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  2. INTEREST IN THE COUNTRY.

    The election, so far as voting is concerned, is over, and much more interest was taken than was expected. The number of votes polled in Beaconsfield ...

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  3. COMMONWEALTH BANK.

    The Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. O'Malley) to-day laughed at the suggestion that he was desirous of being appointed governor of the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 104 words
  4. TITANIC DISASTER.

    Lloyd's learns that Mrs. Widener's necklaces—one worth £80,000 and two valued at £30,000 apiece—were saved from the Titanic. ...

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  5. HOME RULE BILL.

    In the House of Commons yesterday the second reading of the Home Rule Bill was moved by the First Lord of the Admiralty (Right Hon. W. S. Churchill), ...

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  6. BUDGET SURPLUS.

    When opposing the amendment respecting the sinking fund, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Right Hon. D. Lloyd George) explained that the First Lord ...

    Article : 86 words
  7. THE WORKER.

    Sir W. Hall-Jones (High Commissioner for New Zealand) received a further £1100, which will probably meet the immediate necessities of strike distress. ...

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  8. THE SUGAR COMMISSION.

    Mr. Edward Wm. Knox, general manager of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company, was the first witness called when the Commonwealth Royal ...

    Article : 320 words
  9. PRIME MINISTER'S VIEWS.

    Referring to the Tasmanian elections the Prime Minister said to-day that the result was an indication that Labour federal members would receive support ...

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  10. ENGINEERS DIED AT THEIR POSTS.

    A stoker states that when the Titanic struck the iceberg the starboard side came in with a noise like an explosion of a big gun. There was an inrush of water ...

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  11. SEAMEN AND FIREMEN.

    The conference of the Liverpool owners and representatives of the seamen and firemen has agreed to a joint conference early this month to deal with the dispute. ...

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  12. STRUCK A MINE.

    The American steamer Texas struck a submarine mine in the Gulf of Smyrita, and 140 persons were drowned. SMYRNA, April 30. ...

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  13. QUEENSLAND ELECTIONS,

    Figures received to-day in connection with the Queensland elections have had the effect of making the position of affairs in at least two cases decidedly. ...

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  14. AMERICAN RAILWAYS,

    The threatened strike on 50 railroads east of Chicago has been averted, a satisfactory settlement having been reached on the wages dispute. ...

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  15. FINDING THE BODIES.

    The steamer Mackay Bennett has arrived. The captain states that bodies were found for an area of 40 miles. Several were women in their night ...

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  16. A.M.E.A. ENQUIRIES.

    Mr. Little, secretary of the A.M.E.A. of Victoria and Tasmania, arrived on Tuesday to confer with the local branch of the A.M.E.A. in regard to the case ...

    Article : 59 words
  17. GOVERNMENT'S DILEMMA.

    Last September James Smith was acquitted on the grounds of insanity of the murder of two mates at Kellerberrin, and was committed to the asylum. The ...

    Article : 85 words
  18. THIEF IN MOTOR CAR.

    A motor car stopped at a jeweller's shop in Brixton at midday, and a man descended. Breaking a window, he seized a tray of 50 rings, re-entered the motor ...

    Article : 43 words
  19. CHINESE LOAN.

    Foreign Ministers are satisfied with the Government's explanation that the Anglo-Belgian loan 'will be authorised, and negotiations for a £60,000,000 loan ...

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  20. FEDERAL FINANCE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 161 words
  21. THE TRIANGULAR TESTS

    The Australian and South African cricketers are steadily practising at Lord's on hard and last wickets.' Critics, in their first impressions of the newcomers, ...

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  22. SHIPPING AWARD.

    Mr. F. H. Piesse, manager of the Huon Channel and Peninsula S.S. Company, writing to the "Mercury" respecting the award of Mr. Justice Higgins, said the ...

    Article : 116 words
  23. YUKON COUNCIL.

    The elections in the Yukon Territorial Council resulted in a Conservative majority. The Council's jurisdiction extends to the Arctic circle. ...

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  24. ANOTHER SIEGE.

    The police are actively following up the members of Bonnot's motor car gang. They are now besieging in the suburb, another building belonging to ...

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  25. LORD MAYOR OF SYDNEY.

    At a special meeting of the city council to-day, Alderman G. T. Clarke was elected Lord Mayor for the remainder of 1912, in succession to Sir Allen Taylor, ...

    Article : 110 words
  26. LOSS OF A HUSBAND.

    Mrs. Robbins, who lost her husband in the sinking of the Titanic, is suing the White Star Company, and subpoenas ordering Messrs. Ismay, Lightoller, ...

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  27. THE HOSPITAL TROUBLE,

    About 400 persons, including sub- scribers to the Zeehan District Hospital 'met to-night at the Gaiety Hall, in response to an invitation from the ...

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  28. ONLY A RECONSTRUCTION.

    The story about the above-mentioned siege originated out of the reconstruction of the Bonnot siege for cinematograph purposes. ...

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  29. LAWN TENNIS.

    In the final of the doubles championship, played at the Queen's Club covered courts' meeting, A. F. Wilding and S. V. Doust, wrested the honours from the ...

    Article : 56 words
  30. THE ENQUIRY.

    In giving evidence before the Senate's committee, Boxhall said he heard the captain say 20 minutes after the collision that the Titanic was doomed. Mr. ...

    Article : 119 words
  31. CONSOLIDATED REVENUE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 168 words
  32. ANARCHIST THREAT.

    Raimbaud, belonging to the Bonnot gang, has informed the examining magistrate that the whole of one of the rich quarters in Palls will be dynamited ...

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  33. A BRUTAL ASSAULT.

    While" walking across a paddock near his home at Belmore at about 9 o'clock last evening John Ruddell, a life assurance agent, was suddenly seized from ...

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  34. HINDU WOMEN.

    The Dominion Government has ordered the deportation of two Hindu women, the wives of residents of Canada. The husbands revisited India and returned ...

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  35. FIRE IN HOSPITAL

    A fire in Guy's Hospital severely damaged the biology department Owing however, to the firemen's promptitude, the patients were not disturbed. ...

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  36. MISHAP TO THE PEREGRINE.

    The steamer Peregrine met with an accident to-day while she was starting on the trip to Sydney and Queensland shortly after leaving the wharf it was ...

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  37. A CARNEGIE MEDAL.

    The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission at Pittsburg struck a gold medal inscribed "Titanic Heroes and Heroines." It is to be deposited in the Washington ...

    Article : 30 words
  38. THE DARDANELLES.

    The cargoes held up owing to the Dardanelles blockade are valued at £4,000,000 sterling, and the shipowners are losing £3,000 daily. ...

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  39. PORT OF LONDON.

    The Canvey Island Bill is now under consideration by a select committee of the House of Lords. The bill provides for the construction of a deep-water port ...

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  40. NO SIGN OF THE MANCHESTER.

    In her voyage from Wellington to Sydney, begun at 5 p.m. on Friday last, and concluded this morning, the Union Steamship Company's Warrimoo ...

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  41. JACK JOHNSON.

    Johnson refuses the offer of £6000 sterling to meet Sam Langford in Australia under the management of Mr. Hugh McIntosh, Johnson reiterates his ...

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  42. PARLIAMENT BILL.

    In the House of Commons, Mr. Harold Smith (C.) sought leave to introduce a bill to repeal the preamble to the Parliament Act. He argued that the promise ...

    Article : 79 words
  43. FLOWERDALE RAILWAY.

    The railway works are going ahead, and there is a marvellous transformation scene at the site which has been chosen for the station, where a large extent of ...

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  44. QUEENSLAND REVENUE.

    The revenue of Queensland for April was £600,281, an increase of £139,843 as compared with April last. The increases were:—Amount received from ...

    Article : 114 words
  45. HARVESTER COMPANY.

    The Government leas just begun the long-planned suit against the International Harvester Company. A court is sitting at St. Paul to hear the claim of ...

    Article : 52 words
  46. RESTRAINT OF TRADE.

    The United States District Judge has dismissed three indictments charging restraint of trade against the Canadian Pacific Railway, the Pacific Coast ...

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  47. SERIOUS GAS EXPLOSION.

    One of three shops in the course of erection in Homebush Crescent,. Home bush, was the, scene of a serious explosion of gas this afternoon. Two young ...

    Article : 151 words
  48. BEAMS FOR ENGLAND.

    The Clan liner Clan McRae, which left Hobart to-night, took 50 beams, each 65 feet long, for harbour works at New- castle-on-Tyne. ...

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  49. FINANCIAL.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 165 words
  50. IMPERIAL TRADE.

    Reuter understands that the Imperial Commission will meet first in Great Britain, and enquire into the trade conditions of the United Kingdom before ...

    Article : 35 words
  51. A BOY'S DEATH.

    An inquest was held this afternoon in connection with the death of the' child Harry Batchelor, who was crushed by the wheel of a cart at Battery Point ...

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  52. PRESBYTERY OF HOBART.

    'At a meeting of the Presbytery of Hobart at Chalmers Church, a remit from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, ...

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  53. THE SALONS.

    The other exhibitors at the New Salon included Fox (six pictures), Lambert E. A. Hope, Misses Iso Rae, Alison Rac, Bessic Davidson, Rosetta Phillip, and Frances ...

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  54. DARING ROBBERY.

    Mr. Rosenthal, a diamond merchant, of Holborn, was hustled when landing at Folkestone, and robbed of £8000 worth of gems. ...

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  55. COUNTRY COURTS.

    At the Beaconsfield Police Court yesterday David Moore, who was arrested by Constable Roe, was charged with being drunk and disorderly, using ...

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  56. PAINFUL ACCIDENT.

    A son of Mr. Jas. Wyatt met with a serious accident on Tuesday while -engaged at the saw-mill. A piece of timber struck him on the head, inflicting serious ...

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  57. PRICE OF MEALS.

    As a result of the increased cost of" food, Perth restaurant keepers are raising the price of meals. ...

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  58. A TERRIBLE ACT.

    A woman named Couturier has been sentenced to ten years' imprisonment at Evreux for fastening her two-year-old daughter to a post and incinerating her, ...

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  59. SCULLING.

    The world's champion sculler, Arnst, now at work on the Thames, has undertaken to prepare McCulloch, an Australian, for the Leander Sculls. ...

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  60. THE WEATHER.

    The weather "is ,gloriously fine with hard frosts' in' the morning CLEVELAND, Wednesday. The most serve frost of the season. ...

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  61. ALLEGED BURGLARY.

    Daniel Thomas Wales (19), was arrested at Farrell siding to-day by Constable M'Shane on a charge of breaking and entering the hut of Win Stuart ...

    Article : 125 words
  62. AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL.

    Replying in "The Times" to Mr. M. Alister, Secretary of the Institute of British Architects, the High Commissioner (Sir George Reid) states that the ...

    Article : 73 words
  63. THE BLACK PERIL.

    Sir T. W. Smartt, leader of the Opposition, has given notice in the Assembly to the Government to consider the appointment of a commission to cope with ...

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  64. P. AND O. SHARES.

    A check has been given to the advance in the quotation of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam' Navigation Company's shares, the sales to-day being effected at ...

    Article : 66 words
  65. WHAT IS TUSSINE?

    When Tussine was first placed on the Tasmanian market, this question was frequently asked, but it has been used in so many homes as a reliable cough cure that ...

    Article : 69 words
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