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  2. STATION TRAGEDY.

    The newspaper John Bull confession made by a man named Vernon in connection with a murder some time ago at Doondi Station, Queensland. The ...

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  3. THE GREAT STRIKE

    The strike of London transport workers has not affected the wool trade, since it is calculated that fully 95 per tent, of he purchasers at the auction series last month ...

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  4. MELBA HOME.

    There was a large company of distinguished passengers on the Osterley, but few people waiting at the Outer Harbour on Saturday failed to recognise Madame ...

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  5. "PETER THE PAINTER."

    For several weeks the detectives have been making secret investigation into a sensational statement that, "Peter the Painter," who took part in the ...

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  6. ENGLISH ELEVEN.

    The young Hampshire hitter C. P. Mead, who has been leading in the English batting averages has accepted the invitation of the M.C.C. to form a member of the ...

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  7. SUGAR CONFERENCE.

    The conference between representatives of the Australian Sugar Producers' Association and the workers' organizations' was resumed on Saturday before the Minuter of ...

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  8. THE SHEFFIELD CHOIR.

    While the Sheffield Choir was ia Adelaide comment wm made on the fact that the members were not accorded a mayoral reception. It was explained at the time ...

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  9. HEAT WAVE.

    The great heat prevailing in Germany is almost unprecedented. Nothing like it has been experienced since the summer of 1848. The River Rhine is now at the lowest ...

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  10. AMERICAN AFFAIRS.

    The Senate and House of Representatives, after numerous conferences, lave settled the questions in dispute in connection with the Wool Duties Bill. A percentage ...

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  11. MR. HUGHES HOPEFUL.

    The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), who is also President of the Waterside Workers' Federation, said to-night that he had received telegrams from Queensland ...

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  12. FOOD SUPPLIES SAFEGUARDED.

    The Postmaster-General (Mr. Samuel) stated in the House of Commons that the Government was taking the fullest possible, steps to safeguard the food supplies of ...

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  13. AN INCIDENT OF 1907.

    Mr. Thorne, President of the Trust Company of America, was a witness called before the Congressional Committee of Enquiry on the United States Steel ...

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  14. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Some of the Conservative journals of London, in their comments upon the political situation, express the houe that now that the Veto Bill has passed the ...

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  15. WATERSIDE ASPECT.

    Although there is still much tension the events of the last 18 hours hare given cause for stronger hopes that a serious and extentive waterside strike here in connection ...

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  16. MAIDAN'S MONEY.

    Eleven members of the jury empanelled in connection with the recent ease of alleged pearlstealing at Brooma have subscribed their name to a letter to the ...

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  17. SPANISH MUTINEERS.

    The execution at Cadiz of the ringleader of the mutineers on board the Spanish man-of-war Humancia resulted in a conflict between the police and a mob of Radicals ...

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  18. HOME RULE CAMPAIGN.

    Liberal members are arranging for a home rale campaign with a new organization under the control of the party Whips. ...

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  19. IN THE BALANCE.

    Disregarding President Taft's telegraphic protest at interference with the terms of the Anglo-American and Franco-American arbitration treaties submitted to the ...

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  20. TRAFFIC BLOCKED.

    The railwaymen of Newcastle have refuted to boodle goods which had been diverted from the London and Lancashire Company's system owing ...

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  21. COST OF INSURANCE.

    The directors of the North-Eastern Railway Company estimate that the National Insurance Bill will cost them £35,000 a year. The management of the ...

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  22. A BANKER'S DEATH.

    The death is announced of Mr. Edward Brodie Hoare, as the result of an accident while motoring in Kent. Mr. Hoare was a director of Lloyd's ...

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  23. FRESH OUTBREAK.

    Strike has occurred in a, fresh centre of industry. A thousand workers in the Edinburgh. Roperies and Sailcloth Company's works at Leith have cassed, work ...

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  24. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    Playing at Canterbury, Lancashire defeated Kent by 9 wickets. Middlesex is now leading for the county championship with Kent second. ...

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  25. STRIKE COMMITTEE'S PERMISSION.

    Mr. Ben Tillett, speaking at Tower Hill to a crowd estimated to number 15,000, stated that the strike committee had granted permission to the authorities of the ...

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  26. POPE'S ILLNESS.

    An official bulletin has been issued by the medical attendants of His Holiness the Pope, stating that the patient's knee has been punctured and the fluid removed. ...

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  27. MR. McGOWEN.

    The Premier of NeW South Wales (Mr. McGowen) who is returning from his visit to England, has embarked for Australia. Interviewed just before his departure, Mr. ...

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  28. SCHOOL TEACHERS' MASS MEETING.

    A mass meeting of the Victorian State School Teachers' Union was held yesterday. The President (Mr. Lewis) said the figures quoted by the Minister of Education to ...

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  29. PUGILISM.

    The fight between Jack Johnson, the American coloured champion, and Bombadier Wells, has been tried to take place at Earl's Court on October 2. The arena ...

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  30. OVERDRAFT INTEREST.

    In the District Court on Saturday, before Judge Gibson, Soaw & Co., limited, jewellers. D. C. O'Connor, ana Mrs. M. Storer, brought actions—four in ...

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  31. LOCKOUT THREATENED.

    Mr. Gosling (General Secretary of the, Transport Workers' Federation) states that there is a deadlock with about 0,000 lightermen, the settlement of whose ...

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  32. LAWN TENNIS.

    Yesterday Dunlop, of Victoria, beat Clements, for the Scottish lawn tennis championship, 6—4, 6—4. ...

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  33. CASUALTIES.

    At about 9 o'clock on Sunday morning F.C. Howie was informed that a man who had been walking along Cypress street. Adelaide, had been seen to suddenly fall ...

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  34. AGGRESSIVE STRIKERS.

    Strikers again were disorderly on Saturday. From morning until night free labourers were hunted all over the town. The police had a busy time maintaining order ...

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  35. ALLEGED SPY.

    German newspapers state that a number of mails of the German coastline and several letters written in cipher have been found among the confiscated effects of Mr. ...

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  36. SUCCESSFUL CONFERENCE.

    The conference between Mr. G. R. Askwith, K.C., of the Board of Trade, and representatives of the lightermen and the employers has been successful. ...

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  38. STRENUOUS ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

    Both sides—Liberal and Labour—are working strenuously in connection with the by-elections for Liverpool Plains and Mudgee. They are equally confident of success. ...

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  39. A SMALL FIRE.

    At 2.35 p.m. on Saturday a fire occurred on premises occupied by Mr. J. C. Cook, clothing manufacturer, at the comer of Pirie and Pulteney streets. The fire ...

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  40. ANTWERP FIRE.

    A telegram from Antwerp states that the huge fire which broke out at the Belgian port occurred in a number of warehouses known as the Australian. The warehouses ...

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  41. FIFTY YEARS AGO.

    A special meeting of the South Ausralian Gas Company was held on Saturday, Sir Henry Ayers was in the chair. The deed of settlement of the company was ...

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  42. FISHERMAN'S BODY FOUND.

    FREMANTLE, August 13.—The body of Antony Garvin, an Austrian fisherman, who, with a fellow-countryman, Andrew Barbish, had been missing since early last ...

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  43. COMPELLED TO IMPORT.

    The Chairman of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce (Mr. Ritchie) at the annual meeting said that owing to the difficulty of obtaining skilled labour and to the fact ...

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  44. Advertising

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  45. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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  46. PRINCESS MARY.

    Princess Mary, only daughter of the King, who is in her fifteenth year, has undergone a slight operation, which has proved successful. ...

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  47. A RAFT ASHORE.

    WELLINGTON, August 13.—The Marine Department considers it almost certain that the raft found at Parenga belonged to the Terra Nora, which was ...

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  48. Advertising

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  49. WOMAN'S SUICIDE.

    MELBOURNE, August 13.—Mrs. Nelson, who at Daylesford on Thursday set fire tocher clothes alter having poured kerosine on them, died yesterday. She had ...

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  50. MOROCCO.

    Reuter's correspondent at Paris telegraphs that the negotiations in regard to the Moroccan question are at a standstill. ...

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  51. VICTORIAN VITAL STATISTICS.

    The marriages, births, and death's in Victoria for the June quarter of 1911 were more numerous than in the corresponding period of the previous year. The marriage ...

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  52. TO-DAY'S DIARY

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  53. RAILWAY MISHAP.

    SYDNEY, August 13.—A railway accident occurred at Riverstone, 28 miles from Sydney, yesterday afternoon. When the 1.30 p.m. passenger train from Sydney to ...

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  54. CABLES IN BRIEF.

    The will of the late Sir William Gilbert, the famous composer, has been lodged for probate. The estate ia sworn not to exceed £111,971. ...

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  55. SPENCE MEMORIAL (REGISTER) FUND.

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  56. AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON.

    The British cruiser Crescent, stationed at Gibraltar, has sailed for Colombo with relief crews for the warships Cambrian, Pyramus, Penguin, and Psyche, on the ...

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  57. INDEX OF ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  58. KETCH STRANDED.

    LAUNCESTON, August 13.—The fishing ketch E. H. Purden is stranded at North-East River. Hinders Island, and is likely to become a total wreck. ...

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  59. MR. BOTHA.

    The Primp Minister of South Africa (Mr. Botha) has sailed from Southampton for Capetown. His health has been much restored since his visit to the Continent. ...

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  60. Advertising

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  62. MAHER SUSPENDED.

    After the Tower Plate bad been decided at Leicester to-day the stewards called the crack horseman Maher before them, and requested an explanation, of his handling ...

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  63. BLACK DOMESTIC SERVICE.

    AUCKLAND, August 13.—At a meeting of the Domestic Servants' Union strong protest was made against the encroachment of black laboar into the domestic service ...

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  64. Advertising

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  65. CHOLERA IN ITALY.

    During the last five days 797 cases of cholera have been reported in southern Italy, 300 of which have proved fatal. ...

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  66. FRENCH AERIAL FLOTILLA.

    The Matin announces that the Government is establishing s reserve aerial flotilla with which will be incorporated many civilian aciators. Privately owner aeroplanes ...

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  67. SWIMMING.

    At the national swimming races the 200 metres breast stroke event was won by Henning, a native of Stockholm. His time was 3.83/4 Findlay, the Australian ...

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  68. Advertising

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