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  2. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    Shortly after 12 o'clock to-day a man named Prior died in tragic circumstances at the Proprietary mine. Prior, who was a carpenter's laborer, had just ...

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  3. THE POST-OFFICE.

    The Postal Commission to-day examined Mr. W. E. Finney, president of the Mails Branch Association. He said with the enormous increase of business the present ...

    Article : 591 words
  4. SUSPECTED POISONING.

    Further sensational evidence was given at the adjourned inquest on the three Morris children to-day. Florence Feakes, a married woman, said ...

    Article : 473 words
  5. THE GAMBLING EVIL.

    Professor Darnley Naylor, speaking at the annual meeting of the South Australian Anti-Gambling League, held in the Exchange Cafe, Pirie-street, on Monday ...

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  6. THE PREMIERS' CONFERENCE

    The Premiers' Conference is in the throe[?] of the struggle for the control of the national purse. To-day a prolonged secret session was held, at which the Prime ...

    Article : 1,347 words
  7. SERIOUS FIRES.

    To-night a fire destroyed the Strand Arcade, in Queen-street, the property of Mr. Arthur Myers. The flames swept the building, the immense conflagration ...

    Article : 397 words
  8. A LIBEL ACTION.

    The hearing of the libel action by George Swinburne. M.L.A., ex-Minister of Water Supply, against the proprietors of "The Age" was begun to-day before Mr. Justice ...

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  9. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN

    'A' match "between the Australian Eleven and Gloucestershire was begun to-day at Cheltenham. The following are the teams:— GLOUCESTER. AUSTRALIA. ...

    Article : 455 words
  10. VICTORIA.

    Messrs. Archibald Currie & Co. are in receipt of advice that the steamer Darius sailed from Colombo on August 13 for Australia. ...

    Article : 28 words
  11. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    J. Wilson, 26 years of age, a cook, employed on a steamer, collapsed while engaged in his duties, and falling backwards struck his head heavily. He was found ...

    Article : 254 words
  12. CHARGE OF BIGAMY.

    In the Supreme Court to-day John Anderson was charged with having committed bigamy. He pleaded not guilty. Mary Anderson, boot machinist, residing ...

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  13. FRIENDLY SOCIETY MOVEMENT.

    A meeting of officers and members of friendly societies, convened by Mr. A. Leane, was held in the Exchange Room of the Adelaide Town Hall last night, to ...

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  14. THE HIGH COURT.

    In the High Court to-day Mr. Kelynack, instructed by Messrs. McLachlan and Murray, applied on behalf of Alexander John McLachlan defendant in the court ...

    Article : 171 words
  15. A WOMAN'S SAD PLIGHT.

    The police have submitted a report, alleging that the Salvation Army Mission Home and Home of Mercy refused to admit for treatment a woman who had given ...

    Article : 136 words
  16. PREFERRED DEATH TO DOCTORS.

    Henry Graham, 85, a resident of Ferryroad, Glehe, who followed the occupation of a musician, committed suicide this morning by placing a revolver in his mouth and ...

    Article : 144 words
  17. BROKEN HILL.

    T. Reid, licensee of the Criterion Hotel, was to-day fined 20/ or 14 days' imprisonment for Sunday trading. Mr. W. D. Barnett, secretary of the ...

    Article : 240 words
  18. STEAMSHIP COMPANY SUED.

    An action was begun in the Supreme Court to-day by John A. Unitt, engineer and mining tributar, residing at Brisbane against the Union Steamship Company of ...

    Article : 137 words
  19. A HINDOO'S CURSE.

    A remarkable case of fatalism has come under the notice of the hospital authorities at Warracknabeal. Some time ago a Hindoo was admitted from Hopetoun suffering ...

    Article : 113 words
  20. "NO FEAR OF WAR."

    Archbishop Delaney, in a lecture to-night, referred to German politics, and said the Centre, or Catholic Party, at present held the balance of power. While that ...

    Article : 63 words
  21. THE SEYDLITZ AT FREMANTLE.

    The Seydlitz arrived to-day, with the following passengers:— For Sydney—Messrs. Carl J. W. Oppermann, Paul Grossheim; Misses L. M. and ...

    Article : 181 words
  22. FLOODS IN VICTORIA.

    The floods on the Murray are still a source of considerable anxiety at Cobram, and residents in the low-lying areas are taking every precaution to safeguard their ...

    Article : 106 words
  23. "WORSE THAN SIBERIA."

    Joseph Lyons, who was convicted at Albury in connection with the Barrier industrial trouble and has since been released, returned to Broken Hill yesterday. He ...

    Article : 67 words
  24. THE POTATO BLIGHT.

    It has been definitely ascertained that Irish blight exists in Victoria. The area affected is a small one, the disease being confined to Fish Creek, and steps may ...

    Article : 546 words
  25. TASMANIA.

    Captain Lindstol, of the wrecked barque Orleans, inspected the wreckage brought to Hobart from the West Coast, and positively identified it as a portion of the missing ...

    Article : 183 words
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  27. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    Referring to-day to the complaints of delay in inspecting mail vessels arriving at Fremantle from England and the Continent, the Minister of Customs (Sir Robert ...

    Article : 91 words
  28. STRANGE SIGHTS AT BULLI.

    In common with residents in other parts of Australia, the people of Bulli are not behind the times in seeing and marvelling at the mysterious lights which appear ...

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  29. M. BLERIOT'S SUCCESS.

    M. Bleriot, the French monoplanist, on July 12, won the Prix du Voyage of £560 for the first aeroplane voyage of 25 miles across country. He started at daybreak ...

    Article : 254 words
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  31. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    While the Omrah was in port Mr. E. W. Naftzger, the Chapman-Alexander soloist, visited Perth, and sang a programme of mission songs before an immense audience ...

    Article : 100 words
  32. NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. Dennis, the Commissioner of Police, intends to resign at the conclusion of the present enquiry into the administration of the department. ...

    Article : 119 words
  33. CRICKET.

    On the recommendation of the executive committee the following dates for interState and trial matches were agreed to by the Cricket Association to-day:—Trial ...

    Article : 122 words
  34. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.

    August 16.—Present—The Mayor (Mr. G. H. Prosser), Aldermen Phillips Estery, Holden and Mattingly Councilors Auld Woods Ford Lowen, Hansen Silver, Binks and Hales ...

    Article : 272 words
  35. "COMMONWEALTH GAZETTE."

    The tender of the Ballarat Woollen and Worsted Company, of Ballarat, Victoria, at 5/9 per yard, has been accepted by the Commonwealth military authorities for the supply, from August 1, 1909. ...

    Article : 200 words
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  37. SOUTH-EASTERN FLINT PEBBLES.

    PORT MacDONNELL, August 16.—A party of gentlemen, including Messrs. E. A. Gerloff and C. L. Spehr, arrived along this coast from Mount Gambier yesterday Mr. ...

    Article : 129 words
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