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  2. GREAT COBAR MINES.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The debenture-holders of the Great Cobar Copper Mines have resolved to adopt Mr. Pellow Harvey's recommendation to resume work at the mines. ...

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  3. "IRREVERENCE."

    In the course of his address at a religious ceremony at Randwick yesterday afternoon. Archbishop Kelly deplored the spirit of irreverence which was being shown for religion. ...

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  4. TRICYCLE FATALITY.

    TAMWORTH, Sunday.--The inquest concerning the death of James Mason, railway ganger, who was killed on March 9, while riding a tricycle between Nomingha and Tintinhull ...

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  5. WORK TO PROCEED.

    LONDON, Saturday.--At the Munitions Conference, an agreement was signed by which the workmen's representatives undertook to submit to their members a ...

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  6. FOR THE BELGIANS.

    The secretary to the Premier's Department (Mr. E. B. Harkeness) has received a letter from the joint honorary secretaries of the Belgian National Relief Fund, conveying the thanks of ...

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  7. THE COUNTRY.

    MOREE, Saturday.--A fancy dress [?] in [?] of the Roman Catholic Church brought in about £50. It proved the most successful function of its kind held for a long time. ...

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  8. THE TROOPS.

    Among the recruits at Victoria Barracks on Saturday was an-ex-Bolgian soldier. He spoke very little English, but sufficient to make the enrolling officer understand that he wanted to ...

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  9. TO-DAY'S PAPER.

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  10. OBITUARY.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The death is announced of Cardinal Agliardi. ...

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  11. STEVEDORES' ACTION.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The stevedores have offered to load army and navy stores at the old rates forthwith. The Government is considering the ...

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  12. THE NATIONAL FUND.

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  13. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S ORCHIDS.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The late Mr. J. Chamberlain's collection of 2000 orchids is to be sold. ...

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  14. PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS.

    CAIRO, Sunday.--Locusts are causing great damage to the crops in Southern Palestine. ...

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  15. WOMAN MAKES SERIOUS CHARGE.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A young woman, who was travelling from Ballarat to Melbourne via Geelong in one of the railway men's picnic trains on Saturday evening, attracted the ...

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  16. CONSPIRING TO ESCAPE.

    NEW YORK, Saturday.--Richard Stegler, a German reservist, has been sentenced to 60 days' gaol, and his accomplices, Richard Maden and Gustay Cook, to 10 ...

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  17. THE CONSUL'S LIST.

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  18. RACING IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Champion Steeplechase at Hurst Park was run to-day. There were only three starters, and while Balscadden won, Scarabee and the Australian horse ...

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  19. LABOR.

    The secretary of the Millers and Mill Employees' Union (Mr. G. Lewis) stated on Saturday that the immediate future in the wheat milling industry was not promising. It ...

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  20. RECRUITING IN VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Recruiting is keeping up satisfactorily. During last week 676 men were passed and sent out to the Broadmeadows camp--the largest number in any one week ...

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  21. OVERSEA SHIPPING.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The steamer Dalmore, which left Wellington on January 20, has arrived at London. The Waiwera, from Wellington, January ...

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  22. DEATH OF A NOTED SPORTSMAN.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The death is announced of Mr. R. C. Vyner, a well-known sportsman. Mr Vyner bred horses as well as raced them, and one of the best that ever carried his colors ...

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  23. ABSOLUTE CONTRABAND.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Additions to the list of contraband goods, the subject of an Imperial proclamation, are notified in the current issue of the "Commonwealth Gazette"' The ...

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  24. WAR APPOINTMENTS.

    MELBOURNE, Saturday.--The following changes have been approved in connection with the Australian Naval Expeditionary Force:-- Lieut.-Commander Richard Stanley Lambton ...

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  25. GLORY IN A RETREAT.

    An officer who participated in the fighting during the retreat of the British forces from Mons to the Alsne, in the course of a letter to Mr. James Allen, New Zealand Defence ...

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  26. ENGINEDRIVERS' FEDERATION.

    At the annual conference of the Engine-drivers and Firemen's Federation £105 was voted towards the appeal of the Builders Laborers' Federation in connection with the ...

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  27. ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  28. SPORTING.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The English Ladies' International Hockey Team beat the New Zealand touring team, at Richmond, by nine to nil. ...

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  29. IN THE COUNTRY.

    WEST MAITLAND, Sunday.--Belgian Day proved satisfactory, £253 being collected. Lady collectors worked from 7.30 in the morning till 10 o'clock at night. Some additional money in ...

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  30. LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR.

    The additions recently made to the Home of the little Sisters of the Poor at Randwick were opened and blessed yesterday afternoon by Archbishop Kelly. The additions ...

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  31. CRICKET RECORD.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The most remarkable cricket match, as far as scoring is concerned, that has ever taken place in a public school competition in Australia was concluded at the ...

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  32. HOLBERG DISQUALIFIED.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Sapper O'Neill beat Waldemar Holberg, at the Ring. Holberg was disqualified in the 13th round for holding. ...

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  33. TASMANIAN CIVIL SERVANTS.

    HOBART, Sunday.--The heads of departments met the Premier at his request to consult in the method to be adopted to collect from civil servants for the Belgian Relief Fund. It ...

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  34. UNSATISFIED WORKERS.

    BROKEN HILL, Sunday.--A meeting of the men working on the Broken Hill-Condobolin railway line yesterday carried a motion protesting against the Government proposal to ...

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  35. GRAY V. STEVENSON.

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  36. TO-DAY.

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  37. WAR FUNDS.

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  38. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS

    Charles Oliver (45), a laborer, was one of a number of people who witnessed a fight outside a city hotel on Saturday night. He remarked: "That's a foul blow." and was then struck on ...

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  39. THE DROUGHT.

    MELBOURNE, Saturday.--The Prime Minister is not apprehensive that worse results than have been experienced up to the present will arise from the drought conditions which ...

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  40. A COACH'S PERFORMANCE.

    HOBART, Sunday.--Myers, of West, Hobart coach put up a record for district cricket on Saturday, knocking together 273 runs in three hours. He hit 45 fours and one five. In the ...

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  41. RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS.

    The report of the Rhodes Scholarships Trust for 1913-14 has been issued. The number of scholars in residence at Oxford in the course of the academic year 1913-1914 ...

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  42. RED CROSS.

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  43. GERMANY UNCONQUERED.

    The position of the Allies after six months of war is discussed by Lord Sydenham in "The Times" of February 4. He summarises the condition of affairs, and contends that Germany ...

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  44. WOMAN FOUND DEAD.

    Alice Benson (59) was found dead on Friday night in Young Lane, Redfern. According to a report which has been submitted to the City Coroner, deceased had been using bags to lie ...

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  45. A TROOPER INJURED.

    John Baldwin, of the Light Horse Camp, Liverpool, was exercising a horse when he was thrown and kicked on the face. He was taken to Sydney, and afterwards conveyed to ...

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  46. FEELING THE PINCH.

    PERTH, Saturday.--The council of the Civil Service Association held a special meeting last night to consider a letter received from the Premier setting out that, owing to drought ...

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  47. FIGHT FOR LIFE.

    PERTH, Saturday.--Harry Woods, a farmer and contractor, was found disabled in the bush in the Meckering district, after having lain over five days in the sun practically without ...

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  48. GLAD TO BE BACK.

    Mr. E. Resch, who returned by the Marama yesterday, was in Germany when the war broke out, and although he did not experience any particular hardships, he had an experience ...

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  49. A GENEROUS OFFER.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Mr. Sydney Kidman, known throughout Australia as the Cattle King, who passed through Melbourne yesterday on his way to South Australia, has offered to head lists in Queensland, New ...

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  50. A LENGTHY INQUEST.

    TUMUT, Saturday.--At the inquest on the body of J. Quirk, who died early in January, the Coroner returned an open verdict. The case had been adjourned no less than ...

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  51. A DEAD MAN'S IDENTITY.

    HOBART, Saturday.--The body of a man named Emsley was found floating in the Derwent late on Thursday night. At the inquest yesterday, a verdict of found drowned was ...

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  52. THE MURRAY WATERS.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--While the State Ministry declares that it is pledged by the agreement reached at the Premiers' Conference in April last, to proceed with the Murray ...

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  53. LATE NEWS.

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  54. THE RIFLE CLUBS.

    The people of Beecroft are going on steadily with the formation of their rifle club, and six new life members have just been enrolled. They are endeavoring to raise £200 to assist ...

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  55. A JOCKEY KILLED.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.--Fred Welch, an apprentice jockey, while entering the Ascot Racecourse on Saturday, was thrown from his mount and killed. ...

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  56. DOCTOR TROUBLES.

    KURRI, KURRI, Saturday.--An unsatisfactory position has arisen here regarding the medical practitioners. For nearly two years have been two medical camps--the supporters ...

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  57. LATE MR. J. J. CALVERT.

    The funeral of the late Mr. J. J. Calvert took place at the Manly Cemetery on Saturday morning. The chief mourners were:--Mr. T. C. Calvert and Mr. C. H. Calvert (sons), and Mr. J. ...

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  58. MASCOT DISPENSARY OPENED.

    On Saturday afternoon the official opening of the Sydney United Friendly Societies Dispensary and Medical Institute branch dispensary at Hollingshed and Hardie Streets ...

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  59. A LUCKY ESCAPE.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Two residents of Upper Plenty, Mr. and Mrs. Prenzel, narrowly escaped being killed by the first division of the Sydney express on Saturday. They were ...

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  60. SHIPS TO BE EXAMINED.

    The Collector of Customs notifies the receipt of advice that an examination service has been put in force at Simpsonhafen, New Britain. The port named will be closed at night, and ...

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  61. SEDITIOUS PUBLICATIONS

    MELBOURNE, Saturday.--The importation into the Commonwealth of the following publications has been prohibited:--The paper in Urdu called the Ghadr (Mutiny), published by the ...

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  62. FIRE AT NEWTOWN.

    The contents of the timber yard of Ogden Bros., Wilson Street, Newtown, were severely damaged by a fire which broke out yesterday morning. The factory of Claude Ogden ...

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  63. ROWING.

    LAUNCESTON, Tas., Sunday.--The Tasmanian eight-cared championship, rowed on the Tamar on Saturday over the usual three-mile course, resulted in a win for the North Esk crew (Launceston), who beat the ...

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  64. NORTHERN SUBURBS WATER.

    The Metropolitan Boards of Water Supply announces the withdrawal of prohibition against tho use of automatic sprinklers or other mechanical appliances for watering gardens in ...

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  65. RAIN AFTER DROUGHT.

    WELLINGTON, Sunday.--General rains have been experienced in the north of Auckland. An abnormal fall was recorded in the Whangarei district, which has been in drought for the ...

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  66. CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER

    HOBART, Saturday.--John Moore has been committed for trial, charged with the manslaughter of George Thorne, who died as the result of injuries to his head. ...

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  67. UNIONISTS AND THE WAR.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--At a social gathering of the members of the Municipal Employees' Union on Saturday evening the Minister for Customs commented on the fact that unionists ...

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  68. WATER MAIN BURSTS.

    A 4ft. water main burst in Parramatta Road, Annandale, between Cardigan-Street and Bridge Street, yesterday, and blocked the tram traffic on both lines from 5.30 to 7.45. The flow of ...

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  69. COURSING.

    GLOUCESTER, Saturday.--The Gloucester Coursing Club held its opening meeting on Friday. The principal event was a speed match for £100 aside, between Kruger, owned by W. Hoskins, of Branxton, and Native ...

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  70. PROSECUTIONS FOR NON-ENROLMENT.

    Fourteen persons qualified for enrollment under the Commonwealth Electoral Act, resident at Randwick and Paddington, were successfully prosecuted during the week ended March 20 by ...

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  71. CANDIDATE OBJECTS TO PLEBISCITE.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.--In the Supremo Court, Brisbane, yesterday morning, Mr. Justice Chubb granted an interim injunction on behalf of John Lackey, one of the Liberal candidates ...

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  72. FINED FOR BEING IN GAMING HOUSE.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.--Twenty men were fined £3 3s and costs on Saturday on charges of having been found in a common gaming house, known as the Brisbane Sporting Club. ...

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  73. HEAVY BAIL IN MURDER CASE.

    DALBY, Q., Saturday.--Emil Howard Thonemann, charged with the murder of Alfred William Cooper, at Kuyura, on March 9, has been released on bail, himself in £5000, and one ...

    Article : 42 words
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