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  2. DEATH TO TRUSTS.

    Senator Best on Wednesday, in moving the second reading of the amending Anti-Trust Bill, said that we had in the Commonwealth combinas, trusts, vends, monopolies, and ...

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  3. QUIRINDI MURDER.

    At the Circuit Court to-day, Georeg Toffts was charged with mur[?]ing a girl named Maud Fletcher, at Quirindi, on July 29. Mr. R. Windeyer, instructed by Mr. R. J. ...

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  4. BRITISH RIFLE TEAM.

    Lieutenant Dakin, the secretary of the National Rifle Association, when asked to give his version of the affair, said:—"I regret that the matter has received such prominence. ...

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  5. ELECTRICITY IN COAL MINES.

    Judge Murray and the other members of the board appointed to inquire into the question of electricity in gaseous coal mines, heard further evidence at the Court-house ...

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  6. PREFERENCE.

    The "Morning Post," commenting upon the decision of the House of Representatives of Australia to reduce the general tariff on wire-netting to 10 per cent, and ...

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  7. COTTON COMBINE.

    Reuter's correspondent at Atlanta reports that the International Convention of Cotton-growers and Spinners has decided to establish an international ...

    Article : 120 words
  8. STATE-OWNED RAILWAYS.

    The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, at its annual conference yesterday, with two dissentients, recommended State control of railways. ...

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  9. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The Lyne tariff has now been fairly launched on what must inevitably be a most inglorious career, and its unfortunate author is prepared to turn as many somersaults, and ...

    Article : 535 words
  10. SENATOR PULSFORD'S CRITICISM.

    Senator Pulsford, in a letter to the "Times," interprets the word slander used in Mr. B. R. Wise's letter on the subject of preference proposed by the ...

    Article : 118 words
  11. DENOUNCEMENT OF SOCIALISM

    The Duke of Rutland, apropos of the Kirkdale election, urges Unionists actively to fight socialism, that vilest of political creeds." ...

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  12. MARITIME WAR.

    At the plenary sitting of the International Conference at The Hague Sir Edward Satow, the second British representative, considered that the rights of neutrals on ...

    Article : 181 words
  13. THE NEW MAIL CONTRACT

    In the House of Representatives to-day a series of questions was asked relative to the proposed new mail contract, tenders for which closed over a week ago, but, as on all former ...

    Article : 526 words
  14. CORRUPTION IN NEW YORK.

    Messrs. Dolan and Widener, and the trustees of Mr. Elkin's estate, deny that they profited by the sale of the FultonWall-street Ferries Railway franchise for ...

    Article : 79 words
  15. THE RAILWAY TROUBLE.

    Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, M.P. (Labour), declares that if a settlement of the dispute between the railway companies and the railway employees is impossible Sir H. ...

    Article : 116 words
  16. FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION.

    The King having expressed a wish that the City of Paris should participate in the France-British Exhibition, the municipality hastened to send a representative ...

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  17. MELBOURNE POST OFFICE FRAUDS.

    Some months have now elapsed since it was brought to light that by means of bogus telegrams the Postal Department in Victoria had been defrauded of a considerable sum, but ...

    Article : 149 words
  18. LUSITANIA BREAKS RECORD.

    The Lusitania while voyaging to New York steamed 617 miles in 24 hours, which is the world's record. Oct. 11. ...

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  19. LORD MAYOR DECLINES TO SPEAK.

    The Lord Mayor, when soon yesterday with regard to his refusal to accord a civic reception to the members of the British rifle team on their arrival in Sydney, declined to make ...

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  20. MR. KEIR HARDIE'S ADMISSIONS.

    The Lucknow correspondent of the "Standard" states: "Mr. Keir Hardie has admitted to me the existence of a party of dangerous agitators in Calcutta." Mr. ...

    Article : 72 words
  21. THE MAIL CONTRACT.

    Members of Parliament, in their desire to obtain some information about the tenders for the mall contract, have elicited nothing further than that negotiations are going on between ...

    Article : 114 words
  22. MR. BRUCE SMITH SURPRISED.

    Mr. Bruce Smith, president of the British Empire League, in referring to the action of the Lord Mayor of Sydney in refusing a civic reception to the members of the British Rifle ...

    Article : 101 words
  23. THE FRIDJOF WRECKED.

    The steamer Fridjof, commanded by Captain Larsen, has been lost. After accompanying Mr. Wellman's balloon party to Spitzbergen, the steamer was injured ...

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  24. THE ENGLISH ELEVEN.

    The selectors (Messrs. J. Darling, Clement Hill, and D. R. A. Gehrs) have chosen the following to practice for the match against the Englishmen, on November 9 and following ...

    Article : 79 words
  25. POLITICAL SITUATION IN QUEENSLAND.

    It is understood that a number of supporters of the Government in the Assembly are so dissatisfied with certain extreme provisions in the legislation recently introduced that they ...

    Article : 289 words
  26. PROTECTION AGAINST RIOTING.

    In order to prevent disturbances Calcutta, on the anniversary of the partition of Bengal, has been declared a proclaimed area, and meetings are prohibited. ...

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  27. DEFENCE MATERIAL CONTRACTS.

    The Amalgamated Society of Engineers has asked the Minister for Defence that the department should afford facilities as far as possible to Australian firms in connection with ...

    Article : 94 words
  28. TERRITORIAL ARMY COMMANDS.

    The King has sanctioned the working scheme of the commands of the Territorial Army. ...

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  29. PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION PROSECUTION.

    At Guyra Police Court yesterday, Eli Abel Hooker, secretary to the Guyra Political Labour League, was committed for trial at Armidale Quarter Session on December 2, on ...

    Article : 205 words
  30. SCARCITY OF SAILORS.

    The great scarcity of sailors in Newcastle is again responsible for the congestion of shipping in port. The number of vessels in port at present in not as large as when a ...

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  31. SETTLEMENT OF THE GROUND DISPUTE.

    The representatives of the Victorian Cricket Association and the Melbourne Cricket Club met the trustees of the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day with a view to arriving; at a ...

    Article : 98 words
  32. BRITISH AIRSHIP WRECKED.

    A sudden gale wrecked the British airship Nulli Secundus at the Crystal Palace. ...

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  33. HOW GERMANY GOVERNS.

    German regulations prohibit natives [?] South-west Africa acquiring land or keeping horses or big cattle without the consent of the Governor. Moreover all natives ...

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  34. FAIRFIELD PUBLIC TELEPHONE.

    A public telephone is to be established at Fairfield railway station. ...

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  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Shaw, Saviir, and Albion Company's Kiaora was launched at Belfast yesterday. MINERS' PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATIVES. ...

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  36. SCENE IN PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly last night the unusual and exciting scene of a member being named by the Speaker and suspended from the sitting was witnessed. Mr. Taylor, ...

    Article : 363 words
  37. BRICK COMBINE.

    The announcement that the Federal Government, proposed to presecute the Sydney brick combine, or take action against it under the Australian Industries Preservation Act, was ...

    Article : 1,138 words
  38. EXCISE EXEMPTIONS.

    A new bill was introduced in the Senatae to-day relating to excise. It has been brought forward on the recommendation of Mr. Justice Higgins, President of the Arbitration ...

    Article : 354 words
  39. RELATIONS WITH GERMANY.

    The "Westminster Gazette" declares that the bitter leader of the "Times" against Prince Bulow, the German Imperial Chancellor, is mischievous, and does not ...

    Article : 49 words
  40. THE VICTORIAN IMMIGRATION SCHEME.

    Mr. H. M. Sutherland, of Lara, who was deputed by the Victorian Government when visiting England and Scotland to represent them, and use his best endeavours in ...

    Article : 131 words
  41. CHARGE OF CORRUPTION.

    At the City Police Court this morning David Hunter White, formerly Superintendent of Government Batteries, was charged that he had received as such office, from the firm of ...

    Article : 164 words
  42. DISESTABLISHMENT IN WALES.

    Mr. Lloyd George, President of the Board of Trade, addressing a Nonconformist convention at Cardia, said that if the Government went to the country on ...

    Article : 63 words
  43. GIRLS' SENSATIONAL EXPERIENCE.

    While two young women named Riley were driving in a cart at White Cliffs the cart upset at the mouth of an abandonod shaft, and threw both to the bottom of the shaft, a ...

    Article : 82 words
  44. WORLD'S CHAMPION SWIMMER.

    An intimation has been received by the secretary of the Victorian Amateur Swimming Association that C. M. Daniels, the sprint champion of the world, who has been invited ...

    Article : 212 words
  45. BROKEN HILL PROPRIETARY.

    The directors of the Broken Hill Proprietary Compnny yesterday declared another quarterly distribution at the rate of 3s per share, in the form of a dividend of 1s 6d per share, ...

    Article : 123 words
  46. UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE.

    Ninety thousand workers walked in orderly procession through the streets of Budapest, Hungary, as a demonstration in favour of universal suffrage. Work ...

    Article : 39 words
  47. CATCHING THE TRADE.

    A Collingwood hotelkeeper whose house adjoins the Sports Ground last Saturday provided for the rush of half-time customers from the football match by serving drinks in a shop ...

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  48. THE LATE P. C. CLOSE'S WILL.

    Probate has been granted to the will of the late Peter Collinson Close, of Roslyn, near Goulburn, grazler, formerly of No. 2 O'Conne[?]l-street, stock and station agent. He died at ...

    Article : 144 words
  49. THE CANADIAN LACROSSE TEAM.

    The recent Canadian lacrosse tour after all liabilities were met resulted in a loss of a little over £8, which is divided among all the associations in Australia. The largest gate ...

    Article : 73 words
  50. BALKAN POWERS ARMING.

    Creusot will next year deliver to Servia material and ammunition of 47 field batteries and nine mountain batteries. Crensot will supply Greece with all the ...

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  51. CYCLIST'S UNIQUE EXPERIENCE.

    Whilst cycling from Richmond to Windsor last night Mr. Clarrie Hayes was charged by a bull, and upset. He escaped with some severe bruises and abrasions. ...

    Article : 40 words
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