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  2. THE ELECTIONS.

    Just after noon on Saturday Mr. J. P. Bichard, Commonwealth electoral officer for Tasmania. announced that he had received the following nominations ...

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  3. STATE TELEGRAMS

    A sad accident happened to Henry Larner. 24, engine-cleaner in the Railway Department last night. Larner was cleaning the express engine at the ...

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  4. CABLE MESSAGES

    The Bishop of Pretoria, writing to the "Star" (Johannesburg), urges the Colonial Secretary (Earl of Elgin) to publish the gist of Mr. Justice Bucknill's ...

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  5. AUSTRALASIAN WIRES

    Mr. Ramsay Macdonald M.P., and Mrs. Macdonald arrived to-day form Tasmania. They will be entertained at dinner to-morrow by the executive of ...

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  6. CABLE MESSAGES

    Harris, a negro desperado, who killed five and wounded a dozen people at Ashville, North Carolina; escaped into the woods. He was tracked by blood ...

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  7. CABLE MESSAGES

    A Paris telegram states that a plot has been discovered against M. Witte and 17 leaders of the Constitutional Democratic party. ...

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  8. DROWNED WHILE BATHING.

    A boy named Harold Hume was drowned while bathing in the Yarra on Saturday. ...

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  9. A REIGN OF TERROR.

    Cronstadt is in a state of siege, and there has been a recrudescence of extensive robberies all over the district. Drum-head sentences are being ...

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  10. QUEEN BOROUGH BATHS.

    The public opening of the recently erected Queenborough public baths, dinghy docks, and rowing sheds, took place this afternoon. ...

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  11. THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

    A conference between the exporters of frozen meat and slaughtermen engaged in the industry was held yesterday. The employers agreed to pay 25s ...

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  12. WAR OFFICE CONTRACTS.

    The Secretary of State for War, Mr. Haldane, states that all restrictions of a preferential or protective character are being removed from War Office ...

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  13. POLITICAL PRISONERS.

    The hundred and seventy political prisoners in Odessa Gaol planned an escape. They undermined a wall, but a criminal informed the authorities, where ...

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  14. THE RELIABILITY TEST.

    The concluding run of the reliability motor contest was held on Saturday from Melbourne to Marysville and back, 120 miles. The result of the contest was ...

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  15. ODDS AGAINST A LAUNCH.

    A number of foreigners residing at Yokohama made bets aggregating £100,000 at 7 to 3, against the successful launching of the battleship Satsuma, ...

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  16. CARUSO UNDER ARREST.

    Caruso, the famous tenor, was arrested at New York yesterday at the instance of a woman, who charged him with having insulted her. The services ...

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  17. VICTORIA.

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  18. AIR TRAVELLING.

    The proprietors of the "Daily Mail" have offered £10,000 as a prize for the first aeronaut who succeeds in aeroplaning from London to Manchester in one ...

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  19. PUBLIC WORKS.

    The following tenders have been accepted:—Road, Myrtle Creek-road, D. Kirkcaldy, £45; road, Black Hill-road, Richmond to Sorell, Patrick Ryan, £8.3 ...

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  20. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    A combination is being formed in New York for the purpose of bringing all the wireless telegraphy companies operating in England, the United States, and ...

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  21. INCENDIARY FIRES.

    After a long series of incendiary fires at Oroydon, one of them involving a loss of £30,000, four men have been arrested, and confessed their guilt. ...

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  22. A BYE-ELECTION.

    Mr. Moore, a Unionist, has been elected for North Armagh. He polled 4229, Mr. Crawford (Independent Orangeman) obtaining only 1433. ...

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  23. A BROKEN ARM.

    A little son of Mr. J. Betts met with an accident to-day. He went with his brothers to the lime works, taking his father's dinner, and in playing about the ...

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  24. ROOSEVELT SPELLING.

    The New York Board of Education refuse to countenance President Roosevelt's spelling reform. ...

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  25. PRAYERS FOR ENEMIES.

    The situation in France has apparently inspired the Pope to write a letter, which is published in the "Osservatore Romana," directing Cardinal Respighi to order ...

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  26. THE BUILDERS' STRIKE.

    Strike pay was distributed for the first time yesterday, when 800 men participated, and the union and non-union strikers each received 20s. It is ...

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  27. GUNS AND ARMOUR.

    For the purpose of testing the effect of heavy gun-fire on armour, the Doris and Vixen bombarded the battleship Montagu, 14,000 tons, which ...

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  28. THE RIFLE IN SCHOOLS.

    Sir F. W. Borden, Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence, states that Canadian schoolboys from 13 years of age will shortly be trained in rifle ...

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  29. THE MAIL BAG THEFT.

    At the Police Court yesterday Martin Healy, charged with the theft of a mail bag at Magnet, was brought before Messrs. T. D. Patterson and D. Jones, ...

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  30. AUSTRIAN CATTLE TRADE.

    The Government of Austria has opened the Italian frontier to cattle, owing to the scarcity of meat, due to the closing of the Servian markets. ...

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  31. NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES

    Two Newfoundland fisherman, named Dubois and Crane, who were fined five hundred dollars each, or three months, on the Bay of Islands, for putting herring ...

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  32. CROWN PRINCE OF SERVIA.

    It is reported that the Crown Prince of Servia has been indulging in undesirable orgies and brutalities, and is likely to be interned in a madhouse abroad. ...

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  33. HEAVY LOSSES BY FIRE.

    Early this morning a four-roomed cottage at "Dunkley Town," a woodcutters' settlement, near Zeehan, and occupied by Carl Schmidt, and its contents, ...

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  34. POPLAR PRACTICES.

    Two of the "moderate" members of the Poplar Guardians have been committed for trial upon a charge of obtaining travelling expenses by false pretences. ...

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  35. COMMERCIAL.

    Copra.—The copra market is quieter, buyers' immediate requirements having been satisfied. A parcel of South Sea, steamer shipment, sold at £24 10s. ...

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  36. THE CAPE COLONY RAID.

    The following of Ferreira, leader of a few rebellious Boers, who have been raiding in the north-west of Cape Colony, has been reduced to a dozen. ...

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  37. ATTRACTING POPULATION.

    Following immediately on the announcement of the Victorian Premier (Mr. Bent) that his Government proposed to send to England particulars of land ...

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  38. RUGBY FOOTBALL.

    In the presence of 30,000 spectators, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland beat the South Africans by two tries (six points) to nil. ...

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  39. ANNIVERSARY SERVICES.

    Special services were held at Christ Church yesterday in connection with the anniversary of the Sunday school. In the morning there was it large ...

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  40. "GAZETTE" NOTICES.

    In the Commonwealth "Gazette" appears the following notices:— Appointment. — Derwent Regiment— Athelstan William Shoobridge, to be ...

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  41. RAID STOPPED BY RAIN.

    The Woman Suffragites intended to make a raid on the House of Commons yesterday, but rain prevented them. ...

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  42. FINANCIAL.

    It has been decided to voluntarily wind up the affairs of the Hampton Plains estate and effect a reconstruction. ...

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  43. SHIPPING BILL.

    The proposal made by Mr. Lloyd George (president of the Board of Trade) to embody in the Shipping Bill provisions enabling the Board of Trade to appoint ...

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  44. PARLIAMENTARY PROSPECTS.

    The President of the Local Government Board (Mr. Burns), replying to a deputation of suffragettes, stated that until Mr. Keir Hardie's Women's ...

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  45. CORRESPONDENCE.

    "Owner."—Enquiries will be made into the matter. ...

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  46. RINGAROOMA RAILWAY LEAGUE.

    A meeting of the committee of the Ringarooma Railway League was held in the Town Hall on Friday. Mr. James White was in the chair. Correspondence ...

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  47. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BILL.

    Sir,—In looking over the names of those members of the House of Assembly who opposed the Cruelty to Animals Bill, in charge of Mr. Rattle, I noticed ...

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  48. NEW SOUTH WALES.

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  49. COMING EVENTS.

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  50. ACHES AND PAINS.

    When you have an ache or pain, it is a sign that the nerves in that part of your body need attention. By applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm you soothe the ...

    Article : 63 words
  51. Advertising

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  52. SWEETEN THE BREATH.

    Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets will clear the sour stomach sweeten the breath, and create a healthy appetite. They promote the flow of ...

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