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  2. A SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST AUSTRALIA.

    Briefly summed up, says "Reynolds' Weekly," London, the conclusions arrived at by Scottish Commissioners seem to be that Australia is a splendid country for the farmer who can put ...

    Article : 551 words
  3. MAORI MURDERER TO BE EXECUTED.

    After further considering the matter, the Executive Council of the Dominion have decided that the death sentence on Tahi Kaka shall be carried out. The history of the case is as ...

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  4. THE JAPANESE POLAR EXPEDITION

    Considerable interest has been manifested in the Japanese South Polar Expedition, which returned to Sydney some time ago after reaching 74 degrees south. Various opinions have been ...

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  5. CAPTAIN'S TROUBLE WITH CHINESE CREW

    The steamer Skerries laden with case oil from New York, put into Fremantle on Sunday with an account of a most exciting voyage. Trouble had been experienced with the crew ...

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  6. A NEW ZEALAND HERO IS HONORED.

    A New Zealander reader, Mr. E. M. Cummane, sends us the following:— One of the most impressive and pathetic scenes ever witnessed in Walhi took place at ...

    Article : 197 words
  7. INQUIRY INTO LOSS OF THE YONGALA.

    The Marine Board inquiry into the loss of the Yongala on the north coast of Queensland some three months ago was concluded at Brisbane last week. Practically no new light was thrown ...

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  8. A REPORTED CURE FOR CONSUMPTION

    A recent issue of the "Peak Downs Telegram" (Q.) contained a paragraph drawing attention to the reported cure of a case of consumption by Mrs. Grace Matheson, of Black Ridge. Writing ...

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  9. A NEW ZEALANDER'S FIND.

    James M. Blackie, of Portland Hills, South Canterbury, N.Z., writes to the editor of the "Globe" as follows: "At Pentland Hills station South Canterbury, 800 feet above sea level, are ...

    Article : 181 words
  10. SOMETHING ABOUT CANADA.

    Mr. Charles S. Hooper, Proserpine (N.Q.), writes to the "Globe": "In your issue of May 24 you publish the 'experiences' of Mr. J. A. Bennett, comparing Canada to Australia. I ...

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  11. THE WOMEN'S VOTE IN NEW ZEALAND.

    In regard to the article written by Ella W. Wilcox for an American paper, which appeared in the "Globe," attributing the sobriety of New Zealand to the women's vote, "W.W.H.," of ...

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  12. H.M.S. AUSTRALIA.

    This picture shows accurately what the Australian and New Zealand battleship cruisers will be like when completed. They will carry eight 12-inch guns, have a disp lacement of 17,000 tons, and a speed of from 25 to 28 knots. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  13. A LUMPER GETS BIG DAMAGES.

    A west Australian lumper has been warded £500 damages against the Melbourne Steamship Company for alleged defective working of the steamer Monaro's loading machinery, by which ...

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  14. A SUCCESSFUL BORE.

    An immense supply of water of first-class quality has been struck on Cadd's Boolagoorda station, near Carnarvon (W.A.), at a depth of 370ft. The output is estimated at two and a ...

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  15. AUSTRALASIAN NEWS IN BRIEF

    Contracts have been given in England for two new 15,000-tonners to trade with with Australia in the Blue Funnel Line's interests. ...

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  16. HEAVY LOSSES AMONGST SHEEP.

    An outbreak of "black disease" amongst the sheep in the yass district (N.S.W.) has caused very severe losses amongst sheep owners. ...

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  17. FIGHTING THE TICK.

    It was stated in the new South Wales Legislative Assembly last week that the annual cost of fighting the tick pest was about £11,000. ...

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  18. AUSTRALIAN SWIMMER SUCCESSFUL.

    Last Saturday, in England, W. Champion (N.Z.) won a half-mile race in the Thames. ...

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  19. FATALLY GORED BY A COW.

    Martin Donoghue was fatally gored by a cow while drafting cattle near Glen Innes (N.S.W.) last week. ...

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  20. WON BY MORE THAN HALF.

    George Gray defeated Melbourne lnman, of London, by 16,000 to 7231. ...

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  21. RECORD WHEAT CARGO.

    The steamer Star of Australia, loading wheat at Sydney, will take to the United Kingdom what will be a record Sydney what cargo—8000 tons, approximately 90,000 bags. ...

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  22. A BIG ESTATE.

    The estate of the late James Russel, Barm[?]th Plains (Vic.), has been sworn for probate purposes at £232.000 realty and £61,161 personalty. ...

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  23. KNOCKED DOWN BY TRAM.

    Mr. Alfred Range, while crossing Argent-st. (Broken Hill, N.S.W.), was knocked down and fatally injured by a passing seam tram. ...

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  24. FOOTBALL UNDER DIFFICULTIES.

    The letter half of a football match at Ballarat recently was finished in a thick snowstorm, which lasted half an hour. ...

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  25. INCREASE IN VICTORIA'S OVERSEAS TRADE.

    The oversea trade of Victoria during May, Showed a increase of £410,581 in merchandise imported, in comparison with the figures for the same period in 1910. ...

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  26. CHARGER FOR KING GEORGE.

    The Queensland Government has received word that King George has accepted the offer of a Queensland horse to be his charger. ...

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  27. THE FATE OF AN OLD WARSHIP.

    The coal hulk Nelson, formerly a warship, last week sank at Beauty Point Jetty (Tas.) with 1300 tons of coal. ...

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  28. IN THE NICK OF TIME.

    William Creighton, of Yetholme (N.S.W.), was found by a search party, after being lost for 24 hours in the snow whilst out shooting. ...

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  29. SLACK TIME FOR THE TEACHERS.

    An epidemic of croup at Hargraves (N.S.W.) has reduced the average school attendance by 75 per cent. ...

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  30. MYSTERIOUS AIRSHIP IDENTIFIED.

    The supposed airship seen travelling in a south-easterly direction over Brooklet (N.S.W.) recently has been found to be a balloon sent up from Brisbane for meteorological purposes. ...

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  31. GETTING EVEN WITH THE POLICE.

    A succession of barefaced robberies have been recently perpetrated on the property of differ eat policemen in the Melbourne area. ...

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  32. FIRE DESTROYS RAILWAY DEPOT.

    The Government railway electrical and signalling depot in Wellington (N.Z.), was destroyed last week by fire. ...

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  33. THE YARRA IN FLOOD.

    The flood waters of the Yarra (Vic) last week reached the level they reached ten years back. Chinese gardens were unundated, and tons of vegetables were carried away downstream. ...

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  34. BIG DEMAND FOR NEWCASTLE COAL.

    For the first time this year the coal export from the port of Newcastle (N.S.W.) has exceeded 100,000 tons for the week ending last Friday. ...

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  35. WORLD-WIDE EARTHQUAKE.

    The seismographs at Sydney and Melbourne late last week recorded the occurrence of a tremendous earthquake about 5000 miles north of those centres. ...

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  36. BROKEN CABLE CAUSES TROUBLE.

    Once of the Government cables in Bass Straits broke last Thursday and threw Hobart business hours behind time. ...

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  37. SIX MONTHS' STRIKE ENDED.

    The miners at Shortland Colliery (Newcastle, N.S.W.) are resuming work almost immediately, after belong out since the beginning of the year. Their difficulties are to be submitted to a ...

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  38. NORTH COAST OF N.S.W. FLOURISHING.

    So flourishing are the conditions of the North Coast trade in New South Wales that five new steamers ate to be constructed to cope with the increased trade. ...

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  39. AUSTRALIAN MEAT FINDS FAVOR.

    A communication from Bresela (Northern Italy) to the Minister for Customs states that Australian meat finds especial favor in that district and, granted decent saipping facilities, ...

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  40. A RISE IN LEATHER.

    The master tanners of Melbourne have decided on an increase of 10 per cent. in leather values from July 1. ...

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  41. ANOTHER TIMBER FATALITY.

    Mr. J. W. Pitcher was riding on a truck-load of timber at Talangi (Vic.) when the truck, leaving the rails, capsized, and Mr. Pitcher was pinned between six tons of timber and the ...

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  42. VERY HARD LUCK.

    A dairyman a East Ballarat (Vlc.) last week secreted 216 sovereigns in a stable. Going to inspect his store the same evening, he found it gone. ...

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  43. BIG LOSS OF APPLES BY FIRE.

    A fire at Castle Forbes Bay (Tas.) destroyed [?] cases of apples and three tons of dried fruit in a building. The total [?]oss was estimated at £1500. ...

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  44. MEASLES AT HOBART.

    An epidemic of measles at Hobart has reduced the school attendances by about 25 per cent ...

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  45. OPIUM IN A TOOL BAG.

    An artisan temporarily employed on the steamer Empire, at Sydney last week, was found trying to make off with £25 worth of oplum in his tool bag. He received three ...

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  46. NEW COPPER COINAGE.

    Commonwealth copper coinage bearing the same design as the Australian silver coinage is now being distributed throughout the States. ...

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  47. FIREMEN OVERCOME IN A BIG BLAZE.

    Two firemen, engaged in fighting the flames of a big fire, which destroyed £20,000 worth of goods in a Sydney warehouse on Friday night, were partially suffocated by fumes from ...

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  48. ROMANCE.

    Miss Warton, a Gundagai (N.S. Wales) schoolteacher, left last week for Los Angeles, California, where slue will marry a member of the American Fleet, whom she met and became ...

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  49. CLAIMED £1500 AND RECEIVED A FARTHING.

    In a claim for £1500 damages, for alleged libel, against a Ballarat (Vic.) newspaper, the jury assessed the damages at on farthing. ...

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  50. CAT WORRIED BY DOGS.

    Four men were fined £5 each at Wallsend (N.S.W.) last week for tying A CAT TO A PROP and letting dogs worry it to death. Notice of appeal was given. ...

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  51. BOOM IN N.S. WALES MANUFACTURES.

    The statistics so far to hand show that the manufactures of N.S. Wales for 1910 increased considerably on previous years. There was an increase of 8000 in the number of hands ...

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  52. INDIAN POLICE FOR FIJI.

    A party of ten Sikh police arrived at Sydney on Friday on route to Fill, where they will take up their duties. ...

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  53. AUSTRALIAN RUNNERS IN FORM.

    At the athletic meeting, held at Crewe (Eng.), on Saturday, Opie (N.Z.) won the hundred yards scratch race in 101-5sec, with Stewart (Tas.) a close second. ...

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  54. LEGS AND HAND AMPUTATED BY A TRAIN.

    Edward Blunt, a supervising ganger, fell beneath two cars of the Brisbane mail train as it left Muswellbrook station (N.S.W.). Both legs were cut off at the thigh, and one hand was ...

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  55. A RECORD DRAUGHT.

    A record for the port of Newcastle was established last week, when the R. C. Rickmers, steam and sall auxiliary, left Newcastle bound for Valparaiso, drawing 26ft 10in. The vessel ...

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  56. TASMANIA'S FRUIT SHIPMENTS ON THE INCREASE.

    The shipments of fruit to England and America were concluded at Hobart last Saturday by the Runie's cargo. They totalled 841,831 cases, which is greatly in excess of those of ...

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  57. BUSY BURGLARS.

    Burglars at Coolac (N.S. Wales) last week robbed the railway station, then a general store, where they rang an alarm and had to run, and were finally disturbed at the post-office before ...

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  58. WAS IT AN EARTHQUAKE?

    Earth movements at Halston (Vic.) last week shifted the course of the river, twisted fences, threw up hillocks, and made the mall road impassable. ...

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  59. A LUCKY CAPTURE.

    Pushing his shop door open a Eisternwick (Vic.), Mr. G. Nelson discovered the obstruction to be a man, who, thus disturbed, rushed out, only to fall in to the arms of a friend of ...

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  60. AUSTRALIANS WIN ENGLISH TENNIS MATCHES.

    At the Kent Tennis Tournament last week. A. F. Wilding won the final of the Singles Championship, and S. N. Do[?]st, partnered by Mrs. Chambers, won the final of the Mixed Doubles. ...

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  61. SCOTLAND'S LOSS IS OUR GAIN.

    A leading London weekly attributes the recently noticed depreciation in Scotland's population to the wonderful inducements offered by the Australian State agents to immigrants. ...

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  62. AN ANXIOUS PASSAGE.

    The barquentine James Tuft reached Sydney last Wednesday, having taken three weeks from Lord Howe Island owing to the recent heavy Weather. ...

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  63. TEETOTALLERS AND HOTELS.

    the Gascoyne (W.A.) Licensing Court, which is composed solely of teetotallers, has granted three new hotel licenses. Gascoyne is the only district in the State ...

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  64. A LONG TIME COMING TO A FINISH.

    The employees representative on the Brisbane Men's and Boy's Clothing Trade Wages Board are urging that the Board, which has been now sitting for two years, should come to ...

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  65. POLICEMAN AS MESSENGER BOY.

    Constable Dunk, at Kllmore (Vic.) found that a man whom he had arrested for drunkenness was taking medicine to a sick child. Mounting his bicycle, he rode 13 miles through a storm ...

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  66. LUCKY IT DID NOT HAPPEN LATER.

    The propeller shaft of the steamer p[?]lbarr[?] broke just as she left the fetty at Geraldton (W.A.). Had the accident happened later the vessel would have been most certainly wrecked ...

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  67. KILLED IN A STORM.

    William Rowe, 58, while driving to wal wal (Vic.) in the recent heavy storm, took shelter under a tree, which broke, falling on him, fracturing both thighs and the right leg and [?]kle. ...

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  68. BOAT DRIFTS 100 MILES.

    The steamer Bellambi, from New Zealand, arrived at Sydney on Friday night two days overdue through encountering the recent tempestuous weather that swept the Tasman Sea. she ...

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  69. SHARK PUTS A DREDGE OUT OF ACTION.

    The suction-pipe on a dredge at Goatord (N.S.W.) last week was temporarily stopped through sucking up a 6ft shark. ...

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  70. CRUSHED TO DEATH BY HIS HORSE.

    A Mr. Wilson, formerly of Townsville (Q.), while riding after stock at Brook's Creek (Northern Territory), was fatally injured through his horse rearing and falling on him. ...

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  71. SCHOONER BEATEN BACK.

    Only seamanship of the highest quality saved the three-master Lemael from foundering while trying to enter port at Melbourne last week. A succession of terr[?]c breakers flooded the ...

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  72. FOOD FOR POWDER.

    Lord D[?]dley, in a speech a Brisbane last week, commented on the fine material for soldiers he had seen in his recent military camping experiences. He also pointed out that ...

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  73. Advertising

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  74. FOOLISH JOKE ON A POLICEMAN.

    In response to information that a man had hanged himself in a Sydney park, a policeman hurried to the spot, cut the supposed man down, and found it was only a well-constructed ...

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  75. HIGH WAGES FOR AUSTRALIA'S HANDY MEN.

    The rate of pay for a seaman, fixed for the Australian Navy, is claimed to be the highest in the world. ...

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  76. MISSING PRIZE-WINNER FOUND.

    The winner of the second prize in the Melbourne Eight-hour Art Union, who has been undiscoverable discoverable for some time, last week turned up. in the person of Mr. Bernard Sheridan, of ...

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  77. HONORS FOR SYDNEY STUDENTS.

    Two late members of the Sydney University—Messrs. Lusty and Lyons—have done well at Cambridge University. Mr. Lusby name has gained a research scholarship and Mr. Lyons' name has ...

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  78. MYSTERY CLEARED UP.

    Wreckage of a ship's berthing accommodation which was found on the Victorian coat last week has proved to be cast-away temporary berthings, which had been used for extra ...

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  79. QUEENSLAND SUGAR STRIKE.

    The Mackay Plane Creek Mill recently employed 30 immigrants who promptly joined the original strikers. The local farmers have now decided to work what cane there is in the mill ...

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  80. AUSTRALIAN SWIMMER IN FORM.

    Harold Hardwick, the crack Sydney swimmer, at present in England as an Australian representative in the Festival of Empire Games, recently swam over 116 yards 21-5sec faster than ...

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  81. AUSTRALIA'S EAST INDIAN TRADE.

    The following are the figures for last year's trade with the Indies. Australian heads the list with hour (158,781), horses (£5109), and fresh fruits (£3021). Bisenits to the value of £12,279 ...

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  82. STRUCK A WHALE.

    The steamer Grantala, while on her voyage from Sydney to Melbourne last week, struck a whale as it was rising to spout. The whale made off in a great hurry. ...

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  83. MANGLED BY A STEAM CRUSHER.

    John Denholm, working a steam limestone crusher at Fawcett (Tas.), had arm caught in the machinery, which tore it off at the shoulder and smashed it to a pulp. He expired a little ...

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  84. THIRD TIME PROVES IT.

    After two previous juries had failed to agree, the third convened returned a verdict of "Not guilty," after twice intimating to the judge that they could not agree. It was on a charge ...

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  85. A DEED OF DISTRACTION.

    William O'Brien last Saturday, at Newcastle (N.S.W.), inflicted grate injury to himself by cutting his throat in a fit of distraction. His child died a fortnight ago and his wife died on ...

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  86. A DOG'S FIDELITY.

    Alfred Barton, 65, was found dead at New-bridge (N.S.W.) last week, having sustained a broken neck in falling from a cart. The horse broke a leg, and had to be shot, while Barton's ...

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  87. A SHOCKING ACCIDENT.

    A log, which rolled on William Cheltham, 50, recently, at Lowden (W.A.), inflicted a [?]. wound on his left leg, fracturing it above the thigh and breaking the right leg at the ankle. ...

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  88. WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER OF BIRDS FORBIDDEN.

    The Acting-Minister for External Affairs has refused permission to a Bird-canning Company to have a six years' license to kill 35,000 birds a year on the Alligator River, 300 miles from ...

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  89. TEETH FOR GEORGES AND MARYS.

    A new South Wales dentist advertises that in commemoration of the Coronation he has decided to offer 50 sets of artificial teeth to persons over the age of 50 years named George and ...

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  90. WOULDN'T LET HIM IN.

    Mr. Fred Duval, the manager of His Majesty's Theatre, Auckland (N.Z.), was assaulted last Saturday by a man who had been refused and admision. The offender was fined £17, or 11 days' ...

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  91. A FINE PIECE OF WORK.

    The bottom of the steamer Knight of the Garter, which went aground entering Bluff Harbor (N.Z), had to be taken out and 6[?] plates renewed. The work was done at Otago most ...

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  92. STATUE TO LORD LINLITHGOW.

    A bronze statue of the late Marquis of Linlithgow, first Governor-General of Australia was unvelled at Melbourne last Thursday by the State Governor. The present ...

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  93. NEW FEDERAL SYSTEM OF ENROLMENT.

    When the Federal Rolls are revised the card enrolment system will be brought into force, by which everyone has to fill in a card and send it to the officials under a Denalty of £2 for ...

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  94. MYSTERIOUS WOUNDS.

    Thomas Graham, 19, at West Australia last week, arrived by train at perth with a bullet wound in his head, supposed to have been inflected by a hunting companion. A strange point ...

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  95. ACCIDENT IN A THEATRE.

    The balance weight of the fireproof curtain at the new King's Theatre, Adelaide, weighing 2½ tons. last Saturday crushed through the stage and embedded itself in the asphalt below. It ...

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  96. WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLD SHIPMENTS.

    The Malwa, which sailed from Fremantle last week, took the following gold shipments : Four boxes bar gold, valued at £20,082 153 8d, for Bombay, 2 boxes bar gold, valued a £10,035 7R ...

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  97. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

    The battleship cruiser Australia, it is expected, will be completed September 30, 1912. The second class cruisers Sydney and Melbourne will be completed by August, 1912. One submarine ...

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  98. AUSTRALIAN MEAT FOR INDIA.

    The Hindus of India are signing a monster petition for presentation to the King at Coronation time asking that the Indian Army's meat supply should come from Australia ...

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