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  2. POSTAL ADMINISTRATION

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Postmaster-General has decided to make changes in the remuneration of persons in charge of contract and allowance post-oflices. Prior to Federation ...

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  3. STORM AT" BODANGORA.

    BODANGORA, Tuesday.--A terrific storm of cyclonic violence struck the town at 8 o'clock last night, doing considerable damage. Scarcely a place escaped. ...

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  4. THE MAIL CONTRACT.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--"The Times" attributes the ill success of the Australian Mail Liners' Syndicate chiefly to the high rate of interest which can nowadays be ...

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  5. BOTHA'S CABINET.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The swearing-in of General Louis Botha's Cabinet in the Transvaal took place before the Governor (Lord Selborue) at Parliament-hall yesterday. The ...

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  6. ARMY REORGANISATION.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The bill introduced by Mr. R. B. Huldane, Secretary of State for War, providing for the reorganisation of the army, bas passed its first reading in ...

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  7. PERSONAL.

    Our London correspondent cables that the King, who left for Biarritz, in the Bay of Biscay, on Monday, has gone on to Paris. The Prince of Wales, who was a Vice-Admiral ...

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  8. STATE ELECTIONS.

    In connection with the selection of candidates, the following rule of the Liberal and Reform Association might, it is thought, be studied, with advantage to the various branches and ...

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  9. MR. SCOTT FELL AT MOSMAN.

    At the Mosman Town-hall last night Mr. W. Scott Fell opened his campaign in the Middle Harbor electorate. The Mayor (Alderman Leahy) presided over a large audience. ...

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  10. CONTRACT WILL BE CARRIED OUT.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr. Trevisa Clarke and Mr. J. Esplin, the visiting representatives of the new English mall syndicate, had an interview with Mr. Denkin this evening,' and gave him ...

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  11. BIG LINER ASHORE.

    LONDON, Tuesday,--The steamer Dakota, belonging to the United States Great Northern Railway and Steamship Company, is ashore at Noshima, Japan, and is badly ...

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  12. "A FAIR START.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The Pretoria correspondent of "The Times" states that the four Boer representatives in the Cabinet are the strongest men in the party, and ...

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  13. SIR J. A. SWETTENHAM RESIGNS.

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- Mr. Winston Churchill, Under-Secretary for the Colonies, announced yesterday, that Sir James Alexander Swettenham had resigned the ...

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  14. THE IMPERIAL CONFERENCE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--In his capacity as Premier of the Transvaal, General Botha has been invited to attend the Imperial Conference in London. ...

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  15. OPPRESSIVE DAY IN THE CITY.

    Weather conditions were remarkable at Sydney yesterday. The wind blow from practically every point of the compass, culminating, in a hot westerly squall, which sent the ...

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  16. AN OBSOLETE NAVY.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Count Reventiow, the German naval expert,, condemns many German battleships as obsolete- and unseaworthy. ...

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  17. COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon, -- The Unionist press attribute the defeat of the Progressive Party at the recent County Council elections to the fear of Socialist ...

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  18. QUEENSLAND SUGAR PLANTATIONS.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A statement was presented to the Prime Minister to-day by Mr. Bamford, M.H.R., containing the signatures of 297 men who had expressed their willingness to ...

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  19. MR. BENT'S SCHEME KILLED.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Victorian Cabinet has knocked on the head Mr. Bent's' scheme for guaranteeing £150,000 Worth of debentures of the new English mail syndicate. Mr. Bent ...

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  20. GREAT MOUNTAIN SLIDE.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Snow and rain caused a tremendous mountain slide, extending over six square miles, at Guelma, Algeria, which destroyed many houses, and ...

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  21. LABOR AT MARICKVILLE.

    A well-attended meeting of the "Marriekville Labor League was held one evening last week, the principal business being the reception of nominations for a candidate to oppose Mr, R. W. ...

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  22. SLUM WORK IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon. -- The Duchess of Marlborough has joined the rauks" of the active slum workers of the Church Army. ...

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  23. THE LATE ME. DONALD, MACINTYRE.

    Popularly known as the "Cattle Kins" of Northern Queensland. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  24. THE CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--According to New York cablegrams, Mrs. Eddy, founder of the Christian Science sect, has offered iter sou a large sum of money to ...

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  25. THE ST. LEONARDS SEAT.

    At the Masonichall, North Sydney, on Monday night, Alderman E. M. Clark, ex-M.L.A. for St. Leonards, addressed a meeting of the electors. Mr. Alex. Kethel, M.L.C., presided. Mr. ...

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  26. BIG MAIL STEAMER.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Lady Pirrie, an 11,000 tons Royal mail steamer, which is reported to be for the South American trade, has been launched at Belfast. ...

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  27. A SERIES OF STORMS.

    During Monday night Sydney was subject to a succession of thunderstorms of great severity. The first occurred about 10.30 p.m., and was accompanied by vivid lightning and ...

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  28. THE GRUNENTHAL FORGERIES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The annual report of the German Imperial Bank shows that during 1906 the hank sustained a further loss of 740,000 marks (about £37,000) in ...

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  29. IN THE COUNTRY.

    TEMORA, Tuesday.--Mr. W. A. Holman, M.L.A., addressed a large meeting here on Saturday night at Saunders'-hall. He was well received. ...

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  30. BRITISH NEW GUINEA.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The announcement that ex-Senator Staniforth Smith was to get an important appointment in the administration of, British New Guinea has at last been ...

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  31. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Ameer of Afghanistan has engaged European experts to start woollen mills at Kabul. Spain and France have agreed to ...

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  32. PROSPEROUS EGYPT.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--A very prosperous year was experienced by Egypt during 1906. The revenue for the year amounted to £E15,337,000, showing a surplus over ...

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  33. VICTORIA.

    Gold valued at £16,081 5s 6d was shipped by the H.M.S. Marmora this week. The State Cabinet decided to-day to grant seven months' leave of absence to Mr. F. Tate, ...

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  34. LOST BRITISH DESPATCHES.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--One of the despatch bags, which was in charge of Mr. A. Herbert, the King's foreign service messenger, who was one of the victims of the ...

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  35. METHODIST MISSION FUND.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Great enthusiasm was displayed to-day at the Methodist Conference when a call was made for increasing subscriptions to the mission fund, which had shown ...

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  36. THE POSEIDON RUSH.

    Mr. Justice a Beckett to-day endorsee the decision of the Warden that John Porter, the prospector of the Poseidon rush, was not entitled to all the ground ho had pegged out for his claim. ...

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  37. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Mr. W. H. Lever, Liberal member for the Wirral Division of Cheshire, has introduced in the House of Commons a bill granting all ...

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  38. THE CADET SYSTEM.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A conference of directors of education on the new cadet regulations met in the Education Department to-day. Their deliberations were conducted in private. ...

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  39. OCEANIC COMPANY'S CLAIM.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The dispute between the postal authorities aud the Oceanic Company has been settled. The company is to be paid at the Federal rate of 2s per ib. for mails to ...

    Article : 165 words
  40. HIGH COURT JUDGMENT.

    Judgment was given in the High Court yesterday in the appeal case of M'Lean Bros, and Rigg V. Griee. The plaintiff company claimed from ...

    Article : 108 words
  41. ENGLISH MAILS.

    English mails by the P. and O. R.M.S. Moldavia, dated London, February 11, are due at Sydney on Monday next. The Moldavia reached Fremantle yesterday forenoon. ...

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