A shocking tragedy occurred at Botany yesterday, when Michael Larkins, a widower, killed his housrkeeper, Mrs. Margaret Donnelan, and then committed suicide. ...
Article : 878 wordsThe Premier announced that there had been a re-arrangement of portfolios as follows:— Mr. Beeby, Minister for Lands. Mr. Carmichael, Minister for Education. ...
Article : 55 wordsOn the motion for adjournment in the Assembly this morning, Mr. Cohen, who was angered by the application of the closure to him, bitterly attacked Mr. Dunn for having ...
Article : 166 wordsThe report of the Director of the Immigration and Tourist Bureau for the year 1910 was tabled in the Legislative Assembly last evening. Its chief features are contained in the ...
Article : 757 wordsThe strike of the Rhondda Valley miners depleted the funds of the South Wales Miners' Federation to the extent, it is estimated, of £100,000, while donations ...
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Article : 186 wordsThe Imperial Chancellor, Herr von Bathmann-Hollweg, yesterday conferred with the Emperor regarding France's Moroccan proposals. ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Minister for Mines (Mr. Edden) is greatly concerned at the unsettled state of affairs at Newcastle. At the request of the Cabinet, he leaves Sydney to-day for the coal ...
Article : 69 wordsThe printers' strike in London cost the society £40,000 in six months. ...
Article : 15 wordsThe general labour unrest in Europe is attributed to the universal increase in the prices of food, consequent on drought. ...
Article : 29 wordsA sensation was created yesterday, amongst the tenants of two terraces, comprising over 30 houses, which the Lord Mayor ordered to be demolished. ...
Article : 640 wordsThe underwriters of Lloyds have accepted 12 per cent for big insurances to pay osses in the event of an outbreak of war between two or three specified European ...
Article : 42 wordsThe Railway Disputes Commission continued the hearing of evidence yesterday. One witness, on behalf of the locomotive men, declared that a meeting of the whole ...
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Article : 524 wordsThe run on the Stettin Savings Bank con[?]ues, and the withdrawals so far amount £75,000. ...
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Article : 33 wordsSeveral writers connected with the "Gerre Sociale," including M. Herve, have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment, [?]ging from two to 24 months, for ...
Article : 40 wordsThe boys of the Bergyn Council School, Llanelly, quitted their classrooms yesterday and paraded the streets because one of their number had been punished. ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Navy League has abandoned the reserve it had maintained in regard to the M[?]ccan crisis. It is now vigorously appealing for the ...
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Article : 99 wordsIn regard to the murder of M. Guillotin near Tours, recently, Paul Houssard, cousin and lover of the deceased's wife, Madame Guillotin, who was arrested on a ...
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Article : 87 wordsThe King and Queen, who are at Balmoral, have promised to send letters, to be forwarded by aerial post, on the inauguration of the new service between London ...
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Article : 262 wordsBarry and Fogwell, who are matched to decide the sculling championship of England, are in excellent condition. There is no betting on the event, but it ...
Article : 45 wordsA deputation promoted by the Highland Society of New South Wales protested to the Minister for Defence against the proposed abolition of the kilt as a distinctive garb for ...
Article : 329 wordsClyde Roberts was acquitted at the Old Bailey to-day on a charge of using a revolver against a striker who attempted to stop his cart in the Minories (Whitechapel) ...
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Article : 30 wordsWhile M. Le Conte, an airman, was flying with Lieutenant Neumann as a passenger at Neuhausen, Munich, yesterday, the engine of the aeroplane exploded, with ...
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Article : 15 wordsOfficial statistics regarding the Congregational Church show that there are 16,269 places of worship throughout the world. There are 1,467,220 members of the ...
Article : 62 wordsAn inquiry was commenced on Wednesday, before Mr. Ranking, P.M., into the administration and treatment meted out to immigrants who arrived by the Oswestry Grange on ...
Article : 501 wordsA sensation has been caused in society by the refusal of the Rev. Frederick Brooks, the well-known Methodist minister, to marry Colonel John Jacob Astor ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 234 wordsArshad-ed-Dowleh, the leader of the exShab's force, who was wounded and captured in the engagement near Veramun this week, was executed yesterday. ...
Article : 99 wordsThe Minister for External Affairs has granted a further extension of three months. in order to enable arrangements to be made for the departure of Mrs. Hop Poon Gooey ...
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Article : 304 wordsIn the House of Representatives to-day the Postmaster-General gave notice of his intention to introduce a bill for the acquisition of private telephones. ...
Article : 91 wordsSoon after the Tyser liner Tomoana had left St. Vincent, in the North Atlantic, and while she was yet within about three miles of the Island, an exciting incident occurred on ...
Article : 167 wordsIn the Assembly to-day the Attorney-General stated that it was proposed to go on with the appeal against the decision of the High Court in the disputed boundary ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 172 wordsThe Queensland Health Department has collected all the people who were brought into contact with the persons on the steamer Van Linschoten when she called at Brisbane, and ...
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Article : 76 wordsIn sentencing a young man, James Boguo, to two years' imprisonment for having fraudulently uttered a cheque on the Union Bank for £105. in the Criminal Court to-day. Justice ...
Article : 64 wordsThe first supply of bricks from the State brickworks was to the Newtown-Marrickville stormwater channel—a Government work. The order, which was announced in June, has now ...
Article : 219 wordsA rabbit trapper at Southernfield named Percy Shaw has been fatally shot by his sevenyear-old son. Trooper Gore went to the scone of the occurrence and found the body of shaw ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 171 wordsWhile Sir Wilfrid Laurier was addressing a reciprocity meeting last night he narrowly escaped serious injury through the collapse of the platform. ...
Article : 76 wordsA disastrous cane fire is reported to have occurred on W. Johnston's farm at Drumsa, in the Mossman district. A thousand tons of cane were burnt. It is thought the fire was caused ...
Article : 44 wordsIn the Petersburg Police Court Charles Stanley Gill, timekeeper in the Petersburg Loco. Department, was committed for trial upon a charge of having obtained £1 is by ...
Article : 90 wordsMark Twain's old home in High-street here has been bought by a wealthy attorney and presented to the city authorities. The house is only a few feet distant from ...
Article : 49 wordsWorkmen have been engaged removing bollers from the Victoria quartz mine—the deepest gold mine in the world. When the second boiler had been taken out ...
Article : 66 wordsAt a meeting of the Sackville Branch of the Liberal Association, a resolution was carried unanimously expressing extreme indignation. horror, and disgust at the disloyal ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Fri 8 Sep 1911, Page 9
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