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  2. SECOND TEST MATCH

    The 20,000 people who visited the Melbourne ground on Saturday had their money's worth, for there has probably been no test match played in which the varying phases ...

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  3. MYSTERIOUS DISTRESS SIGNALS.

    At 10.15 last night, Mr. Brady, lightkeeper at Fingal Head lighthouse, came with a report that distress signals had been burning in the vicinity of Cudgen headland at ...

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  4. IMMIGRATION FOR 1907.

    The Intelligence Department announces that during the year which has just closed 2845 persons have arrived in New South Wales under the Government assisted immigration ...

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  5. COAL CRISIS.

    The situation in the coal-mining industry of the north is very critical. The district already stands dangerously near an industrial upheaval such as that which created so much ...

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  6. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    "There has been a great agitation in Sydney," Sir William Lyne remarked last night, just before he stepped on board the Southern express for Melbourne, "regarding the ...

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  7. COUNT ASSAULTS PRINCE

    While outside a fashionable church in Paris where both had just attended a Requiem Mass, Count Boni de Castellane suddenly struck Prince von Sagan, knocking ...

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  8. IRISH STRIFE.

    Mr. Wiliam O'Brien, leader of a section of the Nationalist party, declares that the statement by Mr. J. E. Redmond, the leader of the party, that Mr. O'Brien ...

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  9. THE GERMAN SCANDALS.

    The criminal trial of Herr Maximilian Barden, editor of "Zukunft," for libelling Count Kuno Moltke, formerly Governor of Berlin, has concluded, the defendant ...

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  10. TERRITORIAL ARMY.

    Mr. Will Thorne, M.P. (Labour), General Secretary of the National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers, has declined an invitation to join the Earl of ...

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  11. THE ASIATIC PROBLEM.

    The "Daily News" referring to the Asiatic difficulty, says it is much more urgent that the colonies should assist in cleaning the status of a British citizen than ...

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  12. SURF DANGERS.

    During Saturday afternoon and yesterday morning the Bondi life-savers found their hands full. Four people were dragged in from the grasp of the undertow on Saturday, ...

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  13. THE PORTE STUBBORN.

    Several of the Powers have discussed the advisability of making a naval demonstration to compel the Porte to accept a Collective Note with regard to the ...

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  14. TRANSVAAL DEPORTATIONS.

    One of the Indians ordered to be deported from the Transvaal has served in four Indian campaigns and in the Boer war. He was thrice wounded and has ...

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  15. SHOT BY A COMRADE.

    The widow of Major von Schoenebeck, who was shot on the staircase of his apartments in the barracks at Allenstein, Prussia, by Captain von Goeben, has been ...

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  16. FOUND IN A SWAMP.

    The woman whose body was found in the Harrison swamp, New Jersey, was Lena Whitmore, wife of a raliway man of Brooklyn. She disappeared at ...

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  17. SPANNING AUSTRALIA.

    Referring yesterday to the remarks recently made in Western Australia by Sir John Forrest on the subject of railway connection. Sir William Lyne said last night:—"The ...

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  18. VICTORIA.

    A mishap, which was fortunately unattended with serious results, befell the steamer Despatch, when she was ashore at Point Cook, about 10 miles west of Williamstown. ...

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  19. AMERICAN RAILROADS.

    The receivership proceedings in the case of the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Railroad Company have been dismissed. ...

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  20. THE LIQUOR WAR.

    New South Wales will be well represented in England during the coming liquor war which is to be waged in consequence of the British Premier's promised liquor legislation ...

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  21. MEAT FOR MERCHANTMEN.

    Handlers of Australian canned meats having alleged that the Board of Trade was accepting inferior American meats for the mercantile marine, Mr. T. A. ...

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  22. SEABOARD AIR LINE.

    A receiver has been appointed for the Seaboard Air Line, the third most important railway in the Eastern American System, having a capital of £10,000,000. ...

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  23. THE STOCK EXCHANGE.

    The Stock Exchange at Melbourne resumes business to-morrow with prices pretty well at the same range of values as when the adjournment was made for the Christmas ...

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  24. LABOUR TROUBLE AT COBAR.

    The strike at the Great Cobar copper mine lasted all yesterday. A mass meeting of the men was held in the afternoon, and discussed the position. The president and ...

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  25. ZULUS IN HIDING.

    A police patrol suppressed a small party of rebels in caves at the junction of the Black Umvolosi River and the White Umvolosi River. Two of the rebels ...

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  26. DEMONSTRATIONS AT NEWCASTLE.

    Alderman M. J. Moroney and Mr. J. J. Maloney, of Newcastle, paid a flying visit to Sydney on Saturday, and made an arrangement with the captain of the North Steyne ...

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  27. THE BLACK HUNDRED.

    The notorious Union of the Russian People (the Black Hundred), with the approval of the Czar, has been transformed into the Orthodox League, but there is no ...

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  28. THE PLAY.

    Noble 50, Trumper 46, none for 96, was the state of the game when Fielder bowled the first over to Noble, the ball travelling alone comfortably to the batsman, who played each ...

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  29. VISIT TO BRONTE.

    By arrangement with the Newcastle Council and the president of the Bronte Surf Bathing Association, the Newcastle city engineer, Mr. Blackwell, yesterday visited Bronte to ...

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  30. EARTHQUAKE AT JAMAICA.

    An earthquake at Jamaica yesterday destroyed the Episcopal Church at Stewarts Town, 15½ miles each-south-east of Falmouth, on the north c oast of the ...

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  31. CALDWELL DYING.

    Robert Caldwell, a prominent witness in the Druce case, now under arrest at New York on a charge of perjury and conspiracy, has signed a statement on ...

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  32. FEDERATION'S CRITICS.

    The Federal Treasurer, Sir William Lyne, was in a reflective mood last night, and in discussing the work accomplished since the consummation of union said:— ...

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  33. DEBATE ON GOLD-STEALING.

    The Rev. H. Worrall, to-night at Bendigo, preached another of his series of sermons on gold-stealing. He said it had been said that he had been in collusion with a man who ...

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  34. ATTITUDE OF THE OWNERS.

    Mr. Simpson, speaking on behalf of the colliery proprietors last night, said that there were no new developments to chronicle. Saturday was the fortnightly pay day, and ...

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  35. PUBLIC COMPANIES.

    The Peel River Company has declared a dividend of 4 per cent. and a bonus of 3 per cent. The Commonwealth Oil Corporation is ...

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  36. MOUNTAIN INDUSTRIES.

    The whole of the Great Cobar furnaces—15 in all, including two refineries—were restarted this morning after a week's idleness for repairs and cleaning. It will be a month ...

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  37. WHARF LABOURERS' STRIKE.

    The strike of wharf labourers continues. So far, shipping has not been affected to any great extent, except in the case of the Newcastle and Hunter River Company's steamers. ...

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  38. LIEUTENANT WHITE.

    Lieutenant C. B. B. White, of the Royal Australian Artillery, has passed through the Staff College. ...

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  39. INTENSE COLD.

    Intense cold prevails throughout Europe. In Austria and Belgium, and in several other parts of the Continent zero Fahrenheit (32 degrees below freezing point) was ...

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  40. MR. W. A. M'ARTHUR.

    Mr. W. A. M'Arthur, M.P. for St. Austell division of Cornwall, has resigned his seat in the House of Commons. Mr. W. A. M'Arthur was born at Sydney ...

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  41. COLLIERY DEPUTIES' ASSOCIATION.

    The deputies employed at the Newcastle and South Maitland collieries held a meeting at the Central Hotel last night, and decided to form an association. They intend ...

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  42. CEREBRO SPINAL MENINGITIS.

    A case of cerebro spinal meningitis, believed to be the first in the State, occurred at the Boulder, the victim being a lad named Dowd. He died on Saturday. ...

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  43. COTTON LOCKOUT THREATENED.

    The Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' Association of Lancashire has decided to lock-out 150,000 operatives unless the strikers at two Oldham mills resume. ...

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  44. RUGBY FOOTBALL.

    Reggie Gibbs, Ralph Thomas, and J. L. Williams, of Cardiff, have joined the football team for New Zealand, and other leading Welsh players are considering ...

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  45. TEACHERS' SUMMER SCHOOL.

    The third summer school for teachers at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College was opened on Thursday night last by a lecture on the agricultural aspect of primary ...

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  46. FLOODS IN QUEENSLAND.

    A telegram received by the Railway Commissioner from Normanton states that 14 inches of rain have fallen there since December 21, 1907, and that floods are probable. ...

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  47. THE SENATE VACANCY.

    At a special meeting of the United Labour Party, held last night, Mr. J. V. O'Loghlin was chosen to contest the vacancy in the Senate, caused through the seat held by him ...

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  48. ALPINE FATALITIES.

    Three fatalities among tourists on the Alps are reported. Mr. Francis Bergne, son of Sir Henry Bergne, head of the Commercial Department and Examiner of ...

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  49. STEAMER CITY OF GRAFTON STRANDED.

    The steamer City of Grafton when crossing the entrance this morning stranded on the end of the middle spit. It is supposed that something happened the steering gear. The ...

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  50. A HAWKER'S DEATH.

    The body of Zealandlus Riddell, a hawker, was found hanging by the neck in a shed at the rear of his residence in Ascot Vale, on Saturday night. Riddell was last seen alive ...

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  51. NEW ZEALAND TEAM.

    The New Zealand footballers played the Hull Kingston Rovers yesterday, and defeated them by two tries (6 points) to one try (3 points). In the first half ...

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  52. BURNT TO DEATH.

    At an early hour on Saturday a fatal fire took place at Boulder City, the victim being an elderly woman named Mrs. Swanston, wife of one of the engineers employed on the ...

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  53. WINE FOR THE EXHIBITION.

    The Franco-British Exhibition authorities have appointed Mr. Albert Marks, who is now visiting Australia, to represent them and give winegrowers ...

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  54. THE AUSTRALIAN SMELTING CORPORATION.

    Great satisfaction is expressed here at the cable in yesterday's "Herald," announcing the reconstruction of the Australian Smelting Corporation. It was considered that the ...

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