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  2. THE FAR EAST. RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

    Advices from the Far East state that a Russian fleet is cruising off Masampho, in the south of Korea, in sight of the Japanese fleet. Neither power has yet landed ...

    Article : 161 words
  3. THE FISCAL CAMPAIGN. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S SCHEME.

    The Miners' Federation of Great Britain, which is sitting in Glasgow, has, by 89 votes to 5, adopted a resolution condemning Mr. Chamberlain's fiscal policy. The five ...

    Article : 202 words
  4. THE VICTORIAN LOAN. TERMS ANNOUNCED.

    The official announcement has been made of the terms offered to bondholders for the conversion of the Victorian 4½per cent. loan of £5,000,000, which is repayable on ...

    Article : 278 words
  5. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. POSITION UNCHANGED.

    Unitil members of the Senate are finally canvassed to-morrow it will be impossible to say whether they will declare for Tumut or Bombala as the federal capital. Members ...

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  6. THE COMING ELECTIONS. DISSOLUTION NEXT MONTH.

    It is improbable that the Federal Parliament will be prorogued until Friday week. Ministers and members alike are anxious to begin the election campaign, but they ...

    Article : 358 words
  7. THE BALFOUR MINISTRY. FURTHER APPOINTMENTS.

    Earl Percy, eldest son of the Duke of Northumberland. and Conservative member for South Kensington, has been appointed Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in ...

    Article : 134 words
  8. IMPORTANT TO ELECTORS. ARE YOU ON THE ROLLS?

    Every man and woman is entitled to vote at the federal elections in December. A very large number of electors are uncertain whether or not their names are on the roll. ...

    Article : 514 words
  9. PERSONAL.

    The Governor-General and Lady Tennyson will attend the Attorney-General and Mrs. Drake's garden party at Parliamenthouse this afternoon, and in the evening ...

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  10. THE COLONIAL OFFICE.

    Mr. Chamberlain bade farewell to his colleague's at the Colonial Office to-day, when he thanked them for the assistance they had 80 zealously given him. He expressed his ...

    Article : 98 words
  11. RUSSIA AND MANCHURIA.

    Advices from Manchuria state that no movement has been made by the Russians towards then promised evacuation of the country on the 8th inst. The Russian ...

    Article : 85 words
  12. FOREIGN PRESS OPINIONS.

    Mr. Chamberlain's scheme is regarded with coolness and suspicion on the Continent. The Paris journal "La Patrie" declares ...

    Article : 201 words
  13. AFFAIRS IN SERVIA.

    Colonel Mashin, brother in-law of the late Queen Draga of Servia, who took a prominent [?]rt in the assassination of King Alexander and Queen Draga, has been ...

    Article : 91 words
  14. SHARP PRACTICE.

    It has become known that, when the United Stated shipbuilding Company was formed. Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan and Mr. C.D. Sehwab, late president of the Steel ...

    Article : 108 words
  15. THE POSITION EXPLAINED.

    From the above cable message it will be seen that the arrangements for the Victorian conversion loan have been completed, and that the result is assured by the usual ...

    Article : 697 words
  16. A WARNING FOR CANDIDATES.

    Candidates for cither of the Federal Houses should carefully study sections 169 to 172 of the Electoral Act, as follows:— "169.—No electoral expense shall be incurred or ...

    Article : 299 words
  17. THE 1,000 MILES AREA.

    The New South Wales Parliament appears inclined to resent the Commonwealth resuming an area of 1,000 square miles in that state. It objects to the creation of a ...

    Article : 113 words
  18. SENATORS AT THE ALBURY SITE.

    Sir William Lyne and a party of senators arrived here last night, and with the mayor (Alderman R.M. Wilkinson) and Mr. T. H. Griffith, M.L.A., they visited Tabletop this ...

    Article : 119 words
  19. ENGLAND AND FRANCE.

    "The Times," referring to the assertion by the New York press that an arbitration treaty for the settlement of disputes between England and France has been ...

    Article : 77 words
  20. CANADIAN IMMIGRATION.

    A return has been issued showing the immigration into Canada during the first nine months of this year. The figures are as follows:—From Great Britain, 43,187; ...

    Article : 80 words
  21. MR. BALFOURS PAMPHLET.

    A hundred thousand copies of Mr. Balfour's pamphlet, "Economic Notes on Insular Free Trade," have been sold. [This pamphlet consists of 32 pages, and ...

    Article : 43 words
  22. WOMEN IN POLITICS.

    In response to an invitation from Mrs. Grimwade, a number of ladies assembled at Harleston, Caulfield, on Saturday afternoon, to hear addresses on the subject of ...

    Article : 278 words
  23. FEELING IN SYDNEY.

    The feeling in Sydney yesterday in regard to the federal capital was one of ulter disgust at the action of the House of Representatives. It is considered that if the bill ...

    Article : 145 words
  24. MURDER OF A BOY.

    A German tutor named Dippold has been sentenced at Bayreuth to eight years penal servitude and loss of civil rights for ten years for having caused the death of a boy ...

    Article : 95 words
  25. MR. BENJAMIN KIDD.

    Mr. Benjamin Kidd, author of "Social Evolution" and other works has contributed a powerful letter to "The Times," exposing what he calls "free-trade fallacies." ...

    Article : 209 words
  26. HEAVY RAIN.

    In New York heavy rain has fallen incessantly for 30 hours, 9in. 90 points being registered. Portions of the goods yards of the Central Railway were submerged to a ...

    Article : 70 words
  27. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted at 27 9-16d. per ounce standard, being a decline of 1-16d. since yesterday. ...

    Article : 26 words
  28. HOW MISTAKES OCCUR.

    Sir—My family, resident in a Melbourne suburb, consists of myself, my wife, a son, and daughter, all entitled to votes. The local constable called and obtained the ...

    Article : 161 words
  29. NAME FOR THE CAPITAL.

    Sir,—Will you allow me[?]to-suggest that the name of the new capital should be that of the Queen of England—Alexandra.— yours &c., W. E. HARCOURT. ...

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  30. MINING SHARES.

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  31. A MURDEROUS BURGLAR.

    A singular story reached the Fairefield police on Saturday evening concerning a plucky resident and a murderous housebreaker. A young married couple named ...

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  32. THE FEDERAL SITE.

    Sir,—Kindly permit me to offer a few words from a tropical Auatralian on the question of the "Federal Capital Site." The money frittered away already runs into ...

    Article : 144 words
  33. ERRORS IN THE ROLLS.

    The federal rolls as delivered here seem to be one mass of errors. For the Portland proper polling-booth there are no fewer than 14 mistakes in the first 50 names. ...

    Article : 225 words
  34. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

    The following are the Frozen Meat Trade Association's market quotations, based on actual sales of not less than 100 careases of mutton or lamb or 25 quarters of beef of ...

    Article : 328 words
  35. A NATAL OPINION.

    Sir Albert Hime, late Premier of Natal, has sent the following cable message to England with reference to Mr. Chamberlain's speech at Glasgow:— ...

    Article : 37 words
  36. OPPOSITION TO SIR JOHN QUICK.

    Mr. C. F. James has announced his intention of contesting the seat for the Bendigo electorate at the forthcoming federal elections in the free-trade and liberal ...

    Article : 38 words
  37. BATHING FATALITIES. DROWNED IN MERRI CREEK.

    A young man named Charles Fietcher, 19 years of age, who lived with his parents in Brunswick-street, North Fitzroy, was drowned yesterday morning in the part of ...

    Article : 296 words
  38. THE DELAYED DEFENCE BILL.

    The stage reached by the Defence Bill in the Federal Parliament makes it highly probable that if the House of Representatives declines the Senate amendment as to the ...

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  39. SIR WILLUM LYNE'S SEAT.

    Mr. G. H. Reid was spoken to last night in reference to contesting the Hume at the forthcoming elections. It was gathered from what he said that there is very little ...

    Article : 62 words
  40. STATEMENT BY THE TREASURER.

    The Treasurer (Mr. Irvine) made the following statement last night in connection with this cable message:— "I have not as yet received any official ...

    Article : 338 words
  41. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Imperial Parliament has been further prorogued until December 11. Mr. Sydney Allen, of Melbourne, has passed the examination for a fellow of the ...

    Article : 321 words
  42. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir.—I would like to read in the columns of "The Argus" some reasonable explanation why the selection of a federal site should not be made a matter of decision by ...

    Article : 69 words
  43. THE WIMMERA ELECTORATE.

    The local branch of the Reform League has decided to recommend the executive to convenc a conference of delegates from branches in the Wimmera electorate to ...

    Article : 88 words
  44. SHUNTING MISHAP.

    A sensational incident occurred at the railway station this afternoon. About 2 o' clock the ordinary afternoon train for portland was being made up, and two ...

    Article : 288 words
  45. THE.R.M.S. OCEANA MAILS.

    The mails by the R.M.S. Oceana left Adelaide by special train yesterday afternoon. The Melbourne portion should be available to-day. ...

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  46. THE CORIO SEAT.

    On Wednesday evening several delegates from the Geelong branch of the Victonan Employers' Federation visited Portarlington and addressed a public meeting in the ...

    Article : 83 words
  47. WAGGA POISONING CASE.

    The inquest on the body of Ada Jane Boyton, who died in the Wagga Hospital from poisoning, was resumed yesterday. The father of the girl, further examined, ...

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  48. DROWNED IN A SWIMMING-BATH.

    A young man named Edward Dunn, who lived in Buckingham-street, Richmond, was drowned in the swimming-baths in that suburb yesterday afternoon. He went into ...

    Article : 108 words
  49. THE TOORAK ELECTION.

    The following telegram was to-day forwarded to Mr. Dean, general secretary of the Citizens' Reform League:— "On behalf of agriculturists and ...

    Article : 68 words
  50. RAIDING A SLY GROG-SHOP.

    For some time past the police have suspected that large sly grog trade has been carried on at a house in Castlereagh-street, which was formerly an hotel. The ...

    Article : 280 words
  51. ARRIVAL OF THE MOANA.

    BRISBANE, Sunday:—The Moama arrived yesterday from Vuncouver, and left for the south at midnight. The passengers are:—For Sydney:—Mr. and Mrs. Whalley and infant, Mr. and Mrs. Gray, ...

    Article : 166 words
  52. FOREST PRESERVATION.

    The action of Mr. Field, M.L.A., in abandoning his notice of motion for the appointment of a select committee to inquire into forest alienation, because of the Premier ...

    Article : 261 words
  53. THE UNVENTILATED TOWN-HALL

    Sir,—In "Pericles" Act 3. Scene 2, Occurs this passage. when the body of the Queen is discovered in the chest that has been washed ashore. "The music there! I pray ...

    Article : 286 words
  54. NEWS IN BRIET.

    Number of cases relieved weekly by the commitee of the Melbourne Ladies' Benevolent Society for the fortnight ending October 6:—Cases, 578 (numbering 1,689 individuals), Comprising— ...

    Article : 173 words
  55. SUICIDE OF A GIRL.

    A girl named Harriett Newton, aged 16 years, daughter of Harry Newton, committed suicide at her parents' house at Redcap Creek, 16 miles from Casterton, last ...

    Article : 146 words
  56. LAW NOTICES (This Day),

    At Half- past 10 a.m.—The sisters G.M. Co. No Liabllity v. Cotton (part heard); the Mayor,&c., of Richmond v. Gray; re Ward.Cole; Williams v. the Victorian Raillways Commissioners. ...

    Article : 109 words
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