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  2. CABLE MESSAGES

    Mr. J. Ramsay Macdonald, M.P., on being interviewed, stated that in the event of a visit to the colonies, he would go in a personal capacity, and without ...

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  3. CABLE MESSAGES

    On July 13 a serious accident, with loss of life and severe injury to a number of passengers, occurred to a motor omnibus travelling between London and ...

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  4. CABLE MESSAGES

    While speaking at Dowlais, Mr. J. Keir Hardie M.P. leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party, replied to the remarks of Mr. W S. Churchill, Under-Secretary for ...

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  5. AUSTRALASIAN WIRES

    Captain Buckley, at present inspector of works in Victoria, has been selected as director of works at a salary of £350. ...

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  6. COMMONWEALTH NEWS

    Senator Keating informed Senator Pulsford, in the Senate, to-day, that the estimated loss of revenue for the current year by penny postage, if limited to the ...

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  7. COMMONWEALTH NEWS

    In the Senate to-day the Eminent Domain Bill was further considered in committee. Senator Symon moved that the title be ...

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  8. ALTERATION OF CHEQUES.

    Mr. Bent had an interview to-day with representatives of the banks on the subject of introducing legislation to declare a law with regard the alteration of ...

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  9. REFRESHMENT ROOM.

    The President of the Senate reported to-day, on behalf of the joint House committee, that the request for tenders for the working of the refreshment rooms ...

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  10. LATE BISHOP LANGLEY.

    Administration of the see of Bendigo, owing to the death of Bishop Langley, devolves on Dean M'Cullagh. of St. Paul's, Bendigo. A board of electors was ...

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  11. PARTITION OF BENGAL.

    Mr. J. B. Fuller, Lieutenant-Governor of Eastern Bengal-and Assam, has resigned his position, being unable to meet the Indian Government's wishes to ...

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  12. FRANCE AND TURKEY.

    Between France and Turkey a serious dispute has arisen. Under the Anglo-French Convention the Saharan oasis Djanet was transferred ...

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  13. DUTY ON SPIRITS.

    The committee appointed at the meeting of the spirit trade on Monday has drawn up a statement of reasons against the Government proposal of a duty of ...

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  14. DEFENCE MATTERS.

    The men of No. 4 battery of the Field Artillery at Warrnambool, who were recently dismissed for failing to attend the Easter encampment, will be given a ...

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  15. FEDERAL FINANCE.

    In the Representatives to-day the Treasurer (Sir John Forrest), in reply to Mr. Knox (Vie.), said lie was now preparing a bill with the object of giving ...

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  16. VICTORIAN POLITICS.

    The Legislative Assembly to-day further debated the second reading of the Improved Small Holdings Bill, and the debate was adjourned. Throe Juvenile ...

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  17. AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

    At St. Petersburg the strike is being maintained in only a half-hearted way. Some of the factories are resuming work. ...

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  18. COLLIERY DISASTERS.

    A mine fatality is reported from Mar. chienen, near Charleroi, in Belgium. It appears that a cage fell into a coal pit, killing nine men. ...

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  19. DISTURBANCE AT CAPE TOWN.

    The Capetown correspondent of the "Tribune" reports that George Woollends, an Austrian, has been arrested for inciting the mob to commit theft. ...

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  20. NEW COMMERCE ACT.

    The advisory board of agriculture had the regulations of the new Commerce Act under discussion to-day. They were generally condemned, and some of them ...

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  21. DOCUMENTS STOLEN.

    A party of unknown men obtained admission to a hall where the court-martial was held at Sevastopol, and stole 18 volumes of documents. ...

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  22. A VICE-REGAL TRIP.

    The Governor, Sir Reginald Talbot, will leave on Friday for a three weeks' visit to Queensland. The Acting-Chief Justice will become administrator of the ...

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  23. ANTI-MILITARISM.

    In conversation with a French yachts-man in the North Sea, the Kaiser said that anti-militarism was an international plague. ...

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  24. STRIKE INOPPORTUNE.

    The strike at Moscow has collapsed and the various committees throughout Russia have decided that a general strike is iniopportune. ...

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  25. AN APPEAL DISMISSED.

    The Full Court to-day heard an appeal by the Federal Government against the decision by Acting-Chief Justice A'Beckett in the case of the Massey-Harris Co. ...

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  26. GRANTING BAIL.

    The Secretary for State for Home Affairs (Right Hon. Herbert Gladstone) has urged the justices of the peace to use more freely a discretion in granting ...

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  27. A MARRIAGE ANNULLED.

    Justice Cussen heard an application to-day for a declaration of the nullity of a marriage on the ground that the contracting parties were within the ...

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  28. THE DUMA.

    In a circular issued to the authorities, Premier Stolypin bids them at the next elections explain to the electors the wishes, of the Czar as to the character ...

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  29. WRECK OF THE SIRIO.

    Survivors of the Sirio wreck state that directly the steamer struck the reef the captain dropped into a boat, saying, "Sauve qui pout" (save himself who ...

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  30. AUSTRALIAN COALFIELDS.

    Professor David read a paper at the meeting of the British Association on Australia's rich coalfields. ...

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  31. SOUTHERN TEXAS.

    Heavy rains caused the Colorado to overflow and devastate Southern Texas. Several towns have been isolated, and relief trains have been cut off, while the ...

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  32. A CUSTOMS CASE.

    The case in which Frederick William Forwood was charged with having evaded the payment of £7 Customs duty on curtains on February 8 last was again called ...

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  33. AMUSEMENTS.

    St. Paul's schoolroom presented a brilliant appearance last night on the occasion of the concert organised on behalf of the choir fund. There was ...

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  34. SUBMARINE CRUISER.

    A new type, called a submarine cruiser, has been launched at Cherbourg. It is to have a speed of 12 knots, and can be submerged when travelling at the higher ...

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  35. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

    A fire broke out this afternoon in Robinson's and 'Marshall's flock factory, South Melbourne, but it was extinguished by the chemical engine after four tons of ...

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  36. THE DIAMOND SCULLS.

    Our English files by last night's mail contain details of the racing at' Henley for the Diamond Sculls. On Monday, July 2, four of the ...

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  37. AN UNPROFITABLE YEAR.

    The Metropolitan Board of Works has issued its financial statement for 1905-6. It shows a deficit of £4,887 on the year's work. ...

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  38. INDUSTRIAL OCCUPATION

    Right Hon. Hebert Gladstone, M.P., has appointed a departmental committee, with Mr. Herbert Samuel. M.P., Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Home ...

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  39. A DUEL.

    Generals Neerier and Andre fought a duel outside Paris. The latter fired, and missed, but his adversary did not reply. The dispute arose out of certain ...

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  40. PRE-ELECTION BALLOT.

    The pre-election ballot of the Workers' Political League, to select two candidates for the Senate. closed to-night, resulting:—O'Keefe, 109; Guy, 102; Culliford, ...

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  41. HIGH-PRICED HORSES.

    At the annual sale of Suffolk stallions from Mr. Dangar's station, the average realised was £221. ...

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  42. MR. BANNISTER'S CANDIDATURE.

    Mr. H. E. Bannister addressed a large gathering here to-night. Mr. C. H. Hall was in the chair. The candidate spoke for two hours on federal matters, and ...

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  43. INSPECTING ENGINEER.

    Mr. Thos. Roberts, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the South Australian railways, has been appointed inspecting engineer in London for the whole of the ...

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  44. CRUISERS AND BATTLESHIPS.

    Newspapers have published particulars of the new types of German cruisers and battleships. The latter will be 1000 tons bigger than the Dreadnought, and will ...

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  45. SWIMMING.

    Cecil Healy, of Australia, was second in the 200 metres handicap at Charenton, covering the distance in 2min. 31sec. ...

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  46. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

    The Secretary of the Board of Control sent a cable to-day to the Marylebone Club renewing the invitation to the English team to visit Australia. ...

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  47. MEETING AT OATLANDS.

    A public meeting will be held at Oatlands at 3 o'clock to-day to discuss the best means of arousing the interest of electors in the forthcoming federal ...

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  48. MOTORING ACCIDENT.

    While motoring in Radnorshire, the Duke of Connaught collided with another motorist. Both ears were smashed, and the ...

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  49. CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

    In the match Gloucester v. Essex, Dennett took all ten wickets for 40 runs. ...

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  50. ARRESTED FOR LARCENY.

    Frnacis George Smedley, charged with stealing £1400, the property of the Queensland Government, was arrested at Mosman yesterday. He appeared at the ...

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  51. THE MAIL SERVICE.

    Mr. H. J. Payne, M.H.A., has been interviewing the leading business men of Hobart to-day, and obtained a large number of names in favour of the mail ...

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  52. GREAT HEAT WAVE.

    'A great wave swept over New York, and eight deaths have occurred from apoplexy. Thousands are sleeping in the parks, ...

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  53. PIANOLA RECITAL.

    The representatives of the Pianola Co., Melbourne and Sydney, at present showing the Metrostyle Pianola, and also the combined Pianola Piano and Aeolian ...

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  54. NAVAL SALVAGE CORPS.

    Commenting on the loss of the battle-ship Montagu, the newspapers emphasis the need for the establishment of proper, naval salvage corps. ...

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  55. LANDS COMMISSION.

    To-day Justice Pring, in Chambers, in the case of Crick v. Owen, said that decisions dating as far back as January 1 showed clearly that no such action could ...

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  56. SWIMMING THE CHANNEL.

    Miss Kellermann abandoned the at. tempt to swim across the English Channel, owing to seasickness. She had been in the water for two hours. ...

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  57. BATTLESHIP MIKASA.

    The Japanese battleship Mikasa, which met with a mishap some time ago, has been refloated. ...

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  58. WORKERS' LEAGUE SOCIAL.

    The annual social and dance in connection with the Workers' Political League took place last night at the Albert Hall, and was a success in every ...

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  59. HOBART GAS COMPANY.

    The directors of the Gas Company submitted the usual statement of accounts for the half-year ended June 30, 1006, as follows:—The balance at credit of profit ...

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  60. OBITUARY.

    Councillor Hines, formerly a Parliamentary caterer, and particularly well known to interstate cricketing visitors, on account of his courtesy, died on ...

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  61. WESTERN NEWS.

    The local authority met this morning, when there were present—Messrs. A. Slater, J. Ware, R. Doherty, and A. Ross J.'sP. Captain Ross was elected ...

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  62. FRANCO-GERMAN ARTILLERIES.

    The "Figaro" urges the necessity of increasing the French artillery, owing to the disparity in the number of guns, this being the result of a renewal of the ...

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  63. NOT GUILTY.

    At the criminal sittings to-day, in the case of Emma Lydia Hoffman, charged with concealment of birth at the Semaphore on July 9, a verdict of not guilty ...

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