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  2. ISLAND DISASTER.

    Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s Island steamer Malaita arrived here last evening, and sailed for Sydney at noon to-day. She encountered a fierce hurricane at Malecula, and ...

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  3. STONE AND BRICKS.

    Besides the State brickworks, the establishment of a. State blue-metal quarry at Port Kembla has been decided upon by the Minister for Works (Mr. A. Griffith). ...

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  4. WIRELESS.

    Pending the completion of the wireless telegraph station at Pennant Hills, the Postmaster-General (Mr. Thomas) has arranged with the Australasian Wireless, Ltd., to ...

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  5. SENTENCED TO DEATH.

    Details of an awful tragedy enacted at Non[?]th Melbourne on March 9, when William Thomas Smith stabbed his little daughter Hetty, aged 4½ years to death, were recounted ...

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  6. DISASTROUS FIRES.

    A destructive fire occurred i[?] Cecil Court, Salut Martin's Lane, this morning, following on an explosion in the basement, where millions of feet of cinematograph films ...

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  7. AUSTRALIAN DELEGATES.

    Sir George Reid (High Commissioner for Australia) entertained Mr. Fisher (Prime Minister of Australia), Senator Pearce (Minister of Defence), and Mr. E. L. ...

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  8. HOUSE OF LORDS.

    In the House of Lords last night the debate on the motion for the second reading of Lord Lnsdowne's House of Lords Reform Bill was continued. ...

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  9. BUDGET DEBATE.

    The Budget debate was continued in the House of Commons last night. The leader of the Opposition, Mr. A. J. Balfour, welcomed the proposed ...

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  10. RUNAWAY TRAMCAR.

    As the result of a tram car getting out of control in Day-street yesterday, a man was injured, a water cart with a horse attached was overturned, and a collision occurred ...

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  11. A RUSSIAN DISASTER.

    A disastrous fire occurred in the village of Dyvin, in the government of Grodno, as the result of which 600 houses, including the school and hospital, were destroyed. ...

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  12. PAYMENT OF MEMBERS.

    Ex-Ministers of the Crown who are receiving political pensions and Ecclesiastical Commissioners will be excluded from the provision of the bill to provide for ...

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  13. THE KIRIN OUTBREAK.

    The damage occasioned by the fire at Kirin is estimated at £14,000,000. The fire destroyed 8387 houses, 4000 shops, and 15 banks. ...

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  14. LINKING THE PACIFIC.

    The present position of the Pacific wireless proposals for a complete scheme as laid down in December, 1909, by the Melbourne radio telegraphic conference was explained ...

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  15. BOILERMAKERS' STRIKE.

    The boilmakers of Sunderland intend to strike at all the shipbuilding yards, owing to the shipwrights refusing to work alongside the boilermakers in one yard. ...

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  16. FARMERS UP IN ARMS.

    The annual report of the executive of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, to be presented at the approaching conference, trenchantly criticises the administration of the ...

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  17. IMMIGRATION.

    A deputation representing the Colonial Institute waited upon the Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, yesterday, and urged that the Government should officially recognise ...

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  18. THE WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales this afternoon there was spirited bidding. Prices for all combing sorts were very firm. May 18. ...

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  19. NEW SOUTH WALES RESOURCES.

    The "Financial News" this morning publishes a long interview with Mr. J. S. T. M'Gowen, Premier of New South-Wales, on the agricultural prospects, the railways, ...

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  20. MR. FISHER AND MR. LLOYD-GEORGE.

    Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, entertained Mr. Fisher at breakfast this morning. ...

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  21. AN EDITOR CITED.

    In connection with the proceedings which are pending against the editor of the Hobart "Mercury" on a charge of contempt in respect to certain comments upon Mr. Justice ...

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  22. ESCAPE OF PRISONERS.

    A Port Darwin telegram states that a prisoner named Bert. Gould, who was sentenced to two and a half years' imprisonment, for horse stealing, at the recent sitting of the ...

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  23. INNER TEMPLE BANQUET.

    The Inner Temple last night entertained at a banquet Sir Joseph Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr. Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister of Australia, ...

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  24. "UNMITIGATED BLACKGUARDS."

    When the Federal Arbitration Court met yesterday, Mr. Justice Higgins said he desired to make an announcement. "The only means available for me," he ...

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  25. ANOTHER COLONISING ASSOCIATION.

    The Susses Colonising Association has been inaugurated on the lines of the Rev. R. S. Gwynne's Kentish Association. Speaking at the meeting at which the ...

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  26. IMPERIAL UNION.

    The deputation which waited upon the Prime Minister. Mr. Asquith, yesterday urged that the Government should support the proposal for a closer constitutional ...

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  27. DRURY LANE COMMAND NIGHT.

    A queue has been formed since noon yesterday awaiting the opening of the command performance at Drury Lane Theatre of Lytton's "Money" to-night. ...

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  28. TRIAL OF CAMORRISTS.

    A sensation was caused at the trial of Camorrista at Viterbo by Abalternaggio, the informer, suddenly declaring that neither Ibello nor Ciro (Erricones brother, who ...

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  29. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Sir John Wolfe-Barry, presiding at a meeting of the Enstern Extension Telegraph Company, said that the wireless traffic with the Cocos Islands had been rather ...

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  30. WORKMEN SCARCE.

    The Methodist Church authorities stated last night that they had been trying to get repairs to the church carried out since last December, but, owing to scarcity of workmen, ...

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  31. ITALIAN'S JEALOUSY.

    The tragedy which occurred at Carlton on May 9, when Carlo Antolnetti shot his cousin's wife, Dominica Ricci, dead, and afterwards committed suicide, was investigated by the ...

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  32. ENTERTAINING CUT-THROATS.

    An adventure experienced by two former residents of this State, now in Mexico, is recounted in a letter recived by a relative at Fremantle. After detailing incidents in which ...

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  33. NATIVE OUTRAGES.

    The native charged with assaulting a policeman's wife on January 30 last has been sentenced to death. In the midst of the controversy that arose ...

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  34. INDIA'S FUTURE.

    The Earl of Minto, ex-Viceroy of India, speaking at a meeting of the Central Asian Society last night, said that the future of India largely depended upon what we ...

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  35. A NIGHTMARE.

    Mr. Edward Tregear, ex-Secretary of the Department of Labour in New Zealand, was enthusiastically welcomed at the Labour Council last night. ...

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  36. VICTORIAN IMMIGRATION.

    Mr. W. L. Baillieu, Victorian Minister of Works, in the course of an interview, eulogised the immigration work performed in Great Britain by Mr. Willis, w[?].o is ...

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  37. "AN IMPUDENT REFUSAL."

    Important litigation was involved in the case which came before Mr. Justice Gordon, at the Supreme Court, on Thursday. Mrs. Margaret L. O'Grady, a depositor in the ...

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  38. JOHANNESBURG TRAM STRIKE.

    There have been further discoveries of dynamite on the tramlines. One arrest has been made. On Monday two sticks of blasting gelatine, ...

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  39. AERONAUTICS.

    While aeroplaning at Los Angeles yesterday, Mr. Addison Hurle fell a distance of 75ft and was killed. ...

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  40. ROLL-STUFFING.

    .Members for country constituencies in the Legislative Assembly who met in Melbourne this week in connection with the farewell to the Governor have found, on comparing notes, ...

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  41. SWAGMAN MISSING.

    The Commissioner for Police has received a communication from the police at Cloncurry, which is taken to indicate a tragedy. About January 10 Constable Murphy, of ...

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  42. DOUBLE SUICIDE.

    The inquest on the bodies of Mrs Charlotte Hemphill and her son Frederick William Hemphill which were found in the Lachlan River a mile from the Oxley township was ...

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  43. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL.

    In the matter of the Perth Gas Company versus the Mayor, the Judicial' Committee of the Privy Council has reserved judgment. ...

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  44. THE CORONATION.

    As seats had already been allotted for Nonconformist ministers at the Coronation, King George has given the Rev. J. H. Jowett (ex-minister of Carr's-lane ...

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  45. "NOT THE MAN."

    Thomas M'Farlane, who was arrested yesterday on a provisional warrant charging him with having stolen £19 in Sydney, was before the City Court to-day and remanded. He ...

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  46. RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

    The Crown Prince and Princess of Germany arrived yesterday on a visit to the Czar. The streets are decornted with ...

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  47. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. Ernest Mitchell, a seller of Christmas cards, has been awarded £1200 damages and costs against the proprietors of "John Bull" for libel. ...

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  48. DEAR FOODS.

    A letter from the Attorney-General's Department announcing that a Royal Commission on food supplies was to be appointed, and asking if the Labour Council desired ...

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  49. MINISTERS AND THE P.L.L.

    Although most of the branches of the Political Labour League have ceased to express indignation at the attitude assumed by those members of the State Government who ...

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  50. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S EXPENSES.

    In order to recoup the High Commissioner (Sir GeorgoeReid) for the extra expense to which he will be put in the reception and entertainment of Australian visitors during ...

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  51. SHOT IN AN ORCHARD.

    A shooting case occurred nonr Lyndhurst Vale, a few miles from Dungog From information available it appeals that several railway workers entered an Diehard. The ...

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  52. HONOURED BY CAMBRIDGE.

    Cambridgee University will confer honorary degrees on Lord Crewe (Secretary of State for India), Sir Edward Grey (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), Lord ...

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  53. MELBOURNE'S TRAMWAYS.

    It is regarded as probable that the State Ministry will make a proposal early in the forthcoming session of Parliament regarding the acquisition of the cable tramway system. ...

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  54. MEDALS FOR SCHOLARS.

    In connection with the Coronation celebrations in Victoria, it is anticipated that 260,000 medals will be issued to school children by the State. ...

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