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  2. THE COMMONWEALTH. Melbourne, 3rd October. PUBLIC BUSINESS.

    The public business of the session is practically completed, and little remains to be done beyond selecting the site for the Federal Capital. During the current week the ...

    Article : 168 words
  3. INTERNATIONAL CABLES. (REUTER'S AGENCY.) VENEZUELA.

    The Hague International Arbitration Court has held its first sitting for the consideration of the order of priority which the claims of Germany, Italy, and Great Britain ...

    Article : 201 words
  4. BALLARAT COMPETITIONS.

    The South-street Debating Society's competitions were continued on Saturday, when the children's contest had the chief place on the programme. ...

    Article : 225 words
  5. INJURED BY TELEPHONE.

    A cashier in Bornstedt, Saxony, made use of the telephone at the time when a thunderstorm was threatening. While speaking he suddenly received a terrible electric shock, ...

    Article : 60 words
  6. RELIGIOUS SERVICES.

    The anniversary of St. Andrew's Sabbath School was celebrated by three special services yesterday at which there were very large congregations. The interior of the ...

    Article : 1,116 words
  7. WATER FRONTAGES.

    Lately the Minister for Lands and Agriculture (Mr. Taverner) issued instructions for the valuation of the various water frontages throughout the State. For years past ...

    Article : 174 words
  8. FLIES AND DISEASE.

    The "Hospital" remarks that the common house-fly is one of our worst enemies as a carrier of disease organisms. The "Musca Domestica," as it is called ...

    Article : 91 words
  9. OLDEST MAN IN SUSSEX.

    Charley Green, the oldest man in Sussex, is 109 years old. He was born on 22nd August, 1794, at Selsey, Sussex. Sight and hearing have now failed him, ...

    Article : 122 words
  10. LATE MINING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 151 words
  11. THE NEW MINISTRY.

    The new Ministry is so like the old one that it is difficult to realise that there has been any change. The one difference is the absence of the striking figure of Sir ...

    Article : 252 words
  12. A NEW HEBRIDES' DISPUTE.

    The Minister for External Affairs has received a letter from the Rev. M. Fraser stating that a party representing the Societie Francaise, the French land company ...

    Article : 104 words
  13. AFFAIRS IN FRANCE.

    The report of the Budget Committee of the French Chamber of Deputies has been presented to the Chamber. It states that France has now reached the ...

    Article : 93 words
  14. ANNOUNCING A BIRTH.

    A birth has been announced in the Danzig papers in the following curious manner: —"Since this morning I am here; The painter, Nagurski of Ohra, is my ...

    Article : 37 words
  15. SCRIPTURAL INSTRUCTION CAMPAIGN.

    The Election Campaign Council, which will be known in future as the Scripture Instruction Campaign Council, met at the Bishop's vestry, St. Paul's Cathedral, on Friday. The ...

    Article : 306 words
  16. THE DEFENCE BILL.

    The Senate on Thursday afternoon last carried an amendment in the Defence Bill in favor of the appointment of a Council of Defence. Sir John Forrest, who has charge ...

    Article : 79 words
  17. LOOKED LIKE AN ANARCHIST.

    A story which has been going the rounds, that the late Lord Salisbury was once refused admission to the Casmo at Monte Carlo is reaffirmed by in a letter to the ...

    Article : 266 words
  18. ITEMS OF INTEREST. DEEP SEA DISCOVERIES.

    King Alfonso XIII., the Prince of the Austurias, and the Prince of Monaco, on board the yacht Princesse Alice, belonging to the last-mentioned, took part in some ...

    Article : 126 words
  19. ELECTION ARRANGEMENTS.

    The Government, having determined to keep the cost of the elections down to the lowest possible point, has arranged that where possible officers of the Postal ...

    Article : 96 words
  20. MR DEAKIN'S STRENGTH.

    It does not follow, however, that Mr. Deakin is wanting in constructive ability, or that even higher attribute, the capacity to say "No," and keep to it. There are, ...

    Article : 436 words
  21. MURDER OF AN UNCLE.

    There has been a triple execution in New York. Three brothers, named Van Wormer, who were convicted of having murdered their ...

    Article : 41 words
  22. SOMALILAND.

    Active operations are to be resumed by the British forces in Somaliland in the middle of this month. It has been decided that if the Mullah ...

    Article : 61 words
  23. VITALITY OF SEEDS.

    Grains of wheat and of peas found in Egyptian tombs, where they must have lain for from 3000 to 4000 years, have been planted in this country, and have duly germinated. ...

    Article : 197 words
  24. INTER-STATE TELEGRAMS, DROWNED IN A DAM.

    A fatal accident occurred at half-past 7 last night on the dam connected with Sumsion's brick yard, at North Broken Hill. Wm. Bothwell, a single man, 30 years of age, lost ...

    Article : 130 words
  25. INDUSTRIAL TROUBLES.

    Ah effort is being made to terminate the long-continued strike of men formerly employed in the slate quarries of Lord Penrhyn, in Wales. ...

    Article : 261 words
  26. THE IMMIGRANT IN POLITICS.

    So many American miners have just been naturalised in upcountry British Columbia constituencies that in several of these they will hold the balance of power at the coming ...

    Article : 87 words
  27. THE RAILWAYS.

    The Railway department has decided to run a mixed train on and after next Tuesday on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays to and from Maryborough and Avoca. The ...

    Article : 65 words
  28. HIDE AUCTION SALES.

    A deadlock has occurred between the buyers and sellers of hides in Sydney, and the usual weekly sale did not take place to-day. The dispute has arisen in consequence of certain ...

    Article : 202 words
  29. SIMPLE LANGUAGES.

    This characteristic has been claimed for Turkish for its freedom from inflection and other complications, and for Italian, which, in its colloquial form, may be admitted to be ...

    Article : 190 words
  30. MELBOURNE.

    Mary and Charles Milner, the two children who disappeared from their parents' residence at Kensington on Wednesday last, have been restored to their mother and ...

    Article : 124 words
  31. MYSTERIOUS COLONY.

    A great deal of interest is being aroused in the Canton of St. Gall as the time approache, for the arrival of a rich American colony whose agents have been recently buying the ...

    Article : 107 words
  32. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    The bill which has been drafted for the purpose of fixing the site for the Federal capital consists of one clause only, and a blank has been left for the insertion of the name ...

    Article : 244 words
  33. DEADLY VENDETTA.

    C[?]rtis Jett and Thomas White, parties to a vendetta, who assassinated James Marcum, the presceuting attorney, have been convicted of the murder at Cynthiana, ...

    Article : 80 words
  34. ATTACKED BY FOOTPADS.

    Mr. William Summers, a resident of Lonsdale-street, had a rather exciting experience last night. He was walking along Queenstreet on his way home, when three men ...

    Article : 113 words
  35. WAGGA ASS[?] COURT.

    The jury, after being locked up all night, failed to agree on a verdict in the Mooney Mooney poisoning case, and the prisoner, Thomas M'Donald, alias George Rowley, was ...

    Article : 89 words
  36. RAILWAY COLLISION.

    A serious railway c[?]llision is reported [?]o have occurred on the Servian frontier, when the Orient express collided with a goods train. ...

    Article : 62 words
  37. HOW NAPOLEON LOST WATERLOO.

    In "1815, Waterloo," by Henry Houssaye, translated by Arthur Emile Mann, and published by A. C. Black, we have minutely described for us the untoward events which ...

    Article : 175 words
  38. LOVE IN A CEMETERY.

    Mr. Forest Moore and Miss Mabel Pullam. of Cleveland, wanted to marry, but their parents, regarding them as too young, forbade them to see or communicate with each ...

    Article : 118 words
  39. ESCAPE FROM CAOL.

    James Greenland, who was awaiting trial in gaol at Greenbushes, near Port Augusta, for horsestealing at Hergott Springs, escaped by scaling the wall last night ...

    Article : 65 words
  40. THE UNEMPLOYED.

    A number of municipal councils, including those of Bendigo, Geelong, and Creswick, have replied to the circular recently sent out by the Minister of Public Works requesting ...

    Article : 85 words
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  42. THE GENERAL ELECTION.

    As time goes on the general election, approaches with giant strides, and in a few short weeks members may be expeetcd to begin the hard work of touring the electorates. ...

    Article : 326 words
  43. W.A. POPULATION.

    The estimated population of the State at the end of September was 227,961, an increase of 1054 for the month, and an increase of 14,487 for the 12 months. Of the ...

    Article : 45 words
  44. ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE.

    Mr. G. Darwin has shown, by a very exhaustive series of experiments, that the result of the variations of barometic pressure on a yielding body like the earth must be to ...

    Article : 137 words
  45. "DISCOVERERS" OF THE HIGHLANDS.

    It is a mistake to say that Scott alone discovered the Highlands, although amongst the first to point out to all the world their chief beauties. "The Lady of the Lake" did ...

    Article : 194 words
  46. THE CHINESE STRIKE.

    Matters are proceeding quietly in connection with the strike of Chinese furniture makers. The strikers still fear that European workmen will undercut them, while they are ...

    Article : 71 words
  47. THE SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL.

    The committee of the Soldiers' Memorial met on Saturday night at the Town Hall, the Mayor presiding. It was reported by the town clerk that the sum of £375 was in hand. ...

    Article : 245 words
  48. EAGLEHAWK.

    A special meeting of the Hospital Sunday committee will be held in the Town Hall to-night at 8 o'clock, when arrangements will be made to invite another speaker in place of ...

    Article : 93 words
  49. CABMEN AND PICNICS.

    Sir,—I read with interest the correspondence about this case. I was not one of the 14 who signed the cabmen's letter, because I was not asked to do so, but ...

    Article : 212 words
  50. A FRACTURED THIGH.

    Bernard Seidel, aged 85, living at Clifton Hill, was knocked down by Constable Tonkin while riding a bicycle at Queen's Parade. Seidel was removed to the hospital suffering, ...

    Article : 36 words
  51. RADIUM A CAUSE OF CANCER.

    As the result of severe burns received in experimenting with the X rays and radium. Mr. Charles Dally, one of Mr. Edison's assistants, recently developed cancer, which ...

    Article : 222 words
  52. ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES.

    Peter Fitzmaurice was arrested to-night on a curious charge of false pretences. He attempted to sell to Wm. Hamilton, restaurantkeepr, of Bourke-street a bottle of colored ...

    Article : 42 words
  53. SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN FRANCE.

    Referring to the sentences, of solitary confinement in the famous Humbert trial, the London "Daily Mail" publishes the following:— ...

    Article : 156 words
  54. LABOR COLONISTS AND HARVESTING WORK.

    A few weeks ago the Minister for Lands and Agriculture (Mr. Taverner) requested the manager at the Leongatha Labor Colony to find out how many men on the place ...

    Article : 119 words
  55. DEATH FROM HEART FAILURE.

    The body of the man named John Scott, ironmonger, found at the Cliffs, Brighton Beach, was removed to the morgue, and at the inquest the cause of death was shown to ...

    Article : 37 words
  56. Advertising

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  57. THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME.

    As soon as Parliament rises, the Govern ment will frame its manifesto, and the Prime Minister will explain the Ministerial programme at Ballarat The main plank in ...

    Article : 307 words
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