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  2. RESIGNATION

    Mr. Deakin will resign office on Wednesday, and his party will be scattered. This is the factor which will terminate the crisis that the Government found themselves fac[?] ...

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  3. FATAL HARBOUR COLLISION.

    A sensational collision occurred in the harbour about 8.15 last night, as a result of which a waterman named Jan Mooren, of middle age, was drowned. ...

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  4. STRIKE GOES ON.

    The agreement which has been reached between the coastal companies and the men at their conference was put to mass meetings of five of the [?]nio[?] yesterday. The ...

    Article : 680 words
  5. EXPLOSION AT A FORT.

    It has transpired that whilst No. 1 Company of the Royal Australian Artillery was at manning practice last Wednesday morning, an accident occurred, which might have had the ...

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  6. THE LISBON RIOTS.

    Two soldiers were shot dead in a street in Lisbon at night in revenge for the troops having fired on a crowd during the election riots. ...

    Article : 251 words
  7. THE FISCAL ISSUE.

    Lord Curzon, who presided at Unionist mass meeting at Basingstoke, in Hampshire, remarked, in course of a speech, that a decade had [?]lapsed since he had ...

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  8. CABINET RECONSTRUCTION.

    Mr. Asquith has submitted to King Edward the proposed Ministerial changes, but nothing will be announced until after his return to-night. ...

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  9. SEAMEN'S UNION.

    A meeting of the Seamen's Union was held at St. Phillip's Hall, Church-hill. It was very crowded, over 600 being present. After the meeting Senator Guthrie, president, stated that ...

    Article : 53 words
  10. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM MINERS.

    At the quarterly meeting of the delegates of the Illawarra Miners' Association on Thursday it was decided to donate the sum of £50 in response to an appeal from the ...

    Article : 91 words
  11. CANADA AND FRANCE.

    Canada's intermediate tariff will be applied to French goods direct from France or through British ports, otherwise the maximum duty will be charged. ...

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  12. ASSISTANCE FROM BROKEN HILL.

    The A.M.A. has struck a fortnightly levy of 9d per member, in aid of the Sydney wharf labour strike. ...

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  13. EMPLOYERS' FEDERATION.

    A meeting of the Employers' Federation will be held at Falmouth-chambers this morning at 11.15. It was expected yesterday that the satisfactory conclusion of the ...

    Article : 74 words
  14. AN ELECTRIC GUN.

    M. Pouteaux, a chemist in Dijon, has invented an electric gun, which he claims will fire 1200 shots a minute. ...

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  15. INDIAN TELEGRAPHIC DELAYS.

    Many telegrams in India are being forwarded by post. The delay is causing serious losses to London firms. Business in jute, linseed, and shellac is at a ...

    Article : 142 words
  16. DISTURBING A COUNCIL MEETING

    Mr. T. Glass, M.L A., wrote to the Bendigo City Council, stating that he would be present at its meeting to-day, to hear and take note of the promised discussion ...

    Article : 267 words
  17. Y.W.C.A.

    Miss Monger, the new general secretary of the Young Women's Christian Association, was publicly welcomed last evening at the Y.W.C.A. central buildings. Greetings were ...

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  18. SELF-CONFESSED INCENDIARY.

    In April, 1904, a tobacco shed containing tobacco leaf, onions, and household goods, the property of Low Poy, a Chinese gardener, at Lagoon, about 13 miles from Bathurst, ...

    Article : 471 words
  19. IDEAL DEFENCE.

    Lord Tweedmouth, First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking at a dinner held under the auspices of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, again emphasised ...

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  20. SIR H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN.

    Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman passed a restless night, and is now somewhat weaker. ...

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  21. THE MEETINGS.

    At the members of the Merchant Service, Guild meeting last night, the terms of the agreement were rejected, pending the receipt of a more definite statement regarding the ...

    Article : 44 words
  22. THE TERRITORIAL FORCE.

    Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, is appealing to employers to give facilities to their employees to join the territorial force. ...

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  23. FELL ON SCISSORS.

    Annie Selme[?], aged 18, a domestic servant, in the employ of Mrs. Oakes, senr., of May's Hill, Parramatta, was killed on Thursday night by falling on a pair ...

    Article : 179 words
  24. ANARCHISTIC LITERATURE.

    President Roosevelt, in a special message to Congress, cites the view of the Attorney-General, Mr. C. J. Bonaparte, that the circulation of periodicals advocating ...

    Article : 126 words
  25. SHOOTING AT WATERLOO.

    A sensational shooting affair took place at Waterloo last night, during which Stephen Desposen, 30, fired several shots at his wife. A policeman then interfered, also with a ...

    Article : 605 words
  26. THE ENGINEERS.

    The provisional agreement with the engineers, subject to ratification by a special meeting to be held yesterday, was as follows: ...

    Article : 315 words
  27. INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNAMENT.

    The eleventh round of the International Chess Tournament at Vienna has been reached. Schlecter is leading (9 games), Maroczy 8½, and Duras 8. ...

    Article : 235 words
  28. INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION OF THE NORTH.

    At a public meeting held at Geraldton on Wednesday night, it was decided to form a development league, with the object of promoting the industrial expansion of the north, ...

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  29. GREAT COBAR MINE.

    Mr. G. H. Blakemore, general manager of the Great Cobar, Limited, has just arrived from Cobar. In the course of an interview he stated that the outlook at cobar is very ...

    Article : 337 words
  30. LABOUR ON THE [?]AND.

    There are at present 25,000 more natives in the Rand than there were in 1907. This is due to commercial stagnation and the crisis in the diamond industry. ...

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  31. THE WHARF LABOURERS.

    A meeting of the Wharf-labourers' Union was held at the Masonic Hall last night, and it was nearly 11 o'olock before it ended. The meeting was at times nolby. At the ...

    Article : 419 words
  32. THE BEGA WRECK.

    The preliminary inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the foundering of the steamship Bega was continued yesterday by Captain H. Newton, the Superintendent of ...

    Article : 368 words
  33. BRITISH SHIPBUILDING.

    Lloyd's Register shows that the tonnage of ships now being built in the United Kingdom is 450,000 below that for the same period last year, being the largest ...

    Article : 42 words
  34. UNEMPLOYED AT BROKEN HILL.

    The agitation over the unemployed question is assuming a ridiculous aspect. Thera is certainly business depression at Broken Hill, mainly due to the men in work saving their ...

    Article : 160 words
  35. GAMBLING ON HORSERACING.

    A bill making it a felony to gamble on horseracing in New York State was detested in the Senate, 25 voting for the bill and 25 against it. ...

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  36. DRUCE PERJURY TRIAIS.

    Margaret Hamilton, charged with conspiracy in connection with the Druce case, has been found guilty at the Old Bailey. Passing of sentence was postponed, ...

    Article : 70 words
  37. MENINGITIS.

    Dr. Robb, of Belfast, reports that he has discovered a new serum for the treatment of cerebro-spinal meningitis, which has reduced the death rate in connection ...

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  38. STABBED ON A STEAMER.

    Between 6 and 7 last night a stabbing affray took place on the F.H.S, liner Somerset, lying at Darling Island. Charles Richards, sculleryman, and Alfred ...

    Article : 125 words
  39. A MAGISTRATE CRITICISED.

    At the Howlong Court to-day. before Mr. Oslear, P.M., Messrs. Doman (of Oakbank), Kirby (of Wiseworth), aud Just (of Moorwatha), charged by the Albury Pastures ...

    Article : 147 words
  40. POPPENS V POPPENS.

    The divorce suit of Poppens v Poppens, in which Mr. G. Prendergast, M.L.A., is named as co-respondent, was before Mr. Justice A'B[?]kett in the Practice Court to-day. His ...

    Article : 65 words
  41. THE MUKDEN INCIDENT.

    The incident at Mukden, where four Japanese entered the American Consulate and attacked the native staff, originated in a quarrel between a Japanese postman ...

    Article : 110 words
  42. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. Herbert Clayton, with "The Merrymakers' Concert Party," sailed by the R.M.S. Orotava. They will open in Melbourne during May, under the management ...

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  43. CHURCH AS A NURSERY.

    At the induction of the Rev. John Walker at St. Andrew's Kirk, Ballarat, the Rev. R. G. Macintyre, of Sydney, said that the church had been too often a nursery at one ...

    Article : 116 words
  44. PERILS OF SMOKING.

    Mr. Quinlan, of Wilby, set out for a stroll the other evening. To heighten the pleasure of the trip he filled his pipe from some loose tobacco in his coat-pocket. The moment ...

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  45. THREATENED STRIKE.

    The announcement that the A.M.A. is on Sunday going to consider the calling out of certain contract miners on mines fell on the city to-day somewhat like a thunderbolt. No idea ...

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  46. THE INVERCARGILL TRAGEDY.

    This morning the death occurred at a hospital, Invercargill, of Mrs. Baxter, widow of the man who, on Wednesday, attacked his family while asleep, killed three of them ...

    Article : 61 words
  47. Advertising

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  48. NEWCASTLE WHARF LABOURERS.

    With regard to Newcastle, it was agreed— 1. That the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company, Limited, shall have the right to retain their present employees at ...

    Article : 118 words
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