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  2. THE HOLIDAYS. FINE WEATHER PREDICTED.

    Fine weather is predicted for the New Year holidays by the assistant Commonwealth meteorologist (Mr. Griffiths). Today he expects to be cool and fine, though ...

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  3. SEAMEN'S WAGES.

    By the exercise of the far reaching powers conferred on him by the Amending Arbitration Act of last session and with the co-operation of the representatives of ...

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  4. THE TRIPLE ENTENTE.

    Commenting on the international situation, which has been discussed from a fresh standpoint since the publication of recent interviews with Mr. Lloyd-George, the ...

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  5. PERSONAL.

    Portaits of the late King Edward and of Queen Alexandra have, cables our London correspondent, been presented by King George to the Commonwealth for ...

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  6. PEOPLING THE LAND. STREAM OF SETTLERS.

    Mr. A. Y. Bramwell, chief immigration officer for Victoria, may in many respects be likened to a shepherd in the mountains. It is his duty to from day to ...

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  7. FICKLE PORTUGAL. Another Revolt Threatened.

    News of an alarming nature has been received from Lisbon, where the new Government is threatened with another revolution. The army and navy are said to be ...

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  8. THE COOL SUMMER.

    The weather affects a man's temper, is well as a tar-covered roadway, and it enters largely into business affairs. Holidaymakers grumble at the cool summer, ...

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  9. VICTIMS OF THE PIT. GENEROUS RELIEF FUND.

    The contribution of £2,000 from the Commonwealth Government for the relief of the relatives of those who lost their lives in the Hulton Colliery explosion, was forwarded ...

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  10. HAWES DISASTER.

    It is now believed that there were 13 victims of the railway collision which occurred on Christmas Eve on the Midland line at Hawes Junction, though the identity of one ...

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  11. NEW YEAR ATTRACTIONS.

    For many people this afternoon means the beginning of the second instalment of the holidays which have Christmas Day and New Year's Day as their central points. ...

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  12. RUSSIAN ANARCHISTS. BOMB-MAKING ENTERPRISE.

    The police have now three men and two women under arrest for the Houndsditch robbery and murder of constables. They have been presented before the police ...

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  13. GOVERNMENT DECREES.

    Government decrees have been issued providing penalties for offences against the provisional Government, and for the punishment of those spreading false and alarming ...

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  14. RELIEF FUND.

    We have received the following additional donations to a fund for the relief of the bereaved relatives affected by the Hulton Colliery explosion at Bolton, in Lancashire:—E.G.C., 5/; "Miner," 3/6. ...

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  15. MYSTERIOUS ARMS. A JAPANESE CONSIGNMENT.

    Anxious inquiries are being made by the British Government regarding the ultimate destination of 60,000 stands of arms and 6,000,000 cartridges, which the Japanese ...

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  16. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.

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  17. BRITISH NAVY. SHIPS FOR CHINA STATION.

    Two battle-ships are being despatched to reinforce the China station. They are the Triumph, 11,985 tons, l8 guns, and the Swiftsure, 11,800 tons, l8 guns. ...

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  18. CESSION OF GAMBIA.

    The rumour that it was likely that the British colony of Gambia, in West Africa, would be ceded to a foreign power is traceable to hints that France would modify its ...

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  19. SUBMARINES ABROAD.

    The British Admiralty, during January, will send three submarines to Malta and three to Gibraltar. These are the first of the submaries detailed for foreign ...

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  20. A MYSTERIOUS EXPLOSION.

    A sensational statement has been made to the police by Mrs. Knott, a lodger in the house that was occupied bv Morountzeff. She says that on one occasion, in the middle ...

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  21. TRAMWAY ARRANGEMENTS.

    The New Year's Day arrangements of the Tramway Company appear in the advertising columns. Early cars for up-country trains will be run as on Boxing Day. A special service of cars will run ...

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  22. THE MONEY MARKET.

    The open money market discount rate for three months' bank bills in London is 3 7-16 per cent., or 1 1-16 per cent. below the Bunk rate of 4 ½ per cent. The market ...

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  23. RIGHT TO WORK. SCOTTISH MINERS' DEMANDS.

    The Scottish Miners Conference, which is holding its annual session yesterday agreed to a resolution asserting the right of unemployed to have work provided by the State ...

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  24. THE NEW ARRIVALS.

    The new settlers who are coming out to Victoria from Great Britain and the United States have each a cash value in two ways. The Canadian agents compute ...

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  25. DISORDER IN PERSIA.

    Under threats of British intervention the Persian Government has at length taken steps to put a stop to acts of brigandage in the southern portion of the country. A force ...

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  26. GOVERNMENT STOCKS.

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  27. BAY EXCURSIONS.

    Howard Smith Company Limited announce that the s.s. Edina will make special excursions to Portarlington and Geelong during the New year holidays, leaving Queen's Wharf (foot of ...

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  28. BRITISH POLITICS.

    A petition has been lodged by the defeated candidate in the election for Gloucester, claiming a recount. The candidate declared elected was Mr. H. Terrell, K.C., ...

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  29. DISAPPOINTED STRIKERS.

    A thousand miners employed at the Powell-Duffryn collieries in South Wales, who decided to resume work after having been on strike for some time, were bitterly ...

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  30. COMMONERS' SALARIES.

    It is stated by the labour correspondent of "The Times" that the Ministry propose to introduce legislation for the payment to members of the House of Commons of a ...

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  31. POISONED IN CHURCH.

    A dreadful tragedy has followed upon the celebration of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper in a Lutheran Church at Peterhof. An elder who was preparing the vessels ...

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  32. MINING SHARES.

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  33. MEXICAN REVOLT.

    A report has been received from Mexico City that the revolutionists have been driven from their stronghold at Malpaso by the Federal troops. The towns of ...

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  34. THE REFERENDA.

    The Commonwealth electoral officer for the State of Victoria (Mr. J. D. Farrar) directs attention to teh fact that prints of the principal (1909) and supplemental (1910) ...

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  35. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

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  36. AMERICAN IRRIGATIONISTS.

    SYDNEY, Friday.— Mr. Trefle (hon. Minister of Agriculture) said to-day that he had no hope of inducing American irrigation farmers to come to New South ...

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  37. AUSTRIAN NAVY.

    The Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne, acting on behalf of the aged Emperor, received the Presidents of the Austro-Hungarian Delegations, who made ...

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  38. BUSH NURSING.

    A nurse is to be installed at Beech Forest by the Victorian Bush Nursing Association. A district committee has been formed in that locality, and has undertaken to pay ...

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  39. OPIUM SMUGGLING.

    The official inquiry into the smuggling of opium and stoaways from China into Canada has disclosed the existence of a liberal patronage committee. This body ...

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  40. GRAY'S BILLIARDS.

    George Gray, the Australian billiard prodigy, yesterday reached the break of 1,143, which he made on November 12, and which constitutes a world's record. The match ...

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  41. LENDING LIBRARY.

    The lending branch of the Public Library will be closed for stock-taking purposes on Monday, and will not be reopened to the public until noon on Friday. ...

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  42. BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    It is announced that Mr. G. S. Dyer, a native of California, and a well-known sugar expert of the United States, has been appointed manager of the State ...

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  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The small Belgian steamer Baltique has been sunk in the North Sea, as the result of a collision. Six persons were drowned. ...

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  44. TO SYDNEY BY MOTOR CYCLE.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—To-day's stage of the motor-cycle reliability trial was a trying one, as the roads between Germanton and Yass are not regarded as anything ...

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  45. HEYTESBURY AND PORTLAND.

    On account of the holiday season the date for the submission of applications for the land recently made available at Heytesbury and Portland has been postponed from ...

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  46. TOBACCO MONOPOLY.

    Whatever views may be held as to the quality of the tobacco which is sold by the French Government, the monopoly has undoubtedly proved a source of great revenue. ...

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  47. BURGLARY AT ST. KILDA.

    The residence of Mrs. Bessie Cooper, in Havelock-street, St. Kilda, was broken into on Wednesday evening, and articles of jewellery valued at £23 were stolen. Mrs. Cooper ...

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  48. ATLANTIC CROSSING.

    The Oceanic Company's liner Cedric, 21,000 tons, has been fitted with a new Marconi apparatus, which will enable communication to be maintained daily with ...

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  49. BAD YEAR FOR LLOYDS.

    The losses at Lloyd's for the year amount to £6,000,000. They include £300,000 on the Waratah and £750,000 on the Pericles, the former of which went down off South ...

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  50. TREATMENT OF WOMEN.

    The Hon. Mrs. Joyee, of the British Women's Emigration Association, has written to Mr. C. Jackson, acting AgentGeneral for Western Australia, denying the ...

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  51. EARTHQUAKES IN GREECE.

    Continuous earthquakes have been experienced in Elis. Great damage has been caused, and 200 families have been rendered homeless. ...

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  52. JOHN F. SHERIDAN'S GRAVE.

    A meeting of representative members of the theatrical profession was held at the Green-room Club yesterday to arrange for the erection of a tombstone over the grave ...

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  53. SUICIDE ON THE BEACH.

    A young woman, whose identification is as yet not revealed, committed suicide at St. Kilda yesterday evening. She was seen to wander along the bench as if in agony, ...

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  54. SHIPPING NEWS.

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  55. FATAL EXPLOSION.

    Through some cause which has not been discovered, explosions occurred yesterday in an ice-making plant at Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Sixteen men were killed. ...

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  56. TRAINING OF AVIATORS.

    The absence of anything like a final decision in respect to the competition inaugurated by the Commonwealth Government for a prize of £5,000 for the best ...

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  57. EX-PRISONER'S GRATITUDE.

    GEELONG, Friday.—Some months ago a man in poor health was admitted to the Geelong Gaol to serve a three months' sentence. On its completion he was advanced ...

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  58. TRAMWAYMEN'S HOURS.

    PERTH, Friday.—Owing to Mr. Justice Burnside's recent amendment of the tramways award in the Arbitration Court, by which 10 hours, exclusive of two hours' meal ...

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  59. PRIESTS AND NATIVES.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—Dr. V. Brochard, French Commissioner at Wallis Island, said, with reference to the statement of Bishop Olier that he was prepared to stand ...

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  60. QUEENSLAND ELECTORATES.

    BRISBANE, Friday.—The final Cabinet meeting for the year was held this afternoon. Three commissioners were appointed to carry out the redistribution of electorates, ...

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  61. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 152 words
  62. CHARITABLE APPEALS.

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  63. CHAMPION AXEMAN.

    WELLINGTON, Friday.—At the axemen's carnival at Eltham, Miley, a Victorian, won the New Zealand championship chop, and was fifth in the axemen's ...

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  64. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    Isaac Horace Hill, of Mildura, contractor. Filed at Kerang. Mr. Coleman, assignee. ...

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  65. TOURISTS LOSE THEIR WAY.

    BRIGHT, Friday.—Mr. and Mrs. Matthews, tourists, from Newport Melbourne, set out on a walk yesterday morning towards Clear Spot, and, losing their way, ...

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  66. BOYS' ADVENTURE.

    SEYMOUR, Friday.—During the holidays a boy named Bigott had an exciting experience. He was playing in a flat-bottomed boat on the river, when it drifted ...

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  67. THE BIBLE HOUSE.

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  68. CHRISTMAS CHARITY.

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  69. Advertising

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  70. CHINESE ASSIST HOSPITAL.

    GEELONG, Friday.—The Chinese of Geelong have donated £55 to the Geelong Hospital, instead of giving Christmas boxes to customers. The amount is an increase of ...

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  71. YEAR'S BANKRUPTCIES.

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  72. DINGHY RECOVERED.

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  73. Advertising

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  75. Advertising

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  78. Advertising

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