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  2. Who's Who—And Why.

    An interesting story of the Rev. J. H. Jowett is recalled in a book just published by Messrs. James Clark and Co., and written by Mr. Frank Morison. Some years ago Dr. ...

    Article : 1,405 words
  3. The Goondah Accident.

    The following further particulars are given of the Goondah accident:— Yass, Tuesday.—A sensational railway accident, resulting in the death of the enginedriver, Sibraa, a ...

    Article : 253 words
  4. Independent Oddfellows.

    The thirty-first annual session of the Independent Order of Oddfellows was opened on Tuesday at the Oddfellows' Temple, Sydney. Bro. Carl F. S. Glasgow, Grand Master, ...

    Article : 471 words
  5. How Wags the World.

    A record in identification by finger-prints has been established by M. Bertillon, of Paris, who claims to have fixed the guilt on a man suspected of a jewel robbery, by discovering finger-marks ...

    Article : 57 words
  6. CABLE NEWS.

    Sir Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand, arrived in London yesterday. In an interview on Imperial defence he emphasised, the desire of all portions of the Empire to do ...

    Article : 424 words
  7. Grievances of Civil Servants.

    A deputation from the Public Service Association put a number of grievances before the Acting Premier on Tuesday. They asked for a minimum wage of £110 per annum, a ...

    Article : 560 words
  8. SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.

    The death is announced of Mlle. Josephine Chevalier-Marchal, who had her hour of notoriety at the end of the war of 1870-1871. It was in March; and the newly-crowned German ...

    Article : 145 words
  9. AN UNFORTUNATE CLAIM.

    An Austrian nobleman claimed £940 from the French Northern Railway Company for the loss of a trunk containing many valuables. But it came out in the course of the case that he had ...

    Article : 136 words
  10. MOROCCO.

    General Monier's column, which is on the way to the relief of Fez, from the Shawai country, is now traversing the district of Rabat, about 100 miles west of Fez. ...

    Article : 86 words
  11. SHOT WITH HIS OWN WEAPON.

    A dramatic shooting incident took place in one of the most popular restaurants in Paris. Enjoyment was at its height when a revolver shot was fired and the man who fired the shot fell ...

    Article : 101 words
  12. CORONATION CADETS.

    Hobart, Tuesday.—The Coronation cadets who arrived at Hobart on Sunday by the Aberdeen liner Themistocles, on route to London, were kept on the move all Monday. After breakfast they were ...

    Article : 181 words
  13. THE HEART OF HIS SWEETHEART.

    A terrible tragedy has occurred at the little village of Oroscio, on the Swiss-Italian frontier, between Locarno and Lugano. A pretty girl, aged twenty years, was engaged to a young and ...

    Article : 131 words
  14. THE VETO BILL.

    In the House of Commons last night the Parliament (House of Lords Veto) Bill was further considered in committee. On clause 2, Bills to become law after having ...

    Article : 576 words
  15. GUNDAROO.

    Mr. Brown, who has the contract for painting and repairing the bridge over the Yass River near here, has had a gang of men busily employed at the work for some days past, and ...

    Article : 249 words
  16. JERRARA.

    Wedding.—Wednesday, 5th April, marked an epoch in the history of the Jerrara Methodist Church, when the first wedding that has ever occurred within its walls was solemnised. The ...

    Article : 355 words
  17. BATTLE IN A BALLROOM.

    While a ball was in progress at the village of Carnapethe, near Certa, a band of armed men from the neighbouring village of Cordiceira burst into the dancing saloon, extinguished the ...

    Article : 96 words
  18. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' DISABILITIES.

    In responding to the toast of the "Ministry and the State Parliament" at the I.O.O.F. demonstration on Tuesday evening the Acting Treasurer (Mr. Carmichael) foreshadowed an important amendment ...

    Article : 261 words
  19. WHERE FOOD IS CHEAP.

    Writing on the lowel level of prices in West China generally, the United States Consul at Amov, Mr. Julian H. Arnold, states that in Central Shansi one can purchase nine good-sized ...

    Article : 113 words
  20. PARKS VOTE.

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  21. THE HEAD AND THE BODY.

    News comes from Poland that the Russian police have been attempting to solve two mysterious crimes, but so far without success. In a public garden outside Warsaw the head of a ...

    Article : 147 words
  22. REID'S FLAT AND ELDRIDGE'S MAIL SERVICES.

    Mr. Francis Hearne, of Blanket Flat, is in receipt of the following:— Sir,—With reference to the communication presented by you from the Bigga, via ...

    Article : 154 words
  23. SPECIAL LICENSING COURT.

    Mr. A. Gates has been appointed as a member of the Special Court under the Liquor Amendment Act, Goulburn electorate, in place of Mr. H. S. Hawkins, resigned. ...

    Article : 32 words
  24. A QUAINT REQUEST.

    A Chicago paper offered 12/ for the most original advertisement for a Sunday issue. Among those received was the following:— Wanted.—Young man in gaol wants to get ...

    Article : 92 words
  25. EXISTENCE OF TIMBER COMBINE DENIED.

    "There will be no increase in the price of timber. It is quite true that the timber merchants would like very much to make their prices uniform, and prevent the undercutting ...

    Article : 305 words
  26. WIND DESTROYS TEN YEARS' WORK.

    The result of ten years' strenuous labour has been destroyed in a few minutes at Luneville by a gust of wind. M. Lallement had built a new dirigible, which he called the Lorrain, on original ...

    Article : 98 words
  27. SOCIAL DISTINCTIONS.

    A deputation from the Public Service Association asked the Acting Premier to raise the maximum grade salary in the service from £180 to £200 per annum, "to enable a ...

    Article : 215 words
  28. MEXICO.

    An armistice has been consummated, and a peace conference will probably be held at Monterey, the capital of the State of Nuevo Leon, or at Laredo, on the Texan border, General Madero ...

    Article : 45 words
  29. DIVORCE STATE LAWS.

    A telegram from Reno (Nevada), the scene of the Jeffries-Johnson fight, says that the State Legislature, which recently was considering a bill permitting a prisoner condemned for a ...

    Article : 280 words
  30. HOMEBUSH STOCK SALES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 261 words
  31. LOS ANGELES OUTRAGE.

    The Western Federation of Miners are ready to levy an assessment of five dollars per member to provide a fund for the defence of John M'Namara, secretary of the International ...

    Article : 138 words
  32. QUEANBEYAN.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 135 words
  33. UNITED STATES POLITICS.

    The Democrats are confident that they will carry the Farmers' Free List Bill through the House of Representatives by the end of the present week. The Republicans promise ...

    Article : 38 words
  34. GERMAN SHIPBUILDING STRIKE.

    The strikers in the Schichau shipbuilding yard at Dantzig, besides demanding increased wages, also demand a 9½ hours day. The strike has led to the locking out of 1300 ...

    Article : 36 words
  35. POTATO SALES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 154 words
  36. TIMBER RESERVE AT BLANKET FLAT.

    It is notified that the following Crown land has been temporarily reserved from sale as a timber reserve:—Land, District of Carcoar, and Crook-well Shire, county of Georgiana, parish of ...

    Article : 61 words
  37. BUSHRANGER'S GUN.

    Hobart, Tuesday.—Albert Keats, aged 14 years, was admitted to the general hospital suffering from a bullet wound in one of his legs. He was out near Richmond with a boy ...

    Article : 89 words
  38. CANADIAN IMMIGRATION.

    The Canadian Northern Railways officials estimate that 45,000 United States farmers will settle along the railway during the present year. It is estimated that the total inflow ...

    Article : 104 words
  39. Advertising

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