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  2. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency Sir Thomas GibsonCarmichael, the new Governor of Victoria has consented to be nominated as the Most Worshipful Grand Master of ...

    Article : 532 words
  3. THE WORLD'S BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    Tommy Burns retained the boxing championship of the world this afternoon, when he knocked out Bill Squires, the champion of Australia, in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    The London "Observer" advocates the building of thirty warships of the improved Dreadnought or Indomitable type, at a cost of nearly £2,000,000 ...

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  5. SHIPWRECK OFF NORWAY

    Advices received from Bergen, in Norway, state that the small Norwegian steamer Folgefondon, 210 tons, str[?]nded at Zaanovik on Saturday, and ...

    Article : 61 words
  6. STRUGGLE IN MOROCCO.

    Later details of the battle near Marrakesh, in Morocco, last week, between the armies of Mulai Hand and the Sultan, Abdul Aziz, show that the latter ...

    Article : 483 words
  7. A COSTLY WORK.

    John Gates, an American millionaire, is having constructed at Washington a golf course, a race course, and a concrete automobile track. ...

    Article : 40 words
  8. UNREST IN ZULULAND.

    There is fresh unrest among the natives of Zululand. The Premier of Natal (Mr. F. Moor) has sent troops and guns to Melmoth, ...

    Article : 46 words
  9. FIRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE.

    A destructive fire broke out in the Stamboul quarter of Constantinople on Sunday, and it has not yet been extinguished. ...

    Article : 43 words
  10. SMALL HOLDINGS ACT.

    Under the Small Holdings Act there were 19,000 applications received for the first half of 1908, involving an area of 300,000 acres. ...

    Article : 138 words
  11. TRAGEDY AT SUVA.

    An overseer named Ben Hall has been rourdored in a brutal manner at Lautoka. The crime was perpetrated by ...

    Article : 33 words
  12. AN OLD TRAGEDY.

    Memories of the tragedy in the Eastern Market in 1899 were revived by a deputation which waited to-day upon Mr. J. M. Davies, the ...

    Article : 254 words
  13. SWIMMING THE CHANNEL.

    T. Burgess, who has made a series of attempts to swim the English Channel, again essayed the task last week. As on provions occasions, the ...

    Article : 89 words
  14. INCIDENTS OF THE FIGHT.

    The betting was 5 to 1 on Burns. Seen immediately after the contest[?] Burns said that Squires had improved immensely, but he was never in doubt, ...

    Article : 111 words
  15. A TRAM ACCIDENT

    An accident occurred on Dunkley Bros.' firewood tram this afternoon. It appears that the new engine was bringing a rake of eight trucks of wood ...

    Article : 132 words
  16. CHOLERA IN RUSSIA.

    An outbreak of cholera of an alarming character has occurred in Russia. For the week ended March 20 there had been 1,145 cases reported, of which ...

    Article : 66 words
  17. AN EX-GRAND VIZIER.

    Izzet Pasha, an ex-Grand Vizier of Turkey, who was recently dismissed by the Sultan, and who succeeded in escaping from Constantinople[?] has ...

    Article : 126 words
  18. SAN JOSE SCALE.

    A representative deputation from the Launceston Fruit Board and Northern Tasmanian Fruitgrowers' Association waited on the Premier (Mr. Evans) to-day ...

    Article : 613 words
  19. KENTUCKY TOBACCO RAIDS.

    Owing to the campaign of the "night raiders," who have been destroying large quantities of tobacco for some months past, the American Tobacco ...

    Article : 149 words
  20. SENSATIONAL ROBBERY.

    A watchman, employed at the Unley tram sheds, Edward Dickson, has reported to the police that as he was cleaning one of the cars at about 20 ...

    Article : 258 words
  21. INQUEST AT LAUNCESTON.

    The inquest on the body of Mr. L. S. Greer, who expired on Sunday at Franklin Village, disclosed that death was due to natural causes. The ...

    Article : 50 words
  22. HOME RULE FOR IRELAND.

    The Premier of Queensland (Mr. W. Kidston), who is visiting Ireland, was entertained at Belfast on Saturday by the Nationalists. ...

    Article : 69 words
  23. LAUNCESTON COUNCIL BILLS.

    At a meeting of the City Council to-day drafts of the Launceston Corporation. Bill and the Launceston Water Bill were approved, and entrusted to ...

    Article : 82 words
  24. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS.

    H. E. Atkins, of Leicester, has, for the fourth time, won the English chess championship. Lasker is playing Tarrasch at ...

    Article : 60 words
  25. TURKISH ADMINISTRATION.

    The Sultan of Turkey has dismissed sixty-four of his aides-de-camp. Fresh restitutions of lands and moneys by ex-favourites of the Sultan ...

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  26. ACCIDENT AT ZEEHAN

    An accident occurred at the Tasmanian Smelting Company's works yesterday evening, resulting in two men being rather badly burned. It appears ...

    Article : 99 words
  27. HOLLAND AND VENEZUELA.

    The trouble between the Netherlands and Venezuela, which culminated last week in the expulsion of the Dutch Minister by President Castro, has not ...

    Article : 81 words
  28. RECENT SUBMARINE INCIDENT

    Lieutenant Groves, of the British submarine A9, who was chiefly instrumental in saving the crow from suffocation last month, has not yet recovered ...

    Article : 344 words
  29. VICTORIAN TRAIN ACCOMMODATION.

    According to a statement made by the Premier (Sir Thos. Bent) to-day, the Commonwealth Minister, members, and officials who went to Sydney in ...

    Article : 65 words
  30. SHEEP FOR MELBOURNE.

    Messrs. W. T. Bell and Co. are shipping by the Rotomahana to-morrow the following sheep for owners whose names are appended: —Jas. Boutcher, 10 ...

    Article : 106 words
  31. THE YOUNG TRAGEDY.

    An inquest was opened at Young to-day concerning the murder and suicide the victims of which were Jean Wallace Drummond and Edward Sylvester ...

    Article : 133 words
  32. INDIANS IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    The Legislative Assembly of the Transvaal has agreed to a modified bill to meet the original objections to the Asiatic Registration Act that had been ...

    Article : 70 words
  33. DEATH FROM ASPHYXIA.

    The inquest on the death of Charles Edgar Roland Jordon, who died on August 11 at the General-Hospital, was resumed to-day, and in view of the ...

    Article : 82 words
  34. CHARGE AGAINST DESPATCH OFFICER.

    The hearing of the charge against Louis Schmidt, a despatch officer at the General Post Office, Melbourne, which was conducted by the Public ...

    Article : 120 words
  35. GENERAL CABLES.

    The quantity of wheat a[?]oat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,005,000 quarters; for the Continent, 1,340,000 quarters. ...

    Article : 56 words
  36. GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

    A heavy fall of snow and hail occurred last night and this morning. Public Meeting at Pontville.—In response to a requisition, the Warden of ...

    Article : 53 words
  37. A REFUSE DESTRUCTOR.

    The City Council to-day accepted the tender o[?] H. Henning, sen., for the erection of a refuse destructor at the corner of Spencer-street and ...

    Article : 46 words
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