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  2. NEWS AND NOTES.

    The Mails.—A mail for the Eastern States is notified to close at the G.P.O. to-day at 11 a.m. (late fee noon) for conveyance by the R.M.S. Ormuz. The ...

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  3. CONQUEST OF THE AIR.

    On Saturday Lieutenant Dunn successfully accomplished a 2½ miles aeroplane flight at Sheppey Island, Kent, without using his steering levers. He undertook ...

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  4. ECUADOR AND PERU.

    Despite the acceptance by Eucador of the joint mediation of the United States, Brazil, and Argentina in connection with the boundary dispute between Eucador ...

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  5. BULL-FIGHTING SENSATIONS.

    During a bull-fight at Saratarem, in Portugal, a maddened bull leaped the barrier separating the arena from the spectators. ...

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  6. BUSH NURSING SCHEME.

    The following communication by Mr. Fisher, the Prime Minister, and Mr. Deakin has been forwarded to the Press for publication:— ...

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  7. THE NORSEMAN-ESPERAHCE DISTRICT.

    Much has recently been written and said of the quality of the land lying between Norseman and Esperance, and from some quarters representations have been made in ...

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  8. SENSATIONAL SHIPPING ACCIDENT.

    During a dense fog yesterday the Russian steamer Lituania, which had on board 1,200 omigrants for New York, crashed into the rocks at the Orkneys. ...

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  9. AMERICAN POLITICS.

    Speeulation as to Mr. Roosevelt's attitude towards the warring Republicans in regard to the Railway Bill overshadows every other question in the ...

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  10. THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.

    The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, which is meeting at Edinburgh, at its inaugural session to-day welcomed as deputies from Australasia ...

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  11. THE LATE KING.

    The committee of the Peace Society propose to raise £50,000 in order to perpetuate the memory of King Edward the Peacemaker." ...

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  12. EMIGRATION TO CANADA.

    The Central Emigration Board strongly protests against Canada's attitude to-wards societies in England which assist emigrants to reach the Dominion. ...

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  13. WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN THE MAKING.

    On Sunday the Premier of Western Australia, Mr. N. J. Moore, addressed a mass meeting at Whitefield Tabernacle, London, on the subject of "Western ...

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  14. STATE POLITICS.

    The position in connection with the political situation, so far as it concerns the Fremantle seat, was advanced another stage yesterday by the selection of Mr. W. ...

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  15. COMMONWEALTH AND STATES.

    Nothing was heard to-day by Mr. Murray, the Premier of Victoria, from Mr. Wade, the Premier of New South Wales in regard to the holding of the Premiers' Conference. ...

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  16. NICARAGUAN REVOLUTION.

    Advices received at New York state that the Nicaraguan Government forces under General Lara desperately assaulted the positiions occupied by the ...

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  17. EDUCATION IN ENGLAND.

    The Education Settlement Committee has published a scheme for the settlement of the education difficulty. The committee propose that the schools in the ...

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  18. CHARGES AGAINST INDIAN POLICE.

    The Government authorities in Eastern Bengal have confiscated a consignment of a pamphlet writen, by Mr. F. C. Mackarness, M.A., formerly member for the ...

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  19. FRENCH SUBMARINE DISASTER.

    A significant evidence of the suddenness of the death of the crew of the illfated French submarine Pluviose, which was sunk in the English Channel through ...

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  20. BRITISH SUBMARINES.

    The crews of the British submarines who are now being trained by means of a deep tank at Portsmouth are being instructed in the use of airtight helmets ...

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  21. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

    The Emperor Francis Josef of Austria is touring the provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which were annexed to his kingdom on October 6, 1908. ...

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  22. COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES.

    The new Inspector-General of the Commonwealth military forces (Major-General Kirkpatrick) arrived in Melbourne by the R.M.S. Malwa to-day. By the same vessel ...

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  23. CALIFORNIAN AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES.

    The Californian Labour Commissioner reports that an exhaustive investigation shows that some form of unskilled labour similar to Japanese is essential for a ...

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  24. GREATER BIRMINGHAM.

    A Bill is now being prepared to provide for the incorporation of Aston Manor, Handsworth, and other suburbs with the City of Birmingham. ...

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  25. SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS.

    The Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Sir Edward Grey, is communicating with the Government of the United States in regard to the alleged ill-treatment of the ...

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  26. THE EVILS OF FOOTBALL.

    The football season of 1910 promises to furnish a record, not only in crowds and enthusiasm, but in those evils which last season were evident, but this year seem to be ...

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  27. CRUISE OF THE PANDORA.

    The Pandora, a 9-ton yawl, which will, it is claimed be the most diminutive craft that has ever attempted a cruise round the world, to-day arrived in Hobson's Bay after ...

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  28. THE WHITEHAVEN COLLIERY DISASTER.

    The fund which is being raised for the relief of the sufferers by the Whitehaven colliery disaster has now reached a total of £32,997. Of this amount the ...

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  29. TRANSVAAL MINING.

    The prize of £5,000 offered by the Transvaal Government for an improved hand-drill is to be divided between the inventors of the Holman and Eiskol ...

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  30. THE VIENNA POISONING CASE.

    It has transpired that Lieutenant Hofrichter, who was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged at Vienna yesterday on a charge of having poisoned a colonel ...

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  31. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    Following are the final scores in connection with the "Daily Mail" competition:—Granville, 816 points; Langport, 812; North London, 810; Young, 805; ...

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  32. "INDECENT DANCING."

    The Rev. Father Sheridan, of Lithgow, has commenced a crusade against what is termed "indecent dancing," which is described as a kind of waltz with faces pressed close ...

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  33. THE KAISER.

    The Kaiser is suffering from a boil which extends from the base of his thumb on his right hand to his wrist. The possibility of blood-poisoning has ...

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  34. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN COAL CONTRACTS.

    The joint tender of Huddart, Parker and Co., the Adelaide Steamship Company, and McIIwraith, McEacharn and Co. has been accepted for the supply of coal, for all ...

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  35. FOREST FIRE IN MANITOBA.

    A fire which has swept through 30 miles of the Swan River Territory in Manitoba has destroyed a number of large lumber camps and several mills. ...

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  36. METHODIST CHURCH OF AUSTRALASIA.

    Practically the whole of to-day was occupied by the Australasian Methodist Conference in debating the question of the proposed secession of the New Zealand ...

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  37. MUNICIPAL SUBSIDIES.

    The report of the finance committee, which came before the Kalgoorlie Municipal Council to-night, contains the following:—"The auditors (Messrs. Jack and McMullen) ...

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  38. CHINESE GAMBLING HOUSE RAIDED.

    At the Central Police Court to-day 22 Chinese and two Europeans, who were found on premises in Dixon-street when these were raided by the police, were ...

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  39. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The police at Barcelona yesterday arrested Jose Jordan, a well-known anarchist, and seized 25 dynamite cartridges which were found in his possession. ...

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  40. FEDERAL FINANCE.

    The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Fisher), in answer to a question put to him to-day on the subject of finance, said: "I think that it is likely that a Commonwealth note issue ...

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  41. THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    Mr. R. A. Crouch, who formerly represented Corio in the House of Representatives, and who at the recent general elections was defcated by Mr. A. T. Ozanne ...

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  42. PERSONAL.

    A cable message received last night stated that Mr. Joseph Chamberlain had returned to London from the Continent, where he has been staying for the benefit ...

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  43. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    A request has been received from the Imperial Mint authorities that the Federal Government should suggest a design for the reverse of the new copper coins about to be ...

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  44. AN ISLAND MURDER.

    Information reached Sydney to-day that the man who was murdered recently in the Solomons was Captain Panke, who had been trading there for Lever Bros., Ltd., for ...

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  45. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY.

    The hearing of the charge of conspiracy arising out of the Ronald v. Harper libel case was commenced to-day at the Criminal Court before Mr. Justice Hood and a special ...

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  46. FATAL BURNING ACCIDENT.

    An Italian named Giovonni Della Franca died last night in the Katanning Hospital from burns sustained on Friday at Gnowangerup. The deceased had been engaged ...

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  47. ALLEGED FALSE IMPRISONMENT.

    After a hearing extending over a fortnight, Mr. Justice A'Beckett summed up to-day in the case of Varawa v. the Howard Smith Company, and the jury will retire to ...

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  48. VICTORIA.

    A painfully sudden death occurred at Glenferrie to-day when Mr. R. Gay succumbed to an attack of heart failure, consequent on a strain caused by ...

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  49. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The work of the pure food conference is proceeding quietly. The regulations in New South Wales, taken as a guide by the conference, have been modified in some ...

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  50. THE LAW COURTS.

    Full Court.—At 10.30 a.m., before Mr. Justice McMillen and Mr. Justice Rooth: 1. The Bayswater Roads Board and F. Stone. 2. A. P. Kolderup (master of the ...

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  51. THE HALL WILL CASE.

    The High Court to-day granted the Southern Law Society of Tasmania special leave to appeal against the decision of the Supreme Court of Tasmania in the matter of ...

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  52. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Before the Full Court to-day the Crown Proctor moved to rescind the decree nisi and dismiss the petition by James Frederick Maslin for divorce from his wife. The ...

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  53. THE BARRIER MINERS.

    Trouble is apparently brewing at Broken Hill. The A.M.A. have decided to use all their ondeavours to stop unionists from working with non-unionists, and also to ask ...

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