 words
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