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  2. THE GLENBANK DISASTER.

    In the absence of an interpreter in the district Mr. Rowston, P.M. at Roeburn, with the sole survivor of the Glonbank, Antil Kitala, last night utilised the telephone service ...

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  3. ESCAPED LION.

    Thousands of people, restrained from a too eager curiosity by a cordon of foot police and a line of troopers, waited yesterday afternoon outside the Temperance and ...

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  4. THE WHEELS OE INDUSTEY.

    Figures quoted by Mr. Trivott (Government Statistician) in the manufacturing industry section of the official year book of New South Wales for 1909-10 show that in 1003 the plant ...

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  5. GIPSY OUTRAGES.

    The police raided a gipsy camp in Southern Hungary, and found 23 kidnapped children who had been artificially crippled for begging purposes. Some of the ...

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  6. RECIPROCITY.

    Although the amendment moved in the Canadian House of Commons favouring delay in the ratification of the tariff reciprocity agreement between Canada and ...

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  7. HOUNDSDITCH MURDERS.

    A hundred witnesses will be called at the trial in connection with the Houndsditch murders, and it is expeeted that the hearing will occupy two months. ...

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  8. IMPERIAL POLITICS.

    Lord Curzon of Kedleston, speaking at the United club, said it would be the duty of the House of Lords to press their wellreasoned amendments in order to rob the ...

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  9. DECLARATION OE LONDON.

    Mr. Lewis Harcourt (Secretary of State for the Colonies), replying to Mr. Butcher in the House of Commons, said that when copies of the Declaration of London were ...

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  10. CONGRESS COMMITTEE FAVOURABLE.

    The Ways and Means Committee of Congress has reported favourably upon the bill dealing with the reciprocity agreement between the United States and Canada. ...

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  11. THE DUBLIN ROBBERY.

    Louis Ross, who was recently sentenced to five years' imprisonment in connection with a robbery from the Post Office, Dublin, has been released, as many of the stolen ...

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  12. LABOUR EXCHANGES.

    Mr. Sidney Boxton, President of the Board of Trade, replying to a deputation from the Trades Union Congress, declined to entertain a suggestion that trade ...

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  13. BRITISH PREFERENCE.

    A movement which has for its object the lowering of British preference is being started in Ottawa. It is believed to be an offset to the sentimental considerations ...

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  14. "A LOST OPPORTUNITY."

    In the House of Commons last night. Mr. Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies, In replying to several questions in regard to the native outrage incident in ...

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  15. SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION,

    News of the doings of the Swedish scientific expedition, which has been engaged investigating the flora and fauna of the inteiior nor'west of this State, and the ...

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  16. FATAL DINNER PARTY.

    A few days ago Mr. Hutchinson, a resident of Dalkeith, near Edinburgh, entertained 16 friends at a dinner parly, and after coffee had been served the ...

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  17. CREWE HOUSE FIRE.

    When the fire broke out in Crewe House, Curzou-street W., Lady Crewe and the heir, to whom she had given birth on the previous day were conveyed in an ambulance ...

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  18. "A MUTUAL BENEFIT."

    President Taft, in opening his campaign at Columbus, Ohio, assured the farmers that they would benefit under the recipro city agreement with Canada. The two ...

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  19. "A BITTER PILL."

    Mr. C. F. G. Masterman, Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Home Office, speaking at Stratford, Essex, said that the Parliament Bill would be introduced ...

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  20. THE DURAND CASE.

    After a tumultuous debate, the Chamber of Deputies, by 340 votes to 168, refused to censure the Government for not releasing Durand, the trades union secretary, ...

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  21. CREME IN IRELAND.

    Mr. Sheahan, a farmer residing near Oranmore, a village in Galway, was shot dead in his house. He had previously been cautioned to ...

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  22. THE DEATH PENALTY.

    Practically confirming the Government's action in refusing to carry out the death sentence on the murderer Phillips, the Labour conference on Saturday affirmed that capital ...

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  23. SPEAKER CANNON HOSTILE.

    Mr. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the House of Representatives, has announced that be intends to use his influence to secure the rejection of the reciprocity ...

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  24. THE HEREDITARY PRINCIPLE.

    The "Pall Mall Gazette" writes that a scheme which retains the predominance of hereditary privileges would be advocated under the greatest disadvantages. The ...

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  25. MR. ROOSEVELT SPEAKS.

    Mr. Theodore Roosevelt favours reciprocity, and declares that the agreement marks a signal advance in the closer relations of the two countries. ...

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  26. CHINESE IN CANADA.

    The Canadian Senate is considering a bill empowering the Government to enforce stricter regulations in regard to chinese immigrants. Under the new ...

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  27. "THE DESPOTIC LORDS."

    Sir J. A. Simon, Solicitor-Genera], speaking at Trowbridge, said that the House of Lords was only reformable from without, and this was only possible when the ...

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  28. THE AEROPLANE IN WAR.

    M. Rene Simon, a French airman, started in an aeroplane from the United States border in au attempt to locate the position o thee Mexican rebels south of Jaurez. ...

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  29. AN UNTIMELY REPORT.

    The "Sunday Times" understands that General Botha, Prime Minister of South Africa, will announce at the Imperial Conference that the Union Government ...

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  30. THE CABINET AND HOME RULE.

    In the House of Commons last night, Mr. IanMalcolm, Unionist member for Croydon, pro notice that on Wednesday be would move,as an amendment to the Address in ...

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  31. RED INDIAN OUTRAGE.

    The bodies of four wealthy stockmen who have been missing for a month have been found in a canvon. It has been proved that they were ...

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  32. SYDNEY'S LEAP AHEAD.

    The population of Sydney and suburbs at the end of last year was 621,100, representing an increase during the twelve months of 15,200. There was a decrease of 400 in the ...

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  33. THE PLAGUE.

    Mr. Morinville, United States Minister in China, reports that there are two millions of people starving there. An army transport is being laden with ...

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  34. THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. Lewis Harcourt, replying to a correspondent, states that the Imperial Conference will itself decide whether its ...

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  35. LIFEBOAT UNAVAILABLE.

    Anthill Kitala, the only survivor, told the story of the disaster through an interpreter, to Mr. Rowston, P.M., Roeburne. The said that after the captain boarded the vessel at ...

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  36. THE RIGHT TO WORK.

    In the House of Commons to-day the amendment to the Address in Reply relating to the Labour party's demand for the right to work was rejected by 225 to 65 ...

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  37. PERISHED ON AN ICE FLOE.

    The two ice-breaker steamers which were sent to search for the fishermen who were blown to sea in the Gulf of Finland on an ice-floe, have returned after a fruitless ...

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  38. EARTHQUAKE IN TURKESTAN.

    The recent earthquake at Vycrnyi, Russian Turkestan, made a fissure in the earth 24ft wide and 33 miles long. ...

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  39. MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY.

    An inquest was opened on the body of a woman found in Cashel-street Christchurch, which was identified as that of Ethel Mary Bradley. Deceased some time ago obtained ...

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  40. DISQUIETING RUSSIAN REPORTS.

    The "Bourse Gazette" states that pulmonary and other forms of plague have occurred in twenty-two places on the Kirghiz Steppes, Astrakhan, and there have ...

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  41. MEXICAN REVOLT.

    The Insurgents defeated the Federal troops after a battle lasting five hours. ...

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  42. CONVENT ROBBERY.

    The left band of the statue of Saint Theresa, in the Carmelliva Convent at Olivaes, has been stolen. The hand is covered with jewels, the value of which is ...

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  43. POST-OFFICE HOURS.

    The complaints published in the "Herald" on Saturday regarding the early closing of post-offices were brought under the notice of the Postmaster-General (Mr. Thomas) ...

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  44. GREAT BRITAIN'S DEFENCES.

    Lord Roberts has given notice in the House of Lords of the following motion,— "That in view of the altered strategic conditions on land and sea in Europe, this ...

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  45. THE COOGEE SURF DISASTER

    Next Saturday, at the Town Hall, the theatrical profession will give a matinee performance in aid of the relatives of the victims of the Coogee disaster. Mr. Hugh ...

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  46. THE FISCAL AMENDMENT.

    In the division on the fiscal amendment moved by Mr. Austin Chamberlain, on behalf of the Opposition to the Address in Reply, the O'Briemtes abstained from ...

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  47. AN OIL BOOM.

    Sixty-one new oil companies have been incorporated in a single day. They Intend to exploit the oil lands of Alberta, where valuable fields are said to exist. ...

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  48. CAREERS FOR WOMEN.

    Princess Christian is president of a committee which is seeking to find careers in the colonies for educated women. It is proposed to establish agencies in the ...

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  49. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Lloyd's repiesentative at Port Said reports that the steamer Caithness is aground and obstructing the Suez Canal. The South Wales Miners' Federation has ...

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  50. WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE.

    Sir George Kemp (Liberal) has secured first place among private bills for one seeking to confer the franchise upon women exclusively on the lines of a householder ...

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  51. THE CORONATION.

    The King's letter to the nation will be issued a month prior to the Coronation, and a facsimile will be sold for charity. The King's Acorn Conch, 200 years old, ...

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  52. A DREDGE FOUNDERS.

    A dredge foundered in the Mexican Gulf while en voyage to New York,, and 27 of her crow were drowned. A single survivor brought news of the ...

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  53. THE ARFON SEAT.

    Mr. William Jones (Liberal) has been re-elected unopposed foi Arfon Division, Carnarvonshire. Mr. William Jones succeeed Mr. O. ...

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  54. MINE FLOODED.

    Some of the men employed in the First Chance mine at Ballarat, had a sensational experience to-day, and for a time the whereabouts of three of thom who had been working ...

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  55. THE REFERENDUM.

    Speaking at an A.N.A. dinner on Saturday, Mr. A. G. C. Hawthorn, M.L.A., said that a matter of very much concern to Queenslanders was that of Home Rule for Queensland. That ...

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  56. RUSSIA AND AMERICA.

    A resolution is now before the Honse of Representatives asking the President to make void the Russian treaty of 1832 on the ground that Americnn Jewish citizens ...

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  57. TURNING THE TABLES.

    A thief robbed a cafe of £600, but was himself robbed at the entrance on leaving by three men, who held him up at the point of the revolver. ...

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  58. A COOLING PROCESS.

    The "Westminster Gazette" declares that the House of Lords, in dropping the question of reform, implies a significant cooling process. ...

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  59. A WIRELESS RECORD.

    A world's wireless telegraphy has been established by the receipt of a message at the local station from the steamer Korea while the latter was 4492 miles out. ...

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  60. A KINGLY GIFT.

    The Mikado has given £150,000 to the relief of the poor, wbo are unable to obtain adequate medical treatment ...

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  61. THE NORTH LOUTH PETITION.

    In the case in which Mr. T. Healy filed a petition against the return of Mr. R. Hazleton's return for North Louth at the last election, Mr. Hazleton's counsel proposed ...

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  62. STRANGE SUICIDE.

    During Friday night John Heron, a salesman, aged 50 years, committed suicide by hanging at his residence, East Ballarat. His only son Stanley left home yesterday to take ...

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  63. BILLIARDS.

    In the billiard match Between Gray and Diggle, at Manchester, 8000 up, the scores stand as follow:—Gray, 6667; Diggie, 5132, Feb. 12. ...

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  64. WRECKED SPECULANT.

    The barquentine Spoculant, which struck on the rocks at Cape Patten early on Friday morning while bound from Portland to melbourne, is breaking up fast. A rock has ...

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  65. A SUSPICIOUS DEATH.

    M. Bogajavlensky, Russian Consul-General at Ispahan, has been found drowned in a well within the precincts of the Consulate. ...

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  66. NEW CLOSING HOUR.

    In regard to the intimation that post and telegraph offices will close at 6 p.m: instead of 7.30 after March 1, a large number of representative business men were interviewed on ...

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  67. FOOTBALL.

    In the Association football match, England v Ireland, the former won by two goals to one. The Rugby football match, England v ...

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  68. NO MAYOR OR ALDERMEN.

    Owing to ouster proceedings in connection with the aldormantc elections at Maclean, by reason of an informality, the whole of the aldermen have resigned. Consequently there ...

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  69. A PARIS SENSATION.

    A policeman arrested a youth for passing a counterfeit coin, whereupon the youth shot his captor dead in the street, and then committal suicide. ...

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