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  2. POLAR EXPLORERS.

    LONDON, Monday Evening.--Sir Clements Markham, late president of the Royal Geographical Society, last night read a paper before the British Association for the Advancement ...

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  3. SPEED MANIA.

    NEWARK (New Jersey), Monday Evening.-- "Eddie" Hasha, a well-known American motor cyclist, plunged over the railings at the motor cycle race held here to-day, and his machine, ...

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  4. AWFUL FLOODS.

    SHANGHAI, Tuesday.--Letters from Wenchow (Cho Kiang Province) state that floods on August 29 reached the proportions of a tidal wave at Chuchow, overwhelmed ...

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  5. TO-DAY'S PAPER.

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  6. COUNTED OUT.

    When Mr. Price was endeavoring last night to convince the Legislative Assembly that a Select Committee ought to be appointed to inquire into the claims of Mr. Gustave William ...

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  7. SPEAKER SUBMITS.

    Shortly before the Legislative Assembly met for business yesterday afternoon the Speaker caused the intimation to be circulated amongst those parliamentary messengers who have ...

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  8. WELCOME!

    Another thousand immigrants for New South Wales! They are coming in the steamer Rangatira, and should walk the plank and touch the ground of Sydney about noon. They need not ...

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  9. THE JAPANESE NAVY.

    TOKIO, Monday Evening.--The Japanese naval programme includes the construction of five super-Dreadnoughts and six powerful cruisers, locally, and two super-Dreadnoughts. ...

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  10. AMUNDSEN'S JOURNEY.

    CHRISTIANIA, Tuesday.--Captain Amundsen lectured last night before the Norwegian Geographical Society in the presence of the King, Queen, and members of the Cabinet. ...

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  11. NEARING THE END.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Australians began their match against the South of England at Hastings to-day. When play was resumed after lunch there was ...

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  12. A NEW WHITE PEOPLE.

    VANCOUVER, Monday Evening.--Professor Stefansson, of the American Museum of Natural History, who has just returned from the Arctic regions, announces the discovery of a thousand ...

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  13. NINETY-THREE MILES AN HOUR.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Motoring at Brooklands yesterday, Resta, driving a 30 h.p. Sunbeam, beat the 50 miles record, covering the distance in 32min. 16sec. (a fraction under 93 miles an ...

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  14. STRANGER IN THE SKY.

    The Government Astronomer was asked yesterday whether he had made any observations of the new comet discovered by Mr. Walter F. Gale, of Waratah, on Sunday evening last, and ...

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  15. MASTERS OF THE AIR.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The annual manoeuvres of the regular army are being held this year in Norfolk. Sixty thousand men are engaged. Captain Longeron, on a Government-built ...

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  16. MACARTNEY'S 2000 RUNS.

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  17. WIRELESS MESSAGE FROM THE CAPTAIN.

    A wireless message was received from the captain of the Rangatira last night, stating that the vessel would arrive off Sydney Heads at 3 o'clock this morning, and enter port at 5 a.m. ...

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  18. MR. LEVIEN'S MOTION.

    While going through the business paper in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, "with a view to hon. members placing their business," the Speaker drew attention to the motion in the ...

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  19. PREVENTION OF WAR.

    TORONTO, Tuesday.--Mr. Keir. Hardie, M.P., the British Socialist leader, delivered a speech here last night. He said that so strongly were the working ...

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  20. TO-DAY.

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  21. GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

    In the Legislative Assembly last night, Mr. Wood invited the Premier to make a statement regarding the negotiations that have been proceeding between the State and the ...

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  22. THE COMET DESCRIBED.

    Mr. John Tebbutt, of thoe Observatory, Windsor, writes:--"At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon I received from Mr. W. F. Gale, F.R.A.S., of Sydney, a telegram informing me that on ...

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  23. A THRILLING VOLPLANE.

    PARIS, Monday Evening.--M. Garros, the well-known airman, had a sensational experience to-day. He had reached the record altitude of 16,400ft. ...

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  24. FRENCH AT MARAKESH.

    PARIS, Monday Evening.--General Mangin in command of the French troops, has telegraphed from Marakesh announcing his arrival there, and confirming the previous report of the ...

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  25. BECOMING MORE POPULAR.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr. John Thomson, honorary member of the Victorian Government, and Mrs. Thomson, are on board the R.M.S. Macedonia, which arrived from London ...

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  26. THE VEND FINES.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr. W. M. Hughes, in a reply to-day to the statement by Mr. E. P. Simpson, of Minter, Simpson, and Co., solicitors for the. colliery proprietors, "that there ...

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  27. SOUTH AFRICANS AT SCARBOROUGH.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The South Africans commenced their match at Scarborough to-day against Lord Londesborough's XI. They won the toss, their innings realising 100. ...

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  28. VEDRINES' FEAT.

    CHICAGO, Monday Evening.--M. Vedrines, the well-known French airman, flying in the Gordon Bennet Aviation Cup race, averaged a speed of 105 miles per hour, beating all the ...

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  29. WILL BE VISIBLE FOR SOME TIME.

    At half-past 7, Mr. W. E. Cooke, Government Astronomer, succeeded in picking up the now comet, which he calls the "Gale," last evening with the 11½in. refractor at the Sydney ...

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  30. IN THE BALKANS.

    BELGRADE (SERVIA), Tuesday.--The Cabinet has resigned. ...

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  31. "VERY NEAR THE END."

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr. Fuller (N.S.W.) to-day asked the Prime Minister in the House of Representatives whether the negotiations with the New South Wales Government were ...

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  32. PLAY ABANDONED.

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  33. MORE TROUBLE.

    SOFIA, Monday Evening.--Turkish soldiers, occupying the frontier post at Karalese, killed two Bulgarian corporals. M. Sarafoff, Bulgarian Ambassador to the ...

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  34. LORD DENMAN'S HOME.

    The South Australian "Register" writes:--"All South Australians, as the Premier mentioned in the Assembly, would be delighted if Lord Denman would spend more time in Adelaide. The ...

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  35. FUEL FOR NAVY.

    LONDON, Monday Evening.--The Admiralty is introducing the use of armored roofs in order to protect magazines and oil tanks at home ports against attack by air-craft. ...

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  36. HIS CANADIAN VISIT.

    OTTAWA, Monday Evening.--Sir George Reid, Australian High Commissioner, who is visiting Canada, is consulting with Mr. G. E. Foster. Canadian Minister for Trade and Commerce. ...

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  37. MISS PROCTOR ON THE COMET.

    Referring to Mr. Gale's discovery, Miss Proctor observed in her lecture last night that the had the privilege of looking at the comet through Mr. Beatty's 6in. telescope at Mosman. ...

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  38. "THE TIMES."

    LONDON, Tuesday.--"The Times'' published this morning its 40,000th issue. The occasion was celebrated with a remarkable 44-page supplement, devoted to the history ...

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  39. ANOTHER DOUBLE TRAGEDY.

    LONDON. Tuesday Afternoon.--Another double aeroplane fatality occurred to-day. Lieutenants C. Bettington and E. Hotchkiss were flying at a great height at Oxford, when an ...

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  40. AN EXPLANATION.

    "The question Mr. Seulliu asked in the House made it appear that Mr. Mitchell had requested Mr. Wise (counsel for the Crown) to produce the little arrangement upon which this was done. I ...

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  41. SYDNEY'S OPPORTUNITY.

    The desirability of properly equipping the Sydney Observatory with instruments was made plain by Miss Proctor in the last of her popular lectures on astronomy in the Y.W.C.A. hall ...

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  42. HOME RULE AND ULSTER.

    PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday.--Mr. Ryan, president of the United States Irish League, has received a letter from Mr. John Redmond, M.P. (Irish Nationalist leader) in which the latter ...

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  43. PATRIOTIC SPEECH.

    OTTAWA, Tuesday.--Sir George Reid, speaking at the, Borden banquet to-night, said that Ministers, when in London, were admitted to the very "Arcana" of the Empire, and trusted ...

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  44. "BIG THINGS TO HAPPEN."

    MANILLA, Tuesday.--At a meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association it was decided to withdraw from the Tamworth District and Electorate Council, and form a council for ...

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  45. GERMANS IN BRAZIL.

    BERLIN, Monday Evening.--Advices from Rio de Janeiro state that a German syndicate, headed by the Deutsche Bank, has contracted for the construction of the Santa Catharina ...

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  46. ENGLISH MAILS.

    English mails dated London, August 16, by the R.M.S. Macedonia, are due at Sydney on Monday next. The Macedonia called at Fremantle yesterday. ...

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