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  2. COMMERCE DELEGATES.

    The commerce delegates were busy yesterday morning registering their addresses and obtaining information at the rooms of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce. In the ...

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  3. MONSTER BATTLESHIPS. GERMANY'S SUPER-DREADNOUGHTS.

    The first of Germany's "super-Dreadnoughts"—vessels representing as great an advance upon the Dreadnought as the Dreadnought was upon her predecessors— ...

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  4. STEAMSHIP CENTENARY.

    New York has entered upon an eight days' pageant, in celebration of the three-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of the Hudson River by Henry Hudson, and ...

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  5. PEERS AND THE BUDGET. PRIVILEGES OF THE NATION.

    The Budget, and the possible consequences of its rejection by the House of Lords, continue to be the subject of keen discussion. ...

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  6. PERSONAL.

    His Execellency the Governor (Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael), who opened the Southstreet competitions at Ballarat last night, will return to Melbourne this morning. ...

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  7. FIRST-CLASS CRICKET.

    The difficulty which has arisen between the Melbourne Cricket Club and the Victorian Cricket Association, owing to the latter not being prepared to accept the offer ...

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  8. THE AURORA. GREAT MAGNETIC STORM.

    A magnetic storm of unprecedented violence was experienced in the United States on Saturday. The disturbance, as recorded at the Cheltenham Observatory, Maryland, ...

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  9. SENSATIONS AT SEA. A LEE-SHORE RESCUE.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The American fourmasted schooner Alpena, which late last night was anchored in a dangerous position off Stockton beach (the line having parted ...

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  10. AURORA AND SUNSPOTS.

    PERTH, Monday.—Referring to the Aurora Australia visible in the southern sky on Saturday night, Mr. W. E. Cooke, the Government astronomer, explained the ...

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  11. GERMANY WANTS THE BEST.

    A contributed article on the German navy appears in the "North German Gazette." The writer says:—"Germany's watchword is, If we cannot have the most we must ...

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  12. AUSTRALIAN REPORTS.

    Further reports were received last night from our correspondents, showing that the Auroral display of Saturday night had been seen all over Victoria. The ...

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  13. WHAT IS A MAGNETIC STORM?

    "A magnetic storm," said Mr. Baracchi last night, "is usually accompanied by Auroral displays and frequently coincident with solar storms, sun-spots. It is a ...

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  14. ORGANISATIONS ACTIVE.

    Great activity is being displayed by the different political organisations. The Tariff Reform League is arranging for 1,200 meetings, and during the next three weeks will ...

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  15. DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE. CANADA'S NAVY.

    Mr. Brodeur, Canadian Minister of Marine, replying to a deputation at Quebec yesterday, said that the character of Canada's navy was still open to question, ...

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  16. AIR-SHIP DISASTER. FALL FROM 600 FEET.

    Further particulars are given of the disaster to the French dirigible Republique, which took place near Moulins, and resulted in the death of two military officers and ...

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  17. "SOUTH STREET, 1909."

    BALLARAT, Monday.—The arrivil of 300 excursionists from Melbourne by special train on Monday afternoon was the first external indication that the ...

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  18. MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

    Mr. Chamberlain, the veteran states man, who has been in ill-health for some time, has intimated that he will stand at the next election for his present ...

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  19. SPITEFUL FOOTBALL. SEVERAL PLAYERS HURT.

    On Saturday the return match between the Heidelberg and Greensborough teams was played on the ground of the latter. Keen rivalry has always existed between the ...

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  20. DOMINION EXCHANGES.

    The Canadian officer who has been exchanged for Colonel Read, of Queensland, is Captain C. H. Hill, of the Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry. Captain ...

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  21. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—I extend the glad hand, full of cordiality, to grasp the hand that penned your leading article in this day's issue. I have watched, with gradually—but very ...

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  22. ANNUAL INSTRUCTION COURSE.

    The annual 21 days afloat of the officers and men attached to the Victorian Commonwealth forces stationed at Williamstown begins on November 4. Prominent ...

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  23. MARQUIS OF RIPON.

    The estate of the Marquis of Ripon, who died on July 9, has been valued for probate purposes at £125,574 By his will he left the sum of £10,000 to Mr. St. Quentin, who ...

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  24. DEFENCE BILL'S AIM.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The Minister for Defence (Mr. J. Cook) had something to say to-day on matters pertaining to his administration. He hoped that the Defence ...

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  25. LESSONS OF THE ACCIDENT.

    The loss of the Republique has caused French aeronauts for the first time to recognise that there is some merit in Count Zeppelin's multiple gasbag system, his ...

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  26. WILLS ANO ESTATES.

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  27. VICTORIA AMATEUR TURF CLUB.

    The annual meeting of the V.A.T.C. was [?] yesterday afternoon at Menzies' Hotel. The chairman of the committee (Mr. Gorge Woodforde) presided, and there ...

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  28. DIAMOND SMUGGLING.

    A criminal prosccution has arisen out of the export to Germany of diamonds from the Damaraland fieds, in South-west Africa, where sensational finds were mane ...

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  29. TELEGRAPH WIRES AFFECTED.

    The effect of the magnetic storms, which almost invariably accompany the phenomenon of an Aurora, upon electrical services has been observed for half a century. ...

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  30. POLAR EXPLORERS. PEARY'S JEALOUSY.

    The attitude of Commander Peary, the Arctic explorer, towards his rival, Dr. Frederick Cook, is adversely criticised by Mr. Henry Whitney, an American ...

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  31. PREVIOUS ROUGHT EXPERIENCES.

    The Alpena is having a full share of sensations. For about a month prior to her arrival in Melbourne, on August 24, from Tacoma she was continually beset by ...

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  32. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—With a couple of my friends attended the football match between South Melbourne and Carlton on Saturday last. I came away far from edified by all I saw ...

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  33. SIR JOSEPH WARD.

    SUVA, Sept. 27.—The Makura arrived here to-day with Sir Joseph Ward, Lady Ward, Miss Ward, and Miss Seddon on board. The party leave for Auckland by ...

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  34. CURIOUS EFFECT ON CABLES.

    PERTH, Monday.—The magnetic storm on Saturday night affected telegraphic communication to some extent. Cable messages are received in the form of a series of ...

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  35. RUSSIA'S RESOURCES.

    According to the St. Petersbury correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," an important offer to the Russian Government by a syndicate of British capitalist ...

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  36. HEAVY WEATHER FOLLOWS.

    PERTH, Monday.—Since Saturday night much rain has fallen, and exceptionally heavy weather has prevailed on the coast and inland. As a result, there has been a ...

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  37. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—The final match next Saturday will, I suppose, be umpired by Elder, who perhaps is the best man avilable in the league. How would it do to borrow Kendall—the ...

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  38. LIEUTENANT SHACKLETON.

    Lieutenant Shackleton was the guest of His Majesty the King at Balmoral yesterday. He lectured before members of the Royal family and a distinguished gathering, ...

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  39. OBSERVED AT SEA.

    On the arrival of the Adelaide Steamship Company's interstate passenger steamer Marloo late last night the captain and officers had a thrilling story to relate of the ...

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  40. LEAKY BOAT SINKS.

    YARRAWONGA, Monday.—A boating fatality occurred at Bundalong on Saturday evening. Angus M'Coll, accompanied by his cousin, Alan James M'Coll, was ...

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  41. FENI[?]AN PRISONER.

    Patrick Lennon, a Fenian leader, who was sentenced to death in 1867 for his share in a Fenian outrage, was released at Manchester yesterday. Mr. John Dillon, the ...

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  42. MISSING WARATAH.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.—The steamer Yangtsze, from Glasgow, the Federal liner Norfolk, and the Swedish steamer Australic, from Gothenburg, which have arrived at ...

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  43. BUGGY SUBMERGED.

    DONALD, Monday.—Mr. J. P. Morgan, proprietor of the Donald "Times," accompanied by his wife and boy, aged 14 years, narrowly escaped drowing on ...

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  44. LAW'NOTICES.—(THIS DAY).

    At Half past 10—Cock and another V.Smith and others (part heard); Bendigo and country District Trustees and Executors' Co. Ltd. V. Sandhurst and Northern Districts Trustees, Eecutors, and Agency ...

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  45. MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENTS.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The mail steamer Marama left for Vancouver to-day. When about a mile off North Head she was noticed to stop, and then to go round in a ...

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  46. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr Dugald Thomson will not be a candidate at the next Federal elections. Meetings of the constituents of North Sydney, which Mr. Thomson ...

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  47. ROUGH PASSAGES.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—A southerly gale continued to blow all day along the New South Wales coast, and all small vessels engaged in the coastal traffic sought shelter. ...

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  48. THEATRES IN THE EAST.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.—Mr. Hugh Ward, the well-known comedian, warns members of his profession who may be tempted to accept engagements to go ...

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  49. SPECTRUM OF THE AURORA.

    An article in the "Scientific American" of June 5, 1909, gives the following interesting note on the spectroscopic examination of the Aurora:—"When the spectroscope is ...

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  50. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    William Burt, of Panton-street, Eagle-hawk, miner Causes of insolvency—Sickness of wife, want of employment, and pressure of creditors. Liabilities, £38/15/; ...

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