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  2. PARTITION OF AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Saturday.--An article in the "Spectator'' last Saturday, based on the suggestion of a German newspaper for the cession of British territory in South Africa ...

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  3. " A SOCIAL CANKER,"

    NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--In the course of a striking sermon, delivered at the Cathedral tonight, the Dean of Newcastle. Dr. Golding Bird, made a serious indictment of some of the forms ...

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  4. SPASMODIC CHARITY.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.--Mr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, addressing a religious conference at Cardiff, Wales, declared that the spasmodic appeal to charity was a ...

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  5. THANKS TO BRITAIN.

    VIENNA, Friday Evening.--Addressing the Delegations, Dr. Kraemar referred to the dangers attaching to Austria's close relations with Germany, whereby, he said, ...

    Article : 66 words
  6. THE THRONE'S OFFER.

    PEKIN, Saturday.--The conference of Imperialist and Republican delegates at Shanghai has agreed to adopt either-- (1) A national convention binding both ...

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  7. TO-DAY'S PAPER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 293 words
  8. PROFITABLE FINANCE.

    The summary of the cash transactions for the year 1911, being the income and outgoings in connection with the corporate rates and revenues attached to the city fund, Sydney City ...

    Article : 366 words
  9. TRADE AND FINANCE

    The motto of this Continent being "Advance Australia!" it is fitting that we should inquire at the close of the year as to the directions in which we have advanced. That we have ...

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  10. CAMPAIGN AGAINST TRUSTS.

    CHICAGO, Saturday.--Direct evidence was offered yesterday at the meat packers' trial, under the anti-trust law, that a packers' "pool" existed from 1893 to 1896. ...

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  11. THAMES SHIPBUILDING.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.--The Admiralty announces that negotiations are proceeding with a northern shipbuilding firm for the construction on the Thames of two protected cruisers ...

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  12. NANKIN REPUBLICANS.

    PEKIN, Friday Evening.--It was the Nankin Republican Assembly--not the Republican Convention, as previously reported--which elected Dr. Sun Yat Sen "President ...

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  13. SHIPPING AND AGRICULTURE.

    WASHINGTON, Saturday.--A house committee is to be selected to investigate the shipping and international harvester combines, also the money trust. ...

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  14. IMPERIAL PROMISE IGNORED.

    PEKIN, Saturday.--The nomination of Dr. Sun Yat Sen to the Presidency was made by delegates from the whole 18 provinces of China Proper, assembled at Nankin. ...

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  15. "RESTRAINT OF TRADE."

    KANSAS CITY, Saturday.--Three labor union officials will be prosecuted under the anti-trust laws for aiding the strike of railway men on the Harriman lines, on the ground of "restraint ...

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  16. CENSUS DISCREPANCIES.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Remarkable discrepancies are shown in the census figures, when compared with the more recent canvas of West Australia, made by the police. This is the first ...

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  17. TWO WOMEN DROWNED.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A moonlight row on the Yarra on Saturday night had a pathetically tragic termination. A party of four--two young women and their male friends--left Princes ...

    Article : 335 words
  18. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 182 words
  19. THE ONLY DIFFICULTY.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Admiralty hopes that an arrangement with the Thames Ironworks Company will be completed during the first week in January. The only difficulty is ...

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  20. A BROKEN RAIL.

    SHARON (N. DAKOTA), Sunday.--A train has been wrecked on the Great Northern railroad. Six persons have been killed and 13 injured. Among the killed was the two-year-old ...

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  21. NO WITHSTANDING THEM.

    PEKIN, Saturday.--The Premier, Yuan Shih Kai, declares that the Imperialists are no longer able to suppress the risings, owing to lack of funds. ...

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  22. COMING TO TERMS.

    PEKIN, Friday Evening.--The Peace Conference sitting at Shanghai has decided that, pending the National Convention, demanded to decide the form of future ...

    Article : 82 words
  23. ROBBER AND MURDERER.

    SEATTLE, Sunday.--A robber, single-handed, held up the Farmers and Merchants' Bank at Centralia, Washington, yesterday, and shot the president. Mr. Barr, dead. The robber was ...

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  24. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Union S.S. Company's new liner Maunganui, intended for the Australia-New Zealand trade, has sailed from the Clyde for Sydney. ...

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  25. DARING BURGLARS.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Early this morning a burglar entered the house of Mr. Blitz, a dentist, of the Main North-road, Na[?]worth. The intruder entered a room, where he seized Miss ...

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  26. THE JOKE OF THE SEASON.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Asked for his views on Professor Caldecott's suggestion, the Prime Minister treated it as the joke of the season. "It only has the humorous side," he said. ...

    Article : 88 words
  27. PRAISING THE TOTE.

    AUCKLAND, Sunday.--All the sportsmen who have given evidence before the New South Wales Totalisator Commission now visiting New Zealand strongly favor the totalisator as ...

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  28. FIGHTING POLITICS.

    QUITO, Saturday.--After severe fighting, the army has appointed General Mont[?]ro as President of the Republic of Ecuador, in place of Senor Emilio Estrada, recently deceased. ...

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  29. RESOURCEFUL OFFICIAL.

    PEKIN, Saturday.--Tuan Fang, Acting Viceroy of Szechuan--who a week ago was reported to have been hacked to pieces by mutinous soldiers while attempting to flee ...

    Article : 82 words
  30. ON THE HIGH SEAS.

    COLOMBO, Saturday.--A Lascar has been charged with the murder of Mr. M'Crea, second engineer of the steamer Clan Lamont, on the high seas between Aden and Colombo. ...

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  31. ANOTHER WATER TRAGEDY.

    HOBART, Sunday.--A Queen's Pier craft was swamped. Its occupants endeavored to reach safety. Six were rescued, while the seventh--Eliel Thill--a Norwegian, sank just as ...

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  32. THE FROZEN NORTH.

    WINNIPEG, Friday Evening.--Wintry weather is being experienced in Canada. The barometer on the prairies stands at 40deg. below zero. ...

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  33. FEDERAL CLOTHING FACTORY.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.--The Commonwealth Government has engaged a Scottish expert to manage the Government clothing factory. ...

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  34. THE WHITE ENSIGN.

    OTTAWA, Saturday.--The white ensign will be flown from the stern of all warships of the Canadian navy, and the Canadian flag will be flown from the jack-staff. ...

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  35. PEACE AT LAST.

    FREMANTLE, Sunday.--The Fremantle lumpers' trouble with the maritime employers is now at an end. The men are due to start work at midnight to-night on the large number of ...

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  36. THOSE NITRIC ACID VATS.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--On the analysis now being made of the faulty nitric acid vats, supplied to the Defence Department will depend the question of a claim for compensation ...

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  37. CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY OR REPUBLIC?

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The Chinese Consul-General has received the following cable message front the Chinese Imperial Board of Foreign Affairs:-- ...

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  38. THIEVES' CHRISTMAS HAUL.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.--Thieves ransacked an hotel at Brighton and secured several thousand pounds' worth of jewellery belonging to guests. ...

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  39. IN THE STATES.

    DENVER (COL.), Saturday.--The intense cold prevailing in the mountains is driving the mountain lions down to the farmhouses. Transcontinental trains are delayed by ...

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  40. INDIA'S' "PREMIER CITY."

    CALCUTTA, Sunday.--The King and Queen have reached Calcutta on their way back to England. Their Majesties met with a fervid welcome. ...

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  41. FEDERAL NOTE ISSUE.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A feature of the Australian note issue has been the large supplies held by the banks, not only as [?]ll money, but as reserves. ...

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  42. ENOUGH ON HAND ALREADY.

    VICTORIA (B.C.), Friday Evening.--The Premier, Mr. Richard M'Bride, K.C., gives a denial to the statement made that British Columbia intends to seek the annexation of the Yukon ...

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  43. BOILERS OF H.M.S. PROMETHEUS.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Senator Pearce has not received any report regarding the defects alleged to have been discoered in the boilers of H.M.S. Prometheus. ...

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  44. TURKEY'S TROUBLES.

    CONSTANTINOPLE, Sunday.--The Opposition in the Chamber of Deputies, con[?]ing their obstructionist tactics, prevented the presence of a quorum. ...

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  45. HOT AND COLD.

    HALIFAX (N.S.), Saturday.--The King Edward Hotel and several large buildings adjoining have been destroyed by fire. Canadian sailors from H.M.S. Niobe subdued ...

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  46. HEAVY SPANISH LOSSES.

    MADRID, Friday Evening.--The losses sustained by the Spanish troops in their recent engagement with the Rif[?]s comprised a colonel and six officers and 61 men killed, and 18 officers ...

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  47. FOUND IN THE HARBOR.

    About 6.40 last evening the dead body of a man found floating in the harbor mid-channel between the Grafton wharf and Darling Island, by Sergeant [?], of the ...

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  48. DRIVEN OUT.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.--The man Riley and his wife, who were the precipitators of the cotton strike at Accrington mill, because of their refusal to become unionists, have been ...

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  49. MELBOURNE WHARF LABORERS.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Owing to the holidays the decision of the Melbourne wharf laborers, arrived at by ballot, to demand an increase in their rates of pay from 1s 3d an hour ...

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  50. SPORTING NEWS BY CABLE

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Australasian Rugby League football loam "ran over" Warrington team to-day, and won by 34 points to six. ...

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  51. UNIONISM AND DYNAMITE.

    LOS ANGELES (CAL.), Saturday.--Mr. Tvletmoe, secretary and treasurer of the State Building Trade Council; Mr. Munsey, leader of the Salt Lake Union of Structural Workers; ...

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  52. WAR ABROAD.

    ROME, Saturday.--General Delbruno, with four and a half battalions and six guns, spread along the Derna River, enabled his engineers to repair an aqueduct supplying ...

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  53. AUSTRALIAN TRADE.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The steamer Attila will leave Trieste early in January, inaugurating the new direct service with Australia. In November it was announced that the ...

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  54. POSSIBLE TRIPLE DROWNING.

    HOBART, Sunday.--From reports received by the police it appears probable that a double or triple drowning fatality has taken place in the Derwent within the last couple of days. There ...

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  55. KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

    HELENSBURGH, Sunday.--During the storm this afternoon a young man, Frank Holloway, 24, of Livingstone-road, Petersham, was struck by lightning and killed instantly. ...

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  56. JOHNSON V. M'VEA.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Jack Johnson, the champion of the world, has been matched to box Sam .M'Vea at Sydney on Easter Monday. Johnson is to receive £6000 as his share of ...

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  57. FRENCH SPY'S ESCAPE.

    BERLIN, Friday Evening.--An ex-captain of the French army named Lux, who was undergoing a sentence oi six years' incarceration for espionage, has escaped from the fortress at ...

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  58. DOCTORS AND NATIONAL INSURANCE

    LONDON, Friday Evening.--Some Government newspapers claim that many doctors are joining the National Medical Association to carry out the provisions of the National Insurance Act. ...

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  59. TWO BOYS ARRESTED.

    Two boys, of the age of about 16 years were noticed by Plain-Clothes Constables Farley and J. Lynch to approach drunken men lying asleep in Wynyard Park yesterday morning, and run ...

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  60. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Eminent legal opinion is to be taken in regard to the Anglican Church in Australia, and its legal connection with the Church of England in England. It is ...

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  61. WHY HE REFUSED.

    NEW YORK, Friday Evening.--The refusal of ex-President Roosevelt to attend the Peace banquet was due to the disapproval shown by President Tuft to the recent peace efforts, and ...

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  62. LEADERS OF THE PAST.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--In accordance with a promise made to the House of Representatives, Mr. Fisher has recommended, and the Governor-General has approved, that the Prime Minister, ...

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  63. CHURCH STATISTICS.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.--The Congregational Church statistics for 1911 show a slight [?] in membership, and a decrease of 12,547 in the number of Sunday school scholars, ...

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  64. BILLIARDS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 60 words
  65. FEDERAL TARIFF.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Mr. Tudor has directed that the full tariff, as amended, with excise duties and the South African preference duties, be printed and distributed from the State ...

    Article : 46 words
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