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  2. RETURN OF MR. WILLIS.

    Mr. Willis was interviewed to day after landing from the Euryalus. He said: "I hope those persons who had so much to say about my absence from the colony will not forget ...

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  3. THE CHINESE CUSTOMS.

    Sir Robert Hart, Inspector-General of Maritime Customs in China, intimates that he is about to resign. The announcement of the retirement of Sir ...

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  4. MAIL CONTRACT. STRENGTH OF THE SYNDICATE.

    The "Shipping Gazette" in publishing the names of the syndicate which, represented by Sir James Laing and Sons, has, entered into a contract with the ...

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  5. CANCER MYSTERY.

    Dr. Bashford, superintendent of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, states that extensive, experiments made on mice encourage the hope that research will ...

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  6. RUSSIA QUIETENING. REASONS FOR DISSOLUTION.

    Workers in Russia appear to be adverse to an immediate general strike. The Government is circulating a statement alleging that the Duma from the ...

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  7. THE COMMONWEALTH. IN FEDERAL SESSION.

    In the House of Representatives to-day, Dr. Culpin submitted a scheme for the issue of Treasury notos as a means, he explained, of enabling the Commonwealth to make some ...

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  8. PERSONAL.

    Miss Rawson, attended by Captain Leslie Wilson, A.D.C., presided yesterday afternoon at a drawing-room meeting of the Mission Zone at the Chapter House. ...

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  9. FEDERAL CAPITAL SITES.

    Up to the present about 15 members of the Federal Parliament have decided to accept the invitation of the New South Wales Government to visit Mahkoolma, a proposed ...

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  10. REGAINING CONFIDENCE.

    There has been a marked and rapid rise in St. Petersburg and Moscow in all Russian securities. ...

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  11. IN PARLIAMENT.

    Proceedings in the Assembly were quiet almost to dreariness last night, and during the motion for adjournment a quorum was kept only with difficulty. The receipt from ...

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  12. PEACE IN ODESSA.

    Odessa, where a massacre of Jews was threatened, is quieter, though lO,OOO Jews are encamped in the courtyard of the Jewish Hospital, being afraid to return to their ...

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  13. FEDEEAL PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE.

    In the House of Representatives to-day the, debate was resumed on the amended motion approving of the English mail contract. Mr. WILKS (N.S.W.) said he was opposed ...

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  14. PACIFIC RENOVATION.

    Count Heydon, leader of the Conservative party in the late Duma, Prince Lvoff, and a few other Conservative reformers, otherwise termed Octobrists, are forming ...

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  15. BRITISH SYMPATHY.

    A British address of sympathy and friendship with the Russian people and Duma has been signed by a large number of people, chiefly by influential Liberals and ...

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  16. GREAT FIRE AT LEEDS.

    A great fire occurred yesterday in Weilington-street, Leeds. Damage to the amount of £100,000 was done. ...

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  17. AUSTRALIAN, PRODUCE.

    In,accordance with the wish of the Premiers' Conference, the Agents-General have arranged for the holding of a united Australian Exhibition of products in ...

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  18. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Twenty unemployed at Bradford have seized a plot of vacant land belonging to the Midland Railway Company. The West Ham Council has decided to ...

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  19. ACTIVE CENSORSHIP IN TURKEY.

    The Turkish censorship has prohibited the publication in Turkish newspapers of any reference to the Duma. ...

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  20. THE NEW PARLIAMENTS.

    It is reported at Johannesburg it is probable that the Prince of Wales will open the Parliaments of the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony when responsible ...

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  21. EDUCATING THE CHILDREN.

    On the suggestion of the Agents-General the London educational authorities have arranged a series of lantern bioscope lectures on Australia in the higher grade ...

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  22. TRANSVAAL REPRESENTATION.

    Sir Percy Fitzpatrick, Mr. Abe Bailey, and Sir William van Hulstoyn, representatives of the Progressive party in the Transvaal new in London,' have published a ...

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  23. INTENSE COLD.

    Extraordinarily low temperatures still continue throughout the State and just before sunrise yesterday minimum readings of under 32 degrees were recorded at 77 stations, while ...

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  24. INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONGRESS.

    The International Parliamentary Congress now sitting in London has resolved to urge that the limitation of armaments be included in the programme of the next ...

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  25. CAPTAIN CRESWEIL'S RETURN.

    In the House of Representatives recently inquiries were made as to the reason of the return from England of Captain Croswell, Director of Naval Forces of the ...

    Article : 264 words
  26. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEALS.

    The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has allowed the appeal of the plantiff in the case of Spencer v the Registrar of Titles of Western Australia. ...

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  27. ATTACK BY FILIPINOS.

    Five hundred Filipinos attacked 75 American coloured troops at Bannen, and were repulsed with a loss of 50 killed and 100 wounded. The Americans escaped scath ...

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  28. QUEEN OF THE NETHEELANDS.

    Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands has been prematurely confined. Great disappointment has been manifested by the nation. ...

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  29. ACCIDENT TO MR. AND MRS. LONGWORTH.

    While Mr. and Mrs. Longworth, son-inlaw and daughter of President Roosevelt, were motoring near Bayreuth, Bavaria, the steering gear of the automobile collapsed, ...

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  30. MR. REID AT TOOWOOMBA.

    Mr. Reid and his party arrived in Toowoomba this morning Toowoomba is one of the most picturesque and charmingly situated towns in the Commonwealth. It lies about ...

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  31. MR. JOHN MATHIESON ILL.

    Mr. John Mathieson, formerly Commissioner of Railways in Victoria and Queensland, who lately resigned the managership of the Midland Railways Company, is ...

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  32. TARIFF COMMISSION REP0RTS.

    In the Senate to-day, Senator Clomons (T.) asked: "Will the Government this session submit to Parliament for its consideration all the reports of the Tariff Commission ...

    Article : 132 words
  33. THE MARQUIS TOWNSHEND.

    The inquiry relative to the sanity of the Marquis Townshend has commenced Allegations of an extrordinary character have been made. ...

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  34. TAXATION OF EASTERN EXTENSION COMPANY.

    In the case of the Commisisoner of Taxes of New Zealand v the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, the appeal of the plaintiff has been dismissed with ...

    Article : 127 words
  35. A QUESTION OF COMMISSION.

    In the course of a speech in the House of Representatives to-day Mr.Wilks said that statements had been made outside Parliament that Mr. Croker had received a large ...

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  36. DEPORTATION OF KANAKAS.

    The Federal Government is in communication with the Government of Queensland [?]specting the appointment of certain State officials as officers under section 8 of the ...

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  37. ADVANTAGES TO NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. Hall Jones, the Premier, states that the Cabinet has not considered the question of subsidising the new Australian mail boats. The Cabinet had not even been approached on ...

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  38. A DETERMINED PRISONER.

    An inquiry has been made at Ballarat into an attempt by James Roberts, an inmate of the gaol hospital, who was suffering from a broken leg, to escape. The limb was in splints. ...

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  39. BY-ELECTION.

    The election of a representative in the House of Commons for the Bodmin Division of Cornwall, rendered vacant by the unseating of the Hon. T. C. R. ...

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  40. THAT UNOFFICIAL REPORT.

    Reference was made in the Senate to-day to a report of irregularities in Tasmanian post offices which appeared in the press recently, and of which no official report had ...

    Article : 68 words
  41. SPEED OF MOTOR CARS.

    The Royal Commission appointed to consider questions of the speed of motor ears recommends the abolition of the present general speed limit of 20 miles an hour for ...

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  42. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Wellington municipal electric tramways show a profit for the year of about £1300 after providing for depreciation, payment of interest, and sinking fuud. ...

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  43. STUCK-UP CREEK TRAGEDY.

    The trial of William Henry Nolan and Sidney Maxwell Turner for murder at Stuck-u[?] Cr[?]k resulted in the acquittal of the prisoners. Sam Lee was also acquitted on a charge ...

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  44. NEW FIRE INSURANCE BILL.

    In obtaining leave to introduce a bill relating to fire insurance in the House of Representatives this afternoon, Mr. Fraser explained that the bill is to provide safeguards ...

    Article : 135 words
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