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  2. PORTUGUESE REVOLUTION.

    It was not till this week that we received a consecutive and rational account of the Portuguese rebellion. It never extended beyond Lisbon, for as soon as the ...

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  3. REMISSION OF FINES.

    A considerable amount of adverse criticism has been caused by the action of the Attorney-General (Mr. Holman) in remitting the fines imposed at the Balmain Court on ...

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  4. COLOURED CREWS.

    The Government has stated its intention of legislating during the session now closing to place some measure of disability on ships which trade in New Zealand waters with ...

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  5. STATE POLITICS.

    The State Ministers are busily occupied in preparing for the opening of Parliament next week. A Cabinet meeting was held yesterday, at which the programme was reviewed, the ...

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  6. NEW MARITIME LAWS.

    Mr. Thomas Gibson Bowles, M.P. (Independent Freetrader), has written a book, entitled "Sea Law and Sea Power." In this book Mr. Bowles denounces the ...

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  7. PRECAUTIONS BY GREECE.

    The Government has arranged that French army officers shall superintend the reorganisation of the army. It is hoped that British naval officers will reorganise ...

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  8. WELSH COAL STRIKE.

    The miners at Clydach, Glamorganshire, prevented the colliery enginemen and stokers working, and threw stones at the police. ...

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  9. CONSTITUTION CONFERENCE.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) is to consult with the Cabinet regarding Conserrative reservations concerning the proposal for a joint committee to deal with a ...

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  10. POLICE DRIVEN BACK.

    Women and girls participated in stoning the police at Clydach Vale pit. Several ugly rushes were made by the rioters, and the mounted police were almost unhorsed. ...

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  11. SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.

    The Duke and the Duchess of Connaught spent a quiet day. They visited Somerset Hospital, and had afternoon tea with Lord and Lady ...

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  12. HINT FROM MR. ASQUITH.

    The Freedom of the City of Glasgow was yesterday conferred on Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister. Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, in the ...

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  13. RELATIONS WITH COMMONWEALTH.

    Mr. Wade, at the banquet given in his honour on Monday night, in referring to Federal aggression on the rights of the State, said that if Mr. M'Gowen, as Premier, would take ...

    Article : 199 words
  14. SHIPPING DISASTERS.

    The passengers and crew of the German barque Pruessen, wrecked off Dover in a gale, are still on board. Attempts to effect a rescue were ...

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  15. CANADA'S NAVY.

    The cruiser Rainbow, 3600 tons, which has been bought by the Canadian Government from the Admiralty, has arrived at Victoria, British Columbia, and has been ...

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  16. GENERAL STRIKE REFUSED.

    The council of the South Wales Miners' Federation, under the presidency of Mabon, M.P. (Mr. William Abraham), was yesterday waited upon by a deputation from the ...

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  17. THE COUNTRY PARTY.

    Speaking at a meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Mr. J. Halloran said the M'Gowen Government had already sounded its own death knell, not by the abolition of ...

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  18. "NO COMPROMISE."

    The "Dally News" (Liberal), in commenting on the constitutional situation, deprecates any idea of a compromise. It apprehends that the present situation in the ...

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  19. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    In the Senate to-night a bill was introduced to provide for the provisional government of the Northern Territory. The measure provides that the Governor-General may appoint ...

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  20. SIR CLIFTON ROBINSON'S DEATH.

    Sir Clifton Robinson, managing director and engineer of the London United Electric Tramways, who for many years was closely connected with tramway enterprise ...

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  21. WRECKED OFF LAND'S END.

    The steamer Wimbourne has been wrecked off Land's End. The boats were washed away, but the crew, numbering 27, were splendidly ...

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  22. DUPLICATION.

    The widening of Sydney's railway approach is about to be commenced—a work involving an expenditure of about £250,000, exclusive of what has to be spent on land resumption. ...

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  23. CRIME IN BRITAIN.

    The execution of "Dr." Crippen has been fixed to take place on the 23rd instant. A petition is being prepared for the reprieve of Crippen on the ground that ...

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  24. GERMANY AND RUSSIA.

    During the conference between the Emperor and the Czar at Potsdam, Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg, the Imperial Chancellor, Herr von Kiderlen-Wachter, the ...

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  25. AUDIENCE BY THE KING.

    The King yesterday received in audience Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia. His Majesty also received Mr. Bertram Mackennal, sculptor, who is ...

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  26. WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE.

    More than 20 per cent. of the candidates nominated by both political parties for the approaching Congress elections in the United States favour the granting of the ...

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  27. BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.

    The returns of British trade for October, compiled by the Board of Trade, show that imports increased by £5,405,936, exports by £3,760,454, and re-exports by £398,338, ...

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  28. EXTRAORDINARY STATEMENT.

    Mr. Tobin, a lawyer in Philadelphia, says that Belle Elmore (Crippen's wife) is alive near Chicago. ...

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  29. ALLEGED INCENDIARISM.

    The Hobart Fire Brigade was called to attend a confiagration on the Glebe, which on its arrival was found to have already been extinguished. A warm reception, however, ...

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  30. A WEEK AT CAXTON HALL.

    Mrs. Despard yesterday opened a woman suffrage week at the Caxton Hall. ...

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  31. RECIPROCITY CONFERENCE.

    The negotiations for reciprocity in trade between the representatives of Canada and the United States proceed slowly. Critics declare that the conference is merely a ...

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  32. MERCHANT FOUND MURDERED.

    Mr. Alexander Norval, a leather merchant, has been found in his warehouse murdered with an axe. His son has been arrested. ...

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  33. REVOLT OF KAFFIRS.

    The revolt of kaffirs at Wilhelmstal, German South-west Africa, has been caused by the German railway contractors endeavoaring to prevent strikes by ...

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  34. MOTOR CAR FACTORY.

    An American syndicate is establishing a factory near London, which will be able to turn out between 4000 and 5000 motor cars yearly. ...

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  35. ROBBERY IN A TRAIN.

    A traveller in a railway train between Liverpool and Euston, while asleep, was robbed of £4000 worth of jewellery. ...

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  36. BILLIARDS.

    Gray commenced a match yesterday against Lovejoy, who received 2000 in a game of 9000 up. At the close of play yesterday the scores were: Lovejoy, 2273; ...

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  37. LAND TAX COMMISSIONER.

    Mr. G. A. M'Kay, a member of the State Public Service Board of New South Wales, has been appointed Commonwealth Land Tax Commissioner. Mr. M'Kay was selected out ...

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  38. THE SLOUGH MURDER.

    The appeal of William Broome, against the sentence of death passed on him for the murder of a neighbour (Mrs. Wilson) by suffocating her at Slough in July last, ...

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  39. MANUFACTURE OF CABLES.

    A company intends starting the manufacture in Australia of cables, wire, and other material used by the Telegraph Department. To-day a representative of Messrs Kirk and ...

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  40. AVIATION IN AMERICA.

    Mr. Latham flew on his aeroplane over the skyscrapers of Baltimore for a distance of 25 miles during the aviation meeting in that city. He accepted £100 to perform a ...

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  41. GERMAN NAVAL ESTIMATES.

    The "Hamburger Nachrichten" reports that the naval estimates for 1911 will amount to £22,500,000, in increase of £800,000 on the estimates of last year. ...

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  42. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    December 27 has been proclaimed a Bank Holiday. CHANNEL SERVICE SUSPENDED. The tempest yesterday suspended the ...

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  43. A FILTHY DAIRY.

    At the Wagga Police Court John Carroll. a dairyman, was charged with keeping cream in such a way as to render it liable to become unwholesome. The evidence given in ...

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  44. THE TEMPORAL POWER.

    At a largely attended meeting of Christian Socialists here resolutions were passed protesting against the utterances of Signor Nathan, Mayor of Rome, against the Pope. ...

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  45. A ROYAL PROGRESS.

    The "Englishman" suggests that King George should visit India, and there be crowned Emperor. The journal adds: "Inasmuch as the ...

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  46. ELECTORAL REFORM.

    The council of the National Liberal Federation, which met at Hull, has drafted a resolution affirming the desirableness of Parliamentary elections being held on ...

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  47. COMMONWEALTH INTERFERENCE.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. McCutcheon asked the Premier whether he had observed the proposal of the Federal Government that the Australian Constitution should ...

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  48. CHIEF STEWARD DISAPPEARS.

    A sad fatality occurred during the steamer Guthrie's voyage from Singapore in the disapppearance overboard of the chief steward, named Zenthon. He was last seen asleep in ...

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  49. NEW ZEALAND DREADNOUGHT.

    Mr. W. L. Wyllie, R.A., has offered the New Zealand Government to paint the New Zealand Dreadnought for a New Zealand public gallery in recognition of her ...

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  50. AUSTRALIAN DESTROYERS.

    The Australian torpedo-boat destroyers Parramatta and Yarra have gone to Balikpapan, in Borneo, where their oil fuel tanks will be replenished. ...

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  51. ALLEGED CHILD DESERTION.

    Annie Buchan Shaw, aged 23 years, was charged in the General Sessions to-day with having abandoned her infant son, 16 days old. The Crown case was that on September 28 the ...

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  52. KING EDWARD MEMORIAL.

    The general committee of the King Edward Memorial at the Mansion House has opened a fund for a statue to King Edward in London, to cost between £50,000 ...

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  53. CANADIAN POLITICS.

    The Nationalists (French-Canadians), elated with their success at Athabasca, declare that at the next election they will defeat Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Prime ...

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  54. CUSTOMS TERRORS.

    The claim made by the Customs when Mr. Willows alighted on his voyage from London was due to the absence of a declaration that Mr. Willows was not selling ...

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  55. NORFOLK ISLAND.

    Early this morning one of the unoccupied houses in Quality-row, Kingston, was burnt to the ground. Mrs. Stephen Christian ("Aunt Ellen"), an ...

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  56. DESTROYER'S BOAT SWAMPED.

    A boat belonging to the destroyer Gossamer swamped at Weymouth, and two officers were drowned. ...

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  57. EXPLOSION IN A MINE.

    Sixteen miners have been entombed by an explosion in the Black Diamond mine, near Seattle. The mine, which is 2200ft deep, cannot ...

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  58. JEWELLERY ROBBERY.

    Frank Harrap and Henry S. Ladd, two young men who were arrested in connection with the recent jewel robbery at the shop of Mr. Roy M'Dougall, of Little Collins-street, were ...

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  59. DAMAGE TO WHEAT CROPS.

    Reports from the country indicate that the damage to wheat crops is greater than anticipated, and will considerably reduce the Maranoa yield. In almost every paddock of ...

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  60. DESERT MOTOR CAR RACE.

    Harvey Herrick won the race across the Arizona Desert, from Los Angeles, in California, to Phoenix, in Arizona. He accomplished the distance of 450 miles in ...

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  61. OLD WOMAN'S SUICIDE.

    A horrifying discovery was made to-day by Mrs. Emily Edwards, of Kent-street, Richmond. Upon going into the yard she saw her mother, Mrs. Julia Mackay, hanging by a rope ...

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  62. A LONG STRIKE ENDED.

    The miners at Clifton, Nottingham, have resumed work after a strike lasting 13 months. Thirteen months ago the owners of Clifton ...

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  63. LAND TAX PROTEST.

    CAMPBELLTOWN, Tuesday. The municipal council at its last meeting decided to protest against the imposition of the Federal land tax. ...

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  64. ALLEGED SPURIOUS COIN.

    At the Flemington Court to-day Henry, Seraggins was charged with having had 30 spurious coins in his possession at Flemington on Derby Day, with intent to utter them. ...

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  65. DISEASED FRUIT.

    Complaint is made that fly-infected fruit has arrived from Sydney, notwithstanding the regulation requiring a certificate that the fruit is from a clean district. A considerable ...

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  66. THE CORONATION.

    It is officially announced that the Coronation of King George will take place on Jun[?] 22. ...

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  67. DIED FROM THIRST.

    An elderly man named Charles Kirkwood, perished from thirst near Louth. He was found on W. Matthews' property. The deceased had been drinking heavily prior to his death. ...

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