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  2. NEWS AND NOTES.

    "Worlds in the Making."—Ladies and gentlemen are reminded of Professor Ross's lecture in the Y.M.C.A. gymnasium, 123 Murray-street, to-night, at 8 o'clock. The ...

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  3. THE PARIS TRAGEDY.

    Intense interest is being manifested in the trial of Madame Caillaux on a charge of having murdered Gascon Calmette (editor of the "Figaro"). Maitre Labori, who has ...

    Article : 321 words
  4. HOME RULE PROBLEM.

    Opinion is divided with regard to the action of the King in summoning representatives of the Government, the Opposition the Nationalists, and the Irish ...

    Article : 352 words
  5. EUROPEAN SITUATION.

    There has been a heavy fall in quotations for stocks on the Bourse, owing to apprehensions of trouble in Servia. It is understood that Austria demands the removal of ...

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  6. INDUSTRIAL STRIFE.

    Over 140,000 men engaged in various trades have struck owing to the action of the authorities in suppressing demonstrations in sympathy with the strikers at ...

    Article : 76 words
  7. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    At the Perth Literary Institute last night, Mr. J. M. Fowler, the sitting Liberal member for Perth, in the Federal House of Representatives, inaugurated his ...

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  8. IRRIGATION BILL.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, The Minister for Works moved the second reading of the Rights in Water and Irrigation Bill. He said that it was the third ...

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  9. GERMAN REPORTS.

    The Bourse is weak, and prices for Balkan stocks have slumped heavily. The "Vossiche Zeitung" states that Servia has placed an order for £250,000 worth ...

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  10. COSTLY COAL STRIKE.

    A blue book issued yesterday shows that during the coal strike of 1912 the trade union funds in the United Kingdom were depleted to the extent of nearly £750,000, ...

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  11. TURKISH OUTRAGES.

    Turkish regulars landed on Long Island, in the Gulf of Smyrna, yesterday, and looted a number of Greek houses, on a pretence of searching for arms. The Greeks, ...

    Article : 51 words
  12. THE SCOTTISH MINERS.

    Mr. Smillie, speaking at Nelson (in Lancashire) yesterday, said that the Scottish miners would refuse to accept the proposed reduction of 1s. per day in their wages, but ...

    Article : 52 words
  13. THE BALKAN WAR.

    The Chamber of Deputies has referred to a special committee a motion proposing the impeachment of Ghazi Mukhtar's and Kiamil Pasha's Cabinets, on the ground of the ...

    Article : 42 words
  14. GLASS BOTTLE WORKERS.

    The trouble amongst the bottle blowers and machine men employed at the Melbourne Glass Bottle Works at Spottiswood was satisfactorily settled to-day, and work ...

    Article : 56 words
  15. A RELEASED PRISONER.

    The attention of the State Attorney-General (Mr. MacKinnon) was drawn to-day to the case of Robert Bennett, who in 1911 was sentenced in Western Australia to ...

    Article : 368 words
  16. DEFIANT HINDUS.

    The Hindus, who have been refused admission to Canada, are still defying the authorities. They have taken possession of the Japanese steamer Koomagata, which ...

    Article : 172 words
  17. GERMANY.

    The Hague correspondent of the "Standard" states, on what he claims to be the highest authority: "The German Minister here has succeeded in inducing Holland to ...

    Article : 87 words
  18. BOARDING HOUSE TRAGEDY.

    A shocking tragedy occurred in a boarding-house near the waterside this morning. Mrs. Mary Hammon, wife of Daniel Hammon, keeper of the boarding-house, was ...

    Article : 214 words
  19. THE NATIONALISTS.

    Mr. John Redmond presided yesterday at a stormy meeting of the Nationalist Party to protest against any further concessions being made to Ulster. ...

    Article : 131 words
  20. A FAMOUS RACEHORSE.

    The death is reported from Paris of the racehorse Rock Sand, who was insured for £30,000. [Rock Sand was bred by Sir J. Miller in ...

    Article : 74 words
  21. LIBERALS CRITICAL.

    Many Liberals are very critical of the conference scheme, as they fear that an unwise precedent has been established. They expect that the conference will fail, that ...

    Article : 99 words
  22. MEXICO.

    General Carranza, the chief rebel leader, has agreed to the declaration of a general armistice throughout Mexico pending negotiations with Francisco Carbajal (the ...

    Article : 58 words
  23. THE DEPORTED AFRICANS.

    In the King's Bench Division yesterday, counsel for Waterston, Morgan, and McKerrell, three of the South African Labour leaders, who were conveyed to England ...

    Article : 99 words
  24. ALLEGED FRAUD.

    A case of alleged fraud on the Sunshine Motor Cars Proprietary, Limited, to the extent of two separate sums of £20 and £21 7s. 6d., by the business manager, Philip ...

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  25. THE FEDERAL TRAWLER.

    On the many trawling excursions around the coast the Federal trawler Endeavour has netted a number of fish which are regarded as new to scsience, and, in addition, many ...

    Article : 324 words
  26. FRENCH RAILWAY SMASH.

    Two railway trains collided near Toulouse yesterday, and in the smash four carriages were destroyed, while six passengers were killed and 30 more were injured. ...

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  27. UNIONIST VIEWS.

    Some of the Ulster members of the House of Commons regard the conference as a Government device to obtain time. They assert that Ministers are throwing upon the ...

    Article : 71 words
  28. ANGLICAN CHURCH.

    Anglican Churchmen will hold a conference in London in September to discuss the possibility of women entering the priesthood. The Church newspapers strenuously ...

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  29. THE SLEEPER CONTRACT.

    The following questions were put to the Minister for Works by the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly yesterday:—(1) With reference to the contract ...

    Article : 248 words
  30. AVIATION.

    While Lieutenant Hordern, accompanied by a mechanic, was flying an aeroplane at Gosport yesterday the machine dived from a height of 80ft. and struck the ground with ...

    Article : 116 words
  31. LABOURITES INCENSED.

    The Labour members of the House of Commons at a meeting yesterday passed a resolution referring to the conference as an undue interference on the part of the ...

    Article : 116 words
  32. THE DACCA OUTRAGE.

    The man who was shot dead at Dacca yesterday while he was in the company of Basanta Chatterji (of the Criminal Investigation Department) was named Ramdas. ...

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  33. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Laffer, the new member for Alexandra, moved the adoption of the Address-in-Reply. The motion was seconded by Mr. H. D. ...

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  34. PRESS COMMENTS.

    The "Daily Chronicle" states: "The idea of a conference originated with Mr. Asquith. The conference would have been more auspiciously launched and more ...

    Article : 96 words
  35. BRITISH NAVAL REVIEW.

    A review of the British navy was held at Spithead yesterday, and provided a superb spectacle. The King, on board the Royal yacht, led the fleet towards the sea. Then ...

    Article : 78 words
  36. BOXING.

    It is authoritatively stated that G. Carpentier's next contest will be with "Young" Ahearn for the championship. The fight is to take place on August 17 for a purse ...

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  37. SYDNEY MOTOR BANDITS.

    Further evidence was heard to-day at the Central Police Court in the case in which four men, Arthur Tatham, Norman Joseph Twiss, Samuel Freeman, and Ernest ...

    Article : 407 words
  38. THE G.P.O. FIRE.

    The 15-minutes' blaze on Monday night at the telephone cable window in the G.P.O. proved much more serious than was at the time supposed, the damage including the ...

    Article : 274 words
  39. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 78 words
  40. NATIONALIST "VOLUNTEERS."

    Mr. Joseph Devlin is actively engaged in the organisation of the Nationalist "volunteers." The latter have secured four Maxim guns. Twelve Liberal members of ...

    Article : 62 words
  41. CRICKET.

    The match between Surrey and Lancashire, played at the Oval, resulted in an easy win for Surrey. The winners made 402 runs in their first innings, and ...

    Article : 88 words
  42. THE SUFFRAGETTES.

    Annie Bell, who was arrested a few days ago for having placed a bomb in St. John's Church, Westminster, has been committed for trial. She is also charged with having ...

    Article : 54 words
  43. RIFLE SHOOTING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 242 words
  44. THE CONFIDENCE TRICK.

    Thomas Lec, a resident of Western Australia, reported to the police to-day that he was victimised yesterday by a confidence man, who induced him to part with £8. ...

    Article : 121 words
  45. MADAME MELBA.

    Madame Melba and party left yesterday by the R.M.S. Orontes for Adelaide, enroute to Melbourne. Prior to her departure the diva expressed her gratification at the ...

    Article : 199 words
  46. Advertising

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    Advertising : 201 words
  47. FARMERS AND SETTLERS.

    At to-day's sitting of the annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, a report was received from the special sub-committee appointed to inquire into the ...

    Article : 119 words
  48. A VICTORIAN TRAGEDY.

    The death occurred in the Melbourne Hospital late to-night of Richard B. Wood, who was struck on the head with a beer bottle during a fracas in Brunswick on July 11. ...

    Article : 93 words
  49. TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY.

    After the Western Australian Government was released from its original sleeper contract, quotations for 500,000 jarrah sleepers were invited from private timber-getters in ...

    Article : 75 words
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