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  2. VICTORIAN DERBY.

    Derby Day which marks the opening of the Spring carnival of the Victoria Racing Club, and occupies a very important place in the list of the social functions of the year, ...

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  3. MAIL TRAIN DERAILED.

    The North-western train was derailed at Breeza this morning at 5 o'clock, just 16 miles from Werris Creek. The engine, drawing a tender, five carriages, a sleeper, and van, with ...

    Article : 153 words
  4. SOUTH COAST MINES.

    The coal trade is all that could be desired, and there has been no time in the history of the district that the demand has been greater. Collieries are in some instances unable to ...

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  5. GRASSHOPPERS.

    A sadder plight than the farmers round about Narromine and Trangie are in would be difficult to imagine. The country is parched with brought, and on top of it has come a ...

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  6. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS

    The English team, which sailed from Fremantic in the Himalaya on Tuesday, arrived here yesterday morning after a pleasant passage. Members of the South Australian ...

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  7. THE RAILWAY CRISIS.

    After two further conferences with the directors of railway companies, Mr. Lloyd George, President of the Board of Trade, will invite the railway men's ...

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  8. SPLENDID RAINS.

    Magnificent rains have fallen in many districts. Thunderstorms occurred in the far west on Saturday night, and appear to have travelled ...

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  9. RUSSIAN PLOTS.

    Details of the naval mutiny at Viadivostock show that the mutiny was confined exclusively to sailors composing the torpedo detachment ashore, and the crews of ...

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  10. LEADER OF POTEMKIN MUTINY.

    Lieutenant Matuschenko has been sentenced to death at Sebastopol for participating in the mutiny on the Russian battleship Kniaz Potemkin, in 1905. ...

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  11. DRIVER AND FIREMAN COMMENDED.

    The derailment delayed the north-western mail train six hours at Breeza. The passengers contributed a purse of sovereigns for the driver and fireman. Dr. ...

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  12. ANTHRAX.

    Dr. George M'Lean, Government Medical Officer at Gunnedah, writes with reference to the death of a large number of cattle near Gunnedah last week:—"I was asked out to ...

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  13. A DESPERATE SCHEME.

    The arrest of some military clerks at St. Petersburg revealed a plot to kill the whole of the members of the Military Council, including the Minister for War, ...

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  14. CHECKING SEDITION.

    The Legislative Council of India, by nine votes to three, has adopted the bill for the prevention of seditious meetings. The Earl of Minto, the Governor-General, ...

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  15. FLOODS IN ITALY.

    Floods which have occurred in Northern Italy have caused damage amounting to £1,000,000 to embankments and hydraulic works. ...

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  16. FREETRADE CHALLENGE.

    Mr. W. A. S. Hewins, Secretary of the Tariff Commission, in a letter to the "Times," states that he is perfectly prepared to accept the challenge of Mr. H. H. ...

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  17. VIOLENT STORM AT LONGREACH.

    A Longreach telegram says that a disastrous storm occurred there last night. The lightning was most intense. The wind blew with hurricane force, and for a time rain poured ...

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  18. BANK CLERK FATALLY SHOT.

    There was great consternation in town when it was discovered that Mr. W. A. Bull, accountant at the Commercial Bank, had been found shot just previous to 1 p.m. to-day. ...

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  19. THE GERMAN SCANDAL.

    The public prosecutor in Berlin has carried the Moltko versus Harden case, in which a verdict was returned for the defendant, to the Landgerichte (Appeal ...

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  20. NEWCASTLE'S PROGRESS.

    Notwithstanding the industrial turmoil into which the Newcastle and South Maitland coalmining districts have been thrown during the last week in consequence of the controversy ...

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  21. GENERAL RAIN IN VICTORIA.

    A splendid rainfall occurred to-day nearly all parts of the State being benefited by it. BATHURST.—Steady rain commenced on Sunday at 11 a.m., and it was still raining at 10.30 p.m. Up ...

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  22. NATIONAL MILITIA.

    When the Prime Minister makes his statement regarding naval defence at the close of the tariff debate it is probable that he will have an important announcement to give ...

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  23. THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

    The German Emperor is confined to his bed, suffering from a chill. Herr von Schonn, Minister for Foreign Affairs, will accompany the Emperor to ...

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  24. THE DRESSES.

    The Flemington course on Saturday presented a scene of great brilliancy, with its beautiful emerald lawns and flower-decked gardens. The frocks worn were of the most ...

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  25. THE DRUCE CASE.

    Miss Robinson, from New Zealand, a witness in the Druce case, and formerly private secretary to the fifth Duke of Portland, has informed the police that as she ...

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  26. "LAZY" STRIKE IN ITALY.

    A lazy strike has begun on the State railways in Italy in protest of the punishment inflicted on railway employees for recently striking at Milan. ...

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  27. A SCHOONER DAMAGED.

    The Island trading schooner Julia, 70 tons, in charge of Captain Gaspard, which was supposed to have been lost, arrived at Nehoue on October 13. The vessel left Noumea on ...

    Article : 257 words
  28. GOLD FOR NEW YORK.

    The Cunard Liner Lusitania, which leaves to-day for New York, carries £2,000,000 of gold for that capital. ...

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  29. MIXED MARRIAGE LINES.

    An extraordinary incident occurred in connection with the celebration of a marriage on Wednesday afternoon last. The pastor of a church in one of the populous suburbs of ...

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  30. GERMAN TRAIN DERAILED.

    The front portion of a train, consisting of passenger coaches, was derailed owing to slippery rails near Cologne, and precipitated down an embankment. The rear ...

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  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    There is plague in Tunis, and a fresh outbreak has occurred in Oran, a seaport in Algeria. MISS AMY CASTLES. ...

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  32. CURE OF CANCER.

    Remarkable results have been achieved in two local cases of cancerous growth by the use of molasses. In one case, where the cure seems to be permanent, the patient, ...

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  33. THE ENCYCLICAL "MODERNISM."

    In the course of a sermon at St. Patrick's Cathedral this morning, Archbishop Carr, referring to the action of the Pope, Pius X., in regard to modernism, said that this was a ...

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  34. DISTURBANCE IN HUNGARY.

    A political-religious disturbance which occurred in the village of Cseinova, Hungary, led to a conflict with gendarmes. Thirteen Slovaks were killed, eight were ...

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  35. BURIAL ALIVE.

    The Rev. W. E. Brownlow, who arrived in Sydney on Saturday after 17 years in the mission fields of Papua, brought with him two native boys from Dobu. ...

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  36. THE RUSH FOR LAND.

    There was a large attendance of interested persons at the local land board meeting on Thursday. Three separate ballots were held to determine conflicting ...

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  37. THE MOROCCAN SITUATION.

    Advices from Saffi state that Mulal Hafid, who some time ago claimed to be Sultan of Southern Morocco, finding that the tribes are deserting him, wishes to be ...

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  38. SUGGESTED CONCERTS BY MADAME MELBA.

    Several influential friends of Madame Melba are endeavouring to persuade her to give one or two concerts in Sydney apd Melbourne before she returns to Europo. There is a ...

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  39. LAND SALE AT INVERELL.

    The demand for land continues unabated, and sales and re-sales of properties are being made every day. The sales for the past week aggregated over £150,000. Yesterday, at ...

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  40. SUICIDE ON A STEAMER.

    A case of suicide occurred on the Newcastle S.S. Company's steamer Hunter just before her arrival in port this morning. The Hunter left Sydney last night, and at ...

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  41. VISITING RIFLEMEN.

    On Saturday the British and New Zealand rifle teams were taken to Rock Forest, where a wallaby drive was held. General Gordon, Colonel Lassetter, Captain Pringle, and a ...

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  42. AMERICAN-ATLANTIC MAILS.

    The postal officials at Washington have decided that the Cunard liners Lusitania and Mauretania, instead of the Americanowned-line, will convey Saturday's mails ...

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  43. THE UNDERTOW.

    Yesterday morning there was a very strong underlow in two places on Manly beach, and early in the day old hands prophesied trouble. Three men were carried out at different ...

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  44. ARRANGEMENTS FOR TEST MATCHES.

    In order to put everything fair and square before the tour of the team in the eastern States begins as regards test matches, a number of points have been referred by the Board ...

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  45. FROG IN A STONE.

    Some workmen obtaining road metal from a quarry at Coleraine blasted out a stone about 2ft in diameter, which, being too big to handle, was broken with a hammer. On ...

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  46. NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALLERS.

    The New Zealand football team to-day played Merthyr Tydvil. New Zealand held the lead throughout, and won by three goals seven tries to three tries. The ...

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  47. RESIGNATION OF CANON NASH.

    Canon Nash has ceased to hold any official connection with the diocese of Melbourne. He has relinquished his offices as incumbent of Christ Church, Geelong, as Canon of St. ...

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  48. BRITISH TEAM DEFEATS HAMILTON.

    Seven members of the British rifle team visiting Hamilton fired a match on the local range yesterday against a team representative of the Hamilton District Rifle Club's Union. ...

    Article : 115 words
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