The tribes in revolt against the Sultan of Morocco have issued a manifesto to the nations, in which they slate that they have no desire to harm Christians ...
Article : 208 wordsA desperate fight took place yesterday in a suburb of St. Petersburg between a drunken peasant and his wife, and ended in both of them being killed. ...
Article : 293 wordsSince the resolution passed at the miss meeting of miners at Gormanston on Sunday night has become known it is generally agreed by the public that ...
Article : 247 wordsAt the meeting of the City Council, sitting as a Local Board of Health, last night, a long discussion took place on the question of the control and maintenance ...
Article : 3,190 wordsSome pointed remarks were made by the Chief Justice (Sir John Madden) in the Divorce Court to-day on the callousness of husbands who deserted their wives, ...
Article : 378 wordsNow that the last session of the present Victorian Parliament is at hand, rumours regarding the possible reconstruction of the Ministry are being ...
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Article : 725 wordsThe strike among the tramway men in Johannesburg is assuming a serious aspect. The streets are being patrolled by mounted police, and the ...
Article : 279 wordsWork in the agricultural implement trade will be resumed to-morrow, the settlement of the strike having been completed. ...
Article : 716 wordsMr. J. A. Acton, the chairman of the National Deposit Friendly Society, stated at a general meeting of members on Saturday night that he regretted ...
Article : 208 wordsThe Acting-Premier (Hon. A. Hean) has addressed the following circular to the Wardens of municipalities throughout the Slates: ...
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Article : 111 wordsThe national memorial to the late Queen Victoria will be unveiled to-morrow by King George in the presence of the Emperor and Empress of Germany. ...
Article : 187 wordsIn March last a circular was issued by the Education Department deprecating the appointment of elementary teachers as local inspectors and ...
Article : 196 wordsThe P. and O. Company's branch liner Narrung, which arrived from London today, had a case of smallpox on board. ...
Article : 139 wordsThe Kwilecki child substitution case has been heard before the Supreme Court, and has ended in failure. The Court of Appeal in December, 1909, ...
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Article : 91 wordsThere was an unprecedented demonstration yesterday in Edinburgh on the occasion of the burial of Earayotte, the American illusionist, who, with others, ...
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Article : 130 wordsDespite the issue of a proclamination calling upon the Albanians to submit before Monday, Turgut Pasha, the commander of the Turkish troops, ...
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Article : 223 wordsAt a meeting of the Victorian Cricket Association to-night, the treasurer announced a credit balance of £1,922, which is the largest on record. A ...
Article : 104 wordsThe detectives so far have not succeeded in clearing up the mystery surrounding the brutal murder of the young girl, Frances Elizabeth Compton, ...
Article : 385 wordsThe prospects of poace between the Federal Government of Mexico and the rebels have been renewed on the basis of the reorganisation of the Cabinet and ...
Article : 78 wordsLord Kitchener has appealed for £4,000 to complete the Anglican Cathedral at Khartoum, and so place the British on a par with the Copts, Roman ...
Article : 70 wordsAlthough military service in Spain is compulsory, the form is that of a conscription rather than the universal service of the great military nations. ...
Article : 82 wordsAn Englishwoman in St. Petersburg, who is alleged to be an adventuress, was arrested yesterday at a leading hotel on a charge of stealing diamonds ...
Article : 67 wordsAn application for an award to apply to the shearing industry in Australia, with the exception of West Australia, came before Mr. Justice ...
Article : 246 wordsThe quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 3,385,000 quarters, as against 3,305,000 quarters a week ago. The ...
Article : 106 wordsThe mutch between Liudrmn and Williams was conclnded to-night the Australian winning easily. Williams was in good form in the afternoon, and ...
Article : 94 wordsAn inquest into the circumstances of the death of Thomas Hill, an inmate of the Benevolent Asylum, which occurred on March 26, was concluded to-day. ...
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Article : 58 wordsAn action was begun in the County Court to-day, in which Johanna Foster, of St. Kilda, claimed against David Syme and Co. the sum of £1,000 ...
Article : 244 wordsThe boot manufacturers' representatives and those of the employees' each held a meeting this morning, when the question of wages in the trade was ...
Article : 180 wordsThe Chief Justice (Sir Samuel Griffth) sat in the High Court to-day to hear the charges brought by the Customs authorities agninst Vivian ...
Article : 141 wordsThere have been further heavy falls of rain in the province of Buenos Ayres, and the lower portions of the city are again in flood. The rains, however, ...
Article : 49 wordsThe secretary to the Central Postal Administration (Mr. Oxenham) has received from the Government of Fiji the following cablegram:—"The Fiji ...
Article : 124 wordsThe Hamburg-American Steamship Co. are building a vessel of 50,000 tons register. The new vessel will be provided with Parsons turbines. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe flagship of the Victorian section of the naval defence scheme, H.M.A.S. Cerberus, is to be used as a floating store. The gunboat Paluma, which ...
Article : 50 wordsThere was an enormous attendance on Saturday at the Festival of Empire now being held at the Crystal Palace and Grounds. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 16 May 1911, Page 5
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