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  2. LABOR IN CONGRESS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The British Trades Unions' Congress continued its sittings yesterday at Leeds, under the presidency of Mr. Richard Bell, M.P. ...

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  3. THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The influential newspaper, "Novee Vremya," published in St. Petersburg, prints a sensational article declaring that the prevailing ...

    Article : 72 words
  4. THE WAR.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Japanese troops, with many heavy guns, are advancing towards Mukden along the roads run parallel with the railway line, ...

    Article : 418 words
  5. FEDERAL POLITICAL SITUATION.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Mr. Watson is to be leader of the protectionist-labor alliance. It seems that this was made by the labor party a condition precedent to the union of forces ...

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  6. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Minister for Defence in the House of Representatives to-day reiterated the statement that, owing to various causes, there might in the early future be ...

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  7. FRANCE AND THE VATICAN.

    Papers to hand from Europe contain much that is interesting in regard to the rupture between France and the Vatican. And voices are unanimous in regarding this as a very serious ...

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  8. THE MIKADO TO HIS ARMY.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Mikado has congratulated his forces upon achieving a brilliant victory in the face of tremendous difficulties. ...

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  9. TRADE WITH JAPAN.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Shipping firms in Tacoma, U.S.A., have been notified of the imposition of a war duty of 10 cents per sack on flour for Japanese ports. ...

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  10. WAR NEWS PROHIBITED.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Russian police have confiscated an edition of the "Novoe Vremya," St. Petersburg, in which it was announced that the Japanese were rapidly ...

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  11. THE JAPANESE-KOREAN TREATY.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Japanese-Korean Treaty stipulates that Korea's adviser of foreign affairs shall be a foreigner, and not a Japanese. ...

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  12. VICTORIA.

    A child named John Carroll fell in the Mitchell River at Bairnsdale to-day, and was drowned. A fatal accident occurred on board the ...

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  13. AN OPEN PORT.

    LONDON, Thursday.--It is announced that Kin-chau, otherwise known as Kin-chu-fu, on the north-west of the Gulf of Line-tung, and near the Manchurian border, has been ...

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  14. ARBITRATION AND UNIONISTS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--At the Trades Unions Congress at Leeds yesterday, Mr. Ben Tillett, a leading unionist, proposed the appointment of a Minister of Industry ...

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  15. THE ALLIANCE CONDEMNED.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Political Labor League of Ballarat East has passed a resolution emphatically protesting against the labor party forming an alliance with any other political ...

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  16. WAR NOTES.

    The war is having a new use. It is revealing a comical inventiveness in regard to the meaning of terms. All previous notions as to what a retreat meant have been upset by ...

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  17. MINISTER FOR THE INTERIOR.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The appointment, of Senator Platonoff, member of the Russian Council of State, as Chief of Police and Minister for the Interior in succession to the ...

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  18. HOWARD SMITH COMPANY, LIMITED.

    The half-yearly ordinary general meeting of shareholders in the Howard Smith Company, Limited, was held to-day. Mr. H. B. Howard Smith (the chairman) said the audited results ...

    Article : 170 words
  19. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    WELLINGTON, Thursday.--The no-confidence motion in the House of Representatives was negatived by 44 votes to 26. Mr. Seddon's motion, appointing a Royal' ...

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  20. THE UNITED STATES.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Republican candidate, Mr. Bell, has been elected Governor of the State of Vermont, U.S.A., with a plurality of 32,000. votes over Mr Porter, ...

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  21. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Consideration in committee of the Closer Settlement Bill was resumed in the Assembly to-day. On the compulsory purchase clause, Mr. Predergast moved ...

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  22. NEWCASTLE MINING TROUBLE.

    A very uneasy feeling prevails in Melbourne shipping circles over the labor, troubles threatened by the coalminers of Newcastle, New South Wales. Victoria consumes nearly 1,000,000 tons ...

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  23. POLITICS IN AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--In regard to the defeat of the Watson Government in Australia, Mr. R. Bell, M.P., President of the Leeds Trades Unions Congress, ...

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  24. TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Thursday.--In the Assembly tonight the debate on the Taxation Bill was continued. A prevision was inserted giving taxpayers whose income is under £100 an ...

    Article : 71 words
  25. CHARGE AGAINST A SOLICITOR.

    Louis Howitz, the solicitor who disappeared from the State recently and was arrested in West Australia, where he posed as a French journalist, was charged at the Supreme Court at ...

    Article : 133 words
  26. THE CHICAGO STRIKE.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The result of the final vote taken among the men--freighthandlers and others--who were out on strike in Chicago, showed a majority against ...

    Article : 55 words
  27. MR. REID'S ATTITUDE.

    LONDON, Thursday.--In an article dealing with the present political situation in Australia the "Standard" this morning commends the attitude adopted by the new ...

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  28. EXECUTION AT MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--James Williams was executed at Melbourne Gaol this morning for the murder of Mrs. Veitch, at Clifton-hill. The condemned man slept well during the night. ...

    Article : 253 words
  29. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    James Evans was charged at the Criminal Court to-day with having unlawfully killed Frank Illingworth Bray. The charge arose out of the recent brawl at the Royal Hotel, near ...

    Article : 163 words
  30. RISING IN URUGUAY.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Heavy fighting has taken place between the Government and rebel troops in Uruguay, with the result that 2000 men were killed and 4000 ...

    Article : 251 words
  31. RUSSIANS AT MUKDEN.

    LONDON, Thursday.--No Russian official confirmation has been received dealing with Reuter's Mukden telegram announcing that the main Russian army is evacuating the ...

    Article : 223 words
  32. ENGLISH SPORTING.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The St. Leger was run at Doncaster to-day, with the following result:-- THE ST. LEGER STAKES, of 25 sovs. each. ...

    Article : 416 words
  33. IRON BONUS BILL.

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  34. QUEENSLAND.

    During a thunderstorm in the city to-day a tramcar, while passing down Queen-street, was struck by lightning, but, owing to the lightning-arrester, which is fitted on every car, no ...

    Article : 491 words
  35. THE RABBIT PEST.

    BRAIDWOOD, Thursday.--At a meeting of the Pastures Board to-day, the stock inspector submitted an exhaustive report regarding the scientific scheme for the universal destruction ...

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  36. CHARGE OF MANSLAUGHTER.

    The adjourned inquest concerning the death of Thomas Southwood, who received fatal injuries at the Auckland restaurant, in Murray-street, on August 28, was continued to-day. The jury ...

    Article : 75 words
  37. NEW ZEALAND.

    The annual report on lunatic asylums shows that the total number of inmates was 29539 an increase of 111 over the previous year. The proportion to the population, excluding Maoris, ...

    Article : 41 words
  38. EXPLOSION ON A GUNBOAT.

    LONDON, Thursday.--During gun practice at Spithead, an explosion occurred on board the gunboat Comet. The breechblock of a 4.7in. gun blew off, with ...

    Article : 45 words
  39. AUSTRALIAN NATIVES' ASSOCIATION.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--At the annual meeting of the A.N.A. today, it was resolved to add the following paragraph to those setting forth the objects of the league:-- ...

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  40. THE OPPOSING FORCES

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  41. NEW ZEALAND'S HIGH COMMISSIONER.

    LONDON, Thursday.--In connection with the proposed appointment of a New Zealand High Commissioner in London, "The Times" bespeaks a general welcome for the new official in Great ...

    Article : 36 words
  42. CLEVELAND HANDICAP PLATE.

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  43. RUSSIAN REINFORCEMENTS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The St. Petersburg authorities report that three army corps, totalling 192,000 men. will reinforce General Kuro[?] by the end of ...

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  44. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    There was a hugs attendances at the spring show to-day. Civil servants were granted a half-holiday in order to attend it. ...

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  45. TASMANIA.

    Lady Drysdale has bequeathed to the Launceston and Hobart Museums a collection of pictures and objects of art valued at £700. Governor Strickland leaves London on ...

    Article : 55 words
  46. SUSPICIOUS DEATH.

    The Corner has been informed of the death of Alice Rosewell (31), a married woman, which occurred under suspicious circumstances at Prince Alfren Hospital on Tuesday. She was ...

    Article : 69 words
  47. ANOTHER FATALITY AT WALLAROO MINES.

    Another fatal accident occurred at Wallaroo mines at 5.20 a.m. James Conlon was working at an engine at the home shaft, and while starting it he leaned over to examine the gear ...

    Article : 77 words
  48. RUSSIA'S VOLUNTEER CRUISERS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The message from the Czar to the commanding officers of the Russian volunteer cruisers Petersburg and Smolensk--which was delivered by Captain ...

    Article : 47 words
  49. THE MARSEILLES STRIKE ENDED.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Marseilles and other French strikers have resumed work, the shipowners consenting to maintain the contract of 1903. ...

    Article : 29 words
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