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  2. ECONOMIC REFORM.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 310 words
  3. ROUND ABOUT LONDON.

    LONDON, May 13.--The Balfour Government is dying slowly and ungracefully. With the exception of the Premier and Mr. Chamberlain, and perhaps Mr. Wyndham, it has not in its ranks ...

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  4. THE REVOLUTION IN SERVIA.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The correspondents of foreign newspapers have been allowed to inspect the Royal Palace at Belgrade. ...

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  5. THE GERMAN ELECTIONS.

    LONDON, Friday.--The detailed returns to hand referring to the candidates who were elected on the first ballots in the German general elections give the following ...

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  6. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    LONDON, Friday.--Speaking last night in the House of Commons, in reply to Sir Charles Dilke, Mr. J. Chamberlain stated that the Government considered that ...

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  7. DISASTER AT WOOLWICH.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A terrible disaster occurred today in the lyddite shell factory, Woolwich. A shell exploded, with the result that 14 ...

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  8. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives attended at the old Treasury this afternoon, and the President and Speaker presented the addresses ...

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  9. MR. WISE ON THE SELF-DENIAL OF THE PREMIER.

    In [?] speech at Annandale on Thursday night Mr. Wise renewed his attack upon the Press, and followed up his defence of the Premier, who (he informed his audience) would not ...

    Article : 283 words
  10. THE CRY FOR JUSTICE.

    LONDON, Friday.--It is stated in Belgrade that some of the officers who were organisers of the recent tragedy will be tried by their peers. ...

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  11. CONGRATULATIONS FROM MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--A resolution congratulating the Socialists upon their victory at the German elections was carried by the Trades-hall Council to-night. The only dissentient was ...

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  12. IN THE DOMINION HOUSE.

    LONDON, Friday.--In the Dominion House of Commons yesterday, Mr. W. S. Fielding, Minister of Finance, made several important statements in connection with ...

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  13. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir,--Although at the first glance it may seem that the Social Democrats have swept the polis at the general election, a little analysis will show that the party expectations have not been ...

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  14. DEFENCES OF AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.--The importance of the proposed transcontinental railway line to Port Darwin and the line to West Australia from Port Augusta in the defence of Australia was ...

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  15. THE SOMALI CAMPAIGN.

    LONDON, Friday.--Anxiety is increasing as to the position of the British forces under Brigadier-General W. H. Manning in Somaliland. ...

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  16. CAUTIOUS CONSPIRATORS.

    LONDON, Friday.--It is understood that the Belgrade conspirators sounded the Governments of Austria and Russia before Prince Peter Karageorgevitch was elected ...

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  17. "GOD SAVE THE KING."

    LONDON, Friday.--A Russian priest yesterday blessed Peter, the newly-elected King of Servia, at a grand Te Deum service, which was held at Geneva. ...

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  18. A RECREANT PRELATE.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Metropolitan of Belgrade was a friend, and supporter, of the murdered King Alexander. His recent ostentatious recantation--when he blessed ...

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  19. VICTORIA.

    The old lady, Mrs. Lindsay, whoso clothes caught fire while she was seated in an invalid's chair at her residence in Kensington, last night, died today from the terrible burns she ...

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  20. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.--The business of the annual meeting of the general council of the Chambers of Commerce of the Commonwealth concluded this morning, and most of the delegates ...

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  21. CORRECTING MR. DEAKIN.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Mr. Alfred Dobson, Agent-General for Tasmania, and Acting-Agent-General for Victoria, writes to the papers correcting the statement ...

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  22. THE JEWISH TROUBLE IN RUSSIA.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A Jewish student slabbed the publisher of the "Bess-Archetz" while he was walking in Nevsky Prospect, the principal thoroughfare of St. ...

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  23. RUSSIA'S GRIP ON CHINA.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Chinese Government has again refused to accede to a demand made by Japan to open the cities of Mukden and Tai-tung-kau to foreign trade. ...

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  24. LEAPED TO HIS DEATH.

    A gatekeeper named Robert Barrett, who had charge of a crossing on the Brighton railway line, committed suicide this afternoon by throwing himself before a train. He was seen ...

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  25. TROUBLE WITH ZULUS.

    LONDON, Friday.--The "Standard" reports that a force of constabulary with two Maxims has been sent to the Swazi border owing to difficulties arising in connection with the ...

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  26. MIDLAND MANUFACTURERS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The London "Daily Express" states that Mr. Chamberlain has ascertained that 80 per cent. of the Midland manufacturers support his ...

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  27. THE KISHINIEFF ATROCITIES.

    LONDON, Friday.--In the House of Commons yesterday Lord Cranborne, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that Sir Charles Scott (the British Ambassador at St. Petersburg) and ...

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  28. FOUND HIS WIFE HANGED.

    An old-age pensioner named John Owen went into the bathroom of his house at Chewton this morning, and found his wife hanging by a rope from a rafter. He cut the body down, but life ...

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  29. CHINESE TREATY NEGOTIATIONS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--China has yielded to the protests of the United States and Japan against the transfer from Shanghai to Pekin of the negotiations for ...

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  30. ELECTORAL DIVISIONS OF QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Friday.--It is understood that some alterations are to be made in the electoral divisions as provisionally drafted by the commissioner. Mr. A. M'Dowall. It has not hitherto ...

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  31. THE SCRIP FORGERIES.

    The two men, Thomas Seddon and Joseph Mellon, alias Vincent, who were charged with the scrip forgeries in connection with the South Birthday, Sebastopol Plateau No. 1, and ...

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  32. OPPOSED BY WORKERS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The Parliamentary Committee of the Trades Union Congress has unanimously resolved to urge the workers to oppose Mr. Chamberlain's ...

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  33. FRANCE AND ITALY.

    LONDON, Friday.--It has been arranged that Queen Helena shall accompany her husband, King Victor Emmanuel III. of Italy, upon his visit to Paris, where he is due to arrive as the ...

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  34. ANTARCTIC RELIEF FUND.

    LONDON, Friday.--Having received further information, the Prime Minister, Mr. A. J. Balfour, has exonerated the Royal Geographical Society from any responsibility for the incidents ...

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  35. ENGLISH SPORTING.

    LONDON, Thursday Evening.--The Ascot meeting was continued today, when the principal event resulted thus:--THE GOLD CUP, value 1000 sovs., with 3000 sovs. ...

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  36. DECREASING VOLUME OF TRADE.

    Victoria's imports for April were £320,126 less than for the preceding April, and the exports were £122,335 less. For the first four months of the year the total imports show a falling off ...

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  37. SIR JOHN SEE IN EXPLANATION.

    The cable which Sir Harry Rawson sent to the Secretary of State on behalf of the New South Wales Government contained these words: "Realising that what is Canada's turn today ...

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  38. THE LATE RAILWAY STRIKE.

    At a meeting of the Trades-hall Council to-night, a letter from the secretary to the Victorian Drivers and Firemen's Association was read. In it Mr. Scorer wrote:--"I have to ...

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  39. NO DUTY ON THE ELDER STATUE.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Mr. J. Moule, secretary of the Elder Statue Committee, has received a message stating that the Minister for Customs has decided that the Elder statue comes under ...

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  40. FIGHTING IN SOKOTO.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A British force of 200 men has been checked after a sharp fight on the eastern border of Sokoto. Four of the British were killed. Reinforcements ...

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  41. FATAL FIRE AT AUCKLAND.

    AUCKLAND, Friday.--By a fire which destroyed an Austrian boardinghouse in the city today, three lives were lost. The victims were an Austrian named Martinich, a Maori ...

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  42. QUEENSLAND GOLD DISCOVERY.

    WARWICK, Friday.--A sensational gold discovery three miles from Pratten and close to Big-hill has been made during the past few days. G. Martindall, who was successful lately ...

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  43. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    News has been received from Port Augusta of the sudden death of Mr. Maurice Hiern, manager for Beviss, Ives, and Co., Monalena station, in the north-west. A swagman called at the ...

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  44. FOR EXPRESSING POLITICAL OPINIONS.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--The board appointed under the State Public Service Act today inquired into a charge of improper conduct preferred by the Education Department against ...

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  45. THE BARQUE LOCH BREDAN.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.--The lighthouse-keeper at Cape Borda telegraphed at 11.10 on Friday morning: "Barque Loch Bredan passing inward." ...

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  46. BROKEN-HILL WATER DIFFICULTY.

    Mr. R. W. Foster, Commissioner for Public Works, has informed the Minister for Works of New South Wales that the Government of this State will give all the assistance possible ...

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  47. GIPPSLAND COLLIERY DISPUTES.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--It has been decided to send two delegates to Tasmania and two to New South Wales, and to keep two travelling through Victoria, to solicit support for the Outtrim ...

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  48. NEW ZEALAND.

    Charles Hewitt, the fisherman whoso body was found in a boat washed up on the coast of Tasmania, hailed from Dunedin, where his parents reside. ...

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  49. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The members of the International Arbitration group in the French Chamber have accepted the invitation of 150 members of the House of Commons to visit ...

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  50. ROBBERY FROM MAILBAGS.

    ORANGE, Friday.--The Railway Department is investigating the circumstances surrounding the mutilation of several mailbags and the robbery therefrom of registered letters and parcels ...

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  51. RESIGNATION OF THE DENTAL BOARD.

    The Premier has received the resignation of all the members of the Dental Board, owing to the decision of Mr. Justice Boncaut, by which the board was ordered to register Mr. William Fisk, ...

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  52. THE KING'S ACCESSION OATH.

    LONDON, Friday.--Lord Grey's resolution in favor of the abolition of the Sovereign's accession declaration was yesterday read a first time in the House of Lords. ...

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  53. A MESSAGE FROM THE DEEP.

    A message from Miss M'Quirk, stewardess of the Elingamite, who perished on the raft, has been found, enclosed in a bottle, on the Waverley beach, and is being forwarded to her ...

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  54. ILLNESS OF CARDINAL VAUGHAN.

    LONDON, Friday.--Among many other well-known personages, the Right Rev. Dr. Ingram, Bishop of London, has called at Cardinal Vaughan's present residence at Millhill, near ...

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  55. QUEENSLAND.

    The Treasurer today received a return giving details of the recent issue of £600,000 worth of Treasury bills. The return gave a net average percentage of the issue at £100 12s 8¾d, which ...

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  56. SOUTHERN COAL TRADE.

    WOLLONGONG, Friday.--The coal trade for the district has continued brisk this week, all the collieries having worked well. Loading at this port was confined to supplying the regular ...

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  57. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    It is rumored that W. H. Speed, variety artist, who disappeared at Onslow some weeks ago, and some of whoso clothes were recovered off the jetty, is in Singapore. It was generally ...

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  58. QUEENSLAND ELECTORAL ROLLS.

    BRISBANE, Friday.--When seen this morning in connection with the printing of the Federal rolls, the Premier said that the Commonwealth Government was going to make a mess of the ...

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  59. SOUTH AFRICAN CUSTOMS UNION.

    LONDON, Friday.--Natal has adopted the provisions of the Bloemfontein Customs Convention. ...

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