King Frederick VIII of Denmark died suddenly last night in Hamburg. He had been staying at the Hamburger Hotel there since Monday. The cause ...
Article : 298 wordsThe Minister of Defence to-day made available regulations passed in the Executive Council dealing with the organisation of the new militia. They are ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Hon. J. M. Creed, of New South Wales, read a paper at a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute last evening, in which he advocated the working ...
Article : 283 wordsThe Afghan intrusions into Persian territory have provoked protests from Great Britain under the terms of the treaty of 1857. ...
Article : 293 wordsShipowners are indignant at the delay in the opening of the Dardanelles the channel connecting the Mediterranean with the Sea of Marmora, and ...
Article : 62 wordsThe Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the White Star liner Titanic was continued yesterday. The captain of the steamer ...
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Article : 294 wordsA correspondent of the London "Times," reporting from Senecy Duni Adam, under date March 27, says:—"For the moment the only sign of activity on the Italian ...
Article : 315 wordsThe most drastic change introduced is that which applies to the examination and promotion of officers and non-commissioned officers. The method of promotion ...
Article : 134 wordsFor all officers and non-commissioned officers of and above the rank of corporal the existing rates of pay will be continued, also for all existing members of ...
Article : 245 wordsMr. Mason, who was killed as the result of a monoplane accident at Brooklands on Monday, was a wealthy. American, and was a friend of both ...
Article : 77 wordsJohnny Kilbane, the feather-weight champion, outfought and defeated Frankie Burns in a fast ten-rounds bout yesterday. ...
Article : 23 wordsA strike of a novel character occurred at the Waihi mine to-day. There are two unions among the men, one consisting of most of the miners which has ...
Article : 235 wordsThe funds raised for the relief of those affected by the Titanic disaster now amount to an aggregate of over 400,000. ...
Article : 27 words"Public opinion in Tripoli—and since the Arabs are great tulkers and news among them travels very rapidly, public opinion is formed there without a pressv ...
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Article : 90 wordsIn the further course of the Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the Titanic yesterday, Lord, the wireless operator belonging to the steamer ...
Article : 83 wordsThe Berlin correspondent of the "Frankfurter Zeitung," published at Frankfurt, in South Germany, declares that Count Wolff-Metternich, the ...
Article : 81 wordsLord Marlborough presided at the meeting. Bishop Frodsham, of North Queensland, vigorously upheld the white ...
Article : 140 wordsThe Federal Fruit Commission took further evidence here to-day. Ben. Mills, fruit farmer, residing in the Freshwater district, said nobody here ...
Article : 645 wordsSeveral regulations refer to the prohibition of intoxicating and spirituous liquors in camps and canteens on and from July 1. ...
Article : 57 wordsThe main grievance the South Wales miners have against the award given by Lord Saint Aldwyn, the president of the South Wales district board, which ...
Article : 123 wordsSome of the spiritualistic mediums in Paris profess to have secured communication with the spirit of Mr. W. T. Stead, late editor of the "Review of ...
Article : 93 wordsThe Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Sir Edward Grey), speaking in the House of Commons last night, paid a tribute to Count Wolff-Metternich, ...
Article : 43 wordsWith a view to the encouragement of valuntary effort in the attainment of a high standaid of training in the several arms of the citizen forces, provision is ...
Article : 62 wordsA man of middle age named Patrick Joseph Kearney was charged at the Darlinghurst sessions this morning with having, at Willoughby on March 14, ...
Article : 350 wordsThe "National Review" publishes an article entitled "Australia's Greatest Danger," which states that, should China and Japan decide to send swarms ...
Article : 194 wordsThe present has been recognised as an opportune time for the adoption of the recommendation of the Sub-Conference on Imperial Defence of 1909, that the ...
Article : 222 wordsMr. Keir Hardie introduced a Political Offenders Bill in the House of Commons yesterday. It makes political offences a misdemeanour, which entitles ...
Article : 46 wordsThe Canadian Government has refused, to allow the Great Northern Railway of the United States to use running rights to Winnipeg over the lines ...
Article : 353 wordsMiss Nancy Parbury, a New South Wales player, defeated Miss Harvey, the ex-lady champion of Canada, to-day in the first round of the ladies' golf ...
Article : 106 wordsIn connection with the recent report that Mr. James Bryce, now British Ambassador to the United States, intends to write a book about Australia and ...
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Article : 42 wordsMr. Balfour, speaking in the debate on the Welsh Disestablishment Bill in the House of Commons last night, said that disestablishment was ...
Article : 54 wordsTwo thousand insurgents, made up of both Moslem and Christian Albanians, have gathered in the mountains overlooking the town of Diakova. They ...
Article : 77 wordsThe shipping conference has decided to increase the emigrant rates to Australia to £14 at the beginning of the year, 1913, in place of the £12 at ...
Article : 69 wordsTwenty-four square miles of timber (over 15,000 acres) have been burned by forest fires in the States of Oregon and Washington. ...
Article : 59 wordsAt the Water Police Court to-day, the hearing was resumed of the case in which Sir Henry Normand Maclauria, director of the Colonial Sugar Refining ...
Article : 196 wordsA cyclone swept over the country round Alsofeher yesterday, and destroyed several villages. In all 450 dwellings were levelled with the ground, ...
Article : 55 wordsA fine of £43,000 has been imposed on the town of Fez, in Morocco, where the native troops and a section of the population broke out into revolt last month ...
Article : 203 wordsMr. Badger (manager of the Brisbane Tramways Company) explained this morning the reason for the accident to a tramcai in the city last evening. ...
Article : 117 wordsSeveral Spanish columns were fighting all day on Sunday against the Moors on the neighbouring heights of Melilla. ...
Article : 69 wordsThe South Australian Co. has declared a final dividend of 30s. per share and a bonus of 20s. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe long-continued dry weather has started numerous forest fires throughout the Western States of America and in various parts of British Columbia. ...
Article : 76 wordsIn the Divorce Court to-day, Ada Newman, aged 31 years, asked for dissolution of her marriage with Wm. Robert Newman aged 39 years, printer, on grounds ...
Article : 97 wordsA telegram from Strasburg, the chief town in Alsace-Lorraine, states that the Kaiser, in the course of conversation with the Burgomaster of the town, ...
Article : 84 wordsThe New South Wales Government has issued Treasury bills to the amount of £2,000,000, dated at twelve months, and bearing interest at the rate of 3½ ...
Article : 58 wordsRay Wheeler, an amateur aviator, was killed here to-day in an aviation accident, and Glasser, his companion in the flight, was fatally injured. ...
Article : 62 wordsTwo Bunbury residents named Hawkes and Tangye had a thrilling experience while on a fishing excursion in a motor-boat on Sunday. ...
Article : 129 wordsThe annual meeting of the Devonport branch of the St. George Society was held to-night. The report stated that there were 16 financial members. The credit ...
Article : 144 wordsThe Premier of British Columbia (Hon. R. McBride) has secured a site for State offices in the Strand. The site obtained is twice as large as that ...
Article : 102 wordsLead imports, 26,081 tons (including Australian, 3,715 tons); exports, 4,436 tons. ...
Article : 13 wordsA police telegram from Albany states that a Chinaman named Ah Hong was found with a knife wound in his temple on Middleton-road last night, and died ...
Article : 80 wordsThe tailors in the "West-End of London, who have been on strike, are gradually returning to work. The East-End tailors demand a day ...
Article : 82 wordsAt the auction sales of tallow to-day 987 casks were offered and 346 casks sold. Fine mutton realised 37s. per cwt., medium, 34s. per cwt.; fine beef, ...
Article : 36 wordsVice-Admiral Colville has been appointed to the command of the first squadron, and Rear-Admiral Briggs to the command of the fourth squadron. ...
Article : 50 wordsInvestigation shows that the accident which caused the death of the aviator Rodgers was brought about by the body of a seagull catching in the control ...
Article : 73 wordsSuccessful experiments by means of wireless telephone have been conducted in Italy. Communication was established over a distance of 160 miles. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 16 May 1912, Page 5
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