A cable message was received in Australasia last week intimating that Sir Phillip Watt, the British naval constructor, contemplated abandoning the Dreadnought type of warship in ...
Article : 661 wordsThe descent to evil ways is remarkably easy in modern life and the temptations that beset men on all sides in their struggle to live and still provide life for others, are many and ...
Article : 398 wordsFrom time to time the attention of "Globe" readers has been drawn to feats of bravery performed in the saving of life at the risk of the rescuer's own personal ...
Article : 274 wordsThe great international shipping strike which promised early last week to assume appalling proportions, on receipt of latest cable advices appears to be stacking off. ...
Article : 222 wordsOne beneficial result of the agitation for, proper defence that has recently swept over the whole or Australasia is well typified by the scheme of defence that has been originated in ...
Article : 408 wordsThe serious situation of affairs in the Northern Territory is indicated in figures which have been prepared by direction of the Acting-Minister for External Affairs. The following are ...
Article : 264 wordsA case occurred in Sydney last week which demonstrated once mare what an important aid in the detection of crime or escaped prisoners the finger print is to the police. ...
Article : 389 wordsIt is reported that an oil spring has been discovered near Port Cygnet (Tas.). The discovery was made by a carter, whose vehicle became fast in the soil, and on extricating it ...
Article : 46 wordsDuring last week Victoria made a formal claim upon New South Wales for the territory shown in black in the illustration. The demand was made in the following letter:—"premier's Office, Melbourne, June 29, 1911. Sir.—In connection with the action recently instituted by the State of South Australia against this State to determine the boundary between the two territories certain letters and reports of Sir Thos. Mitchall, at one time Surveyor-General of your State, were obtained from your archives and adduced in evidence before the High Court. These reports deal with the boundaries of the then colonies of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 323 wordsTwo railway employees, named Charles Brockwell and Frank O'Brien, had a quarrel over the possession of a bicycle lamp at Ararat, Victoria. The men occupied the same room at a ...
Article : 103 wordsThe State Government (W.A.) hope to induce the imperial authorities to allow short-service soldiers in India to come direct to West Australia and serve the rest of their time in the ...
Article : 42 wordsA four-masted barque evidently bound for Sydney was sighted off the Victorian coast last week with her fore-topmast, main-top-gallant-mast and jib-boom missing. She had evidently ...
Article : 38 wordsLast week at Warrambool (Vic.), died Colonel Tom Price, who started the mounted infantry regiments in Australia. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe residents at Jindabyne (N.S.W.) have made the first practical start to obtain a bush nurse under Lady Dudley's scheme. ...
Article : 25 wordsStatistics show that the number of people enjoying invalid pensions in the Commonwealth is 7592. ...
Article : 20 wordsDuring the six months ending June 30, 2739 assisted passengers arrived in Victoria. ...
Article : 18 wordsVery heavy fogs off the Tasmanian coast have seriously hampered shipping, several vessels being prevented from entering Launceston until the fog dissipated. ...
Article : 26 wordsExperiments with a trial crop of cotton at the Pilliga Scrub area (N.S.W.) have been very successful. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe yield of gold in N.S. Wales for the six months ending June 30, showed an increase of £15,636 over the previous similar period. ...
Article : 27 wordsJames Flint, a farmer, near Pingelly (W.A.), cut his throat with a penknife, injuring himself so severely that little hope was held for his recovery. ...
Article : 29 wordsBy shooting wild birds and impregnating their bodies with strychnine, great destruction was wreaked on the foxes at Bullan (Vic.). ...
Article : 23 wordsThe Victorian authorities are seeking for a handler and more commodious residence for the State Governor. ...
Article : 21 wordsAs a result of her first cruise the recently chartered trawler Simplon made a hour of five tons of edible fish. ...
Article : 25 wordsSeven thousand of the lower-paid employees in the Queensland Government railways are shortly to obtain substantial increases in salary. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe body of an unknown man was washed up by the sea near Port Melbourne Pier last week. He was man of about 50 years of age. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe new wireless expert engaged by the Commonwealth, Postal authorities will leave London at the end of this month to take over his duties. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe body of George Buchanan was found last week floating in the Swan River (W.A.) near Applecross Jetty. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 29 wordsIn Victoria between July, 1906, and June, 1910, the authorities prosecuted 14,148 cases for non-vaccination. The fines imposed amounted to £14,617/15/- ...
Article : 23 wordsThe steamer Corinthic left Hobart last week with 3500 cases of apples for South America bringing the season's total to 55,000 cases. ...
Article : 28 wordsAt present the annual cost of paying the Commonwealth and old-age pensions is £2,085,000. ...
Article : 19 wordsAn epidemic of measles and dysentery in the Island of Rotumah, 430 miles form suva, caused 520 deaths in three months. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Melbourne Traffic Commissioners have unanimously recommended that the State Government take over the control of the Melbourne tramway system. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe inquiry into the loss of the barquentine Pelotas, at Wanganul (N.Z.), resulted in the complete exoneration from blame of all the officers. ...
Article : 28 wordsAt an auction sale at Kempsey (N.S.W.) 10 acres of farm land without buildings fetched £82 10s an acre, and 12 acres £52 an acre. ...
Article : 30 wordsJohn Drown was accidentally killed at the Block 10 mine. Broken-hill (N.S.W.). through his head coming into contact with the shaft, while riding in the cage. ...
Article : 29 wordsTwo boys at Warrnambool (Vic.), were playing with a dynamite cap when it exploded blowing off the thumb and forfinger of one boy and damaging the eyesight of both. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe five-horse team of the Gloucester-to-Tarec (N.S.W.) mail coach, took fright whilst standing, and bolted, smashing the coach up against the railway gates. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe recent attack of drought in the Charleville district (Q.) has accounted for some very heavy losses amongst the cattle. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 28 wordsThe tent of John Williams, who was camping near Yarrawonga (Vic.), caught fire, and its inmate was removed to the hospital, suffering from severe burns all over the body and limbs. ...
Article : 35 wordsA verdict of wilful murder against James Smith was returned at the inquest on Wake and Butter, the victims of the Kellerberain tragedy in West Australia. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe wheat yield shows a decrease of 789,111 bushels, while the area under wheat for grain was 208,979 acres more than last year. Hay shows an all-round increase. ...
Article : 32 wordsA nomination to the Blue Mountains shire council (N.S.W.) was declared invalid as the person nominated owed the council sixpence exchange on the cheque tenders in payment of ...
Article : 40 wordsA man gave himself up to the police at Kilmore (Vic.) last week, declaring he had quarrelled with his mate and shot him. No dead body being found, he was detained on a charge ...
Article : 39 wordsA Government report is at present being made with a view to employing good-conduct prisoners on forestry work in the Dobbo district (N.S.W.). ...
Article : 18 wordsThomas Webster was working the guillotine at a Melbourne printing warehouse when he was pushed forward for a practical joke and had the greater part of eight fingers severed. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe members of the Golden-square Fire Brigade, Bendigo (Vic.), have decided not to have intoxicating liquor at social functions in the future. It is stated that nearly all the ...
Article : 37 wordsThe firing of a film at a Geelong (Vic.) picture show caused a panic amongst the audience, several being severely injured, one of whom is not expected to recover. ...
Article : 33 wordsNew Australian silver coin has been issued since the beginning of the year to the value of £57,350, and now Australian bronze coin to the value of £4580, while British worn silver ...
Article : 43 wordsA link with the past was severed by the death of Mr. John Robards, at Melong (N.S.W.). an ex-Cobb and Co. coach-driver, who, one time, was held up by "Jimmy Price" and Ben Hall ...
Article : 44 wordsAt Waterloo (Sydney) last Saturday a married woman poisoned her five-months-old baby with lysol and took a does herself. The husband returning home, found her dead, and the baby ...
Article : 39 wordsRoy Zweck, 20, was scrub-rolling at Gawler (S.A.) when the horse bolted, throwing him. He was found five hours after and later on died from his injuries. Both his father and his ...
Article : 44 wordsThree miles of wooden pipes, made in N.S. Wales, are to be used in connection with the Tiparra (S.A.) reservoir reticulation scheme. They are a cheap and efficient substitute for ...
Article : 38 wordsMr. J. R. Newman, a Horsham (Vic.) motor proprietor, was out with a motor on a trial spin, when the back sparking of the carburettor, it is supposed, exploded the petrol in the tank. ...
Article : 51 wordsLast Wednesday a policeman at Newcastle (N.S.W.) shot himself us he lay in bed in a barrack-room, where three others were sleeping. He died shortly afterwards. ...
Article : 30 wordsA youth named Percy Fletcher was fined £10, with £3/10/ costs, in default three months imprisonment, at the Richmond Court (Vic.), for throwing a stone at a Chinaman, and ...
Article : 35 wordsA masked man, detected on a Melbourne balcony last week, slid down the post and made off, pursued by several neighbors. He successfully made his escape by drawing a ...
Article : 44 wordsNegotiations are to be entered into by the Federal Government with the United States Government to institute a reciprocal system of penny postage. ...
Article : 28 wordsA dreadful case of misery and neglect was discovered in a house at Melbourne last week. There was no furniture except a table, two chairs, and a mattress. The mother was a ...
Article : 58 wordsTwo schoolboys, James Burns and Thomas Kidd, residing at Underwood (Tas.), were out shooting opossums at night, when Burns was shot under his left shoulder. The lad was ...
Article : 14 wordsA disastrous fire in Hobart destroyed four building, the damage being roughly estimated at £43,000. ...
Article : 18 wordsThe stud merino ram Comedy King. exhibited at the recent Sydney sheep show, was sold to Mr. F. D. M'Master. of Castlis (N.S.W.) for 860 guineas. ...
Article : 32 wordsThe steamer Wulpara arrived in Brisbane last week with 271 immigrants. ...
Article : 16 wordsThe body of W. J. Wlison, a line repairer, was recovered last week from the cow-catcher of a engine near Donnybrook (Vic.), with the head and upper parts of the body crushed to ...
Article : 54 wordsA Federal agreement has been signed by which the South Australian Railway Commissioners shall work the Port Augusta-Ooodnadaga railway, so far as the line may be used by th ...
Article : 59 wordsA good workable outcrop of coal is reported to have been discovered in the Western Division, by a party under Mr. W. Little. ...
Article : 27 wordsCecil Love, who met with a gun accident at Klama (N.S.W.), had his leg amputated and died later. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) returned to Melbourne, having failed, during his visit to Bundaberg (Q.) to arrive at a settlement of the sugar strikers' difficulties. ...
Article : 34 wordsDonald M'Lean, of County Peak (W.A.), delirious, through influenca, climbed a wire fence and threw himself into a 30ft. well. His head was fearfully battered through striking the ...
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Advertising : 111 wordsWilliam Arnold (64). while trying to avoid a tram car in Adelaide. Was struck by a motor car and died two hours later. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Victorian Government is arranging to purchase 10,600 acres of land to grow sugar-beets for the State factory at Ma[?]ra. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe total amount of coal exported during the past six months was 1,816,633 tons, valued at £964,901. as against 1,496,503 tons, valued at £760,800 for the same period in 1910. ...
Article : 34 wordsA not profit of £14,711 was earned by the Mongana (Chiliagoe) Company for the year ended March 21, compared with £1096 for the preceding 12[?] months. The surplus liquid ...
Article : 46 wordsPatrick Care, a laborer in West Australia, hanged himself on a tree In Comallier Reserve, and was found dead by its mate. He had been drinking heavily. ...
Article : 31 wordsW. A. Osborne, manager of the Commercial Bank at Orange (N.S.W.), committed suicide by shooting himself. He was a victim of insomania. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe initial parade under the New Defence Act at Yarraville (Vic.) was broken up through larrihins stoning the young non-coins. and the sergeant-major instructing. ...
Article : 29 wordsMrs. Bradshaw, of Skipton (Vic.). 80, was found dead last week, having been suffocated by the smoke from her burning dress. ...
Article : 28 wordsA party of boys from the King's School, Paramatta (N.S.W.) is to attend the Durbar in Delhi on the occasion of the King's visit to India. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 20 wordsA Chinaman at Bathurst (N.S.W.) pleaded guilty, in all good faith, to having opium in his possession. This was subsequently found to he treacle. On appeal, his former sentences was ...
Article : 35 wordsIronbark girders in the warehouse presently burned out at Sydney stood practically [?]paired when the flames had been altogether quelled. ...
Article : 26 wordsMr. E. Kld[?]on. a young New Zealand scientist on the staff of the Carnegic institute, is to carry out a complete magnetic survey of Australia in three years. ...
Article : 16 wordsA man entered hotel bar at Charleville (Q.) last week, had a drink and remarked to the barmaid: "To-day we eat, drink and are merry, for to-morrow we die." He went away ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 7 wordsAlfred J. Brown, of Sydney, was fatally injured in trying to stop a runaway horse. He was knocked down, and subsequently died in hospital from his injuries. ...
Article : 37 wordsIn a Rugby match at Timaru. (N.Z.) Tom Hertnon, when making a penalty kick, was charged by his opponents, knocked down, and injured. He died before reaching the hospital. ...
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