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  2. NEWS AND NOTES.

    The Mails.—A mail for the Eastern States is notified to close at the G.P.O. to-morrow (Saturday) at 9.15 a.m. (late letters 10 a.m.), for transfer by s.s. ...

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  3. A RAILWAY FATALITY.

    Another fatality, due to a collision on a railway crossing, occurred yesterday afternoon. Two gentlemen—Messrs. T. F. Fenton and J. G. Murphy ...

    Article : 348 words
  4. ALLEGED PERJURY.

    An extraordinary conclusion was arrived at to-day in the Criminal Court in the case in which James Blackett Fausset was charged with perjury. ...

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  5. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY

    Replying to Mr. J. Heniker Heaton (Conservative), in the House of Commons yesterday, the Postmaster-General. Mr. Sydney Buxton, expressed ...

    Article : 163 words
  6. PECULIAR DIVORCE SUIT.

    Two men, who were courting two sisters, 15 years of age, are now parties to a divorce suit. One is Thomas Powell, a labourer, residing at ...

    Article : 264 words
  7. BRITISH POLITICS.

    In the House of Lords yesterday the Bishop of Birmingham suggested that the Government should appoint a Commission to consider the question of ...

    Article : 561 words
  8. THE PEACE CONFERENCE

    Great Britain and Germany support the proposal of the United States, at the International Peace Conference at the Hague, for the collection of ...

    Article : 435 words
  9. LORD CROMER'S EGYPTIAN SERVICES.

    Yesterday His Majesty the King sent to Parliament a message, signed by his own hand, recommending a grant of £50,000 to Lord Cromer in recognition ...

    Article : 323 words
  10. MISHAP TO A STEAMER.

    In the Court of Vice-Admiralty to-day a claim for salvage, arising out of the mishap to the steamer Glaucus, in June, 1906, was made by the owners. ...

    Article : 418 words
  11. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    A deputation of Western Australian members of the Federal Senate, consisting of Messrs. De Largie, Henderson, Needham, and Lynch, waited on the ...

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  12. STORM AT GERALDTON.

    Last night a stiff gale, accompanied by heavy rain squalls, commenced to blow, and lasted for the greater part of to-day. Out at sea the weather was ...

    Article : 222 words
  13. CRICKET.

    A big crowd of spectators gathered at Lords yesterday, to witness a match between Middlesex and Lancashire. When the time for play arrived, it ...

    Article : 280 words
  14. PERSONAL.

    Leave of absence, on the grounds of urgent private business, was granted in the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon to the following members:— ...

    Article : 249 words
  15. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.

    The unusually dull proceedings of the House of Assembly were considerably [?]nlivened to-day, when a scene took place. It arose through two ...

    Article : 169 words
  16. THE RAND LABOUR TROUBLE.

    Mr. Winston Churchill Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies, stated in the House of Commons yesterday that the Government did not ...

    Article : 59 words
  17. TROUBLED RUSSIA.

    Yesterday incendiaries burned Olenkakolodez and Tukhayelan, two villages in the province of Voronezh, in Central Russia. Several thousands of ...

    Article : 37 words
  18. MUNICIPAL RATES.

    For a considerable time there has been dissatisfaction locally through the Municipal Council endeavouring to recover arrears of rates, in some cases ...

    Article : 218 words
  19. THE KOREAN CRISIS.

    Three Japanese warships arrived at Chemulpo the port of Seoul, yesterday, and landed troops and bluejackets for the Korean capital. ...

    Article : 77 words
  20. THE UNREST IN INDIA.

    Lord Curzon, ex-Viceroy of India, addressing the Grocers' Company in London yesterday, said the unrest in India was only skin-deep, and that it ...

    Article : 48 words
  21. "WESTERN MAIL."

    Among other portraits in this week's issue of the "Western Mail" is one of the late Mr. C. E. Dempster, M.L.C., whose death was recorded this week. ...

    Article : 234 words
  22. MOTORING.

    Prince Borghese, the leader in the Pekin to Paris motor race, has reached Kazan, in Central Russia, about 400 miles east of Moscow. ...

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  23. FEDERATION AND THE STATES.

    The Federal proposals relating to finance were the subject of a telegram from the Premier of Western Australia to the Acting-Premier (Mr. Davis) ...

    Article : 180 words
  24. IRELAND.

    One of the Irish Judges has granted the application of the Solicitor-General for Ireland for a change of venue in connection with the trial of 67 ...

    Article : 69 words
  25. THE TRANSVAAL.

    The Johannesburg correspondent of the "Times" states that the main object of the Government's Bill providing for the supply of beer to the natives on ...

    Article : 82 words
  26. COMMERCIAL.

    Metals.—Latest quotations are as follow:—Copper: Spot, £96 to £96 10s.; forward, £88 to £88 5s. Tin: Spot. £183 10s. to £184; forward, £182 to ...

    Article : 497 words
  27. FIRE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

    Yesterday a fire destroyed 150 buildings, including two churches, at Victoria, in British Columbia. ...

    Article : 26 words
  28. THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    A meeting of the Northam Branch of the Political Labour League, held to consider the vacancy in the Legislative Council, decided to leave the matter ...

    Article : 274 words
  29. COCKFIGHTING IN SYDNEY.

    When last week several men were before the Burwood Police Court charged with having taken part in a cockfight at Canterbury, it was stated that the ...

    Article : 149 words
  30. BLACK RELIEF FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 70 words
  31. SHAREBROKERS FAIL FOR £200,000.

    In the Central Criminal Court yesterday, Edward John Leveson and Paulin Cotton Cooke, two of the partners in the sharebroking firm of Starkey, ...

    Article : 67 words
  32. THE LAW LIST.

    Full Court, at 11 a.m., before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice McMillan, and Mr. Justice Rooth: (1) H. W. Sholl and another, trading as "H. W. Sholl ...

    Article : 63 words
  33. ANOTHER WORKHOUSE SCANDAL.

    An official inquiry is proceeding into allegations of extravagance in connection with the Mile End Board of Guardians. The Guardians, it is said, ...

    Article : 43 words
  34. A DOCTOR NEEDED.

    A meeting of residents of Wyndham and outlying districts was held last night, when the following resolution was passed and telegraphed to the ...

    Article : 137 words
  35. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The "Standard" states that the Government has succeeded in obtaining a new pattern short Lee-Enfield rifle, which experts declare to be the best in ...

    Article : 34 words
  36. MINING.

    Latest quotations for Australian mining shares are as follow:— Broken Hill Proprietary, 83s. 9d. b, [?] ...

    Article : 47 words
  37. Advertising

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    Advertising : 599 words
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