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  2. A MINING DISASTER CAUSES TWO DEATHS.

    An accident, tragle in its effect and remarkable in its nature, occurred at the Central Red, White and Blue mine, Bendigo (Vic.) last week, resulting in the deaths of Alfred Streader. ...

    Article : 553 words
  3. YOUNG GIRL FOUND GAGGED AND BOUND.

    A case presenting some sensational features was reported to the police at Bendige (Vic.) last week. The victim of the outrage was a girl named ...

    Article : 180 words
  4. ABORIGINAL HIGHLY HONORED BY KING.

    The announcement which was recently cabled from England to the effect that his Majesty the King had conferred the Albert Medal on one of our wild aborigines for conspicuous bravery ...

    Article : 266 words
  5. STEAMER CAPSIZED, BY RIVER CURRENT.

    The river steamer Pearl, a regular trader to Copmanhurst from Grafton (N.S.W.). capsized in the Clarence River last week. The vessel left Grafton at 7 a.m. and reached ...

    Article : 83 words
  6. ECHO OF THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADING DAYS.

    A sensational case of a woman being sold for 7/6 is reported from the West Coast of South Australia, the allegations in reference to which bristle with revolting details. ...

    Article : 369 words
  7. ANNIVERSARY OF A FAMOUS "HOLD-UP."

    Last week was the anniversary of the celebrated sticking-up of the Eugowra gold escort at the Rocks, near Forbes (N.S.W.). on the Gates-road, by the Gardiner gang of ...

    Article : 287 words
  8. MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF STOCK.

    A mysterious disease has caused the death of large numbers of stock in the Millmerran district (Q.). The disease has only come to light since the recent rains. Portions of the carcases ...

    Article : 24 words
  9. NO SANCTUARY FOR MURDERER.

    An instance of the comparatively uncivilised life that prevails at the obesent cay in sows parts at Earope occurred last week. a man named Makkones was arrested in one of the eastern provinces of Austria-Hungary and charged with murder. He was found guilty at the charge, and sentenced to death. Escaping custody, he fled, and sought sanctuary in the Cathedral at Veszprim. The police followed not on his tracks, and reached the building in time to see their man disturb the ceremony of the celebration of the Mass and make his way to the High Altar itself. Without waiting, the pursuers genetrated the crowd of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 136 words
  10. PROPOSED WEIR ON THE MURRAY.

    Victoria has asked New South Wales to grant the necessary survey and construction rights for the erection of a large weir on the River Murray, at Turrumbarry, in connection with the ...

    Article : 42 words
  11. HUMAN REMAINS FOUND.

    A human skeleton was found by ring-barkers in a paddock near Nindi Gully (Q.). The remains are supposed to be those of a man named Bergmann, who was lost in the vicinity about ...

    Article : 42 words
  12. FEDERAL BANK DEPOSITS.

    The maximum amount upon which interest will be paid in connection with savings deposited in the Federal Bank has been fixed at £300, and the interest allowed for the time being will ...

    Article : 15 words
  13. IRRIGATING 400,000 ACRES.

    Speaking at Finley (N.S.W.) last week, the New South Wales Minister for Lands announced his intention of introducing a Bill to authorise the utillising of a natural basin at Lake Benarce. ...

    Article : 26 words
  14. BIG LAND DEAL.

    A Sydney syndicate has purchased 65,000 acren in the New Hebrides, and an immediate start will be made with the development of the property. This is the biggest land deal that has ...

    Article : 43 words
  15. AUSTRALASIAN NEWS IN BRIEF

    During the progress of a liquor strike at Wi[?]ton (Q.), the principle hotels were picketed. A Chinese found drinking in an hotel was ducked under a water tap. ...

    Article : 36 words
  16. ERECTION OF SKYSCRAPER.

    In the Sydney City Council last week a resolution was agreed to limiting the height of a proposed building to 210ft. ...

    Article : 21 words
  17. PLAYGROUNDS IN PUBLIC PARKS.

    The parks committee of the Sydney City Council favors the ldea of providing play grounds for children in the various city parks. ...

    Article : 14 words
  18. LABORERS' CONFERENCE.

    A conference of inter-State trade unions of the Commonwealth, which sat in Sydney last week, decided to form one large industrial union to be called the United Laborers' Union. ...

    Article : 30 words
  19. A BIG ORDER.

    The N.S. Wales Government has decided to have 100 new locomotives made in the State. The contract is expected to total £500,000. ...

    Article : 9 words
  20. UNIVERSITY FARM.

    A proposal has been brought forward in Victoria for a University training farm, to work in conjunction with the Agricultural Department. The Government is to be approached. ...

    Article : 33 words
  21. PINE PLANTATION.

    Tree planting at the New South Wales pine plantation. Tuncurry, has been commended. Some 190.000 trees, covering an area of 200 acres will be planted. ...

    Article : 31 words
  22. FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS.

    An anti-tuberculosis dispensary for indigent persons, the first of its kind in Australia, has been established in Sydney, a grant of 2500 having been made by the Government for that ...

    Article : 12 words
  23. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

    While proceeding to his home at Rosewater (S.A.) last week, Herbert Godfrey Praim was set upon by three men and kicked into insensibility. His assailants, after ransacking his ...

    Article : 15 words
  24. SHORTAGE OF COAL.

    A serious shortage of coal is being felt to New Zealand. The State Coal Mines Depot in Wellington, is unable to cope with the demand, and present blocks are being rapidly exhausted. ...

    Article : 36 words
  25. STATE TIMBER ENTERPRISE.

    The West Australian Government has resolved to make kaurl timber a State enterprise, and to erect mills and build a railway to the coast to open up the kaurl forests. ...

    Article : 34 words
  26. BIG STEEL WORKS.

    Newcastle (N.S.W.) has been practically selected by the Broken Hill Proprietary Company as the site for the erection of large steel works which the company proposes to establish. ...

    Article : 27 words
  27. FEDERAL WOOLLEN MILLS.

    The natural facilities and the foreshores of Gladstone Harbor (Q.) are to be brought under the notice of the Commonwealth Government for the erection of the Federal woollen mills. ...

    Article : 32 words
  28. CHINESE MURDERS LUBRA.

    At the Darwin (S.A.) Supreme Court last week, Jimmy Ah Bo, a Chinese, was found guilty of the murder of a lubra, and sentenced to death. He shot his victim and then cut the body ...

    Article : 19 words
  29. NO NEW ZEALAND NAVY.

    New Zealand for the present, has refused to send boys to the Royal Australian Naval College, for training, on the ground that the establishment of a New Zealand navy was not ...

    Article : 24 words
  30. A NARROW ESCAPE.

    A violent gale swept over the Casterton district (Vic.) last week. An engine-driver in Holmes Bros.' Hour mill had just left the building when it collapsed. He narrowly escaped ...

    Article : 39 words
  31. BOY SWALLOWS LYSOL.

    Leslie Rahmate, 15 a resident of Camper-down (Sydney), told his mother that he was not going to work last week. He said he was tired of living and later drank glass of lysol. He ...

    Article : 48 words
  32. AUCKLAND NAVAL BASE.

    In connection with the new naval base selected by the English Admiralty at Auckland (N.Z.) it is announced that the squadron will include two second-class cru[?]sers, three destroyers, and ...

    Article : 29 words
  33. MAN'S HEAD BLOWN OFF.

    While rabbit shooting at Coleraine (S.A.) last week, Thomas Noonan acc[?]tally shot his companion, Mr. W. Murtagh. Noonan was inserting a fresh cartridge in his drearm, When ...

    Article : 14 words
  34. NEW FIRE BRIGADES BILL.

    A new Fire Brigades Bill, abolishing the present Fire Brigades Board, and substituting a Fires Commission, is being drafted in New South Wales. A conference will be called ...

    Article : 18 words
  35. EDUCATION IN VICTORIA.

    Increases in the remuneration of men teachers in Victorian State schools are proposed for this year, which will cause the annual cost of State education per child to rise from 4/11/0, ...

    Article : 27 words
  36. WORKERS' HOMES.

    There is a very keen demand for workers' homes in all parts of New Zealand, and several sites have been inspected by Government officials, with the object of building. Next year ...

    Article : 45 words
  37. SATURDAY HALF HOLIDAY.

    Legislation is to be introduced in Victoria with the object of extending the Saturday half-holiday to all towns in the State, though exemptions will be granted in the case of towns ...

    Article : 11 words
  38. WHALING INDUSTRY.

    The whaling Industry is still going ahead in Tasmania. The Marine Board had received an application from Durban, asking for permission to erect a floating whaling factory in order ...

    Article : 46 words
  39. NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT.

    The New Zealand Parliament was opened last week. The speech proposed the compulsory resumption of estates. The tariff is to be revised to lower the cost of certain articles in common ...

    Article : 21 words
  40. JUSTIFIABLY SHOT.

    The inquest into the death of Thomas Conquit, the victim of the Adelong (N.S.W.) shooting tragedy, was concluded last week. The jury found that Conquit was shot by Senior-[?]rgeant ...

    Article : 12 words
  41. UNION LEVY FOR POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.

    The Central Executive and the Victorian Political Labor League has written to the various unions asking for financial assistance in for therance of organising work in connection with ...

    Article : 27 words
  42. RULING LONDON PRICES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 39 words
  43. PRESS AND THE "GAG" ACT.

    The Melbourne "Argus" was fined last week for commenting on the Werriwn election. with-out the name of the writer being disclosed. The case is to be taken to the High Court to ...

    Article : 12 words
  44. DISASTROUS WEDDING EVE.

    On the eve of the marriage of Mr. W. Zander to Mrs. Kurix, at Vine Vale (S.A.), the bride groom was hit be fragments of an iron box. which had been exploded. His hip was smashed ...

    Article : 19 words
  45. STATE LIME WORKS.

    A successful trial burning of lime has taken pluce at the State works at Tarce (N.S.W.). The expert considers that the Hmestone is the best he has seen in any country. The Minister for ...

    Article : 11 words
  46. CENTENARIAN'S FUNERAL.

    The death has occurred in the Crooked Rivers district (Vic.) of John Nolan, at the age of 100 years. Residents carried the remains to Talbotvilie, a distance of 11 miles for burial ...

    Article : 21 words
  47. FOODSTUFFS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 63 words
  48. Advertising

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  49. RAIN IN VICTORIA.

    Sunday, July 7, will be proclaimed by the Executive Council as the day of thanksgiving throughout Victoria for the bounteous rains which have recently fallen in the State. ...

    Article : 14 words
  50. THE FEDERAL BANK.

    The Federal Bank has extended its operations to Sydney, where a site has been secured. ...

    Article : 15 words
  51. GORED BY A BULL.

    John lies, 75 a farmer, residing at Papanul (N.Z.). was gored by a bull last week, and died from his injuries. ...

    Article : 18 words
  52. EXCLUSION OF CHINESE.

    The Chinese Consul-General referred at Ballarat (Vic.) to the exclusion of Chinese from Australia. The time would come, he said, when the Chinese would expect to be admitted to ...

    Article : 13 words
  53. A REAL GO!

    See the Hat Trimming Competition, for men us well as women, on Page 12—good prizes. An evening's fun. ...

    Article : 9 words
  54. AUSTRALIAN NOTES.

    The number of Australian notes issued and not redeemed on June 26 was 3,539,620 valued at £9,489,932. The gold reserve is £1,252,016. ...

    Article : 27 words
  55. MOTOR BOAT WRECKED.

    The motor boat Minnie was wrecked at Cook's Island, off Tweed Heads (N.S.W.). last week Her crew and four passengers were loaded safely. ...

    Article : 26 words
  56. EX-SPEAKER'S DEATH.

    Sir William David Beazley, who had been a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 18[?], died last week. He was elected Speaker in 1903. ...

    Article : 28 words
  57. UNIONISTS, THEN MARRIED MEN.

    The Minister for Defence announced last week that no more names would be registered for work at the Victorian naval base. Westernport First preference would be given to unionists ...

    Article : 15 words
  58. MISCELLANEOUS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 30 words
  59. AN EVENTFUL TRIP.

    The dredge W. T. Appleton, which arrived at Townsville (Q.) last week from Holland, had a trying voyage. Fearful weather was experienced during the whole of the voyage, and when in ...

    Article : 52 words
  60. SHOT BY HIS CHUM.

    James Carpenter (18) was accidentally shot at Merewether, near Newcastle (N.S.W.). by a chum named Bartholli. Revolver practice had been indulged in, an Bartholli thinking the ...

    Article : 25 words
  61. THE DEADLY PEA RIFLE.

    A Pea Rifle Bill is to be introduced into the Victorian Parliament, having for its object the prevention of many dangerous accidents which result from uncontrolled use of this weapon. ...

    Article : 35 words
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