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  2. THE LATE KING'S HATCHMENT.

    As soon as the late King breathed his last, the hatchment shown above was displayed at the gate of Buckingham Palace. The hatchment bus an interesting heraldic significance. It is a funeral escutcheon, and the arms of the late King appear in the lozenge-shaped frame, which is made of wood. Had the King been unmarried or a widower the whole field of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. IN WESTMINSTER.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.-- The visitors to the lying-in-state at Westminster Hall to-day included Prince and Princess Alexander of Took. Viscount Morley ...

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  4. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Earl [?] Selborne, the retiring High Commissioner for South Africa, has sailed with Lady Selborne from Capetown for London ...

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  5. DAY OF MOURNING.

    In common with the rest of the British Empire, New South Wales will to-day pay tribute to the memory of Edward VII., whose body is to be removed from Westminster Hall, ...

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  6. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- An explosion of dynamite has taken place in the Rural Guards Barracks at Pinar die Rio, in Cuba. Owing to racial disturbances, the dynamite ...

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  7. BOY SCOUTS.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- Lieut.-General Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell. whose retirement from the army was gazetted yesterday, states that be intends to decentralise the ...

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  8. CENTENNIAL PARK COMBINED SERVICE.

    The military arrangements for to-day's mourning include a special voluntary parade of the metropolitan troops, Senior Cadets, and Commonwealth naval forces, in Centennial Park, at ...

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  9. FOR THE FUNERAL.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.-- The arrivals to-day included the King of Portugal, the King of the Belgians, the King of Bulgaria, the Maharajah of Kapurthala, ...

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  10. INFLUENCE ON CHURCH AND SUNDAY SCHOOLS.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- The boy scouts movement, and its influence on churches and Sunday-schools, was discussed by the Presbyterian Assembly to-day. ...

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  11. THE COMET.

    LONDON, Thursday.--German newspapers are publishing columns of observatory reports dealing with Halley's comet. The latest Berlin calculation states that ...

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  12. MUSSULMANS IN MOURNING.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- London Mussulmans have arranged for a service of mourning which will be attended by Indian, Egyptian, and Turkish Mahomedans. ...

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  13. SUICIDE OF A SOLDIER.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Captain Claude Champion de Crospigny, D.S.O., of the 2nd Life Guards, has committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver ...

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  14. VIEWED AT BROKEN-HILL.

    BROKEN-HILL, Thursday.-- As seen at 5 o'clock" this morning. Halley's comet presented a remarkable appearance, due to its proximity to the earth. The head had not then risen ...

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  15. MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- An additional long list of messages of condolence received from overseas in connection with the death of King Edward bas been made public. ...

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  16. BIG DECREASE OF PASSENGERS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.-- Statistics show that the number of passengers carried on the railways throughout the United Kingdom during 1939 decreased to ...

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  17. NO DAMAGE TO TELEGRAPH LINES.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The manager of the Chief Electrical Telegraph Office, at 10.30 a.m., reported:--"Up to now no electrical disturbances, either in the shape of foreign currents, ...

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  18. THE TERRIBLE TURK.

    LONDON, Thursday.-- A commission has for some time past been busy in Constantinople classifying 360 boxes of Abdul Hamid's reports reports, which were seized when the ...

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  19. INVISIBLE IN MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Not a glimpse was obtained in Melbourne of the passing of Halley's comet between the earth and sun. Telescopes were pointed, and the closest vigil was ...

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  20. IMPRISONED FOR DUELLING.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The District Court at St. Petersburg has sentenced M. Gutchkoyff, president of the Duma, to detention in a fortress for a ...

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  21. FUNERAL PROCESSION.

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  22. IN THE PUBLIC EYE. TRANSIT ACROSS THE SUN.

    Halley's comet made a grand appearance yesterday morning. Many thousands of Australians who had never before risen so early were rewarded with a very fine view of its tail. Shortly Mr. Wm. E. Raymond, of the Sydney Observatory, wrote yesterday:-- "The 11½ inch retractor telescope of the ...

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  23. CLOUDY CONDITIONS AT PERTH.

    PERTH, Thursday.--The Government Astronomer, Mr. Cooke, reports:-- "Halley's comet today passed across the sun's disc, and we have passed through its tail. Unfortunately cloudy ...

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  24. CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.-- Several fine bowling feats were recorded in the First Class County matches, which were commenced on Monday and concluded to-day. ...

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  25. THE BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.-- It has been decided that Tex Richards shall referee the fight for the world's championship between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries ...

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  26. LORD ROSEBERYS TRIBUTE.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.-- Lord Rosebery, speaking at the Royal Scottish Hospital, paid an eloquent tribute to the late King as the preserver of the peace ...

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    Sydney Observatory was used this afternoon in ...

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  28. WEATHER AT HOBART.

    HOBART, Thursday.-- There were not the slightest traces of the earth having passed through the tail of Halley's comet. The weather throughout the day was beautifully fine, ...

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  29. THE KAISER IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.-- The German Emperor embarked to-day in the Imperial yacht Hobenzollern at Flushing, and will arrive in London to-morrow, to ...

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  30. NO TRACE AT CHRISTCHURCH.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.-- The observations in Christchurch Observatory to-day of the sun were resultless. A well defined sunspot was in evidence, but no trace of the comet ...

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  31. THE RELIGIOUS SERVICES.

    The churches throughout the State, with few exceptions, will held memorial services to-day for the late King. In Sydney in the cathedrals and chief plates of worship there will be special ...

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  32. PASSIVE RESISTANCE

    LONDON, Thursday.--A remarkable passive resistance movement has begun in England as a protest against the assessment of licensed properties. ...

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  33. CANADA AND THE STATES.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Montreal Chamber of Commerce has resolved to ask the Government not to consider the question of a reciprocity treaty with the United ...

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  34. NEW ZEALAND'S POPULATION.

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  35. OVERSEA REPRESENTATIVES.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. By the King's special desire, arrangements have been made for Sir George Reid, Australian High Commissioner, to ride in a Royal ...

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  36. PLAGUE AT AUCKLAND.

    WELLINGTON, Thursday.-- A second case of [?]ubenic plague is reported at Auckland. ...

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  37. TO-DAY.

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