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  2. MR. DEAKIN'S TOUR.

    Mr. Deakin, accompanied by Senator Keating, returned to Burnie this evening, and left by the Oonah for Melbourne to-night. The journey from Zeehan to Melbourne will thus be ...

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  3. "WE WANT RIFLES."

    Riflemen have been complaining for some time about the scarcity of rifles, and the matter was discussed last night at the council meeting of the National Rifle Association. ...

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  4. DEFENCE AND IMMIGRATION

    Mr. Reid, M.P., delivered an address on immigration and defence in the Town Hall last night under the auspices of the British Immigration League of Australia. ...

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  5. FLOODS AT NORTHAM.

    Later reports from Northam show that the thunderstorms which occurred on Tuesday afternoon were the heaviest experienced within the memory of the oldest inhabitant, although ...

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  6. BRITISH DEFENCES. PREMIUM FOR TERRITORIALS.

    The Alliance Assurance Company has announced that new clerks will be obliged to join the Territorial Forces before they are engaged. ...

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  7. THE TAFT CABINET.

    Mr. W. H. Taft will be inaugurated President of the United States to-morrow. His Cabinet is announced as follows:— Mr. P. C. KNOX.. Sec. of State. ...

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  8. AUSTRIA'S TERMS.

    The Vienna correspondent of the "Times" telegraphs that Austria-Hungary, from her standpoint, requires Servia explicitly to recognise the non-existence of any right to ...

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  9. GLASGOW BY-ELECTION.

    The election to fill the vacancy in the representation of Central Glasgow in the House of Commons, due to the death of Sir Andrew M. Torrance (Liberal), took ...

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  10. THE QUEEN INDISPOSED.

    The Queen, who has been indisposed since her visit to Berlin, is suffering from a severe cold. The King will hold the Court to-morrow alone. ...

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  11. RIVALRY WITH MILITARY POWERS.

    Mr. Asquith, Prime Minister, denied that Mr. Haldane at Newcastle foreshadowed the creation of an army comparable in size with those of great military Powers. The ...

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  12. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Through expresses from New York to Chicago have been equipped with Marconi instruments, so as to maintain communication on the journey. ...

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  13. THE TALLOW SALES.

    At the sales of Australian and New Zealand tallow to-day, 850 casks were offered, and 650 were sold. Prices were unchanged:—Mutton, fine 33s 6d, medium 31s 3d; beef, fine 32s 3d, ...

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  14. TARIFF REFORM.

    The Association of Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom by 46 to 31, with 32 neutral, have favoured tariff reform. ...

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  15. UNEMPLOYED RELIEF.

    Labour members in the House of Commons last night sharply attacked the administration of the Unemployment Act by Mr. John Burns, President of the Local ...

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  16. THE CARPENTARIA DOWNS MURDER.

    The trial of Billy Wilson for the Carpentaria Downs murder was continued to-day. Thomas Baldishon, residing at Carpentaria Downs, stated that he got up during the night ...

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  17. POSTAL REQUIREMENTS.

    Although the present financial year is not yet concluded the Postal Department is already preparing its estimates. It is understood that these are to be on a much larger scale than ...

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  18. FRENCH TARIFF REVISION.

    The Association of Chambers of Commerce has resolved that the proposed increase in the French duties is prejudicial, and that action by the British Government ...

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  19. ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE.

    The Earthquake Relief Committee at Rome reports that the sum of 18,500,000 lire (£740,000) has been collected. Correspondents show that some remote ...

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  20. THE SACKVILLE BARONY.

    At the trial at Madrid of Sanchez. Rophon, aud Anton, charged with falsifying the marriage register of Josephine Duran end Gabriel Oliva, the case arising out of ...

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  21. NEWNES STRIKE. APPLICATION FOR BOARD.

    Application was made in the Industrial Court yesterday for a board for the western district shale mining employees. Mr. Arnold, representing the Commonwealth ...

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  22. COOK ISLANDS.

    Colonel Seely, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies, replying in the House of Commons to a question by Mr. W. Anstruther Grey (Conservative), said ...

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  23. LADY MILDRED WRECK.

    In connection with the stranding of the [?]mer Lady Mildred, the Court of Marine Inquiry was held to-day. Captain Wills, master of the Lady Mil[?]red, was charged with having ...

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  24. ANTI-SOCIALIST PARTY.

    Mr. Hall, M.P., from the balcony of the Royal Hotel last night, to a large audience, said that the New South Wales anti-socialists' party was politically insolvent. They found, themselves ...

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  25. OLD STATUTE ENFORCED.

    In the House of Commons last night a motion was proposed by Nationalists condemning the Government for using a statute of Edward III. to obtain the ...

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  26. MR. BOTTOMLEY'S APPLICATION.

    The High Court has refused Mr. Horatio Bottomley's application for a rehearing of the case against him of alleged conspiracy to defraud, because of the substitution of ...

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  27. NICOTINE POISONING.

    The adjourned inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Jessie M'Intosh, 50, a single woman, was resumed by the City Coroner yesterday. Deceased ...

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  28. DOUBTING BASUTOS.

    The Earl of Selborne, High Commissioner for South Africa, reviewed 20,000 Basuto horsemen at Maseru. Addressing the Chief Pitso, Lord Selborne said that it was ...

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  29. ALPINE AVALANCHE.

    An avalanche which occurred near the Brenner Pass, in the Alps, overwhelmed an Austrian detachment of six officers and 25 men. ...

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  30. INDIAN FRONTIER RAIDERS.

    A gang of Khostkhallat raiders entered Jardrai, near Kohat, at the base of the Afridi Hills. The police attacked and killed 11, after ...

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  31. BROKEN HILL MINES.

    A sudden heavy inflow of water has occurred in the Central mine's blind shaft, where the new development has taken place, and sinking operations will be suspended for the ...

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  32. MOTOR CARS IN COLLISION.

    Two motor cars came into collision to-day near White's Corner, between Black Rock and Beaumaris. One car was hired by Mr. James Davies, secretary of the Commercial ...

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  33. VALUABLE BOOKS STOLEN.

    Twenty ancient and valuable books have been stolen from Lincoln's Inn Library. The thief substituted other books. ...

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  34. TROUBLE OVER A CONTRACT.

    The case in which Hirsch and Sohn, Germany, are proceeding against the O.K. Company, Ltd., in reference to shipments of blister copper, was continued to-day. ...

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  35. CLOSING DOWN A MINE.

    Much surprise was expressed to-day when it became known that the Star of the East mine, Ballarat, had been closed down, owing to a judicial winding-up order having been obtained ...

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  36. THE OPIUM COMMISSION.

    The International Opium Commission at Shanghai have made important recommendations to their respective Governments. Out of 191 opium divans in Hongkong ...

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  37. CABLE FROM LONDON.

    The following cable, dated March 1, has been received from [?]. D. A. Sutherland, general manager of the Commonwealth Oil Corporation, now in London:—"I am amazed at the ...

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  38. QUEENSLAND.

    In the course of an [?]nquiry into the burning of a house belonging to Chas. Gilbert, horse-owner, at Hendra, on February 9th last, one witness stated that his attention was ...

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  39. STEEL AT PRETORIA.

    Mr. J. C. Smuts, Colonial Secretary of the Transv[?]l, announces that steel of the highest quality has been manufactured from ore at Pretoria, and that the ...

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  40. PREMIERS' CONFERENCE. DELEGATES ENTERTAINED.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) to-day entertained at luncheon those of the Premiers who were in Melbourne on their way to Hobart. The guests were the Premier of ...

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  41. WILFUL MURDER.

    In the Supreme Court to-day the trial of Bismarck, an aboriginal, for the wilful murder of Janet Evitts at Jundah on January 14 was concluded. ...

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  42. DROWNED IN THE BATHS.

    Horace Donald Shalder, a schoolboy, aged 10 years, lately living in Railway-street, Petersham, was accidentally drowned in the swimming baths at Clifton Gardens yesterday ...

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  43. THE STRANDED BURRAWONG.

    The steamer Burrawong is still aground, but is much further in. The second steel hawser carried away this morning. Communication was established between the steamer and the ...

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  44. CESSNOCK COAL[?]IELDS.

    After a few slack days the mines have again resumed work. There was a difference at the Aberdare Extended mine during the week, owing to the ...

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  45. TROOPS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    The cost of British troops in South Africa for the present financial year amounts to £2,273,000. ...

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  46. THE NAVAL DISASTER.

    His Excellency Sir Harry Rawson, after careful consideration of the petitions presented to him by Captain Nell Hanson, master of the steamer Dunmore, and the Merchant Service ...

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  47. THE FINANCIAL QUESTION.

    The members of the Federal and State Ministries who are attending the Premiers' Conference to be opened at Hobart on Friday left this afternoon by the steamer ...

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  48. COMMONWEALTH STAMPS.

    Arrangements have been made for the establishment in Melbourne of a central stamp printing office, which would print all the stamps necessary for the States of Victoria, ...

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  49. PROFESSOR OF AERONAUTICS.

    Krupps have given £500 to the Goettingen University towards the professorship for research work in acronauties. ...

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  50. VICTORIA.

    The railway revenue for the past eight months was £2,7[?],290, and exceeds the figure[?] for the corresponding previous [?]od by over £180,000. ...

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  51. SUFFOCATED BY SAND.

    In connection with the death of Florance Broadhurst, whose body was found lying over a boat at Frestwater Bay with his face burled in sand, the coroner's jury found that ...

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  52. MR. PERRY AT BANGALOW.

    A deputation, consisting of delegates from the Municipal and Shire Councils, waited on the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. J. Perry, at Bangalow this afternoon, and asked that the ...

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