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  2. COMMERCE CONGRESS

    The seventh Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire concluded its work last evening. By sitting from 10 in the morning until 6 in the evening, and by economising ...

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  3. SIR THOMAS BENT.

    Sir Thomas Bent, who had been suffering the last few days from influenza, from which serious results were not anticipated, died at his residence at Brighton at 8 o'clock this ...

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  4. SECOND EDITION

    The Australians commenced a match at Bray, Wicklow, to-day, against Mr. S. H. Cochrane's Eleven. The weather was fine, and the wicket was in perfect ...

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  5. THE MISSING WARATAH.

    Dr. William Newton, Crown lessee of Marion Island, and Prince Edward Island, in the South Indian Ocean, states that it is common knowledge among Cape ...

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  6. BRITISH LEGISLATION.

    In Grand Committee on the Development Bill, Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, accepted an amendment, proposed by Lord Robert Cecil, ...

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  7. FOR THE ANTARCTIC.

    Dr. Wilson, who was second medical officer, zoologist, and artist on the Discovery Antarctic expedition, will be medical officer of Captain R. F. Scott's ...

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  8. LORD ROSEBERY'S APOLOGY

    Lord Rosebery, in a preface to the autuorised version of his speech published by Humphreys, of Piccadilly, under the title of the "The Budget: Its Principles and ...

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  9. IMPERIAL COMMERCE.

    The "Daily Chronicle" writes that the majority at the Commerce Congress at Sydney, in favour of preference may seem overwhelming until three things are ...

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  10. PEARY'S NEXT VENTURE.

    Reports brought by a Labrador mailboat state that Commander Peary and Captain Bartlett, of the Roosevelt, have decided to organise an expedition to the ...

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  11. WOOL BUYERS' STRIKE.

    As from 1 p.m. yesterday the Sydney Wool Buyers' Association went on strike against the Sydney Wool Brokers' Association. This action was preceded by remarkable activity ...

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  12. PROGRESS OF BILLS.

    The Trade Boards Bill passed its report stage in the House of Lords last night. The report stage of the Irish Land Bill has concluded in the House of Commons. ...

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  13. UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH.

    An unsuccessful search for the Waratah was made by the German-Australian liner Oberhausen, which arrived to-day from Hamburg, via Algoa Bay. Captain Schmidt stated that ...

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  14. THE STORY DISCREDITED.

    Captain Scott discredits the story of the Labrador mail boat. Experts in New York also discredit the story. They consider that Commander ...

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  15. IMPERIAL COMMERCE CLUB.

    The Lord-Mayor is President, and Lord Blythe, the Lord Mayors of Cardiff, Sheffield, Dublin, and Cork, the Lord Provosts of Glasgow and Dundee, the Mayors of ...

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  16. HOUSES FOR THE WORKERS.

    The Earl of Camperdown will give notice in the House of Lords of an amendment to the Housing and Town Planning Bill, to compel local authorities to see as far as ...

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  17. LIEUT. SHACKLETON'S PICTURES.

    Large audiences in London are witnessing cinematograph pictures of Lieutenant Shackleton's trip in the Antarctic at the Alhambra and other halls. ...

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  18. THE NORTH POLE.

    Henson, the negro who is Commander Peary's personal servant, declares that he personally assisted in hoisting the Stars and Stripes at the North Pole. ...

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  19. THE FEELING IN LONDON.

    One of the correspondents of the "Shipping Gazette and Lloyd's List," published in London, writing on the subject of the non-appearance of the Blue Anchor liner Waratah, ...

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  20. GENERAL ELECTION.

    The "Times" writes that it is practically certain that if the House of Lords rejects the Finance Bill the Government will accelerate the revision of the electoral ...

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  21. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. William Anderson has purchased the Australian rights of Mr. Nat Gould's "Chance of a Lifetime." JOHNSON'S BI-CENTENARY. ...

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  22. SYMPATHY FOR DR. COOK.

    The "Daily Mail's" New York correspondent says that Dr. Cook will get a magnificent reception, largely owing to Commander Peary's reiterated ...

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  23. POOR LAW STATISTICS.

    Statistics of the distress committees' work in England and Wales during the last financial year, issued by the Local, Government Board, show that relief was given to ...

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  24. RESCUES FROM WRECK.

    The commission appointed by the Cape Government to inquire into the wreck of the steamer Maori off Dulker Point considers that the appliances at Capetown, ...

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  25. MILITARY AIRSHIPS.

    Despite the German Emperor's opinion, the German military authorities are sceptical with respect to the value of Zeppelin airships. ...

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  26. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    The Antwerp, wool sales closed yesterday. Crossbreds showed an advance of 10 per cent. over July rates. 4221 bales of La Plata wool were offered, and 2093 were ...

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  27. QUEENSLAND.

    Fencers working on the boundary of Cooper's country and Saltern Creek, 26 miles northwest of Barcaldine, allowed a camp fire to get away during dinner time on Tuesday, with ...

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  28. AN ITALIAN VENTURE.

    A military airship at Bracciano, 20 miles north-west of Rome, was aloft for two and a half hours. It kept along the seaboard towards Civita Vecchia, 37 miles ...

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  29. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At the half-yearly meeting of the Farmers and Producers' Political Union to-day resolutions for political fusion with the Liberal and Democratic League were adopted, and referred ...

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  30. A UNIONIST OFFER.

    Earl Percy, M.P. (Conservative), speaking at Leeds yesterday, said that when the Unionists returned to power they would lighten the burden on agriculture by an ...

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  31. AMERICAN BEEF SHORTAGE.

    The New York correspondent of the "Times" says that the number of cattle received at the various stockyards is a million below last year. ...

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  32. ESCAPED PRISONER ARRESTED.

    The police have recaptured Walter Sullivan, who escaped from Constable Kammel on September 8. Yesterday morning information was eceived that Sullivan was at a dairy at ...

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  33. BOMB-THROWING IN INDIA.

    A bomb was thrown at a passenger train, 57 miles from Calcutta. The explosion blew off the roof of a treasure van, containing 15 lakhs of rupees ...

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  34. OLD COLONISTS' REQUESTS.

    A number of colonists of 50 years or over waited on the Acting Premier yesterday and asked for grants of land or cash equivalent in recognition of services rendered by ...

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  35. NORTHERN TERRITORY TRAGEDY.

    At the Circuit Court on Wednesday Pupelee, an aborigine, was charged with having murdered a white traveller named Egan on the Robinson River near Borroloola, supposedly ...

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  36. LARGE CANADIAN HARVEST.

    Owing to the scarcity of labour farmers in Western Canada are paying 16/ a day, with board, to men assisting to gather the harvest, which is one of the largest on ...

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  37. MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS.

    Mr. T. A. Coghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales, has sent a circular to emigration agents of the United Kingdom warning them against the publication of ...

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  38. DASH FOR LIBERTY.

    A dash for liberty was made to-day by a young man named Frederick White. He appeared at the Williamstown Court to-day on a charge of having assaulted with intent a young ...

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  39. EXHIBITION OF AEROPLANES.

    There was a large attendance to-day at an exhibition of models of aeroplanes at the Athenaeum Hall. The Victorian section of the Aerial League of Australia promoted the ...

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  40. THE DEBATE.

    The Congress resumed its sittings in the Centenary Hall yesterday. IMPERIAL COUNCIL. Mr. Herbert B. Ames (Montreal) moved:— ...

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  41. CAPSIZE OF A CART.

    A fatal accident occurred this afternoon at Killafaddy, near Launceston. A horse attached to a springeart bolted down a hill, and colliding with a telegraph post ...

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  42. RUBBER ADVANCING.

    Rubber is selling at 8/ a pound, compared with 5/ early in the year. The boom is due to the increased use of electricity and motor tyres. ...

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  43. NEW SOUTH WALES PORK.

    The Local Government Board has accepted the label and firebrand, consisting of the letters "N.S.W." In a circle, submitted by Mr. T. A., Coghlan, for pork. ...

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  44. FEDERATION OF MINING ASSOCIATIONS.

    The conference of representatives of the Victoria, Tasmania, Broken Hill, and Cobar Miners' Associations to-day concluded its sittings, when a considerable amount of detail ...

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  45. WOOLLEN MILLS.

    Messrs. Henry Bull and Co., Ltd., have secured the site of the old Liverpool Paper Mill, which was shut down some time ago, and depicted of its machinery, and intend ...

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  46. REFERENCES IN PARLIAMENT.

    When the House of Representatives met to-day the Minister for Defence, who was leading the House, made feeling reference to the late Sir Thomas Bent. The deceased ...

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  47. CHALLENGE TO MR. DOOLEY.

    The Liberal and Reform Association held a social on Thursday night. Mr. R. J. Anderson (late member for Botany) presided. Mr. John Hurley addressed the meeting. He ...

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  48. MR. HARRIMAN'S FORTUNE.

    Mr. E. H. Harriman, the American "raliway king," bequeathed to his wife his entire estate, which is variously estimated at between £10,000,000 and £40,000,000. ...

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  49. POTATO PROHIBITION.

    Representatives of the Victorian Produce Merchants to-day waited upon the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham), and asked him what steps were being taken to secure the ...

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  50. LAST OF THE ORIENT.

    After 30 years' service in the Australian trade the R.M.S. Orient—the oldest of the Orient S.N. Company's liners—leaves Sydney on her final voyage to-day as a mail steamer, ...

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  51. DELAYED COASTAL STEAMERS.

    Owing to the five North Coast steamers being barbound at the Richmond River, trade in Sussex-street was considerably hampered yesterday, especially in the dairy ...

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  52. STEAMER UMHLALI WRECKED.

    Messrs. Bullard, King, and Co.'s steamer Umhlali, bound from London to Port Natal, is ashore on Cape Point. A Union Castle Liner rescued some of ...

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  53. ACCIDENT WITH SCISSORS.

    An accident occurred last night to Gertrude Tutton, aged 8, daughter of Mr. David Tutton, plumber. She was using a pair of scissors to unloosen a knot in the lace tie of her boots, ...

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  54. CANE-CUTTERS' DISPUTE.

    There is no sign of any settlement of the dispute in connection with the strike at Goondi mill. Farmers complain that rats are doing considerable damage to the cane, and ...

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