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  2. PROBLEMS OF HIGH FINANCE.

    Federation without a uniform tariff and interstate freetrade would have been no federation at all. So the States had no option but hand over the collection of Customs and ...

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  3. NEW GUINEA.

    The Prime Minister announced in the House of Representatives to-day that the Papua Act which brings British New Guinea under control of the Commonwealth—informally it has ...

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  4. SEARCH FOR A CAPITAL.

    The Federal Parliamentary party have returned to Melbourne delighted with their experiences in New South Wales. Some of the representatives were hopeful that they might ...

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  5. POLITICAL SENSATION.

    Early this evening the Legislative Assembly applied itself to the further consideration of the Improved Small Holdings Bill in committee. Some time was spent in the discussion ...

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  6. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The House of Representatives did not meet until half-past 3 o'clock to-day, so as to allow the party which visited the suggested capital sites an extra hour in which to prepare for ...

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  7. DEFYING THE LAW.

    The Supreme Court of New York decided that the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company was illegally charging two fares from Brooklyn Bridge to Coney Island, ...

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  8. IN PARLIAMENT.

    Private members' night in the Legislative Assembly is rarely regarded seriously, at any rate in the early part of the session. Until some important measure is placed on the ...

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  9. GERMANY'S LIEN.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Times" telegraphs extracts from the "Deutsche Revue" criticising the proposals of Lord Cromer for judicial and other reforms in ...

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  10. RUSSIAN NEWS SUSPENDED.

    Only one press telegram was received from Russia yesterday. That telegram chronicles the arrest of fifty excursionists at Warsaw. ...

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  11. POLICY OF THE NEW PREMIER.

    The Paris "Temps" sarcastically summarises the measures of M. Stolypin, the new Premier, thus:—"Suppression of all Liberal newspapers; imprisonment of 268 ...

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  12. MURDERS IN POLAND.

    Within a fortnight 53 persons were murdered and 41 wounded at Warsaw, and two Germans, who owned factories at Lodz, were murdered. ...

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  13. THE SULTAN'S ILLNESS.

    Professor Bergmann is attending the Sultan of Turkey, who is suffering from Bright's disease of the kidneys of long standing. ...

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  14. THE KING AND THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

    Germany is manifesting great interest in the impending meeting between King Edward and the German Emperor at Cronberg on Wednesday, especially as because ...

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  15. FLEET RESERVE MOBILISED.

    Orders have been received at Devonport for the immedate mobilisation of the Fleet reserve. The action is interpreted to be either a test of preparedness or the ...

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  16. DEATH FOR ANARCHISTS.

    Mr. C. J. Bonaparte, United States Minister for Marine, at Cumberland, Maryland, delivered a speech which is interpreted as forecasting legislation dealing ...

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  17. RACIAL WAR IN THE BALKANS.

    Fighting between Greeks and Bulgarians is reported at Anchialos, at the mouth of the Gulf of Burgas. Thirty people were killed. Part of the town was burned, and ...

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  18. A DISABLED STEAMER.

    The well-known steam collier Sophia Ann, which trades regularly between Sydney and Newcastle, became disabled off Sydney Heads yesterday afternoon, and was for some time in ...

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  19. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A deputation, representing the poultry industry, waited on the Minister for Agriculture to-day requesting that the Government should become responsible for £100 worth of freight ...

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  20. GREEKS ATTACK TURKISH VILLAGE.

    A Greek band attacked the village of Patotchin, near Vodena, Turkey, and killed 10 persons. The band also burnt 10 houses. ...

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  21. VICTORIA.

    Mr. D. Brown, president, Mr. A. W. M'Pherson, vice-president, and Mr. H. J. D'Helin, secretary of the Victorian Farmers' League, will represent this State at the interstate ...

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  22. SOUTH AFRICAN EXHIBITION.

    The South African colonies' combined exhibition of products will open in London in February next, and will be transferred in March to provincial centres. It is ...

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  23. DIAMENTIFEROUS ISLAND.

    Further particulars are published regarding the search for diamonds on an unnamed island off the coast of Africa by a syndicate directed by Mr. William Griffith, lately ...

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  24. FEMALE LABOUR ON SUNDAYS.

    With reference to the complaint regarding female telephone attendants working on Sundays, inquiries in Adelaide show that women here have been working on Sundays for over ...

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  25. CENSUS CALCULATIONS.

    Some observations in regard to the population of Victoria, and its bearing upon representation in Parliament, have been made recently in the Melbourne press, with a view ...

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  26. JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA.

    The steamer Empire arrived yesterday from the East. Amongst the passengers is Mr. C. J. Jeffries, an alderman of the Melbourne City Council. ...

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  27. NEW ZEALAND.

    Francis Henry Bruges, solicitor, and James Goodman, his clerk, were found guilty at Christchurch Supreme Court of stealing sums of £260 and £200 from Henry Tuck. ...

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  28. STARVING UNEMPLOYED.

    Two hundred unemployed who were starving at Finchley, Middlesex, were selected to commence work on the construction of a reservoir at Hampstead, London, ...

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  29. THE ADELAIDE TRAGEDY.

    Notella Hobiboola, who was escorted to the deck by four or five constables, was charged at the police court to-day with having, on August 12, feloniously and wilfully murdered ...

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  30. SIR A. D. FANSHAWE.

    Admiral Sir Arthur Dalrymple Fanshawe, formerly Commander-in-Chief on the Australian station, has been appointed President of the Royal Naval College at ...

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  31. FIRES ON WOOL SHIPS.

    The commission appointed to investigate the causes of recent fires on wool ships was opened to-day. The evidence so far is mainly theoretical. ...

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  32. A BLASTING ACCIDENT.

    A terrible blasting accident occurred on the North Island trunk railway works, near Turangarere. H. Gregory was killed outright; Cahill and Main were severely injured. ...

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  33. VICEROY AND AMEER.

    The Ameer of Afghanistan, Habib Ullah, will shortly meet the Earl of Minto, Governor-General of India, at Agra, North-West Provinces. ...

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  34. KANAKA REPATRIATION.

    The date for the return of tenders for the transportation of Pacific Island labourers has been extended to August 27. ...

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  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Marquis Townshend has written a letter to the newspapers, which shows that he still believes in Mr. Sutherst. The Marquis, who states that he was fully aware ...

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  36. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Legislative Council to-day a message was received from the Assembly asking concurrence in the resolution to appoint a wages board in the millinery trade. The resolution ...

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  37. DEFENCE COMMITTEE'S REPORT.

    The Prime Minister has promised to lay portions of the report of the Imperial Defence Committee on the table of the House of Representatives to-morrow, having received ...

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  38. THE NORTHERN COAL TRADE.

    Circumstances which have arisen in connection with the northern coal trade, by reason of the demand which the Miners' Federation has made for an advance of 8d per ton ...

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  39. ALGERIA AND MOROCCO.

    The Governor-General of Algeria has forbidden all trade between Algeria and Morocco because the Sheiks of Ujda are obstructing the operations of the French ...

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  40. THE DUTY ON HARVESTERS.

    In the Full Court to-day, preliminary proceedings were begun in the case of Clutterbuck Brothers versus Ringwood, late State Collector of Customs, and Dr. Wollaston, ...

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  41. PITCAIRN ISLAND'S MISSING BOAT.

    After the barque Pitcairn Island was burned, off Cape Horn, last May, the captain's beat reached Port Maulin, Chill. A message from London a week later stated that the rema[?]der ...

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  42. SHE GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S TOUR.

    The Governor-General, who was accompanied by Mr. T. T. Ewing, Vice-President of the Executive Council, and Mr. H. W. Lee, M.P., visited Casino to-day. His Excellency ...

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  43. ACCIDENT TO THE MOMBASSA.

    The steamer Mombassa, from Barrow-in-Furness, bound for Rockhampton with rails for the Queensland Government, is at Durban. She met with an accident to ...

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  44. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day, the Minister for Railways moved the second reading of the Etheridge Railway Bill. He explained there were some things in the bill not ...

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  45. POST AND TELEGRAPH ASSOCIATIONS.

    The fifth annual conference of delegates from the Post and Telegraph Associations of the various States was opened to-day. Mr. L. V. Miller (president of the Commonwealth ...

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  46. WESTERN-AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Rason, ex-Premier, who is leaving next week for England to take up the position of Agent-General, was entertained at a banquet in Midland Junction last night. Replying to ...

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  47. DEATH OF "JOHN OLIVER HOBBES."

    The death is announced of Mrs. Craigie, whose pen name was John Oliver Hobbes, aged 38 years. Death occurred suddenly. Mrs. Craigie (nee Richards), novelist and ...

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  48. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the Legislative Council to-day the Franchise Bill was read the first time. The Chief Secretary will move the second reading tomorrow. In the Legislative Assembly to-day ...

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  49. WELCOME TO GRAFTON.

    The Governor-General arrived by train tonight from Casine, and was met at the railway station by the Mayor and leading citizens and escorted to the Town Hall, where ...

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