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  2. AERIAL NAVIGATION.

    A gale has damaged the Farman biplane on which Mr. White was endeavouring to accomplish a flight between London and Manchester within a specified ...

    Article : 609 words
  3. THE CHINESE RIOTS.

    The British Consul has returned from Chang-sha, in the Chinese province of Hu-nan. He declares that organised lawless bands are terrorising the ...

    Article : 257 words
  4. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The Marquis of Salisbury, in the course of a letter in this morning's "Times," states:— "The attempt by the Conservatives to ...

    Article : 227 words
  5. A FREMANTLE HARBOUR FATALITY.

    Early last evening during discharging operations near the forehatch of the German mail steamer Scharnhorst, at Victoria Quay, an elderly man named Harry Brown, ...

    Article : 333 words
  6. STORM IN MELBOURNE.

    A heavy storm was experienced in the city and suburbs to-night, and many small buildings were badly damaged. The Crystal Palace Skating Rink at Richmond was ...

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  7. EGYPTIAN UNREST.

    For weeks past several of the leading English newspapers have been commenting in grave language on the unrest in Egypt. ...

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  8. THE COTTON MARKET.

    Some cotton has unexpectedly turned up in the United States, representing portion of the shortage for Europe. This discovery has tended to relieve the anxiety ...

    Article : 188 words
  9. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Mr. Fisher, who arrived from Sydney to-day, was received at the railway station by an enthusiastic crowd, which must have numbered fully 2,000. The arrangements ...

    Article : 1,239 words
  10. A GOLD TRANSACTION.

    Further evidence was given to-day on behalf of the defendant in the action in which Thomas Petch, hotelkeeper, of the Little Bendigo, claims £1,336 from Nathan Bear, ...

    Article : 1,239 words
  11. FRACAS IN A HOTEL.

    Late on Saturday night a serious disturbance took place in the Royal Hotel at Rydal. A gang of plate-layers were drinking, and one refused to pay for the drinks ...

    Article : 174 words
  12. FRENCH POLITICS.

    The French general elections are passing off quietly. Party representation has so far been little modified. The Prime Minister, M. Briand, has been returned ...

    Article : 65 words
  13. DISASTROUS FIRE.

    A disastrous fire swept over the town of Lake Charles, in the State of Louisiana yesterday. Property to the value of 2,000,000 dollars (about £400,000) has ...

    Article : 47 words
  14. A MATERNITY HOME AT NORTH FREMANTLE.

    Yesterday witnessed another advance in connection with the Salvation Army rescue work in this State. The ministrations of Western Australian Salvationists in the ...

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  15. ARREST OF INDIAN STUDENT.

    Vinijaka D. Savarkar, the Indian student who is at present in custody in London, was brought before the magistrate on Saturday morning and again ...

    Article : 467 words
  16. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    Of the £10,000 which is being raised by the National Geographical Society for the purposes of Antarctic exploration, £5,000 has already been collected. ...

    Article : 58 words
  17. BREACH OF PROMISE.

    A draper's assistant named Dower, 25 years of age, has been awarded £100 damages in a breach of promise action which he brought against Mrs. Jesusa ...

    Article : 45 words
  18. NAVAL ETIQUETTE.

    Through a misunderstanding the castle at Capetown returned to a salute of 21 guns fired by the Japanese cruiser Ikhoma a salute of only twelve guns. The ...

    Article : 70 words
  19. TERRIBLE MINING ACCIDENT.

    This afternoon an accident happened at the Great Boulder mine. Two men named Peter Graham and Henry Kilrain were working at the 1,300ft. level when a fall of earth ...

    Article : 170 words
  20. EMPIRE MUSIC RECITAL.

    At the instance of Mr. Henniker Heaton, M.P., a recital will be given early in June of representative specimens of the vigorous poetry and songs of the ...

    Article : 44 words
  21. EX-PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

    Ex-President Roosevelt, who is at present in Paris, visited the Serbonne yesterday, and was awarded a great reception. In the course of an address on "The ...

    Article : 59 words
  22. A RUBBER FLOTATION.

    The United Malaysian Rubber Co., Ltd., was registered in London on Saturday. The capital of the Company consists of £2,000,000 in £1 shares, and ...

    Article : 63 words
  23. SENSATIONAL MOTORING MISHAP.

    A motoring party had a sensational experience in Manawatu Gorge to-day. When turning a dangerous corner the car went over the edge and raced down the steep ...

    Article : 109 words
  24. MISCELLANEOUS.

    In the course of the elections at Cognac, in France, yesterday, the Mayor and a number of voters came to loggerheads, and the Mayor, who was presiding officer ...

    Article : 357 words
  25. TURKEY.

    There has been a recrudescence of tribal hostility in the Ferisovitch district of Albania. The telegraph wires have been cut by the tribes, who preserve a ...

    Article : 40 words
  26. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    The second presentation of the sensational melodrama, "Married to the Wrong Man," was given by the George Marlow Dramatic Company before a large audience in His ...

    Article : 677 words
  27. RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

    A Russo-Japanese society has been formed at Harbin, in Manchuria, to promote a rapprochement between the two countries, and the study of each other's ...

    Article : 38 words
  28. Family Notices

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  29. THE GERMAN NAVY.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Standard" foreshadows the introduction of legislation in 1911 fixing the life of battleships at fifteen years and providing ...

    Article : 38 words
  30. GERMAN FINANCE.

    The realised deficit of Germany is £8,000,000, instead of the £12,000,000 at which it was previously estimated. ...

    Article : 26 words
  31. IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

    Lord Methuen, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief in South Africa, addressed a meeting at Johannesburg on Saturday night. Referring to the example ...

    Article : 83 words
  32. BOXING.

    "Jim" Kendrick, the English bantam-weight champion boxer, met "Patsy" Brannigan, of Pittsburg, in a ten rounds contest at New Orleans on Saturday. The ...

    Article : 37 words
  33. HALLEY'S COMET.

    Halley's comet was clearly visible to the naked eye at Malta yesterday. The tail of the comet was observed to be sloping upwards at an angle of forty degrees. ...

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  34. EARTH TREMORS.

    Two distinct earth tremors were felt at Yerranderie yesterday. No damage was done, but some alarm was caused to residents by the way in which buildings rattled. ...

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  35. THE WARATAH.

    The Wakefield reached Kerguelen's Land on the 7th inst., and fruitlessly searched the Crozet, Marian, Prince Edward, Apostles, and other islands for ...

    Article : 35 words
  36. EVASION OF INCOME TAX.

    The magistrate at Christchurch to-day gave judgment in the case in which Bowron Bros., of Christchurch, were charged with having made a false return under the ...

    Article : 209 words
  37. Family Notices

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  38. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Two shops and a dwelling in the main street of Coff's Harbour were burned down on Thursday, and other places were damaged. ...

    Article : 141 words
  39. NEW GUINEA.

    The British New Guinea Development Co. has purchased the steamer Bentinck, which will trade between New Guinea and Sydney and Brisbane. The vessel ...

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  40. SYDNEY HARBOUR COLLISION.

    An inquest was opened to-day on the body of Hans Neilsen, a seaman of the collier Currajong, who was drowned on the occasion of the collision of that vessel with the ...

    Article : 370 words
  41. PERSONAL.

    The Minister for Mines and Railways (Mr. H. Gregory) underwent a slight operation on Sunday, and is now a patient at Miss Moore's private hospital. He will probably ...

    Article : 306 words
  42. VICTORIA.

    Eight Hours Day was celebrated to-day in hot and dusty weather. In the procession through the city and at the Exhibition Buildings, where as sports programme was ...

    Article : 44 words
  43. VICTORIAN LABOUR BUREAU.

    The State Cabinet have adopted an elaborate scheme for the extension of the work of the Labour Bureau. About 60 of the principal police stations in country centres ...

    Article : 121 words
  44. STORMS IN NEW ZEALAND.

    A severe southerly gale is being experienced in several parts of the Dominion. At Ashburton and Canterbury 15 degress of frost have been registered and 13 degree at ...

    Article : 100 words
  45. THE LAW COURTS.

    In Bankruptcy.—At 11 a.m., No. 3 Court, before Mr. Justice McMillan: In the matter of the Bankruptcy Act 1898, and in the matter of James Gullan, Empire Bakery, ...

    Article : 72 words
  46. A TERRIBLE FATALITY.

    The six-year-old son of Mr. W. Brown, engineer, of Mildura, was the victim of a shocking accident on Friday. The boy was on a small steam fishing boat with his ...

    Article : 99 words
  47. A VOLCANO ACTIVE.

    Ngarahoe is again active, and to-day was emitting great clouds of dark smoke. ...

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  48. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    James Warland, a farmer who arrived in Adelaide from Pinnaroo on April 18, fell from the upper storey of a hotel in Rundle-street the next morning. He succumbed ...

    Article : 38 words
  49. QUEENSLAND.

    was made by the Railway Department on Saturday, and proved in every way successful. ...

    Article : 19 words
  50. Advertising

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    Advertising : 627 words
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