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  2. THE BADGE QUESTION.

    The tramway badge case came before the High Court to-day. An application was made on behalf of the Adelaide Municipal Tramway Trust and the ...

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  3. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. ARRIVAL OF THE FRAM.

    Capt. Ro[?]ld Amundsen, with the other members of his expendition, arrived at Hobart yesterday afternoon in Nansen's old vessel, the Fram, from the Antarctic ...

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  4. SUFFRAGETTE OUURAGES IN LONDON. PRISONERS AT BOW-STREET.

    Miss Christabel Pankhurst, who was reported to have been arrested yesterday, and charged with Mr. Pothwick Lawrence and his wife for conspiracy ...

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  5. GHEAT COAL STRIKE. THE WIDESPREAD EFFECT.

    Many of the Staffordshire and Derbyshire miners attended the Uttoxeter races to-day. Blackpool, in Lancashire, is full of visitors from the colliery ...

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  6. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. THE ARMY ESTIMATES.

    The debate on the Army estimates, introduced by Lieut.-Colonel Seely, the Under-Secretary of State for War, was resumed in the House of Commons ...

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  7. PERSONAL.

    [?]e Attorney-General (Hon. A. E. Solo[?]on) is returning to Hobart by the express this afternoon, and will be at his office to-morrow. The Premier (Sir Elliott ...

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  8. THE CONCILIATION BILL.

    There is a consensus of opinion among the members of the House of Commons that it the outrages committed by the militant suffragettes have ...

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  9. HEALTH OF THE CREW.

    The port officer of health (Dr. Sprott) stated yesterday that the crew of the Fram appeared to be all fit and well, and had evidently been well fed and cared ...

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  10. MORE OPTIMISTIC FEELING.

    The Industrial Council, under the presidency of Sir G. R. Askwith, is con sidering the miners' schedule, of rates with the figures submitted by the ...

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  11. HAS SCOTT REACHED THE POLE?

    A press cablegram received from Wellington to-night reads:—"Amundsen wired to Sydney that Scott discovered the South Pole." ...

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  12. COMPULSORY SERVICE.

    The "Pall Mall Gazette" states, this evening that New Zealand has a knack of leading all patriotic and Imperial causes, and has now demonstrated that ...

    Article : 68 words
  13. MINIMUM WAGE BILL.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon, Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, stated, in reply to Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, the leader of the Labour Party, ...

    Article : 87 words
  14. GENESIS OF THE EXPEDITION.

    On August 10, 1910, it was announced that Captain Roald Amundsen had left Christiansand, in Norway on an expedition to the Arctic regions in Nansen's old ...

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  15. MR. BOTTOMLEY.

    The examination in bankruptcy of Mr. Horatio Bottomley, M.P., for South Hackney, and proprietor of "John Bull," who recently offered his creditors ...

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  16. SITUATION UNCHANGED.

    The strike situation is unchanged. There are no signs of the men yielding. The strike is slowly tightening its grip on every industry. ...

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  17. NEIGHBOURS QUARREL.

    Walking up to a neighbour with whom she had quarrelled, a Miss Jessio Chapman, of Lynn, Massachusetts, yesterday pulled a revolver from her ...

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  18. THE BRISBANE STRIKE. DISPENSING WITH SPECIAL CONSTABLES.

    In view of the the tranquil state of the city, it was deemed desirable to release 140 of the mounted special constables, and they left Brisbane for the country ...

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  19. GENERAL CABLES. TALLOW.

    At the auction sales of tallow to-day 973 casks were offered, and 784 were sold. Fine mutton realised 35s. 6d. per cwt., and medium 33s. Fine beef ...

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  20. LUMPERS RESUMING WORK.

    After the strike at Brisbane had been formally declared off yesterday, Mr. Mat. McCabe, secretary of the Workers' Union, communicated with several ...

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  21. SOCIAL UNREST.

    Lord Emmott stated at a Congregationalist demonstration at Lancaster yesterday that the rise in wages in the past ten years had been inadequate. ...

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  22. THE CIVIL SERVICE.

    The "Daily Mail" states that the Civil Service estimates for the ensuing year show that the cost of national insurance will be £2,661,000. ...

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  23. COLLIERIES FLOODED.

    Two collieries in the Swansea district have been flooded owing to the men refusing to work the pumps, and one of the Bishop Auckland collieries has ...

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  24. BREADSTUFFS.

    The visible supply of American wheat east of the Rocky Mountains is estimated at 112,415,000 bushels. ...

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  25. MEXICAN UNREST. FOREIGNERS IN PERIL.

    Mr. Henry L. Stimson, the Secretary far War in President Taft's Cabinet, who is at present in Chicago, explained to a large audience to-day, in speaking ...

    Article : 89 words
  26. SHEEP AND RABBIT SKINS.

    The sheep skins sale has been postponed indefinitely owing to the strike. Messrs. Anning, Cobb and Co. report that 2,579 bales of rabbit skins were ...

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  27. OXFORD STUDENTS TO THE RESCUE.

    Four hundred undergraduates of Oxford University have offered their services to work in the mines. ...

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  28. INTERVIEW WITH ARMUNDSEN.

    Captain Amundsen, when seen yesterday afternoon by a "Mercury" reporter, gave an outline of the movements of the Fram, but declined to enter into any details ...

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  29. DECLARATION OF LONDON.

    The Foreign Affairs Committee of the French Cliamber of Deputies has approved of the ratification of the Declaration of London—the name given ...

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  30. ELECTRIC SUPPLIES CUT OFF.

    The cutting-off of the electricity supply in Sheffield in the day time had thrown idle many factories. Aberdeen is curtailing its lighting ...

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  31. FEDERAL AFFAIRS. JOURNALIST FOR HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE.

    In compliance with the request made by the High Commissioner (Sir George Reid) that an Australian journalist be sent to London to assist in the ...

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  32. A BRAVE SPECIAL CONSTABLE.

    The Governor (Sir William Macgregor and the Premier to-day visited at the General Hospital a special constable named Law, who, some days ago met ...

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  33. RAILWAY SERVICES.

    The London and North-Western Railway Co. has notified that it will run only statutory trains after Monday next. ...

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  34. THE BAGDAD RAILWAY.

    The "Tanin," the organ of the Young Turk Party, states to-day that negotiations have been opened between Great Britain and Turkey, notably in ...

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  35. SPREAD OF THE INSURRECTION.

    Despatches received at El Paso, in Texas, from Chihuahua, in Mexico, announce that General Crozco has been appointed to the command of all the ...

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  36. REVOLUTION IN EUCADOR.

    Following the lynching by the angry populace of Guayaquil of General Petro Montero, one of the revolutionary leaders in Eucador, whose body was dragged ...

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  37. ROYAL COMMISSION ON FRUIT INDUSTRY.

    The Minister for Customs (Hon. F. Tudor) has appointed the following members a Royal Commission to inquire into present condition, prospects of ...

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  38. A SENSATIONAL BURGLARY.

    A burglary characterised by extraordinary coolness and success was carried out early this morning at Kensington, by a gang of five men. The scene ...

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  39. THE ARBITRATION COURT CASE.

    Mr. G. L. Prendergast, president of the Australian Tramway Employees' Association, giving evidence in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day in favour ...

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  40. HOLD-UP IN AMERICA.

    Yesterday a "hold-up" man in Ottawa walked into a real estate office and ordered the office boy to hand over the kevs. The lad made his escape, and ...

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  41. CAPTAIN DAVIS'S OPINION.

    Captain Davis, who is now in command of the Aurora, and commanded the Nimrod in Shackleton's, exped[?]ion, said at the time when Amundsen started that ...

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  42. PENNY POSTAGE AND PAPUA.

    When penny postage was established the new provisions also extended to the postage on letters to Papua, but not upon letters from Papua to ...

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  43. HOME RULE. "GRIEVOUS WRONG TO PROTESTANTS."

    At a meeting in Edinburgh to-day of the Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland a resolution was passed stating that Home Rule for Ireland would ...

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  44. STOLEN JEWELS.

    The police in Vienna have recovered £40,000 worth of the jewels stolen at Budapesth from the Countess Szechenzi, who, prior to her marriage, was a Miss ...

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  45. THE LEADER OF THE EXPEDITION.

    Captain Roald Amundsen, the leader of the Norwegian expedition, is still a comparatively joung man, being only 39 years of age, but he has the appearance, ...

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  46. [?]RANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY.

    Mr. Deane. Commonwealth Consulting Railway Engineer, will not be in a position to engage labour in connection with the construction of the ...

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  47. TURCO-ITALIAN WAR.

    Italian aviators from steerable balloons dropped bombs into the Turkish trenches at Zanzua, and by this means drove the Turks from their defences. ...

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  48. MEETING IN SYDNEY.

    There was a packed gathering in the Town-hall to-night, when the Irish envoys, Messrs. Redmond, Donovan; and Hazelton gave addresses in advocacy ...

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  49. WARSHIP CONSTRUCTION.

    The Acting Minister of Defence (Mr. Roberts) has received reports relative to the building of ships of the Australian naval unit. The second-class ...

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  50. THE CHINESE LOOTERS. MURDER OF ENGLISH MISSIONARY.

    Dr. C. Perry Scott, the Bishop of North China, and two of his clergymen —the Rev. F. Day and the Rev. F. Hughes, started recently on a ...

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  51. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.

    The cabled story of the reunion of Mrs. Kilbourne and her daughter at Tacoma is substantially correct. The father and daughter arrived in Auckland 10 years ...

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  52. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAY SERVANTS.

    A conference of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants has rejected the proposal to join the Federation of Labour. ...

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  53. SHIPBUILDING ON THE MERSEY.

    Fifteen hundred engineers employed by Messrs. Cammell, Laird and Co. at their shipyards at Birkenhead have struck work for a shilling a week ...

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  54. FIRE IN BRISBANE.

    A big fire destroyed a five-storoyed building in Adelaide-street, known as Fitzroy-chambers, to-day. The fire was still burning at midnight. ...

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  55. HOBART AND ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    It may be of interest to notice that the arrival of the Fram marks the fourth Antarctic exploring expedition which has visited Hobart since Sir James ...

    Article : 189 words
  56. AMERICAN TROOPS UNDER ORDERS.

    Mr. Calhoun, the United States Ambassador to China, has requested the despatch of 700 American troops from Manila to Peking. ...

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  57. THE TORPEDO DESTROYERS.

    The torpedo destroyers Parramatta and Yarra left Melbourne on Monday for Sydney to participate in the sea trials of the Warrego. ...

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  58. MARTIAL LAW.

    The British concession at Tientsin has been placed under martial law. ...

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