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  2. DISASTER IN A THEATRE.

    A fearful disaster occurred at the Empire Palace Theatre, Edinburgh, last night, during the last act of the performance then in progress. The stage properties ...

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  3. STATE GOVERNOR'S FAREWELL

    The State Governor, Sir Thomas Carmichael, was the guest at a large gathering of the Caledonian Society at the Masonic Hall last night. In proposing his health, ...

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  4. END OF THE STRIKE

    The strike in the agricultural implement making industry is now practically at an end. The men on strike took a ballot yesterday and decided by a majority of over ...

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  5. REFORM OF THE LORDS.

    General surprise is expressed by the London press at the far reaching character of Lord Lansdowne's proposals to reform the House of Lards. Unionist organs hope the ...

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  6. THE KING'S FIRST COURT.

    King George held his first court at Buckingham Palace yesterday. Among the Australians who attended were Sir George and Lady Reid, Sir John and Lady ...

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  7. A DEFENCE APPOINTMENT.

    An extraordinary procedure in the matter of an appointment to an important position in connection with the new system of physical training for junior cadets ...

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  8. SCENE AT A MEETING.

    The "Standard" states that after the reporters left Monday night's meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute, Sir John Downer, of South Australia, spoke ...

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  9. BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    The beet sugar industry is in full swing at Maffra. Loads upon loads of roots are being hauled into the factory. Its huge stack, idle for twelve years, is hurling ...

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  10. REBELLION IN MEXICO.

    Reports have been received from Mexico that a big battle between the Federal troops and the insurgents is raging at C[?]udad Juarez, in the northern province of ...

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  11. A WAR OFFICE ADVISER.

    Replying to a question asked by Captain P. A. Clive (U.) in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. F. D. Acland, Financial Secretary to the War Office, said that ...

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  12. A TRUCE AT NIGHTFALL.

    Later reports received from El Paso state that the battle of Juarez ceased at nightfall without either side gaining much advantage. It is probable that there will be ...

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  13. THE PARLIAMENT BILL.

    During the debate on the Parliament (Veto of the Lords) Bill, in the House of Commons yesterday, the Radicals persistently interrupted Lord Hugh Cecil ...

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  14. AUSTRALIA'S DESTINY.

    At a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute last night, presided over by Lord Carrington, formerly Governor of New South Wales, Sir George Reid, High ...

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  15. AMERICAN INTERVENTION.

    President Taft admits that the Mexican situation is grave, as all the States except three are involved in the insurrection. The Cabinet of the United States has ...

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  16. KING'S LETTER TO NATION

    Messrs. Raphael Tuck and Sons are publishing, with an allegorical setting by Sir L. Alma-Tadema, R.A., a fac-simile of King George's letter to the nation, which ...

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  17. GREAT FIRE IN JAPAN.

    A disastrous fire is in progress at Yamagata, an important commercial centre on the main island of Japan. Thousands of buildings are in process of destruction. ...

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  18. NATIONAL INSURANCE.

    The text of Mr. Lloyd-George's Unemployment and Invalidity Insurance Bill has just been issued. It is a voluminous document, consisting of 78 pages of printed ...

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  19. PROTECTION OF AMERICANS.

    Senator Stone attacked Mr. Taft in the course of a debate in the Senate for his failure to take action to protect the lives of Americans on the Mexican border. He ...

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  20. AVIATORS IN TREE TOPS.

    While bi-planning at Hayward's Heath, an aviator named Morrison, who was making a flight with a companion, had a startling experience. The engine of the motor ...

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  21. FIRE IN MANCHURIA.

    A devastating fire has caused immense destruction at the city of Kirin, in Manchuria. Half the buildings in the place, principally built of wood, have been ...

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  22. NON-UNIONIST TROUBLE.

    The typographical society has proclaimed a strike as a protest against the employment of non-unionists. The "Cape Times." "South African News" and "O[?]s Land" ...

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  23. LOS ANGELES EXPLOSION

    An appeal has been made to unionists in the United States to raise £100,000 as a fund for the defence of John M'Namara, secretary of the International Bridge Iron ...

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  24. CHINESE IN AMERICA.

    The Chinese Chamber of Commerce has sent a protest to President Taft complaining of a violation of international treaty rights and hardships inflicted upon ...

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  25. THE RELIEF OF FEZ

    In view of the alarming possibility of a rising being organised within the city of Fez, and the safety of the European residents being thereby farther imperilled, ...

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  26. PLUNDER AND FLIGHT.

    A sensational robbery, followed by an exciting and tragic chase, has occurred here. Two men plundered a jeweller's shop of gems valued at £1000, and in making their ...

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  27. NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED ON ALTERNATE DAYS.

    The newspapers are being published on alternate days. The news they contain is meagre. The general printing trade is paralysed. ...

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  28. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The wool sales opened yesterday with a keen demand, and prices show an advance of from par to 5 per cent on the rates ruling at the close of the preceding series. ...

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  29. BOYS' FOOLISH ACT.

    Incited by reading accounts of the explosion at the office of the "Times" at Los Angeles last September, whereby the building was wrecked and nineteen ...

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  30. "THE LEADER."

    In "The Leader" This week the illustrations include a very fine view of the city, with the Melbourne Public Library in the ...

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  31. THE REBELS REPULSED.

    Thousands of Kabyle tribesmen attacked General Moinier's camp at Belarosi, about two miles from Salee. Although they were met with a heavy rifle and artillery fire ...

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  32. CHURCH AND STATE.

    The Spanish Government has introduced into the Cortes a bill subjecting, religious associations to the operations of the common law, and compelling them to keep ...

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  33. DR. MAWSON'S EXPEDITION.

    Sir Ernest Shackleton's appeal for funds for Dr. Mawson's Australian expedition to the Antarctic has resulted in a further encouraging response. In addition to the ...

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  34. TREASURE IN PALESTINE.

    An excited debate took place in the Chamber of Deputies to-day regarding the report that Captain B. M. Parker's British expedition had discovered King ...

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  35. THE RELIEF COLUMN.

    Two thousand mules and 1000 camels shipped to Casablanca from Algeria during the past fortnight have been sent inland. Colonel Brulard's relief column is still at ...

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  36. GENERAL CABLES.

    The directors of the New Zealand and Australian Land Company have declared an interim dividend of 4 per cent, on the ordinary shares. ...

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  37. FLIGHT TO THE POLE.

    Lieutenant Hugh Watkins, of the Essex regiment, will be the pilot of Dr. Mawson's R. Esnault-Pelterie monoplane, which will ...

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  38. REVOLT IN ALBANIA.

    Advices from Uskub, in the province of Kossova, Turkey, state that the Albanian rebels have annihilated a battalion of Turkish troops at Huninje. ...

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  39. FAREWELL VISIT TO BALLARAT.

    This morning the Governor and Lady Carmichael, attended by Mr. Victor Hood and Captain Vaux, A.D.C., leave by the early train for Ballarat, to ...

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  40. OPIUM IN CHINA.

    An Imperial edict has been issued in which the signing by Great Britain of the opium agreement is described as a generous act. The edict exhorts the provincial ...

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  41. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE.

    At the meeting of the Commonwealth Cabinet yesterday the representations of the recent deputation which asked the Acting Prime Minister for a grant towards ...

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  42. NEW SETTLERS.

    The steamer Makura, which is due in Sydney from Vancouver on Monday next, has on board 18 American passengers, who are coming through the land settlement ...

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  43. WORK RESUMED ON MONDAY.

    A meeting of the employers in the agricultural implement makers' section of the chamber of manufactures was held last night, under the presidency of Mr. ...

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  44. A NEW OUTPORT.

    The report of Public Works department officers on the proposed improvement of Mallacoota Inlet is now ready for presentation to the Secretary for Public Works. ...

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  45. SHARP FALL IN SHARES.

    The shares of the Van Diemen's Land Company have fallen in price from £46 to £37 10. The sudden drop was due to rumors of the Tasmanian Government's ...

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  46. THE LONDON MARKETS.

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  47. CHARGES OF IMPOSITION.

    At the local court to-day, before Mr. W. W. Harris, P.M, and honorary justices, a young man named Herbert Charles Newman was presented on four charges of ...

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  48. THE BLACK HAND TRIAL.

    Expert medical evidence was given to-day in the trial at Viterbo of members of the Camorra or Black Hand Society for the alleged murder of Madame Cuocolo and her ...

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  49. THE REFERENDUM.

    Mr. W. Hutley, general secretary of the Liberal Union, to-day gave the results of interesting comparisons he had made regarding the proportion of the electors who ...

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  50. HISTORY OF THE COMPANY.

    The Van Diemen's Land Company is interesting as one of the old chartered companies, with a history of considerable prosperity, says the "Financial Times" of ...

    Article : 231 words
  51. AUSTRALIAN DESTROYERS.

    A civic reception was tendered to Captain Hyde and officers of the Australian destroyers Parramatta and Yarra to-day by the mayor. There was a large and ...

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  52. GAWLER MEN ADVISED TO RETURN TO WORK.

    At a meeting of strikers in the implement trade at Gawler this afternoon, Mr. Bennet, of Melbourne, and Mr. Block, of Adelaide, addressed the men and advised them ...

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  53. DAMAGES FOR LIBEL.

    The Privy Council has dismissed the appeal of John Norton, proprietor of the newspaper "Truth," in New Zealand, against the verdict for £2000 damages for ...

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