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  2. INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS.

    Professor Kerr Grant (physic Jecturer at the Adelaide University) said that some scientists attributed aurorae to terrestrial causes and some to cosmical and ...

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  3. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The Federal Public Service Commissioner (Mr. D. C. McLachlan I.S.O.) was among the guests entertained by the Victorian Postal Sorter's Association at a smoke ...

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  4. OUR NEW NAVY.

    Col. Foxton (Commonwealth Ministerial delegate to the Defence Conference) is settling with the Admiralty the final details in reference to the Australian Navy. ...

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  5. THE BRITISH BUDGET.

    Members of 30 building firms in South London state that since the introduction of the Budget in the House of Commons 2,500 buliders and labourers have been ...

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  6. THE FAR EAST.

    The steamer Empire brought "Hongkong exchanges to September 14. Trade Depression.—The Weekly Post commenting on the ...

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  7. A WRECKED BALLOON.

    A Ferrible fatality has happened to an airship at Moulins the capital of the Department of Allier. 178 miles south of Paris. While nearly the whole population ...

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  8. PATENTS LAWS.

    The Patents and Trades Marks Section of the London Chamber of Commerce, at a special meeting has discussed the disadvantageous effect on British owners of ...

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  9. SEEN IN OTHER STATES.

    Remarkable astronomical phenomena' were witnessed in the heavens on Saturday nigh. The sky was beautifully clear and cloudless. About 11 O'Clock, a steady. ...

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  10. MR. DOBBIE'S VIEWS.

    Air; A. W. Dobbie, who has devoted many years to the study of astrdnomy, readily consented to "give a few Points" concerning the phenomenon. At about ...

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  11. POSTAL COMMISSION.

    The Postal Commission took further evidance on Saturday. William Campbell (ex-President of the Victorian branch of the Amalgamated ...

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  12. AN AVIATION WEEK.

    The corporation of the seaport of Blackpool has arranged for an aviation week to begin on October 18. It has signed contracts with Mr. Henry Farman, Mr. ...

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  13. THE DEFENCE BILL.

    The Observer (London), in an article on the Commonwealth Defence Bill, says:—"The measure provides for a thorough application of the principle of universal ...

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  14. ELECTION DECLARED IMMINENT.

    The House of Commons has agreed to all the clauses of the Budget excepting clause 71, which relates to the reduction of the permanent annual charge for decrcasing the ...

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  15. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Lady Constance Mary, Countess of Elgin. The deceased lady—whose husband the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, was Secretary of ...

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  16. ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.

    A Scottish expedition to the south pole is being prepared by Dr. W. S. Bruce, who was the leader of the expedition in the Scotia in 1902-4 and discovered 150 miles ...

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  17. PRESS OPINIONS.

    The Manchester Guardian says that the weight of opinion among the Opposition seems to be in favour of Lord Lansdowne proposing a motion for the postponement ...

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  18. GENERAL GABLE NEWS.

    Ald. S. E. Lees (ex-Lord Mayor of Sydney) and his family, are returning to Australian by way of America and Japan, and will reach Sydney early in January. ...

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  19. LIBERAL LEAGUE CANDIDATES.

    The National Liberal League has decided to support Mr. Walter Kingsmill, M.L.C.in the election for the Perth seat in the House of Representatives and Mr. John ...

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  20. A REMARKABLE DISTURBANCE.

    One of the, most interested observers of the phenomenon was Professor K. W. Chapman. (President of the South Austral lian Astronomical Society). He was ...

    Article : 286 words
  21. WEALTH AND THE STATE.

    President Taft, of the United States, alluded in an address at Denver, Colorado, to the Bill for the Corporations Profit Tax, which was recently regrafted at his ...

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  22. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    Or 1,882 claims for old-age pensions $13 have been granted, 136 rejected, and to withdrawn. The Labour bodies are moving to have additional Magistrates ...

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  23. THE HOUSED BILL.

    The Housing and Town Planning Bill has passes through the committee stage in the House of Lords. The Earl of Crewe (Colonial Secretary) ...

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  24. ROUGH FOOTBALL.

    The Amateur Athletic Association of the State Schools of Victoria has done a great clea for football by organizing competitions in the school, and its work has been ...

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  25. THE SOUTH POLE.

    Capt. Scott is not going to equip himself with a motor car this time, but with a motor sleigh. He believes that he will be able to make his final dash for the south ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  26. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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  27. NEW SILVER COINAGE.

    vine federal Treasurer yesterday sent a cable message to the Imperial authorities asking them to have the dies prepared for the new. Australian silver coinage, and to ...

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  28. COMMERCE CONGRESS.

    Over 100 delegates from the various Parts of the Empire who have attended the Congress of Chambers of Commerce arrived in melbourne from Sydney on Saturday. The ...

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  29. VIOLENT PRISONERS.

    Since the collapse of the recent "hunger strike," when, imprisoned suffragettes refused to eat, and threw their food out of the gaol windows, nine of the women ...

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  30. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

    The Ballarat Agricultural and Pastoral Society yesterday carried, a motion disproving Sir John Quick's suggestion that Federal Department of Agriculture ...

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  31. "DOWN ON YOUR MARROWBONES."

    Just when the panie had reached its highest and women were screaming and running hither and thither territied at the awesome sight, an unusual ...

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  32. ALL-RED CABLE.

    The Postmaster-General of Canada (Mr R. Lemieux) has sailed from the Dominion to attend the International Postal Conference at Berne, Switzerland. In a press ...

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  33. EMPIRE DEFENCE.

    A passing reference to the Commonwealth defence scheme and the broader question of Imperial defence was made on Saturday by Mr. W. Cockshutt, of ...

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  34. DISGRACEFUL INCIDENTS.

    The final, match in the junior football premiership was played on Saturday at Geelong, when Ashby defeated Barwon. There were several disgraceful1 incidents ...

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  36. ROMAN CATHOLIC CONGRESS.

    The third Australasian Congress of the Roman Catholic Church was inaugurated to-day by the celebration of pontifical high mass in St. Mary's Cathedral, and ...

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  37. A NEW SUBMARINE.

    Successful trials have been made at Portsmouth of the new submarine D1. She attained a speed under water of 12 knots an hour. The vessel is one of four boats ...

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  38. ANCHORED OFF THE BEACH.

    Information from Newcastle late to-night stated that the four-masted schooner Alpnena, from Melbourne, was anchored about half a mile off Stockton Beach in a ...

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  39. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The jury in the alleged opium, conspiracy case at the Central Criminal Court failed to agree, and the accused were discharged on bail. Monobel burst a vein in one of hind ...

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  40. IDLE SHIPS.

    The San Francisco correspondent of The London Times says a determined demand may again be made to induce the Washington Congress to pass the Ship Subsidy Bill ...

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  41. ALLEGED ARSON.

    There was a further development at Shepparton on Saturday in connection with the fires which occurred on September, 2 and 4, at the shop of Carmichael and ...

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  42. ENTHUSIASTIC THEATREGOERS.

    There were remarkable scenes of enthusiasm at the Criterion Theatre on Saturday night when a large audience bade farewell to the Cinderella Company Towards the ...

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  43. EPIDEMIC IN PAPUA.

    The recent epidemic of whooping cough and dysentery in Papua (New Guinea) carried off between 400 and 500 natives. The epidemic lasted three months. ...

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  44. MINING SHARES.

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  45. COTTON MARKET.

    The cotton market of New York is in an excited condition, and violent liuctuations in the price have taken place. Eight hundred, thousand bales changed hands on ...

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  46. SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN 1859.

    Capt. James King, of the steamer Melbourne, who has passed through the Murray Month 180 times in the last 12 months, was entertained at a public dinner at ...

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  47. WOOL TRADE TROUBLE.

    No finality was reached in tye wool dispute on Saturday, but the question was narrowed down to a small point. Four selling houses who are on the roster to sell ...

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  50. NORTHERN TERRITORY

    The steamer Empire arrived from Hongkons on Saturday morning, and resumed the voyage the same afternoon. The passengers were Messrs. Bryant, Williams ...

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