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  2. THE FARMERS' NEEDS.

    Interesting speeches were delivered at the luncheon held at the Show-grounds under the auspices of the Royal Agricultural Society yesterday. The president of the ...

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  3. TRADE CONGRESS. CITIZEN ARMY SCHEME.

    The Trades Union Congress, which is sitting at Newcastle, discussed yesterday a motion in favour of the establishment of a citizen army, to be entirely free from ...

    Article : 363 words
  4. SWIM ACROSS CHANNEL.

    Further details regarding T. W. Burgess's great feat in swimming across the Channel show that the swimmer accomplished the task in spite of rapid tides and a thick ...

    Article : 548 words
  5. MOROCCAN DISPUTE.

    Underwriters at Lloyd's yesterday accepted insurances for large amounts at a premium of 12 percent. to pay a total loss in the event of an outbreak of war between ...

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  6. THE LIBERAL CAUSE. PROPOSALS FOR AMALGAMATION.

    A combined conference of the members of the Commonwealth Liberal League and the People's Party was to have been held at the Temperance-hall, Russell-street, ...

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  7. AERIAL POST.

    The first aeroal postal service in Great Britain will be inaugurated on Saturday, when mails will be conveyed from London to Windsor-park, a distance of 21 miles. ...

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  8. BABYLAND.

    While the Royal Agricultural Society's Show, with its hum of people, its clatter of machinery, and its varied farmyard noises, was in full swing yesterday, forty babies, in ...

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  9. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Governor-General, attended by Mr. Vernon, Major Quilter, and Captain Nulting, was present at the Royal Agricutural Society's Show yesterday. ...

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  10. DEAR FOOD RIOTERS.

    The Ministerial Committee which has been considering the dear food question recommends the modification of the regulations relating to the importation of frozen meat ...

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  11. AERONAUTICS. TWO AIRMEN KILLED.

    Lieutenant Neumann was making a flight at Neuhausen, in Bavaria, with H. Le Comte, the well-known aviator as a passenger, when the engine exploded. The ...

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  12. DEFENCE AGAINST MOBS.

    During the great transport workers' strike in London an exciting incident occurred in the Minories. A driver named Roberts, whose van the strikers were ...

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  13. AEROPLANES IN WAR.

    It is estimated that France's fleet of military aeroplanes, which now numbers 200, will be augmented to 1,000 by the year 1914. ...

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  14. PARIS INVENTOR'S' CLAIM.

    An engineer named Moreau has invented an automatic stabilisator, which, he claims, will provide a perfect balance for aeroplanes without any assistances from the ...

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  15. DIVORCE AND MARRIAGE.

    A sensation has been caused in society circles by the refusal of the Rev. Frederick Brooks, Methodist minister of this city, to marry Colonel John Jacob Astor, the ...

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  16. COST OF STRIKES.

    The Rhondda Valley coal strike in New South Wales has depleted the funds of the South Wales Miners' Federation to the extent, it is estimated, of £100,000; whilst, in ...

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  17. LINKING UP THE EMPIRE.

    The experts of the British Admiralty are perfecting a scheme of wireless telegraphy, which will enable communication with every part of the empire to be maintained. ...

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  18. LITHGOW TROUBLES. QUESTION OF BOUNTIES.

    Further reference was made yesterday by the Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) to the work of the commissioners whom be has appointed to inquire into the working ...

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  19. CAUSE OF UNREST.

    The general labour unrest prevailing throughout Europe is attributed to the universal increase in prices of food, caused by the remarkable drought of the present ...

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  20. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Adelaide Steamship Company is having three new passenger steamers for the Australian coastal service built on the Clyde, each vessel to be of about 7,000 ...

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  21. REBEL EXECUTED.

    Arshad-ed-dowich, one of the licutenants of Mohamed Ali, the former Shah, who is trying to regain the throne of Persin, was brought to the capital to-day and shot by ...

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  22. NEGROES SUFFER.

    There are 500 negro seamen at Cardiff, who cannot obtain work. They say that when wages were raised after the recent strike the ship-owners preferred to employ ...

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  23. RECOGNITION OF UNIONS.

    Locomotive men gave evidence before the Royal commission which in investigating the causes of the recent railway strike. Their spokesman said that at a meeting of all ...

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  24. COLLAPSE OF PLATFORM.

    The Prime Minister (Sir Wilfrid Laurier), who has beeb [?]ill, passed through a sensational experience during an election meeting at Coburg, in Ontario, last night. ...

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  25. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

    Wheat.—A cargo 13,000 quarters Australia wheat, three ports, September-October shipment, has been sold at 37/3/ per 480lb., cost, freight, and insurance. ...

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  26. GERMAN RESERVISTS. SUMMONED TO FATHERLAND.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) was asked yesterday whether he had any knowledge of the reported recall of German reservists from Australia. He stated that he ...

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  27. NOVELIST'S DEATH.

    Mrs. Katherine Cecil Thurston, authoress of "John Chilcote, M.P.," "The Gambleg," and other works, which established her in the front rank of modern novelists, was ...

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  28. LABOUR DILEMMA.

    Mr. Cann, M.H.R., who represents Lithgow, addressed the members of the Trades-hall Council last night, in regard to the strike at Hoskins' ironworks. Before the ...

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  29. PORTUGAL.

    The report that Monarchists are plotting the overthrow of the Portugness Republic and are gathering on the frontier would appear to be true. The Spanish Government ...

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  30. MEN NOT NOTIFIED.

    Inquiries last night failed to disclose that any German resident of Melbourne had received a notification to return to the fatherland and place himself under the colours ...

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  31. PRIVATE ADVICES.

    The following private advices have been received:— By The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Comapny Limited, from its London office, ...

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  32. EXPULSION OF JEWS.

    A decree has been issued ordering the expulsion, within six months, of 5,000 Jews now living at the Bakie naval seaport of Nikola[?]ev. It is understood that there will ...

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  33. PANAMA CANAL.

    The incorporation is announced of the Atlantic-Pacific Transportation Company with headquarters at Baltimore. The company will conduct a weekly steamer service ...

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  34. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS. LONDON, Sept. 6. SILVER.

    To-days' quatation, 21 3 16d.; fall, 1/8d. ...

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  35. COMMITTEE OF CONTROL.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—At a meeting of the Labour Council to-night it was agreed that a conference of the Labour executive with the representatives of the unions ...

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  36. STATE ELECTIONS. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    A petition has been largely signed in South Melbourne asking Mr. H. Skinner, the well-known caterer, to become a candidate for the Melbourne South seat in the ...

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  37. MINING SHARES.

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  38. LOVER'S CRIME.

    Paul Houssard, who was arrested on the charge of having murdered M. Guill[?]tin, near Tours, has written a letter to the examining magistrate, confessing to the crime. ...

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  39. SCHOOLBOYS' STRIKE.

    Llanelly, which was the scene of some of the worst outbreaks of violence during the Welsh riots two weeks ago, has added strikes of schoolboys to its record. ...

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  40. SHIP-OWNERS' ACTION.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—Surprise was expressed in increantile circles to-day when it transptred that the united steamship owners have refused to accept as freight ...

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  41. SHIPPING NEWS.

    The following movements are reported:— Arrivals.—At Dunkirk—Dioned, s.s., from Melbourne July 7. At Call[?]o—Lysglimt, barque. ...

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  42. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Thursday.—The State elections promise to be keenly contested, but it is generally thought that the Government will be returned with a majority of at least six, ...

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  43. NO OFFICIAL KNOWLEDGE.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.—The German consul, Mr. Hirsehfeld, said to-day, in reference to the rumoured recalling from Australia of German reservists, that the had no ...

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  44. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE.

    The conference of the Australian Women's League will be continued to-day in the Masonie-hall. Morning session, from 10.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; afternoon session, from 2 ...

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  45. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    George Joseph Stirling, of Bridge-road, Richmond, dra[?], who died on July 27, left estate of the value of £12,100. It consists of £9,000 realty and £32,[?]00 personality, and by a will, dated ...

    Article : 276 words
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  47. DEAD DRIVER ON TRAIN.

    When a freight train das[?]d past the dock junction at Erie (Pennsylvania) last week, and wrecked a passenger train, several of the occupants of which were killed, ...

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  48. PEOPLE'S PARTY IN CONFERENCE.

    At the first annual meeting of the people's Party, held yesterday in the Masonic-hall, there was a large attendance of delegates from country branches. Mr. D. ...

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  49. SCULLING.

    The sculling match for the English championship between Ernest Barry, of England, and W. N. Fogwell, of New Zealand, will take place on the Thames on Monday. ...

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  50. MURDER ON R.M.S. CHINA

    The trial of the Lascar, Godhino, who is charged with having murdered Miss Alice Brewster, stewar[?] on the P. and O. R.M.S. China, during the homeward voyage ...

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