A special meeting of the City Council has been convened by the Mayor for this evening to consider further the water question. It is understood that the council will be ...
Article : 276 wordsThis afternoon a resident of Dandenong, Thomas Hendy, 66 years of age, was found in the local gravel pits completely covered by a fall of earth and gravel. When ...
Article : 60 wordsIn addition, to the Bishops of Worcester and St. Asaph many other English bishops have protested against the action of Lord Hugh Cecil, Lord Halifax (president of ...
Article : 222 wordsThe Prime Minister is in a very strange country, and the feeling of strangeness weighs heavily upon him. One cannot meet Mr. Fisher without being struck by ...
Article : 1,575 wordsOver 100 flawless brilliants have been cut from the Cullinan diamond—the Transvaal Government's gift to the King—and formally presented to his Majesty at Windsor. ...
Article : 220 wordsOne of the difficult problems in connection with the "White Australia" legislation is that presented by the employment of colored divers in the pearling industry off ...
Article : 408 wordsCalcutta telegrams state that Satyendra, the second Bengali convicted of complicity in the murder of Narendra Gossain, the informer in the Alipur State trial, was ...
Article : 133 wordsCareful enquiries to-day failed to reveal any solid basis for the recent elaborate rumors of an impending attack on the Fisher Government through the medium ...
Article : 271 wordsThe Shah of Persia has addressed to the reactionary priests, who are notoriously opposed to reform, a rescript whose basis is the abolition of the Constitution; the ...
Article : 155 wordsFrederick Kerr, a road engineer, who was camping out at Bambrick's Tank, near White Cliffs, was bitten on the foot by a saltbush snake while he was sleeping ...
Article : 93 wordsOn Saturday afternoon, John Allen, a well-known farmer, of Bombay, was coming into Braidwood, when he was struck dead by lightning. His sulky was much damaged, ...
Article : 49 wordsThe directors of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company report that after paying debenture interest and adding £35,000 to the reserve accounts, there ...
Article : 84 wordsA terrific explosion occurred on Saturday in a gas main during street excavations at Brooklyn, New York. Twelve workmen died of suffocation, and eight others were ...
Article : 39 wordsAlbert Victor Carnaby, 21 years of age, was shot dead yesterday. He and Harold Albion, a fisherman, had been shooting on French Island, and were about to return ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Emperor Francis Josef of Austria has strongly impressed upon his Ministry his desire for a peaceful solution of the Balkar question. No less surprise than satisfaction ...
Article : 71 wordsAn open-air address was delivered by M[?] A. K. Wallace at the Hippodrome las[?] night. In reply to an attack on the Barrier Socialist Group by the official Labor organ ...
Article : 155 wordsMr. J. Cook, deputy leader of the Federal Opposition, stated to-day that a meeting of the party would probably be held this week to consider the question of the leadership. ...
Article : 92 wordsIn an article in the December number of the "Century" magazine Mr. Andrew Carnegie, the millionaire manufacturer, suggests that the time has now come for the ...
Article : 77 wordsFanny Wilson was again before the Georgetown Court to-day charged with the murder of Miss Duffy at Carpentaria Downs. ...
Article : 330 wordsMr. Runciman's Bill, embodying the education compromise with the Church party, was formally read a first time in the House of Commons on Saturday, and the ...
Article : 372 wordsThe following is the pass-list for the ordinary examination for the degree of bachelor of music, November, 1908:- First Year.—First class—None[?] Second ...
Article : 59 wordsThe Czar of Russia, looking extremely well, made his first appearance for several years in the streets of St. Petersburg yesterday, when he attended the funeral of the ...
Article : 76 wordsHugh Lawler, a painter,, while engaged at work on a building being erected at Bendigo fell off the scaffolding to the ground, a distance of 16 ft. He sustained ...
Article : 39 wordsWhen she arrived this morning the German steamer Germania bore traces of a battle with the elements on the passage across the China Sea. The steamer came ...
Article : 135 wordsMr. Henniker Heaton, M.P., has received messages from the Duke of Connaught, Lord Roberts, Sir Joseph Ward (Premier of New Zealand), and Mr. Andrew Carnegie, ...
Article : 57 wordsThe death occurred at Townsville this morning on the German steamer E[?]bing of the master, Captain Peter Paulsen, aged 42. The deceased was a married man, and his ...
Article : 51 wordsRichard Brakewell, 38 years of age, residing near Dandenong, committed suicide by shooting himself with a gun this morning. The deceased was a mining contractor, and ...
Article : 51 wordsThe summer is at hand, and there is every indication that the dust nuisance will cause more discomfort, ill-health, and damage than in previous seasons. ...
Article : 725 wordsA resolution was adopted at the annual meeting of the Liberal Unionist Council at Manchester on Saturday, affirming that fiscal reform was the first constructive policy ...
Article : 99 wordsDaniel Dagnall, 47 years of age, an inmate of the Rookwood Asylum tor the Infirm, committed suicide at the institution by cutting his throat with a razor. ...
Article : 63 wordsThe engineers of the steamer Whangape, Messrs. Swan[?] Taylor, and Blackwell, were presented with gold emblems to-day by the Institute of Marine Engineers, in ...
Article : 86 wordsStrong feeling was manifested at the annual dinner of the New York Chamber of Commerce, a remarkable gathering of business men, on Saturday in favor of ...
Article : 48 wordsThe sacerdotal jubilee of the Pope was celebrated at the Roman Catholic Cathedral yesterday. There was a large attendance at 11 o'clock mass, at which a sermon was ...
Article : 39 wordsAn inquest has been held on the body of Donald Livingstone, a seaman, whose death occurred at the Sydney Hospital. John Langley, a seaman, deposed that he went ...
Article : 114 wordsSecond' ballots will take place in 22 electorates to-morrow. Great interest is being taken in this the first trial of the new law, particularly on the question as to ...
Article : 52 wordsThe Minister of Customs (Mr. Tudor) has decided that the prohibition of the importation of matches containing white or yellow phosphorus shall operate from June 1, ...
Article : 73 wordsAlderman Dr. Booth, who has just returned from Sydney, said in an interview to-day:—"I called upon Mr. Lee (Minister of Public Works) at Parliament House ...
Article : 136 wordsThe German Emperor, replying to the burgomaster's address presented to him at the celebration of the municipal centenary of Berlin on Saturday, incidentally and ...
Article : 95 wordsA rebellion has broken out in the southern portion of the West Indian Republic of Hayti, headed by General Simon. The officials at Les Cayes, 1[?]0 miles distant ...
Article : 60 wordsThe voting on the local option question at Tuapeka resulted:—Continuance, 1,953; reduction, 1,404; no-license, 2,089; valid votes. 4,363. At Hutt, where it was at ...
Article : 80 wordsElsie Akerman, 5½ years of age, fell from the balcony at the residence of her parents at Darlinghurst and was badly injured about the head through striking the ...
Article : 50 wordsThe formal appointments of Mr. Justice Murray as Lieutenant-Governor and Mr. Stanniforth Smith as Administrator of Papua were ratified at a meeting of the ...
Article : 125 words"Hock Keys," the light-weight champion of Australia, and L. Truscott fought the best of 20 rounds at the Theatre Royal to-night for the championship. After a ...
Article : 51 wordsAlfred Hamilton, aged about 46, attempted to commit suicide on Monday afternoon in a rather sensational manner, at the offices of Messrs. A. H. Landseer, ...
Article : 531 wordsLionel Stanthorpe, 40 years of age residing at. Darlinghurst, has been admitted lo St. Vincent's Hospital suffering from a bullet wound in the body. The bullet ...
Article : 64 wordsThe outbreak of foot and mouth disease among the cattle in the American states of Pennsylvania and New York affects ten counties in the former state. There ...
Article : 71 wordsIt is reported that President Castro, of Venezuela, who has frequently brought the Republic to the verge of war by his overbearing attitude towards the Powers, is ...
Article : 44 wordsNotwithstanding previous satisfactory advices from the Chinese provinces relative to the accession of the new Emperor, a mutiny of troops is reported from Ngan-King, ...
Article : 97 wordsThe steamer Eastern arrived on Saturday from Hongkong and Timor. The passengers for Port Darwin were Messrs. Lewis and Lumsden and five Chinese. The cargo ...
Article : 129 wordsThe Sydney wool sales were continued today at the "Wool Exchange, the quantity offered being 11,416 bales, of which Messrs. Harrison, Jones, & Devlins' catalogue ...
Article : 128 wordsThe Customs Departments has revised its definition of "box robes, not shaped or sewn." By authority of the Minister an instruction to collectors has been issued by ...
Article : 159 wordsBreadstuffs.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,185,000 quarters, as against 2,095,000 quarters a week ago. For the Continent ...
Article : 116 wordsAt the Police Court to-day the charges of intimidation against Harold Thompson and eight Austrians in connection with the Kurrawang wood line strike were heard. The ...
Article : 92 wordsWilliam Watson, 77 years, of age, of Adamstown, was reported to have taken a dose of strychnine, and on the police visiting his house, he was found ill in bed. He ...
Article : 65 wordsOn the Sandwich links on Saturday Duncan and Mayo defeated Vardon and Ray[?] in a £200 foursome, by 6 np and 5 to play. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe counting of the remainder of the votes for the Menzies election has given Mr. Gregory a majority of 56 over his opponent, the totals being—Gregory, 1,322; ...
Article : 36 wordsA girl Linda Grace Waterson, committed suicide to-day at Bellview, near Bombala, where she had been employed as a domestic servant. She shot herself with ...
Article : 33 wordsJohn Wilson was convicted to-day of a third offence of bigamy, and was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment. Mr. Justice Cooper said the prisoner seemed a ...
Article : 47 wordsThe Right Rev. Edwyn Hoskyns. Bishop of Southwell since 1904, has been elected Archbishop of Cape Town in succession to Dr. W. W. Jones, who has occupied the ...
Article : 54 wordsAt the Circuit Court to-day, before the Chief Justice and a jury, John Shanahan was found guilty of uttering a counterfeit coin, intended to represent a sovereign, at ...
Article : 41 wordsPrivate advices received in Sydney state that Mr. John Norton is an in[?]mate of an English hospital, and is not thought likely to return again to Sydney. There is[?] at all ...
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