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  5. BARRY CHALLENGED.

    W. Albany has challenged Ernest Barry to row on the Tyne for £1000. George Towns said last night that he could not understand why the men had ...

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  6. BALKAN DEADLOCK.

    The peace delegates did not meet yesterday afternoon. The Ottoman emissaries received fresh instructions from the Porte, and another ...

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  7. BELLICOSE NEWSPAPERS.

    A section of the Austrian press is resuming its bellicose attitude towards Servia in connection with the delimitation of Albania. ...

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  8. MAIN ROADS MAINTENANCE.

    A select committee of the House of Commons, which has been inquiring into the question of the maintenance of main roads, has submitted its report. ...

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  9. CHIOS SURRENDERS.

    The Greek legation in London reports that the Turkish garrison on the island of Chios has surrendered unconditionally. ...

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  10. STARVED AMID PLENTY.

    Two remarkable stories of women misers are reported, one from Hull and the other from Brussels. Two women died of starvation in the ...

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  11. SARDINE TRADE DISPUTE.

    The sardine industry in Brittany, Franco, is at a standstill. Owing to the refusal of the fishermen to adopt modern methods, and so obtain more ...

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  12. EMPRESS OF THE AEGEAN.

    A widow at Kensington claims to be the Empress of the Aegean Isles. She says she is descended from a Prince of Genoa, who married the Emperor of Constantinople. ...

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  13. DISMISSED MINER.

    Judge Scholes has delivered the result of his inquiry into the Russell mining case which caused such a stir a few months ago amongst the southern collieries. ...

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  14. FIGHT FOR BLAYNEY

    When the count of the Blayney election poll ceased on Friday night there was still one small return to come in--from Paling's Yards. This was received yesterday ...

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  15. TROUBLED PORTUGAL.

    Senor Lette, the Premier of Portugal, has resigned. The President of the republic tried to dissuade him from adopting this course, but ...

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  16. EMPIRE CONTROL.

    The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr. L. V. Harcourt, has published his despatch to the Overseas Dominions on the question of the control of foreign affairs. ...

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  17. AEGEAN ISLANDS.

    The conference of ambassadors will resume its sittings this afternoon. They are considering the question of the Aegean Islands. It is feared that if all the ...

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  18. SPAIN'S TURN.

    The outlook in Spain is considered to be particularly black. The revolutionaries are plotting an insurrection, which will start with a great strike. ...

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  19. PRINCE IN THE AIR.

    Prince Henry of Prussia made an hour's flight in a naval airship yesterday. The craft was steered by a naval officer, and flew over the royal castle in Berlin. ...

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  20. AIRMAN'S WONDERFUL ESCAPE

    An army biplane at Farnborough, piloted by a young member of the Royal Flying. Corps, fell to the ground sideways from a height of 50ft. ...

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  21. ROUMANIA'S DEMANDS.

    The Roumanian, Minister in London is pressing the claims of Roumania for compensation, on the ground that she should be rewarded for, remaining neutral, and that ...

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  22. MAIL STEAMER ABANDONED.

    The French liner St. Augustine was abandoned in the Atlantic on New Year's Day. Seven of her boats, containing 98 passengers, were picked up by the Tyria. The mails ...

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  23. FRANCO-GERMAN FRONTIER.

    The German military authorities are constructing a fort on the heights of Horimont. It will be one of the most powerful defensive works round the town of Metz. ...

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  24. GERMAN AEROPLANE SMASH.

    While undergoing certificate tests at Leipsic yesterday two non-commissioned officers of the German Army fell. Their machine was smashed and the two men seriously ...

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  25. KING'S HOPE.

    King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, speaking to a deputation at Sofia, said he hoped his people would soon be able to settle down to peaceful occupations. ...

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  26. TAXI-CAB STRIKE.

    The strike of taxi-cab drivers continues, and business is somewhat dislocated. As a result of the strike 20,000 are threatened with idleness. ...

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  27. BOGUS WEDDING PRESENT.

    A young couple at Liverpool, who had just been married, received a letter which contained two tickets for the theatre, but unaccompanied by the name of the donor. ...

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  28. POLITICAL FUNDS.

    Trades union delegates consider that the Trades Union Bill, which confers on unions the right to create a fund for political purposes, but reserves the right to ...

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  29. SIR ISAAC PITMAN.

    The centenary of the birth of Sir Isaac Pitman will be celebrated to-morrow. Sir Isaac Pitman, the inventor of Pitman's system of shorthand, was born at ...

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  30. WHY TURKEY LOST.

    An official army review explains the defeat of the Turks as being due to the way their forces were scattered and linked only by undeveloped rail communication. The ...

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  31. SCENE SHIFTERS' THREAT.

    The scene-shifters at twenty theatres have made a claim to be paid 2s 6d a night. If the money is not paid they will go on strike. ...

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  32. GREEK RAILWAYS.

    The Government of Greece is considering the policy of purchasing local railway lines. ...

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  33. UNIONIST DISUNION.

    The meeting of the Unionist party at Westminster is warmly discussing, the question of the food taxes, but the atmosphere is somewhat calmer. ...

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  34. ROBBERY BY MOTOR.

    Automobile bandits have brought off another coup here. Four men drove up yesterday to a leading jeweller's establishment, broke the window ...

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  35. EARLY TO BED.

    Martial law is being rigorously imposed in the Greek villages contiguous to the Dardanelles. No lights are allowed, and everybody must ...

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  36. NOVEL QUALIFICATIONS.

    An application for the position of nurse in Cork was read before the Committee of Guardians. The applicant declared:--"I am fully ...

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  37. COMING TO AUSTRALIA.

    The first report of the Dominions' Commission states that it is proceeding to Australia and New Zealand this month, and later to Canada, Newfoundland, and South Africa. ...

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  38. PROGRESSIVE CHILDREN.

    M. Anatole France, the well-known author, says that children dislike books written about children. A writer who keeps them contemplating ...

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  39. COST TO AUSTRIA.

    There will be a conference of the Austrian Ministry to-day to discuss the cost of the precautionary measures taken during the Balkan war. ...

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  40. FELL OFF THE FOOTBOARD.

    A compositor,. William Greenaway, 42, who lives at Landers-street, Redfern, is lying in the Sydney Hospital severely injured about the head and face. ...

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  41. FREIGHTS HARDENING.

    Freight rates are inclined to harden. Australian merchants are offering 42s. 6d, but owners want 45s. Business is at a standstill. ...

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  42. THE SUNKEN HYDROPLANE.

    Messrs. Einerson Bros. have been successful in raising the hydroplane Rainbow which sank off Bradley's Head on Thursday morning, while travelling at 85 m[?]es an hour, on ...

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  43. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.

    An explosion occurred at De Beer's dynamite works, Capetown, yesterday. Two whites and five natives were killed. ...

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  44. DODGING THE ICE.

    Negotiations are proceeding between British, and Continental shipping companies with the idea of making rules that shall change the track of vessels crossing the ...

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  45. BLUFFING THE PEOPLE.

    The hole in the side of the Turkish battleship Hamidleh, caused by a Greek shell, was, before she arrived in Constantinople, covered with canvas painted ...

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  46. DE WET RESIGNS.

    General do Wet has resigned from the South African Union Council of Defence. ...

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