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  2. THE ELECTIONS.

    The Queensland returns have now placed Senator Stewart third on the list of successful candidates, and Labour has swept the vote of the Commonwealth for the Senate. ...

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  3. THE WARATAH.

    In its investigations regarding the fate of the missing steamer Waratah, the British Board of Trade asked the Federal Government to ascertain as far as possible what ...

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  4. THE GERMAN LOCKOUT.

    Owing to the lockout the building trade in Germany is at a standstill, excepting in Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich, where the majority of the workmen do not belong to ...

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  5. BALLOON DISASTERS.

    A terrible balloon disaster is reported from Germany, resulting in the death of four aeronauts. A balloon ascended from Bitterfeld, ...

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  6. DESTROYING LORDS' VETO.

    The Irish Nationalists, to the number of 65, met to-day under the presidency of Mr. J. E. Redmond. It was unanimously decided to support the Budget. ...

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  7. RIOTS IN CHINA.

    Six thousand foreign-drilled troops have joined 24,000 famine-stricken rioters in Changsha, Hunan, China, owing to the attempt of officials to make a corner in rice. ...

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  8. MARCHING FORWARD.

    Writing to the Blackburn Reform Club, Mr. Churchill, Home Secretary, said: "Our forces are not as strong as we hoped, but we shall march squarely forward, and ...

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  9. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 59 words
  10. AGREEMENT AT HAMBURG.

    The Employers' Union of Berlin has not joined in the lockout, but is urging its members not to undertake work in the district in which the lockout has been ...

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  11. SIX MISSIONS BURNED.

    The riots in Changsha commenced by the robbing of riceshops, and on Thursday they became anti-foreign. Six missions, the China Inland, United ...

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  12. MR. KEIR HARDIE THREATENS.

    Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P. (Labour), speaking at Blackburn on Saturday, said that if the movement against the House of Lords met with obscurantist resistance ...

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  13. THE TOLL OF ADVENTURE.

    Eight balloonists have been killed in Germany in the last fortnight. There have also been many minor accidents. Recently balloon clubs have sprung up ...

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  14. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 31 words
  15. THE VENICE MURDER.

    The trial of Naumoff, Countess Tarnowska, Prilukoff (her lawyer), and Perrier (her maid), on a charge of murdering Count Kamarowski at Venice in ...

    Article : 478 words
  16. QUEENSLAND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 103 words
  17. DIGNITY OF THE CROWN.

    Lord O'Hagan has resigned his position as a Lord-in-Waiting to the King as a protest against Mr. Asquith's dragging of the Crown into Parliamentary ...

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  18. SENSATIONAL BALLOON ASCENT.

    Mr. Maitland made an ascent in a balloon with a lady passenger at the Crystal Palace, but when a height of 2000ft had been reached a thunder and hailstorm ...

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  19. CONSERVATIVE VITUPERATION.

    Mr. F. E. Smith, K.C., M.P. (Conservative), speaking at Liverpool, described Mr. Asquith as an underling of Patrick Ford's underling. ...

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  20. A CHINESE VIEW.

    Mr. Tong Chai Chih, of the "Tung Wah Times," interviewed in reference to the rioting and cornering of rice in the province of Hunan, said:— ...

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  21. MR. ROOSEVELT.

    The "National Zeitung," of Berlin, and the "Berlin Post" warn Mr Roosevelt to avoid discussing the question of armaments and Anglo-German rivalry during ...

    Article : 41 words
  22. THE FISCAL ISSUE.

    Mr. Churchill, Home Secretary, is arranging a series of 2500 lectures on freetrade during the coming year. The speakers will include Sir J. E. Gorst, ...

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  23. THE REFERENDUMS.

    Up till yesterday in the counting New South Wales was in favour of the financial agreement, and taking the States in the aggregate, the balance was that way. Last night, ...

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  24. BODIES OFF EAST LONDON.

    The Collector of Customs at Westport has obtained further evidence with regard to the statements made by the second engineer of the steamer Tottenham to three Westport ...

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  25. LUNCHES WITH ROYALTY.

    Mr. Roosevelt took lunch with the Austrian Emperor, and then proceeded to Hungary. He was accorded an extraordinary reception at Pressburg, where he is ...

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  26. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Admiralty has prohibited the trials of torpedo boat destroyers in the Solent, as the wash due to the speed which the vessels attain has caused danger to life. ...

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  27. TRAGEDY IN LONDON.

    A tragedy, involving murder and suicide, was enacted at Stoke Newington, a suburb of London, on Saturday. Bert Hunter, a Canadian farmer, shot dead with a ...

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  28. IMPERIAL PREFERENCE.

    The Toronto correspondent of the "Times" writes that the statement of Mr. Balfour that Imperial wheat is to be free has revived interest in the policy of ...

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  29. FORGED "OLD MASTERS."

    The Count and Countess Aulby de Glatigny, well-known aristocrats, have been arrested at Tours. It is alleged that they sold forged paintings to Mrs. Paine, ...

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  30. MR. DEAKIN'S INTENTIONS.

    The rumour circulated by some of the political opponents of Mr. Deakin that he intended to resign from Federal politics is scouted by those who were closely associated with the ...

    Article : 51 words
  31. MOTOR CAR COMBINE.

    The "Daily Express" reports that a motor car combine, with a capital of £15,000,000, is being organised to abolish cutting and discounts to ordinary ...

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  32. LORD KITCHENER.

    The "Observer" states that Lord Kitchener's return to England next week is causing apprehension in military and political dovecots. ...

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  33. MINISTRY ASSEMBLING.

    There is an ominous gathering of lenders of the Fusion party in Melbourne To-day three Ministers, Messrs. Cook, Fuller and Millen, arrived by the Sydney express to join ...

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  34. AMERICAN TRAIN "HELD UP."

    Masked bandits stopped the Southern Pacific train, rifled the mails and baggage cars, but did not plunder the passengers. Finally at the point of the revolver the ...

    Article : 55 words
  35. LABOUR IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The following table shows how the various districts cast the Labour vote for the Senate candidates. The figures are approximately to date. The Labour three polled 704,536, ...

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  36. HALLEY'S COMET.

    The officer in charge of the Sydney Observatory, Mr. W. E. Raymond, says that from now until about the middle of next month Halley's comet will ...

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  37. VISCOUNT GLADSTONE.

    Viscount Gladstone, Governor-Generaldesignate of South Africa, is already fairly proficient in the Dutch language, and will sail for South Africa on the 30th instant, ...

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  38. FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE.

    The Festival of Empire is arranging for festivities lasting eight weeks for colonial visitors who will be entertained at a banquet on the opening day. There will also ...

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  39. THE HON. CYRIL WARD.

    The Hon. Cyril Ward, brother of the Earl of Dudley, and Mrs. Cyril Ward formerly Baroness Irene de Brienen), Will join the R.M.S. Osterley at Marseilles ...

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  40. TRANSATLANTIC ETHERGRAMS.

    The Marconi wireless Transatlantic sixpenny service will be opened on the 23rd instant. The rates for messages to distant parts of Canada will be 4½d below ...

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  41. THE KING AND QUEEN.

    A sudden storm, during which some thunderbolts occurred, forced the Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, with Queen Alexandra aboard, and two escorting torpedoes, ...

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  42. THE GRAMPIANS.

    The returning officer declared the poll for the Grampians Electorate to-day. The figures were:—Hans Irvine (Lib.), 9000; Stewart (Lab.), 8857; majority, 143. ...

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  43. "JACK THE RIPPER."

    Mr. Kebbell, the lawyer who defended "Jack the Ripper," the Whitechapel murderer, writes to the "Pall Mall Gazette" that he believes his client died in prison ...

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  44. LAUNCH OF CANONBAR.

    The Canonbar, the new steamer for the North Coast S.N. Company, has been launched at Ardrossan. The cargo steamer Canonbar is a ...

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  45. BRIGHT, DIFFUSED NUCLEUS.

    Although many observers in other parts of Australia have seen Halley's comet, it was not until yesterday morning that a view of it was vouchsafed to the officers at the Melbourne ...

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  46. RUBBER BOOM.

    The prospectuses of nine rubber companies, aggregating a capital of £1,250,000, will be issued to-day. Regarding the boom in rubber companies ...

    Article : 244 words
  47. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 244 words
  48. LOST DEPOSITS.

    There are a number of the candidates in this State who will lose their £25 deposits on account of not having polled one-fifth the number of votes given to the lowest ...

    Article : 119 words
  49. LOCOMOTIVE EXPLOSION.

    A locomotive boiler exploded at Monteroy, Mexico, owing to a mechanic having overscrewed the safety valve. Eleven people were killed. ...

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  50. THE ALBANIAN REVOLT.

    There are 17,000 troops at Prishtica, in the north-west of Turkey, for the purpose of preserving order during the court-martial on the ringleaders of the Albanian ...

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  51. SEEN AT NEWCASTLE.

    Mr. A. C. Williams, of the Newcastle signal station, at 4.30 this morning saw Halley's comet in the north-eastern sky. The comet was plainly visible to the naked eye, and ...

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  52. MEXICAN FOREIGN MINISTER DEAD.

    The death is announced of Senor Ignacio H. Mariscal, Mexican Minister for Foreign Affairs, aged 82 years. ...

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  53. LAND TAX PLANK.

    Locally the defeat of the Government is attributed partly to the unpopularity of the tunion, but more largely to the popularity of the Labour party's land tax plank. In this ...

    Article : 120 words
  54. ATLANTIC LINER ASHORE.

    The steamer Minnehaha, 13,443 tons, belonging to the American Transport Company, from New York to London, ran on the rocks at Seilly, in the Channel, and ...

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  55. ANOTHER AMERICAN CRUISE.

    The "New York World" states that President Taft intends to send a fleet of 25 warships on a cruise round the world in 1912. ...

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  56. WESLEYANS IN ENGLAND.

    Wesleyans in England number 488,595, being a decrease of 2267 on the number the previous year. ...

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  57. SIR GEORGE REID.

    The Savage Club entertained Sir George Reid, High Commissioner for Australia, at a banquet last night. ...

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  58. OBSERVED AT BROKEN HILL.

    Mr. A. B. Cobham, a local astronomer, who has long been observing Halley's comet, saw it with the naked eye at 5.15 o'clock this morning (local time). He says it appeared ...

    Article : 57 words
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