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  2. THE WEEK'S MISCELLANY: COMPILATION OF THE NEWS OF THE WORLD.

    On Wednesday the Full Court, consisting of Mr. Justice Cohen, Mr. Justice Pring. and Mr. Justice Sly, delivered judgment in the test case which was submitted for decision in regard to the ...

    Article : 690 words
  3. THE INTER—STATE FRUIT CONFERENCE.

    The following resolutions were arrived at by the Fruit Conference, held at the office of the Minister for Agriculture. Sydney :— 1. That all fruit, vegetables, and plants ...

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  5. DRUCE WITNESS' CONFESSION.

    At the Bow—street Police Court, Mary Robinson, the diarist of the Druce case, again appeared before Sir Albert de Rutzen on a charge of perjury and conspiracy. ...

    Article : 353 words
  6. WHOLESALE OPIUM SMUGGLING.

    Though the lips of the Customs authorities are sealed on the subject, it is understood that wholesale opium smuggling has been brought to light. The alleged swindle is said to represent ...

    Article : 320 words
  7. RACECOURSE HELD UP BY MASKED MAN.

    A sensational incident occurred at the annual race meeting of the Barnawartha (Vic.) Turf Club on Wednesday. Just before the chief event a man wearing a mask and false beard went to ...

    Article : 207 words
  8. KILLED DURING A FIGHT.

    A lad named Alfred Edward Spicer, 19, a bootelicker, was killed at Alexandria on Thursday under sad circumstances. On Tuesday he and a lad named James Edvin Sparkes, 19, who worked ...

    Article : 166 words
  9. FATHER OF SIX MARRIES MOTHER OF TEN.

    What Mr. Justice Hood described as the most extraordinary divorce case he had ever handled was heard by him at Ballarat to-day. Thomas Cooper, a laborer, applied for a divorce from ...

    Article : 147 words
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  11. A NEW RIFLE.

    A ton of Sir Hiram Maxim has patented a noiseless rifle with which smokeless powder will be used. The American newspapers predict that this ...

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  12. THRILLING EXPERIENCES OF SHIP'S CREW.

    A thrilling story of the sea was told by the survivers of the American ship Eclipse, who landed in a starving condition in the Hawaiian Group on January 27. ...

    Article : 288 words
  13. ENGLISH LICENSING BILL.

    Mr. H. H. Asquith. Imperial Chancellor, has introduced into the House of Commons a comprehensive Licensing Bill based to some extent on the minority report of Lord Peel's ...

    Article : 350 words
  14. FOUR YEARS FOR ATTEMPTED POISONING.

    David Chard, the Terang farmer, who was found guilty at Warrnambool (Vic.) last week on a charge of attempting to cause poison to be administered to his illegitimate child, with ...

    Article : 48 words
  15. MAN'S STRANGE END.

    A sensational death occurred at Wellington shortly after midnight on Saturday, which is supposed to be a case of suicide. John Thomas Mess, a fossicker residing at Stuart Town, has a ...

    Article : 195 words
  16. BRITISH DEFENCE ESTIMATES.

    Tile British Army estimates amount to nearly 274 millions, a decrease of £300,000 on last year. The number of men provided for 183,000, or 5000 less than last year. ...

    Article : 197 words
  17. SOCIALISTS AND THE SABBATH.

    The Chief Secretary, Mr. Wood, has refused permission to the local Socialist ground to held Sunday meetings in the licensed halls at Broken Hill. ...

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  18. AUSTRALIAN FAUNA.

    It is proposed to cellect and ship to London for exhibition in the London Zoological Gardens, at the time of the France—British Exhibition, samples of Australian fauna. The London ...

    Article : 158 words
  19. VICTORIA AGAINST DANYSZ VIRUS.

    The Commonwealth Government forwarded to the Victorian Stale Government the report of the conference, at which the proposal to introduce the Danysz virus for the destruction of rabbits ...

    Article : 219 words
  20. THE MINIATURE CASE.

    After being locked up all night to consider their verdict, in the case of John Charles Lovell, John George Cousins, and David Andrews, accused of conspiracy in connection with the alleged sale ...

    Article : 167 words
  21. ARE LABOR MEMBERS INCOMPETENT?

    Mr. Jabez Wright, one of the delegates to the recent Political Labor League Conference in Sydney, before the Broken Hill Social Democratic Club, adversely criticised the proceedings at that ...

    Article : 210 words
  22. MINERS' PLEA FOR CAPITALISTS

    In opening the annual conference of the Amalgamated :Miners' Association of Victoria at Daylesford (Vic), the president "Mr. G.([?] said, with moderate, right—thinking, men at ...

    Article : 81 words
  23. MONSTER NAVAL GUNS.

    The two Brazilian battleships building In England are to have four 13.5 inch guns each. The order for the two was booked by the Elswick firm, and the ...

    Article : 259 words
  24. DEATH OF MR. J. C REMINGTON.

    Mr. J. C. Remington, the general manager of the Mutual Life Association of Australasia, was found dead in his house at Turramurra on Friday morning. ...

    Article : 335 words
  25. AMERICAN SHIPPING SUBSIDIES.

    Senator Gallinger has introduced a bill in the United States Senate which seeks to authorise the payment of a subsidy of 16s per mile for outward voyages to second—class vessels running to ...

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  26. "GRAFT" IN ITALY.

    Signor Nasi, an ex—Minister of Education of Italy, has been found guilty, with extenuating circumstances, by the Senate of malversation of public funds while a member of the Zanardelli ...

    Article : 102 words
  27. MAN ASSAULTED AT A BALL.

    A case of considerable interest, arising out of a disturbance in the ballroom at west Narrabri on February 13, was heard at the police court before the Police Magistrate. George Henry ...

    Article : 175 words
  28. BEAUTIFYING SYDNEY.

    The Government has decided to appoint a Royal Commission to report on the best means of improving traffic facilities of Sydney. It will also inquire as to the best means of ...

    Article : 54 words
  29. CYCLONE AT KALGOORLIE.

    Following upon a series of thunderstorms, a cyclone, accompanied by heavy rain, passed over Kalgoorlic late on Tuesday afternoon, causing extensive damage in the main streets. ...

    Article : 135 words
  30. THE LAST OF THE TESTS.

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  31. GERMANY IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    An anonymous Australian, claiming to have been recently a British Secret Service agent. has published a book in Berlin purporting to include despatches and telegrams to the Earl of Selborne, ...

    Article : 76 words
  32. PARLIAMENT MEETS IN MARCH

    In compliance with the promise made by the Premier before the last session closed. Parliament will meet on March 10, primarily to deal with the industrial arbitration law. It is also ...

    Article : 97 words
  33. SOLVING A WATERWAY PROBLEM

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  34. DEADLOCK IN COAL DISPUTE.

    The proceedings before the special mining tribunal reached a critical stage yesterday, the miners' delegate objecting to the hearing of evidence in camera. ...

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  35. THE SAN FRANCISCO " GRAFT " TRIALS.

    The special correspondent of the London "Times" at San Francisco wrote last month : "The cause of decency, the cause of ...

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  36. DREAMER'S ATTEMPTED LEAP.

    , A sensational incident occurred on the Wallerawang—Madgee line. All was peace. and quiet in one of the first—class carriages, till suddenly a young man. who was sleeping, sprang up ...

    Article : 106 words
  37. A NATION'S EMBARRASSMENT.

    Owing to Portugal's financial embarrassments, foreign bankers suggest the sale of Delagoa Bay, in East Africa, to Great Britain ; Angola, in West Africa, to Germany ; and Macao, in China, ...

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  38. QUEBEC BRIDGE DISASTER.

    The Royal Commission ret Ottawa appointed to inquire into the cause of the collapse of. the bridge st Quebec, while in course of construction, has reported that the collapse was due to a defect ...

    Article : 78 words
  39. CARGO BROACHING.

    In the Supreme Court at Christchurch (N.Z.), Alfred Turner, Charles Holland, and Frederick Lawrence were sentenced to six months imprisonment for pillaging cargo at Lyttelton. Judge ...

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  40. SHOT AT THE ALTAR.

    An Italian anarchist, while kneeling at the altar to receive the saertament in a church at Denver, United Slates, shot and killed Father Heinrichs, the officiating priest. ...

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  41. LIEUTENANT ULLMO SENTENCED

    Lieutenant Ullmo, the French naval officer, who was arrested at Toulon, on a charge of attempting to sell naval secrets, has been sentenced to transportation for life, with naval, degradation. ...

    Article : 68 words
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  43. A CLERGYMAN'S RESIGNATION.

    Archdeacon T. K. Abbott, of Tamworth, is resigning his position, his reason for so doing being that his stipend is insufficient. He claims that for five years he has been ...

    Article : 43 words
  44. FINANCIAL PANIC IN JAPAN.

    A serious financial panic is being experienced in Japan. Twelve Japanese firms, dealing chiefly in metals at Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe, have failed. The ...

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  45. METHODIST CONFERENCE.

    The annual conference of the Methodist Church was held at the Centenary Hall during the week. Rev. Benjamin Danks was elected chairman of the conference, and the Rev. J. Woodhouse ...

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  46. IRRIGATING EGYPT.

    The Earl of Cromer, speaking at the Society of Arts, said that in the next 15 or 20 yearn £20,000,000 might very advantageously be spent in irrigation in Egypt and the Soudan. ...

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  47. DISASTROUS GALES.

    A sale was swept over the Midlanda and the north—west of England and Ireland. A terrific fall of hall stopped hundreds of football matches on Saturday. Three grandstands ...

    Article : 99 words
  48. GIFT FOR TUBERCULOSIS RESEARCH.

    Mr. Andrew Carnegie has given £25,000 to Professor Koch's tuberculosis fund. ...

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  49. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    W. Webb, the holder beat R. Tresidder. challenger, easily for the Sculling Championship of the World and £1000. at Wanganui (N.Z.) on Tuesday. ...

    Article : 37 words
  50. UNITED STATES' FLEET.

    The New York correspondent of the "Standard" reports that the United States is not inclined to accept the invitation of Mr. A. Deakin, Prime Minister of Australia, to the battle fleet to visit ...

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  51. HEAVY DAMAGES AGAINST CO-RESPONDENT.

    In the English divorce case, Boyd v. Boyd, husband's petition on the ground of misconduct, in which Sir Francis Burdett was joined as correspondent, the letter was mulcted in £5000 ...

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