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  2. IN THE GRIP OF THE FLAMES

    YASS, Sunday.--The most destructive bushfire over experienced in this district swept from the Cooradigbee to the Murrumbidgee to-day. The fire started, it is supposed, at Barber Bros. ...

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  3. TERRIFIC HEAT WAVE.

    A heat wave swept the State yesterday like a blast from a mighty furnace. Before daybreak, a heavy, depressing atmosphere hung over the city, and when the sun ...

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  4. TO-DAY'S PAPER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 287 words
  5. ITALIAN RELIEF.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 144 words
  6. PROFESSIONAL RUGBY.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The first test match between the League team and an English team was played yesterday, the Australians being beaten by 14 points to 9. ...

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  7. A NEW TERROR.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Two priests are the sole survivors of Scylla. They were in a vault of a church, which alone withstood the shocks. ...

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  8. THE RELIEF MEASURES.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--All Italy is co-operating with the King and Queen, the Princes and Ministers, in the great work of alleviating the distress which has ...

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  9. THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Departmental records show that £20,000,000, mostly under wills, were entrusted to the control of the public Trustee during his first year of ...

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  10. "SEND SHIPS LADEN WITH QUICKLIME."

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--King Victor Emmanuel yesterday despatched the following urgent telegram to the Italian Premier, Signor Giolitti:-- ...

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  11. ADELAIDE FUND.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The "Advertiser" earthquake fund now amounts to over £1200. The Government has decided to contribute £600. ...

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  12. THREE LIVES LOST.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.--A double drowning fatality occurred on Saturday afternoon in the river at Lowood. A number of young people were holding a picnic, and several, including ...

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  13. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    LONDON, Saturday.--King Edward will open Parliament in full state next week. ...

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  14. PERSONAL.

    The Governor of Victoria, Sir Thomas Gibson- Carmichael, on Saturday received the following cable message of New Year greeting from Sir Reginald Talbot, the late Governor:--"Lady ...

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  15. MILES OF FENCING GONE.

    WOLLONGONG, Sunday.--A serious and destructive fire broke out on the Mount Drummond and Mangerton Estates this morning, and by the afternoon it had reached large dimensions. As ...

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  16. FUSTIAN WEAVERS' STRIKE.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The strike of the fustian weavers at Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, has collapsed. The strike lasted 42 weeks, and cost the ...

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  17. SOUTHERLY CHANGE.

    A southerly change was reported early in the evening, and worked rapidly up the coast, reaching Sydney at 8.48 p.m., with fierce squalls, one of which, at 8.55 p.m., registered 57.1 miles ...

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  18. PROPOSED FEDERAL GRANT.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday--The Federal Government does not propose to follow the example of Canada to make a money grant for the relief of the distress, caused by the earthquake in ...

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  19. YOUNG GIRL DROWNED.

    MITTAGONG, Saturday.--A sad drowning fatality occurred here on New Year's Day, at the Ten Feet Falls, Elsie Muriel Pope (14) being the victim. From the facts elicited at the ...

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  20. GOLD IN THE DEATH-GRIP.

    The Duke of Aosta, cousin of King Victor Emmanuel, while exploring in Palmi yesterday, stumbled against the dead body of a man who lay on the ground, ...

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  21. SEDITION IN INDIA.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The editor of the "Swarraj"--an inflammatory paper published at Allahabad--and seven other Hindoos have been arrested for sedition. ...

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  22. ROOF BLOWN OFF.

    About 9 o'clock last night the roof of a new two-storied building occupied at the corner of Bulwara-road and Gipps-street, Pyrmont, as a coach factory, by Mr. A. J. Peters, was blown off ...

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  23. DAMAGE AT WYONG.

    WYONG, Sunday.--The heat to-day has been intense, the thermometer registering 110deg. Bush-fires are raging all round, about 2000 acres burning fiercely within a mile of the ...

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  24. THE MONEY MARKET.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--The Transvaal Government is issuing a £4,000,000 3 per cent, loan at a minimum of 95. The issue carries an Imperial guarantee. ...

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  25. OFFICER OF THE WEATHER BUREAU INTERVIEWED.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 268 words
  26. BLAZE NEAR BATHURST.

    BATHURST, Sunday.--A bush-fire started on Friday evening at Mr. A. E. Ivatt's property, Winburndale. near the Hotbeds. About 1000 acres of grass were destroyed, but neither the ...

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  27. FINLAND OFFERS 4 12 PER CENT.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--The Government of Finland is issuing a £1,800,000 loan at 4 12 per cent., the minimum being fixed at 92 12. ...

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  28. SIR THOMAS BENTS OPINION.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Sir Thomas Bent regards the matter as one for the Federal Government, as representing the whole of Australia, and not for a State Government, ...

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  29. FIRES IN OTHER DISTRICTS.

    BURROWA, Saturday.--Fires have been raging in various parts of the district, including Bendenine, Frogmoor, Walla, Goondah, Wool- pack Creek, Kenya, and other places. The ...

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  30. CONSTABLE SHOT IN THE JAW.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.--While in the execution of his duty in Eastry-street, Knightsbridge, last night, Constable William Hyde was shot in the jaw, and now lies in the Adelaide ...

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  31. A NEW MAJOR PLANET.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--Professor E. C. Pickering, Director of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College (Massachusetts, U.S.A.), has obtained ...

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  32. UNDESIRABLE SURVIVORS.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--The Rome daily paper, "Tribuna," states that out of the 20,000 survivors at Messina, a fourth consists of the dregs of the ...

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  33. SYMPATHY OF THE GOVERNMENT.

    The following letter has been forwarded to Dr. Marano, Consul for Italy, Sydney:-- "Premier's Office, Sydney, "December 31, 1908. ...

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  34. BETWEEN NEWCASTLE AND GOSFORD.

    NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The temperature today in the city was high, but it was tempered, by a cool sea breeze in the afternoon, which died away at nightfall, and the air became ...

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  35. MUNGINDI AND MOGIL RECORD 118.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 162 words
  36. READING THE SEISMOGRAPH.

    Mr. W. E. Raymond, officer in charge at the Sydney Observatory, was able to report yesterday that-- "The photographic seismogram for the week ...

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  37. A PRINCESS'S EXPERIENCE.

    The Princess Lavalle was watching the sun rise at Taormina-- the popular health resort, 25 miles south-west of messina--when the earthquake occurred. ...

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  38. WATCHING AND WAITING.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--It seems to be expected by some of the supporters and some of the opponents of the Fisher Ministry that it should take an early opportunity of enunciating its ...

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  39. TO-DAY'S FORECAST.

    The following forecast was issued by the Weather Bureau last evening:-- Cooler conditions in southern districts, with southerly winds; still hot in northern ...

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  40. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Sultan yesterday sent 120 carriages to bring the members of Parliament to a banquet at the Palace, and conversed with the Deputies with the greatest intimacy. ...

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  41. IN BLAZING BOURKE.

    BOURKE, Sunday.--To-day is the hottest on record since the "seventies," the maximum rending being 125deg. in the shade. This was brought about by a hot northerly wind, which ...

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  42. OUTBREAKS IN THE SUBURBS.

    The Metropolitan Fire Brigade and the various suburban brigades had an extremely busy time. yesterday afternoon and night in attending to fires resulting from the excessive heat of the ...

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  43. ENORMOUS DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.

    LONDON, Saturday.--It is estimated that £80,000,000 worth of private properly has been destroyed at Messina, and £40,000,000 worth at Reggio. ...

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  44. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir,--The terrible calamity which has lately taken place in Italy fairly appalls one, and I think should arouse all our kindest and most humane feelings. I therefore beg to suggest ...

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  45. HOT TIME IN BATHURST.

    BATHURST, Sunday.--Bathurst has by no means escaped the heat-wave at present passing over the State. On Thursday the maximum shade temperature reached 100deg.; on Friday ...

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  46. AUSTRALIAN METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE CO.

    In Trade and Finance on Saturday it was stated that this office was transferring its business to the Metropolitan Accident Fire and General Insurance Company, Just registered. As ...

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  47. ITALY'S WHOLE-HEARTED THANKS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--King Victor Emmanuel has telegraphed to King Edward his whole-hearted thanks to the British officers and sailors for their great work of charity. ...

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