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  2. THE FISCAL QUESTION. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S POLICY.

    The exposition of Mr. Chamberlain's views, which he arranged a few days ago to publish as a preface to a series of articles by Mr. Vice, the secretary of the Imperial ...

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  3. THE RISING IN TURKEY. NEW AUSTRO-RUSSIAN NOTE.

    The news received from the Balkans is of an extrordinarily conflicting character, each side accusing the other of horrible atrocities. ...

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  4. THE IMPERIAL CABINET. A THREATENED SECESSION.

    The "Birmingham Post," one of the most important of the Liberal provincial papers of Great Britain, asserts that the resignation of the Duke of Devonshire of his office ...

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  5. THE TOORAK ELECTION. MR. FAIRBAIRN'S CANDIDATURE.

    Last night Mr. George Fairbrain, the Reform Legaue candidate for the Toorak seat, addressed a well-attended meeting of electors in the Congregational Schoolroom, ...

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  6. THE HIGH COURT. JUDGES SWORN IN.

    The High Court of Australia was legally constituted yesterday. At a meeting of the Executive Council, which was held in the afternoon, an order in council was passed. ...

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  7. THE RAILWAYS. TRAFFIC RECEIPTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 76 words
  8. ADA CROSSLEY. RECEPTION AT HER MAJESTY'S.

    Upwards of a thousand guests were entertained yesterday afternoon at Her Majesty's Theatre, in order to meet Miss Crossley, the hostesses being ...

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  9. THE COMING ELECTIONS. DEPUTY RETURNING OFFICERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 243 words
  10. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Governor and Lady Clarke, attended by Captain Fitzpatrick, paid a visit to St. Xavier's College, Kew, yesterday afternoon. They were received ...

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  11. TRAIN ALTERATIONS.

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  12. LORD MILNER'S DECISION.

    A large section of South Africa is delighted at the decision of Viscount Milner not to accept office in the Imperial Cabinet as Secretary of State for the Colonies, in ...

    Article : 74 words
  13. SOUTH MELBOURNE SEAT.

    The Labour candidate to contest the seat for Southern Melbourne will be selected to-night, at a joint meeting of the leagues in the electorate. Messrs. Gray, J. B. Ronald, ...

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  14. POPE PIUS X.

    The first encyclical of His Holiness Pope Pius X. has been issued. It opens by a reference to his reluctance to accept the high office conferred upon ...

    Article : 122 words
  15. VIEWS OF THE "STANDARD."

    The "Standard," in commenting upon the pamphlet, deprecates the employment of "angry rhetoric" in the controversy. It considers that the allusions to the colonies ...

    Article : 96 words
  16. LABOUR CANDIDATE FOR WANNON.

    COLERAINE, Monday.—The Coleraine branch of the Political Labour Council has announced Mr. Thomas J. Fitzgerald as its nominee to contest the Wannon electorate ...

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  17. AUSTRAL SALON AT HOME.

    A welcome was tendered to Miss Crossley last evening by the members of the Austral Salon, and the room was crowded. On her appearance she was greeted by the ...

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  18. THE LOYALIST EXAMINATIONS.

    Of the 190 candidates who presented themselves for examination as enginemen last month 70 have qualified themselves as drivers, 82 as senior firemen, 28 as junior ...

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  19. AN UNSUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENT.

    ST. JAMES, Monday.—After three weeks' experience of placing a woman in charge of the Devenish station, the Railway department has come to the conclusion that the station cannot be managed ...

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  20. THE FLINDERS SEAT.

    SORRENTO, Monday.—Mr. John Cain, having been requisitioned by a large number of electors, has decided to stand as a candidate for the Flinders electorate, in ...

    Article : 82 words
  21. SEVERE FIGHTING.

    It is reported at Sofia that serious lighting between regular Turkish and Bulgarian troops has taken place at Demir Kapu, a pass in the valley of the Vardar. Thirty ...

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  22. COUNTRY TRAIN SERVICE.

    HORSHAM, Monday.—The Railway department has intimated to the Wimmera Shire Council that it is impracticable to meet the council's wishes in reference to despatching the train that leaves ...

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  23. MR. BALFOUR INTERVIEWED.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Balfour) said yesterday, in the course of an interview given to a representative of the "Daily Mail," "Mr. Chamberlain agrees with me ...

    Article : 80 words
  24. THE COMMONWEALTH. THE CAPITAL SITE.

    The Prime Minister yesterday spent several hours trying to hit upon a scheme which would enable the House of Representatives and the Senate to choose a ...

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  25. YARRA ELECTORATE.

    A meeting of members of the Richmond, West Richmond, Collingwood, and Clifton Hill branches of the Political Labour Leogue was held last night at Richmond, to select ...

    Article : 192 words
  26. THE COMING GRAIN SEASON.

    HORSHAM, Monday.—The Horsham Agricultural and Pastoral Society at a meeting on Saturday unaninously agreed to support the Birchip Society in urging that extra accommodation be made by ...

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  27. THE COMMISSIONERS' TOUR

    SHEPPARTON, Monday.—The Railway Commissioners arrived here this evening on a tour of inspection. Mr. Tuir promised a deputation, including the shire president (Councillor Sheils) and ...

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  28. DISCUSSION AT THE CHAMBER OF MANUFACTURES.

    At last evening's meeting of the Chamber of Manufactures the question of preferential trade was referred to. The President (Mr. F. Scarlett) said that ...

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  29. SIR JOHN FORREST AT GUNDAGAI.

    Sir John Forrest, who has inspected the proposed federal city site at Tumut, was entertained at Gundagai to-day. In reply to the toast of his health, he siad he thought ...

    Article : 178 words
  30. AUSTRALIAN CHURCH FAIR.

    Miss Crossley has consented to open a fancy fair, to be held this afternoon in the Masonic-hall, Collins-street, in aid of the funds of the Australian Church. Miss ...

    Article : 61 words
  31. SUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE.

    The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, which has missioners in both European and Asiatic Turkey, has sent a petition to the Red Cross societies ...

    Article : 113 words
  32. MR. BRYANT AT HAWKSBURN.

    Mr. Bryant addressed a large meeting last night at the Bush Inn, Hawksburn. Mr. J. C. Muntz presided. Mr. Bryant said the issue was not ...

    Article : 481 words
  33. TO-NIGHT'S CONCERT.

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  34. SPEECH BY MR. AUSTIN CHAPMAN.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The Minister of Defence, on his arrival at Braidwood on Saturday, was heartily congratulated on his appointment to the Ministry. Mr. Chapman, ...

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  35. RIFLES FOR RIFLEMEN.

    The Minister of Defence is considering a scheme by which, the department would sell rifles to riflemen on the time-payment system. Mr. Chapman thinks that the rifles ...

    Article : 68 words
  36. THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Daily Express" says that fierce anti-Semitic riots have again broken out in Russia, the scene of the outrage on this occasion being ...

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  37. DEFENCE ADMINISTRATION.

    While Ministers are anxiously debating how they are going to persuade the Senate not to insist upon providing that a Council of Defence shall be constituted. ...

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  38. ASSOCIATES AND TIPSTAFFS.

    At yesterday's meeting of the Federal Executive Council Mr. E. P. T. Griffith, son of Sir Samuel Griffith, was appointed associate to the Chief Justice, at a salary of ...

    Article : 104 words
  39. INACCURACIES IN THE ROLLS.

    FERNTREE GULLY, Monday. — The rolls posted at different places here are found to teem with inaccuracies, and the shire council on Saturday directed that a ...

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  40. MAYORAL DINNER AT SOUTH MELBOURNE.

    The mayor of South Melbourne (Councillor John Baragwanath) entertained a large and representative gathering at the town-hall last night. Amongst those ...

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  41. PERCENTAGE REDUCTIONS.

    Sir,—I would like to draw the attention of the Minister of Railways to the way percentage reductions have been stopped off some men in the ...

    Article : 168 words
  42. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Of the Boer prisoners of war who were sent out to Ceylon, 518 have proved absolutely irreconcilable to the terms of settlement, agreed upon, and have declined to ...

    Article : 69 words
  43. A MISSING LADY.

    Considerable anxiety has been occasioned in Anglican Church circles by the mysterious disappearance of one of the sisters of the church, who left Perth a week ago, and has ...

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  44. STATE SCHOOL TEACHERS.

    Some changes have been made in the system of training state school teachers by a number of regulations recently issued under the Education Act. It is the desire ...

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  45. THE FEDERAL BAR.

    A large number of barristers and solicitors yesterday applied to Mr. Castles, principal registrar of the High Court, to have their names enrolled on the Commonwealth ...

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  46. INTERSTATE TRADE.

    Sir George Turner has advised the Minister of Customs that it will be necessary to insist upon obtaining certificates in connection with goods moved from state to state ...

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  47. THE STEEL TRUST.

    A director of the Steel Trust gives an explanation of the falling-off in the demand for steel, which, in its turn, has been in a measure responsible for the collapse in ...

    Article : 88 words
  48. A PORT FAIRY GRIEVANCE.

    Sir,—I would like to draw your attention to the treatment the public of Port Fairy are receiving from the Railway department since these so-called days of retrenchment. ...

    Article : 173 words
  49. ELECTORAL ROLLS.

    All the Commonwealth electoral rolls for South Australia have been sent by the federal returning officer (Mr. Otto H. Schomburgk), in divisional form, to every ...

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  50. TO-NIGHT'S MEETINGS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 24 words
  51. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    Mr. Reynolds, manager of the Pacific cable, states that the New Zealand Government will probably provide the Pacific Cable Board with a piece of land and a wharf for ...

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  52. SERIOUS CASUALTIES. KILLED BY A RUNAWAY HORSE.

    Mr. John Brunt, 68 years of age, of Esplanade-street, Port Melbourne, died in the Melbourne Hospital yesterday afternoon from injuries received in an accident on ...

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  53. THE NEW ELEMENT.

    A company has been formed at Denver to work for radium, the new element discovered a few years ago by M. and Madame Curie, the French physicists. ...

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  54. DISEASE IN WHEAT.

    The secretary of the Nhill Agricultural Society (Mr. Towns) lately reported to the Agricultural department that a strange discase had broken out in some of the wheat ...

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  55. ACTION FOR DAMAGES.

    In the Supreme Court last Friday, before the Chief Justice, James Jenkins, a miner, was awarded £870 damages from the Great Fingall Gold-mining Company for injuries ...

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  56. BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORY.

    At the ordinary meeting of the University Council yesterday the Vice-Chancellor (Sir Henry Wrixon, M.L.C.) presiding, Dr. MacFarland brought forward the question of ...

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  57. DEATH FROM BURNS.

    Mrs. Laura Rahilly, who was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital on the evening of September 26, suffering from severe burns, the origin of which was described in entirely ...

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  58. BATHING FATALITY.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—A boy named Cowper, who was one of a picnic party at Gray's Beach, near Nowra, to-day went in to bathe with some companions, and venturing too ...

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  59. NEW INSOLVENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 74 words
  60. FALL FROM AN ENGINE.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—As the western mail train was approaching Nevertire to-day the fireman missed the driver, James Gannon. The engine was sent back, and he was found ...

    Article : 85 words
  61. S.S. SONOMA AT AUCKLAND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 235 words
  62. THE CHINESE STRIKE.

    Yesterday the "union" employers in the Chinese furniture trade whose hands had not left them came to the help of their 12 associates by "locking-out" all their men, ...

    Article : 152 words
  63. CANADA AND THE STATES

    The Democratic Convention for the state of Massachusetts is at present in session. Amongst other subjects considered was the question of reciprocity with Canada, and ...

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  64. LAW NOTICES (This Day).

    At 2 p.m.—The Sisters G.M. Co. No Liability v. Cotton (part heard); Mayor, &c., of Richmond v. Gray: re Ward Cole; Williamson v. Victorian Railways Commissioners. ...

    Article : 87 words
  65. MAIL STEAMERS.

    I.G.M.S. Gneisenau left Colombo for Australia on the 3rd inst. ...

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  66. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    To-day's quotation for silver is 27 7.16d. a fall of [?]d. since Saturday. ...

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  67. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    Alexander Mann, late of Rae-street, North Fitzroy, commission agent, who died on September 1, under a will dated October 9, 1902, left real estate valued at £2,427, and personal property valued ...

    Article : 93 words
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  72. MELBOURNE DISTRICT NURSING SOCIETY.

    Janet Lady O[?]ke desires to acknowledge the following additional subscriptions:—Edwird Trenchard, £5; Ernest Jo[?]ke, 10/. ...

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  73. Advertising

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