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  2. DISORGANISED.

    Disorganised is the mildest term which can be applied to the running of the trains on Thursday night. For a train to be an hour or two ate was quite the recognised rule. Railway ...

    Article : 470 words
  3. Advertising

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  4. WHO'S WHO—AND WHY.

    The Duke of Grafton, whose condition has been causing anxiety to his relatives, is the oldest holder of a ducal title in the peerage, and, with two exceptions; the oldest member of the Upper ...

    Article : 160 words
  5. TELEGRAMS.

    The official result of the ballot is—For resumption, 201,013; against, 244,011. There is no rule to cover the matter, but as there is not a two-thirds majority the executive suggest that a ...

    Article : 93 words
  6. COMMERCIAL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 753 words
  7. HOW WAGS THE WORLD.

    Discussing the question of profits from ostrich farms, a writer in the "Empire Magazine" says: More than one Oudtshoorn breeder is credited with an income of £40,000 a year from his ...

    Article : 83 words
  8. COAL STRIKE.

    There have been additional resumptions in Scotland. The miners in North Staffordshire and Walsall will resume to-day. ...

    Article : 279 words
  9. DIVORCE COURT.

    Charlotte Ann Styles, formerly Frost, petitioned on Thursday for a dissolution of her marriage with Septimus Styles, on the ground of bigamy and misconduct. The parties were ...

    Article : 132 words
  10. SENTENCE BEFORE VERDICT.

    The court which is conducting the Camorra trial at Viterbo has released the prisoners Francesco Desiderio and Antonio Percuoco, both having been in prison for five years, which is the ...

    Article : 77 words
  11. PEER'S CURIOUS PRIVILEGE.

    Lord Dartmouth, who has gone on a visit to the Cape, is the head of a family which was founded by a citizen of London who was Lord Mayor in Edward III.'s time. But the Legges ...

    Article : 204 words
  12. REICHSTAG SOCIALIST CHAIRMAN.

    For the first time is its history a Socialist has presided at the sitting of the German Reichstag. The members' benches of the public galleries were crowded when Herr Scheidemann, the ...

    Article : 103 words
  13. PUGILISM.

    The Civil Tribunal has condemned Sam Mc Vea, the pugilist, to pay £400 for breaking his contract to meet Langford between June and December, 1911. H. D. McIntosh was ...

    Article : 41 words
  14. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

    Sir,—Before the community is committed to, if not discredited by, the threatened withdrawal from the existing tenancy, and the rupture of the prestige and time-honoured associations that ...

    Article : 526 words
  15. CURIOUS FRENCH SUPERSTITION.

    On Christmas morning the Mayor of St. Douan, a little village near St. Brieuc, in Brittany, found on the road a dead donkey, covered with blood, and near it a knife which had been ...

    Article : 256 words
  16. PARIS, Thursday. THE MOTOR APACHES.

    Carouy, one of the ringleaders of the motor Apaches, was armed with a revolver. He is an expert chemist, and when arresteed swallowed poison; but a doctor administrated an ...

    Article : 65 words
  17. "LET THEM NOW SPEAK."

    Dr. Pigou, the veteran Dean of Bristol, is one of the first authorities on Church music in the country, and is also one of the humorists of the pulpit. One of his quaintest experiences ...

    Article : 165 words
  18. IMPERIAL AFFAIRS.

    In the House of Commons last night Mr. H. P. Croft (Unionist) drew attention to the lack of organisation in Imperial affairs, and the Government's failure to carry out the proposals of the ...

    Article : 127 words
  19. LONDON, Thursday. ALLEGED EXTENSIVE FRAUD.

    Alfred Motley and C. A. Milmer, described as wealthy American manufactures, have been arrested under extradiction in New York for an alleged fraud involving £20,000. ...

    Article : 92 words
  20. NOTES FROM CININDERRA.

    Death.—The news of the death of the late Mrs. E. M. Ward, which occurred the day after my last notes were dispatched, was received with profound expressions of regret in all ...

    Article : 464 words
  21. SEDITION.

    Messrs. Will Thorne, George Lansbury (Socialists), and J. O'Grady (Labour) have given notice of a motion for April 24 calling for the removal of the Marquis of Londonderry, Lord-Lieutenant ...

    Article : 107 words
  22. A THOUSAND BULLS STAMPEDE.

    Heavy loss has been incurred by the proprietors of the cattle ranches at Villa France, where all the fighting bulls used in the arenas in Partugal are bred. During the recent floods ...

    Article : 98 words
  23. HOSPITAL FUND CHAIRMAN.

    Nobody has shown a greater interest in the cause of hospital maintenance than Sir Savile Crossley, Bart., who lines been re-elected chairman of the Hospital Saturday Fund. Since its ...

    Article : 138 words
  24. LAYING A GHOST.

    A terrible instance of superstition is reported from Hungary. A boy of fourteen died some days ago in a small village. A farmer, in whose employment the boy had been, thought that the ...

    Article : 113 words
  25. ST. PETERSBURG, Thursday. RUSSIA AND PERSIA.

    Those who took refuge in the mosque at Meshed have surrenderd. The leaders had escaped by a private exit. A standing committee has been formed to ...

    Article : 828 words
  26. AMERICAN AIRMAN KILLED.

    Mr. Rogers, the well-known American airman, who was the first to fly across the continent, was killed yesterday. He was soaring in a Wright biplane, when he fell 200 feet. He had ...

    Article : 73 words
  27. A SCULLER-PIANIST.

    Mr. F. S. Kelly, who has been giving some successful pianoforte recitals, is an Australian who is better known to fame by his distinguished career on the river. He was, indeed, one of the ...

    Article : 105 words
  28. GOULBURN PRICES CURRENT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 531 words
  29. BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

    The naval correspondent of the Daily Telegraph writes:—"Whereas our normal outlay in shipbuilding is £13,000,000 annually, Germany's new shipbuilding scheme will impose on Britain ...

    Article : 59 words
  30. A USEFUL BULLDOG.

    The New York Herald tells a story of a bulldog. Two men, Messrs. Archibuld-Greer and Hall Brown, we are told, started in the poultry business. Greer furnished the experience and ...

    Article : 181 words
  31. A NEW UNDER-SECRETARY.

    Promotion has been rather slow in coming to Mr. Ellis Griffith, who has now been appointed. Under-Secretary to the Home Department. The prophets have been conferring office upon him ...

    Article : 157 words
  32. ROYAL SHOW.

    There was a very large attendance at the Royal Show on Thursday, the weather conditions being perfect. The jumping and trotting contests proved a great attraction. The awards ...

    Article : 191 words
  33. HOME RULE.

    The Parliamentary correspondent of the Times states that the Irish Parliament will have power under the Home Rule Bill to vary the customs rate within defined limits, though ...

    Article : 70 words
  34. WERRIWA.

    The roll to be used at the by-election in the Werriwa division will close as soon as the writ issues, and claims for enrolment received after that date will not be acted upon until after the ...

    Article : 346 words
  35. AMERICAN FLOODS.

    The departure for Australasia of the Union Steamship Company's mailboat Tahiti has been delayed owing to the non-arrival of the mails The floods have disorganised the overland ...

    Article : 43 words
  36. LYNCHED IN COURT.

    Three negro prisoners have been shot to death in the Shelbyville county court room, Tennessee, during the preliminary hearing of a charge of murdering certain railway detectives. As the ...

    Article : 78 words
  37. THE ACTOR'S BUSINESS.

    Mr. Charles Hawtrey, whose revival of Mr. Bousfield's play "Dear Old Charlie" is a topic of discussion, long ago said: "It is the business of the actor to amuse. Leave the instruction and ...

    Article : 152 words
  38. QUEANBEYAN.

    At a committee meeting of the Queanbeyan Race Club held at Ryan's (Tattersall's) Hotel on Saturday afternoon the accounts in connection with the recent race meeting were passed for ...

    Article : 163 words
  39. MEXICAN REBELLION.

    President Madero's troops have won their first victory over the rebels, defeating them decisively in the neighbourhood of Parral. A long-range artillery duel opened the battle, in which ...

    Article : 54 words
  40. A BOY'S CONFESSION.

    In a nursery school at Doorslare, Belgium, a burglary had been committed during the night, sad the children were invited by the teacher to say a prayer that the thief might be found. ...

    Article : 82 words
  41. A PRINTER'S ERROR.

    The "Western Daily Mercury," a Plymouth newspaper, published the following paragraph recently:— "We deeply regret that in a portion of our ...

    Article : 126 words
  42. LOCKOUT IN DUNDEE.

    Thirty thousand jute workers have been locked out in Dundeo owing to the refusal of 5000 to return to work after a futile strike for increased wages. ...

    Article : 359 words
  43. A DISTINGUISHED RECORD.

    Few public man have a more distinguished record than Sir William Collins, physician, scientist, and educationist, whose local and Parliamentary services to St. Pancras are to be ...

    Article : 192 words
  44. ALL TICKERS, PLEASE.

    A masked bandit boarded the New York-St. Louis express at night near Piedmont, West Virginia. on an incline in the Allegheny mountains. He entered the rear car, drew his ...

    Article : 139 words
  45. GOULBURN MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.

    The monthly meeting of the committee was held on Thursday evening, Mr. J. Turner, president, in the chair. Mr. C. Bray, the recreation room attendant, was granted his annual leave ...

    Article : 224 words
  46. VANMAN'S FATAL FALL.

    Early on Thursday afternoon William O'Brien, 32, a licensed vanman, of Nelson-street, Annandals, fell from his van in George-street West, and died almost immediately from a broken neck. ...

    Article : 79 words
  47. OUR LIVES.

    Our lives are songs. God writes the words, And we set them to music with pleasure; And the song grows glad, or sweet, or sad, As we choose to fashion the measure. ...

    Article : 183 words
  48. TAX ON BACHELORS.

    The Town Council of Nagyperta, Hungary, has decided almost unanimously to introduce a special tax on bachelors over twenty-four. The amount is to vary between 20 pence and £4, ...

    Article : 60 words
  49. MR. CROOKS' STORY.

    In a recent speech Mr. Will Crooks, M.P., related a conversation he had had with a poverty-stricken slum-dweller. "You're a unit of the Empire on which the sun never sets," said Mr. ...

    Article : 101 words
  50. HOMEBUSH STOCK SALES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 448 words
  51. WEDDING.

    Mr. Augustus Jones, of Elmdell, Gunning, was. on Wednesday afternoon, married to Miss Sylvia Almeria Estella Bush, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Bush, of Dalton. The ceremony ...

    Article : 163 words
  52. 'ENERY TURNER ON "LANGWIDGE."

    An eloquent defence, in pure Cockney dialect was made by Henry Turner, a costermonger, who was charged at Guildhall, before Alderman Sir John Pound, with disorderly conduct and ...

    Article : 239 words
  53. Lismore, Thursday.

    At Burringbar Thomas Millsson, a farmer, was thrown from a bolting horse and dragged some distance until his head struck a fence post. He was killed. ...

    Article : 210 words
  54. EXTRAORDINARY ACCIDENT.

    Murwillumbah, Thursday.—Yesterday afternoon Cecil Ellem, 7 years, the son of a well-known farmer of Mooball, was lifting down a knee rail to allow some cows to enter a paddock, ...

    Article : 92 words
  55. LOCAL RAILWAY TRAFFIC.

    The local railway station presented a busy scene during Thursday night, the platform being crowded, but the arrangements which had been made worked excellently. No fewer than ...

    Article : 58 words
  56. SYDNEY CUP.

    Following are the final acceptances:—Malt King, 9.7; Cadonia, 9.3; Aurofodina, 9.1; Lady Madallist, 9.0; Prizefighter, 8.9; Eric, 8.7; Saxonite, 8.7; Cisee, 8.6; Jacamar, 8.5; Matouree, 8.2, ...

    Article : 99 words
  57. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    The following team will represent Goulburn Rifle Club in a match at Bathurst to-day (Saturday) and Monday for the Gilmour Cup: ...

    Article : 94 words
  58. TUENA RESIDENT INJURED.

    Blayney, Thursday.—James Cartwright, a resident of Tuena, was admitted to Blayney Hospital suffering from a serious injury to the head, and is in a critical condition. The injured man, who ...

    Article : 106 words
  59. ACCIDENT.

    Mr. B. R. Nosworthy, the well-known cricketer, met with a painful accident on Wednesday at the Goulburn Engineering Works, where ho is employed being struck in the eve ...

    Article : 38 words
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