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  2. THE HIGH COURT.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--It is expected that, subject to one condition, the High Court will be constituted as follows:--Sir SAMUEL GRIFFITH (Chief Justice). ...

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  3. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--Speaking today as one of a deputation to the Premier and the Minister of Labor, Mr. F. T. Derham, of the Chamber of Manufactures, dwelt on the ...

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  4. THE BALKANS.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The Governments of Great Britain, France and Italy have notified the Porte that the massacre of Christians by Turkish soldiery must ...

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  5. IMPERIAL FISCAL POLICY

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Mr. A. J. Balfour, Prime Minister, and Lord Lansdowne, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, have visited the King at Balmoral. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. FOREIGN PRESS COMMENTS.

    LONDON, Monday.--Commenting upon the British Cabinet crisis, Austrian newspapers fear that Mr. Chamberlain's ultimate victory will render England less impotent ...

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  7. MISSION OF MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

    PERTH, Monday.--The Premier, in response to a request by Reuter's Agency, wrote the following message for transmission to London:--"We deplore the loss the Empire has sustained ...

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  8. REFERENCES IN NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON, Monday.--On the House of Representatives meeting to-night, Mr. Seddon, after a long speech, eulogising Mr. Chamberlain, moved--"That this House desires to express its ...

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  9. NEW LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Sir Robert Bannatyne Finlay, K.C., Attorney-General, will shortly succeed Lord Halsbury as Lord High Chancellor. The latter is retiring on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. THE NEW SOUTH AFRICAN COLONIES.

    LONDON, Monday.--Speaking at Klip River, Sir Arthur Lawley, Acting-High Commissioner in South Africa and Governor of the Transvaal, dealt with the question of expenditure since the ...

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  11. THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN POLICY.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs (Count A. Goluchowski) and Count von Bulow (the German Chancellor) have met and, it is ...

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  12. THE NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

    LONDON, Monday.--Lord Northcote, Governor-General-designate of Australia, has arranged to leave England for the Commonwealth about the middle of November. ...

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  13. THE GERRYMANDERING SCHEME.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--Mr. M'Dowall has received no reply to his three telegrams to the Secretary for Home Affairs, asking that an inquiry be held into Sir William Lyne's charges. ...

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  14. THE GUERILLA STRUGGLE.

    LONDON, Monday.--It is reported that 1500 insurgents, under ex-officers of the Bulgarian army, have attacked Melnik, a town of over 6000 population, 65 miles from ...

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  15. MR. CARRUTHERS ON THE SITUATION.

    Speaking yesterday to a "Daily Telegraph" representative in reference to Mr. Chamberlain's resignation, Mr. J. H. Carruthers said:--"In my opinion, to consider Mr. Chamberlain's ...

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  16. AERIAL NAVIGATION.

    LONDON, Monday.--M. Spelterini, a Swiss aeronaut, and two companions have crossed the Alps in a balloon. The daring party ascended at Berne, the ...

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  17. SIR SAMUEL GRIFFITH ON CIRCUIT.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--Sir Samuel Criffith left Brisbane for Roma on circuit this morning. The Chief Secretary, when seen on the matter of the High Court appointments to-night, said ...

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  18. QUEENSLAND.

    The Minister for Agriculture is inquiring into the question of a glut in the market for Cape gooseberries. He has wired south inquiring as to the prospects of a market for them there. ...

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  19. SPANISH POLITICS.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Spanish statesman, Senor Silvela, whose Cabinet resigned in July last, has retired from the leadership of the Conservative party owing to the unpopularity of the ...

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  20. TERRIBLE RETALIATORY THREAT.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Macedonian chiefs threaten that unless the Powers intervene to stop the outrages upon Christians by Turkish soldiers, atrocities will be ...

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  21. ENFORCING THE LIQUOR LAW.

    Mr. Denham, Home Secretary, declares that the licensing law must be enforced, and sellers and buyers of liquor on Sundays be prosecuted. This, he says, will give the public an ...

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  22. VICTORIA.

    An action in which Mrs. Georgina Grave claimed £350 damages from the Victorian Railway Commisisoners was concluded today. Plainitff alleged that, by negligent driving on May 24, ...

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  23. CANADA AND PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The Canadian Manufactures' Association has resolved to urge the Dominion Government to increase the percentage of preference on goods ...

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  24. PROPOSED CHRISTIAN UNION.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The mobilisation of the three Army Divisions recently determined upon for the protection of the frontier is proceeding with great enthusiasm ...

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  25. SWINE FEVER PRECAUTIONS.

    The Stock Department has received information from the Stock Department of South Australia that swine fever has broken out at Mount Gambler, and that the district has been ...

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  26. SELECTION OF THE CAPITAL.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--Sir Edmund Barton states that all other business is to be put on one side in both Houses, to enable the Federal capital site to be selected. If both Houses agree ...

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  27. AFTER-DINNER SPEECHES.

    The annual dinner of the Queensland branch of the Federal Institute of Accountants was held at Brisbane on Saturday night. Mr. W. H. Browne (Minister for Mines), in ...

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  28. ESCAPADES OF A GIRL.

    Mary O'Leary, who recently created a sensation in Brushwick, and was arrested while masquerading in man's clothes, when she gave the name of Jim Brown, and expressed her ...

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  29. AUSTRIAN MOBILISATION PLANS.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--A thief broke through the ceiling of the cavalry headquarters at Limberg, and stole the Austrian mobilisation plans. ...

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  30. THE TARIFF REFORM LEAGUE.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The Birmingham Tariff Reform League has printed 20,000,000 pamphlets, of which 16,000,000 have already been placed in circulation. ...

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  31. FEARS AT TUMUT.

    TUMUT, Monday.--At a public meeting on Saturday evening, the acting-mayor presiding, it was decided that a telegram be sent to Sir William Lyne, asking him to use his influence to ...

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  32. M'LEAN BROS. AND RIGG.

    The ironyard and wholesale stock of M'Lean Bros, and Rigg, Ltd., now in liquidation, has been sold to Edward Duckett and Sons for £35,000 cash. ...

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  33. RIVERS IN FLOOD.

    A report from St. George slates that the flood waters reached the bridge decking on Saturday evening. The railings are now submerged, and a large quantity of debris is caught in them. ...

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  34. HOODLUMS AT A BOXING MATCH.

    The boxing match, Bill Jennings, of Sydney, and Tom M'Inerney, of Victoria, was won by the former in the tenth round. The latter's second threw in the towel, saying that he ...

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  35. LARGE INDUSTRIAL FAILURE.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Clerque's Consolidated Lake Superior Company, which has a capital of £8,000,000, has suspended payment, and in consequence 3500 hands have been thrown out ...

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  36. HEAVY WEATHER ON THE COAST.

    Incoming shipping, principally from the northward, had a trying experience in the late south-cast to south-westerly gales which have lasted on the coast for the past four days. The height ...

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  37. TASMANIA.

    At a meeting of farmers and others at Hobart, Colonel Legge in the chair, it was resolved to form a union to be called "The Tasmanian Producers' Union." ...

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  38. CLAIMS OF THE WEST.

    CARCOAR, Monday.--Mr. L. Biddulph, promoter of the Carcoar-Garland capital site, accompanied by Mr. Alexander Wilson, left Carcoar for Bathurst today, for the purpose of assisting ...

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  39. ELECTORAL EXPEDIENCY.

    LONDON, Monday.--A manifesto issued by the Freetrade Union states that Mr. A. J. Balfour's objections to preference is based not on the ground of principle, but upon ...

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  40. A FEATURE OF THE POSITION.

    Though the State Attorney-General, Mr. B. R. Wise, does not wish to express any opinion on the question of Mr. Chamberlain's resignation, he had a few words to say yesterday on ...

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  41. NEW QUEENSLAND MINISTRY.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--In connection with the formation of the new Cabinet, comprising seven paid Ministers, as against six paid Ministers in the previous Cabinet, it has transpired that the ...

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  42. THE FATAL "GO-AS-YOU-PLEASE."

    An inquest was commenced today on the bodies of Mark Richards and George Harvey Radford, who lost their lives on Saturday in the "go-as-you-please" to the pinnacle of Mount ...

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  43. HELP FOR MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

    LONDON, Monday.--Mr. Chamberlain is receiving assurances of unabated confidence from people in all parts of the United Kingdom. ...

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  44. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Monday.--Lord Linlithgow (Hopetoun) has returned home to Scotland much better in health as the result of a special treatment which he underwent while sojourning upon ...

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  45. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Innamincka mail arrived at Farina two days late, having been delayed by floods at Murnpeowie. Three inches of rain had fallen at Mount Freeling, and four inches at Wade's ...

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  46. A DURABLE OLD VESSEL.

    The steamer Kangaroo, so well known to visitors to Hobart, has been sold to O'May Brothers for £6200. It has been running between Hobart and Bellerive for 46 years, for 41 of which it ...

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  47. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--Instructions have been received from the Admiralty that after the relief of the Antarctic expedition the vessels are to come to New Zealand, and then go ...

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  48. THE LATE QUEEN VICTORIA.

    LONDON, Monday.--The King has unveiled a memorial to the late Queen Victoria in the Crathie Church, near Balmoral. The Rev. Dr. Gillespie, Moderator of the United Free Church ...

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  49. THE FISCAL BLUE-BOOK.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--There has been an enormous sale of the Blue-book recently issued, and dealing with the British fiscal question. ...

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  50. INTERESTS OF THE EMPIRE.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--The following telegram has been despatched by the Mayor to the Lord Mayors of Melbourne and Sydney, and the Mayor of Adelaide:--"Arranging for Queensland to send ...

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  51. FISHING IN BASS' STRAITS.

    As the result of a deputation of representatives of the Victorian fishermen and fish salesmen to the Fisheries Commissioners of Tasmania, asking for a relaxation of the present ...

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  52. "IF QUEENSLAND WITHDRAWS."

    LONDON, Monday.--The "Financial News" warns Queensland that her withdrawal from the Commonwealth (incidentally referred to as a possibility during the late Philp regime) would ...

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  53. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    Mundaring reservoir, which was built in connection with the goldfields water scheme, was only 7in. off full at 9 o'clock this morning. It will probably overflow today. The total ...

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  54. RACE OF CHAMPIONS.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--The owners of the racehorse Achilles have expressed themselves as willing to start their colt in a sweepstake of 500 sovs. each against Cruciform and ...

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  55. QUITE ANOTHER STORY.

    LONDON, Monday.--A conference of cooperative society representatives and trades unionists, belonging to the Midlands, and representing 240,000 votes, has been held at ...

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  56. NEW NAVAL BASE SUGGESTED.

    LONDON, Monday.--It is reported that the Admiralty is purchasing land on the shores of Galway Bay with a view to creating a naval base upon the west coast of Ireland. ...

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