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  2. TRAGEDY OF UNREQUITED LOVE.

    A tragic result of unrequited love occurred at West Footscray this morning, when Frank Pollcy, aged 25 years, after firing at a young woman named Violet Biddle, turned a ...

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  3. TARIFF RECIPROCITY.

    The Canadian-American tariff reciprocity agreement is declared to be the great political question of the hour in the United States. President Taft's ...

    Article : 187 words
  4. THE STAMPEDE FOR LOANS.

    The Premier and his colleague at the Treasury (Mr. Carmichael) are in no way disturbed by the cables that Australian borrowing to the extent of £27,000,000 is ...

    Article : 335 words
  5. CHARGE AGAINST A JUDGE.

    Mr. Justice Grantham, who has been on the High Court Bench since 1886, and is now in his 76th year, caused a sensation at the Liverpool Assizes yesterday ...

    Article : 376 words
  6. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    The management of Mr. Harry Rickards's Vaudeville Company were well advised in transferring their show from Palace Gardens to His Majesty's Theatre for the short ...

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  7. BRITISH POLITICS.

    During the debate on the Address-in-Reply in the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Austen Chamberlain (Unionist) moved an amendment expressing regret ...

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  8. PLAGUE IN MANCHURIA.

    The plague outbreak in Manchuria has now made its appearance in the pneumonic form, and has already claimed 8,000 victims. Sixteen Russian doctors ...

    Article : 184 words
  9. LABOURISTS IN CONFERENCE.

    The Labour Conference to-night called the Minister for Lands to account over the sale of Crown lands at Maroubra. A motion censuring him was discussed and withdrawn ...

    Article : 306 words
  10. THE ADVANCE OF AGRICULTURE.

    A deputation, representing the millers' branch of the Western Australian Chamber of Manufactures, waited on the Minister for Lands and Agriculture (Mr. J. Mitchell) ...

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  11. IMMIGRATION.

    An emigration agent has advertised in the London newspapers for 30 stonemasons, 100 carpenters, and 100 bricklayers to proceed to Australia, paying ...

    Article : 82 words
  12. CORONATION PROCESSION.

    In connection with the Coronation procession Earl Beauchamp (First Commissioner of Works) has arranged for the erection in the Horse Guards Parade, of ...

    Article : 88 words
  13. LEGISLATORS' SALARIES.

    A referendum on the proposed increased payment from £200 to £300 to members of Parliament will be held on the same day as the Federal referendum. ...

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  14. POSTAL EMPLOYEES' GRIEVANCES

    Mr. Thomas was asked to-day for a statement about the postal grievances. Yesterday his reply was that he was not doing business. To-day he still declined to say ...

    Article : 410 words
  15. AN AMERICAN EXPLOSION.

    At Smithville, in Texas, yesterday a locomotive exploded, Killing ten railway men, injuring eleven others, and wrecking two neighbouring locomotives as well ...

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  16. ADRIFT ON AN ICEFLOE.

    Towards the end of last week an icefloe, which was swept away from the vicinity of Helsingfors (the capital of Finland) with 253 fishermen and their ...

    Article : 118 words
  17. PRIMITIVE MAN.

    The police in Northern Ontario yesterday captured a man named John Beck, who disappeared from civilisation five years ago, and had been seen ...

    Article : 61 words
  18. FLOODS IN VICTORIA.

    Reports received to-day by the railway authorities stated that the train that reached Mildura yesterday after 15 hours' delay at Birchip had been blocked on the return ...

    Article : 159 words
  19. COMMONWEALTH DEFENCE.

    Figures later than those already published were made available yesterday in regard to registrations in this State for compulsory military training under the new scheme of ...

    Article : 429 words
  20. ELECTRICAL ENTERPRISE.

    Sir George Sydenham Clarke. Governor of the Bombay Presidency, yesterday laid the foundation stone of the hydro-electrical works for transmitting 40,000 horse ...

    Article : 173 words
  21. THE DESTRUCTION OF PELICANS.

    The Government, at the request of fishermen in 1909, withdrew protection from pelicans, on the ground that they were enemies to fish, and paid a penny per head. ...

    Article : 140 words
  22. ANTI-JAPANESE FEELING.

    The "night-riders" have driven the Japanese orchard workers out of the Delta district, in Colorado, and have forbidden them to return under pain of ...

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  23. SCULLING.

    W. Albany has challenged E. Barry to row for the championship of England, the "Sportsman's" cup, and a side wager of £200. ...

    Article : 135 words
  24. TRANS-CONTINENTAL RAILWAY.

    Preparations for preliminary work in connection with the railway from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie are being made by Mr. O'Malley. He yesterday had a long ...

    Article : 112 words
  25. DESPERATE ROBBERS.

    At Chelm, in Poland to-day, several men who were being arrested on a charge of having robbed a railway train, shot a policeman dead and then threw a bomb, ...

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  26. NORTH COOLGARDIE LABOUR ORGANISATION.

    The annual meeting of the North Coolgardie district council of the Australian Labour Federation was held at the A.W.A. Hall at Gwalia on Sunday last. Mr. Geo. ...

    Article : 361 words
  27. LONDON TRAGEDIES.

    John Zelin (alias Rosen), a Hackney hairdresser, who was detained a few days ago, was remanded yesterday on a charge of having conspired with Morountzeff to ...

    Article : 152 words
  28. "THE WESTERN MAIL."

    The construction of the Bullfinch railway is a subject of illustration in this week's "Western Mail." The views show the men at work on the line at different points. An ...

    Article : 252 words
  29. BOXING.

    "Tommy" O'Toote, of Philadelphia, defeated "Digger" Stanley the English bantam-weight champion. ...

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  30. INDIAN OCEAN STORM.

    A cyclone, which has been raging for the past three days in the Indian Ocean, has caused great havoc on Reunion Island (a French possession 115 miles ...

    Article : 48 words
  31. THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS.

    Yesterday morning Mr. Clayton T. Mason, the retiring Collector of Customs in this State, attended his office at the Customs Buildings, Fremantle, for the last time as ...

    Article : 249 words
  32. DOMESTIC WORKERS' GRIEVANCES.

    The Minister for Labour and Industry informed a deputation to-day that he intends that domestic servants shall be given a wages board and the necessary legislation ...

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  33. TROUBLES IN HAYTI.

    A telegram from Hayti, the "Black Republic" in the West Indies, states that General Millionard (leader of a recent revolution) and five rebel generals have ...

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  34. BILLIARDS.

    The scores in the match of 8,000 up between G. Gray and E. Diggle are:— Gray, 3,462: Diggle, 3,335, including a break of 337 of which 288 were off the ...

    Article : 75 words
  35. WRESTLING.

    Frank Gotch, the champion wrestler of the world, defeated Schoelin at Kansas City. Gotch secured two straight falls. ...

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  36. THE COLLIE COUNCIL.

    The monthly general meeting of the Collie Traders' and Progress Association, a body formed four months ago for the protection of the trade interests of the town and to ...

    Article : 208 words
  37. THE CLOTHING TRADE UNIONS.

    The annual conference of the Clothing Trades Unions Federal Council was opened in Adelaide on Wednesday. The following are the delegates:—Queensland: Messrs. R. ...

    Article : 135 words
  38. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The "Financial News" interviewed Sir T. D. Robinson (Agent-General for Queensland) yesterday for the purpose of removing misconceptions existing in ...

    Article : 167 words
  39. REPURCHASED ESTATES ACCOUNT.

    Sir,—I should like to head this letter with the words "A Meagre Account," but perhaps the beading I have chosen in quite as good, although less critical. In the "Government ...

    Article : 303 words
  40. IMMIGRANTS AND LOCAL ARTISANS

    At the last meeting of the Fremantle Trades Hall Association held recently, considerable comment was indulged in by members regarding the number of ...

    Article : 271 words
  41. THE PARLIAMENTARY SESSION.

    Legislative Assembly.—In the Legislative Assembly there were 76 sitting days, and the attendances of members were as follow: —Messrs. Angwin, Gordon, Layman, S. F. ...

    Article : 329 words
  42. VICTORIA.

    A warrant has been issued charging Catherine Agnes Clarke, of Gre Gre, a single woman, with the murder of a newly-born baby. The body of the child was found in ...

    Article : 252 words
  43. WRECK OF A SCHOONER.

    News has been received that the schooner Jessie Nicolas was wrecked on the Macquarie Islands on Christmas Day, and that the captain, mate, and cook were drowned. ...

    Article : 40 words
  44. PERSONAL.

    Professor Lowrie was yesterday entertained at a motor launch trip on the river by the officers of the Department of Agriculture prior to his departure to South ...

    Article : 109 words
  45. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Last week two miners at the Mount Pleasant colliery, in the Southern district, placed a 11b. tin of powder on the skip, and, for getting all about it, filled the skip with ...

    Article : 144 words
  46. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    Polling for the North Sydney seat in the Federal Parliament will take place on March 11. Mr. Dugald Thomson, who is now on his way from England has been requested ...

    Article : 61 words
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