INDEX.

The figures between [] refer to Part I.

[Speeches in Parliament are entered under their subjects under the heading "Parliamentary Speeches," and those outside Parliament under "Political Speeches." Books are entered under "Literature" under their authors' names. Law cases, except criminal trials, are entered individually.]


ACCIDENTS.
Avalanche, Ortler Spitz, Tyrol, patrol of soldiers, 9.

Aviation, Airship Z. I., wrecked, 17;
Allan, Capt. C., 9;
Anderson, Capt. E. V., 14;
Annesley, Earl of, 33;
Beevor, Flight-Lieut. C., 33;
Burroughs, Lieut. J. E. G., 9;
Campbell, Serg., 23;
Carter, Air-mechanic, 14;
Cresswell, Lieut. T. S., 16;
Cudmore, G., 14;
Downer, Capt. C. P., 9;
Empson, Lieut. J., 14;
Fethi Bey, 8;
Fischamend, 18;
Gibb, Mr., 4;
Hamel, G., 14;
Hordern, Lieut. L. C., 23;
Legagneux, 22;
Marty, 12;
Rice, Com. A., 16;
Sadik Bey, 8;
Temple, G. L., 4;
Treeby, Lieut. H. F., 10;
Wilson, Lieut., 14.

Balloon, Sezanne, Marne, 17.

Explosions, Achenbach coal mine, 4;
Ardeer, Messrs. Nobel's factory, 7;
Challapata, Bolivia, magazine explodes, 7;
Cleckheaton Chemical Works, 35;
Eccles, West Virginia, coal mine, 12;
Hillcrest mines, Alberta, 18;
New York, house blown up, 22;
Wharncliffe Silkstone colliery, 16.

Miscellaneous,
Bornim, Potsdam, 22;
Clapham, house blown down, 37;
Cradley Heath, subsidence, 7;
Montreal, houses blown up, 31;
motor-car, struck by a goods train, 31;
New York, lions escape, 37;
Rochdale, tramcar derailed, 6;
Sheffield, wall collapses, 5;
Tramway service, London, 36.

Railway, Burntisland, 11;
Cannon Street Station, 20, 28;
Carrbridge, 18;
Exeter, N.S.W., 9;
Finchley Road Station, 12;
Hex River Pass, 28;
Hither Green, 29;
Lebanon, Missouri, 28;
Lötschberg, 7;
Marquise, 31;
Mont-Grazzien tunnel collapses, 18;
Pont d'Empalot, Toulouse, 23;
Reading, 18;
Riardo, 35.

Shipping, H.M.S. Albacore, explosion, 11;
Aldeburgh, coastguardmen drowned, 13;
Columbian, blows up, 13;
Venice, ferry steamer run down by a torpedo boat, 10;
Mauretania, explosion, 4;
Somerleyton, Boy Scouts drowned, 16

Adam, Maj. W. A., libel action against Sir E. Ward, 7

Adam v. Hayes Fisher, case of, 11.

Addison, Dr. C., appointed Secretary of the Board of Education, [174], 26

"Aerial Derby," result, 16.

AFGHANISTAN.—Frontier, outrages on, [402].
Neutrality, policy of, [403]

AFRICA, EAST.—Abyssinia, [446].
British East Africa, Germans, attacks of, [444].
German East Africa, [445], [446];
British reverse, [227], 33;
Dar-es-Salaam, wireless station destroyed, [183];
railway, [446];
prehistoric man, remains discovered, [447].
Jubaland, attack on, [445].
Nyasaland, fighting in, [447];
Karonga, attack on, [447].
Somaliland, Burao, camp at, [443];
Dervishes, attacks of, [443].
Uganda, railway, attempt to blow up, [444].
Zanzibar, [447]

—— NORTH.—Algeria, [449].
Morocco, [447];
Germans, measures against, [448];
Taza, occupied, [448];
Zaian district, native unrest, [448].
Tripoli, [449]

—— SOUTH.—Beyers, Gen. resigns command of Union Defence Forces, [420];
his rebellion, [227], [423], 32, 36;
drowned, [425], 36.
Boer rebellion, [418], [423]-[425].
Botha, Gen., on the war, [420];
appeal for volunteers, [421];
on the termination of the rebellion, [425];
his tribute to Gen. Smuts, [426].
Budget, [430].
Buxton, Viscount S., appointed Governor-General, [27].
De Wet, Gen., rebellion, [227], [423]-[425], 32.
Germany, war with, [322], [421].
Gladstone, Lord, resigns the Governor-Generalship, [27], 6;
at the opening of Parliament, [428].
Indemnity Bill, [429].
Indian question, [407], [431].
Johannesburg, Labour conflict, [427], 3;
Labour, Commission on, [430];
leaders, deported, [12], [35], [428].
Legislative measures, [429].
Maritz, Lieut.-Col. S. G., his rebellion, [222], [418], [422], 30.
Martial law, proclaimed, [418], 2.
Railway strike, [427], 2.
Rhodesia Charter, provisions of the, [432];
Finance, statement on, [433];
Gold, production, [434];
Land ownership, question, [432];
Legislative Council, elections, [431].
Smuts, Gen., on the disloyalty of Gen. Beyers, [421];
tribute to his services, [426];
on the industrial troubles, [429].

—— WEST.—Belgian Congo, Estimates, [451];
railway construction, [451].
Cameroons, Duala, war in, [218], [450], [451], 29; 32.