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  2. NATIONAL DEFENCE.

    For months past the Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin) has been waiting for a reply from the British Admiralty to the naval proposals made by him at the end of last year. ...

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  3. INFLUENZA IN HORSES.

    The epidemic of influenza among horses favoured by the unseasonable inelement weather now prevailing is still spreading in the metropolitan area, and fears are ...

    Article : 1,290 words
  4. NAVIGATION BILL.

    When the Senate meets to-morrow the Vice-President of the Executive Council (Senator Best) will move the second reading of the Navigation Bill. This measure ...

    Article : 709 words
  5. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Governor-General, attended by Mr. Walter Callan, private secretary, Lord Richard Nevill, and Captain the Hon. A. Hore-Ruthven, military ...

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  6. UNIVERSAL PEACE.

    The Inter- Parliamentary Union Congress, which is attended by representatives of 21 countries, continued its session at Berlin to-day. ...

    Article : 524 words
  7. DISORDER IN PERSIA.

    An announcement was made ten days ago that the Governments of Great Britain and Russia, who have predominant interests in Persia, had presented an identical note to ...

    Article : 174 words
  8. HOUSE OF THE CAPULETS.

    The house in Verona, situated in the Via Capella, which tradition identifies with the House of the Capulets, immortalised in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," has been ...

    Article : 276 words
  9. SEVENOAKS MURDER.

    The evidence at the inquest upon MajorGeneral-Luard, who committed suicide on Friday by throwing himself in front of a railway train, placed a different ...

    Article : 227 words
  10. AMERICAN POLITICS.

    Mr. W. R. Hearst, the American newspaper proprictor, who created a diversion in political circles a few weeks ago by forming an Independence League, with a ...

    Article : 316 words
  11. MARK TWAIN.

    The house of Mr. Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain"), the famous American humourist and author, at Redding, in Conneeticut, has been broken into by two ...

    Article : 70 words
  12. LAND VALUES BILL.

    Consideration was given by the state Ministry at a Cabinet meeting yesterday to the Land Valuation Bill. The progress of the measure has been delayed by the ...

    Article : 334 words
  13. IDLE WORKMEN.

    The stagnation in the shipbuilding trade on the north-east coast of England, which has resulted from labour disputes, has become so serious that the important firm of ...

    Article : 268 words
  14. LAWN TENNIS.

    The singles in the lawn tennis preliminary competition in New York, to decide whether the British or American team shall proceed to Melbourne to contest the Davis ...

    Article : 270 words
  15. THE MOROCCO QUESTION.

    The joint note which was issued a few days ago by France and Spain, stating the precise terms to which mulai Hafid would have to submit as a preliminary to his ...

    Article : 143 words
  16. MALMO BOMB OUTRAGE.

    The trial of several Swedes, Nilsson, Rosberg, and others, on a charge of being concerned in a bomb outrage at the Swedish port of Malmo, has concluded. ...

    Article : 186 words
  17. QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL.

    Yesterday afternoon Lady Gibson-Ca[?] michael paid a visit to the Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital, which is the pride of most of the women doctors of Victoria. Her ...

    Article : 330 words
  18. MISSING STATIONMASTER.

    ZEEHAN, Monday—Diserepancies are alleged to have been discovered in the accounts of Frank Horner, who for the past year or more has been stationmaster at the ...

    Article : 60 words
  19. BURST WATER MAIN.

    Some exeitement was caused in Bourkestreet at ten minutes to 4 yesterday afternoon when a stream of water was seen to break out from the roadway. A plumber, ...

    Article : 332 words
  20. FRAUDULENT MINISTER.

    M. Alberti, who resigned his position as Minister of Justice in Denmark upon the discovery that he had committed extensive frauds as a bank director, turns out to have ...

    Article : 113 words
  21. HIGH LAMBING RETURNS.

    CASTERTON, Monday.—On the Moorak Estate the lambing returns show that there were 3,660 lambs from 3,731 ewes, a percentage of 98. In one paddock of 1,044 ewes ...

    Article : 59 words
  22. RUGBY FOOTBALL.

    The members of the combined New South Wales and Queensland team, who are undertaking a tour of Great Britain, were entertained at dinner on their arrival by the ...

    Article : 98 words
  23. RAILWAY INSPECTOR KILLED.

    SYDNEY, Monday—William Campbell, a railway carriage inspector, at Eveleigh, was caught between two moving trucks this morning, and badly crushed. He was ...

    Article : 44 words
  24. SEDITION IN INDIA.

    Some doubt exists as to where Bal Gangadhar Tilak, who was sentenced to six years' deportation at Bombay, for the publication of seditious articles, will work out ...

    Article : 67 words
  25. AUSTRALIAN CONVICT.

    A tailor named Henry Edwards, who has undergone penal servitude in Australia, was convicted yesterday, at the Middlesex Sessions, on charge of horse-stealing and ...

    Article : 61 words
  26. UNIVERSITIES OF MELBOURNE AND ADELAIDE.

    The practical examinations in music will be held in Melbourne from September 24 to October 3 inclusive. The examinations at the several country centres and Tasmania will be held as follows:— ...

    Article : 195 words
  27. CHANNEL SWIM.

    Jabez Wolffe, who failed in his second attempt this year to swim across the English Channel, attempted the feat again yesterday, but was once more unsuccessful. ...

    Article : 185 words
  28. AEROPLANE DISASTER.

    Mr. Orville Wright, whosw aeroplane broke down during a flight at Washington a few days ago, explains that what went wrong was that the propeller struck a wire ...

    Article : 54 words
  29. CRUISE WITH A CORPSE.

    ADELAIDE, Monday. — John Willis, a fisherman, has undergone a terrible experience. Last Wednesday morning he awoke in his cutter out at sea to find his ...

    Article : 96 words
  30. LAW NOTIES (This Day).

    At Half-past 10.—National Phonograph Company v. Menck (part heard), Davidson v. Chirnside and others. SUPREME COURT. ...

    Article : 133 words
  31. ELECTRIC TRAM COLLISION.

    SYDNEY, Monday. — Caroline M'Keown sued the Railway Commissioners to recover £1,000 as compensation for injuries sustained in an electric tram at Bondi on ...

    Article : 103 words
  32. VICTORIA'S SHEEP.

    The increase of small flockowner is a feature of a return just issued by the Government statist (Mr. E. T. Drake). The total number of sheep in the state has ...

    Article : 158 words
  33. FIRE IN PARIS.

    The Central Telephone Exchange in Paris, a huge brick building off the Rue du Louvre, has been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £1,800,000. ...

    Article : 39 words
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  35. CHARITABLE APPEALS.

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