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  2. THE LONDON FOG.

    During the past two days serious dislocation of traffic has occurred in London owing to the prevalence of a heavy fog. Much inconvenience has been caused by ...

    Article : 115 words
  3. BULGARIAN BAULKED.

    A Bulgarian Note asks the Powers to aid that country in securing a speedy recognition of her independence. The Note complains of the dangerous tension in eastern ...

    Article : 221 words
  4. TWO-POWER STANDARD.

    The Times calculates that in order to maintain the two-power standard the Admiralty ought to begin the construction of six large, armoured ships before the end ...

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  5. THE FIFTH WEEK.

    The fifth week of the industrial dispute on the Barrier is passing, and the general opinion is that the position is as hopeless as over. Few expect any good ...

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  6. TWO TRAGEDIES.

    A terrible tragedy occured at Portland, in the Lithgow district, on Friday night. Mrs. Shankland and John Curtis had been in partnership in a bakery and ...

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  7. DOUBLE TRAGEDY.

    An unusually quiet corner just outside the metropolitan area was the scene on Sunday night of a double tragedy which, though remarkably clear as to its incidence ...

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  8. LABOUR AIMS.

    Much interest attached to the deliberations of the Labour Party's Conference at Portsmouth on Friday. Several important questions were discussed under the ...

    Article : 353 words
  9. CALAMITY IN THE GULF.

    A few minutes before we went to press this morning news was received of a terrible shipping calamity which had occurred during the night in St. Vincent's Gulf. It ...

    Article : 104 words
  10. FLOODED RAND MINE.

    A Reuter message from Johannesburg a week ago stated that Knight's Dam had burst, flooding the famous Witwatersrand Mine, and drowning 10 wliite men and 150 ...

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  11. HOLLAND TO AUSTRALIA.

    The Nachrichten, a daily newspaper published in Hamburg, states that the Royal Holland Steamship Company will start in July next a direct service to Western ...

    Article : 59 words
  12. TRIBES AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.

    Speaking at a public meeting in the city on Saturday, the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Lloyd George) indignantly denied the suggestion that advantage would ...

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  13. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    A day or two ago it was announced that disappointment was general in England owing to the news that C. Hill would not ...

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  14. LOSS OF THE REPUBLIC

    Owing to the fact that the passengers on board the Republic and Florida were saved after the recent collision by the advent of other vessels in response to messages by ...

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  15. MANIACAL FATHER.

    The police have received information of a mysterious tragedy at Walowaka, in the Wairappa district. Henry Thomas, a settler, shot his son dead, and attempted to ...

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  16. PEOPLE FOR CANADA.

    The Canadian Prime Minister (Sir Wilfrid Laurier) has introduced into the Dominion House of Commons a Bill to amend the Immigration Act. ...

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  17. HARTIGAN'S POSITION.

    Hartigan is not yet certain whether he will be able to play at either Sydney or Melbourne in the Australian Eleven v. Rest of Australia matches, but he is afraid ...

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  18. REVENUE RETURNS.

    The half-yearly returns of revenue for the Commonwealth for the term ended December 31 show a decrease in customs and excise receipts of over half a million. ...

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  19. DRIFTING ASHORE.

    The first intimation that a disaster was impending was received in Port Adelaide on Sunday night at the office of the Superintendent of Lifesaving, when the following ...

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  20. FUTURE OF THE BIG MINE.

    Some business men consider that work will be resumed in a few weeks on a reduced scale, and that an increased rate will be paid. What is thought in all ...

    Article : 84 words
  21. SALVATION ARMY ATTACKED.

    In a discussion at the Labour Conference on the question of emigration, Mr. Trotter, a Canadian representative, made a violent attack on the emigration programme of the ...

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  22. FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

    The Frozen Meat Trade Association states that the Local Government Board will shortly issue fresh regulations with respect to kidneys sweetbreads and other ...

    Article : 91 words
  23. EXPENSIVE FOOTBALL.

    The Sportsman says that the tour of the Australian League footballers has been unsuccessful financially. To the present the takings barely exceed £3,000 and the total ...

    Article : 332 words
  24. COUNTING THE COST.

    It is estimated that about 3,000 men were thrown out of work, and as they averaged in wages about £3 per week there has been a loss in wages ...

    Article : 344 words
  25. DECREASE IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The consolidated revenue returns of New South Wales for January show a decline of £51,888 and for seven months the decrease was no less than £505,603. ...

    Article : 34 words
  26. ITALIAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 307 words
  27. AMERICAN NAVY

    The United States Naval Commission of Enquiry, just appointed at the instance of President Roosevelt, is intended, among other things, to make searching enquiry ...

    Article : 58 words
  28. DEFICIT IN THE WEST.

    The January returns show a total revenue for the month of £268,717, a derease of £29,867 cbmphred with the figures or January of 1908. The Commonwealth ...

    Article : 90 words
  29. PERSIAN COWARDS.

    The Shah of Persia, owing to revolts in his dominions, dispatched a repressive expedition, under command of three military generals, to the provinces of Osalem and ...

    Article : 80 words
  30. ASSISTANCE IMPOSSIBLE.

    To that telegram the harbourmaster replied:— "Warooka says no use going down. Can do nothing. Ship too close in to give ...

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  31. IRATE LABOUR PRESIDENT.

    "Shut up or get out. I will have no further observations or interruptions, or if this continues I shall either see a lot of you ejected from the building of vacate the ...

    Article : 126 words
  32. INTERSTATE REVENUE RETURNS

    The Victorian revenue for the seven months ended January 30 amounted to, £4,606,501, or £256,295 less than for the corresponding period of the previous ...

    Article : 81 words
  33. STEAMER FOUNDERED.

    At 1.15 this morning Mr. Staples got the following tragic telegram from Mr. Diprose:— "News just come in Ship in distress ...

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  34. THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION.

    During the consideration of the Estimates in the Legislative Assembly on Friday night a discussion took plate concerning the immigration question. Messrs. ...

    Article : 165 words
  35. ONE MAN SAVED.

    "One man saved. Too dazed to say more than. 'Steamer sunk and crew of 25 men all drowned.' Expect further news presently." ...

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  36. WESTERN MINT.

    The Mint receipts for January totalled 118,056 oz:, valued at £416,150. The principal districts contributed:—Coolgardie, 451 oz: Coolgardie East, 61,001 oz. ...

    Article : 132 words
  37. NEWSBOYS' STRIKE.

    A diversion was provided on Saturday afternoon, when the newspaper boys struck work. They demanded that they should be sold copies of The Barrier Miner at 6d. ...

    Article : 254 words
  38. BARQUE ASHORE.

    When sailing through the Hopetoun Channel yesterday afternoon, bound for Geelong, the Norwegian barque Charles Racine ran ashore on the southern bank ...

    Article : 98 words
  39. CLERK'S PECULATION.

    John Archibald Green, a clerk, appeared before the Water Police Court to-day on a charge of having stolen £200, the property of David Jones, Limited. Green ...

    Article : 151 words
  40. NAME OF STEAMER NOT KNOWN.

    The name of the steamer which has gone flown so close to port is not known, and this shipping officers at the Semaphore had little idea this morning of her identity. ...

    Article : 97 words
  41. IRONWORKERS ON STRIKE.

    About 200 men are immediately concerned in the difference between some Melbourne employers and their employes regarding the rates of pay for certain classes of ...

    Article : 339 words
  42. POSTAL COMMISSION.

    Much disgust has been expressed at the protracted and often trifling proceedings of the Postal Commission, and surprise has been manifested at the exhibition of ...

    Article : 90 words
  43. ACTOR'S DEBTS.

    On Tuesday last the name of Thomas Arthur Sawden was not answered to when called in the Bankruptcy Court. The debtor who is better known by the stage ...

    Article : 137 words
  44. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Now that the Prime Minister has returned from Queensland Cabinet meetings will be held next week to discuss various matters of administration. Among the ...

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  45. A FATAL DISPUTE.

    Dr. John Hamilton Foley, of New South Wales, was to-day arrested and charged with having inflicted grievous bodily harm upon John Hourigan at Sydney on January ...

    Article : 91 words
  46. A HURRICANES FORCE.

    The steamer Charon arrived from the north-west last night. The officers re-ported that the steamer Mildura, which went ashore on Nor-West Cape in 1907 ...

    Article : 136 words
  47. NEW ZEALAND

    Mr. Bland Holt's treasury at the Christchurch Theatre was roobed on Friday night of £320, which was intended for the payment of salaries. ...

    Article : 70 words
  48. PICNIC TO COCKBURN.

    There was an exodus of people from Broken Hill to Cockburn to-day to listen to T. Mann address the workers of the Barrier from South Australian territory, part of ...

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  49. POSTAL COMMISSION.

    Mr. Thomas J. Beatty (Superintendent of Mails) gave evidence before the Postal Commission to-day. He contended that the accommodation for his branch was ...

    Article : 95 words
  50. Advertising

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  51. AUSTRALIAN WORKERS' UNION.

    The annual report of the Australian Workers' Union submitted to the conference to-day, stated that apart from plant and property cash balances amounted to ...

    Article : 50 words
  52. FURIOUS DRIVING IN A MOTOR.

    Jack Johnson attended the races last Saturday. He was returning to the city by a motor car, when Mr. Delisle, the owner and driver, narrowly avoided a ...

    Article : 57 words
  53. OVERDUE VESSEL.

    Anxiety is felt in regard to the barquentine Rio Loge, which is due at Dunedin from Kaipara. The vessel was last seen off Banks Peninsula on January 14. Two ...

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  54. FIRE IN A STABLE

    A stable and outhouse in Wolfram street, owned by Mr. M..B. Wilson, grocer, caught fire at about 2 o'clock this morning. The stable building was saved, but a buggy and ...

    Article : 67 words
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