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  2. A HUGE PENSION LIST.

    LONDON, Monday,--The United States Commissioner of Pensions paid £32,400,000 during the Inst fiscal year. The roll of pensioners contains 946,194 ...

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  3. THE CHERRY RESCUES.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Reuter's correspondent at Cherry, Illinois, states that there were many, touching scenes at the pit's mouth when the 78 miners, rescued ...

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  4. THE STRAIGHT ISSUE.

    LONDON, Monday.--Sir Gilbert. Parker M.P. (C.I., Gravesend), speaking at Yeadon, Yorkshire, described Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. ...

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  5. THE ANNANDALE FERRY STOPPAGE.

    The stoppage of the Annandale, Rozelle, and Sydney ferry service, which it was hoped [?] only temporary, will continue until the coal trouble is over or, as the management put it, ...

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  7. POISON AS "NERVE CURE."

    LONDON, Monday.--Forty officers of the General Staff at Vienna received postal packets alleged to contain samples of a nerve cure. ...

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  8. SYMPATHY WITH THE STRIKERS.

    Last night at the meeting of the Rockchoppers' Union, comprising about 600 members, it was decided to vote £10 towards the Clifton miners. Notice was given of a motion, to be ...

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  9. LIBERALS AND LABORITES.

    LONDON, Monday.--Mr. Arthur Henderson, M.P. (Barnard Castle division of Durham), leader of the Labor Party, speaking at Bishop Auckland, Durham, said it was ...

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  10. STATE AND SOCIETY.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Ex- President Loubet,. speaking before a French association of the middle classes, said he was astonished that a revolution was being ...

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  11. SUNDAY RACING. but he relaxed the command on finding that racecourses could not be made to pay without Sunday meetings.

    LONDON, Monday.--A race meeting has been arranged to be held in Berlin on every Sunday from March to November, 1910. Hitherto the Kaiser has forbidden ...

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  12. AT PRESENT NEUTRAL

    The executive committee of the Employers' Federation met yesterday to detremine what action should be taken in regard to the coal strike, and after a lengthy discussion, the ...

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  13. NICARAGUAN REVOLUTION.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Washington correspondent of "The Times" reports that the United States authorities are dissatisfied with the explanations offered by the ...

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  14. "OVERTURES."

    Mr. Andrew Gray, secretary of the Strike Congress, writes with reference to a Newcastle report published yesterday, and gives an emphatic denial to the statement that the ...

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  15. CHINESE NAVAL MISSION.

    LONDON, Monday.--The King has granted an audience at Windsor Castle to the Chinese Mission which has arrived to study the organisation of the British Navy. ...

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  16. FOUND DEAD.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--It was reported to. the police early this morning that an Afghan had been found dead at Frome Creole, on tho Bird- ville track, three miles from Hergott. ...

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  17. DUNGOG TRAGEDY.

    DUNOOG, Monday.--Excitement was aroused on Friday night when it became known that an atrocious murder had been committed at Maxwell's Creek railway camp, which has been ...

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  18. CANADA'S NAVAL PROJECT.

    LONDON, Monday.—Sir William van Home (chairman of the board of directors of the Canadian-Pacific Railway Company) declares himself opposed to the formation of ...

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  19. WHAT IS WANTED.

    LONDON, Monday.--A four-line "whip" was issued to the Unionist Peers for to-day's debate in the House of Lords on the second reading of the Finance Bill. ...

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  20. NATIONALISATION.

    There was a crowded meeting at the Protestant-hall last night by way of demonstration in favor of the nationalisation of the coal industry. Mr. F. Bryant, president of the P.L.L., ...

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  21. HIGH FLYING.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Hoping to win the Lazare-Wieler altitude prize, M. Paulhan, of the French Department of Marine, rose 1200ft. Lieut. Latham half an ...

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  22. THE COAL STRIKE.

    Sir,--Now that the Premier has suggested a sort on compromise with a view to setting the strike at Newcastle I think there are a few questions which ought to be asked, and which everyone, more particulaly our ...

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  23. FUNERAL OF EMPRESS OF CHINA.

    LONDON, Monday.--Tuan Fang, the progressive Viceroy of Ghi-li, has been sternly censured for allowing photographs to -be taken of the late Empress's funeral cortege, ...

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  24. IRISH BLIGHT.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--A proclamation was signed by the Governor-in-Council to-day prohibiting the transportation to any other part of the State of potatoes from the parishes of ...

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  25. PAULHAN TURNS THE TABLES.

    LONDON. Monday.--M. Paulhan has beaten Lieut Latham's flight, and put up a new record of 1950ft, at the Chalons Camp. ...

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  26. TANAMI GOLDFIELD.

    PERTH, Sunday.--A telegram from Hall's Creek reports that the party which returned from Tanami last. Wednesday said that there were forty men on the field prospecting, but ...

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  27. GERMANY'S DREADNOUGHTS.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The German Dreadnoughts Rheinland and Posen will be ready for delivery to the German Admiralty next spring, and the cruiser Von ...

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  28. SEVERE FIGHTING IN PERSIA.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Government troops have defeated the insurgents at Ardebil (Northern Persia). The fight lasted 11 hours, and 400 of the ...

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  29. LOSS OF THE DUCO.

    WELLINGTON, Monday.--The magisterial inquiry into the loss of the Duco was continued. Captain Bendall, the underwriters' surveyor, said that the Duco was not fit to carry any deck ...

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  30. IMPORT DUTIES.

    LONDON, Monthly. -- Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of trade, has issued a manifesto, a column in length, for the purpose of proving that a 10 per ...

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  31. NEW ZEALAND RATES INCREASED.

    WELLINGTON, Monday.--Passenger rates between New Zealand and Australia, commencing from this week, go up 10 per cent., and cargo rates 25 per cant. ...

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  32. MURDERED WHILE ASLEEP.

    WEST MAITLAND, Monday.--Particulars regarding the murder at Maxwell's' Creek show that the victim was treated in a most violent and brutal manner. The body was. clothed only ...

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  33. EARTHQUAKES AND ERUPTION.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--After several shocks of earthquake in Teneriffe, the largest of the Canary Islands in the Atlantic, three craters, the largest on the south ...

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  34. AUTOMATIC ARMY RIFLE.

    WAR OFFICE INVITES DESIGNS. LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The British War Office is inviting for delivery by May 1 designs and patterns of an automatic ...

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  35. SEVEN YEARS' GAOL.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--James Geddes, who, under the false representation that he was a cabman, drove an invalid lady to the outskirts of Auckland, and then robbed her of money and ...

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  36. FROM A SOUTHERN MINER.

    Sir.--I believe in unionism, tat I don t see any justification in striking at present. I have been working on the South Coast off and on for the last 20 years, and I venture to say that our conditions now are fairly ...

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  37. SEARCHING IN SYDNEY.

    The Maxwell's Creek body was discovered on November 19, and the features were so decomposed as to be unrecognisable, but from inquiries made there seems to be little doubt that it is ...

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  38. FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    Some four weeks ago the Political Labor Leagues of the western suburbs decided to run a Labor candidate to oppose Mr. Bruce Smith, M.H.R. (Liberal), at the forthcoming elections. ...

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  39. CEMENT WORKERS' BOARD.

    LITHGOW, Monday.--The Cement Workers' Wages Board commenced its sittings on Wednesday last, and held sessions on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. The works wore inspected by ...

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  40. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVAL UNIT.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--Except perhaps as regards the payment by the British Government of £250,000 for a term of years towards the support of the new Australian naval unit, or navy, ...

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  41. RESTRAINT OF TRADE.

    Sir,--There is a Federal law against illegal combination in restraint of trade. I would suggest that the Employers' Federation or the State Government at once apply to the Federal Courts to restrain strikers from ...

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  42. WANTED AN OWNER.

    Detectives Fullerton and Leary require an owner for a curb bangle set with three stones. One stone is missing from the centre, but the others are diamonds and make the article appear to be worth about £20. The bangle ...

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  43. SHOCK AT MESSINA.

    LONDON, Monday.--A strong shock of earthquake was experienced at Messina at midnight on Sunday. The inhabitants were awakened by the ...

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  44. SOUTH SYDNEY.

    A number of ladies and gentlemen met at the Eden Buildings to discuss the question of the proposed selection on the 30th instant. Mr. Edon George stated that he had declined ...

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  45. UNPROFITABLE POST-OFFICE.

    ALBION PARK, Saturday.--At the last meeting of the municipal council a letter was received from the Deputy Postmaster-General to the effect that the earnings of the Croome Post-office for last year were only £714, and ...

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  46. THE PRESENT CRISIS.

    Sir,--The refusal of too leaders to allow unionists the freeman's right to a closed or secret ballot, is a plain Indication that they know that a large number of them-- perhaps a majority of those who can think--would not ...

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  47. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Salvation Army is arranging to lodge and feed 1600 unemployed who have hitherto been spending their nights on the Thames Embankment ...

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  48. THE LOSS OF THE HIPPAL0S.

    Mr. A. Guthrey, one of the owners of the barque Hippalos, yesterday received a cable from Captain Norris at New Zealand, confirming the news of the disaster. The message stated ...

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  49. GOLDEN WEDDING.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch are celebrating their golden wedding at Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith, Scotland. ...

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  50. BELMORE PARK.

    Aid. Clarke will move in the City Council to-day that the health and electric lighting committees be asked to consider the advisableness of immediately proceeding with the lighting of Belmore Park with electricity. ...

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  51. THE REVOLT AGAINST LAW.

    Sir,--The miners' strike has from the beginning been a revolt against the law. If we admit that the whole of the grievances which have been enumerated since the strike--not before--to be of such a character as to press ...

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  52. A NARROW ESCAPE.

    WELLINGTON, Monday.--The Hippolas sank so suddenly that the Takapuna had a narrow escape of being dragged under. Captain Stewart severed the towing-line with an axe just as ...

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  53. LATE SPORTING.

    ARMIDALE, Monday.--The golf tie between Dr. Scott and Mr. Russell Blaxland for the Pope Challenge Cup was played off on the local links on Saturday, last, and resulted in a win for Mr. Blaxland. ...

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  54. RICHMOND.

    MURWILLUMBAH, Monday.--Mr. Venour Nathan, a Sydney resident, has inserted a notice in tho local press stating that he will contest the Federal seat, which will become vacant by ...

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  55. SERIOUS BUSH FIRES.

    DENILIQUIN, Monday.--A large area of country north-east of Denlliquin was swept by fire yesterday, several thousands of acres being devastated. ...

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  56. CANADIAN MAIL.

    SUVA, Monday.--The R.M.S. Marama, of the Canadian-Australian line, arrived here this morning, en route from Vancouver to Brisbane and Sydney. ...

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  57. VICTORIAN STATE COAL MINE.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--At a meeting of the State Cabinet, the Minister for Mines was authorised to call for applications throughout the Commonwealth and Now Zealand for a ...

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  58. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE.--Arr., Nov. 21: Commonwealth, str., from London. Nov. 22: Lauderdale, str., from New Zealand; Durham, sir., from London; Australia, str., from Melbourne; Rippingham Grange, str., from ...

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  59. TO-DAY.

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  60. POWLETT RIVER FIELD.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--About 30 miners left Rutherglen to-day under engagement to the Victorian Government to sink four shafts at the Powlett River coalfield in connection with the ...

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  61. THE STRIKE AND SINGLE TAX.

    Sir,--Mr. Sheppard takes exception to the way I replied to an anonynious correspondent It is a difficult matter to be patient with persons aho adopt different aliases at intervals to put forward stuff which was effectively ...

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  62. ENGLISH MAILS.

    English malls, dated London, October 23, by the R.M.S. Orsova, are expected to roach Sydney on Thursday next. ...

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