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  2. CURRENT TOPICS.

    The Price of Flour.—The local millers have advanced the price of flour to £10 per ton wholesale and £10 10s retail. More Police Protection.—The ...

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  3. ABOUT PEOPLE

    Admiral Sperry has resigned the command of the United States fleet in the Atlantic, and Admiral Schroeder succeeds him. ...

    Article : 489 words
  4. CABLE MESSAGES

    The trial is proceeding in Madrid of three men, named Sanchez, Rophon, and Anton, for the falsifying of the entry in the register of the Church of St. Millan, ...

    Article : 229 words
  5. CABLE MESSAGES

    In the contest for the Central Glasgow seat in the House of Commons tariff reform played an important part. It was stated recently that the Liberals ...

    Article : 125 words
  6. CABLE MESSAGES

    The Alliance Assurance Company has announced that new clerks will be obliged to join the territorial forces before engagement. ...

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  7. AUSTRALASIAN WIRES

    Two young men named Alfred Smith and Alfred Barker, members of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, were charged at the City Court to-day with the ...

    Article : 188 words
  8. IMPERIAL STAFF.

    Speaking at Newcastle, the Secretary of State for War foreshadowed the creation of an army comparable in size with those of the great military Powers. The ...

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  9. OPINIONS ON THE RESULT.

    Throughout the contest Mr. Bowles kept freetrade predominant, but the "Glasgow Herald" declares that the sinking of the fiscal issue for the time ...

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  10. METHODIST CONFERENCE

    The annual united conference of the Methodist Church of Victoria and Tasmania was formally opened at the Wesley Church to-night in the presence of a ...

    Article : 240 words
  11. UNEMPLOYMENT ACT

    A sharp attack was made by the Labour party on the Right Hon. John Bunrns' administration of the Unemployment Act, alleging that the conduct of ...

    Article : 107 words
  12. VIEWS OF COMMERCERS.

    The Association of the Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom has had the fiscal question, under consideration. ...

    Article : 35 words
  13. THE BOTTOMLEY CASE

    A peculiar delay occurred in the hearing of the case against H. W. Bottomley, M.P., who is charged with conspiring to defraud the public in connection with a ...

    Article : 106 words
  14. OPIUM TRADE

    The International Opium Commission at Shanghai has made several important recommendations. Copies of the report have been ...

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  15. THE BALKANS

    According to the Vienna correspondent of "The Times," Austria's standpoint requires Servia to explicitly recognise the non-existence of any right to make ...

    Article : 81 words
  16. IRISH NATIONALISTS

    In the House of Commons the Nationalists moved a resolution condemning the Government for using the statute of Edward III. for the conviction of Mr. ...

    Article : 46 words
  17. BANKRUPT'S PLUNGE

    An unsuccessful business man detailed in the Bankruptcy Court to-day a hazardous attempt to retrieve his position by speculation on the racecourse. Sydney ...

    Article : 135 words
  18. AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

    Mr. Franklin Macveagh becomes Secretary of the Treasury in Mr. Taft's Cabinet. Mr. Dickson becomes Secretary for ...

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  19. OBITUARY

    The Rev. J. Russell, of Evandale, has received news of the death of the Rev. R. S. Duff, D.D., who was favourably known not only in Evandale, but ...

    Article : 702 words
  20. FRENCH DUTIES

    The Association of the Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom, has resolved that the proposed French duties are prejudicial to ...

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  21. AN AVALANCHE

    An avalanche near Brenner overwhelmed an Austrian detachment of six officers and 25 men. Troops have been despatched to the ...

    Article : 38 words
  22. COOK ISLANDS

    Replying to Mr. W. Anstruther Gray (C.), in the House of Commons, the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (Colonel Seely) declared he had ...

    Article : 68 words
  23. HARVESTER MACHINES

    At the Harvester Commission to-day Mr. J. H. Wood, of the International Harvester Company, said the cash price for a standard-sized machine was £73, ...

    Article : 147 words
  24. THE EARTHQUAKE

    The earthquake relief committee at Rome reports that 18,500,000 lire had been collected. Some correspondents show that remote ...

    Article : 47 words
  25. AERONAUTICS

    Krupp's, Limited, has donated £500 sterling to the Gottingen University to provide a professorship of research work in aeronautics. ...

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  26. STEEL INDUSTRY

    Mr. Smuts, Chief Secretary of Transvaal, announces that steel of the highest quality can be manufactured from ore in Pretoria. ...

    Article : 41 words
  27. THE COURT

    Queen Alexandra, who has been indisposed since the Berlin visit, is suffering from a severe cold. King Edward will therefore hold ...

    Article : 34 words
  28. BASUTOLAND

    Twenty thousand Basuto horsemen were reviewed at Masern by the High Commissioner of South Africa (the Earl of Selborne), who declared it would be ...

    Article : 52 words
  29. LINCOLN'S INN

    Twenty ancient and valuable books have been stolen from Lincoln's Inn library. It appears that the thief substituted ...

    Article : 28 words
  30. THE HOTEL TRAGEDY

    At an inquest before Mr. Murphy, the city coroner, to-day concerning the death of Thomas Wheeler, who shot himself in the bar of the Empire Hotel on Friday ...

    Article : 330 words
  31. THE WEATHER

    Mr. H. C. Kingsmill, the divisional officer, has supplied the following weather notes for February:— The rainfall in February was below the average over ...

    Article : 355 words
  32. LADY MILDRED WRECK

    The Court of Marine Enquiry held an investigation to-day into the charge of reckless and careless navigation which had been preferred against Captain ...

    Article : 412 words
  33. BURNS-JOHNSON

    Mr. McIntosh has sold the French rights to the Burns-Johnson prize fight pictures for £5000 sterling, and the British rights yield £12,000. ...

    Article : 32 words
  34. MARCONI INSTRUMENTS

    The through expresses from New York to Chicago are now equipped with Marconi instruments. By this means communication is being ...

    Article : 38 words
  35. SOUTH AFRICA

    The year's cost of the British troops in South Africa is stated at £2,275,000. ...

    Article : 23 words
  36. A DESPERATE FIGHT

    A gang entered Jardrai, near Khat, in India, and the police attacked them. A desperate fight ensued, eleven of the gang and one of the policemen were ...

    Article : 37 words
  37. FINANCIAL

    Shares.—There are no changes to report in connection with the Australian investment stocks. ...

    Article : 21 words
  38. COMING EVENTS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 72 words
  39. RETURN VISIT OF AN EYE SPECIALIST.

    Those of our readers troubled with defective sight, headaches, pains in the eyes, or requiring glasses for reading, will be pleased to hear of the return visit of ...

    Article : 203 words
  40. A NEW SCHOOL

    At a public opening of the South Queenstown State School to-day comment was made by Mr. Sticht and others on the capacity of the buildings to ...

    Article : 63 words
  41. Advertising

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    Advertising : 936 words
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