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  2. ANOTHER PEARLING DISASTER.

    The terrible pearling catastrophe at the end of April this year is still fresh in the memory of all, but it would appear that the terrific hurricane which ...

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  3. A MYSTERIOUS CRUISE.

    Quite unexpectedly the American schooner Coronet which recently excited considerable curiosity in Sydney, made her, appearance in ...

    Article : 164 words
  4. NEWS AND NOTES.

    The Mails. — The ordinary mail for the United Kingdom will close at the G.P.O. to-day at 11.30 a.m. (late fee 12.30 p.m.), for transmission by the R.M.S. ...

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  5. CHEAPER CABLES.

    The Lord Mayor of London yesterday presided over an influential meeting held to discuss the question of cheaper cables. The speakers included the Duke of ...

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  6. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Strenuous opposition to the Coal Mines Eight Hours Bill is developing in the House of Commons and outside, owing to fears that a reduction of output will ...

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  7. THE UNREST IN INDIA.

    The India Council yesterday passed the new Sedition Bill, the native members warmly acquiescing in the measure. Sir Harvey Adamson mentined the ...

    Article : 134 words
  8. AUSTRALIAN PASSENGER TRAFFIC.

    Speaking at a meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental S.N. Company yesterday the chairman of directors, Sir Thomas Sutherland, said the ...

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  9. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The Prime Minister, referring yesterday to the Old-age Pension Act, said that the trust fund already amounted to £423,000. By the end of June next year ...

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  10. RUGBY FOOTBALL.

    The Australian Amateur Rugby Union yesterday met Wales at Cardiff. Thirtythousand people witnessed the contest, which was most strenuous and exciting. ...

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  11. THE CHINESE INFLUX.

    Considerable excitement was manifested on the s.s. Charon yesterday morning when it became known that two Chinese members of the crew were absent from ...

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  12. PANAMA CANAL INCIDENT.

    A representative of the New York "Times," after examining the Government papers relating to the purchase of the Panama Canal, admits that the ...

    Article : 136 words
  13. ADVERTISING AUSTRALIA.

    The Minister for External Affairs had an interview yesterday with Mr. Tutto, a representative of the firm of Pathe Bros., of Paris, who are said to be the largest ...

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  14. AERIAL NAVIGATION.

    The United Kingdom Aero Club has formed a league to encourage inventors of aeroplanes. At a dinner given by the Club ...

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  15. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

    The Governor-General is evidently a man who having set his mind on doing a certain thing leaves no stone unturned to achieve his purpose. ...

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  16. ALLEGED ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.

    The hearing of a case in which Frederick William Swanston, Arthur Thomas Fleming, and James Donoghue were charged with having, at Kurrawang, on December 4, ...

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  17. THE BERLENGAS ISLANDS.

    A report that Germany is negotiating for the purchase of the Berlengas Islands (a rocky group 12 miles off the west coast of Portugal) has caused alarm at ...

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  18. RAIN IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    As a result of an extensive monsoonal depresssion general rains have been recorded throughout the State, with the exception of a strip of country along the ...

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  19. COMMERCIAL.

    Wool.—At the colonial wool sales on Friday business was quieter and prices were occasionally in buyers' favour. Leading brands sold as follow:—Yule, ...

    Article : 390 words
  20. TORNADO IN NEW ZEALAND.

    A tornado has swept over an area six miles by three-quarters of a mile south of Canterbury, felling practically everything in its track, including straw stacks, ...

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  21. MISCELLANEOUS.

    Bar silver was quoted at 1s. 10½d. per oz. to-day, against 1s. 10 7-16d. per oz. yesterday. ...

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  22. MURDER IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The police have received information that Johanna Kelly, believed to be a single woman, was murdered in a hotel at Armidale last night or this morning. ...

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  23. PERSONAL.

    Major G. T. Wood, the officer commanding the Western Australian Infantry Regiment, first battalion, has been granted leave of absence for one month, ...

    Article : 150 words
  24. INTER-STATE.

    Recently Carl Grundman, a seaman, was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment at Port Adelaide for having refused to use a wad made of cotton waste in lieu ...

    Article : 203 words
  25. THE LAW COURTS.

    Nisi Prius.—In No. 3 Court, at 10.30 a.m., before Mr. Justice Rooth—(1) J. George and the Crown; (2) J. Davis and the Crown. ...

    Article : 56 words
  26. MINING.

    The following are the latest quotations for Australasian mining stocks:—Associated (Western Australia), 25s. b, 26s. 3d. s; Broken Hill Proprietary, 40s. b, ...

    Article : 109 words
  27. NEW ZEALAND.

    The barque Don, from London, which had been posted as missing, has arrived at Nelson. ...

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  28. THE BURNING OIL BORE.

    The gas which had been burning fiercely at what is known as the oil bore at Roma for some time has at length been extinguished by enveloping ...

    Article : 41 words
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