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  2. THE REFERENDUM.

    HORSHAM, Saturday.—Special interest attached to an address given by Mr. Deakin on the referendum in the Horsham Town-hall this afternoon. The ...

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  3. SEARCH FOR YONGALA. MARKS ON ROCKS.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—The steamer Queensland is reported to have discovered evidences of a fracture on Nares Rock, abreast of Bowen. It is stated that ...

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  4. DISARMAMENT PROPOSAL. Why Germany Does Not Agree.

    An interesting German view of the speech by the Imperial Chancellor upon the proposal for international limitation of armaments is given by the "Neueste ...

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  5. MEXICAN REVOLUTION. Government Concedes Reforms.

    Intense interest has been excited throughout Mexico by a message from President Diaz to Congress which was read in the Chamber yesterday. The message outlined ...

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  6. UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.

    The Oxford-Cambridge University boat race was rowed to-day over the course fron Putney to Mortlake, Oxford winning by two and a half lengths. ...

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  7. BRITISH POLITICS. THE OSBORNE JUDGMENT.

    A question reliting to the Osborne judgment, which established the illegality of trade union levies for the purpose of securing political representation, was asked in ...

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  8. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Governor and Lady Gibson Carmichacl will give a garden party at State Government-house this afternoon, and another to-morrow, in order to have ...

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  9. AMITY IN INDUSTRY. PRAHRAN BROTHERHOOD.

    At a meeting of the Prahran Brotherhood, held in the Congregational Church, Malvern-road, yesterday afternoon, a resolution of sympathy with Mr. J. T. Packer, ...

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  10. CLEAR-CUT REASONING.

    "The Times" says:—"Dr. Von BethmannHollweg's speech was not unfriendly to England. It was remarkable equally for commonsence and clear-cut reasoning, and ...

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  11. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

    It is asserted here that a preliminary peace conference between representatives of the rebels and the Federal authorities will be held at E1 Paso shortly. ...

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  12. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—I am thankful to note the correspondence that has followed the leader in "The Argus" of Friday. For my own part, and speaking as a worker, I hold the belief ...

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  13. PAYMENT OF MEMBERS.

    A feature of the budget of 1911-12 is the provision mide for payment of members of the House of Commons. The salary of members is fixed at £400 a year. ...

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  14. FLOTSAM DISCOVERED.

    TOWNSVILLE, Sunday.—Captain Roberts, of the Mourilyan, reports that on Saturday morning, when off Acheron Island, he sighted half a life-belt and two ...

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  15. FIERCE FIGHTING.

    Stubborn fighting, lasting two days, took place between Mexicain insurgents and Federal troops, in the neighbourhood of San Rafael, Sonora. The rebels outnumbered ...

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  16. HOURS OF SHOP ASSISTANTS.

    The Shops Bill, which is designed to consolidate, amend, and extend the Shops Regulation Acts 1892 to 1904, was re-introduced in the House of Commons on Friday, and ...

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  17. FRENCH PRESS COMMENT.

    The "Echo de Paris" terms Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg's speech in the Reichstag on the international limitation of armaments a remarkable one, and says it ...

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  18. TRADE UNIONS. GOVERNMKNT LEGISLATION.

    The committee of management of the General Federation of Trade Unions has passed a resolution criticising proposals by Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the ...

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  19. GRANTALA'S EXPERIENCE.

    Questioned yesterday in regard to the weather on the Queenshnd coast at the time of the Yongala disaster, the officers of the Grantala, sister ship to the wrecked ...

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  20. SERMON ON THE MOUNT.

    At the service at the Olympia last evening, under the asupices of the Methodist Central Mission. Mr. W. H. Judkins dealt with the application of the Sermon on the ...

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  21. ALBANIAN REVOLT. SORTIE BY BELEAGURED FORCE.

    Further fighting has taken place in Northern Albania, where a revolt is in propress. The Turkish garrison at Tushi, assisted by 180 Mussulmans, made a sortic and ...

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  22. HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM.

    Lord Rosebery gave an interesting exposition of his views on reform of the House of Lords on Lord Lansdowne's motion to petition His Majesty the King for ...

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  23. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—The political position in Australia to-day is little better than that of thinlyveiled civil war, and, to my mind, in view of Mr. Hannan's explanation, the Prahran ...

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  24. DIPLOMATISTS CONFER.

    Mr. Bryce, British Ambassador to Washington, and Mr. Knox, American Secretary of State, are conferring with regard to the proposed arbitration treaty between the ...

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  25. WHITE MAN SHOOTS INDIAN.

    A long-tanding fend between two neigh hours ended futally, yesterday, when Ahmad Shak, an Indian hawker, was shot dead at East Warbuton by John Polley, a ...

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  26. MURDERED OFFICER.

    An appeal was made by the widow of Colonel Schlichting to the Turkish authorities for the reprieve of the solider who shot her husband. The appeal made a deep ...

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  27. TARCOOLA'S WHEREABOUTS.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—The s.s. Tarcoola, which left Cape Bowling Green at 5 o'clock on Thursday morning to commence a search of all the reefs between Flinders ...

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  28. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Mr. Solly, with commendable pluck, advised the strikers to return to their work at Sunshine. Surely there are other members of Parliament, who, for the sake of the ...

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  29. LABOUR AND CAPITAL.

    Lord Robert Cecil, who was M.P. for East Marylebone until last year, speaking at a meetig of the labour Co-partnership Association last night, said the relations between ...

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  30. UNREST IN INDIA. LEAFLET ADVOCATES MURDER.

    The police are inquiring into the authorship of an inflammatory leaflet entitled "Independent India," which is being circulated broadcast. The leaflet urges the wholesale ...

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  31. COLONIAL GOVERNORS.

    Mr. C.E.Hobhouse, financial secretary to the Treasury, has brought in a bill in the House of Commons to amend the Colonial Goveruors'Peuaions Act. It provides that ...

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  32. LUCKY CHANGE OF MIND.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.—It was ascertained to-night that Miss Gaffney was not a passenger on the Yongala. She tailed at the "Courier" office to-night, and explained that ...

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  33. A FIXED EASTER.

    The proposal to revise the ealendar is causing some interest in America. The opinion of Universty authoritics in the United States is sought by the supporters ...

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  34. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—I would like to impress on Professor Gosman and other correspondents in "The Argus" that Mr. J. T. Packer has not been expelled from the Prahran branch of the ...

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  35. CANADIAN MINERS' STRIKE.

    Seven thousand miners are on strike in Eastern British Columbia and Alberta. The overtures made to the men by Mr. King (Minister of Labour), who endeavoured to ...

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  36. MEMORIAL SERVICE.

    The chaplain of the Victoria Missions to Seamen (the Rev. A. Gurney Goldsmith) held last night in the Seamen's Church a solemn memorial service for the crew and ...

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  37. A PLOT THAT FAILED.

    A Brahmin named Modak was sentenced at Bombay yesterday to transportation for seven years for attempting to kill Colonel Ferris with a bomb at Kolhapur. The in[?] ...

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  38. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Mr. John Hannan, vice-president of the Prahran branch of the P.L.C., says 1. Dr. Gosman, would not do consciously an injustice even to the Labour party. I do ...

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  39. AERONAUTICS.

    Mr. Maitland, a pupil at the Anution School on Salisbury Plains, sustained dreadful injuries yesterday. He was making a flight on a biplane, when the machine ...

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  40. THE CRIPPEN CASE.

    Detective Inspector Dew, of Scotland Yard, the officer who was sent to Canada to arrest the murderer Crippen and his companion, Ethel Le Neve, on their arrival there ...

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  41. RELIEF FUND.

    On Friday evening, during the voyage of the s.s. Riverina from Adelaide to Melbourne a concert was held on board in aid of the Yongala Relief Fund. The sum of ...

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  42. MOROCCAN RABBLE.

    The situation in Morocco, where the capital is threatened by rebel tribesmen, is critical. Despite the protests of the French army instructors the Sultan sent a body of ...

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  43. FLIGHT WITH EIGHT PASSENGERS.

    A notable perfomance in the air with passengers has been achieved at Charleville by Roger Sommer, the well-known aviator. He carried eight passengers in a biplane. ...

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  44. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—I hope something will be done by Victorians in aid of the families of those men who have gone down with the Yongala, many of whom, no doubt, will be in great ...

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  45. FAST MOTORING.

    A 300-mile automobile contest, held here yesterday, was won by Louis Diebrow, driving it Pope-Hartford car. His time was 3 hours 53 min. 33sec., which is a world's ...

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  46. DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

    The eaucus of the Democratie party has adopted a resolution fixing the following subjects for discussion at the extra Congressional session which the President will ...

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  47. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Mr. Judkins always poses as an ethical teacher. He reproves the unionists for compelling non-unionists to join unions, for, he says, this is force and ...

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  48. YAWATU MARU.

    TOWNSVILLE, Sunday.—The Nippon Yusen Kaisha's Yawata Mara, which was due at Townsville yesterday from Thursday Island, has not yet arrived. ...

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  49. BRITISH REVENUE. RECORD YEAR'S FIGURES.

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  50. RACE FOR THE POLE.

    CHRISTCHURCH. Saturday.—Lieutenant Peancll states that the Terra Nova was in the ice for 21 days. The party saw every variety of ice pack in Ross Sea, and ...

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  51. ALASKAN LAND FRAUDS.

    The judge has refused the motion for the uequittal of the defendants in the Alaskan coal land frands cases. [In a cable message received on Friday, it ...

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  52. BOXING CONTESTS. LANGFORD V. M'VEA.

    The 20-round fight between Sam Langford and Sam M'Vea, under the direction of Mr. H. D. M'Intosh, took place at the Girque do Paris on Saturday, and resulted in a ...

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  53. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Union Government propose to carry out the construction of extensive coastal defence works under the new imperial scheme. ...

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  54. SURPLUS OK £3,000,000.

    The net surplus of the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the year is £5,606,766. ...

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  55. FAMOUS REMBRANDT.

    A valuable work of art. Rembrandt's painting "The Mill," has been secured from Lord Lausdowne by an American buyer. The offer was made several weeks ago, and ...

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  56. FEDERAL NOTE DESIGNS.

    No distinguished Australian talent has been revealed in the designs submitted to the Federal Government for the new Commonwealth note issue. The board ...

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  57. CANADIAN AFFAIRS. PROSPECTS OF RECIPROCITY.

    The Federal Parliament is not expected to prorogue until the end of May. It is hoped that the tariff reciprocity agreement will be assented to before the recess, ...

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  58. MISSIONARY AND NATIVES.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Rev, Dr. George Brown, who went on a speceial mission to Outong, Java on behalf of the Methodist Roard of Missions, returned to ...

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  59. IMMIGRANT MURDERED.

    The dead body of a British subject was found on the international boundary at Neche, North Dakota, yesterday. Foul play is suspected. The Neche immigration staff ...

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  60. WOLGAST V. LAGRAVE.

    A match between Ad. Wolgast, the lightweight champion, and Lagrave, took place yesterday. The fight was awarded to Wolgast, his opponent's seconds throwing in the ...

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  61. CUSTOMS REVENUE.

    The Canadian Customs revenue for the fiscal year just ended was £14,700,000, an increase of £2,500,000 on that of the previous year, which was a record. ...

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  62. LAWN TENNIS.

    The international lawn tennis championship of the Cote d'Azur was played at Cannes on Saturday. The winner was Rahe, who defeated R. Heath, of Australia. 6—1, ...

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  63. AMERICAN LUMBER.

    The Interstate Commerce Commission has been investigating the demand of Wisconsin lumbermeu for a lower freight rate on lumber cailed to the Pacifie Coast. They ...

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  64. BULLFINCH MANAGER.

    PERTH, Sunday.—Mr. Fred. Morgan. manager of the Bullfinch mine, emphatically denies that London interferes in any way with the management or policy of opening ...

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  65. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    Sidney Rupert Black, of Main-treet. Carrum, timber merchant and contractor. Causes of insotvoaey—Losses on contracts, inabiluy to colled accounts, and presoure ...

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  66. [?]UD ON A TREASURY.

    A desperate attempl was made yesterday to rob the county treasury, Four men bound and gagged the treasurer, and then attempted to dyaamitr the vault, which ...

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  67. AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL.

    DUNVIP (March 30).—More than 10 inches of rain fell during March, and although many of the potato and carrot crops have been destroyed, the extra growth of gross will recompense farmers in ...

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  68. MOTOR-CAR IN RIVER.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—While the stramer Ruby was working [?] at London. ib the Rever Murray, on Friday,a motor car, which weighed [?] tons, caused one of the planks ...

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  69. TRUNK-LID CHOKES CHILD.

    TOWNSVILLE. Sunday—An infant girl, the daughter of Mr. Ra[?]n, a dairy. man, of the German-gardens, opened a trunk in her parents' house. The lid fell ...

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  70. Advertising

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  71. TRAMWAY RETURNS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 48 words
  72. Advertising

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  73. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—The Rev. F. C. Spurr's letter in "The Argus" on Saturday is opportune, and to the point. In his lucid and convincing sytle he exposes the iniquity of the selfish stand ...

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  74. FIRES IN THE COUNTRY.

    CHARLTON, Saturday.—weatherboard cottage in Watson-street was d[?]royed by fire yesterday afternoon. It was own d by Mr. Miles, and [?]plal by Mr. O. Meggs The turniture was inae[?]d ...

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  75. Advertising

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  76. Advertising

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