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  2. STATE LOANS.

    Mr. Cann referred on Saturday to [?] criticisms levelled against the State finances under the administration of his Government by Liberal speakers. ...

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  3. WIRTH FORTUNE. MILLIONS LEFT BY AMERICAN.

    The Wirth family, some of whom belong to the Circus proprietary of that name, have inherited a huge fortune of 20 million dollars, —£4,000,000—left by an unmarried uncle, who ...

    Article : 590 words
  4. ISLAND PERIL.

    The New Hebrides Condominium has proved a rank failure, and, in consequence of the constant clashing of diverse interests, a disgraceful state of affairs prevails in the ...

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  5. ANNANDALE SEAT.

    The Minister for Works (Mr. Griffith) was selected on Saturday night by an overwhelming majority to contest the Annandale seat at the next election. ...

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  6. GREAT STORMS. VESSEL WRECKED IN DOMINION.

    Mr. Clement Wragge's predicted disturbance, Trojan, struck Auckland on Saturday night. Violent thunder, lightning, and hail prevailed throughout the night, and minor damage ...

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  7. VIOLENT WOMEN. SUFFRAGIST OUTRAGES.

    A clock-work bomb and a quantity of women's suffrage literature were found in the sorting department of the Reading Post-office yesterday, addressed to an official at the ...

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  8. ANGLO-SAXON PEACE "A SACRED ARCH."

    Sir George Reid, speaking at the banquet to the delegates to the conference in connection with the celebration of the centenary of peace between the United States and ...

    Article : 164 words
  9. THE BALKANS. SKUTARI PROBLEM.

    King Nicholas summoned the whole of the members of the Skupschtina to-the Palace yesterday, when he declared that Russia, Servia, and Greece had counselled the submission of ...

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  10. A £10,000 FIRE.

    Farrington Hall, Dundee, the residence of Mr. Henry M'Grady, a former Lord Provost, was set on fire in six places simultaneously and burned to the ground. The damage being ...

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  11. HEAVY SNOWFALL.

    The Dominion is experiencing another spell of inclement weather, with a heavy fall of snow throughout the South Island. It is stated the winter is the earliest known. ...

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  12. RETURNING TO CHINA

    Though Hop Poon Gooey not unnaturally resents the harshness of the law that compels his wife, and indirectly himself, to leave Australia, he views the position with Oriental ...

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  13. A GERMAN WARNING.

    Professor Munsterberg, of Harvard University, speaking at yesterday's meeting of the Peace Conference in New York, warned the members that the non-Anglo-Saxon citizens ...

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  14. RACECOURSE SCENE.

    Goodwood Handicap Day at Morphettville yesterday was characterised by a rogrettable incident, which tended to mar the success of the first day of the South Australian Jockey ...

    Article : 270 words
  15. ALBANIA'S RULER.

    Austria desires a Roman Catholic to bW Prince of Albania, and Italy wishes a Protestant; but Russia would like a Turkish Governor, to be nominated by the Powers. ...

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  16. PROPAGANDA PILGRIMAGE.

    The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies is arranging a pilgrimage of 17 processions from all parts of the country to London, with the object of carrying out ...

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  17. INDRABARAH ASHORE.

    Details of the wreck of the Tyser liner Indrabarah are meagre. The first message received said: "Indrabarah ashore seven miles north of the mouth of the Rangltikel River. ...

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  18. BULGARIANS V. GREEKS.

    Reports to hand indicate that the fighting between the Greeks and Bulgarians at Porthos has now ceased. Artillery was used during the hostilities. ...

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  19. LABOUR. TROUBLE IN THE SHIPYARDS.

    The men employed in shipyards, on the Clyde, and on the north-east coast, are refusing to work overtime. There is also dissatisfaction with regard to ...

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  20. IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

    Mr. James Allen (Now Zealand Minister for Defence) was entertained by the Canadian Club last night. In replying to the toast of his health, the ...

    Article : 146 words
  21. GREAT FIRE AT SKUTARI.

    An outbreak of fire occurred in the Bazaar in Skutari. Owing to a high wind and lack of water, it assumed huge proportions. ...

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  22. ONE DAY A WEEK STRIKE.

    Recently tho dockers of Liverpool and Birkenhead decided to strike every Saturday unless their demand for full pay up till 1 p.m on that day was granted. ...

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  23. ROUMANIA AND BULGARIA.

    An agreement between Roumania and Bulgaria has been signed, by which the former secures the town of Silistria, on the Danube, 62 miles south-east of Bucharest, together ...

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  24. POSSIBILITY OF SALVAGE.

    The first report regarding the Indrabarah appears to have been much exaggerated. The vessel is not breaking up, and may possibly be saved. ...

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  25. MAN WITH REVOLVER

    There was considerable excitement at Mosman on Saturday when it was rumoured that a man answering the description of one wanted for an offence had been seen in the ...

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  26. ROYAL DOCKYARD EMPLOYEES.

    The employees at the Royal Dockyards are dissatisfied at the concessions recently announced by the Admiralty, which included increased pay and a larger establishment. ...

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  27. SIR STUART SAMUEL'S CASE.

    The Radicals, Nationalists, and Unionists threaten to oppose the bill which has been introduced in the House of Commons to indemnify Sir Stuart Samuel in regard to the ...

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  28. RECIPROCITY.

    The Conservative press generally expresses pleasure at the reports of the progress being made by Mr. Foster and Mr. Tudor in the matter of reciprocity between Canada ...

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  29. TROUBLE IN TONKING.

    The perpetrators of the recent bomb outrage in Ha-noi, the capital of Tonking, and headquarters of the French Administration, have been arrested. ...

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  30. HOSPITAL'S REQUEST.

    In consequence of the report that Mr. Wirth, of Wirth's Circus, had inherited a large fortune under the will of his uncle in America, the Wagga Hospital authorities sent ...

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  31. CANADIAN NAVY BILL.

    The Naval Bill was read the third time in the House of Commons last night by a party majority of 33. Great disorder marked the closing stages, ...

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  32. BRITAIN'S FOREIGN TRADE.

    Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, urges the Associated Chambers of Commerce to adopt methods of closer co-operation with the English commercial ...

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  33. A FACTORY TRAGEDY

    A sensational occurrence took place in the paper and boxmaking factory of Messrs. Fuerth and Nall, opposite the Central Railway Station, at the corner of Reservoir and Mary streets, ...

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  34. BRIGANDS IN EGYPT.

    Brigands stopped and ransacked a goods train at Assiut, Upper Egypt. The police, however, interrupted them. Shots were exchanged, and a policeman and a brigand ...

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  35. THE FREIDMANN CURE.

    The report of the Government officials on the Freidmann cure for consumption is unfavourable. It criticises the wide publicity given the ...

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  36. INDEX.

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  37. STRANGE LOSS OF MEMORY.

    Herr. Thoowell, Mayor of Usedom, who was subject to epileptic fits, suffered a sudden loss of memory some time ago, and disappeared. He enlisted in the French Foreign Legion, ...

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  38. BIG CRICKET.

    Details of the proposed tour of Australia by a New Zealand team of cricketrs are to hand. It satisfactory financial arrangements can be made the tour will take place ...

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  39. MYSTERY OF LIFE.

    Papers, which were read by medical authorities at the Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons, announced that life had been sustained in tissues of animal organisms four ...

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  40. MOTOR RUN.

    Smothered with the dirt of two States and drenched by the heavy rain which fell towards the end of the day, Mr. A. V. Turner, a member of the Automobile Club of Australia, ...

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  41. MINISTERS AND CONTRACTS.

    In regard to the warning by the "Times" that rumours are current as to the connection of certain Ministers with Navy oil contracts, and urging them to take the House of Commons ...

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  42. THE CARGO.

    The wrecked Indrabarah's Auckland cargo comprised only 50 tons of flax and 600 packages of kauri gum. The Gisborne cargo consisted of 260 bales of wool, 400 casks of ...

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  43. FIGHTING IN MEXICO.

    Three thousand Federal troops have retired to Guayamas after a fight extending throughout a day and a night with the Sonora State troops. The latter are now cannonading ...

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  45. AERONAUTICS. ROYALTY WITNESSES NOTABLE FLIGHT.

    The King and Queen yesterday visited Aldershot, and Witnessed the simultaneous flight of 17 aeroplanes. The engines of one bi-plane exploded when ...

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  46. CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

    The cricket match between Northants and Surrey resulted in a draw. Play was greatly delayed by rain. Then 37 wickets fell for 213 runs in five hours. ...

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  47. NAVAL DESERTERS.

    The Minister for Justice, Mr. A. L. Herdman, [?] a statement to the press, says that he possesses information that men from the battleship New Zealand were frequently enticed to ...

    Article : 135 words
  48. THE BARRACKERS.

    The first grade Rugby Union football match between North Sydney, and Manly on Saturday last at Manly Oval was stopped by the referee (Mr. O. H. Harding), owing to ...

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  49. AIR SCOUT KILLED.

    Alighting on a mist-covered hill after a flight, Lieutenant Parks, an aerial scout, warned two little girls in the vicinity not to touch his aeroplane, saying laughingly, "You ...

    Article : 75 words
  50. NEW DIPHTHERIA SERUM.

    Professor Behring has obtained a new diphtheria Berum, producing immediate immunity in an epidemic and prolonged immunity thereafter. ...

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  51. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 156 words
  52. DOMINION STRIKES.

    Reports from Timaru state that the loading of the Zealandia is being carried out by free labour more expeditiously than by regular hands. ...

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  53. NEW YORK POLICE GRAFT.

    Four police inspectors have been found guilty of graft, and sentenced to a year's imprisonment, with a fine of £100 each. ...

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  54. SUPPRESSION OF GAMBLING.

    The Chamber of Deputies last night, by a majority of seven, adopted a motion for thw suppression of gambling in opposition to the Government proposal to imposw a progressive ...

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  55. DEATH FROM EXPOSURE.

    On Monday two old men living at Quinburra, near Craigie—William Mealing and James Dindle—set out to walk to Bendee for their pension money. That night neither ...

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  56. JAPAN AND CALIFORNIA.

    The formal protest of Japan, against the anti-alien Legislation of the State of California has been placed before the Cabinet. WASHINGTON, May 10. ...

    Article : 61 words
  57. THE DUCHESS OF CONNAUGHT.

    The Duchess of Connaught passed a fair night, and her condition now shows a slight improvement. ...

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  58. FATAL BRAWL.

    Robert Boyce, who wAs InjuRed in a brawl in The GlobE Hotel, Kalgoorlie, on Wednesday, died on Saturday morning. The man who is alleged to have struck Boyce is known to ...

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  59. IMMIGRANTS.

    Tho steamer Irishman arrived to-day with 1209 immigrants. Three hundred are for this State, 563 for Victoria, and 346 for New South Wales. ...

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