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  2. NAVAL EXPANSION.

    Mr. Andrew Carnegie, as president of the Peace Society, proposes that Great Britain and the United States should combine for the purpose of limiting naval ...

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  3. THE BALKANS.

    The action of the new Servian Government in accepting the advice of Russia in the Balkans dispute, and withdrawing all claims upon Austria, has aroused bitter ...

    Article : 117 words
  4. BRITISH POLITICS. UNIONISTS AND THE TARIFF.

    An indication of the spread of the movement among the extreme tariff reformers of the Unionist party to drive their free-trade fellow-Unionists out of their ranks is ...

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  5. BROKEN HILL TROUBLE. A QUIET DAY.

    BROKEN HILL, Thursday.—Everything was quiet in Broken Hill to-day in connection with the industrial trouble. Mr. J. R. Edwards, the Proprietary ...

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  6. PREMIERS' CONFERENCE. MEMBERS RETICENT.

    HOBART, Thursday.—The members of the Premiers' Conference descended this morning with the snows from Mount Wellington, where some of them had spent the ...

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  7. FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    At no previous stage of the long battle of the contending sites for the federal capital has the reservation of a definite area been suggested. The negotiations of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two seamen from the steamer St. Louis are reported to be seriously ill with bubonic plague, but Walter Henry Young is said to be doing fairly ...

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  9. PERSONAL.

    To-day His Excellency the Governor (Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael) will preside at a meeting of the Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee, and at 3 p.m. will visit the ...

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  10. MR. TAFT'S CABINET.

    The action of Mr. Taft, the new President of the United States, in selecting a member of his Cabinet from the Democratic party has been widely canvassed, and Mr. J. M. ...

    Article : 169 words
  11. CHURCHES AND CHURCH-GOING

    The Postmaster-General (Mr. Josiah Thomas) delivered an address last night on "The Church and Labour," at a temperance and social reform demonstration in ...

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  12. DEFENCE OF CANADA.

    Sir Frederick Borden, Canadian Minister of Militia, has disclosed the strength of the Dominiou's military defence system in the immediate future, is unfolded by him at the ...

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  13. FREETRADE RALLY.

    The call made by the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) at the meeting in the Queen's-hall last night to freetraders to "emulate the ceaseless zeal and energy of ...

    Article : 65 words
  14. LABOUR MEMBER PESSIMISTIC.

    ALBURY, Thursday. — Mr. Arthur Griffith, one of the Broken Hill representatives in the state Parliament, is on a visit to this district on organisation work. ...

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  15. EDUCATION BILL.

    The Rev. Dr. Clifford, the eminent Nonconformist leader, who was always in favour of the non-sectarian principles of the Government's original Education Bill, and ...

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  16. WATER CONSERVATION.

    RIDDELL, Thursday.—A meeting of representatives of the shires of Bulla, Braybrook, Gishorne, Melton, Keilor, and Romsey was held in the ...

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  17. DEADLY EPIDEMICS. SMALL-POX IN ENGLAND.

    An alarming outbreak of small-pox is reported from Bristol. The situation is so serious that the Local Government Board has sent one of its medical inspectors to ...

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  18. AERONAUTICS.

    Aeronautics claim daily attention in Europe. The British War Office has invited Mr. Wilbur Wright, the most successful ...

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  19. THE CHURCH IN WALES.

    The National Council of the Free Evangelical Churches has passed a resolution in favour of the Welsh Disestablishment Bill being passed during the present session of ...

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  20. INFLUENZA WAVE.

    The excessively cold winter is responsible for a great many cases of influenza all over Great Britain. In the last four weeks 144 deaths from this cause have been reported. ...

    Article : 98 words
  21. LIBERALS AND THE LORDS.

    The intentions of the Government in the direction of reintroducing the Licensing Bill, which was thrown out by the House of Lords last session, were disclosed by the ...

    Article : 148 words
  22. MR. J. G. JENKINS.

    In the Court of King's Bench Division yesterday, before Mr. Justice Grantham, the hearing was commenced of an action for alleged libel, brought by Mr. J. G. ...

    Article : 164 words
  23. THE EMPIRE'S TRADE.

    Mr. Ben H. Morgan, commercial editor of the "Standard," who went to Australia and New Zealand last year as special trade commissioner for the Manufacturers' ...

    Article : 320 words
  24. STANDARD OIL TRUST.

    The efforts of the United States Government to break the power of the trusts have failed signally in the case of the 29,240,000[?] dollar fine which was imposed on the ...

    Article : 294 words
  25. ARGENTINE MUTTON.

    The Liverpool "Journal of Commerce" announces a striking indication of the development of the Argentine frozen meat export trade. ...

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  26. PROJECTED FEDERAL EXPENDITURE.

    Commenting on the figures (published yesterday) of the financial proposals of the Queensland Premier (Mr. Kidston), the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) ...

    Article : 135 words
  27. DERAILED TRUCKS. FALL DOWN EMBANKMENT.

    MALMSDBURY, Thursday.—A serious accident occurred close to the Malmsbury station about half-past 3 o'clock on Thursday morning to a goods train from Woodend. ...

    Article : 409 words
  28. REVENUE INCREASING.

    Railway revenue continues to increase. For the week ended February 28 the receipts were £91,[?]67, or £9,246 in excess of those for the corresponding week last year. ...

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  29. KERANG LAKES.

    The Minister for Water Supply (Mr. Graham) yesterday received a deputation from land-owners near the lakes lying to the north-west of Kerang. ...

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  30. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    To-day's quotation for bar silver per ounce standard is 23 3-16d., a fall of 2-16d. since the previous day. ...

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  31. MR. FISHER AT LAUNCESTON

    LAUNCESTON, Thursday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) returned to Launceston by the midday train to-day, and subsequently left by the Loongana for ...

    Article : 220 words
  32. MINING SHARES.

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  33. LABOUR QUESTIONS. WELSH COLLIERY DISPUTE.

    The South Wales Coal Conciliation Board met yesterday to deal with the dispute in the industry, which has reached an acute stage. As the outcome of the meeting, the ...

    Article : 48 words
  34. SUNSHINE DISASTER.

    It is expected that in the course of a few days the railway employees who were suspended in connection with the Sunshine disaster will be served with copies of the ...

    Article : 209 words
  35. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    There was exceptionally keen competition at the continuation of the second series of wool sales to-day. Full opening rates were obtained for all qualities ...

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  36. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

    Wheat—The American visible supply east of the Rocky Mountains is estimated at 62,370,000 bushels, against 65,673,000 bushels a week ago, and 55,881,000 bushels a ...

    Article : 217 words
  37. GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.

    In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. J. Hodge, Labour member for the Gorton division of Lancashire, moved for the insertion of a stricter fair-wage clause in ...

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  38. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—M. A. Noble and V. Trumper were entertained by a large number of cricketers and followers of cricket at Baleman's Hotel this evening. ...

    Article : 166 words
  39. PRIVATE ADVICES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 32 words
  40. DELAY AT BENTLEIGH.

    Consequent on the derailment of a truck at Bentleigh yesterday morning, the Frankston train was delayed for half an hour. All traffic was temporarily diverted on to the ...

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  41. IDLE LIVES.

    Lord Guthric, in delivering judgment at the Edinburgh Court of Sessions yesterday in the notorious Stirling divorce case, read a lesson to modern society. ...

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  42. A YEAR OF TORTURE.

    Intense Itching Eczema Drove Him Nearly to Despair—Chief Surgeon of a London Hospital Called It Worst Case He Had Ever Seen—Citicura Alone Stopped His Unbearable Agony. ...

    Article : 256 words
  43. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    Alfred Berry, of Victoria-street, Moonee Ponds, pensioner. Causes of insolvency— Loss of employment in Victorian railways; having been retired on pension and adverse ...

    Article : 146 words
  44. STEAM COLLIER WALLSEND.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The steam collier Wallsend went on the Bellambi Reef, at Wollongong to-night, and her position was regarded as hopeless. Sixteen of her crew ...

    Article : 85 words
  45. DISAPPOINTED CADETS.

    BALLARAT, Thursday.—Something of the nature of a strike is in progress among the senior cadets as a protest against the failure to make provision for this branch ...

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  46. A HAPPY FORECAST.

    Of to-day's efforts sustained on the morrow may with safety be rejoiced in when "Wolfe's-Schnapps" is taken at bedtime.— [Advt.] ...

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  47. PRIVATE ADVICES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 54 words
  48. MILO CIGARETTES

    Are preferred by lovers of good things. Guaranteed hand-made.—[Advt.] ...

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  49. PEARS' SOAP,

    Pure in every particle.—[Advt.] ...

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