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  2. QUEENSLAND SUGAR STRIKE.

    Asked yesterday if his statement about repealing the sugar import duty had been made after consideration with his colleagues, the Acting-Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) ...

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  3. BRITISH AFFAIRS.

    It is becoming evident that the Government will not be obliged to ask for the creation of a large number of Liberal peers to secure the acceptance of the ...

    Article : 465 words
  4. DOMINION FLEETS.

    Mr. Lewis Harcourt, Secretary for the Colonies, has published the naval agreement between Great Britain, the Dominion of Canada, the Commonwealth ...

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  5. THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON.

    The first-class armoured cruiseer Drake, which has proved herself one of the fastest cruisers under any flag, will relieve the Powerful as flagship of the Australian ...

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  6. PERILS OF THE SEA.

    News has been received that the American barque Puritan foundered on June 27, on the voyage from Newcastle to San Francisco with a cargo of coal, and was abandoned by ...

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  7. THE MOROCCAN CRISIS.

    Though no settlement of the Franco-German difficulty in respect of Morocco has been arrived at, there are indications in the Continental newspapers that the ...

    Article : 438 words
  8. THE EMPIRE.

    Mr. Andrew Fisher, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth, arrived here in the steamer Osterley. He showed considerable agitation on learning of the ...

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  9. FIRES AND STORMS.

    A terribly destructive fire was caused in the city yesterday through the revengeful malice of a railway clerk named Schoblek, who had been dismissed the ...

    Article : 384 words
  10. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL DESIGNATE.

    The Governor-General designate and Lady Denman arrived by the R.M.S. Omrah yesterday morning, and were met by Captain Fletcher, of the State Government House ...

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  11. RAILWAY DISASTERS.

    At Crewe, in Cheshire, to-day the express from Birmingham to Landudno, in Carnarvonshire, ran into an empty train while travelling at the rate of 20 ...

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  12. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEALS.

    The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to-day dealt with the following Australian appeal applications:—Bouffler v. Trevor Jones.—Special leave ...

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  13. SCULLING.

    Yesterday afternoon on the Parramatta River Richard Arnst rowed Harry Pearce for the sculling championship of the world and £500 aside, the firstnamed being ...

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  14. CANADIAN POLITICS.

    As seemed probable after the recent debates in the Canadian House of Commons on the American reciprocity treaty, the Government has dissolved the ...

    Article : 243 words
  15. ILLNESS OF THE POPE.

    His Holiness Pope Pius X. is suffering from illness brought on by over-exertion and aggravated by the excessive heat of the summer. He has developed ...

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  16. STATE OF EUROPE.

    In the House of Commons to-day Sir Edward Grey, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, speaking in a debate on the aspect of foreign affairs, said that the insurrection ...

    Article : 142 words
  17. Family Notices

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  18. A BANKRUPT EARL.

    The Earl of Yarmouth, eldest son of the Marquis of Hertford, against whom a receiving order was recently issued in consequence of financial involvement with ...

    Article : 107 words
  19. SHIPWRECKS.

    The steamer John Irwin yesterday struck on a rock on the Nova Scotian coast. She sank in deep water with such rapidity that only one of her crew ...

    Article : 229 words
  20. THE RACES CONGRESS.

    Interesting addresses were given to-day at the Universal Races Congress, sitting at the University of London under the presidency of Lord Weardale. ...

    Article : 238 words
  21. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    According to an announcement in the "Gazette" one lieutenant and three sub-lieu-tenants are required for the permanent naval forces. ...

    Article : 128 words
  22. CARDIFF STRIKE SETTLED.

    The strike at Cardiff, which was distinguished by such violent disorder, is now ended. The terms of settlement include ...

    Article : 66 words
  23. Family Notices

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  24. PLAGUE IN CALIFORNIA.

    A fatal case of bubonic plague has occurred in California, the victim being a boy seven years of age, who derived infection from a ground squirrel. ...

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  25. THE AMERICAN TARIFF.

    Following on the passing by the United States Senate of a compromisive Wool Bill fixing the duty on raw wool at 35 per cent., a coalition of progressive ...

    Article : 146 words
  26. Family Notices

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  27. THE ENGLISH TURF.

    F. Wootton, the Australian jockey, rode four winners at the Goodwood race meeting to-day. [Wootton also rode four winners at ...

    Article : 35 words
  28. SWIMMING.

    H. Taylor beat T. S. Battersby in the mile swimming championship race by 10yds. His time, 23min, 35½sec., is a record. ...

    Article : 67 words
  29. VICTORIAN SCHOOL TEACHERS.

    A deputation from the Victorian State School Teachers' Union waited on the Minister for Education yesterday and made a number of requests, principally for increased ...

    Article : 92 words
  30. BOXING.

    "Ad." Wolgast and "Packey" McFarland will fight for the light-weight championship of the world at Milwaukee on September 15. ...

    Article : 28 words
  31. ENGLAND AND AUSTRALIA.

    Sir William Hartley Williams, a former Supreme Court Judge in Victoria, who has just returned after nine years' residence in England, made an interesting speech at a ...

    Article : 113 words
  32. TASMANIAN CARTERS' WAGES.

    At a mass meeting of carters and drivers last night it was decided by a large majority to cease work until the demand for a minimum rate of £2 2s. For single horse drivers ...

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  33. FAMINE IN RUSSIA.

    Owing to the failure of the grain harvest in many parts of Russia the Council of Ministers to-day decided upon action to avert famine. ...

    Article : 74 words
  34. APPENDICITIS.

    At to-day's sitting of the annual conference of the British Medical Association Dr. Jordan Lloyd, Professor of Surgery in the University of Brimingham, ...

    Article : 106 words
  35. CRICKET.

    Playing for Middlesex against Essex. F. A. Tarrant, the ex-Australian cricketer, made 168 runs. For Warwickshire against Yorkshire F. R. Foster ...

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  36. A FOOTBALL FRACAS.

    Most disgraceful scenes occurred at Robertson yesterday at a Rugby Union football match between teams representing Robertson and Mittagong. In the Second half of the ...

    Article : 95 words
  37. A ROYAL MIDDY.

    His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who is now 17 years of age, has entered the Royal Navy, as midshipman on the battleship Hindustan, of the Home ...

    Article : 41 words
  38. Advertising

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  39. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    A serious accident happened in the railway yards shortly after noon yesterday, when the four-year-old son of Mr. Meeks, an engine-driver, who had wandered on to ...

    Article : 73 words
  40. VICTORIAN CARRYING TRADE.

    Three members of the Carters and Drivers Union were charged in the City Court yesterday under the Masters' and Servants Act with having refused to perform ...

    Article : 106 words
  41. AMBASSADOR DROPS DEAD.

    His Excellency Naoum Pacha, Ambassador of the Ottoman Empire to France, dropped dead from his chair to-day while playing a game of cards in the Union ...

    Article : 35 words
  42. PERSONAL.

    A telegram received from Melbourne states that Mr. Martin Cassen M.L.A., died yesterday, at the age of 75 years. Nurse Cameron, Matron of the Fremantle ...

    Article : 50 words
  43. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Customs officers to-day made a seuzure of 49 tins of opium. valued at £200, which had been secreted in the steamers Eastern and Aldenham. ...

    Article : 30 words
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