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  2. HOME RULE.

    Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, Colonel Seely, Secretary of State for War, and Mr. A. Birrell, the ...

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  3. THE SUFFRAGISTS.

    During last night suffragists set fire to tho vestry of the parish church of Clevedon, in Somersetshire. The absence of draught prevented the fire ...

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  4. RAINS IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The coastal region immediately north and south of Sydney continues to be deluged with phenomenal rain. At Sydney no less than 813 points ...

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  5. GLASGOW TRAGEDY REVIVED.

    In August, 1912, Sir A. Conan Doyle, who was the prime mover in the press agitation which resulted in the release of Edalji, the alleged cattle maimer, ...

    Article : 289 words
  6. THE POLITICAL SITUATION

    Parliament opens to-morrow afternoon, but as a result of the tangled political situation, the opening will be shorn of somo of the pomp, pride, and ...

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  7. WATERSIDE WORKERS' CLAIMS.

    The hearing of the waterside workers claims for increased rates of pay and improved working conditions was continued to-day in the Arbitration ...

    Article : 295 words
  8. THE RAILWAY DISASTER

    The Coroner's inquest on the fourteen victims of the Exeter railway disaster was continued to-day when evidence regarding the speed of the trains and ...

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  9. SHIPPING DISASTER.

    The steamer Heinrich, bound from Cardiff to Marseilles, with a cargo of coal, has foundered, with all her crew of 20 hands. ...

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  10. DOPING.

    Lord Lonsdale, speaking at the Hendon Aerodrome annual dinner last night, advised aviators not to dope themselves. He said he had no ...

    Article : 55 words
  11. BETTING IN GERMANY.

    An Imperial bill has been introduced in the German Reichstag allowing betting on horseracing only,and the licensing of bookmakers o[?]erating in places ...

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  12. PORT OF HOBART.

    It may be remembered that on Friday last, as reported in Saturday's "Mercury," the Australian superintendent of the P. and Q. Co. (Mr. Wesche) stated ...

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  13. BOMBAY SHIPPING.

    Yesterday Lord Hardinge, the Viceroy of India, opened the huge docks which have just been completed at Bombay at a cost of £4,000,000. The scheme ...

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  14. ROBBERY UNDER ARMS.

    Remarkable evidence was given in the Richmond Police Court to-day in a case in which two young men, named George W. Taylor and James W. Cottrell, were ...

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  15. TRADE WITH GERMANY.

    An indication of trade development Was the presence at the Hobart wharves yesterday of two German steamers, and but for a delay there would have been ...

    Article : 346 words
  16. THE BAKING INDUSTRY.

    The plaint of the Federated Operative Bakers' Employees' Union of Australia in favour of abolishing night baking of bread and the substitution of day ...

    Article : 323 words
  17. GERMAN SHIPPING.

    The German Government has presented a Postal Subsidy Bill in the Reichstag. The Norddeutscher Lloyd Co. is willing to accept £28,450 a year for ...

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  18. THE PARIS TRAGEDY.

    Madame Caillaux, who murdered M. Calmette, the editor of the "Figaro," when interrogated yesterday, described the great affection which existed ...

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  19. ACTION FOR LIBEL.

    After a hearing extending over six days, the action in which John Bunting Howard, of Lang Lang, school teacher, sued Alfred H. Blake, grazier, of ...

    Article : 185 words
  20. DUEL IN GERMANY.

    A court-martial which assembled at Metz yesterday sentenced Lieutenant Voulavallette St. George, of the German Army, to two and a half years' ...

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  21. GREAT FIRE AT BOMBAY.

    A great fire broke out yesterday at Bombay, and resulted in 60,000 [?]ales of cotton being destroyed. The damage done is estimated at £500,000. ...

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  22. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Nominations of candidates for selection by the Liberal Leagues to run as candidates for the Senate, in the event of a double dissolution, closed to-day. The ...

    Article : 124 words
  23. A REBEL AT HEART.

    Mr. G. H. Kendall, organiser of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers of South Africa, whose extradition, it is stated, the South African Government ...

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  24. CHARGE OF BLASPHEMY.

    Proceedings have commenced in St. Petersburg against Maxim Gorky, the Russian realistic novelist, who is charged with blasphemy in one of his novels. ...

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  25. MISSING FROM THE LOUVRE

    The magnificent papyrus, 70ft. in length, known as the Egyptian "Book of the Dead," which is a collection of hymns, prayers, and instructions ...

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  26. SMALL-POX ON THE ORSOVA.

    Following upon the case of small—pox on the vessel, the R.M.S. Orsova today landed at the quarantine station 21 first-class passengers, 27 ...

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  27. TURKISH ARMY.

    At the instance of General von Sanders, the German officer who is reorganising the Turkish Army, Enver Bey, the Minister of War, has ordered ...

    Article : 67 words
  28. "NOT GUILTY."

    At the Criminal Court to-day Edward Walsh was charged with having, on November 2, stolen a cow, the property of George Thomas, dairyman, of ...

    Article : 86 words
  29. TASMANIAN LOAN.

    The underwriters take 81 per cent[?] of the Tasmanian loan of £1,500,000 at 4 per cent. ...

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  30. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Cambridge crew are still favourites for the boat race. Yesterday, with all conditions good, they went over the full course from Putney to Mortlake in ...

    Article : 138 words
  31. POLAR EXPLORATION.

    Admiral Palander, of the Swedish Navy, who is chairman of the Antarctic Committee of the Society of Antliropology and Geography, has outlined ...

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  32. THE MELBOURNE TRAGEDY.

    Harold McDougall was charged, on remand at the City Police Court today with having, at Melbourne, on March 14. murdered Harry English. ...

    Article : 64 words
  33. PROFIT SHARING SYSTEM.

    The Hon. Minister (Mr. Kelly) to-day promised sympathetic consideration of a request of the Liberal Workers' Institute that the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 80 words
  34. DEVONPORT MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.

    At the meeting of the Devonport Municipal Council to-day a motion was carried supporting the protest from Latrobe against any alteration of the ...

    Article : 88 words
  35. FIRE AT CENTRAL CASTRA.

    A disastrous fire occurred at Central Castra about 5 o'clock yesterday morning Two stacks of oats belonging to Mr. Jones, and Mr. George Beswick's ...

    Article : 128 words
  36. INTERSTATE EIGHT.

    The following crew has been selected to represent Victoria in the inter-State eight-oar race, to be rowed on the Yarra next month:—H. S. Dickenson (stroke), ...

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  37. A LORDLY PICNIC.

    Figures which have been made available in connection with the Federal capital festivities show that the cost of the picnic amounted to no less a sum ...

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  38. GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

    The annual meeting of the Devonport branch of the Victoria League was held to-day Mrs. Moon Miss Ungley, and Miss Hall were re-elected president, ...

    Article : 69 words
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