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  2. BALMAIN COAL MINE.

    Surprise was expressed in Balmain yesterday when it was reported that the Sydney Harbour Colliories coal mine at Balmain was to be shut down for an indefinite period. ...

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  3. THE METROPOLITAN.

    Metropolitan Day afforded another gorgeous spectacle at Randwick yesterday. It was our typical spring weather, the kind that makes the Australian holiday like none other in all ...

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  4. LABOUR'S FESTIVAL.

    The great crowd which watched the Eighthour Day procession form up yesterday on its way to George and Park streets and the showground did not realise that it saw from ...

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  5. SOCIAL ANOMALIES.

    Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, addressing 4000 people at Earlston, Berwickshire, on Saturday, said that the land problem was only part of a wider and more ...

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  6. THE BALKANS.

    The independence of Bulgaria was proclaimed at Tirnovo, one of the principal towns of the Principality this morning, in presence of Prince Ferdinand and ...

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  7. IN THE BALANCE.

    The Paris correspondent of the "Times" states that the letter of the Emperor Francis Joseph to President Fallieres explains that he favours the demand of ...

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  8. POSTAL COMMISSION.

    The examination of Mr. John Hesketh, chief electrical engineer to the Postal Department, was continued to-day. Mr. Hesketh, in reply to Mr. Storrer, said ...

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  9. UNEMPLOYED DEMONSTRATION.

    A demonstration of unemployed was held in Trafalgar-square yesterday, and was called a "Hunger-Sunday Meeting." Four thousand unemployed attended. ...

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  10. AT THE THEATRES, ETC.

    Again the holiday record was a great one, the very satisfactory attendances at the various afternoon performances' proving that the matinee is now an institution which can ...

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  11. LABOUR LEGISLATION.

    The conference of the International Association for Labour Legislation sitting at Lucerne advised the introduction of legislation for the suppression of sweating in ...

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  12. ANNEXATION BY AUSTRIA.

    Later the Paris correspondent of the "Times" telegraphs that Count von Khevenhuller-Metsch, Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at Paris, greatly ...

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  13. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

    Reuter's correspondent at New York reports that Democrats accuse well-known Republicans, including relations of Mr. W. H. Taft (Republican candidate for the ...

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  14. CHINESE CURRENCY.

    The "Standard's" correspondent at Hongkong states that the Board of Finance has decided that China shall retain the silver standard. ...

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  15. DEATH OF SIR GEORGE LIVESEY.

    The death is announced of Sir George Livesey, chairman of the South Metropolitan Gas Company, aged 74 years. Sir George Livesey, who was a civil ...

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  16. TUBE RAILWAYS STOPPED.

    All the tube railways in London, except the central, were stopped for several hours on Saturday afternoon owing to a breakdown at the Chelsea power station. ...

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  17. GERMAN WAR DRESS.

    Germany intends to clothe her soldiers in war time in grey, discarding all bright uniforms and flashing accoutrements. ...

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  18. TRAFFIC RETURNS.

    The following is a statement of the booking at Sydney and suburban railway stations yesterday, between 6 a.m. and 5 p.m., as compared with the bookings on Eight-hour Day ...

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  19. "A HAPPY FAMILY."

    There was a full attendance of members of the Ministry at the Cabinet meeting yesterday, which lasted from half-past 2 o'clock until about 6 o'clock. ...

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  20. VENEZUELA DEFIANT.

    President Castro, of Venezuela, on Saturday, informed the Senate of the Republic that he refused to receive the Second Note from Holland regarding the expulsion of ...

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  21. SURPLUS REVENUE ACT.

    A copy of the special case stated for the opinion of the High Court of Australia in regard to the validity of the Surplus Revenue Act passed by the Commonwealth Government ...

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  22. A CHANGE OF RELATIONS.

    The "Neue Freie Presse" of Vienna asserts that the Emperor Francis Joseph has addressed an autograph letter to the Powers, referring to the necessity of ...

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  23. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY.

    At the Circuit Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Pring, Alfred James Massey, John Bartholomew Riley, Annie Goode, and Harriet Goode, were charged with conspiring to ...

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  24. DRESSES AND ATTENDANCE.

    His Excellency the Governor-General, attended by Lord Richard Nevill, Captain the Hon. Hore Ruthven, and Mr. Callan, drove out early, and lunched with the committee ...

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  25. IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE.

    A monument has been erected at Noisseville, near Metz, in memory of the French soldiers killed in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. The monument was unveiled ...

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  26. ON THE SHOWGROUND.

    It is really the children's day, this Eight-Hour Day. The serious races at the sports were all very well for the grown-ups. Perhaps big brother could see some sense in ...

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  27. AFTER THE PROCESSION.

    After the procession had passed the huge crowd of onlookers surged down George and Pitt streets towards the Quay. The trams were crowded, people standing on the ...

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  28. THE ORIENT RAILWAY.

    Reuter's agency learns that the British Government has made proposite to Turkey and Bulgaria for the settlement of the Orient railway dispute. ...

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  29. FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    At a meeting at the Town Hall to-night in connection with the Federal capital question, the Mayor (Alderman Waugh), Alderman Tenbrink, and Mr. C. L. Griffith were appointed ...

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  30. EMPIRE QUESTIONS.

    Colonel Seely, Parliamentary Undersecretary for the Colonies, speaking at Liverpool, said that we were drawing very near a better system in the government of ...

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  31. BRAYBROOK DISASTER.

    There is every prospect of the manslaughter case arising out of the railway disaster at Braybrook on Easter Monday being concluded this week. ...

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  32. THE DISPLAYS.

    By the time the procession reached Park-street very nearly another £600 of damage must have been done to the banners. Otherwise the display was a big success. First came ...

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  33. BURNS V. JOHNSON.

    Bill Squires has announced his intention of being present at the Burns-Johnson fight, and of challenging the winner. Squires says he was not "too fit" when he met Burns on the ...

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  34. A CONFIDENT DIPLOMAT.

    Bulgaria's diplomatic agent at Berlin States that in the event of war, Bulgaria will enjoy an advantage over Turkey, but his Government expected to obtain great ...

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  35. UNLAWFULLY BUYING GOLD.

    The Bendigo City Court was crowded to-day, when the hearing of charges against the men arrested in connection with the police crusade against the alleged illicit traffic in gold was ...

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  36. H.M.S. GLADIATOR.

    H.M.S. Gladiator, which was benched after a collision near the Isle of Wight, and refloated, has been towed to Portsmouth. ...

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  37. THE TREATY OF BERLIN.

    [?]n was ratified on August [?]s which are or might be [?]lopments now proceeding [?] ...

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  38. BURNT BEYOND RECOGNITION.

    The district coroner, Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M., held an inquiry respecting the death of the unknown swagman whose body was found under a fallen burnt tree near ...

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  39. TUBERCULOSIS CONFERENCE.

    President Roosevelt, in an address before the International Conference on Tuberculosis at Washington, said that no gathering was fraught with greater hope ...

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  40. TINANA AGROUND.

    The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Tinana went aground on, Sunday afternoon at high water off White Cliff. The vessel win require to be lightered. She is expected to ...

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