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  2. THE STRIKE.

    The steamer Quito, the first of the vessels from Calcutta with coal for the Government, is expected to arrive in port to-day, and it is intended to berth her at Walker's wharf, ...

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  3. THE GENERAL RAINS.

    Further rains have fallen over practically the whole of the State the only districts escaping being parts of the far west and the north-eastern corner. Very heavy falls were ...

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  4. FEDEEAL ELECTIONS.

    The general elections for the Senate and the House of Representatives will be held on April 13. This was decided on at a meeting of the Federal Cabinet to-day, after ...

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  5. LORD KITCHENER.

    Lord Kitchener, accompanied by Co[?]onel Kilpatrick, R.E., and Captain Fitzgerald, A.D.C., visited Victoria Barracks this morning. The Minister for Defence (Mr. Joseph ...

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  6. REPUBLICAN PLOT.

    The "Imparcial" of Madrid states that a republican plot against the life of King Manoel has been discovered in Lisbon, and that 40 arrests have been made. ...

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  7. NEW TURKISH CABINET.

    Hakki Boy has formed a new Turkish Cabinet in succession to that of H[?]mi Pasha. The Sheik-ul-Islam and the Ministers for Foreign Affairs, Finance, Justice, ...

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  8. GENERAL ELECTION.

    Mr. Asquith, Prime Minister, speaking at Ipswich, replied to the speech which Mr. Balfour delivered at Aberdeen in advocacy of tariff reform. ...

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  9. WATERSIDE WORKERS.

    The Mooltan, of the P. and O. Company was to have been brought to Circular Quay yesterday, but owing to the gale blowing she remained out at Athel Bight. She has now ...

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  10. RUSSIAN BANKER'S SUICIDE.

    A Russian banker hanged himself in a train in Austria. The pockets of his clothes contained £150,000 in notes and securities. ...

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  11. MR. BALFOUR'S CONTENTION.

    Mr. A. J. Balfour, leader of the Union1st party, spoke at Glasgow yesterday. He said "The system of treaties under the present fiscal regulations always talls against ...

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  12. MR. PULSFORD AT PADDINGTON.

    Mr. Frank E. Pulsford addressed a meeting at St. George's [?]Hall, Glenmore-road, last night. He said that he was no enemy of unionism, and protested against the idea that ...

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  13. NO CHOLERA IN ST. PETERSBURG.

    It is officially announced that cholera has completely disappeared in St. Petersburg. ...

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  14. TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE.

    Mr. H. S. Foster, M.P., a former Minister for Finance in Canada, speaking at the Empire Club, Toronto, protested against an impression conveyed by some of the recent ...

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  15. ADELAIDE PROFESSOR OF SINGING.

    Mr. Harry Winslowe Hall has been appointed Professor of Singing at the Adelaide Conservatorium of Music. He sails for Australia by the R.M.S. Moldavia, ...

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  16. SYSTEM OF UNLOADING.

    The question of unloading the shipments of oversea coal which the Government [?]is importing, and which is now on its way to Sydney, has been a much-talked-of one in union ...

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  17. TARIFF REFORM ARGUMENTS.

    Mr. A. Lyttelton, in the course of an address at Wolverhampton, said that the business of Australia and New Zealand with Great Britain amounted to £7 5s a head of ...

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  18. HIGH COMMISSIONER.

    The High Commissioner (Sir George Reid) had a conference to-day with the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Groom) concerning his functions in London, particularly the ...

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  19. ADMIRALTY CHANGES.

    Captain Charles Madden, Private Secre-tary to the First Sea Lord, Lord Fisher, has been appointed Fourth Sea Lord, vice Vice-Admi[?]al Winsloe, who will shortly be ...

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  20. A LABOUR SQUABBLE.

    There is a good deal of unrest in Labour circles in South Sydney with respect to the manner in which the candidate, Mr. Riley, was selected. Although every effort was made by ...

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  21. CALM AFTER THE STORM.

    ThE meeting addressed by Mr. W. M. Hughes at the Friendly Societies' Hall this afternoon was in marked contrast to the hostile demonstration accorded the old congress leader on ...

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  22. TARIFF ANOMALIES.

    The Minister for Customs (Sir Robert Best) attended at the Federal offices, Hobart, to-das, for the transaction of public business He was waited upon by Mr. W. ...

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  23. MR. COOK DELIGHTED.

    The Minister for Defence (Mr. Joseph Cook) stated to-day that he was delighted with the strength of the Kitchener camps in Victoria. ...

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  24. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNING.

    American political campaigning methods are being exposed in a case wherein Mr. William Clark, a well-known journalist, is suing Mr. Lewis Chanler, formerly ...

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  25. NEW MAIL CONTRACT.

    The Postmaster-General has fixed February 11 as the date for the commencement of the new English mail contract by the Orient Company. The R.M.S. Ophir will on that date ...

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  26. INSTRUCTING MURDERERS.

    The trial is proceeding at Lahore of Ajlt Singh, an ex-deportee, who is not yet arrested, and of others, on a charge of publishing seditious literature. ...

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  27. DISSATISFACTION AT BRISBANE.

    At a meeting of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce to-day, Mr. Wille called attention to the alteration in the time-table of the Orient mail service. They had all thought ...

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  28. PARKES LIBERALS.

    At last the Liberal electors of Parkes have awakened to the fact that they are in a disorganised condition. There are two Liberal candidates in the field[?] and there is a strong ...

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  29. THE WAIKARE WRECK.

    The inquiry into the wreek of the steamer Walktare commenced at Dunedin to-day. Captain Newton stated that owing to the list the vessel took after touching the rock he landed ...

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  30. NO PROTECTION FOR FOOD.

    Mr. A. Bonar Law (Unionist), addressing the electors of Dulwich, which he is contesting, said that no one proposed the protective taxation of foods. Mr. ...

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  31. RAIN ON THE CATCHMENT AREA.

    The President reported to the Water and Sewerage Board yesterday that on the 10th and 11th inst Cataract had benefited to the extent of 125 points, equivalent to a conservation ...

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  32. THE MARYLEBONE TEAM.

    The Marylebone team concluded a match against Natal yesterday, the game ending in a draw. Natal scored in the first innings 250, of ...

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  33. HEAVY SEAS RUNNING.

    Strong southerly gales were blowing on the coast yesterday, and heavy seas were running last night from Port Stephens in the north to Green Cape in the south. The ...

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  34. MINER FALLS DOWN SHAFT.

    A sensational accident occurred on the Great Cobar at 3 o'clock this morning, when a man named J. Delaney, shift boss on the converters, fell down an open cut and shaft, ...

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  35. ABSENT CANDIDATES.

    Mr. Haise, a Liberal candidate, is burrying from Afghanistan to light the Bristol West seat. An active campaign has been instituted ...

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  36. QUEENSLAND SENATE CANDIDATES

    Interest has existed during the last few days in regard to the selection of Liberal candidates for the Senate at the forthcoming Federal elections. On Monday afternoon the ...

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  37. COAL FROM ENGLAND.

    The Metropolitan Gas Company has cargoes of English coal on the water. ...

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  38. TELEPHONE ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE

    Questions have been submitted by the Postmaster-General to Messrs. Whitton and Holmes, the expert committee of inquiry into telephone charges, with a view to ...

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  39. OPERA BY TELEPHONE.

    The New York Opera House is inaugurating wireless telephones and employing dictographs and radiophones, whereby music can be heard at places 75 miles distant. ...

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  40. THE SOUTHERN BALLOT.

    At a meeting of the Helensburgh lodge held to-day, the question of taking a ballot was discussed. The executive officers sent a request that the ballot be taken on Friday. The ...

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  41. A FREETRADE UNIONIST.

    Lord George Hamilton (Unionist-Freetrader), in the course of a speech at Ealing, said that the Government had destroyed the freetrade system, and had so ...

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  42. ESCAPE FROM BURNING.

    A man named James Hooper had a narrow escape from burning at 2.45 this morning He resided in a new four-roomed cottage near Cobar Park, and, his wife and family being ...

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  43. SLUMP IN COTTON.

    Amid wild scenes of excitement the greatest slump in the cotton market has occurred on the New York Exchange since the Sully campaign of 1904. ...

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  44. STEAMER MANAWATU ASHORE.

    The coastal steamer Manawatu went ashore at Point Smythe, Anderson's Inlet, at 10 o'clock last night, and remained fast, but she is in no danger. The passengers were ...

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  45. AN INDEPENDENT LIBERAL.

    Lord Rosebery has written a letter to Mr. Harold Cox (Liberal), wishing him success in his independent candidature for Preston. Lord Rosebery wrote:—"There ...

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  46. "TWO-UP" SCHOOL RAIDED.

    A raid was made on a "two-up" school in the town on Sunday last. Four arrests were made, and 20 others will be summoned at an early date. The police court was well [?]lled ...

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  47. QUEEN VICTORIA MARKETS.

    The matter of remodelling Queen Victoria Markets was again before a special meeting of the City Council yesterday, on a report from the general purposes committee ...

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  48. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    The Antwerp wool sales opened today. Competition was animated, and there was a large attendance of English buyers. Merinos advanced 5 centimes. Crossbreds. ...

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  49. CASUALTIES.

    The bathing fatality which occurred at Little Coogee last Thursday was the subject of an inquest at the City Coroner's Court yesterday, before Mr. Stephen Murphy. Roland ...

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  50. FORECAST BY THE "TIMES."

    The "Times," summarising the prospects of parties in every constituency, forecasts:- 134 Unionist gains. ...

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  51. LOSS TO CLIFTON.

    Friday's meeting is anxiously awaited by the local miners. At this meeting the question respecting the ballot will be decided. It is now over three months since the local mines ...

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  52. THE UNION BANK.

    The Union Bank has declared a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, and a bonus of 2 per cent. A sum of £10,000 is carried to the colonial premises account, ...

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  53. NORWEGIAN SAILOR DROWNED.

    The body of a Norwegian sailor named Angolf Knutson, who had been missing from the ship Sverre since Saturday last, was picked up in the harbour this afternoon. There ...

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  54. CARPENTERS RESUME WORK.

    Several of the miners' lodges that intended taking the ballot to-day did not do so, having postponed same pending advice from the delegate board of the Illawarra Colliery ...

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  55. TALLOW SALES.

    At the sales of Australian and New Zealand tallow to-day 500 casks were offered, and 393 were sold. Prices were unchanged-Mutton, fine 37/6, medium 33/6; beef, fine 36/, medium ...

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  56. ESCAPE OF A CANDIDATE.

    While motoring near Cardiff Mr. Marlay Samson, Unionist candidate for Pembrokeshire, was shot at, the bullet penetrating the wind screen, and whizzing past his ...

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  57. INJURED BY BURSTING GUN.

    A young man, James Brown, received a nasty wound on the arm yesterday afternoon through a gun bursting when firing it. ...

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  58. MISHAP TO TRAIN.

    The down train from Inv[?]rell, [?]ue here at 2.20, had an axle broken between We[?]tah and Gravesend, and had not arrived at 7 p.m. ...

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  59. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE (108[?]m).—Arr: Jan. 12, Gl[?]n[?]slin, [?]h, from Bo'ness: Olearpool, s, from Manchester. Dep: Jan. 12, Dorset, s, for the United Kingdom. ...

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