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  2. KING'S PALACE ON FIRE.

    King George's Palace at Athens caught fire while the Royal Family was celebrating the Greek Christmas Eve. British and Russian bluejackets were landed from the ...

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  3. MODERN "ROTTEN EGGS."

    The Marquis of Lansdowne, speaking at Salisbury, protested against the prejudice and class hatred which the Radicals were endeavouring to set up at this election as ...

    Article : 134 words
  4. THE PASSING SHOW.

    A most daring raid was made on the Post office in Goswell road, Old street, the thieves getting clear away with a huge safe, containing nearly £1,500. They ...

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  5. PRESIDENT TAFT'S MESSAGE.

    President Taft has sent a message to the United States Congress, in which he deals with railway problems and trusts. He recommends the creation of a Court of ...

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  6. VICTORIA.

    As the result of his visit to Maffra the Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Graham)is hopeful that the manufacture of sugar from sugar beet will be started again next ...

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  7. THE LAND FOR THE PEOPLE.

    Sir Gilbert Parker, M.P., writing in The Saturday Review, considers the objection to small ownership and land banks is mainly political. "Socialism," he says, ...

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  8. THE MAN ON THE LAND.

    Our farmers in Australia are harvesting their wheat crop (says The British Australasian), and there is hardly room for doubt that it will be the greatest ever reaped in ...

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  9. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    At the first Australian Exhibition of Manufactures, Arts, and Products, to be opened in Perth at the end of the present month, the leading manufacturers of ...

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  10. LATE SIR FREDERICK DARLEY.

    The funeral of the late Right Hon. Sir Frederick Matthew Darley, P.C., G.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New South Wales, took place on Saturday. Capt. Colllins, C.M.G., ...

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  11. BRITISH TRADE.

    The Board of Trade returns for December show that the imports into the United Kingdom were valued at £60,792,881, an increase of £3,950,899 compared with the ...

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  12. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES' BOOKS.

    The New South Wales Minister of Agriculture has had his attention drawn to a paragraph stating that he had ordered that agricultural societies in that State should ...

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  13. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    All the Federal Ministers except the Treasurer (Sir John Forrest) are expected to be in Melbourne on Tuesday or Wednesday. A meeting of Cabinet will be held ...

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  14. AEROPLANE RECORD.

    Mr. H. Latham has achieved a notable success in aeroplaning. At Chalons on Friday he flew to a height of 3,200 ft., which is a record. ...

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  15. ACCOUNTANT ARRESTED FOR ROBBERY.

    Albert David Bullas, accountant for Millar's Karri and Jarrah Company's Yarloop branch, reported that the safe had been robbed of £36 19/ during Thursday night ...

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  16. ATTEMPTED DESECRATION.

    John Condon was arrested last night on a charge of having attempted to break into the Roman Catholic Cathedral, where several robberies had been reported lately. ...

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  17. PARK FOR NEW YORK.

    Mrs. Harriman, the widow of the railway king, has given 10,000 acres for a public park for New York, and has also handed over £200,000 for its upkeep. ...

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  18. SEDITION IN INDIA.

    There is a unanimous demand by the Anglo-Indians for the suppression of the vernacular press, to whose influence many of the recent outrages in India have been ...

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  19. MEAT MARKET.

    Messrs. W. Weddell & Co., in their annual review of the meat trade, estimate that the total output in 1909 of the world's freezing works was 501,371 tons, of which ...

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  20. BALLARAT TRIBUTERS.

    It is probable that in another week some 400 tributers in the Ballarat district will be out of employment. The Mineowners' Association do not see their way ...

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  21. NORTHERN TERRITORY

    The steamer Aldenham arrived from the south last evening, and sailed for Hongkong early this morning. There were 19 European passengers bound inwards, ...

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  22. HALLEY'S COMET.

    The officials of the Greenwich Observatory estimate that the transit of Halley's comet across the sun on May 19 will be visible in Australia and Asia, but not in ...

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  23. PRINCES' TOUR.

    An official contradiction has been published of the statement that Princes Albert and Edward are to make a tour of the world, including a visit to Australia, in ...

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  24. EASTERN MILK FOR THE WESTERN STATE.

    Mr. A. R, Fleming, who is interested in the new process of keeping milk fresh for an indefinite period, passed through Adelaide on Saturday on his way to Victoria. ...

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  25. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Silver.—The price of standard silver to-day is 2s. 1-16d., a fall of 1/8d. January 8, 6.10 a.m. Copper.—Standard—On spot—Buyers ...

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  26. WORLD'S BORROWINGS

    The Economist states that £182,500,000 of new capital was raised in 1909. Of this £74,750,000 went to British possessions, including £26,814,000 to Canada, £11,380,000 ...

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  27. CRITIC CRITICISED.

    Laurence Irving, the well-known actor, addressing the audience from the stage of the Comedy Theatre, New York, has denounced Alan Dale, the caustic American ...

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  28. THE WHEAT FIELDS.

    A correspondent who during the Christmas holidays travelled through the Hundreds of Mudla Wirra, Alina, Hall, and Grace, says that in 45 years' experience in ...

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  29. HINDU ROBBED.

    Annie Corrigan, a white woman, who has been living with a Hindu named Toto Singh, was charged at the Police Court yesterday with having stolen a gold ...

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  30. PORT MELBOURNE.

    Messrs. Davidson & Matthews have formulated a scheme to deal with the passenger and cargo traffic at Port Melbourne. The details are sufficiently advanced to ...

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  31. MINERS ON STRIKE.

    The Northumberland and Durham putters (men engaged in trucking coal underground) object to working night shifts, which were instituted when the eight ...

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  32. THE POTATO SEASON.

    The new potato season (says our Mount Gambier correspondent) opened on Wednesday. On that day W. Charlick, Limited, forwarded the first truck of the season from ...

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  33. ROYAL PORTRAITS.

    His Majesty the King has, through the Secretary of State for the Colonies, forwarded to His Excellency the Governor what are officially described as State ...

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  34. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Peel River Land and Mineral Company. The directors of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company have declared a final dividend of 8 per cent. ...

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  35. WHEAT TRAFFIC ON THE WESTERN SYSTEM.

    WALLAROO, January 6.—Considering that last week included three public holidays, when work was at a standstill, the traffic on the western railway system was ...

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  36. THE WARATAH.

    The Victorian Premier (Mr. Murray) on Saturday said that a cablegram had been received from the Agent-General (Sir John Taverner), intimated that the steamer ...

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  37. CHARGE OF FRAUD.

    John Marquis Hopkins, M.L.A. for Beverley, was arrested on Saturday afternoon on a charge of having, about November 19 last, at Rifle Downs Station, near ...

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  38. THE GOLDEN WEST.

    The dividends paid by Western Australian goldmining companies last year totalled £1,284,115, or £203,202 less than in 1908. The total dividends to the end of last year ...

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  39. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Mr. Lee (Acting Premier) referred yesterday to the indiscriminate sending of immigrants from India. He said that if the people concerned did not stop it he would ...

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  40. THE WOOL ASSET.

    Referring to the opening of the wool sales in Brisbane, and this week in Sydney. The Sydney Herald says that the clip should bring at least £39,000,000 into the coffers ...

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  41. PAYMENT OF PENSION.

    An enquiry is being made by the Commissioner of Old-Age Pensions (Mr. Allen) into the statement that a woman who lives between Mallala and Gawler has to pay in ...

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  42. WHARFAGE RATES.

    The State Treasurer (Mr. Watt) has intimated to the Harbour Trust that before taking any action to give effect to the proposed revised wherfage charges the ...

    Article : 71 words
  43. UNION SECRETARY MISSING.

    The late secretary of the combined unions (Robert Hewitt) has not been seen in Broken Hill for the past week, and the refreshment shop conducted by him on ...

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  44. AUSTRALIAN MINING.

    Mining Shares.—At the close of business at the Stock Exchange shares were quoted thus:—Associated, buyers 15/7, sellers 16/10: British, 24/ and 25/; Block 10, ...

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  45. WEALTH FROM RABBITS.

    The rabbit pest in the Adelong district of New South Wales is apparently proving as good as a gold mine to trappers. The country, particularly outside netted ...

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  46. BARRIER MUNICIPAL ABATTOIRS.

    During the year 1909 at the municipal abattoirs there were killed 92.195 stock, including 5,806 cattle, 71,385 sheep, 11,834 lambs, and 2,60l pigs. The beasts ...

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  48. MARGARINE.

    The Government has received another communication from the Agent-General regarding the statement that Mr. Coghlan (Agent-General for New South Wales) had ...

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