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  2. SMUGGLING OPIUM

    When the Cnmmonwealth decided to prohibit the importation of opium into Australia, it voluntarily surrendered an annual revenue to thi extent of £60,000. But it ...

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  3. PERSONAL.

    Our London correspondent reports that King Haakon, of Norway, has joined Queen Maud, at Sandringham. Queen Maud came to England with her mother, ...

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  4. FATAL POISONING CASE. A MOTHER'S DEATH.

    After a meal, taken on November 12, at 175 Commercial-road, Prahran, Mrs. Elizabeth Moodie and her two daughters, Annie and Alma Moodie, became ill from what at ...

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  5. KAISER'S SPEECH.

    In the Reichstag on Friday the Socialists put forward an interpellation to the Government in regard to the speech delivered by the Emperor William nt Konigsberg in ...

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  6. (THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN.) Features of the Contest.

    An important feature of the coming elections is the increase in unopposed returns and the diminution of three-cornered contests. The Liberals have provided no ...

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  7. MEAT FOR EXPORT. HANDLING IN LONDON.

    Mr. W. Douglas Lysnar, mayor of Gisborne (New Zealand), who is largely interested in the frozen meat trade of the Dominion, and who is returning from London ...

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  8. LABOUR UPHEAVAL. South Wales Strike.

    In spite of the presence of a military force, the strikers in South Wales persist in endeavouring to assert claims by violent methods. A number of carpenters, who ...

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  9. SUFFRAGE OUTRAGE.

    The supporters of woman suffrage were very much in evidence at Mr. Winston Churchill's Bradford meeting on Saturday night. On this occasion it was the male ...

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  10. KING'S MEMORIAL.

    A new scheme for the institution of a memorial to the late King Edward has been initiated by Lord Tenterden. He proposes that the Crystal Palace ...

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  11. MR. LLOYD-GEORGE IN SCOTLAND.

    Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, is addressing a series of meetings in Scotland, which recall Gladstone's famous Midlothian campaign in 1879. It is a ...

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  12. DUBLIN CASTLE JEWELS.

    The valuable Crown jewels, in the possession of Ulster King of Arms, were stolen from Dublin Castle in July, 1907. The jewels, which consisted of a diamond ...

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  13. MR. KEIR HARDIE'S BOAST.

    Mr. Keir Hardie, M.P., boasted of the acts of the South Wales strikers in the course of a speech delivered at Huddersfield on Saturday night. He said that the ...

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  14. GERMAN ARMY.

    It has been decided by the military authorities to increase the peace footing of the German army, and a special appropriation from the finances has been sanctioned for ...

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  15. MEALS FOR THE CHILDREN.

    Already the funds made available for the year under the Provision of Meals for School Children Act have been exhausted by the Aberdare education authorities, and ...

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  16. THE REFERENDUM.

    Mr. Winston Churchill, Home Secretary, was at Bradford on Saturday night. He look the view that there was nothing undemocratic about the referendum. Such a ...

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  17. UNEMPLOYED SHAH.

    Since his deposition in July of last year the ex-Shah, Mohammed Ali, has been living quietly at Odessa, but he has always been under suspicion of plotting to regain ...

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  18. AN EMPLOYER'S WARNING.

    Lord Furness, head of the shipbuilding and engineering firm of Furness, Withy, and Co., referred to the labour trouble while presiding at a meeting of ...

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  19. BOUNDARY DISPUTE.

    The long-standing dispute between Peru and Ecuador, regarding their boundaries, is as far from settlement as ever. A few years ago the King of Spain waa asked to ...

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  20. MR. BALFOUR.

    Mr. Balfour, in an address to the electors of the City of London, says:—"The Unionists are pledged to tariff reform, national defence, a wider extension of freehold ...

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  21. HOME OR FACTORY?

    At the meeting of the Women's Political Association last evening, two visiting ladies (Mrs. E. F. Allan and Miss Cuthbertson) took the leading parts in a debate on the ...

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  22. Tariff Referendum.

    Mr. J. L. Garvin, editor of the "Observer," writing in that paper, expresses the view that if a referendum is necessary for Home Rule it must apply equally to ...

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  23. BOILERMAKERS' LOCKOUT.

    Mr. G. R. Askwith, head of the labour department of the Board of Trade, presided over a conference between the Board's officials and the boilermakers' ...

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  24. THE DEATH PENALTY. DEPLORED BY TOLSTOI.

    The last article written by Count Tolstoi, his work whilst he was in the monastery at Scharmardinsky, after his sudden flight from home, hns been published. ...

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  25. MR. TAIT'S DEPARTURE.

    A representative party of the heads of railway branches and other principal officers, headed by the commissioners (Messrs. Fitzpatrick and Norman), waited on Mr. ...

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  26. NON-PARTY ADDRESS.

    Lord Rosebery has consented to address a non-party meeting at Manchester on the political situation. A thousand Edinburgh citizens, of varying ...

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  27. MURDER OF FREE LABOURER.

    An important criminal trial, which arose out of the strike of railway employees on the French railways, has been concluded at Rouen. The prisoners were four strikers, ...

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  28. HOME RULE.

    Speaking at Wexford on Saturday night Mr. Redmond referred to the subject of Home Rule. He said that Mr. Asquith had most solemnly pledged himself, his Cabinet, ...

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  29. CULLINAN DIAMOND.

    The two enormous brilliants which were cut from the Cullinan diamond, the largest diamond in the world, now adorn the Crown jewels. The larger diamond has been placed ...

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  30. DEMONSTRATIONS IN RUSSIA.

    Thirteen members of the Central Trades Unions Committee were arrested yesterday for attempting to organise a demonstration against capital punishment. A students' ...

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  31. THE DESTROYERS. ARRANGEMENTS FOR WELCOME.

    Arrangements are in progress for a public welcome to the destroyers Yarra and Parramatta, which are due to arrive in Melbourne on Saturday, December 10. [?]e ...

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  32. LAND TAXATION. THE COMMONWEALTH MEASURE.

    The criticism of the "Economist" upon the Federal land tax, as repoeted by cable, was commented upon by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) yesterday. ...

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  33. SIGNALMAN'S MISTAKE.

    The signalman at Ormskirk railway station, where the collision occurred on Friday night, admits that his forgetfulness was the cause of the disaster. The Scotch express, ...

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  34. American Dollars.

    Mr. T. P. O'Connor,, Nationalist member for the Scotland division of Liverpool, addressed a meeting at Peekham on Saturday night, when he replied to Hie criticisms by ...

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  35. AFTER THE CYCLONE.

    BROOME, Monday.—Mr. Harry Hunter's schooner, which was reported to have been lost during the cyclone on November 19, is safe in Cygnet Bay. The mission boat was ...

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  36. TRANSCONTINENTAL LINE.

    The Federal Government is making inquiries as to the advisableness of using internal combustion engines in the arid districts through which the West Australian ...

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  37. MR. GRAHAM'S HOPES.

    Special efforts are to be made by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) next year to secure an improvement in the slaughtering, freezing, and handling ...

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  38. ROYAL PENSION.

    The Portuguese Government has intimated that it will continue the payment of the pension of £13,500 per annum, hitherto received by Queen Maria Pia, grandmother ...

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  39. Riots at Cork.

    The contest between Mr. O'Brien, leader of the Independent Nationalists, and Mr. William Redmond, who is opposing him in his own constituency of Cork City, has ...

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  40. TWO CHILDREN DIE.

    PERTH, Monday.—A singular case of food poisoning occurred at Bunbury. The three children of Constable John Lyons, after eating beetroot, developed symptoms ...

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  41. STATE PROPOSAL CONDEMNED.

    TATURA, Monday. — At the meeting of the Rodney Shire Council to-day the following motion was adopted:— "That this council renews its protest against ...

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  42. A TRIAL SPIN.

    TREMANTLE, Monday.—A large number of citizens, including the State Governor, were taken for a trial spin in the destroyers Parramatta and Yarra this ...

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  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS. FRENCH DUTY ON MAIZE.

    The Government promised recently to suspend the duty on maize foi a year to enable the grain to be used, in view of the failure of the potato crop, for feeding ...

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  44. SMALLER CLASSES.

    For some time the English Board of Education has threatened to deprive the London County Council of its grants, unless the council promptly reduces all classes in school ...

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  45. LAND-SEEKERS' EXCURSION.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The proposals made by the Commonwealth to the States some time ago to institute a land-seekers' excursion to Australia from the Western States ...

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  46. MARRIED WOMEN POISONED.

    Agnes Whorlton, a married woman, aged 30 years, who resides at 229 Pelham-street, Carlton, was found last evening lying in a helpless position. Constable Gillespie was ...

    Article : 119 words
  47. LAW NOTICES (This Day).

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  48. NEW INSOLVENTS.

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  49. SCIENCE OF AGRICULTURE,

    The champion gold medal presented by the Australian Natives' Association for the best student at the agricultural classes conducted by the department of ...

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  50. CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP.

    In the championship chess match, Dr. Lasker has four wins to his credit, and three games have been drawn. M. Janowski has not won a game. ...

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  51. Advertising

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  52. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    George Adams, of Dulverton, Normanby avenue, N[?], grazler, who died on October 18 last, bequeathed by will, dated July 8, 1909, property valued at £8,255, consisting of re[?]ty £[?],175, and ...

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  53. Advertising

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  54. CHARITABLE APPEALS.

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  55. Advertising

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