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  2. COLLIERY EXPLOSION.

    A disastrous colliery explosion occurred yesterday at the West Stanley pit, Durham, entombing 140 men. A tongue of flame shot up the shaft, burning the timber, and ...

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  3. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. OPENED BY THE KING.

    The Imperial Parliament was opened in state yesterday by His Majesty the King. The spectacle in the House of Lords was one of great magnificence. Her Majesty ...

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  4. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN. BOARD OF CONTROL MEETS TO-DAY.

    The Board of Control for Australia for international cricket matches will meet to-day at the Port Phillip Club Hotel. The business is to receive the report of the ...

    Article : 305 words
  5. BROKEN HILL TROUBLE. EVIDENCE AT PORT PIRIE.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday..—The Arbitration Court proceedings in connection with the dispute between the A.M.A. and the Broken Hill Proprietary Company were ...

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  6. PUBLIC WORKS.

    Mr. Baillieu (Minister for Public Works) spent a busy time yesterday. He was called on to receive ten country deputations, who were shown into the ...

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  7. PUBLIC LIBRARY.

    A deputation of about thirty master builders, headed by the president of their association (Mr. F. G. Farr) waited yesterday upon the trustees of the Public Library ...

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  8. PERSONAL.

    Our Brisbane correspondent telegraphs that it is still persistently rumoured in that city that Lord Chelmsford will succeed Sir Harry Rawson as Governor of New South ...

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  9. DISESTABLISHMENT BILL.

    "The Times" this morning remarks that the presence of the King was the redeeming feature of the opening of the session, which was otherwise a tame affair. It was the ...

    Article : 113 words
  10. AID FOR STRIKERS.

    The Federated Sawmill and Timber-yard Employees' Union has voted £25 to the Broken Hill strike fund, and has resolved to have collection lists posted up in the various ...

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  11. FEDERAL POLITICS. MEMBERS AND THEIR SPEECHES.

    MORWELL, Wednesday.—On Tuesday evening Mr. Wise, M.H.R., addressed a meeting of electors in the local Mechanics hall, the president of the shire (Councillor ...

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  12. TURKISH CABINET.

    An explanation with regard to the action of Kiamil Pasha, who was recently compelled to resign his position as Grand Vizier, has been circulated. ...

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  13. INDIGNANT SUFFRAGETTES.

    The suffragettes are extremely indignant because there is no reference in the Speech to the franchise for women. They have employed characteristic methods to ...

    Article : 164 words
  14. TASMANIAN CRICKET ASSOCIATION.

    HOBART, Wednesday. — The following resolution was passed by the Tasmanian Cricket Association at a meeting to-day:— "In view of his brilliant performances as a ...

    Article : 73 words
  15. INDIAN SEDITION.

    The Calcutta authorities, who are impressed with the conviction that a vast anarchist organisation has lately sprung into existence in Bengal, ordered a raid ...

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  16. KANAKA DEPORTATION.

    Some interesting figures, showing the cost of deporting the kanakas from Queensland, have been prepared for the Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Mahon). These show ...

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  17. MR. BATCHELOR IN QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.—The Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Batchelor) arrived by the mail train last night, accompanied by the departmental secretary (Mr. Atlee ...

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  18. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    Serious statements affecting the administration of THE Old-age Pensions Act recently passed by the Imperial Parliament have been made by Mr. Timothy Davies, ...

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  19. INDIAN FRONTIER.

    Two murders by the Miranzai tribes have been committed on the north-west of India. In one case the victim was Lieutenant Macaulay, garrison engineer at Sarayoi. ...

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  20. RAILWAY ELECTRIFICATION.

    The question of the proposed electrification of suburban railways has been revived by the receipt of a further report from Mr. Merz, the English electrical engineer ...

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  21. TERRITORIAL ARMY.

    The strong public feeling in favour of increasing the military strength of Great Britain has been made manifest in the Territorial Army. In response to Lord ...

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  22. "THE AUSTRALASIAN."

    Irishman running away with the Oakleigh Plate and the field in pursuit is the central picture in the Caulfield racing page of this week's "Australasian." Amongst ...

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  23. GREAT THEATRE FIRE.

    Additional particulars have been received of the disastrous fire which occurred at Acapulco, in Mexico. A gala performance in honour of the ...

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  24. TUBERCULOSIS.

    A national conference on tuberculosis was opened at Caxton-hall, Westminster, yesterday. The papers to be read deal largely with preventive measures. ...

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  25. THE CHILIAN MYSTERY.

    An explanation has been given by Herr Beckert, chancellor of the German Legation at Santiago de Chili, of the death of the porter, whose body was found charred in ...

    Article : 90 words
  26. PRINTING PAPER.

    The denudation of the spruce forests of North America during the past few years has had a serious effect on the supply of pulp-wood for paper manufacture. Owing ...

    Article : 206 words
  27. ADDRESS IN REPLY.

    In the House of Lords, Lord Liverpool moved, Lord Hemphill seconded, the motion for the Address in Reply. Lord Lansdowne, leader of the Opposition, ...

    Article : 192 words
  28. STATIONMASTER'S MISTAKE.

    NAGAMBIE, Wednesday. — Mr. D. M'Gillicuddy, stationmaster, met with a serious accident this morning whilst on duty. A goods train from Seymour ...

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  29. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    William Kaulks, of Cropwell, near Deniliquin, grazier, who died on September 26, left by a will dated August 22, 1899, personal estate in Victoria of the value of £2,671 to his children. The value ...

    Article : 46 words
  30. BERLIN OUTRAGES.

    Further attacks have been made upon women by an assailant whose identity the police have found it impossible to trace, and whose methods resemble those of ...

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  31. FATAL SWIMMING LESSON.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Mrs. George Harris and her brother-in-law, William Harris, were drowned at Cobar last evening while bathingin the Government stock ...

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  32. SPEECH BY MR. HUGHES.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Speaking at the opening of a food factory in the city to-day, Mr. Hughes said the Labour Ministry since taking office had tried to do what they were ...

    Article : 349 words
  33. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.

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  34. VIENNA CAFE PERMIT.

    CASTLEMAINE, Wednesday. — At the sitting of the Rechabite conference this morning reference was made to the fact that the Metropolitan Licensing Bench, by ...

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  35. ANARCHIST AT BAY.

    A Russian anarchist named Seiliger, whom the police at Ghent attempted to arrest in his lodgings, turned at bay and exhibited the desperation which ...

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  36. EMPLOYER'S LAST WORD.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In an equity suit to-day concerning the will of Sir Peter Nicol Russell, formerly of Sydney, who made large bequests to the Sydney University, an ...

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  37. DYNAMITE AGAIN USED.

    BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.—Another explosion occurred last night, when a rather futile attempt was made to damage the residence of Mr. Archibald Lewis, accountant ...

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  38. IN THE COMMONS.

    In the House of Commons, Mr. F. N. Rogers, Liberal member for Devizes moved, and Mr. W. W. Benn, Liberal member for Tower Hamlets, seconded, the motion for ...

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  39. OVERCROWDED SCHOOLS. MINISTER V. DOCTOR.

    The Antwerp state school, which was recently closed by order of Dr. Ingham, the local health officer, on the ground that the building was overcrowded by scholars, is to ...

    Article : 139 words
  40. SILVER.

    To-day's quotation for bar silver is 235/8d., being a fall of 1/8d. since Monday. ...

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  41. BROKEN HONEYMOON.

    Duncan M'Intyre Johnson, formerly in the employ of Younghusband, Row, and Co., of Melbourne, who was arrested on a charge of forgery of a telegram on the ...

    Article : 105 words
  42. CLUBS AND LIQUOR LICENSES.

    At the conference meeting of the East Suburban Churches of Christ, held in Balmain-street, Richmond, after an address by Mr. Ludbrook, the following resolution ...

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  43. MINING SHARES.

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  44. PENGUIN WRECK.

    WELLINGTON, Wednesday.—The nautical inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Penguin was opened to-day. The Marine department submitted questions asking ...

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  45. GERMAN BANK DISCOUNT RATE.

    The Imperial Bank of Germany has reduced the official discount rate from 4 per cent., at which point it had stood since June 18 last, to 3½ per cent. ...

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  46. AMONG THE UNIONISTS.

    BROKEN HILL, Wednesday.—The split in labour circles is widening every day. Mr. H. Holland, the socialist leader addressed in open-air meeting in Sulphide-street at ...

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  47. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES ACT.

    A bill to further amend the Weights and Measures Act 1890 was issued by the Government printer yesterday for circulation among members of the state Parliament. ...

    Article : 147 words
  48. STATE LEGISLATION.

    Among the state bills circulated yesterday evening was a measure empowering the Minhamite Shire Council to make a special improvement charge if required in the ...

    Article : 283 words
  49. CHARITABLE APPEALS. THE ELDER CASE.

    In response to the appeal by the mayor of Port Melbourne (Councillor Rogers) on behalf of James Elder, who has saved several lives, and who recently broke his collar-bone whilst saving a ...

    Article : 80 words
  50. COMPLAINT FROM FAIRFIELD.

    At a meeting of the Fairfield Progress Society serious allegations were made as to the overcrowded state of the Fairfield state school. The building was erected to ...

    Article : 192 words
  51. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

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  52. MALVERN TRAMWAY.

    Copies of the state bill to amend the Prahran tnd Malvern Tramways Trust Act 1907 were issued from the Government Printing-office yesterday. The measure, ...

    Article : 165 words
  53. APPEAL FOR LIONEL VIRTUE.

    In response to the appeal of the Rev. A. O. Hardie, of Boort, on behalf of a lad of 18. named Lionel Virtue, who has had one leg amputated, as the result of an accident with a thrashing-machine, ...

    Article : 62 words
  54. LADY NORTHCOTE PERMANENT ORCHESTRA TRUST FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 39 words
  55. LIFE-LONG AGONY

    Seemed Imminent—Dreadful Humour on Face and Sealp—Under Medical Care for Months—Suffered for Three Years and Despaired of Cure—Now Well Through Cuticura. ...

    Article : 196 words
  56. H.M.S. COMMONWEALTH PRESENTATION FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 77 words
  57. A HAPPY FORECAST.

    Of to-day's efforts sustained on the morrow may with safety be rejoiced in when ""Wolf'-Schnapps"> is taken tl bedtim.—[Advt.] ...

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  58. MILO CIGARETTES

    Are preferred by lovers of good things. Guaranteed hand-made.—[Advt.] Always ask for NESTLE'S MILK CHOCOLATE. Richest in Cream.—[Advt.] ...

    Article : 34 words
  59. 120 YEARS' EXPERIENCE

    Teaches the efficacy of Pears' Soap.— [Advt.] ...

    Article : 14 words
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