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  2. NEWS AND NOTES.

    The Mails:—A notification from the General Post Office states that the ordinary mail for the Eastern States, New Zealand, etc., will close to-day at 9.15 a.m. for ...

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  3. BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, the Leader of the Labour Party, moved an amendment to the Address-in-Reply to the King's Speech ...

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  4. GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY.

    The speech delivered by Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, in the House of Commons yesterday on the motion for the adoption of the Address-in-Reply, has been ...

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  5. SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICS

    In the House of Assembly yesterday the debate was resumed on the motion condemning the Government for its reorganisation of the civil service. ...

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  6. UNION BADGES.

    The Federal Arbitration Court sat to-day to deal with the question of the wearing of union badges by the tramway workers. Mr. J. S. Badger represented the Brisbane ...

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  7. BRISBANE GENERAL STRIKE.

    In view of the breaking down of the strike, and so many unionists being anxious to get back to work, the master builders have decided to resume operations at ...

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  8. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

    The Premier, Mr. Verran called on His Excellency the Governor at 4.30 this afternoon and handed in the resignation of the Ministry. He recommended that Mr. Peake ...

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  9. AMERICAN TRAIN DISASTERS.

    A number of railway disasters have occurred in the northern States of America during the past two days, involving loss of life and great damage to rolling stock. ...

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  10. LABOUR MINISTER AS LANDLORD.

    Mr. Griffith, Minister for Works, to-day replied to the published statement attributed to Mr. Wade, that he (Mr. Griffith) had been obtaining an exorbitant rental for ...

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  11. THE CHINESE REPUBLIC.

    Dr. Sun Yat Sen, who was appointed provisional President of the Republic, and the members of Cabinet of the Provisional Republican Assembly, have resigned. They ...

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  12. GERMAN ARMY AND NAVY.

    During the debate on the Estimates in the Reichstag yesterday the Secretary of State for the Imperial Treasury (Herr Weemuth) demanded that the increased expenditure ...

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  13. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    Professor Gilruth, new Administrator of the Northern Territory, will leave Melbourne some time next month. For some time he will occupy the Government Residency at ...

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  14. PERSONAL.

    A cable message received from London states that H.R.H. the Prince of Wales will enter Magdalen College, Oxford, after Michaelmas. ...

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  15. THE DELHI WRECK.

    The official inquiry concerning the wreck of the P. and O. steamer Delhi (8,090 tons) near Cape Spartel, on the African coast, close to the Atlantic entrance to the Strait ...

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  16. ITALIAN TRAGEDY.

    A fearful tragedy is reported as having occurred in the province of Teramo. Biagio Chiavaropi, who was the steward of an estate, was dismissed from his position, and ...

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  17. BLACK HAND TRIAL.

    Nine more of the members of the Camera, who have been on trial at Viterbo on a charge of having murdered Cuocolo and his wife at Naples, have been released. ...

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  18. STARVING LIGHTKEEPERS.

    Owing to the heavy gales which have prevailed incessantly for the past 30 days along the coast of Spain it has been found impossible to convey supplies to a lighthouse on ...

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  19. AN INDIAN ASSASSINATION.

    Nilakauta and eight other natives have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment, varying from one to seven years, for their connection with the conspiracy to murder ...

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  20. RAILWAY MECHANICS' STRIKE.

    Yesterday saw the final stage of the dispute which for the past six weeks has existed between the Commissioner for Railways and the workshops' and running sheds' ...

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  21. OVERSEA DOMINIONS.

    It is officially announced that Sir Francis May, who has been Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner of the Western Pacific since 1910, has been appointed Governor and ...

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  22. SENSATIONAL FIRE.

    Considerable damage and personal injury were caused as the result of a fire, which practically destroyed a three-storey brick building at Errol-street. North Melbourne, ...

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  23. MISCELLANEOUS.

    During the past seven years no fewer than 215 books, one of them being valued at £800, have been stolen from the library of the Anglican Cathedral at Peterborough. A ...

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  24. INDUSTRIAL STRIFE.

    Many of the coal miners in the northern districts of Nottinghamshire have refused to give notice to their employers terminating their contracts, as ordered by the ...

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  25. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

    Yesterday afternoon three highwaymen, armed with revolvers, sprang into a taxicab, in which were messengers from the East River National Bank, charged with the ...

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  26. THE NE TEMERE DECREE.

    The Rev. E. T. Whittington, Anglican Archdeacon of Hobart, has made public certain correspondence between him and representatives of the Roman Catholic Church in ...

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  27. NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT.

    The programme set forth in the Governor's speech to-day comprised local government reform, the election of portion of the Legislative Council, and the acquirement by the ...

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  28. NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT.

    In view of Opposition opinions, it is considered likely that the Speaker (Mr. Willis), resting content with Judge Backhouse's finding in his favour, will terminate all political ...

    Article : 303 words
  29. SEQUEL TO COUNTRY FIRES.

    A sequel to a number of outbreaks of fire in the Invermay district during the hot spell last month, was that at the Ballarat Court, on Friday, W. H. Bibby, a ...

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  30. PUBLIC WORKS IN THE NORTH-WEST.

    Considerable attention is being paid by the Government to the question of the development of the North-West, and the Estimates for the current financial year provide for the ...

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  31. THE TRIPOLITAN WAR.

    The newspapers state that General Carlo Caneva, who is in command of the Italian forces operating in Tripoli, has informed the Government that he is unable to achieve ...

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  32. CHARGE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER.

    Sarah Brown, a middle-aged woman, was charged at the Criminal Court to-day with having, at Prahran, on December 22 last, attempted to murder her son Ralph. The ...

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  33. BILLIARDS.

    John Roberts, the ex-billiard champion of the world, is proceeding against G. Gray; the young Australian player, for alleged breach of contract which relates to a ...

    Article : 347 words
  34. ADELAIDE LIQUOR TRADE.

    A strike commenced to-day in connection with the liquor trade in Adelaide. Early in the year the barmen and cellarmen submitted a log to the licensed victuallers, ...

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  35. DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE.

    In the Divorce Court to-day Ida Frances McMahon (29 years of age), a domestic help, residing at Williamstown, prayed for the dissolution of her marriage with Patrick ...

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  36. DYNAMITE OUTRAGES.

    Seven of the officials and agents of Labour unions throughout the United States indicted by the grand jury for criminal responsibility for the dynamite outrages in which ...

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  37. RAILWAY SLEEPERS.

    The Minister for Works (Mr. W. D. Johnson), in the course of an interview with a "West Australian" reporter yesterday, referred to the powellising process for ...

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  38. AUSTRALIAN LABOUR FEDERATION.

    The fortnightly meeting of the Metropolitan District Council of the Australian Labour Federation was held at the Trades Hall last night. The president (Mr. B. J. Stubbs) ...

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  39. THE SHORTAGE OF LABOUR.

    The Royal Commission which is inquiring into the shortage of labour in South Australia resumed its sittings to-day, when the Inspector of Factories (Mr. John Bannigan) ...

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  41. AWARDS FOR BRAVERY.

    The committee of the Royal Humane Society of New South Wales yesterday decided to award gold medals to William McKay and Alfred Barlow for their bravery ...

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  42. LUCRATIVE OFFICE RESIGNED.

    Mr. A. Howie, who was recently appointed director of State public, works at a salary of £1,000 a year, and was to have taken up duty on March 1, has resigned ...

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  43. STATE-OWNED COTTAGES.

    Mr. Dacey, the State Treasurer, has announced that when the cottages at the projected model settlement at Kensington are built, they may be leased to tenants for ...

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  44. PRISON LABOUR.

    A commencement will be made in a few days with the erection of huts for the men to be employed on a prison camp near Tunkirry. When they are completed the first step will ...

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