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  2. CALLED TO ACCOUNT.

    Called to account over a question of the sale of some lands in seeming defiance of the Labour principle of no freehold, Mr. Nielsen (Minister for Lands), was censured by the ...

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  3. DISTRACTED LOVER.

    A tragic result of unrequited love occured at West Footscray this morning, when Frank Polley, aged 25 years, after firing at a young woman named Violet Biddie, turned a ...

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  4. NORTH SYDNEY VACANCY.

    It was yesterday definitely decided that the polling for the election of a representative of the Federal electorate of North Sydney in the House of Representatives, to fill the vacancy ...

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  5. TO DEFEND OUR HOMES.

    The Lord Mayor yesterday decided to accede to the request of a deputation which recently waited upon him to convene a public meeting of citizens to consider the defenceless position ...

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  6. THE PLAGUE.

    Eight-thousand deaths have occurred from the pneumonic form of plague. Sixteen Russian doctors and their assistants have died. Half had been previously ...

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  7. A JUDGE'S OUTBURST.

    Mr. Justice Grantham created a sensation at the Liverpool Assizes by repudiating what he described as a charge of political partisanship, arising out of his ...

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  8. IMPERIAL POLITICS.

    In the House of Commons to-day Mr. Austen Chamberlain moved the amendment of the Opposition to the Address in Reply In leg.ud to the fisc ii question ...

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  9. RECIPROCITY.

    In course of his speech in moving the [?] amendment to the Address in Reply in the House of Commons last evening, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, referring to the ...

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  10. THE BLACK DEATH.

    The doctors report that the plague has now assumed the form of superlative septi[?] and death follows in four hours after infection. ...

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  11. DECLARATION OF LONDON.

    Replying to questions Ministers stated that the Australian authorities had given notice of intention to submit to the Imperial Conference objections to certain ...

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  12. PRIVATE MEMBERS' BILLS.

    A ballot for priority in regard to the introduction of private members' bills failed to give Labour members a place even in the first thirty. ...

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  13. THE NAVY.

    In the House of Commons Mr. R. M'Kenna, First Lord of the Admiralty, in reply to Mr. Robert Harcourt (Liberal), stated that it was not expected that ...

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  14. FOR THE STATE!

    Speaking to members of the Liberal Debating Society last night, Mr. Wade, leader of the State Opposition said they had not far to go to find that the other party was human but ...

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  15. LORD CREWE'S HEIR.

    The Countess of Crewe, wife of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has given birth to an heir. Lord Crewe has been married twice. His ...

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  16. GOVERNMENT ACTION FORE-SHADOWED.

    The Premier (Mr. Asquith), in the House of Commons, this afternoon, in grave tones, commented on Mr. Justice Grantham's remarks, and added:"The House of Commons ...

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  17. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Who will take the place of the late Mr. Edwards? is being asked by hundreds of people in North Sydney to-day. I notice several names have been mentioned. Many of us ...

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  18. BILLIARDS.

    Harverson has challenged George Gray for a match of 16,000 level, with ivory balls, for £100 a side. In the billiard match, Gray v Diggle, ...

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  19. UNLUCKY FISHERMEN.

    A few days ago an ice-floe, upon which a large temporary fishing village had been established, was blown out to sea from Bjorko Sound and eventually grounded on ...

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  20. "CANADA MIGHT HAVE WAITED."

    Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, in course of a letter to the Tariff Commission, has written:—"I cannot help feeling that Canada has been rather premature. She might ...

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  21. METHOD OF REMOVAL.

    The only method of removing Mr. Justice Grantham from the Bench is by petition from both Houses of Parliament. Following upon the return of Mr. Arthur Fell ...

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  22. DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR.

    Though no time is to be lost in reorganising the Department of Labour and Industry, and placing it under the control of a permanent Under-Secretary, the appointment of a ...

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  23. SCULLING.

    William Albany has cballencred Ernest Barry for the sculling championship of England, the "Sportsman's" Cup, and £200 aside. ...

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  24. WRECK OF A SCHOONER.

    Advice has been received at Invercargill stating that the schooner Jessie Niccol was totally wrecked on the Macquarie Islands on Christmas Day. ...

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  25. MORE CANADIAN REASSURANCES.

    Mr. W. E. Fielding, Minister for Finance, states that the Canadian Government views with alarm statements in the British press, that reciprocity between ...

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  26. IMMIGRATION.

    An emigrition agent has advertised in the London papers for 30 masons, 100 carpenters, and 100 bricklayers to proceed to Australia, paying their own fares. ...

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  27. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The directors of the Waihi Gold-mining Company are sending Mr. Richard, manager of the Mount Morgan mine, to independently report on the Waihi mine. ...

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  28. PRISONER'S ESCAPE.

    At the police court to-day [?] Gallagher was charged with assault. Mr. Thomas, who appeared for the defendant, said the man was practically an escapee from ...

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  29. BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    In the House of Lords to-day Lord Denbigh appealed for assistance for the beet sugar industry. Lord Carrington, President of the Board ...

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  30. "GREATEST QUESTION OF THE HOUR."

    The reciprocity agreement is declared to be the greatest political question of the hour in the United States. President Taft is determined that there ...

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  31. THE CORONATION.

    Lord Beauchamp, Lord President of the Council, has arranged for the erection of a stand at the Horse Guards' Parade to accommodate 2000 Australians to view the ...

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  32. A COLUMBIAN MINISTER'S STATEMENT.

    Mr. Ellison, Minister for Finance in British Columbia, is to be sued for libel unless he retracts a statement attributed to him thal Mr. Jim Hill furnished £12,000 ...

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  33. WOMAN'S DEATH.

    At 10 o'clock this morning Albert Edward Plaister. employed at Messrs. W. E. Best and Co.'s. Hobart, and residing in Forest-road, reported to Sergeant Newstead that his wife, ...

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  34. ROBBERS AND BOMBS.

    While the police were arresting some suspected railway robbers at Chelm, Russian Poland, the latter fatally shot a policeman. ...

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  35. REBUILDING PARLIAMENT.

    The recent heavy rains have played such havoc with the State Parliamentary buildings that the Speaker (Mr. Cann) has approved of alterations, to cost £3000. ...

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  36. PRIME MINISTER'S VIEWS.

    Speaking at the Lord Mayor's quarterly luncheon to-day the Prime Minister, Mr Fisher, said in regard to the referendum that he had supported the Constitution as an instrument ...

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  37. HARNESSING THE GHATS.

    The Governor, Sir George Sydenham Clarke, yesterday laid the foundation-stone in connection with the projected big hydro-electric works. ...

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  38. STRANDING OF THE EASTERN.

    The steamer Eastern was floated into dock this morning, and [?] inspection of the ship's bottom was made. The principal damage is [?] the port side of the [?] involving the whole ...

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  39. A NEW DESTROYER.

    In her trials at Shoeburyness the destroyer Maori attained a speed of 30 miles an hour. During the trial the waves from the ...

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  40. OVERSEA EMBLEMS.

    The "Daily Telegraph" states that the King is considering the question of adding emblems of the overseas Dominions to the super[?] to be donned by his Majesty ...

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  41. THE LORD MAYOR OF SYDNEY

    Alderman G. T. Clarke, vice-chairman of the finance committee, has given notice of motion in the City Council for Tuesday next that the Lord Mayor be asked to represent the citizens ...

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  42. A WILD MAN.

    The Northern Ontario Police have captured a man, violently insane, dressed in skins, who has been living in a cave and killing animals for food with snares. ...

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  43. DESTROYING PELICANS.

    The Government, at the request of fishermen in 1909, withdrew the protection from policans on the ground that they were enemies to fish, and paid a penny per head ever since. ...

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  44. QUEENSLAND RAILWAY POLICY.

    The "Financial News" has interviewed Sir T. B. Robinson, Agent-General for Queensland, "for the purpose of removing misconception in financial circles ...

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  45. MORE FEDERAL LOANS.

    The Commonwealth Treasurer, Mr. Fisher, announced to-day that his Notes Trust Fund was a sum of £700,000. "I must get the money placed," said Mr. ...

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  46. MARINE BOARD'S FINDING.

    The secretary of the Marine Board stated to-day that the board would not give its finding to-day, as in all inquiries in which the actions of a pilot were involved the finding of the ...

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  47. JAPANESE ORCHARD-WORKERS.

    Japanese orchard-workers have been driven away by night raiders, and have been warned against returning on pain of death. ...

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  48. CHINA'S HOPE.

    The passengers by the Aldenham included the Rev. Graham Balfour, M.A., a Victorian Presbyterian minister, who was one of four delegates deputed by the Australian Laymen's ...

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  49. HOUNDSDITCH MURDERS.

    John Zelin, alias Rosen, a hairdresser at Hackney, who had been detained some days, was remanded at the police court to-day on a charge of conspiring with ...

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  50. REVOLUTION IN HAYTI.

    General Millionard, head of the revolutionaries, and five rebel generals have been executed. ...

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  51. YOUNG AUSTRALIANS.

    The Young Australia League received a letter from the League of Empire suggesting that the party of Australian boys who are to leave for America in August should attend the ...

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  52. CAYENNE CAUSES DEATH.

    Mr. James Jennings, who was suffering from a bad cold, took two teaspoonfuls of cayenne pepper, which irritated the mucous membrane of the throat to such an extent that it closed ...

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  53. TASMANIA ACCEPTS LOAN.

    The Premier has received a cablegram from Mr. Fisher asking if he was prepared to borrow money at [?] per cent. A reply was sent by the Premier that he was willing to take ...

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  54. CLAPHAM COMMON MYSTERY.

    Analysts have found human blood upon the cuff of the man Steiner Morrison, who is charged with the murder of the miser Beron on Clapham Common at the ...

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  55. PARLIAMENTARY SALARIES.

    A referendum on an increased payment from £200 to £300 to members of Parliament will be held on the same day as the Federal referendum. ...

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  56. CANADIAN SETTLERS.

    Advices have been received by mail from Canada to the effort that a number of settlers are leaving Vancouver for Victoria, during February and March. ...

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  57. SNOW SLIDE IN ALBERTA.

    Seventy feet of the Canadian Pacific railway is covered by a snow slide[?] The trains are safe. ...

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