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  2. MELBOURNE DISASTER.

    The sitting of matters in connection with the terrible railway disaster at Braybrook station on Easter Monday night is mainly work for the Coroner, Already there are 43 ...

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  3. PREMIERS' CONFERENCE.

    Referring last night to the Premiers' conference which is to be opened in Melbourne on Tuesday, the Premier, Mr. Bent, said that he had prepared a paper for presentation to ...

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  4. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    There is little but the most casual reference to be heard in Federal circles nowadays about the critical position the Government was in through Mr. Deakin's precipitate action ...

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  5. FRONTIER WAR.

    The Simla correspondent of the "Times" writes that contingents from Afghanistan and Bajaor have steadily added to the tribal gathering on the Mohmand frontier. ...

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  6. CITY IMPROVEMENT.

    The Government has at last decided upon the constitution the Royal Commission which is to be entrusted with the task of inquiring the question of improving the transit ...

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  7. LATE PRIME MINISTER.

    Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was only partially conscious some time before death, and was unconscious throughout the night. He died peacefully, but rather ...

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  8. MR. PRICE AT LIVERPOOL.

    Mr. T. Price, Premier of South Australia, speaking at the Liverpool Produce Exchange, said that if the merchants of Liverpool gave South Australia more for ...

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  9. RELIEVING DISTRESS.

    The Railway Commissioners have taken steps to immediately relieve any distress which the accident may have caused in the death or disablement of breadwinners. Mr. Tait, ...

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  10. BROTHER BURIED AT FREMANTLE.

    The death of the Prime Minister of England is not without certain melancholy interest by almost personal character to residents of this State from the fact that his brother, the late ...

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  11. TRIBUTES.

    Mr. W. Runciman, President of the Board of Education, Mr. C. F. Masterman, and other Liberals, in their speeches yesterday evening, hastened to ...

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  12. NEW YORK TRACTION SCANDALS.

    The Grand Jury of New York has found "no bill" in the case of Thomas F. Ryan, P. A. B. Widener, and Thomas Dolan, charged with larcency and criminal ...

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  13. FORTY TONS OF PASSENGERS.

    A statement was prepared by the Railway Department showing tbe weight of the Bendigo train. The figures reveal that the total weight was approximately 340 tonas. ...

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  14. CLAIMING THE LUGGAGE.

    At the end of the platform on Spencer-street railway station is a cold and gloomy room usually used for the storage of luggage. In it there are no windows, so that the only ...

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  15. MANCHESTER ELECTION.

    Roman Catholic priests in Manchester resent the Irish League's manifesto, recommending Irishmen to support Mr Winston Churchill. ...

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  16. HOW TRAINS ARE RUN.

    The board to be constituted under section 64 of the Railway Act to inquire into the circumstances attending the railway collision at Murrurundi on Good Friday morning will be ...

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  17. FURTHER LIST OF INJURED.

    The names of additional persons who were injured in the railway disaster continue to filter into the Railway Department. As Indicated to-day, this notification is tantamount ...

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  18. THE DEWSBURY CONTEST.

    The Irish Federntlon of Government Workers advises the electors of Dewsbury to vote for Mr. Boyd-Carpenter (Conservative), or Mr. Turner (Labour), in ...

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  19. MYSTERIOUS SIGNALS.

    A mild sensation was created in shipping circles yesterday when it was reported that a vessel had made signals of distress late on Wednesday night off Brunswick Heads, on ...

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  20. THE LABOUR CONFERENCE.

    The Independent Labour Conference has denounced the Government for entering into the arbitration agreement with Russia, thereby, it is held, sanctioning ...

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  21. AMERICA'S NAVY.

    Sir William White, formerly chief constructor to the British navy, in the course of an interview at Boston, said that the American navy, ship for ship, was equal ...

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  22. DEVONSHIRE-STREET EXTENSION.

    At the present time Devonshire-street, on the east, practically ends at Crown-street. The City Council has just approved of a recommendation by the city surveyor to ...

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  23. AMERICAN FILIPINO TRADE.

    The House of Representatives at Washington has repealed the law of 1900 regulating shipping with the Philippines. The repeal allows foreign vessels to trade ...

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  24. ANOTHER LISBON PLOT.

    The police at Lisbon have discovered a plot to murder King Manuel at the opening of the Cortes. The Republican press advise King ...

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  25. FROM THE TRANSVAAL.

    General Botha, Premier of the Transvaal, telegraphed to the "Daily Chronicle": "In securing self-government for the new colonies, Sir Henry Campbeli-Bannerman ...

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  26. STARVING VICTORIAN STOCK.

    Several farmers in the north-east of Victoria are sending cattle to Sc[?]ne for agistment. Some being unable to obtain trucks on the New South Wales lines are sending ...

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  27. WILL MR. DEAKIN RETIRE?

    Though the Federal political situation has been smoothed out, there is a persistent belief that the arrangement is merely a temporary one. ...

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  28. TAXING FOOD.

    Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at Manchester, said that Mr. Balfour's letter to Mr. Joynson-Hicks, the Conservative candidate, was ...

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  29. THREAT TO KILL.

    At the Benalla Court this morning Henry Lindsay was charged with maliciously sending to Frances Green a letter threatening that he would kill her. The letter complained of ...

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  30. SINKING OF THE IKHONA.

    The Supreme Prize Court of Russia has allowed the claim of £131,400 compensation for the sinking of the British steamer Ikhona on June 5, 1905, by the Russian ...

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  31. REFORTS BY GUARDS.

    Had the train from Bendigo and tne Ballar[?] train been running to their schedule times, there could have been no disaster at Braybrook on Monday night. The Ballarat ...

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  32. THE LARGEST VESSELS.

    The White Star line has ordered of Harland and Wolff two steamers, having a speed of 21 knots. They will be the biggest vessels in the world, being 40ft longer ...

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  33. THE FUNERAL.

    The first part of the funeral service will be held in Westminster Abbey at noon on Monday. The burial will take place at Belmont Castle, Me[?]g[?]e, Scotland, beside ...

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  34. ACTION AT THE TWEED HEADS.

    In consequence of reported distress signals received here last night from Brunswick Heads, Pilot Smith summoned the rocket brigade, intending to proceed to the scene on the local ...

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  35. A PATHETIC INCIDENT.

    The story of the Braybrook tragedy is a sad, sad tale. Fresh chapters, full of moving pathos, are daily coming to light. Ono surrounds the death of Mrs. Margaret Tucker, of ...

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  36. BROTHER CRITICAL.

    The late Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's eldest brother, the Right Hon. James A. Campbell, is in a critical state. ...

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  37. KILLED IN A QUARREL.

    Details of a tragedy at Yancannia show that A. E. Schmelzkoff, M. Doyle, and Albert Hiddle, recently from Victoria, had a row. Hiddle was hit, and rendered unconscious, ...

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  38. THE ARARAT MURDER.

    The inquest on the body of the murdered woman, Isabella Jane Deut[?]hmann, was opened this morning at Ararat. Chari[?]s Henry Deutschmann was present in custody. He ...

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  39. IN THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    Immediately the House of Representatives met this afternoon the Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin) said:—This morning's cablegrams notified us of the decease of the distinguished ...

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  40. THE GUATEMALA OUTRAGE.

    The assailants of President Cabrera, of Guatemala, who wns wounded by explosions of bombs while driving to the palace of the capital, were five military ...

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  41. SHIPPING MISHAPS.

    A report was yesterday received by the Department of Navigation to the effect that the paddle-steamer Illawarra, of the fleet of the Illawarra and South Coast S. N. Company, ...

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  42. STATIONMASTER RETICENT.

    The stationmaster at Braybrook (Mr. F. G. Kondall), who has been susponded from duty in connection with the accident, is not inclined at the present stage to say anything. ...

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  43. GENERAL CABLE NEW.

    The estate of Baron Nathaniel Rothschild has yielded the Austrian Exchequer £835,000. LIBELLING HERR HARDEN. ...

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  44. NAVAL DEFENCE.

    In the House of Representatives to-day Mr. Bruce Smith directed the attention of the Prime Minister to the interview with Lord Tweedmouth in the "Sydney Morning Herald" ...

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  45. SALVING STAR OF JAPAN.

    The steamer Star of Japan, which went ashore in St. Cyprian's Bay, on the northwest coast of Africa while on her voyage from London to Australian ports, is lying ...

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  46. THE ALLOWRIE INQUIRY.

    The Superintendent of Navigation yesterday resumed the departmental inquiry commenced on the previous day into the condition of the steamer Allowrie on her arrival from Tathra ...

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  47. THE FAILURE OF THE BRAKES.

    A most important phase of the railway disaster was brought to light to-day. When the accident occurred Milburn, driver of the first engine of the Bendigo train, stated that ...

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  48. CONDITION OF DRIVER MILBURN.

    The driver, Leonard Milburn, of the first Bendigo train, has since the accident been confined to his bed suffering from collapse from the shock. His medical adviser has ...

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  49. MOTOR CAR TRAFFIC.

    During the [?]earing of a case in the Quarter Sessions, Judge Rogers expressed the opinion that something should be done to regulate motor car traffic in the city. A ...

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  50. LOSS OF THE BEGA.

    Yesterday the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the foundering of the steamer Bega was continued by the Superintendent of Navigation. Captain Davis, who ...

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  51. THAW'S DETENTION.

    A writ of habeas corpus lins been granted to Harry Thaw, confined in a lunatic asylum at New York, and is returnable on May 5. Mr. Jerome, the State ...

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  52. DENIAL OF DELAY.

    The chairman of the Railway Commissioners, Mr. Tait, denied that there was great delay in despatching the ambulance train. He said that it should be remembered ...

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  53. BUOY PICKED UP.

    Last week a ship's life buoy, apparently new, was picked up on the beach between Hat Head and Croscent Head, bearing the name of Jessie Broom, Liverpool and ...

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