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  2. THE TARIFF

    The debate on the Budget and the tariff proposals of the Government was opened in the House of Representatives this afternoon. There was a very large attendance of ...

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  3. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Ample excitement was provided in both Houses of the Federal Parliament to-day. As soon as the House of Representatives met Sir William Lyne made a sensational ...

    Article : 343 words
  4. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Assembly to-day, Mr. Armstrong, member for Lockyer, criticised the Government's action in repurchasing Jimbour Estate, and moved an amendment to the ...

    Article : 56 words
  5. SHIPPING.

    Challenger, H.M.S., from Brisbane. Period, s, 2748 tons, Captain Leslie, from South Australia. Howard Smith Company, Ltd., agents. Kanowna, s, 6976 tons, Captain Savage, from ...

    Article : 211 words
  6. TALK OF RETALIATION.

    The effect of the new tariff on the development of Western Australian industries was one of the subjects discussed at the annual meeting of the Perth Chamber of Commerce ...

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  7. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    On the debate on the second reading of the Land Tax Assessment Bill in the Legislative Assembly last night, the Labour party intimated their intention of voting for the ...

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  8. DEPARTURES.—Aug. 21.

    Changsha, s, for Manila, China, and Japan. Pacifique, F.M.S., for Noumea and New Hebrides. Atua, s, for Fiji. Wakatipu, s, for Launceston. ...

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  9. PROJECTED DEPARTURES.—Aug. 22.

    Carpentaria, s, for Durban, Capetown, and London, via ports; France, s, for New Hebrides; Eden, s, for Eden; Coomonderry, s, for Moruya; Bellinger, s, for Camden HAven; Kempsey, s, for Macleay River; ...

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  10. BARQUE LODORE.

    The barque Lodore, 1568 tons, 40 days out from Port Nolloth, South Africa, almost grounded in the Gulf near Long Point. The captain took soundings when near the point, and found only four fathoms of water. ...

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  11. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

    The Sydney Chamber of Commerce by advertisement is inviting firms and persons to send in particulars of anomalies and unequal incidence of duties, etc., so that a ...

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  12. CLEARANCES.—Aug. 21.

    Victoria, s, for Auckland. Passengers—Mr. and Mrs. R. Hendry, Sir Robert and Lady Lockhart, Dr. and Mrs. Savage, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Griffiths, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. S. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Binney, ...

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  13. TAXING UNIMPROVED VALUES.

    After much discussion, the Unimproved Rating Act was brought into force in Wellington, a city notorious for its lack of building area, the prospective value ...

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  14. BARQENTINE IRIS.

    The barquentine Iris, from Esperance Bay, Tasmania, which reached Port Pirie to-day, experience heavy gales, and was consequently 33 days on the voyage. Captain Taylor was compelled to shelter on the ...

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  15. VIEWS OF CORRESPONDENTS.

    TAXING CHURCH MEMORIALS.—The Rev. H. Wallace Mort writes:—I desire to bring under the notice of my fellow-colonists an instance of what seems to me a glaring injustice in connection with this new ...

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  16. FRENCH BOUNTIEs.

    In the French Budget for 1907 the subventions to the merchant navy (bounties to shipbuilding and navigation) amount to £1,626,800, as compared with £1,441,200 in 1906, and £1,274,000 in 1905. The ...

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  17. PORT OF BALLA-BALLA.

    The W.A. Government have decided to send Captain Afrey, master of the steamer Penguin, to the North-west Coast for the purpose of conducting a marine survey of the harbour at Depuch Island, near ...

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  18. VICTORIA.

    A fire broke out in No. 1 bold of the steamer Indraghiri, lying at the Australian wharf, early this morning, and it was only by smart and strenuous work on the part of the ...

    Article : 61 words
  19. IMPORTS.

    Kanowna, s, from Fremantle; 9 pkgs brandy, 250 bgs flour, 71 rls netting, 358 bgs bark, 50 cs oil, 40 cs starch, 33 cs soap, 145 cs wine, 423 pkgs currants, 52 cs pulp, 1850 bgs chaff, 125 cs sultanas, 43 cs [?] ...

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  20. MELBOURNE STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

    The Monaro is expected at Melbourne on Sunday from W.A. ports. The Hobart will leave Melbourne on Saturday on route from Sydney to Adelaide and W.A. The Sydney is at Melbourne. The Perth is at ...

    Article : 87 words
  21. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The trustees of the late J. H. Angas are considering the advisableness of offering for sale at an early date portion of the well-known Hill River Estate, situate near Clare. ...

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  22. EXPORTS.

    Changsha, s, for Manila, Hongkong, and Japan, via ports: 1200 brs lead, 109 sks fungus, 3400 bgs flour, 33 cs fish, 65 cs jam, 6 bxs gold coin, 123 bxs butter, 514 cres and 150 haunches mutton, 500 cres lamb, ...

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  23. CHARTERS.

    Messrs. Nelson and Robertson report the following fixtures:—Bass Rock, bq, 998 tons, Newcastle to West Coast; Mortlake, s, 1737 tons, Fremantle and Geraldton to Hongkong; Algoa Bay, bq, 1111 tons, Newcastle ...

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  24. TELEGRAPHIC SHIPPING NEWS.

    THURSDAY ISLAND.—Dep: Aug. 21, Nikko Maru, 11.30 a.m., for Sydney. BRISBANE.—Dep: Aug. 21, Mareeba, S, for Rockhampton; Bunninyong, s, Peregrine, s, for Sydney. ...

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  25. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Premier informed the House to-day that it was proposed to submit to Parliament this session a proposal to substitute the post audit for the preaudit system, and also ...

    Article : 67 words
  26. THE PENALTY OF "TWO UP."

    Philip Browster and Charles Dunn, convicted at the Supreme Court of having kept a "two up" school at Wellington, were fined £100 each, and to be imprisoned for six ...

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  27. SCULLING.

    R. Arnst has cabled asking Whelch, of Akaroa, to row in New Zealand for £100 aside. Whelch is inquiring when Arnst proposes the match to take place. ...

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  28. CASUALTIES.

    An elderly man named Daniel Carter met with a severe accident at North Richmond to-day while engaged excavating a dam. The rain the previous evening had made the sides ...

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  29. LOSS TO IMPORTERS.

    Importers are gradually realising tne significance of the new protective tariff. A small shipment of bottles arrived by the steamer Oswestry Grange, which under the old tariff ...

    Article : 269 words
  30. ALLEGED ROBBERY.

    A young married man named Harrington was arrested in Dunedin on a charge of stealing about £100 worth of miscellaneous goods from the store where he was employed. ...

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  31. R.M.S. ORMUZ.

    The R.M.S. Ormuz, from London July 12, left Melbourne at 6 p.m. yesterday, and will arrive at Sydney to-morrow forenoon. The officers with Commander Shelford, R.N.R., are:—P. N. Layton, R.N.R., chief ...

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  32. FATAL FALL DOWN A HOLD.

    John Norman, a coal-lumper, was killed on the barque Pax at Fremantle this evening, and his mate, Ernest Ernshaw, was seriously injured. Norman and Ernshaw were placing ...

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  33. NEWCASTLE.

    The following vessels cleared at the Customs-house to-day:—Cooeyanna, s, for Fremantle, with 6000 tons coal; Moeraki, s, for Wellington, via Sydney, with 800 tons bunker ...

    Article : 59 words
  34. THE MEDIC.

    The White Star liner Medic, which left Liverpool on July 6, with a full complement of passengers and some 15,000 tons of general cargo, is at Melbourne, and is expected to arrive at Sydney on Monday. She ...

    Article : 121 words
  35. THE MAILS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 321 words
  36. THE ULIMAROA.

    On July 11 there was launched at Dundee a finely modelled twin-screw passenger steamer, for Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co. Proprietary, Limited. She is intended for the Australian interstate trade, and ...

    Article : 353 words
  37. LATE SPORTING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 681 words
  38. THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVES.

    The following telegram has been despatched by the Chamber of Manufactures to Sir John Forrest and Messrs. Frazer, Mahon, and Fowler, Ms.P.:—"The mining industry of this ...

    Article : 196 words
  39. NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON.—Arr: Aug. 21, Warrimoo, s, from Sydney. Dep: Aug. 21, Waipori, s, for Sydney. ...

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  40. METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS,

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 465 words
  41. J.M.S. NIKKO MARU.

    The J.M.S. Nikko Maru, Captain Swain, from Yokohama July 27, and Hongkong, arrived this morning, and left at 11.30 a.m. for Sydney, via Townsville and Brisbane. Passengers for Sydneyl—Mesdames ...

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  42. MODIFICATIONS PROBABLE.

    The Premier on his return from Melbourne said before the tariff became law there would be considerable modifications in it. There were even protectionists who did not want ...

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  43. REFERENCE NOTES.

    *Correspondence intended for tranmission by this vessel must be specially endorsed with the name of the ship. †Letters, provided they are posted in the Special ...

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  44. BARQUE LORD TEMPLETOWN.

    The barque Lord Templetown, 72 days out from San Francisco, arrived in Port Jackson yesterday. The voyage throughout was marked by calms until reaching the coast, when a strong wind prevailed for a ...

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  45. FIFTY YEARS AT SEA.

    Captain William Martin, who for some years past has had command of the four-masted barque Loch Broom, now loading in the South-west India Dock for Australia (says the London "Shipping Gazette" of ...

    Article : 340 words
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