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  2. THE SYDNEY RAILWAY STATION. CONDITION OF THE TRAFFIC.

    Yesterday saw another marked improvement in the working of the traffic at the new Central Railway Station. Nearly every train ran to time, and those that were behind were ...

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  3. TRAMWAY GRIEVANCES. STATEMENT BY THE PREMIER.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon the Premier, Mr. Carruthers, made reference to statements which had appeared in the press to the effect that the Government ...

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  4. SIR JOSEPH WARD.

    Sir Jeseph G. Ward has to be welcomed into the front rank of colonial statesmen. Yesterday's his Majesty's representative sent for our Postmaster-General and entrusted him ...

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  5. FLOODS IN TEXAS.

    Heavy rains have caused the Colorado River to overflow, devastating Southern Texas. Several towns are isolated. Relief trains have been cut off, and ...

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  6. LABOUR GREETINGS. MR. RAMSAY MACDONALDS VISIT.

    Mr. J. Ramsay Macdonald, M.P..(Labour), who is about to visit Australia, interviewed on the eve of his departure, said that his visit to the colonies would be in ...

    Article : 172 words
  7. THE CZAR'S WISHES. A PLIANT DUMA.

    M. Stolypin, Prime Minister of Russin, in a circular bids the authorities at the next elections to explain to the electors the Czar's wishes regarding the character ...

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  8. PERSONAL.

    His Ex-cellency the Governor of Victoria, Sir Reginald Talbot, will leave Melbourne on Friday for a three weeks' visit to Queensland. ...

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  9. THE CRICKET DISPUTE. THREE YEARS' SUSPENSION FROM OFFICE DISAPPROVED.

    As was anticipated in yesterday's issue public opinion is almost unanimously against the decision of the New South Wales Cricket Association in disqualifying the ...

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  10. MR. CHURCHILL CASTIGATED.

    Mr. J. Keir Hardie, leader of the Socialist wing of the Labour party, in the House of Commons, spoke at Dowlais last night, and replied to Mr. Churchill's remarks at ...

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  11. STRIKES COLLAPSE.

    The strike at Moscow has collapsed. Strike committees of Russia have decided that a general strike is inopportune. The strike at St. Petersburg is being ...

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  12. IMMENSE THEFT OF DOCUMENTS.

    A party of unknown men obtained admission to the hall where the court-martial of the mutineers was held in Sebastopol, and stole 18 volumes of documents. ...

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  13. LETTER TO MR. WATSON.

    Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, of the British Labour party, in a letter to Mr. Watson, M.P., states that he will leave London on August 9 for Canada, arrive at Brisbane on October ...

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  14. CRUISER SUBMARINE.

    The Emeraude, a submersible of 422 tons, has been launched at Cherbourg, for the French navy. She is a new type, called a submarine cruiser. Submerged ...

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  15. COILIERY FATALITIES.

    A cage fell down the shaft of a coalpit at Marchiennc, near Charlerol, Belgium, and killed nine miners. ...

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  16. VICTORIA. A PECULIAR SUIT.

    Mr. Justice Cussen heard a peculiar suit to-day on nu[?]y of marriage. John Roberts Elsworth, of Ballarat, sued tor a declaration of nullity of his marriage with Sarah ...

    Article : 123 words
  17. THE TRAMWAY SECTIONS.

    Dissatisfaction has been expressed by the residents of Surry Hills in and around Devonshire and Elizabeth streets, through which the Botany and Zetland trams pass, at the ...

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  18. INDIAN GOVERNOR RESIGNS.

    Mr. J. B. Fuller, Governor of Assam and Eastern Bengal, has resigned, as he is unable to meet the wishes of the Indian Government to withdraw his application to ...

    Article : 111 words
  19. FRANCE AND TURKEY.

    A serious dispute has arisen between France and Turkey relative to the Saharan oasis of Djanet, which was transferred to France under the Angle-French ...

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  20. A COMMONWEALTH APPEAL.

    The Pull Court to-day heard an appeal by the Federal Goverument against a decision of the Acting Chief Justicer Mr. Justice a'Beckett, in the case of Massey-Harris and ...

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  21. INDUSTRIAL DISEASES.

    Mr. Herbert Gladstone, Home Secretary, has appointed a departmental committee, with Mr. Herbert Samuel, Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the ...

    Article : 66 words
  22. THE SPIRIT TRADE AND DUTIES.

    The committee appointed at a meeting of the spirit trade on Monday has drawn up a statement of reasons against the Government proposal of a duty of 15s per gallon on ...

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  23. LOSS OF THE SIRIO.

    Survivors of the emigrant steamer Sirio, which was lost on Hormigas snoals, Carta[?], state that directly the vesse[?] struck the captain dropped into a boat, saying ...

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  24. MR. BENT AND THE BANKS.

    Mr. Bent had an interview to-day with representatives of the banks on the subject of introducing legislation to declare the law with regard to the alteration of cheques, and ...

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  25. ACCIDENT TO THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT.

    The motor car of the Duke of Connaught, when travelling in Radnorshire, Wales, yesterday came into collision with another motor car. Both cars were ...

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  26. FRENCH ARTILLERY.

    The Paris "Figaro" urges the necessity for an increase in the French artillery, owing to the disparity in the number of guns possessed by France as compared with ...

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  27. A TRAGIC VOYAGE.

    According to advices received in Sydney yesterday, the last homeward voyage of the Norwegian barque Fortuna—an old Australian trader, until quite recently known as the ...

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  28. FIRE IN A FLOCK FACTORY.

    A fire broke out this afternoon in Messrs. Robinson and Marshall's flock factory at South Melbourne, but it was extinguished by the chemical engine after four tons of flock had ...

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  29. DUEL IN FRANCE.

    General Negrier and General Andre, of the French armay, fought a duel yesterday, in Paris, owing to certain statements in the latter's memoirs, published in the ...

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  30. NAVAL SALVAGE CORPS.

    Commenting upon the loss of the battleship Montagu, efforts for whose recovery from the reef at Lundy Island, in the Bristol Channel, have been abandoned, ...

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  31. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. COMMERCE ACT REGULATIONS.

    The Advisory Board of Agriculture had the regulations of the new Commerce Act under discussion to-day. They were genorally condemned, and some of them characterised as ...

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  32. BAIL FOR POOR PRISONERS.

    Mr. Herbert Gladstone, Home Secretary, urges justices of the peace to use more freely their discretion for granting bail to poorer prisoners, especially bail ...

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  33. MOTOR 'BUS FATALITY.

    The inquest on the ten victims of the Handeross Hill accident, near Brighton, caused by the break away of the motor bus, has concluded. The jury found ...

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  34. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir.—Every admirer of cricket and every lover of fair play-will approve and thank you for your leader of this date. The action of the New South Wales Cricket ...

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  35. INCREASED SPIRIT DUTIES.

    At a largely attended meeting of the liquor trades held to-night it was decided to wait upon Sir William Lyne on his arrival in Adelaide next Saturday, to protest against the ...

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  36. REFLOATING THE MIKASA.

    The Japanese battleship Mikasa, 15,200 tons, sunk by an explosion of her magazine, at Saseho on September 10 last year, has been refloated. ...

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  37. AUSTRALIA'S COALFIELDS.

    Professor, David, of Sydney University, read a paper before the British Association for the Advancement of Science yesterday on "Australla's Rich Coalfields." ...

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  38. GERMAN WARSHIPS.

    Some of the newspapers publish descriptions of the new types of German battleships und cruisers. The battleships are 1O0O tons bigger ...

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  39. TASMANIA. INTERSTATE MAILS.

    The Hobart Chamber of Commerce discussed yesterday a proposal to make Burnie a distributing centre for interstate malis on three days per week, for which alternative ...

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  40. FURTHER STATEMENT BY THE PREMIER.

    When spoken to last night, the Premier said Mr. Nesbitt's assertion that there was a threat of other steps to be taken if he did not withdraw from the board was, so far as ...

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  41. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A great heat weve is being experienced in New York. Eight persons have died thore from heat apoplexy. Thousands of people are sleeping in the parks and on the ...

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  42. GERMAN EMPEROR ON ANTI-MILITARISM.

    The German Emperor, in the course of a conversation with French yachtsmen in the North Sea, said that anti-militarism was an international plague. ...

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  43. QUEENSLAND FARMERS' CONFERENCE.

    The Queensland Farmers' Union opened its conference in Brisbane to-day. The chairman, the Hon. Angus Gibson, M.L.C., said it was quite time something was done by the ...

    Article : 118 words
  44. RAILWAY SERVICE APPEALS.

    Mr. Griffith asked the Premier, in the Legislative Assembly last night, if railway omploy[?]s would be permitted to give evidence on the question of the appeals board, to be ...

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  45. RECIPROCITY WITH SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Chamber of Commerce at its meeting yesterday concurred in the Adelaid Chamber's proposal to bring under the notice of the Commonwealth Parliament the ...

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  46. A MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.

    John Hocking, a miner, employed at the Occidental gold mine, had a miraculous escape from being blown to pieces. He wa[?] engaged in charging a hole prior to firing, ...

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  47. ATTITUDE OF THE UNION.

    The appointment of the members of the Board of Inquiry has been the chief subject of discussion among tramway employees. By many the personnel of the board is considered ...

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  48. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Mr. George Marsden Waterhouse, who had held the office of Premler of New Zealand and Premier of South Australia, aged 82 years. ...

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  49. THE FIRE ON THE WAKATIPU.

    An inquiry was held before the Colloctor of Customs at Launceston to-day concerning the fire which occurred on the steamer Wakatipu during the voyage from Sydney on July 19. ...

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