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  2. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    Mr. George Shepherdson, Alfred-street. Walkerville, a butcher in the employ of Mr. William Kither, was turning his horse opposite the Crown and Sceptre ...

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  3. FOODSTUFFS IN WAR.

    The Right Hon, Lewis Harcourt (Secretary of State for the Colonies), replying in the House of Commons yesterday to Mr. J. G. Butcher (Conservative member for ...

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  4. A FIENDISH BAND.

    Awful disclosures have been made as the result of a raid by the police on gipsy camp in Southern Hungary. The police found 23 kidnapped children ...

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  5. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Addressing a public meeting at Stratford, a London suburb in Essex, yesterday, Mr. C. F. P. Masterman, Under-Secretary for Home Affairs, announced that the ...

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  6. THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKESTAN.

    Particular with regard to the earthquake in Russian Turkestan last mouth show that at Vyernyi, capital of the province of Semiryechensk, there is a fissure in the ...

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  7. THE FINNISH DISASTER.

    The two icebreakers sent in search of the Russian fishermen carried out to sea last week on an icefloe outside Bjorke Sound have returned, their efforts being ...

    Article : 167 words
  8. RAIN AND FLOODS.

    Further extensive damage is reported as the result of the recent heavy rains. On Friday evening a terrific thunderstorm broke over Ascot Vale and Moonee Ponds. ...

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  9. LION IN A MELBOURNE STREET.

    Some excitement was caused both inside and outside the Opera House yesterday afternoon by the escape of a lion which performs under the direction of Fasola, the ...

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  10. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Replying to several questions in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Lewis Harcourt, Secretary for the Colonies, stated that he could never think of ...

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  11. THE CORONATION.

    The King's old Acorn Coach, intended for use at the Coronation next May, was destroyed in a fire which occurred yesterday in & carriage factory at ...

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  12. THE CHRISTCHURCH MYSTERY.

    The evidence given at the inquest concerning the death of Ethel Bradley, at Christchurch revealed that the woman had taken prussie acid, and death was due to ...

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  13. RUSSIAN STEAMER LOST.

    The Russian steamer Sturman, 1,142 tons, belonging to the port of Batoum, and owned by M. Gourgy, has foundered off Sebastopol, as the result of a gale. So ...

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  14. FIRMS AND WAGES.

    Mr. Sydney Buxton (President of the Board of Trade), replying yesterday to a deputation from the recent Trades Union Congress, declined to accept the suggestion ...

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  15. RECIPROCITY.

    Although it cost the Laurier Government the loss of half its normal majority to resist successfully an amendment tabled the Dominion House of Commons yesterday ...

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  16. LABOR TROUBLES.

    The South Wales Miners' Federation have withdrawn their application for a 2½ per cent, increase in wages. ...

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  17. DURAND'S SENTENCE.

    After a tumultuous debate the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday, by 340 votes to 168, refused to pass a resolution censuring the Government for declining to ...

    Article : 80 words
  18. THE COLORADO DISASTER.

    Later particulars with regard to the disaster in the Cokedale mine, in Trinidad, Colorado, state that nine men have been killed, that one has been so badly injured ...

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  19. AGRARIAN CRIME.

    A farmer named Sheahan, residing near Oranmore, county Galway, Ireland, has been shot dead in his house. He had previously been cautioned to vacate the land ...

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  20. MURDERED BY INDIANS.

    Advices from Reno, the town in Nevada where the famous fight between Johnson and Jeffries took place, state that the bodies of four wealthy stockmen, who had ...

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  21. FAMINE IN CHINA.

    The American Minister at Pekin reports that in the province of Shantung alone as the result of the failure of the rice crop, two millions are starving. The American ...

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  22. OIL-FIELDS IN CANADA.

    Sixty-one new oil companies have been incorporated in a single day, with the object of exploiting the oil-lands in the province of Alberta. Valuable oil-fields are ...

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  23. SCIENTISTS IN PERIL.

    News of the doings of the Swedish scientific expedition, which is investigating the flora and fauna in the interior in the northwest of this State, and the ...

    Article : 403 words
  24. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A thief who robbed a Chicago cafe of £600 last night was himself robbed at the entrance by three "hold-upe." SUEZ CANAL BLOCKED. ...

    Article : 360 words
  25. CHINESE IN CANADA.

    The Canadian Senate are considering a Bill empowering the Dominion Government to enforce stricter regulations with regard to Chinese immigrants. It is proposed that ...

    Article : 57 words
  26. RUSSIA AND AMERICA.

    A resolution is before the Washington House of Representatives asking President Taft to render void the treaty with Russia of 1832, on the ground that American ...

    Article : 50 words
  27. THE DANGER IN "THE RIP."

    The safety or otherwise of the entrance to the Port of Melbourne is causing some concern among shipmasters. The following is an extract from the captain's log of ...

    Article : 439 words
  28. THE MEXICAN WAR.

    Muleto, a Mexican town not far from the Texan border, has been the scene of a hotly-waged battle between the Federal and insurgent forces. The battle, which ...

    Article : 132 words
  29. THE HOUNDSDITCH MURDERS.

    An examination of the papers found in possession of the persons who are awaiting their trial for the murder of the constables at Houndsditch has led to an astonishing ...

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  30. CAREERS FOR WOMEN.

    Princess Christian has accepted the post of president of a committee that seeking to find careers in the colonies for educated women. The committee ...

    Article : 49 words
  31. POISONED COFFEE.

    The inquest on the bodies of Mr. Hutchinson, a resident of Dalkeith, and one of his guests, who died from the effects of poisoned coffee swallowed at a recent ...

    Article : 87 words
  32. THE PLAGUE.

    The "Bourse Gazette" reports that pulmonary and other forms of the Asiatic plague have occurred in 22 places in the Khirgiz Steppes and Astrakhan, and that ...

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  33. CRIPPEN'S WILL.

    The will of Dr. Crippen, made prior to his trial for the murder of his wife at Hilldrop Crescent, has been proved. The estate is valued at £263 and is bequeathed ...

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  34. IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

    In the House of Lords yesterday Lord Roberts gave notice of his intention to propose the following motion:—"That in view of the altered strategic conditions on ...

    Article : 56 words
  35. A FATHER'S DEVOTION.

    John Heron, about 50 years of age, and residing in Grant-street, Ballarat East, committed suicide by hanging on Friday night. He was a married man, but his ...

    Article : 171 words
  36. THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    The "Sunday Times" understands that General Botha, Prime Minister of the South African Union, will announce at the forthcoming Imperial Conference the ...

    Article : 94 words
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  38. AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

    Addressing a meeting at the Grand Rapids, Michigan, yesterday, Mr. Roosevelt advocated a change in the American Constitution, doing away with the ...

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  39. A YOUTHFUL CRIMINAL.

    A youth who had just been arrested by a policeman yesterday in the act of passing counterfeit coins shot his captor dead in the street with a revolver, and then ...

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  40. BUILDING TRADE TROUBLE.

    The timber sorters and stackers held a meeting yesterday, and decided that unionists should not work for any employer but those prepared to advance wages ...

    Article : 137 words
  41. BILLIARDS.

    The billiard match at Manchester between G. Gray, the Australian, and E. Diggle, the Englishman, for 8,000 up, resulted yesterday in a victory for the ...

    Article : 61 words
  42. CONVENT PLUNDERED.

    A daring robbery was perpetrated yesterday in, the Carmellite Convent at Olivaes, a suburb of lisbon. The left hand, heavily bejewelled, of the magnificent statue of St. ...

    Article : 58 words
  43. CHAFFINCH MINE SENSATION.

    Constable Purdue, left by the Karoola yesterday with warrants in connection with the charges against Dyason. Bonwick, and Greenway, of having conspired to defraud ...

    Article : 87 words
  44. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Herr Albert de Rothschild, a partner in the firm of N. M. Rothschild & Sons. ...

    Article : 29 words
  45. A GOVERNMENT PARTY MISSING.

    Information has been received from Thursday Island to the effect that the Merrie England arrived on Saturday from Daru for two launches to send up the Fly ...

    Article : 132 words
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