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  2. DISPUTE AT STATE COAL MINE.

    The trouble in connection with the wheelers employed at the State mine has reached an acute stage, and anything might happen within 24 hours. An ...

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  3. GALES AND FLOODS.

    The Stranger's Creek is in heavy flood, but owing to the steep fall the water has been carried off without serious damage The train on Saturday morning was ...

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  4. WRECK OF THE S.S. TIME

    At 10.30 p.m. on Friday last, in the midst of a heavy south-easterly gale, the steamer Time, 2505 tons, of the Howard Smith Co.'s cargo fleet, struck a reef near ...

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  5. "ALL BRITISH."

    It has been arranged that the "All British" shopping week will be held in London during the last week in March. The object of the movement is to get ...

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  6. RESERVOIR BURSTS.

    At Huelva, which is the port for the Rio Tinto copper mines, a reservoir containing 250,000 cubic metres of water burst, owing to the masonry having been ...

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  7. MYSTERY OF THE SEA.

    A mysterious interest is associated with the arrival in this port of the schooner Emma H. The vessel was bound for Victoria, in British Columbia, and her return ...

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  8. SWALLOWING SPOONS.

    A remarkable incident in connection with a patient at a lunatic asylum has come to light. The patient developed a mania for ...

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  9. DANISH DEFENCES.

    The "Daily Express" states that the decision of the Danish Government to neglect the land defences and spend £2,000,000 on coastal defences is the outcome of hints ...

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  10. GENERAL CABLES.

    A great fire occurred at Winnipeg. Nine business houses were gutter, and the loss is put down at £60,000. While the firemen were working to ...

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  11. TIME TO ASSIST EVERTON GRANGE.

    By the irony of fate the Time at first was ordered to go to the assistance of the stranded steamer Everton Grange, but the order was countermanded, and she ...

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  12. THE CORONATION.

    It has been arranged that the route of the King's procession on 23rd June, the day after the Coronation, will include Piccadilly, Fleet-street, the Mansion House, ...

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  13. WORM NODULES.

    Dr. Robert Leiper, who was commissioned by the Local Government Board to make an investigation regarding the parasitic nodules found in meat, has presented ...

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  14. SUICIDE OR MURDER?

    A sensation occurred on one of the ferry boats in the harbor. A mining engineer on boarding the vessel entered the lavatory. Shortly afterwards an explosion of ...

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  15. NEW GOLD FIELD.

    English and Canadian capital is flowing in for the purchase of claims on the new gold field at the Porcupine Lake, on the borders of Hudson's Bay. ...

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  16. MRS. EDDY'S FORTUNE

    Dr. Foster Eddy, who claims to be the adopted son of the late Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, the founder and leader of Christian Science, who recently died at Boston, ...

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  17. OVERSEAS REPRESENTATIVES.

    It has been suggested in one of the newspapers that the representatives of the colonies should be invited to become office bearers at the actual ceremony of the ...

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  18. A LIGHT SENTENCE.

    Daulby, who posed as Count Aulby de Glatigny, and obtained £40,000 from Mrs. Hamilton Paine (widow of the American "Copper King") by selling her spurious ...

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  19. DUKE OF CON NAUGHT.

    Shortly after the death of King Edward VII. it was announced that, in accordance with his Majesty's wish, his brother, the Duke of Connaught, would occupy the ...

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  20. NAVAL LOAN.

    At a meeting of the council of the London Chamber of Commerce a motion was passed declaring that the issue of a naval loan was necessary to secure the efficiency ...

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  21. THE SHIP'S OFFICERS.

    The ships officers are:--Captain, J. Roberts; chief officer, C. Dunbar; second mate, A. S. Leak; third mate, H. Silley; chief engineer, J. Pettigrew; second ...

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  22. A CANADIAN SUGGESTION.

    Members of the Canadian Parliament are in favor of a suggestion that all the members of the Canadian House of Commons should attend the Coronation ceremony. ...

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  23. RUSSIAN TERRORISTS.

    A gang of terrorists killed two railway officials at Warsaw, and then robbed the passengers on the platform. They also robbed two pedestrians in the street, and ...

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  24. BIG FLOODS AT BAIRNSDALE.

    Consequent on a fall of nearly 4 inches of rain since Wednesday afternoon in the watershed of the Mitchell, the river rose Steadily yesterday afternoon, and at ...

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  25. POLITICAL ORGANISATION.

    Mr. A. J. Balfour, the leader of the Unionist party, has decided to appoint a small committee to inquire into the question of the organisation of the party. ...

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  26. RUSSIA AND GERMANY.

    In the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, M. Jean Jaures, the Socialist leader, in criticising the speech made by M. Pichon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, regarding the ...

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  27. TARIFF RECIPROCITY.

    It is understood that the critical stage has been passed in the negotiations which are being carried on at Washington between representatives of the United States ...

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  28. AMERICAN SENATORS.

    A bill to provide for the election of senators by a direct vote of the people was debated by the Senate, but no decision has been arrived at. ...

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  29. POOR RELIEF.

    The Poor Law Commission, which was appointed in December, 1905, has issued a lengthy report on the foreign and colonial systems of poor law relief. The report, ...

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  30. WRECK OF THE ROSEDALE.

    The ebb tide yesterday left the steamer Rosedale sounder than was expected. As soon as possible attention was directed to saving the cargo. All fruit and parcels ...

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  31. FROZEN MEAT.

    Messrs. W. Weddell and Co., colonial produce agents, state in their usual review of the frozen meat trade that an unproved consumptive demand for all foodstuffs ...

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  32. FRANCE AND LIBERIA.

    An agreement fixing the boundaries of the negro Republic of Liberia, in West Africa, and the French colony oh the Ivory Coast, has been signed. Under this ...

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  33. A GERMAN VIEW.

    The "Vossische Zeitung" expresses approval of M. Pichon's speech, and adds that the chief result of the meeting at Potsdam between the Kaiser and the Czar ...

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  34. A FEMALE COURT.

    A trial in which the principal actors were women has been heard at Seattle, Washington, U.S.A. Accused was a woman; she was defended by an attorney ...

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  35. BOMBAY RIOTS.

    In connection with the riots between the Sunnis and Shiahs, it was not until other efforts to quell the disturbance had failed that the troops fired on the rioters. ...

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  36. PNEUMONIC PLAGUE.

    A virulent outbreak of pneumonic plague is spreading through Manchuria. Almost all of those attacked by the disease succumb. At Harbin the death ...

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  37. STRIKES IN PORTUGAL.

    The railway strike in the Republic of Portugal has been settled, most of the demands of the men being granted by the companies. ...

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  38. FATAL FIRE IN SYDNEY.

    A five which broke out yesterday afternoon in the residence of Hilton Dight, at Redmire-road, Strathfield, resulted in the death of the owner's son Maxwell, ...

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  39. THE KYARRA'S RESCUE.

    About 9.30 last night the steamer Kyarra, of the A.U.S.N. Co.'s fleet, reached the wharf in Melbourne with 10 members of the crew of the Time on board. These ...

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  40. THE LONDON MARKETS.

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  41. POSITION AT BRUTHEN.

    As the result of Friday's rain, the Tambo River is running a banker, and is rising rapidly. A considerable area of maize flats is under water. Owners are removing stock ...

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  42. BANK FAILURE.

    In connection with the recent failure of the Farmers' Bank, the general manager, Mr. Travers, who was subsequently art rested on a charge of stealing £8000, and ...

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  43. HOTEL ON FIRE.

    A fire broke out at the Grand Hotel Continental, at Montreux, on the north shore of Lake Geneva. There was a large number of guests at ...

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  44. THE MINE INSPECTED.

    The Minister of Mines for New South Wales (Mr. Alfred Edden), together with Mr. Pittman, Under Secretary for Mines, and Mr. Humble, Chief Inspector of ...

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  45. A MISER MURDERED.

    A story of sordid crime is reported from Wesley, in the province of Ontario. A miser named Frank Lobinski was found murdered in a ghastly fashion. His head ...

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  46. THE GALE AT PORTLAND.

    A south-easterly gale has been blowing since Wednesday, raising the heaviest sea experienced for many years. The steamer Eumeralla is at anchor riding it out. The ...

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  47. PAINTING MUTILATED.

    A discharged naval cook named Sigrist visited the State Museum and slashed with a knife Rembrandt's famous picture The Night Watch. He was immediately ...

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  48. A COWARDLY CROWD.

    That an Australian crowd can be mean, cowardly and utterly contemptible is a shameful thing to have to say, but the truth of it was displayed last evening in ...

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  49. A LIFE SENTENCE.

    Charles Arthur, the burglar who fired four revolver shots at Constable Haytread when arrested for burglary, has been sentenced to penal servitude for life. ...

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  50. LOCAL COASTAL TRADE.

    The south-easterly gales of Thursday, Friday and Saturday considerable interfered will the local coastal trade, the departures of steamers at Warrnambool ...

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  51. AEROPLANE FLIGHTS.

    Mr. de Haitillon, who is attached to the British army balloon works at Farnborough, made several steady flights between Farnborough and Laffan's Plain in ...

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  52. FILIBUSTERING EXPEDITION.

    Efforts are being made to organise a filibustering expedition to Mexico to aid the revolutionaries, and the services of those who took part in the South African ...

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  53. ROUGH SEAS OFF NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The storm which swept the coast during Thursday and Friday has subsided, though heavy seas are still running along the coast. All the vessels on the coast felt ...

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  54. LIBELLED IN A SERIAL.

    Mr. Harold Belcher, a theatrical agent, was successful in his action for libel against "Lloyd's News." The libel consisted in using plaintiff's ...

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  55. AUSTRALIAN CYCLISTS.

    The two Australian cyclists, "Jackie' Clarke and Ernest Pye, won the six days bicycle race from Buffalo to New York. They covered a total distance of 1251 ...

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  56. NEW SETTLERS.

    Some months ago the Intelligence Bureau received a communication from the clergyman of a settlement of Welshmen in Patagonia, asking for information and ...

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  57. SHIPPING DISASTERS.

    The German steamer Maria Russ, 1067 tons, foundered off the island of Norderney, near the coast of Prussia. Twelve people were drowned. ...

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  58. QUEENSLAND RIVERS FALLING.

    All rivers are now falling. It will, however be fully a week before the roads will be in a decent state to travel stock upon them. ...

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  59. SUICIDES IN VIENNA.

    During the year 1910 there were no fewer than 567 cases of suicide in Vienna. Of this number 405 were men and 162 women. ...

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  60. BILLIARDS IN ENGLAND.

    George Gray, the young Australian billiardist, won the return match of 8000 up at Liverpool against E. Diggle. In the last two sessions Gray made breaks of 634 and ...

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  61. A MAILMAN DROWNED.

    A mailman named Frederick Harvey has been drowned between Korrlah and Brixworth. While trying to negotiate a flooded creek he was swept away. ...

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  62. CREW RESCUED.

    The remaining nine members of the crew of the steamer Selby Abbey, which carried 24 hands, have been rescued. The steamer when bound from Hull to Rotterdam was ...

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  63. AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

    The Minister of Defence, Senator Pearce, has been notified by the Admiralty that orders for the construction of the two second class protected cruisers Melbourne ...

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  64. IMMIGRANTS FROM AMERICA.

    The Victorian Government has accredited agents at several important centres in America, viz., Messrs. Williams and Williams at Denver, in Colorado; the ...

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  65. NEW STEAMERS.

    It is reported that the German-Australian Steamship Co. is ordering twelve new steamers, which will cost £850,000. ...

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  66. RAILWAY COLLISION.

    A collision has occurred on the New York Central railway between New York and the village of Batavia. Six people were killed and eighteen injured. ...

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  67. Advertising

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  68. RAILWAY STATION IMPROVEMENTS.

    The Railway Commissioners have authorised the expenditure of between £1500 and £3000 on each of the following works:--1. Renewal and extension of platforms ...

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  69. STEAMER HYMETTUS OVERDUE.

    The steamer Hymettus, of Messrs. Archibald Carrie and Co.'s line, which left Melbourne on Wednesday, and passed Wilson's Promontory at 9 a.m. on Thursday. ...

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  70. BLUE FUNNEL LINE.

    The Blue Funnel liner Anchises, 10,000 tons, which is to be employed in the Australian trade via the Cape, was launched at Belfast yesterday. ...

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  71. LONDON WOOL IMPORTERS.

    Dalgety and Company Ltd. have had a further cable from their London office drawing attention to the fact that one word in their previous cablegram was mutilated. This word gave the imports ...

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  72. BAY EXCURSIONS.

    The 30th annual butchers' picnic will be held at Sorrento next Wednesday. The new steamer Weerona has been chartered for the occasion, and will leave Port Melbourne at 9.30. a.m. H[?] ...

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  73. THE DESTROYERS.

    On Saturday afternoon the Prime Minister, the Minister of Defence and the Post-master-General paid an unofficial visit of inspection to the destroyers, which are ...

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  74. SOMERSET'S CONTINGENT.

    The steamer Somerset reached Melbourne yesterday afternoon with 200 immigrants, 44 of whom landed here and were accommodated at Richmond House. ...

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  75. Advertising

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  76. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    R.M.S. Macedonia left Suez for Australia on Friday morning. ...

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  77. LATE SHIPPING NEWS.

    SYDNEY.--Arrived, January 14.--Wakatipu, from Launceston. January 15.--Queen Elizabeth, from New York; Van Wacrwyck, from Java. Sailed, January 14:--Moresby, for Solomon and Shortland ...

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  78. Advertising

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  79. Advertising

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    Advertising : 23 words
  80. Advertising

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