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  2. LABOUR DAY. EIGHT-HOUR PROCESSION.

    "Eight hours work, eight hours rest, eight hours recreation." This is the Labour ideal, and though a few super-Socialists conjure up for the benefit of ...

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  3. FLEET EPISODE.

    For the first time since the "eviction" of the Governor-General from Sydney Government House, the palatial building resounded with the gaiety and hum of social life last ...

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  4. NEW STEAMERS.

    British shipbuilders are at present busy on a number of new vessels, which are destined for the Australian trade; and amongst these two important additions to the Australian ...

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  5. LABOUR. DUBLIN STRIKE INQUIRY.

    Mr. Murphy, chairman of the Tramways Company, giving evidence before the Board of Trade inquiry into the Dublin transport strike, accused Larkln's paper, the "Irish Worker," ...

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  6. LORD DENMAN.

    His Excellency the Governor-General had another busy day yesterday. At 10 a.m. he received a visit at Admiralty House from the State Governor. Half an hour later a ...

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  7. THE HOLIDAY. A GREAT CARNIVAL.

    The citizens of Sydney and suburbs, as well as a large contingent of country cousins who have flocked to Sydney for the week's carnival, had quite an embrrassment of riches in ...

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  8. HANOVER CLAIM.

    The Emperor, who has been on a five-weeks' holiday, has now returned to Potsdam, and has taken personal charge of the Guelph situation. ...

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  9. IMPERIAL DEFENCE. MR. ASQUITH'S DECISION.

    The "Daily Telegraph," on the highest authority, staten that the Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, has decided not to summon an Imperial naval conference. ...

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  10. POST OFFICE EMPLOYEES.

    The committee of the Post and Telegraph National Association, representing 80,000 members, has passed a resolution to send a deputation to the Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, ...

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  11. BANK BURGLARS.

    Burglars took advantage of the holidays to attempt to rob the Bank of New South Wales, York and Market streets branch. But their efforts ended in failure. ...

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  12. "A MATTER FOR REGRET."

    The Minister for Defence, Senator E. D. Millen, said last night:—"Presuming the information contained in the cables is officially confirmed, it would provide Justification for ...

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  13. SOCIALIST CONDEMNS STRIKES.

    Mr. Phillp. Snowden, M.P., in a speech at Nelson, Lancashire, last night, strongly attacked the policy of strikes. "Paltry, pettifogging, and meagre as social ...

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  14. AERONAUTICS. NEW NAVAL AIRSHIP.

    The Astra Torres, a naval airship, during a trial at Farnborough, attained a speed of 51 miles an hour, which is the record for the non-rigid type. ...

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  15. UNITED STATES TARIFF.

    The 5 per cent, rebate provided for by the Underwood law on goods imported in United States bottoms is causing commotion, as it establishes something tantamount to a ...

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  16. FRENCH AIRMEN KILLED.

    M. Laverlochere, a military airman, was killed while flying at Chaumont yesterday. Sergeant' Hurtard was biplaning at Rheims when the machine capsized and he wes killed. ...

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  17. SOUTH AFRICAN MINERS.

    The Trades Federation has rejected the resolution which a special meeting was convened to consider, namely, "That the Government has trumped up the labour prosecutions in ...

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  18. QUICKFIRER ON AEROPLANE.

    Successful experiments were made at Chalons with an aeroplane equipped with a quickfirer against a fixed dummy aeroplane. Further tests will be undertaken with ...

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  19. THE SUFFRAGISTS.

    Women suffragists burned a large unoccupied residence at Hampton-on-Thames, the damage being estimated at £3000. Rachael Pearco and Mary Richardson have ...

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  20. FINANCIAL BILLS.

    The Federal Treasurer (Sir John Forrest) will to-morrow give notice of a number of very important financial measures. These include the Debts Bill, by which power will be ...

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  21. CROWDED MAIL TEAINS.

    Despite the opinion expressed by the Chief Commissioner for Railways that the department would not be justified in running excursion trains from the country for the fleet ...

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  22. A BARCELONA TRAGEDY.

    As a' balloon was ascending from the ground yesterday a man in the crowd got caught in the guide rope, and was carried up into the air. ...

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  23. THE LATE MR. LONSDALE.

    Further details of the death of Mr. Edmund Lonsdale, M.L.A., who was killed at Uralla on Saturday evening by being run down by a motor car, have been furnished by our Uralla ...

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  24. DOUBLE SUICIDE.

    The bodies of Major C. Hamilton Muldoon and Phyllis Bonks were found decipitated on the railway line at Southend yesterday. The right hand of the man was found to be tied ...

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  25. THE BRAZILIAN DISASTER.

    The collision which occurred between a steamer and a military tug following the manoeuvres of the fleet, happened at night in a thick fog and heavy sea. ...

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  26. HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS.

    Two accidents occurred on the wharf at Watson's Bay yesterday during the rush of holiday makers, but fortunitely, they were not attended by serious results. ...

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  27. PAINTERS' AWARD.

    Mr. Justice Burnside, in the Arbitration Court to-day, gave a decision in the case in which the Painters' Union cited Withnell, a grazier, residing at Perth, for employing a ...

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  28. ENGLISH HOCKEY PLAYERS.

    Half a dozen well-known hockey players are willing to go on a tour of Australia and New Zealand, probably from April till August The Hockey Association will strictly ...

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  29. INDEX. NEWS.

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  30. HOME RULE.

    Mr. John Dovlln, M.P. (Nationalist), in addressing a meeting of 800O people at Armagh yesterday, declared that the Nationalists were not prepared to exclude Ulster from the Home ...

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  31. DECREASE OF CRIME.

    The annual report of the Prisons Department shows that' 10,000 fewer prisoners were sentenced last year than in the preceding year, and there was a decrease of 100,000 in ...

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  32. DISCONTENTED TELEGRAPH STAFF.

    Trouble has occurred among the members of the Postal Electricians' Association employed at Perth. The Federal award of £168 per year, with a 5 per cent. addition, for ...

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  33. TRAFFIC RETURNS.

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  34. THE BALKANS.

    The Turkish delegate arrived here yesterday to continue the negotiations in regard to the Aegean Islands, now in dispute between Turkey and Greece. ...

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  35. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  36. BRITAIN AND AUSTRIA.

    An excellent impression has been created by the announcement that the heir presumptive, the Archduke Franz Fordlnand, and his wife, are to visit King George at Windsor ...

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  37. PATHETIC TRAGEDY.

    A pathetic tragedy occurred at Warrnambool to-day when a schoolboy named Eric Norman Edwards aged 12 years, son of Mr. George Edwards baker of Warrnambool, ...

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  38. REMARKABLE SCENE.

    A remarkable scene was witnessed at the Edithburgh jetty, Yorkes Peninsula, to-day. when a dispute occurred between the captains of the steamers Warrawee and Paringa. ...

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  39. WHOLESALE MURDERER.

    Henry Spencer has been arrested on a charge of having murdered Mrs. Rexroat at Wheaton, Illinois. The accused has confessed to 13 other ...

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  40. DANDALUP MURDER.

    Charles Odgers, the Dandalup murderer, when found on Sunday in the bush, was in a very low state. He had used his last cartridge in shooting himself in the mouth, and ...

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  41. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Three lads ambushed an escaped prisoner names Jones near Ruthin Prison. The escapee, who was much emnciated after five days' privation, attacked the lads with a pair of ...

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  42. TO-DAY.

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  43. COMBOYNE AGROUND.

    While crossing the bar at midnight last night the steamer Comboyne stuck fast on the south spit and remained there until 8.30 this morning. Hawsers wore put out at 6 a.m., ...

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  44. COCK-FIGHTING AT CANTERBURY.

    At Campbell's Hill, Canterbury, amid the bush scrub, yesterday, Senior-constable Lane land Constable Foley discovered about 200 men engaged in watching a cockfighting exhibition. ...

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  45. MOTOR CAR BURNED.

    A motor car owned by Mr. James William Middleton, Goulburn, was completely destroyed by fire at about 11 o'clock on Sunday Mr. Middleton and his wife were on a three ...

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  46. LEAKING.

    The barque Wild Wave, 295 tons, timber laden, from Port Esperance, Southern Tasmania, to "Port Piric, put into Launceston to-day, leaking badly. ...

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  47. ACCOUNTANT SENTENCED.

    Claud Hall, described as a very clever accountant employed by Raphael and Company, was convicted in the police court for stealing sums aggregating to £350. The police ...

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  48. A NEGLECTED BAR.

    Steamers leaving here are only taking half cargoes, owing to the silting of the bar. The Our Elsle was unable to get out to-day. Unless dredging is started immediately there are ...

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  49. BITTEN BY A SNAKE.

    A boy named Leslie Lindsay was bitten twice by a snake last night. He is now progressing favourably. ...

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