Fifteen more cases of smallpox within the metropolitan area, and two in the country— both at Oxley, near Balranaid—were reported to the Board of Health yesterday. ...
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Article : 856 wordsAs soon as an opportunity presented itself after the Legislative Assembly met yesterday the leader of the Opposition, Mr. Wade, gave notice of a motion of censure for ...
Article : 217 wordsA railway collision, involving considerable damage to rolling stock, occurred at Aldershot, near Maryborough, at an early hour this morning. ...
Article : 286 wordsThe tension between Russia and Turkey owing to the latter refusing to withdraw from Adrianople is increasing. The press is making very bitter attacks ...
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Article : 742 wordsThe officers of the visiting Australian war-ships attended a brilliant Mayoral "At Home" which was held in the City Hall this evening. About 1500 people were present, including ...
Article : 197 wordsImmediately after the adjournment, a Cabinet meeting was held in the Premier's room and lasted about 10 minutes. Ministers did not appear to take the ...
Article : 85 wordsThe Government has decided that as Bulgaria is unable immediately to occupy the territory the Greeks were about to evacuate, they shall remain in occupation for a few ...
Article : 38 wordsThe commanding officer of the German gun-boat Cormoran, stationed in the South Pacific, has reported to headquarters that Falcon Island in the Tonga Group has disappeared. ...
Article : 148 wordsDr. F. G. V. Stephens, of the Board of Health, Sydney, has investigated the suspected case of smallpox, and has diagnosed the case as not smallpox, but a skin disease. ...
Article : 75 wordsIn connection with the exchange of Greek and Turkish prisoners it is impossible to give the approximate number of Turkish captives. ...
Article : 55 wordsAt last night's meeting of the Labour Council a deputation was appointed to wait upon the Minister for Labour and Industry and request him to introduce a bill providing for a ...
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Article : 100 wordsKing Peter, of Servia, and King Constantine, of Greece, have ratified the Treaty of Bucharest. ...
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Article : 78 wordsThe remarkable growth of the business of the Sydney Ferries was the main thorne of a speech made by Mr. W. G. Todd, late general manager of the company, yesterday in ...
Article : 347 wordsBert. Funnell, the young A.B. on the Aorangi, who was reported by cable recently to have fallen overboard when six days out from San Francisco, was a much sought ...
Article : 227 wordsOwing to the abnormal number of strikes, the effect on the trades unions' funds is causing the leaders a good deal of anxiety. The reserve fund of the General Federation ...
Article : 77 wordsYorkshire beat Essex at Bradford by an innings and 48 runs. Kent defeated Leicestershire at Canterbury by 264 runs. H. T. W. Hardinge for Kent, ...
Article : 55 wordsAn interesting point has been raised in connection with Mr. Webster's position in the House of Representatives. According to the rules of Parliament, if a member is absent ...
Article : 94 wordsMr. W. E. Harvey, M.P.—who was elected as a Liberal and only joined the Labour party in Parliament by the vote of the Miners' Federation—in a speech at Chesterfield last ...
Article : 95 wordsSenator Pearce, ex-Minister for Defence, referred to-day to Senator Millen, the present Minister, stopping works at Henderson Naval Base, Cockburn Island. Senator Pearce ...
Article : 80 wordsAt the police court to-day a young girl, Lily May Yenny, was charged with having, on August 12, maliciously set fire to an office in John-street, then in possession of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 216 wordsFour fatalities resulting, from railway accidents were inquired into by the Coroner to-day: Two of the persons who were killed were railway employees, and both met ...
Article : 132 wordsA message was received by Mr. Massey Greene, secretary of the Parliamentary committee, to-day. It read as follows:—"Three members of the party of British politicians who ...
Article : 141 wordsThe payment for small coal question was proceeded with before the Miners' Wages Board this morning, with Judge Edmunds presiding. ...
Article : 565 wordsHerr Ballin declares that the refusal of the Government to participate in the San Francisco Exhibition is a serious mistake. He says he will endeavour to arrange a ...
Article : 55 wordsThe Supreme Court of Quebec has granted a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Harry Thaw at the instance of the fugitive's lawyer. Newspaper representatives are crowding ...
Article : 78 wordsThe conference between the shop assistants and their employers continued last night, and adjourned until to-night. What was done was not disclosed, but it is understood that ...
Article : 114 wordsOn a charge of having kept a common gaming house in Elizabeth-street, Fredk. O'Neill was, in the City Court on Tuesday, fined £100, with £20 costs, in default three months' ...
Article : 95 wordsThe celebrated Alpine traveller, Mario Piacenza, who, accompanied by guides, has been exploring the Himalayas, reached the summit of Mount Numkan, an altitude of 22,000ft—the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 182 wordsAt a meeting of the State Cabinet to-day it was decided to take steps to ascertain whether the other States would co-operate with Victoria in securing new shipping services to the ...
Article : 45 wordsIt is stated that Dr. Sun Yat Sen, the Chinese revolutionary leader, will shortly proceed to Canada, and thence to England. ...
Article : 30 wordsNaval airship No. 2 became disabled over Odiham, Hampshire, at a height of 200ft, but the new airship, Eta, which was travelling at a height of 500ft, overtook the disabled craft, ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Progress Association has inaugurated a half-crown fund to commemorate the memory of Sir William Lyne. It is proposed to erect a suitable memorial in a prominent position ...
Article : 52 wordsA telegram from Christchurch gives details of the inquest on Winifred Peagran, aged 3 years. Evidence was given that the mother washed ...
Article : 97 wordsTurnstall, the Bolton corporation labourer, who was reported to have come into an inheritance of £200,000 from a relative in Western Australia, and afterwards disappeared, has ...
Article : 264 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr. Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Labour and Industry: "Have you yet settled the strike at Broken Hill, and are you going to ...
Article : 232 wordsBurglars entered the shop of Mr. A. S. Carroll, chemist, on Tuesday night and stole £8 16s. It was evidently the work of exports, as they left no trace. A number of cheques, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 75 wordsThe municipalities of Berlin, Charlottenburg, and other suburbs, have decided to import Australian mutton in large quantities, in order to meet the prevailing scarcity of ...
Article : 45 wordsIn connection with the Warkworth-tragedy. Mary Winchester Hall was charged with murdering her daughter, Isobel. The jury found a verdict of not guilty on the grounds that ...
Article : 82 wordsThe hearing of a case, in walch J. English claimed £300 from J. D. Payne for a breach of covenant, was continued in the District Court yesterday and to-day, before Acting ...
Article : 69 wordsMr. J. E. Williams, secretary of the National Railway Union, denies the report that the plebiscite taken by members of the union shows a large majority against the conciliation ...
Article : 38 wordsA clerk, employed by the City Council, who admitted embezzlements involving over £300, has been committed for sentence. ...
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Article : 23 wordsOfficial recognition has been accorded the Lieutanant-Governor, Mr. Glynn, as Governor of New York State. Mr. Sulzer, the ex-Governor, who was ...
Article : 50 wordsMr. Haynes, K.C., who was counsel for Mr. Chinn before the Royal Commission, states that Mr. Chinn is about to take proceedings in respect to printed statements regarding the ...
Article : 55 wordsAt about half-past 7 yesterday evening a fire broke out at the residence of Mrs. M'Kay, corner of Mitchell-street and Punchbowl-road, Enfield. The cause of the outbreak was the ...
Article : 55 wordsMrs. C. W. Molloy was tossed by a cow while locking a calf in a pen, and had both arms broken. A dog chated the calf, and ran back to her pursued by the cow, which than ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 22 Aug 1913, Page 9
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