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  2. THE COAL STRIKE.

    Mr. Hughes had an interview to-day with the Chief Secretary (Mr. Wood) in reference to the Premier's suggestion. At the close of the interview Mr. Wood ...

    Article : 292 words
  3. THE EMPIRE'S DEFENCES.

    Lord Lucas, Parliamentary UnderSecretary for War, addressing the Liberal Colonial Club last night, described the efforts that were being made to ...

    Article : 200 words
  4. CAPE POLITICAL TROUBLES.

    The Legislative Assembly of Cape Colony sat throughout last night debating the Light Wines Licences Bill. Unprecedented scenes took place. The ...

    Article : 63 words
  5. BERLIN COURT INCIDENT.

    The court porter, who was last week duped by the three robbers who passed as Judges at the First Civil Court, in Berlin, has committed suicide, owing to ...

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  6. NEWS AND NOTES.

    The Mails.—The weekly mail for the Eastern States will close at the G.P.O. to-morrow at 9.15 a.m. (late fee 10 a.m.) for conveyance by the s.s. Riverina. A ...

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  7. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Mr. Arthur Balfour, Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, addressed a large meeting in the Freetrade Hall, Manchester last night and ...

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  8. THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE STATES,

    In the Senate to-day the debate on the second reading of the Bill to amend the financial clauses of the Constitution Act was continued. ...

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  9. THE DEFENCE OF AUSTRALIA.

    Careful consideration has been given by the Minister for Defence (Mr. Joseph Cook) to the best means of acquainting Lord Kitchener with the condition and efficiency of ...

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  10. MINERS' COAL MINES.

    Matters in connection with Mr. Bowling's scheme for working certain mines in conjunction with the owners in order to provide funds for the strikers are being brought to ...

    Article : 286 words
  11. FLOODS IN ADANA.

    Heavy rains in the province of Adana, in Turkey-in-Asia, have destroyed 500 houses and caused damage to the extent of several hundreds of thousands of ...

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  12. PRESS CABLE MESSAGES.

    Mr. Neild having resigned from the Cable Committee, Mr. Pearce gave notice in the Senate to-day that he would move to-morrow that Mr. Chataway should take his ...

    Article : 405 words
  13. THE PARIS TRAGEDY.

    Madame Steinheil, who was recently acquitted in sensational circumstances on a charge of having murdered her husband and her stepmother, has received ...

    Article : 57 words
  14. ILLNESS OF THE PREMIER.

    The condition of the Premier (Mr. Wade) at a late hour to-night was by no means satisfactory. His symptoms are indicative of blood-poisoning, with the possibility of ...

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  15. TASMANIA'S RESOURCES

    Before the Royal Colonial Institute last night Dr. McCall, Agent-General for Tasmania, read a paper on the resources of the State he represents. ...

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  16. REFERENCE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    To-day was grievance day in the House of Representatives, and among other matters brought under notice was the coal strike. Mr. Watkins (N.S.W.) referring to the ...

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  17. MR. BOWLING'S LIFE THREATENED.

    When Mr. Bowling reached the Trades Hall at Newcastle to-night, he found awaiting him a letter addressed to "P. Bowling, labour agitator, Newcastle," This letter, ...

    Article : 93 words
  18. THE SPRING VALLEY DISASTER.

    In order to extinguish the fire in the St. Paul Company's mine at Spring Valley; in Illinois, experts have ordered that carbolic acid be pumped into the pit and ...

    Article : 69 words
  19. SCOTTISH CHURCHES.

    Dr. McAdam Muir (of Glasgow) and Dr. John Young (Home Missionary Secretary) have been appointed Moderators-Elect of the Church of Scotland and the ...

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  20. PERSIA.

    Rakhim Khan, who, at the head of a body of the deposed Shah's sympathisers, recently plundered Ardebil, in the north of Persia, has now quitted the town, and ...

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  21. THE LITHGOW MINERS.

    Yesterday Mr. T. Wilton, the chairman of the Lithgow Coal Association, addressed a letter to the secretary of the Western Coal Miners' Union, in which he pointed out ...

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  22. FARM COLONIES.

    The Salvation Army proposes to plant farm colonies in the interior of Newfoundland. A representative of the Army is now engaged in selecting ...

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  23. MISCELLANEOUS.

    An international conference is sitting in London to consider the construction of a map of the world on a uniform system and on a scale of 16 miles to the ...

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  24. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.

    The House of Assembly sat continuously from 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon until 4.49 o'clock this afternoon, 26 hours 49 minutes in all. This is the second longest sitting on ...

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  25. GREAT BRITAIN AND PORTUGAL,

    King Manuel, of Portugal, was given a cordial reception in London to-day. He was entertained at luncheon in the GuildhaH and presented with a civic address. ...

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  26. A PAWNBROKING TRANSACTION.

    At the Fitzroy Court to-day Thomas Lloyd, a clerk, aged 49 years, was charged with having obtained £10 from Isaac Buchner, a pawnbroker, by means of false verbal ...

    Article : 454 words
  27. PERSONAL.

    The friends of Mr. R. F. Sholl, M.L.C., who is seriously indisposed, will be pleased to learn that he was a little better last night. ...

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  28. A WOMAN STOWAWAY.

    The Aitutaki correspondent of the New Zealand "Herald." states that when the mission yacht John Williams left there on October 13 it was discovered that there was ...

    Article : 268 words
  29. DISBARRED SOLICITOR REINSTATED.

    Argument before the High Court in the appeal of the Incorporated Law Institute against the decision of the State Full Court in reinstating Richard Denis Meagher on ...

    Article : 241 words
  30. SAD BURNING FATALITY.

    Edward Francis Hall, aged 4½ years, the son of Mr. T. H. Hall, jeweller, of Thebarton, was yesterday looking for a penny in the back yard, where his mother was ...

    Article : 73 words
  31. THE SEAMEN'S UNION.

    The Seamen's Federation has decided to take a ballot as to whether the members are in favour of going out on strike in sympathy with the coal miners. This ...

    Article : 116 words
  32. INTER-STATE.

    Still another case of illegal operation was mentioned in the Adelaide Police Court this morning, when a Hindley-street chemist named Gryst, was charged with having on ...

    Article : 372 words
  33. MR. WADE'S PROPOSAL.

    The Premier's proposal has been discussed by the various miners' lodges in the Kurri Kurri districts and it received little or no support. Resolutions expressing confidence ...

    Article : 59 words
  34. Family Notices

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  35. THE POSITION AT FREMANTLE

    With the diminishing of coal stocks at Fremantle daily the stringency of the situation is becoming more manifest. The railway authorities with all their available ...

    Article : 472 words
  36. ENGINE-DRIVERS' THREAT.

    Mr. J. Wheeler, the manager of the Newcastle Waltsend collery, when seen in Sydney in reference to the threat of the engine-drivers to leave ...

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  37. CHINESE GARDENERS AT NORTHAM,

    Chief Boarding Inspector Smith, of the Customs Department, has been spending a few days at this centre, and as a result there has been much perturbation among ...

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  38. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY

    The Northern Territory Estimates presented to the House of Assembly to-day show that the year ended June 30 last closed with a debit of £779,734. The ...

    Article : 96 words
  39. "WESTERN MAIL."

    The current issue of the "Western Mail" contains a number of views showing the result of the fire at the Great Boulder Perseverance mine last week. They convey a ...

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  40. QUEENSLAND FINANCES.

    The Treasurer delivered his Budget speech to-night. He estimated this year's revenue at £4,837,817, and the expenditure at £4,834,041, leaving a surplus of £3,776. ...

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  41. UNEMPLOYED MINERS AT KALGOORLIE.

    To-day the Town Clerk of Kalgoorlie, under instructions from the Mayor (Mr. Rosenberg) despatched the following telegram to the Premier:—"Mayor and citizens ...

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  42. A FATAL FIRE.

    A fatal fire occurred in the bush township of Turangarere in a hut occupied by Mr. S. Jago, his wife, and three men named Connell, O'Gorman, and Davis. Mrs. Jago ...

    Article : 55 words
  43. MEETING OF STRIKE CONGRESS.

    The strike congress had a sitting extending over three hours at the Trades Hall this afternoon, and at its close Mr. P. Bowling left for Newcastle, to place the ...

    Article : 68 words
  44. SHIP ON FIRE.

    The Marine Underwriters' Association received a cable message from London to-day which stated that the iron sailing ship Saga, 1,953 tons, bound from Huddikvall, a ...

    Article : 43 words
  45. Advertising

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  46. PROPOSED PORT HEDLAND HOSPITAL.

    The local subscriptions to the fund initiated for the erection of a hospital here have reached about £150. This, with the Government subsidy and Mr. Teesdale ...

    Article : 100 words
  47. MEETING OF LEADERS.

    A suggestion for a meeting of leaders was put forward by Mr. Hughes to-night. He said that one great difficulty was that they were dealing with proprietors who were not ...

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  48. NEW ZEALAND BUDGET.

    The Budget debate was concluded late last night. Sir Joseph Ward, in replying, said that there had been a fall of £55,000 in the ...

    Article : 68 words
  49. GEELONG WOOL SALES.

    The Geelong brokers having extended to buyers the same terms of payment as did those in Melbourne earlier in the week, sales were held there to-day, four Geelong selling ...

    Article : 175 words
  50. INTERESTING ASTRONOMICAL OCCURRENCE.

    An extraordinary astronomical sight was seen here yesterday from about half-past 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., when the sun, moon, and a brilliant star in close proximity to the ...

    Article : 45 words
  51. PAYMENT OF MEMBERS.

    Mr. Kidston announced to-day that he would bring in a Bill making provision for the payment of members from the date of their election. The Bill will also make ...

    Article : 65 words
  52. THE VICTORIAN HARVEST.

    The "Australasian" gives the preliminary estimate of the wheat yield at 25,000,000 bushels, an average of 12 bushels to the acre. This, after allowing 8,250,000 bushels ...

    Article : 62 words
  53. THE EFFECT ON LOCAL COMMERCE.

    That a daily-increasing dis[?] is being occasioned in mercantle cities in this State by the Eastern industrial upheaval, the unusually large orders now being ...

    Article : 114 words
  54. INFANT KILLED BY A HORSE

    At Fitzroy this afternoon Florence Elizabeth Bingham, aged 2½ years, was knocked down and killed by a horse attached to an empty wood cart driven by Augustus Triggs, ...

    Article : 59 words
  55. THE CHRISTCHURCH MURDER.

    Arthur Roberts, charged with the murder of Alice Newman in a restaurant at Christ church, was to-day found guilty, with a recommendation to mercy. He was sentenced ...

    Article : 40 words
  56. THE LAW LIST.

    Nisi Prius.—At 10.45 a.m., in No. 1 Court, before the Acting-Chief Justice: 1. Hall v. Martin. Chambers.—At 10.30 a.m., before Mr. ...

    Article : 29 words
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