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  2. THE DROUGHT.

    In accordance with the agreement entered into at the Parliamentary conference held on Tuesday night in the Premier's room, with the object of discussing what measures should be taken to afford relief to the ...

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  3. SECOND EDITION

    At the weekly auctions of Australasian tallow to-day 1164 casks were offered and 269 casks were sold. Prices were unchanged as follows:—Fine mutton 36s 6d, medium mutton 32s 6d; fine beef, ...

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  4. SOUTH AFRICA.

    It is reported that before leaving General Christian de Wet met his brother, Commandant Piet de Wet, and called him a traitor. The brothers fought. In the encounter ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain left London to-day on their trip to South Africa. They had a magnificent send-off at Victoria station. They travelled in the Royal special, without ...

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  6. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    Sir Edmund Barton left last evening for Melbourne by express train. To-morrow evening he will address a meeting of the citizens in the Melbourne Town Hall. It is his intention to follow on the lines ...

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  7. NOTES IN THE STATE PARLIAMENT.

    A very important bill was introduced in the Legislative Council yesterday by the Attorney-General. It was a bill to amend the law relating to the liability of employers for accidents occurring to workmen in ...

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  8. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 1s 9?d per ounce standard, a fall of 5-16d since yesterday. ...

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  9. CANADIAN CABLE RATES.

    The Pacific Cable Board informed the postal authorities to-day that the rate for messages despatched over the Government cable to Canada would be 2s 4d a word applied to messages addressed to ...

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  10. IN THE HAY DISTRICT.

    Happening to arrive in the city on Monday, and learning that the Premier, Treasurer, and Minister for Works had arranged to confer on Tuesday with a view of deciding what remedial measures ...

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  11. SETTLEMENT ON THE LAND.

    The new scheme introduced by Lord Milner for settling on the land the National Scouts and the by woners is working admirably. General Cronje and his brother and other ...

    Article : 228 words
  12. CARDINAL MORAN'S HOMECOMING.

    Cardinal Moran is a passenger by the R.M.S. Orontes, which arrived at Fremantle this afternoon. The Cardinal, who was accompamed by Dr. O'Haran, was interviewed at a late hour. ...

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  13. COMPULSORY ENLISTMENT.

    Sir John Forrest states that he was misunderstood when he was taken to say that he would not include the compulsory enlistment clauses in his new Defence Bill. He said to-day: "It is not my intention to ...

    Article : 99 words
  14. VISIT TO GRAAF REINET.

    Mr. Chamberlain in his tour through South Africa will visit Graaf Reinet, in the midlands of Cape Colony, a hotbed of the Afrikander Bond. ...

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  15. DEFENCE RETRENCHMENT.

    The Minister for Defence has almost completed, his defence retrenchment scheme, and he states that he hopes to be able to save the additional £32,000 per annum required by Parliament, without trenching ...

    Article : 41 words
  16. THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

    In response to inquiries by Great Britain and Germany, the United States Government has repeated the declaration made by President Roosevelt that the Monroe doctrine does not ...

    Article : 117 words
  17. NAVIGATION LAWS.

    Labour members express surprise that the Federal Premier did not announce during his Maitland speech his intention to introduce a navigation bill. Other Ministers hasten to state that this matter was ...

    Article : 102 words
  18. DEATH OF MR. JUSTICE MOORHEAD.

    Mr. Justice Moorhead died at 12.25 this morning. ...

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  19. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    When our first edition went to press the Legislative Assembly was in committee discussing the Fisheries Bill. A now clause, providing for the establishment of a ...

    Article : 289 words
  20. VACANCIES IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE.

    The new regulations to be issued under the Public Service Act practically place the power to fill vacancies in the hands of the heads of departments. When a vacancy occurs it is to be advertised in the ...

    Article : 142 words
  21. THE CLERGY AND THE NATIONAL SCOUTS.

    It is considered in Johannesburg that Mr. Chamberlain does not appreciate the extent to which the clergy is fomenting hatred against the National (Burgher) Scouts. ...

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  22. IRELAND.

    Mr. Tim Healy, member for North Louth, in emphasising the protests of Cardinal Logue and Archbishop Walsh against the absence of the Irish Nationalists from the House of ...

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  23. STATEMENT BY SIR EDMUND BARTON.

    Sir Edmund Barton, in the course of an interview yesterday with a representative of the "Sydney Morning Herald," expressed regret at learning that a section of the press charged him with being callous ...

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  24. VICE-ADMIRAL FANSHAWE.

    The members of the Colonial Club entertained Vice-Admiral A. D. Fanshawe, the new Commander-in-Chief on the Australian station, at a banquet last night. ...

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  25. CIRCULARS BY POST.

    The British Postal Department now permits firms vishing to distribute circulars broadcast in any centre to send them by post in unaddressed envelopes. The letter-carriers then deliver one of the circulars at ...

    Article : 66 words
  26. THE CLEAVAGE INCREASING.

    The cleavage between the leaders of the United Irish League and the Roman Catholic hierarchy is increasing. Cardinal Logue has revealed that the ...

    Article : 81 words
  27. ARMY REMOUNTS.

    English experts have reported very adversely upon Australian horses as army remounts. The Minister for Defence has not received these reports, but he intends to do so in order that Australian horses may ...

    Article : 79 words
  28. REFERENCES IN PARLIAMENT.

    Several questions were asked in the Legislative Assembly yesterday with regard to the drought. Mr. Moore asked if it was a fact that one of the means adopted by the Lands Department to afford ...

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  29. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Lord Salisbury is returning from Europe to London in order to assist in the passage of the Education Bill through the House of Lords. ...

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  30. COLLECTION OF THE ELECTORAL ROLLS.

    In response to a request by the Federal Government the Premier is writing to Sir Edmund Barton stating that the police will collect the names for the federal rolls in Queensland. No charge will be made ...

    Article : 84 words
  31. CANADA.

    Sir F. W. Borden, the Canadian Minister for Defence, has become a member of the Navy League at Ottawa. He states that the Canadian Government will consider the ...

    Article : 56 words
  32. THE GERMAN TARIFF.

    Count von Bulow, the German Imperial Chancellor, has arranged a compromise with the majority of the Reichstag relative to the minimum duties in the new Tariff Bill. He ...

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  33. MR. WASON RE-ELECTED.

    Mr. J. C. Wason, formerly a Liberal Unionist, who resigned from the representation of the Orkney-Shetland seat and announced himself as an independent Liberal, has been ...

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  34. MR. D. WATKINS, M.P., AT NEWCASTLE.

    Mr. D. Watkins, M.P. for Newcastle, addressed a meeting of the electors from the balcony of the Criterion Hotel to-night on federal politics. There was a moderate attendance. The Mayor (Alderman ...

    Article : 499 words
  35. THE RIOTS IN CUBA.

    In the strike riots at Havana 82 persons were injured. Senor Tamayo, the Cuban Secretary for the Interior, sympathising with the strikers, has ...

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  36. THE FRENCH AND THE GERMAN ARMIES.

    In the French Senate yesterday General Andre, the Minister for War, admitted that since the treaty of Frankfurt the deaths by disease in the French army had been 99,000, ...

    Article : 93 words
  37. THE EVACUATION OF SHANGHAI.

    In the House of Commons last night Viscount Cranborne, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that the Powers had agreed to simultaneously ...

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  38. THE PERSIAN GULF.

    The Vienna correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" reports that Turkey has refused Great Britain permission to establish a coaling station at Basra, at the ...

    Article : 43 words
  39. THE EX-QUEEN OF HAWAII.

    Ex-Queen Liliuokalani, of Hawaii, is proceeding against the United States Government to recover 3,000,000dol. (£600,000), the value of Crown lands in Hawaii annexed by ...

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  40. ARGENTINE AND CHILI.

    King Edward has given his award in the boundary dispute between the Argentine and Chili. Of the territory in dispute the King awards 55,000 kilometres ...

    Article : 133 words
  41. STATE POLITICS.

    The conference of Ministerial supporters, which was to have been held yesterday afternoon in the Executive Council chamber, was postponed until 3 o'clock to-day. This step was taken by the Premier ...

    Article : 109 words
  42. RUSSIANS ON THE AFGHAN FRONTIER.

    The Odessa correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports that Russia is massing 10,000 troops on the Afghan frontier. ...

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  43. THE VOLUNTEERS.

    Owing to the new regulations thousands of members of the Volunteer Forces have retired. There is a great decrease in the recruits offering, and there is a shortage ...

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  44. THE MERCANTILE MARINE.

    A Blue Book which has just been issued shows that in the last 10 years the Lascars employed in the mercantile marine service have increased by 12,288, and foreigners by 8730. ...

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  45. VICTORIAN FACTORIES LEGISLATION.

    The adjourned conference between the members of the Council and the Assembly sat for nearly two hours this afternoon, and arrived at a settlement of all the ...

    Article : 280 words
  46. DEMANDS OF SETTLERS.

    A large and representative meeting was held this afternoon, the Mayor (Mr. R. W. Stewart) presiding. The following resolutions were passed:— J. "That the Government be asked to make ...

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  47. THE ISTHMIAN CANAL.

    Mr. John Hay, the United States Secretary of State, reports that a deadlock has occurred in the negotiations between the United States and Colombia regarding the purchase of the ...

    Article : 139 words
  48. EMPLOYERS' INSURANCES.

    The Shipbuilding and Engineering Employers' Federation, encouraged by the success of insuring its members against risks under the Workmen's Compensation Act, proposes a ...

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  49. MADAME MELBA IN GRAND OPERA.

    There was not a vacant seat in the Princess Theatre this evening, when Madame Melba appeared for the second time in operatic selections. The programme consisted of the Mad Seene from "Lucia" ...

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  50. CHOLERA IN PALESTINE.

    Last week 106 deaths from cholera occurred at Jaffa, Palestine. ...

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  51. THE WOOL SALES.

    The wool sales opened to-day. Biddings were very brisk and prices showed an advance of from 5 to 20 per cent. compared with the closing rates of the last series. ...

    Article : 118 words
  52. NEW ZEALAND ELECTIONS.

    The returns of the elections are practically complate. It is estimated that the majority of the Government is 26, including four independent liberals. The Maori elections next month will ...

    Article : 82 words
  53. YORKSHIRE WOOLCOMBERS' ASSOCIATION.

    It is expected that the Yorkshire Woolcombers' Association will reconstruct. Trade in Yorkshire is absolutely unaffected. A cable published yesterday stated that its bankers ...

    Article : 51 words
  54. LATE SHIPPING.

    Birksgate, s. 1458 tons, Captain C. A. Thorpe, from Noumea and Fiji. Burns, Philp, and Co., Limited, agents. Passengers are Mr. and Mrs. Fulton and Mr. Fries. Four others in the steerage. ...

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  55. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

    FREMANTLE.—Arrival: Nov. 26, R.M.S. Orontes (new Orient-Pacific liner), on her maiden voyage to Australia, at 6.50 p.m., from London, via ports. ...

    Article : 26 words
  56. SIREN SOAP

    [?] no equal as a labour and money saver.—Advt. ...

    Article : 13 words
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