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  2. THE FEDERAL LABOUR LEADER.

    It would appear that the rumours of Mr. Watson's contemplated retirement from the leadership of the Federal Labour party are well founded, for the matter was to-day ...

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  3. MINING AND THE TARIFF

    Mr. J. W. Kirwan, who was member for Kalgoorlie in the first Federal Parliament and who has business interests in the goldfields, arrived at Sydney last week. With ...

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  4. MILITANT MAORI MEMBER

    During the debate on Defence in the Legislative Council. Mr. Wiremu Pere, a Maori member, celebrated for his originality and candour, ...

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  5. THE CRADLE OF A NAVY.

    "Since this question of torpedo-boat construction has come so prominently forward we have secured 450ft of extra water frontage at Woolwich, giving us 1450ft of land that ...

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  6. BRITISH RIFLE TEAM.

    At the A.B.C. Cafe last night, the British rifle team was entertained at dinner by the National Rifle Association. The chair was taken by Brigadier-General Gordon, District ...

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  7. SHREWSBURY DISASTER.

    The London and North-western express, with the night mails, the rolling stock being mainly that of the Great Western Company, was travelling not at ...

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  8. CONGO ANNEXATION.

    M. Bernaert, giving evidence before the Belgium Parliamentary Commission inquiring into terms on which the Congo Free State should be annexed to Belgium, ...

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  9. CATASTROPHE IN INDIANA.

    A terrible disaster occurred at Fontanet, Indiana, yesterday, wrecking the town and killing many people. An explosion in the Dupont blasting ...

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  10. CLAIM AGAINST THE STATE.

    Mr. Wouters Dustin, a Brussels builder, is suing the Crown Domain, Congo Free State, for £240,000 damages, alleged on the ground that he was comissioned to build ...

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  11. WATER FAMINE.

    The dry weather is causing much concern in the district. Most of the crooks are dry, and the water in others is unfit for use. Bush fires have visited the district, and, altogether, the ...

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  12. THE TALLOW SALES.

    At the sale of Australian and New Zealand tallow to-day, 1757 casks were offered, and 1464 were sold. Prices were:—Mutton, fine 35s 9d, medium 33s 6d; beef, fine 34s 9d, ...

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  13. NEW PROTECTION.

    During the hearing of H. V. McKay's application for exemption from excise duty on harvesters to-day, Mr. Justice Higgins said he would attach no importance as to what ...

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  14. THE VICTORIAN FRUIT REGULATIONS.

    Following on the interview between the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Swinburne) and the New South Wales Director of Agriculture (Mr. Campbell) regarding the opposition ...

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  15. QUEEN VICTORIA'S LETTERS.

    A book, edited by Mr. A. C. Benson, containing selections from the letters of Queen Victoria, has been published. Reviewers declare that it throws a flood of ...

    Article : 216 words
  16. ELECTRICITY IN COAL MINES.

    Judge Murray and the members of the board appointed to inquire into the use of electricity in coal mines sat again at the Court-house to-day. ...

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  17. MASS MEETING AT HELENSBURGH.

    The committee of the Helensburgh Ratepayers' Association convened a mass meeting, which was held in the Centennial Hall last night. There was a large attendance, which ...

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  18. SAN FRANCISCO RACIAL RIOT.

    In an anti-Japanese riot at San Francisco a drunken white man broke a window of a Japanese laundry. The owner seized the man, detained him, and ...

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  19. FRUIT TRADE WITH GERMANY.

    A communication was read at the fruit-growers' conference on Wednesday to the effect that the German Government had discovered that some of the fruit shipped from ...

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  20. SHIPPING FEDERATIONS CONFER.

    Mr. T. L. Devitt presided over a meeting of 60 delegates, representing various shipping federations, in London yesterday to discuss a plan mutually to ...

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  21. TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY.

    The importance from a national point of view of the southern, central, and northern railway systems being linked up was urged upon the Minister for Railways this ...

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  22. RAILWAY CRISIS.

    Mr. R. Bell, M.P., secretary of the Society of Amalgamated Railway Servants, expects that the results of the ballot will be known by the 28th instant. ...

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  23. VICTORIA.

    An inquest was held to-day regarding the death of Joseph Duke, driver, and Edwin Cherry, fireman, who were killed in the railway disaster at Moranding, near Kilmore, on ...

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  24. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR CONFERENCE.

    At the biennial convention of the Christian Endeavourers of Australia yesterday studiee in the "Sermon on the Mount" were resumed by the Rev. Ray Hocking (W.A.), who spoke on ...

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  25. BISHOP INGRAM IN WALL-STREET.

    Dr. Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London, standing on a soap-box, addressed an enormous crowd, including millionaires, financiers, and brokers, near ...

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  26. AUSTRIAN EMPEROR RECOVERING.

    The bulletin regarding the health of the Emperor Francis Joseph states that the fever and catarrh are decreasing and that his general condition is very ...

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  27. QUEENSLAND.

    Preparations required in connection with the reduced railway fares are now being pushed forward. It was hoped that authority would be secured which would enable the ...

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  28. FORGED SIGNATURES.

    Some time ago a petition was presented to the Attorney-General asking for the release of Michael Quigley, who, in March, 1902, was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment for ...

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  29. H.M.S. CALLIOPE.

    H.M.S. Calliope, which in 1889 steamed out of Apia Harbour in the face of a hurricane which wrecked the other men-of-war in the harbour, will become a drill-ship ...

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  30. BADEN BADEN MURDER.

    Dr. Carl Hau, a naturalised American citizen, was three months ago found guilty at Baden Baden of the murder of his mother-in-law, Frau Molitor, in that ...

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  31. SURRA IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A telegram from Port Hedland states that since the destruction by the authorities of three camels which arrived by the steamer Century, and which were infected with surra ...

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  32. EMPLOYMENT OF ABORIGINALS.

    Several matters involving the welfare of the aboriginals have been before the Government. One of them is a scheme proposed by Mr. Kent for utilising the services of aboriginals in ...

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  33. THE CRY OF NEW CALEDONIA.

    The condition of affairs in New Caledonia, to Judge by the tone of the island press, must be pitiable. Mr. J. Dezarnaulds, a member of the local General Council (or Parliament), ...

    Article : 538 words
  34. BEER BOTTLE FAMINE.

    Excitement is being experienced in Dunedin, and in a lesser degree in other parts of the South Island, owing to a severe scarcity of empty beer bottles. The average person is ...

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  35. STEAMER TRILBY AGROUND.

    While crossing the bar here this morning the steamer Trilby, of 129 tons, owned by Mr. Nicholas Cain, timber laden, bound to Sydney, lost her rudder, became unmanageable, and ...

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  36. SAILORS' DRUNKEN BRAWL.

    Just before midnight last night a sailor belonging to the barque Calluna, now in port, was stabbed during a drunken brawl nraongst a number of sailors, and he now lies in ...

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  37. THE GLENAHIRY OUTRAGE.

    Mr. A. Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland has refused the Irish demand for a special inquiry into the outrage which occurred in August last at Glenahiry Lodge, the ...

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  38. FALL IN CONSOLS.

    Consols were quoted yesterday at £82 7s 6d, a fall of 10s since Thursday. ...

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  39. FATAL ACCIDENT AT A SAWMILL.

    An accident occurred at Morrish Brothers' sawmill on Monday, whereby a benchman named W. J. Sim lost his life. The deceased by some means got caught by the arm by the ...

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  40. NURSE'S TERRIBLE MISTAKE.

    A terrible mistake was made by Mrs. Smith, nurse, at Bungaree, near Ballarat. She gave a 14-days-old infant some syrup of rhubarb, and late in the evening went to the room to ...

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  41. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    An electric tram at Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire, became derailed, and smashed into a house. Two persons were killed, and 31 badly injured. ...

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  42. THE MOORE-STREET FATALITY.

    The Moore-street fatality of Thursday afternoon last, whereby William Jackson, aged, 21, lately residing at Redfern, met his death, formed the subject of an inquiry before the ...

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  43. BUSH FIRES AT CHARLEVILLE.

    At Charleville bush fires are prevalent on the downs country between Augathella and Tambo. Mr. J. E. Paytons, Chatham grazing farm, was almost completely burnt out. This ...

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  44. UNION OF THE CHURCHES.

    The Anglican and Presbyterian Conference on the union of the two churches was resumed to-day. The report dealing with questions relating to church government, especially in ...

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  45. VICTORIAN FRUIT EXPORTS.

    The return of fruit, both fresh and dried, shipped to oversea ports since the last fruit crop easily constitutes a record. The export of apples and pears has made steady progress ...

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  46. VENTILATION OF MINES.

    At the Police Court William Rogers, manager of the Mount Kembla Colliery, proceeded against Walter Webster, wheeler and driver in the pit, for a breach of the Coal Mines' ...

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  47. HOW PEOPLE SHOOT THEMSELVES.

    This afternoon Theo. Noble, 13, son of Claronce Noble, accidentally shot himself through the heart with a pea-rifle, while showing another boy named Hutchinson how people ...

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  48. MOORS JOIN THE FRENCH.

    The Marabout Bujeha has placed 2600 horsemen at the disposal of the French Commander, General Drude, near Casablanca, in order to coerce the Chamulas. ...

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  49. CULTIVATION OF PEARL SHELL.

    Mr. Saville Kent arrived by the Maranoa yesterday and will shortly commence investigations regarding the cultivation of pearl shell on behalf of a London syndicate. ...

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  50. RAILWAY SERVANTS AND POLITICS.

    J. A. M'Cullough, for 25 years in the railway service, has been dismissed for disobeying regulations affecting railway servants participating in politics. ...

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