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  2. SUMMARY.

    An edict has been issued in China directing Yuan Shih Kai to form a republic in conjunction with the southern republicans. Yuan Shih Kai is striving to secure the ...

    Article : 832 words
  3. Social Obligations.

    The Bishop of Oxford (Dr. Gone), addressing the members of the Christian Social Union at Westminster, denounced Churchmen's traditional indifference to ...

    Article : 64 words
  4. NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE

    English inventors are working out what is called a "television" instrument. This is expected to do for the eye what the telephone does for the ear—namely, to furnish ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 49 words
  5. Chinese Republican Loan.

    The China Merchants' Steam Navigation Co. has transferred its ships as security for a Republican loan. This step has been taken on the assurance that the company ...

    Article : 39 words
  6. Government's Model Houses.

    The New South Wales State Treasurer has been inundated with applications from prospective tenants for his proposed model Government dwelling houses. ...

    Article : 24 words
  7. Edict from the Throne.

    An edict has been issued by the Chinese Government directing Yuan Shih Kai to form the Republic in conjunction with the Southern Republicans. ...

    Article : 26 words
  8. Garrison Seizes Town.

    The town of Juarez, in Mexico, is the scene of riots and looting. The garrison revolting, secured possession of the town. During the fighting, eight persons were ...

    Article : 54 words
  9. King Peter's Trouble.

    The Servian Cabinet has resigned owing to King Peter's refusal to dissolve the Skuptschina. ...

    Article : 17 words
  10. Disastrous Explosion.

    In connection with the terrible explosion in a powder store in Turkestan the search for victims has resulted in the discovery of 150 bodies. ...

    Article : 28 words
  11. Saved by Wireless.

    The British steamer Consols, laden with cotton, while on voyage from Galveston (U.S.) to Hamburg, caught fire, burnt, and sank south of Cape Hamey. Aid was ...

    Article : 50 words
  12. A Good Move.

    Lord Avebury, the well-known publicist, is making an appeal in England for £5000 to cover the expense of public meetings to be held in connection with the ...

    Article : 35 words
  13. Indignant Voters.

    Polish voters, enraged at the defeat of a compatriot in the elections, wrecked the windows of German tradesmen at Schwetz, a town of West Prussia, on the Vistula, ...

    Article : 37 words
  14. Use of the Word "Scab."

    In giving judgment in a charge of abusive language, a judge at Portland, Oregon. U.S., held that the use of the term "scab" applied to a non-union man, is not a ...

    Article : 45 words
  15. The Tripolitan War.

    The Swiss Government refused to allow fourteen railway truckloads of German shells for Italy to pass through the Simplon tunnel. ...

    Article : 24 words
  16. "No Temere" [?]

    It is understood that strong representations have been made by the Catholic authorities in Canada to the Vatican, requesting that the " Ne Temere" ...

    Article : 51 words
  17. Sent Back

    A youthful criminal, who claims to have an uncle in Australia, has been ordered at Santa Crux, California, to be sent back to Australia, having been proved ...

    Article : 33 words
  18. A Deadly Wedding Cake.

    A case of poisoning inspired by jealousy, was unfolded at Vienna last week. A pastry cook named Mohovac, who had been jilted by a girl, was invited to bake the ...

    Article : 69 words
  19. Cadets Fined.

    Two members of the senior cadets appeared at the children's court, Warrnambool (Vic), last week on a charge of using threatening language to their superior ...

    Article : 40 words
  20. An inventor Killed.

    An Austrian inventor, who believed that he had succeeded in inventing an appliance which would save the lives of aviators who met with accidents in the air, tested ...

    Article : 60 words
  21. The Largest Cheese.

    A cheese weighing over 10,000 lbs., and taking 65 tons of milk, coming from 6500 cows milked by 1350 men, has been on exhibition at the National Dairy Show ...

    Article : 64 words
  22. Imperial Army Defeated.

    The Chinese Imperial army of 10,000 men was decisively defeated by the Canton republican army, 4000. Mauchus being killed. The Imperial army is now in full ...

    Article : 30 words
  23. Calling a Policeman " A John."

    A man was fined 10/ by the Prahan (Vic.) bench last week for having used the expression, "Here is a John," alluding to a constable as he passed a building in which ...

    Article : 59 words
  24. Churchill Will [?]

    Mr. Churchill persists in his intention to visit Belfast. The Master of Elibank will accompany the Lord of the Admiralty. Many newspapers are forecasting ...

    Article : 30 words
  25. Supplies for Switzerland.

    The High Commissioner for Australia (Sir George Reid) has had a satisfactory interview with the Swiss Minister for Agriculture at Berne, in connection with the ...

    Article : 59 words
  26. Transcontinental Railway.

    Mr. J. Norton Griffith, Unionist member for Wednesbury, is about to visit Australia ill connection with his effort to construct the Transcontinental railway at 7½ ...

    Article : 37 words
  27. Zangwill's New Play.

    The Lord Chamberlain has vetoed Mr. Israel Zangwill's play, "The Next ...

    Article : 16 words
  28. Pekin Massaore Feared.

    With a general massacre of the Chinese here rendered imminent by the Manchus being again in complete control foreign diplomats demand that the Emperor shall ...

    Article : 68 words
  29. Australian Meat in Germany.

    Sir George Reid (High Commissioner for Australia) last week received deputation of German meat merchants, who are visiting London, to discuss the prospects ...

    Article : 50 words
  30. Unemployed Kings.

    King Manoel, ex-monarch of Portugal, and Dora Miguel , the pretender to the throne, met at Dover recently. The breach, which previously resisted between King. ...

    Article : 42 words
  31. Paris Strike Riot.

    The Taxi-Cab Company in Paris which owns over 2500 cabs, of which not a single one has been on the streets since November 27, on account of the strike of drivers ...

    Article : 122 words
  32. Glasgow Dock Labourers.

    The efforts of Sir George Askwith, of the Board of Trade in Great Britain, to settle the Glasgow dock labourers' strike, has proved abortive, the men being determined ...

    Article : 35 words
  33. A British Labour Daily.

    At the Birmingham Labour Conference, Mr. Ramsay Macdonald announced that a company was being formed with a capital or £l50,000 to establish a daily Labour ...

    Article : 40 words
  34. The Miners of England

    The conference between the mineowners and the miners in Great Britain has come to a deadlock. The owners admitted the principle of a fair wage, and offered ...

    Article : 64 words
  35. A Bishop Dismissed.

    The Bishop of Saraton, in Eastern Russia, has been dismissed for disobeying a ukase of the Czar and a decree of the Holy Synod. ...

    Article : 31 words
  36. American Presidency.

    The Republicans favour the nomination of President Taft for the next Presidential election, and are laying plans to start a movement in his favour. ...

    Article : 27 words
  37. Starvation Cure.

    A "starvation cure" female doctor who was charged with the murder of a wealthy Australian girl named Claire Williamson when the latter was under-going ...

    Article : 59 words
  38. The Morals of Trade.

    The Acting Minister of Customs has announced that the department has stopped, by the simple process of destroying tainted consignments, the disgraceful practice of ...

    Article : 64 words
  39. Insurrectionary Cretans.

    An insurrectionary Assembly, representing the whole of the Christian population of Crete, has resolved to send deputies to the Greek Chamber. The Mahommedans ...

    Article : 36 words
  40. Custard Pie.

    A custard pie has proved the means of frustrating the daring hold-up of a Chicago cafe. A waitress, seeing a man [?] the cashdrawer, threw a hot custard pie at his ...

    Article : 45 words
  41. Heroic Firefighters.

    In a fire which occurred in Mile End road, London, last week, the lives of five children were for some time in grave peril. ai the risk of their lives two policemen ...

    Article : 76 words
  42. Winston Churchill at Belfast.

    When Mr. Winston Churchill's train reached Belfast there was both boohooing and cheering at the station. A crowd of Orangemen carried an effigy of Mr. ...

    Article : 170 words
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