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  2. THE EDUCATION BILL.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr Augustine Birrell, President of the Board of Education, announced that, inasmuch as the House of Lords' ...

    Article : 256 words
  3. A GERMAN SENSATION.

    A sensation is reported from Germany. Herr Erzenberger, a Roman Catholic deputy, declared before a secret ...

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  4. WANT IN RUSSIA.

    Prince Orloff, who has just completed a tour of the Russian provinces of Samara and Kazan, covering a distance of 800 miles, gives a terrible ...

    Article : 95 words
  5. NEWS AND NOTES.

    Commissioner of Titles.—In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Walker will ask the Attorney-General—"In the event of Dr. Smith retiring ...

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  6. THE BUILDING TRADES STRIKE.

    With the object of terminating the building trades dispute, the Premier to-day suggested to the secretary of the strike committee that both parties ...

    Article : 170 words
  7. MOROCCO.

    The Portuguese Chamber of Deputies has approved of the Algeciras Treaty, which determines the status of Morocco and the measure of permissible ...

    Article : 39 words
  8. THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    The general election of members of the Commonwealth Parliament will take place to-day. The hours of polling are between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m., and ...

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  9. ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT.

    In the Criminal Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Homburg and a jury,, William Henry Frewin was charged with having embezzled £36 from his ...

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  10. POLLING CENTRES AND ASSISTANT RETURNING OFFICERS.

    The following are the polling centres in the Perth, Fremantle, Coolgardie, Swan, and Kalgoorlie divisions of the State where the Western ...

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  11. PROSPECTS OF A HOLY WAR.

    Raisuli, the paramount chief on the Atlantic littoral of Morocco, has informed the Moorish officials that he is prepared to lead 15,000 armed Moors ...

    Article : 74 words
  12. AN EXTRADITION CASE.

    At the Bow-street Police Court yesterday Alexander Poltzerdorff Percival, who appeared on remand on a charge of larceny, was committed for trial in ...

    Article : 108 words
  13. SITUATION AT SAN FRANCISCO.

    Many of the San Francisco refugees are still living in tents, though the rainy season has commenced The great delay in the reconstruction ...

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  14. INTER-STATE.

    Oodnadatta telegraphed to-day that a supply of good water, totalling 180,000 gallons per day, had been struck in the Stevenson bore. ...

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  15. THE PLURAL VOTING BILL.

    The House of Lords, by 142 votes to 43, has rejected the Plural Voting (Abolition) Bill, which was recently read a third time in the House of Commons. ...

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  16. SUEZ CANAL.

    The P. and O. Company's steamer Mooltan was delayed twenty hours, owing to the steamer Clan Macdonald having gone ashore in the Suez Canal. ...

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  17. COMMONWEALTH V. STATE.

    The "Times," commenting on the Privy Council appeal case, Webb v. Outtrim, in which judgement was given last week, says that this suit illustrates ...

    Article : 79 words
  18. PRESS OPINIONS.

    Many comments are being made in the newspapers on the action of the Government in seeking to throw the onus of the rejection of the Education ...

    Article : 144 words
  19. THE DOUBLE INCOME TAX.

    Mr. Justice Bray, of the King's Bench, has dismissed the appeal of the New Zealand Shipping Company against the assessment of that corporation for ...

    Article : 67 words
  20. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    Some time ago statements appeared to the effect that a new and rich gold find had been discovered in New Guinea. The Minister for External Affairs has ...

    Article : 277 words
  21. ESPIONAGE IN FRANCE.

    Sub-Lieutenant Netz, a German officer, has been arrested by the French authorities on a charge of espionage. He was caught in the act of taking ...

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  22. THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE.

    President Roosevelt has been awarded the Nobel peace prize for "the best effort towards the fraternity of nations and the promotion of peace during ...

    Article : 71 words
  23. TO PERTH AND FREMANTLE ELECTORS.

    Electors to-day should have no difficulty in recording their votes. The facilities are such that the busiest person in the metropolitan area at least, ...

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  24. AM AMERICAN MURDER CASE.

    A young man named Chester Gillette has been sentenced to death by electrocution at Herkimer, in the State of New York, U.S.A., for murdering his ...

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  25. BRITISH NAVY.

    A second new battleship of the Dreadnought class has been commenced at Devonport. This vessel is to be named the ...

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  26. THE GERMAN CREEK MURDERS.

    John Raymond Brown was executed at Grafton this morning for the murder of Mrs. O'Keefe at German Creek on July 15, when Daniel O'Keefe and ...

    Article : 164 words
  27. FAMINE IN CHINA.

    The Shanghai Famine Committee State that millions of Chinese are on the verge of starvation. An appeal is made by the Committee ...

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  28. EXPIRING LAW CONTINUANCE BILL.

    In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. John Redmond, the Nationalist leader, threatened to oppose the Expiring Laws Continuance Bill, with a view ...

    Article : 100 words
  29. MINING DISASTER IN RHODESIA.

    The Valley mine at Gwanda, in Rhodesia, was recently flooded by the bursting of a waterspout. Two whites were drowned, and 50 ...

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  30. THE POLLING PLACES.

    The following are the polling-places in the five West Australian divisions:— ...

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  31. HUGH WATT.

    Hugh Watt, the ex-M.P. and company promoter, who, in December, 1905, was sentenced to four years' imprisonment on a charge of attempting ...

    Article : 69 words
  32. UNREST IN LAGOS.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Winston Churchill, Under Parliamentary Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated, in reply to a question, ...

    Article : 151 words
  33. PERSONAL.

    On Monday morning the Full Court, consisting of the Chief Justice, Mr Justice McMillan, and Mr. Justice Burnside, admitted Mr. P. A. Ewing as ...

    Article : 265 words
  34. ABYSSINIA.

    The Emperor Menelik, of Abyssinia, has at last given his adherence to the agreement recently concluded between Great Britain, France, and Italy, to ...

    Article : 232 words
  35. THE LOAN BILL.

    In the Legislative Assembly last night the Speaker presented the following report with reference to the premature publication of the schedule of the Loan ...

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  36. JAPAN AND RUSSIA.

    The "Daily Telegraph" correspondent in St. Petersburg states that the relations between Japan and Russia are tense, owing to an acute divergence of ...

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  37. THE TRANSVAAL CONSTITUTION.

    The leading Boers of the Transvaal are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the prospect of the Imperial Government reserving several questions ...

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  38. PERSONAL.

    The "Morning Post" states that Sir Montagu Ommanney, G.C.M.G., Permanent Under Secretary for the Colonies, will retire from that office at the ...

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  39. THE TRADES DISPUTES BILL.

    Lord Lindley, one of the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, in a letter to the "Times," protests against the insupportable tyranny which will become ...

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  40. COMMERCIAL.

    Wheat.—The Australian shipment of wheat ex Astoria has been sold at 30s. 9d. Copper.—Copper on spot is quoted at ...

    Article : 93 words
  41. SUNDAY RAILWAY WORK.

    A big deputation waited upon the Premier to-day, and urged him to make endeavours to decrease the amount of Sunday work on the railways. It was ...

    Article : 218 words
  42. EMBEZZLEMENT OF £9,300.

    At the Quarter Sessions to-day, Monsell Alfred Shaw was charged with having embezzled two cheques while in the employment of Noyes Bros., ...

    Article : 115 words
  43. LOSS OF A STEAMER.

    The steamer Pocahontes, from Ocean Island to Sydney, signalled at Byron Bay this evening that the steamer Inger was a complete wreck ...

    Article : 104 words
  44. Family Notices

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  45. MINING.

    Following are the latest quotations for the undermentioned colonial mining shares:—Broken Hill Proprietary (N.S.W), b 107s. 6d., s 110s.; British ...

    Article : 54 words
  46. PREPARING FOR BUSH FIRES.

    A deputation, representative of the pastoral and agricultural industries, interviewed the Chief Secretary to-day with reference to bush fires. It ...

    Article : 94 words
  47. BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENT.

    Messrs. Watson Brothers, the well-known merchants of Henry-street, Fremantle, announce that they have been appointed sole agents in Western ...

    Article : 114 words
  48. TRAGIC CASE OF SUICIDE

    George North ended his life in a tragic manner at Forest Lodge this morning. At about half-past 10 o'clock persons in Eddy-avenue, in the ...

    Article : 75 words
  49. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT

    In the Legislative Council yesterday, Mr. Wright asked the Colonial Secretary—(1) What is the number of permanent hands in the employment of ...

    Article : 107 words
  50. FINANCIAL.

    Bar silver is quoted at 2s. 8 1-8d. an ounce. ...

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  51. THE LAW COURTS.

    Before the Chief Justice, in No. 2 Court, at 10.30 a.m.—C. T. Mason, Collector of Customs (complainant) v. S. Geinsberg (defendant). ...

    Article : 39 words
  52. Advertising

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    Advertising : 308 words
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