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  2. FIGHTING IN TRIPOLI. FIERCE ENGAGEMENT.

    Fierce fighting has again taken place in Tripoli, and according to advices received in London this morning, a great slaughter of Turks and Arubs has occurred near ...

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  3. NAVAL ESTIMATES. Decrease of £307,000.

    The naval estimates for 1912-13 were introduced in the House of Commons yesterday by the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. Winston Churchill). ...

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  4. POLAR RESEARCH. FUNDS FOR AMUNDSEN.

    The Budget Committee of the Storthing is considering a proposal that a professorial chair should be established for Captain Amundsen, the discoverer of the South ...

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  5. GOAL MINERS' STRIKE. Parties in Conference.

    The colliery owners' and miners' executives met in conference yesterday to discuss the possible settlement of the strike. The Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith), the ...

    Article : 310 words
  6. CRICKET DISPUTE. CITIZENS' COMMITTEE.

    In accordance with the resolution passed at the indignation meeting held at the Melbourne Athenæum on February 29, a telegram was sent to the Marylebone Cricket ...

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  7. ON ACTIVE SERVICE

    KILMORE, Wednesday.—The contending Light Horse forces are at peace once more, The men have drawn their pay, and everyone is anxiously looking forward to ...

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  8. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Governor-General, attended by Sir Walter Barttelot, returned to Melbourne from Kilmore Camp yesterday. Their Excellencies the Governor-General ...

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  9. TRAMWAY EMPLOYEES.

    In the Commonwealth Court of Concilation and Arbitration yesterday, before Mr. Justice Higgins, the hearing of the plaint of the Australian Tramway Employees' ...

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  10. TURKISH ATTACK REPELLED.

    News from Tripoli states that the Italians at Torbruk have repulsed a vigorous attack by Turks and Arabs. The enemy came from both sides, attempting a flanking ...

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  11. CAPTAINS FRATERNISE.

    HOBART, Wednesday,—Twenty-one dogs which Captain Amundsen is giving to the Mawson Expedition were safely landed at the quarantine station to-day. Eighteen ...

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  12. SYDNEY ATTITUDE.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—What was virtually a motion of want of confidence in the Board of Control was debated at great length at a meeting of the New South ...

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  13. DARING GAOL-BREAKERS.

    An attempt by a large number of prisoners, confined in a gaol in the province of Minho, though carried out with great determination, ended in failure. ...

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  14. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday,—A large and enthusiastic crowd assembled on the Circular Quay Whart to-day to bid farewell to the Australian cricketers who left by the R.M.S. ...

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  15. PREMIER OF CHINA.

    The first Republican Premier has been chosen. The appointment goes to Tang Shao-yi, who represented the Imperial Government at the peace conference in ...

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  16. MEXICAN TROUBLES.

    President Taft is conferring with the Secretary for War (Mr. W. Stimson) regarding the Mexican situation, the possibility of trouble occurring on the border having ...

    Article : 161 words
  17. SCOTTISH OWNERS' CASE.

    The Scottish mine owners have issued a manifesto in which they reiterate their opposition to the minimum wage. They point out that it would cause an increase in ...

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  18. LIBERAL UNION. PREPARING FOR ELECTIONS.

    A well-attended meeting of the council of the People's Party was held in the rooms Equitable-building, yesterday. Delegates were present from all the rural Federal ...

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  19. ATHENÆUM MEETING.

    Sir,—Mr. Guthrie asks the question, Are a certain section of the Board of Control followers doing their best in the interest of Australian cricket, or do they want cheap ...

    Article : 179 words
  20. VIVISECTION.

    The Royal Commission on Vivisection, which was appointed in 1906 to inquire into the practice of subjecting live animals to experiment, whether by vivsection or ...

    Article : 93 words
  21. CRETANS DISOBEY POWERS.

    Though the Governments of Great Britain, France, and Russia a few weeks ago handed a note to the Cretan Executive Committee, declaring their firm ...

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  22. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Sir Newton and Lady Moore welcomed the Australian cadets, who are principally from Western Australia, at the Tro[?] to-day. The Secretary for the Colonies ...

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  23. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LESSON.

    At a well-attended meeting held under the auspices of the Women's Liberal League in the Masonic-hall last night. Miss Farr, one of the organisers of the Liberal Union ...

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  24. POSITION IN GERMANY.

    Out of 266,835 miners in the Rubr district of Prussia, where a general strike was decided upon on Monday, 110,107 descended the pits yesterday. ...

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  25. HOTEL BURNED.

    By the burning of a hotel in New Brunswick five commercial travellers have been overtaken by a tragic fate. It is impossible at the present time to ...

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  26. FRENCH MINERS RESUME.

    The miners who stopped work for 24 hours, as a protest against; the failure of Parliament to pass the Miners' Pensions Bill and a bill to establish the eight-hours ...

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  27. WINE SALOON IN POMPEII.

    The excavations in Pompeii have brought to light an interesting seene in the business life of the ancient city. A vintner's shop was uncovered, and the ...

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  28. MR. [?]. B. IRVING.

    CHRISTCHURCH, Wednesday.—Mr. [?] [?] closed his New Zealand tour tonight with "The Bells." There was tremendests enthusiasm, the audience rising in a ...

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  29. LABOUR AND DYNAMITE.

    The result of the grand jury investigation concerning the connection of labour leaders with dynamite outrages, which has been proceeding here for some weeks, is that ...

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  30. SHIPBUILDING DELAYS.

    "The Times" says that it is understood that in the final settlement of the Navy Estimates for the Cabinet it was found impossible to make the reductions which ...

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  31. NEWSPAPER MILLIONAIRE.

    Dr. Pas, who was proprietor of the principal daily newspaper in Buenos Ayres, "La Prenza," has died at Monte Carlo. He has left £1,000,000. ...

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  32. WOUNDED BURGLAR.

    SYDNEY. Wednesday.—The Sydney detectives have in their possession a strange letter, written apparently by the burglar who escaped after ...

    Article : 333 words
  33. ADAM LINDSAY GORDON.

    Considerable discussion arose in Tuesday night at the Port Melbourne branch meeting of the Australian Natives' Association on account of the board of directors ...

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  34. SWEPT DOWN GORGE.

    A settler's family in Bear Creck Valley, near san Bernardino, California, had a sensational escape from being overwhelmed by a flood. ...

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  35. GREENVALE SANATORIUM.

    A day or so ago the chairman of the Board of Public Health received an anonymous letter, in which it was alleged that a recent happening at ...

    Article : 368 words
  36. POISON MYSTERY.

    The feature to-day of the trial of the Seddons, husband and wife, at the Old Bailey, for the murder of Miss Barrow, was the cross-examination of Mrs. Seddon, ...

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  37. LYSOL AND SODA.

    Constable Rice, of South Richmond, attended the annual picnic of Messrs. Bryant and May, Bell and [?] employees at Mordialloc on Monday. White at the picnic ...

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  38. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    Samuel Answer of Nowa Nowa, farmer. Causes of insolvency—Loss of bullocks, loss of time through wet weather, and pressure of creditors. Liabilities, £332/17/8; assets, ...

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  39. BRISBANE WATER BOARD.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.—An election took place in Brisbane and suburbs to-day of representatives to the Metropolitan Water and Sewaerage Board. There were ...

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  40. LAW NOTICES.—(This Day.)

    At Half-past 10,—Motions-Pendlebury v. the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Limited (part heard), Australian Widows' Fund Life Assurance Society Limited v. the National Mutual Life ...

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  41. BILLIARDS.

    John Roberts, the ex-billiards champion, has challenged George Gray, the young Australian player, to a match with any ball and for any sum. ...

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  42. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS. AUSTRALASIAN SHARES, &c.

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  44. S.S. MALOJA AT FREMANTLE.

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  45. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Wheat.—A cargo of 13,500 quarters Australian wheat, three ports, January-February shipment, has been sold at 37/6 per 480lb., cost, freight, and insurance. ...

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  46. QUEENSLAND POLITICS.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Following upon a long meeting of the Cabinet to-day, it is understood that arrangements for the forthcoming elections will be pushed ...

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  47. SILVER.

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  48. PRICE OF MILK.

    The South suburban retail dairymen met at Prahran on Tuesday night to consider the question of raising the price of milk locally. After some discussion on the ...

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