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  2. LOST ADMINISTRATOR

    Our Thursday Island correspondent telegraphed yesterday as follows:- "Relative to Mr. Staniforth Smith's party. the information obtainable here is very ...

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  3. SHORT OF COAL.

    By the arrival yesterday of the steamer Boveric from San Francisco, via ports, additional particulars were obtained of the sensational voyage which that vessel had prior ...

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  4. HORRORS IN CHINA.

    Latest Hongkong files report regarding the plague, its deadly variety and rapidity in spreading. It was brought to hand by hunters from the north, and immediately spread ...

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  5. IN THE LEASH.

    A circular savouring very much of the "turn to and work" order has been forwarded to each member of the State Labour party by the executive of the Political Labour ...

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  6. THE VETO BILL.

    In the House of Commons to-day, the Prime Minister, Mr. Asquith, speaking on the introduction of the Veto Bill, said that the measure had heen specifically ...

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  7. SECOND EDITION

    A fire broke out on a train while in motion near Perm, and several carriages were destroyed. Seven passengers were killed, and 32 ...

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  8. SCOTTISH COMMISSION.

    Sir John Sinclair, a member of the Scottish Agricultural Commission, who recently toured Australia, was interviewed on his arrival at Plymouth. ...

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  9. JAPANESE IMMIGRATION.

    President Taft has sent to Congress the text of a new trade treaty with Japan. The essential difference between this treaty and the existing agreement is the ...

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  10. LITHGOW STRIKE.

    No further developments took place to-day in connection with the strike at the blast furnace. Mr. C. H. Hoskins to-day stated that the engine-drivers went out yesterday without ...

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  11. "A STUPENDOUS POLITICAL BLUNDER."

    Mr. 'Asquith said that it was admitted that the House of Lords must yield to the will of the electorate. The rejection by them of the Budget of 1909 was the most ...

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  12. DALKEITH POISONING CASE

    John Hutchison, who committed suicide to avoid arrest for the poisoning of his father and a guest at a dinner party at Dalkeith, Scotland, on February 6, was in ...

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  13. RECIPROCITY.

    The Senate Committee, to whom it has been referred, is now considering the reciprocity agreement. It has been learned that President Taft ...

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  14. INDUSTRIAL COMEDY.

    At a meeting of the Master Builder's' Association on Tuesday some strong statements were made respecting the compulsory conference held in Melbourne recently in regard to ...

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  15. IMMIGRATION.

    In response to [?] request for men for bush clearing in New South Wales, the Central (Unemployed) Body in London has arranged to send by the steamer Pakeha, ...

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  16. LAND OF THE AZTECS.

    Mr. F. H. Jackson, an Australian mining engineer, who has returned to Sydney after a residence of five years in Mexico, in the course of an interview lifted the veil from the ...

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  17. MR. BALFOUR'S SPEECH.

    Mr. Balfour, leader of the Opposition, trgued in favour of a conciliatory agreement, in order to effect admittedly necessry changes in the composition of the ...

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  18. ANNEXATION AGAIN.

    A movement is growing in Alaska in favour of the annexation of that territory by Canada. The residents complain of the excessive ...

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  19. SOCIALISTS AND DEFENCE.

    During a debate in the Chamber of Deputies on a bill authorising the construction of two additional 23,500-ton Dreadnoughts, an uproar was created by the ...

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  20. THE TEST MATCH.

    Commenting on the fourth test cricket match between the Australians and South Africans in Melbourne, the "Pall Mall Gazette" says that the South African ...

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  21. BIG PATENTS CASE.

    Mr. Justice Parker, sitting in the Chancery Division of the High Court, upheld the Marconi wireless patent of 1900 as against the British Radio-telegraph and ...

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  22. THE LABOUR VIEW.

    Mr. J. Ramsay MacDonald, leader of the Labour party, said he recognised with regret that the people insisted upon ti second Chamber. To create in the place of the ...

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  23. GRAVE ANXIETY.

    A telegram from Cairns states that the steamer Matunga arrived this afternoon from Port Moresby. Captain Mortimer, referring to the missing party, said no news had been ...

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  24. RABBIT COMBINE.

    On Saturday evening a branch of the Rabbittrappers' Union of New South Wales was formed here. The trappers were addressed by Mr. Thomas ...

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  25. CONGRATULATIONS FROM SIR ABE BAILEY.

    Sir Abe Bailey has cabled congratulations to Hill, captain of the Australian team, on winning the test and rubber. ...

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  26. THE CORONATION.

    The Nationalist members of the House of Commons, at a meeting presided over by Mr. J. E. Redmond, decided to issue a statement, to the effect that while expressing ...

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  27. "A LEVER FOR HOME RULE."

    Sir C. J. Cory (Liberal) intimated that though he sympathised with the bill, he would vote against it unless it was made clear that it was not going to be used for ...

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  28. MUNICIPAL MUDDLE.

    Dr. J. F. Bartley, Public Health officer, has presented his first annual report to the City Council. The report is a terrible condemnation of local sanitary conditions. ...

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  29. LONDON TRESS COMMENT.

    The "Times" says that there was nothing in Mr, Asqurth's speech to indicate a disposition to listen to any modification of the bill. Mr. Balfour, impressed with ...

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  30. THE GENEROUS PEARLER.

    The Minister for External Affairs, Mr. Batchelor, does not regard the prospects of the exploring party's return as at all hopeless. He said to-day that he did not think there was ...

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  31. THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LOAN

    The Western Australian 3½ per cent. loan, which was issued yesterday, is quoted at from par to a quarter premium. Messrs. Nivison and Co. deny that there ...

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  32. WHARFAGE TARIFF.

    About a year ago the chairman of the Melbourne Harbour Trust applied to the committee of the whole for directions as to the principles on which a wharfage tariff should ...

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  33. SOUTH AFRICAN OUTRAGES.

    In the House of Commons last night, in reply to a series of questions in regard to the action of Lord Gladstone, Governor-General of South Afriea, in reprieving a ...

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  34. PROSPECTS OF ADJUSTMENT.

    According to Mr. Beeby, who is responsible for the administration of laws relating to industrial matters, the position at Lithgow is more hopeful. ...

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  35. "NOT A MUNDANE CRIME."

    The Emperor has issued a decree quashing the dismissal of an officer in the army for attempting to commit suicide. The Emperor declared: "Suicide is not a ...

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  36. THE BURDEN OF ARMS.

    Count Reventlow, the well-known writer on naval subjects, in an article in the "Tages Zeitung," says that the British should draw the conclusion from the ...

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  37. A DOCTOR'S CRIME.

    Dr. Breuguos, of Nimes, who in March last confessed to the murder of his brother-in-law, M. Charlors, the astronomer, at Mont Gros Observatory, Nice, has ...

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  38. BAD EGGS.

    In the Summons Division of the Newcastle Police Court to-day, before Mr. Wilkinson, S.M., Henry Laverty an auctioneer, carrying on business in Hunter-street Weat, was ...

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  39. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    King George held the first levee of his reign to-day. It was mainly official and diplomatic. A representative of every trade union ...

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  40. VIGOROUS SEARCH.

    The search is being vigorously prosecuted for the members of the missing expedition in Papua. The Secretary for External Affairs to-night ...

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  41. WIRELESS IN THE NAVY.

    Communication by wireless has been maintained with H.M.S. Challenger and H.M.S. Powerful since the departure of the former on a protracted cruise in the Pacific, extending ...

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  42. THE LABOUR MEMBER'S LOT.

    The Amalgamated Miners' Association has carried a resolution—"That this association entors its protest against the attendance of any Labour member at the King's ...

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  43. AUSTRALIA'S TRADE.

    The Agent-General of Tasmania, Dr. M'Call, in his half-yearly report to the Government, states that the proposal to induce owners of large steamers to make Hobart ...

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  44. MEXICAN REVOLT.

    Thirty Mexican insurgents raided Algodones, a frontier town, and murdered several inhabitants, including the chief of police. ...

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  45. THE YEMEN REBELLION.

    The rebels are closely besieging Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, Arabia. The Turkish troops have suffered reverses at various points. ...

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  46. A MAN LOST OVERBOARD.

    The captain of the steamer Thyra, which brought into the inner harbour this morning, reported having passed on Saturday last the barque Gladys, which reported the loss of a ...

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  47. SOME OF THE PROBABILITIES.

    Mr. Staniforth Smith has been for some years subject to malarial fever—a disease which is apparently seldom quite shaken off and one to which those who are attacked by ...

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  48. RUSSIA AND CHINA.

    The reply of China to the Russian Note is considered satisfactory. ...

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  49. BITTEN BY A SPIDER.

    Last week Mr. George Smith, of Lithgowstreet, while carrying some timber, was bitten on the arm by a large black' spider with red spots on the head and a red stripe on ...

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  50. AOTEA SOUND.

    The Marine Underwriters' Association of Victoria, Ltd., has received the following cable advice from the Institute of London Underwriters: "Aotea sound. Cargo will be forwarded ...

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  51. SCOTTISH HOME RULE.

    The Scottish National Committee are organising a demonstration in Edinburgh for Easter in favour of Scottish Home Rule. ...

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  52. TALLOW SALES.

    At the sales of Australian tallow to-day 1246 casks were offered, and 971 sold. The prices were:—Mutton, fine 36/6, medium 34/9; beef, fine 36/6, medium 34/3 per owt. ...

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