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  2. IMPERIAL PRESS CONFERENCE. GOVERNMENT AS HOSTS.

    The delegates to the Imperial Press Conference were exclusively the guests of the Imperial Government on Friday. During the morning the ...

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  3. PEACE OF EUROPE.

    Great preparations are being made in Great Britain to welcome five members of the Russian Council of the Empire who will shortly visit England. Upwards of a ...

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  4. ARCHBISHOP CARR.

    Archbishop Carr, who has been on a visit to the United Kingdom, returned to Melbourne on Saturday afternoon. and his home-coming was made the occasion of ...

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  5. DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKE.

    A disastrous earthquake occurred in the Rivera district of the South of France on Friday night. It was accompanied by heavy loss of life. The severity of the ...

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  6. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN V. SOMERSETSHIRE. THE COUNTY BEATEN.

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  7. GALES AND FLOODS. GIPPSLAND RIVERS OVERFLOW

    News received yesterday from various centres in Gippsland indicate that the floods reported on Saturday have done considerable damage to farms, roods, and ...

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  8. MAILS DELAYED.

    MIRBOO, Saturday. —Owing to the flooded state of the creeks between Morwell and Mirboo North on Friday the mailman was unable to bring the daily papers. He ...

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  9. RAILWAYS UNAFFECTED.

    The heavy rains in Gippsland caused practically no damage to the permanent-way of the railways. A temporary footbridge over the Thomson River, which had been used ...

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  10. THE SECOND TEST.

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  11. STORMS AT SEA.

    Stormy conditions continued to prevail along the coast on Saturday and yesterday. During the two previous days, however, the wind blew from south-east, whereas early ...

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  12. BERLIN SCANDALS.

    Prince Eulenberg, whose trial on a charge of perjury, entered upon last year, was discontinued on account of the illness of the accused, has returned to Berlin, which he ...

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  13. "A WALL OF WATER."

    TRARALGON, Saturday.—On Friday night the Traralgon Creek was higher than at any time since 1891. The immense body of water came down in a roaring torrent ...

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  14. WRECK OF A LINER.

    The Cunard liner Slavonia, 10,600 tons, bound from New York to Mediterranean ports, is ashore on the island of Flores, in the Azores. It is feared that she is a total ...

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  15. SELECTION CRITICISED.

    The newspapers criticise the selected names, and some regard the choice as a revolutionary one. "For instance," they say, "no one would have dreamed of Jayes ...

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  16. GERMAN TRADE.

    In the House of Commons yesterday the President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Winston Churchill) stated, in reply to a question, that the corrected returns of ...

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  17. BY-ELECTION.

    The election of a member to represent the East Division of Limerick in the House of Commons was held yesterday, a vacancy having been caused by the death of Mr. W. ...

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  18. STEAMER DESPATCH OVERDUE.

    The non-arrival of the steamer Despatch and the absence of tidings respecting her are causing anxiety, although it is believed that the vessel is sheltering from the bad ...

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  19. THE TEAM'S RECORD.

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  20. OFFICIAL BANQUET.

    In the evening the delegates were offcially entertained by the Government at a banquet held in the Grafton Galleries. The Earl of Crewe (Secretary of State for the ...

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  21. SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.

    The referendum which has been taken in Natal on the question of joining the South African union of states has resulted in an emphatic declaration in favour of the ...

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  22. MURDER IN BENGAL.

    The activity of the extrenusts in Bengal has been exhibited in an atrocious crime, details of which are reported by Reuter's agency at Calcutta. ...

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  23. FOUR BRIDGES DEMOLISHED.

    YINNAR, Saturday.—The highest flood since 1896 occurred here on Friday. After ten days continuous rain on the hills, concluding with a four-inch fall from the ...

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  24. MILLIONAIRE'S BEQUEST.

    The circumstances under which M. Loubet (ex-President of the French Republic) was left a sum of £200,000 by M. Chauchard, a Paris millionaire, have been ...

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  25. FOOTBALL PROPAGANDA.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—An offer has been made by an enthusiastic follower of Australian football to give £50 for one boy or £100 for two boys to lecture in regard to ...

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  26. CHINESE RAILWAYS.

    For some time it has been noticeable that capital from the United States has been invested in Chinese railways. This development, it is understood, is ...

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  27. THE AVON RIVER.

    STRATFORD, Saturday.—The rainfall for the last three days, amounting to 2,36in., and supplemented by far heavier falls in the mountains, brought the Avon River ...

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  28. NO PASSENGERS ABOARD.

    BAIRNSDALE, Sunday.—No particulars in regard to the Despatch were availabke to-night. The agents express the belief that there were no passengers on the vessel. The ...

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  29. CRUISER MISSING.

    Considerable uneasiness is caused by the continued absence of news of the French armoured cruiser Jules Ferry. She was stationed at the Levant, and was ...

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  30. LOVERS TAKE POISON.

    HOBART, Sunday.—The case in which Auricl Langdale poisoned herself and died, and her lover, Walter Attwell, took poison and recovered, was finally disposed ...

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  31. FIERCE GALES IN SYDNEY.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—One of the fiercest westerly wind storms ever recorded in Sydney was experienced to-day. The storm was remarkable for its duration. For five ...

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  32. THE CAPITAL SITE.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Minister of Defence (Mr. J. Cook) and the Secretary for Home Affairs (Mr. Fuller) did not make their contemplated visit to Yass-Canberra ...

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  33. A ROAR AT MIDNIGHT.

    ALBERTON, Saturday.—One inch of rain has fallen here during the last two days, but in the adjacent hills there has been a very heavy fall. Six inches is ...

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  34. PETROL EXPLOSION.

    An explosion caused by the leakage of petrol occurred aboard the submarine "A4" at Portsmouth. Lieutenant J. C. B. Harbottle and three ...

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  35. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    PERTH, Sunday.—The steamer Zoroaster, on which a [?]ase of plague was recently discovered at Bunbury, was thoroughly fumigated at Fremantle on Saturday. On ...

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  36. HIGHEST IN FIFTEEN YEARS.

    HEYFIELD, Saturday.—During the last three days 180 points of rain fell. The floods are out over the flats, and places that have not been under water for the ...

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  37. BROKEN HILL PROJECTS.

    BROKEN HILL, Saturday.—The combined unions to-day took over and started the management of the co-operative woodyard. Alderman D. Warnock has been ...

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  38. TRAFFIC SUSPENDED.

    BOOLARRA, Saturday.—Serious damage has been done to roads and bridges in this district. Traffic has been suspended between Morwell and here. The large bridge ...

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  39. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

    MOUNT GAMBIER, Thursday.—A conference of delegates of the Farmers' and Producers' Political Union in the south-east has just been held at Narracoorte. Mr. ...

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  40. NOVEL CONFIRMATION SERVICE.

    At All Saints' Church, East St. Kilda, the solemn admission of a number of adults into the church by the Sacrament of Baptism, preparatory to their confirmation, took ...

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  41. WIND-SWEPT HARBOUR.

    HOBART, Sunday.—The ketch Priscilla and the river steamer Seabird have been totally wrecked in Adventure Bay, Bruni Island, about 40 miles from Hobart. All ...

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  42. LOSSES AT MORWELL.

    MORWELL, Saturday. — The Morwell River is in flood. It is the biggest one for some years. All property-owners adjoining suffered through loss of cattle, sheep, horses, ...

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  43. MALVERN TRAMWAY.

    The question as to whether the side roads of the tramway in Prahran territory shall be asphalted or wood-blocked is at present engaging the attention of the local council, ...

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  44. RECORD AT TOORA.

    TOORA, Sunday.—The heaviest rain known by residents of Mount Best and Mount Fatigue fell yesterday. The Rivers Franklin and Agnes overflowed, and flooded the ...

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  45. AUSTRALASIAN INVENTIONS.

    Mr. Donald Murray's invention, to which reference is made in the cable message, attracted a great deal of attention a few years ago. The motto of the machine was, "This ...

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  46. PRIZE COCKEREL PLUCKED.

    SALE, Sunday.—After the recent poultry show, the prize brown Leghorn cookerel was purchased by a Melbourne faneier fox exhibit at other shows; but some person cut ...

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  47. MORE GOOD THAN HARM.

    BAIRNSDALE, Sunday.—The Mitchell River overflowed its banks early on Saturday morning, and continued rising till the afternoon. All the flat lands are under ...

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  48. MELBA IN NEW SOUTH WALES

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Madame Melba's tour in the Western district has aroused the greatest interest. At all the places visited the halls have been too small to ...

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  49. AT LAKES ENTRANCE.

    CUNNINGHAM, Saturday.—Owing to heavy floods in the Mitchell River, the s.s. Gippsland was unable to get up the river. ...

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  50. PROMPT RESULTS

    Follow the use of Wolfe's-Schnapps in cases of sudden exhaustion, arising from either acute or chronic discuses; it is a valuable restorative.—[Advt.] ...

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  51. MILO CIGARETTES

    Are preferred by lovers of good things. Guaranteed hand-made.—[Advt.] ...

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  52. PEARS' SOAP.

    Pure in cycry particle.—[Advt.] ...

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