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  2. A SOLICITOR'S MISFORTUNE.

    In a judgment given yesterday the High Court ordered that Mr. R. W. T. West-brook, solicitor of the Tasmanian Court, be struck off the rolls. The case was one ...

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  3. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    There was a narrow escape from a serious accident at the corner of Paddick-street and the main road just before noon to-day. A motor car, containing as a ...

    Article : 141 words
  4. DASHED TO DEATH.

    While Mr. Robl, an aviator, was aeroplaning yesterday at Stettin, the capital of the province of Pomerania, on the River Oder, 37 miles south-east of Swinemunde, ...

    Article : 71 words
  5. PUGILISM

    It has been settled that the fight between Johnson and Jeffries for the heavyweight championship of the world, which was not allowed to be held in San Francisco, shall ...

    Article : 88 words
  6. FLOODS IN EUROPE

    Further reports of the mischief done by the recent heavy rains in Europe state that the quays and streets of Lucerne, the capital of the canton of that name, have ...

    Article : 269 words
  7. FRENCH TRAIN DISASTER

    Yesterday the Paris to Ganville express collided with a slow train standing at Villeprenx, a village westward of Versailles, telescoping the carriages and derailing the ...

    Article : 81 words
  8. AMERICAN AFFAIRS

    Mr. Roosevelt arrived at New York from Southampton yesterday, after his extended shooting expedition in Africa and subsequent tour of Europe. His welcome ...

    Article : 203 words
  9. DANISH BANK FRAUD

    The trial of M. Christensen, who was Premier of Denmark in 1908 when his colleague, M, Alberti, then Minister of Justice, was arrested on a charge of forgery ...

    Article : 171 words
  10. BRITISH POLITICS

    When the House of Commons went into Committee of Supply yesterday, on the item, "Local Government Board salaries," Mr. Asquith urged that Mr. John Burns, ...

    Article : 154 words
  11. MINING SHARES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 59 words
  12. THROWN OUT OF A TRAP.

    Dr. F. J. Chapple and Mrs. Chapple were returning from the Meadows last evening, when the horse which was driven by the doctor shied. The buggy collided ...

    Article : 65 words
  13. KAUFMANN V. LANGFORD.

    The decision of Mr. Gillette, Governor of California, not to permit the fight between Kaufmann and Langford to take place to day created an extraordinary position. ...

    Article : 86 words
  14. WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE.

    The advocates of women's suffrage reopened their campaign on Saturday, when 10,000 marched m a procession two miles long from the Thames Embankment to the ...

    Article : 85 words
  15. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Rabbits.—Market firm, owing to a scarcity. Best large Sydneys, 15/, ex store. Hemp.—The market is inactive and unchanged. ...

    Article : 528 words
  16. FINGER-TIPS SEVERED.

    On Monday last Mr. H. Brown had the tips of two fingers severed by a machine at Messrs. Pimiott's furniture factory. ...

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  17. ELECTED UNOPPOSED.

    Mr. Campaign, a Conservative, has been elected without a contest for the Lewes division of Sussex, formerly represented by Sir H. Aubrey, Fletcher, who died ...

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  18. GUARDING THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

    The movement in favor of early action being taken in the direction of improving the housing of the working classes in the metropolitan area in order, amongst other ...

    Article : 124 words
  19. FIGHTING THE SHIPPING RING.

    The Government of the Straits Settlements, a British colony in the Malay Peninsula, including portions of Singapore, Malacca, and Penang, with the object of ...

    Article : 101 words
  20. CUT TO PIECES BY A TRAIN.

    A man named Tobin, about 45 years of age, who was employed by the Railway Department as a fencer, was riding on a trolly to his work yesterday, when he was ...

    Article : 53 words
  21. CONTEST POSTPONED.

    The fight between Kaufmann and Langford has been postponed until Saturday next. Mr. L. Blot, the organiser, intends to legally test the right of Governor ...

    Article : 35 words
  22. FOUND DEAD WITH A BULLET WOUND.

    A man, supposed to be James H. Lees, was found dead, near the reservoir at Centennial Park yesterday with a bullet wound in his right temple. Near by was ...

    Article : 73 words
  23. REFORMING THE LORDS.

    It is officially announced that the leaders of the Government and the Opposition met yesterday, and agreed that the conference, to be held on Wednesday next with regard ...

    Article : 230 words
  24. THE CRETAN QUESTION.

    The Governments of France, Russia, and Italy have adopted the suggestion of Sir Edward Grey, British Minister for Foreign Affairs, that warships should ...

    Article : 96 words
  25. THE RAILROAD BILL.

    Both Houses at Washington have adopted the joint conference's report on the Railroad Bill. ...

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  26. CORBETT ON JEFFRIES.

    "Having been requested to pick the man who, in my opinion, was the greatest pugilist this world has ever seen, and to give the reasons for my selection I reply ...

    Article : 580 words
  27. DEATH ROLL IN HUNGARY.

    The "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Vienna states that over 1,000 persons have perished as the result of the floods in Hungary, particularly at Banat, in the ...

    Article : 116 words
  28. INCOME TAX ACTS.

    An important decision on the interpretation of the Income Tax Acts of Victoria, was delivered in the High Coprt yesterday. The question for decision was what ...

    Article : 247 words
  29. WRIST CUT BY A WIRE.

    Mr. E. Feast was the victim of a painf[?] accident on Thursday morning. He was securing the wires in a fence on his land in the hundred of Kongorong in company ...

    Article : 83 words
  30. SHIPOWNERS' COMPLAINT

    Messrs. Houlder Bros., the well-known shipowners, have written to Mr. Asquith, Prime Minister, protesting against the action of the Board of Trade; firstly, in ...

    Article : 88 words
  31. THE "CORNER" IN COTTON.

    Five speculators in cotton—James Patten, Maurice Rothschild, Frank Hayne, William (Brown, and Eugene Scales—have been indicted by the Federal Grand Jury in ...

    Article : 84 words
  32. FALL OVER AN EMBANKMENT.

    A laborer, Charles Simpson, 52 years of age, fell over an embankment at the Central mine on Saturday morning, and sustained injuries which necessitated his ...

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  33. RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

    An outrage is reported from Grodzisk, near Warsaw, in Russian Poland. A youth threw a bomb at Colonel Alexandras, Chief of Police. The intended victim escaped, ...

    Article : 50 words
  34. BURNING FATALATIES.

    At an enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death at the Melbourne Hospital of Jane Dargie, 80 years of age, lately, residing at 7, Hardwick-street, North ...

    Article : 107 words
  35. CHINESE MUTINEERS.

    Reports from Philadelphia state that the Chinese crew of the ship Highland Monarch, bound for Auckland, mutinied when refused shore leave. After a desperate ...

    Article : 64 words
  36. ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION

    Captain R. F. Scott, leader of the British expedition to the Antarctic, was banqueted last night by the Devonians in [?]ondon. ...

    Article : 67 words
  37. FIGHTING SOCIALISM.

    A league is being organised in New York to combat Socialism. This is regarded as the outcome of President Taffs attack on Mr. Gompers, the president of the ...

    Article : 71 words
  38. SYMPATHY WITH JEWS.

    Sixteen signatures were attached to a Bill introduced into the Duma, praying for the abolition of the Jewish pale, and for freedom for the Jews to reside in ...

    Article : 41 words
  39. NEW ZEALAND.

    Madame Dolores remains at Wellington another week, leaving by Friday's steamer for Sydney. ...

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  40. CAUGHT IN MACHINERY.

    `A' young man, Frank Caffyn, was caught in some shafting at the Kyloe mine, at Adaminably, on Saturday, and was killed instantly. ...

    Article : 31 words
  41. WEDDLING WITH A RAILWAY.

    The binding of signal wires with hoopiron near the Sandringham station on Thursday and Friday morning last so that they would not work, although considered ...

    Article : 107 words
  42. FATAL FALL FROM A HORSE.

    A girl of 14 years, Gertrude Waugh, living at Munwillumbah, fell from a horse on Saturday and was so badly injured that she died in the hospital. ...

    Article : 46 words
  43. Advertising

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    Advertising : 100 words
  44. THE UNITED STATES.

    The territories of Arizona and New Mexico, have been admitted to the union as States by a measure which has been passed by the Senate at Washington. ...

    Article : 39 words
  45. UNLUCKY LADY CYCLIST.

    Miss Rosie MeEitham left the Goulburn Hospital a few days ago, after nine weeks' treatment in connection with a bicycle accident. Yesterday afternoon she was again ...

    Article : 62 words
  46. THE KANGAROO'S TAIL

    The Prime Minister is not enamored of the shape of the kangaroo's tail on the Australian coat of anns which has teen adopted for the Australian coinage. Mr. ...

    Article : 94 words
  47. BENDIGO GOLD FIELD.

    A scheme for testing the auriferous resources of the Bendiga goldfield has received a set back irom which it is doubtful if it will recover for many a day. The ...

    Article : 250 words
  48. A SUSPICIOUS DEATH.

    Elsie Watson, aged 25, has died in the hospital under suspicious circumstances. This is the third death within a few days from apparently the same cause. ...

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  49. THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

    The German Emperor, who has been suffering from a suppurating wound on the knee, is progressing satisfactorily, and hopes to be fully recovered within a week. ...

    Article : 32 words
  50. KILLED BY A TRAIN.

    Late on Saturday night a single woman, Nellie Turney, was run down by a train near Parkerville and killed. ...

    Article : 28 words
  51. A BIG ESTATE.

    The estate of the late Sir Walter Scott, proprietor of the Tyne Brfths and Tube Manufacturing Company at Jarrow, is valued at £1,500,000. ...

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  52. AN EXCITING RUNAWAY.

    A runaway horse and van collided with the metal columns supporting the colonada and balcony of the Courthouse Hotel, at West Maitland, yesterday. Several of ...

    Article : 81 words
  53. LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP.

    The final of the London lawn tennis championship was played yesterday, when A. F. Wilding beat M. J. G. Ritchie, 6-4, 6-3, 2-0, Ritchie then retired. ...

    Article : 57 words
  54. ARTESIAN WATER.

    Messrs. Johnston Bros. have struck a supply of 75,000 gallons ot water per day in a bore on Mr. G. Bennet's station, Allandale, at a depth of 640 ft. The bore is ...

    Article : 71 words
  55. EARL GREY.

    Earl Grey, the retiring Governor-General of Canada, has arrived in London on board the mail steamer Royal George, which inaugurated the Canadian and Northern ...

    Article : 41 words
  56. AN ASTONISHING ESCAPE.

    Arthur Bancroft, of Torrie Lodge, was descending a well to-day when the windlass broke and he fell a distance of 60 ft. He sustained severe injuries to the head. His ...

    Article : 42 words
  57. SOME BIG SCORING.

    The match between Middlesex and Yorkshire produced some big scoring. The former made 240 and 321 respectively in the first and second innings (Tarrant ...

    Article : 70 words
  58. NEW SOUTH WALES PRODUCE.

    Mr. T. A. Coghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales, has arranged to exhibit samples of New South Wales prize wheat, at the Liverpool Corn Market. ...

    Article : 34 words
  59. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Butcher, a member of the House of Assembly for Gascoyne, has resigned because the Government have repurchased an estate in which he and his brother were ...

    Article : 53 words
  60. FOOTBALLERS INJURED.

    When the Queensland Rugby footballers were returning to town after the match on Saturday a rear wheel came off the drag, with the result that a number of the ...

    Article : 47 words
  61. ADELAIDEAN'S SUCCESS AT CAMBRIDGE.

    MT. J. S. Reid, a student from Adelaide, has aecured a first-class pass in the natural science tripos at Cambridge. ...

    Article : 27 words
  62. QUEENSLAND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 177 words
  63. A FARMER'S DEATH.

    A coronial enquiry, which was held on Saturday regarding the death of David Anderson. 44 years of age. farmer, at Yallock, showed that the deceased while harnessing ...

    Article : 84 words
  64. RESIGNATION OF A MEMBER.

    Mr. D. Jones, who was elected on the Labor ticket as a member for Forrest when Mr. O'Loghlen resigned to contest the Swan scat in the House of Representatives, has ...

    Article : 240 words
  65. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN PREMIER.

    The Hon. N. Moore, Premier of Western Australia, who has been spending some weeks in England, on the business of his State, more particularly with regard to the ...

    Article : 85 words
  66. MELBOURNE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

    The Lord Mayor's fund for a public memorial to the late King Edward has been placed in a remarkable position. The committee of the Children's Hospital has ...

    Article : 183 words
  67. CHILD'S DEATH CAUSED BY BURNS

    The 6-year-old daughter of Mr. W. Pugh, of Beach Forest, fell into the fire on Friday end was severely burned. She died the next morning. ...

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  68. LADY ISLINGTON.

    Lady Islington, wife of Lord Islington, the new Governor of New Zealand, sails for the Dominion in the steamer Taurakina. ...

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  69. THROWN ON TO SPIKES.

    John Christie, a farmer, living near Bois lean, met with a shocking arcident. He was seated on a roller, to which was attached a sledge, on which was placed a ...

    Article : 87 words
  70. ITINERANT TEACHERS.

    The system of itinerant teachers, inaugurated a couple of years ago, has proved so successful that the Minister of Education has decided to appoint four ...

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  71. CANADIAN CADET MOVEMENT.

    A cinematograph film is being shown at the Palace Theatre, London, illustrating the progress of the Cadet movement in Canada. ...

    Article : 29 words
  72. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Clarke-Meynell Dramatic Company, headed by Mr. Matheson Lang and Miss Hutin Britton, have caught the public taste at the Criterion Theatre. "Pete," after a ...

    Article : 115 words
  73. NATIONAL MORTGAGE AND AGENCY CO. OF NEW ZEALAND.

    The directors of the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand have declared a dividend of 7½ per cent. ...

    Article : 32 words
  74. VICTORIA.

    At the King's Theatre on Saturday night Mr. William Anderson's dramatic organisation presented "A Sailor's Wedding," a stirring drama of adventure and love in ...

    Article : 48 words
  75. A YOUNG MAN SHOT.

    On Friday three young men went to Snake Banks to shoot opossums, when a trapper, named Thomas Adams, on hearing them shooting, approached the young men. ...

    Article : 90 words
  76. TASMANIA.

    The annual dinner of the St. George's Society was held on Saturday evening. There was a large attendance, and the usual patriotac speeches were made. ...

    Article : 30 words
  77. SHEEP DESTROYED BY RABBIT POISON.

    At the last meeting of the Omeo Shire Council doubt was expressed whether poisoning rabbits by strychnine and apples is an unmixed blessing. It was stated that ...

    Article : 43 words
  78. AN INTIMATION TO MARINERS.

    The lessee of Hogan's Island has notified the Marine Board of his intention to burn off scrub within a few days. When this was done last year it caused anxiety to, ...

    Article : 43 words
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