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  2. AEROPLANE FLIGHT.

    Mr. Henry Farman, one of the pioneers in aviation, who created a sensation last January by winning the Deutsch-Archdeacon prize, has outdistanced the records of ...

    Article : 568 words
  3. FARMERS IN CONGRESS.

    GEELONG, Tuesday.—Two important speeches were addressed by His Excellency the Lieutonant-Governor (Sir John Madden) and the Minister, for Agriculture (Mr. ...

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  4. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    Sir Felix Schuster, a leading London banker, and a member of the Council of India; Mr. J.St. Loe Strachey, editor and proprictor of the "Spectator"; Professor ...

    Article : 325 words
  5. NEW COVERNOR-GENERAL.

    The Earl of Dudley, Governor-designate of the Commonwealth, who leaves for Canada by H.M.S. Indomitable on the 15th inst., to attend the tercentenary ...

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  6. LAMBETH CONFERENCE.

    The Lambeth Conference of Anglican Bishops was opened at the Lambeth Palace yesterday. The proceedings were conducted an private. The subjects to be ...

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  7. LABOUR CONFERENCE.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The Labour Conference was resumed to-day, and the president (Mr. Fisher M.H.R.) delivered his inaugural speech. The delegates to the ...

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  8. SOUTH AFRICAN FODDER.

    The Cape Town Chamber of Commerce, by 25 votes to 2, has adopted a resolution expressing dissatisfaction at the action of the New South Wales and Victorian ...

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  9. LORD NORTHCOTE.

    The acting Lord Mayor of Melbourne (Councillor Davery) presided over a large gathering of citizens in the Town-hall yesterday to make an arrangements for the ...

    Article : 614 words
  10. TELEPHONE LINES.

    "The eternal want of pence," which vexes the Postal department, may be the main reason for the extension of obsolete methods; but behind it is the folly of the ...

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  11. VATICAN DECREE.

    The Vatican has issued a decree reorganising the different Sacred Congregations. Great Britain, Canada, Holland, and the United States have been removed from the ...

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  12. PERSONAL.

    A cable message from our London corrcspondent announces thal Earl Roberts will represent the King at the forthcoming tercentenary celebrations at Quebec. ...

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  13. A GREAT EXPLORER.

    Dr. Sven Hedin, the famous Swedish explorer and geographer, has been so long unheard-of in Tibet that serious feras are entertained for his safety. ...

    Article : 267 words
  14. TERRITORIAL ARMY.

    The National Defence Association, which was formed last year under the presidency of Sir George Taubman Goldie, to assist in the maintenance and co-ordination of the ...

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  15. DAYLIGHT SAVING.

    In view of the objections raised by op= ponents of the Daylight Saving Bill, which proposes to advance the clock an hour on the third Sunday in April, and leave it so ...

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  16. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    The cheapness of the rate at which the new Trish land stock of £5,000,000 has been issued (89½), has caused the existing stock to recede in price by 1[?], and it is now ...

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  17. KILLED IN A DUEL.

    A duel with a fatal result, arising out of a scandal an high quarters in Russian society, has created great excitement in St. Petersburg. ...

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  18. SIGNAL DISOBEYED.

    An account of a strange occurrence during the manouvres of the Channel Fleet, which, in view of the recent strained relations between Admiral Lord Charles Beresford and ...

    Article : 134 words
  19. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 24?d. per ounce standard, a rise of 1-16d. since 2nd inst. ...

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  20. HOURS OF MINERS.

    The Coal Mines Eight Hours Bill, the merits of which have been the subject of fierce argument for some months past, was before the House of Commons yesterday on ...

    Article : 225 words
  21. MINING SHARES.

    The following prices represent the highest and lowest range of values on the Stock Exchange yesterday, and front them the middle prices may be computed: ...

    Article : 51 words
  22. INDUSTRIAL ASSURANCE.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—In delivering judgment on a petition for the approval of the amalgamation of the Citizens' and the Mutual Life Assurance Companies to-day, ...

    Article : 228 words
  23. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

    Wheat and Flour.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,320,000 quarters, against 2,280,000 quarters a week ago, and ...

    Article : 293 words
  24. PARAGUAYAN REVOLT.

    Further details in regard to the revolution an Paraguay, which led to the overturing of the Ministry and the flight to the Argentine legation, in Asuncion (the ...

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  25. MAGISTRATES' DUTY.

    HOBART, Tuesday.—Before the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice M'Intyre, sitting as a Full Court, to-day, the Solicitor-General made application for a rule nisi calling upon ...

    Article : 220 words
  26. UNSTAMPED TELEGRAMS.

    BALLARAT Tuesday.—During the hearing of a case in the Creswick Court last Friday, Mr. J.B. Pearson produced a telegram which he wished to put in as an ...

    Article : 355 words
  27. MOTOR RACING.

    The Grand Prix, one of the most important of international motor-racing contests, is attracting an enormous crowd,of spectators to Dieppe, where the race starts ...

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  28. HARBOUR TRUST LAND.

    As announced in "The Argus" yesterday some members of the Harbour Trust are coming to the conclusion that the state Ministry has designs on the land vested in ...

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  29. FOURTH OF JULY.

    The celebration of Independence Day (July 4) in the United States was attended this year with its customary crop of fatalities and serious accidents. ...

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  30. SHIPPING NEWS.

    The following arrivals and departures are reported:- Arrivals,—Ionic, s.s, from Wellington May 25, Barotsc, s.s., from Port Piri[?] May ...

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  31. BRADFORD INQUIRY BOARD.

    Considerable interest was manifested in railway circles in the announcement contained in yesterday's issue of "The Argus" regarding the premature report made by a ...

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  32. DISASTROUS FIRE.

    Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, in the West Indies, has suffered from a fire which has destroyed all the principal portion of the town. ...

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  33. CHANNEL SWIM.

    The attempt made by the well known swimmer, J.Wolffe, to cross Iho English Channel has ended in failure, although'a distance considerably in excess of that ...

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  34. QUEENSLAND GOLD YIELD.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.—The offical return of the gold yield of Queensland for June, with the comparative figures for June, 1907, shows that last month the total ...

    Article : 144 words
  35. BUILDING DISPUTE.

    A further difficulty has arisen in the Parisian building trade, which has for some time past been in an unsettled state, owing to labour agitations. ...

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  36. CRUSHED BY FALLING TREE.

    MORWELL, Tuesday.—Two well known residents of Jumbuk, named Albert Drayton and William Langford, met with a serious accident whilst felling a huge tree ...

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  37. POSTMISTRESS STRIKES.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A peculiar position has arisen in connection with the post office at Nangus, in the Gundagai district. The postmistress complained of the small ...

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  38. THEATRE TICKETS.

    WELLINGTON, Tuesday—The Christchurch City Council has adopted a by law providmg that lessees of theatres must issue numbered tickets for correspondingly ...

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  39. RECKLESS NAVIGATION.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Court of Marine Inquiry to-day investigated the circumstances under which Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s steimer Westralia grounded in ...

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  40. COLLIERY LAID IDLE.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The South Bulli Colliery, employing 700 men, was laid idle to-day by the action of about 30 clippers. They refused to go into the pit unless one ...

    Article : 65 words
  41. ACTION AGAINST KUBELIK.

    WELLINGTON, Tuesday.—In reference to the action brought by Hugo Gorlitz against Jan Kubelik, the famous violinist, an ex-parte application was made in ...

    Article : 89 words
  42. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    Harry Selby, of 14 Malop-strect, Geelong, furniture dealer. Causes of insolvency— Insufficient capital, inability to collect outstaning debts, dulness of trade, and ...

    Article : 43 words
  43. FLOODS IN NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGION, Tuesday,—Most parts of the Dominion report heavy rains and floods. The telegraphic service is considerably disorganised. Low-lying parts of Christchurch ...

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  44. LAW NOTICES (This Day.)

    At Half-past 10.—Meagher v.Melbourne Saucer Track, O'Toole v. Malley. LICENSES REDUCTION BOARD. (Court or Marine Inquiry) ...

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  45. AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE.

    HOPETOUN, July 6.—Splendid rains fell during June and the first few days of July. This will give all the crops a really good start. Sowing is now finished, and fallowing is the order of the ...

    Article : 87 words
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