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  2. EXCITING TIMES IN PAPUA.

    Mr. G. H Massey Baker, Resident Magistrate of the Western Division of Papua, and leader of the expedition, which recently explored the Fly River districts, reports that ...

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  3. 10,000 MILES.

    The wonders of wireless telegraphy have in the public mind been almost reduced to commonplace by growing familiarity with the service. During this week a circuit was ...

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  4. SUPERANNUATION.

    The Minister for Education (Mr. Carmichael), in a very lengthy statement yesterday on the effect and scope of the Superannuation Bill, among other things, said:— ...

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  5. WHARF STRIKE.

    The dispute between the Wharf-labourers' Union and the New South Wales branch of the Australasian Steamship Owners' Federation, consequent upon the insistence by the ...

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  6. THE ANTARCTIC.

    Mr. J. Foster Stackhouse, who is to lead an Antarctic Expedition next August, in the steam yacht Polaris, was an intimate associate of Captain Scott. He states that ...

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  7. SMALLPOX. NINE ADDITIONAL CASES.

    Five persons with smallpox walked into the Board of Health Office yesterday. Four others were discovered and reported—total for the day, nine. ...

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  8. JAPAN AND CHINA. STRAINED RELATIONS.

    Japan has demanded an apology for insults to which Japanese subjects at Hankow and Shantung were subjected, and for the recent murder of Japanese residents at Nanking, also ...

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  9. HOME RULE. COMPROMISE APPEAL.

    Lord Loreburn's appeal to all political parties to settle the Irish question by consent has had a lukewarm reception. The Unionist evening newspapers declare ...

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  10. JAPANESE MARINES LANDED.

    Jnpanese marines, with quickfires, have landed at Nanking, "to protect the Japanese Consulate." ...

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  11. MURDER OF M. ABE.

    A youth named Okada, aged l8, committed harikiri on the roof of a friend's house, after confessing that he had been guilty of the recent murder of M. Abe, a Foreign Office ...

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  12. FRANCE AND GREECE.

    The Greek Government has sent a message to the effect that it wished to do everything possible to dispel the misunderstanding which had arisen over the speech delivered at ...

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  13. SAVINGS BANKS.

    The Treasurer (Mr. Cann) has received a letter from Mr. J. R. Carey (vice-president of the Savings Bank of New South wales), protesting against the proposed ...

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  14. THE ESCAPEES.

    Answering Mr. Webster (N.S.W.), in the House of Representatives to-day, the Prime Minister said the five patients who escaped from the quarantine station at North Head ...

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  15. AERONAUTICS. A NEW AIRSHIP.

    The "Standard" states that an all-British airship has been designed, which will be capable of cruising 1600 miles at full speed on one charge of petrol. She will be able ...

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  16. BUILDING COLLAPSE.

    The collapse of the interior of Messrs. Beard, Watson's building, in George-street, reported in yesterday's second edition, was the centre of sensational interest in the city ...

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  17. "THE MOST SERIOUS PASSAGE."

    The "Dally News" Parliamentary correspondent states: "The really serious passage of Lord Loreburn's letter is that relating to a general election on the issue of Home ...

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  18. CHINESE POLITICS.

    The Senate has sanctioned the new Cabinet which is considered to be the strongest that has so far been formed in China. Hsing Hsi Ling a brilliant young Southerner, ...

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  19. A CASE ON THE BOBDER.

    A true case of smallpox has been diagnosed. The patient returned from Sydney on Tuesday week! A guard has been placed over the house in which the patient was boarding, and ...

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  20. THE "L1" DISASTER.

    In connection with the recent disaster to the naval airship "L1" it appears that,Count Zeppelin himself had accepted the Emperor's invitation to attend the manoeuvres in this ...

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  21. MEAT FOR THE ARMY.

    The "Pall Mall Gazette" says that Thomas Borthwick and Sons, Ltd., have secured a contract for supplying frozen meat to the army at about 3¼d per lb. The Government is ...

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  22. MORAL CODE.

    Evidence of an extraordinary nature was given yesterday before the Transport Wages Board. It showed how some members of the Wharf-laboureis' Union regard industrial ...

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  23. WOMEN'S FRANCHISE IN ULSTER.

    The draft articles of the Ulster provisional government Include the enfranchisement of women on the basis of the register for local government purposes. ...

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  24. KILLED BY PROPELLER.

    Two licutenants taking part in the army manoeuvres at Coblenz were engaged in a flight in a biplane when they suddenly alighted owing to a defective motor. ...

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  25. POLITICAL TACTICS.

    Mr. Holman made a vigorous reply to-night at a banquet tendered him to the Opposition attack on Mr. Griffith. The Mayor, who presided over a very large gathering of ladies ...

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  26. WEST AFRICAN RAILWAYS.

    The romance of the Uganda railway promises to be equalled in connection with the construction of a great rail artery, 550 miles long, from the newly-discovered port named ...

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  27. EMPIRE RIFLE SHOOTING.

    The Imperial Challenge Shield, with a bronze replica, 12 silver medals, and £15, in connection with the Empire shooting competition, was won by No. 1 Company Naval ...

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  28. SIR GEORGE REID.

    The Agents-General for the Australian States arranged an informal luncheon to-day, at which they bade farewell to Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia, who ...

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  29. THE TARIFF.

    The Interstate Commission has been invited by the Federal Government to investigate and report—when inquiring into the general effect and operation of the tariff acts—more ...

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  30. NEW MARKETS.

    "If trade inquiries from my country continue as frequently, and if Australian beef, wheat, and butter continue to prove satisfactory in the markets of Austria-Hungary, there is a ...

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  31. INDEX. NEWS.

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  32. CHARGE AGAINST A DOCTOR.

    At the trial at the Old Bailey to-day of Dr. Henry Thomas Hamilton of Essex House, Barnes, on charges of cruelty towards two insane female patients who were in his ...

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  33. DEATH OF MR. W. J. GAYNOR.

    News has been received of the death of Mr. W. J. Gaynor, Mayor of New York, from heart failure, while aboard the steamer Baltic in mid-ocean. ...

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  34. THE SPEAKER.

    Mr. H. D. Morton, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, made an interesting statement as to the reasons impelling him to accept the Speakership. "1 do not," he said, ...

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  35. HANDLING COLONIAL MEAT.

    Mr. Thomas Mackenzic, High Commissioner for New Zealand, organised a systematic inspection of the barge system on the Thames for lightering colonial frozen meat, with a ...

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  36. BRITISH ASSOCIATION.

    Professor Ernest Griffiths, Principal and Professor of Experimental Philosophy, University College of South Wales, in a paper which he read before the British Association, ...

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  37. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  38. CHOLERA IN EUROPE.

    Numerous cases of Asiatic cholera are reported from Budapest, and the [?]pidemic is beginning to spread rapidly in Hungary. BUCHAREST, Sept. 12. ...

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  39. AMERICA CUP.

    Sir Thomas Lipton states that he is perfectly satisfied with the signed conditions in regald to the forthcoming races for the America Cup and he is convinced that the ...

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  40. STRIKE ON CUNARD LINER.

    The departure of the Cunard liner Anconia from Southampton was delayed for several hours yesterday owing to the crew striking. They complained of their food, and demanded ...

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  41. PLUCKY HALF-CASTE GIRL.

    At the Town Hall this afternoon a half-caste girl named Cissy M'Leod was presented by Dr. Gilruth with the Royal Humane Society's bronze medal and certificate awarded for ...

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  42. TO-DAY.

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  43. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Governor-General to-day sent the following wireless message to Rear-Admiral Patey, commander of the Australian Navy, who is on board the flagship ...

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  44. A BITTER ATTACK.

    Mr. Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labour, in giving evidence before the commission which was appointed to inquire into the prevalence of ...

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  45. HUMAN RACE PRESERVATION.

    Addressing a meeting of the American Public Health Association at Colorado Springs, Dr. J. H. Kellog, of Michigan, declared that the human race was gradually becoming ...

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  46. A BOXER'S DEATH.

    Last night a young coloured man named Wm. Whyte, and also known as Reunnlf, died at the Bombala Hospital, after having la[?] in an unconscious condition for 16 days. ...

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  47. BOAT CAPSIZED.

    On Wednesday afternoon William Christie And Charles Duffy, both aged 16 years, left Raynesville in a boat, and rowed over to Raymond Island. They were seen towards ...

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  48. TURCO-BULGARIAN CONFERENCE.

    The conference between the Turkish and Bulgarian delegates in regard to the disputed Thracian territory, has adjourned till Saturday owing to instructions from Sofia ...

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  49. SAMFORD TRAGEDY.

    The Governor-in-Council has decided that the law must take its course in the case of Ernest Austin, who was sentenced to death for the murder of a little girl named Ivy ...

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  50. UNITED STATES TARIFF.

    The Treasury has ordered countervailing duties to be imposed on dried or candied fruits and combed wool tops from Australia in order to meet bounties granted by ths Australian ...

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  51. RAILWAY POSTAGE.

    The Postmaster-General (Mr. Agar Wynne) announced to-day that he had issued instructions that in future no late fee was to be charged on letters posted at railway stations, ...

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