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  2. THE CARTERS' AND DRIVERS' WAGES BOARD.

    The Solicitor-General has reconsidered the question of the powers of the carters and drivers' wages board, and has given the following opinion thereon:— ...

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  3. THE A.M.E.A.

    The Miners' Conference resumed its sitting at Ballarat to-day. Mr. Little, the secretary, said that everything had been prepared to take ...

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  4. THE CRICKET DISPUTE. THE MELBOURNE INDIGNATION MEETING.

    A public meeting was convened for this evening at the Athenæum-hall, to protest against the action of the Board of Control in the cricket dispute. In ...

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  5. WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

    A great demonstration was held in the Albert-hall last night against the extension of the franchise to women. Ten thousand people were present, ...

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  6. CONFESSIONS BY A MONK.

    Father Damaz Maczoch, a Russian Roman Catholic priest, was arrested at Cracow in October, 1910, and made a sensational confession to the ...

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  7. LABOUR UNREST. BRITISH COAL TRADE CRISIS.

    There have been in[?]essant conferences to-day between Ministers and the representatives of the coal mine owners and the men, with a view to ...

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  8. PERSONAL

    Mr. Lionel Butler, who has been associate to Sir Thomas a'Beckett, senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria, for a number of years, retires ...

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  9. SOME STATISTICS.

    It is estimated that in 1911 1,067,213 hands were employed in the coal mining industry of the United Kingdom, of which number 863,512 were working ...

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  10. AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

    President Taft intends making a speechmaking tour to explain the position of various public questions, and to further his Presidential candidature. ...

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  11. PANAMA CANAL.

    Representatives of commercial organisations in the leading cities of the United States are urging President [?]aft that no transcontinental railroad ...

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  12. OUTRAGE BY A BLACK.

    At the Glebe Police Court to-day, before Mr. Barnett (Stipendiary Magistrate) Jack Lacey, aged 30, a Queensland black, was charged with having, ...

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  13. PALMYRA ISLAND.

    The Washington correspondent of the "Morning Post" says that the Department of State says the United States asserts her sovereignty over Palmyra ...

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  14. CHINESE REPUBLIC.

    A portion of the Chinese troops at Wuchang broke out into open revolt yesterday, and there was fighting throughout the night. The rising is ...

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  15. THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS.

    It is officially stated to-day that the Government has informed coal mine owners as follows:— 1. The Government is satisfied, after ...

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  16. TURCO-ITALIAN WAR. RENEWED FIGHTING.

    The Italian troops from Homs attacked the Merchee heights yesterday, and succeeded in occupying them after a stubborn resistance by the Turks and ...

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  17. CRITICISMS OF WARNER.

    The unfair criticism levelled at P. F. Warner by a section of the press prompted the Australian skipper to-day to pay a tribute to the English ...

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  18. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOME RULE FOR SCOTLAND.

    In the House of Commons last, night Dr. W. A. Chapple, the Liberal member for Stirlingshire, moved a resolution in favour of Home Rule for ...

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  19. EFFORTS TO RESTORE PEACE.

    It is semi-officially stated in Rome that Russia has asked Italy what are her terms for malting peace, with a view to the five Great Powers—Great ...

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  20. FEDERAL AFFAIRS RECIPROCITY WITH CANADA.

    The Minister of Customs (Hon. F. Tudor) to-day indicated the probability of an early agreement between the Commonwealth and Canada on the ...

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  21. POSITION IN CRETE.

    Following the murder of three Mussulmans at Kirtomados, near Canea, the capital of Crete, the four protecting Powers—Great Britain, France, Italy, ...

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  22. NATIONAL EXPENDITURE.

    By 231 votes to 187 the House of Commons rejected a motion condemning the growths of national expenditure. ...

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  23. CENTRAL AMERICA.

    In order to procure more accurate information of diplomatic problems affecting Northern, Central, and South America, Mr. Philander Knox, the ...

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  24. SUICIDE IN HOBART.

    Early yesterday morning a young man named Ernest Menzies met Constable Broomfield in the city, and informed him that his brother, Tasman Menzies, had ...

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  25. GUNBOAT LOST.

    The Portuguese gunboat Faro came into collision to-day off the Southern province of Algarve with a merchant vessel and sank almost immediately. ...

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  26. COMMONWEALTH BANK.

    Almost the whole of to-day was devoted by the Federal Cabinet to a discussion of various appointments connected with the new[?] Commonwealth ...

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  27. OWNERS' BALLOT.

    The coal mine owners accepting the proposals of the Government represent 60 per cent. of the output of the collieries, and employ 370,000 hands. The ...

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  28. PACIFIC CABLE BOARD.

    The Pacific Cable Board has accepted the tender of the Indiarubber and Guttapercha Telegraph Works Company to construct and lay a cable from ...

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  29. WHITE LABOUR FOR PEARLING.

    A decision was come to last year by the Federal Cabinet that after a certain date white labour must be substituted, for coloured labour in the pearl ...

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  30. 115,000 MINERS IDLE.

    One hundred and fifteen thousand miners are idle, these including 32,000 in Nottinghamshire. The export trade of coal at Newcastle-on-Tyne, which ...

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  31. MR. BOTTOMLEY.

    Early in December, Mr. H. W. Bottomley, the Liberal member for South Hackney, and proprietor of the topical journal, "John Bull," and other ...

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  32. CHINESE FACTION WAR.

    It would appear that the war amongst the rival factions of Chinese at Chinatown, Atherton, is not yet over. ...

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  33. SCOTCH MINEOWNERS.

    The Scotch mineowners have explained to the Government that they will abide by the agreement of July 30, 1909, to which the Board of Trade ...

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  34. THE BISLEY MEETING.

    Referring to the statement made by Colonel Sam Hughes, the Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence, that no Canadian rifle team will be sent to ...

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  35. CLEVER THIEF.

    A traveller named Levi, whilst journeying from Paris to Vienna, was robbed yesterday of pearls and diamonds worth £10,000. The valuables ...

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  36. AVIATION.

    The American aviator Crawford fell a distance of 200ft. yesterday at San Diego, in California. His aeroplane becoming unmanageable, Crawford ...

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  37. TEAM FOR BISLEY.

    It was decided by the Commonwealth Parliament last year to vote £1,000 a year towards the cost of sending a team of Australian riflemen to ...

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  38. FIFTH TEST MATCH.

    The long drawn out Fifth Test Match should have been continued to-day, but at noon, when the captains inspected the wicket, it was wet and ...

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  39. LATE DUKE OF FIFE.

    The funeral of the Duke of Fife took place to-day at Windsor, and was attended by King George and Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales, the ...

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  40. JAPANESE V. CHINESE.

    Reports are current of trouble between it Chinese cook and a Japanese member of the crew aboard the steamer Kumaro Maru. Particulars are not ...

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  41. THE WIRELESS STATIONS.

    The Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce and the Postmaster-General (Hon. C. E. Frazer) were accorded a civic reception at Perth to-day. ...

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  42. AMERICAN STEEL TRUST.

    The Steel Trust inquiry committee at Washington has published the results of the investigation of the accounts conducted at the instance of the ...

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  43. A GRAVE FEATURE.

    Although there is general satisfaction that the Government has secured the adhesion of employers of 60 per cent, of the miners to the principle of ...

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  44. CHAMBERS OF MUNUFACTURES

    The conference of Chambers of Manufactures to-day discussed the question of immigration, and carried a motion that the necessity for a definite ...

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  45. THE PROTRUDING HAT PIN.

    At the request of the City Council the Executive Council has gazetted the following by-law:— "No person shall, while standing or ...

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  46. GENERAL CABLES. BREADSTUFFS.

    The visible supply of American wheat cast of the Rocky Mountains is estimated at 110,675,000 bushels. ...

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  47. NEWSPAPER COMMENT.

    "The Times" states to-day that no doubt a solution of the problem lies in conceding the minimum wage with safeguards. ...

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  48. WEAIRNG OF THE BADGE.

    When Mr. Goodman, general manager of the Tramways Trust, was fighting the badge question in Melbourne before the Arbitration Court, he ...

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  49. THE TREVASCUS MURDER.

    The Executive Council yesterday commuted the death sentence passed on Campbell Nairn Moir for the murder of Henry Trevascus, and on ...

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  50. ADVANCE IN PRICE OF MINERAL OIL.

    The price of Scottish mineral burning oils has further advanced one halfpenny per gallon, making a rise of 75 per cent, in a few months. ...

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  51. HEAVY SNOWFALL.

    Heavy snow which fell yesterday in Montreal caused the collapse of many buildings. The wooden roof of a skating rink fell in, imperilling scores of ...

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  52. STRAINED RELATIONS.

    It is currently reported that the relations between Mr. Johnson, Chief Commissioner of Railways, and the Cabinet are very strained, and ...

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  53. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    The Antwerp wool sales opened yesterday[?] when 2,664 bales of La Plata wool was offered, and 1,560 bales sold. There was a large attendance of ...

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  54. SOUTH WALES OWNER ON THE SITUATION.

    Mr. D. A. Thomas, the chairman of the Cambrian combine, stated in the course of an interview yesterday that the South Wales owners would rather ...

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