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  2. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Pending the meeting of Parliament, the Government finances are being maintained by the issue of short dated Treasury bills The Chancellor of the Exchequer has ...

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  3. THE PARRAMATTA

    The destroyer Parramatta, the first vessel built for the Australian Navy, was successfully launched on Wednesday afternoon at Govan, on the Gyde. The christening ...

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  4. WHARF LABOURERS.

    A strike occurred among the unionist wharf labourers to-day. They refused to handle the cargo on the Union Company's steamer Maitai because a non-union man. ...

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  5. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    His Excellency the Governor (Sir Day Bosanquet), made his first official visit to Orroroo on Thursday, when he opened the Pekina Creek Irrigation Works. His ...

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  6. CASUALTIES.

    During shunting operations at the Adelaide Railway yards late on Wednesday night L. Jones,of Thebarton, fell from the footboard of a carriage and sustained a ...

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  7. RISING WATERS.

    The River Seine is now receiving the the large body of water which fell at the sources of its tributary, the Marne, and this, added to its own swollen stream above ...

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  8. BACK TO WORK.

    A special delegate meeting of the Hlawarra Colliery Employes' Association was held to-day. There was a full attendance of delegate. The meeting was to consider ...

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  9. STRIKE CONSPIRATORS.

    The trial of Peter Bowling, William Brennan, Albert Burns, Amram Lewis, and Andrew Gray on a charge of conspiracy in connection with the coal strike was ...

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  10. FACE CRUSHED BY A WAGON.

    KINGSTON, February 8.—Mr. W. .Ramsay's four year old daughter met with a painful accident on Thursday evening. The father was driving his heavy wagon ...

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  11. HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM.

    Lord Onslow has written a long letter to The Daily Mail in reference to the proceedings of the Rosebery committee in connection with the reform of the House of ...

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  12. THE RED FLAG.

    The red flag demonstration on Tuesday, the leaders of which again appeared at the Water Police Court to-day, was described by the police as a yelling, surging ...

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  13. BELGIAN TERRITORY INUNDATED.

    The River Mouse, which rises in France and passes through Belgium and Holland, discharging into the left arm of the Rhine, is also rising rapidly on account of the ...

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  14. COMPULSORY MINING BOARD.

    When the sittings of the Compulsory Mining Board were resumed this morning at Newcastle the Court was crowded, and there was a general air of expectation that ...

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  15. JETTY ON FIRE.

    KINGSTON, February 8.—What might easily have proved a serious fire occurred on Sunday afternoon on the Kingston Jetty. This is one of the longest piers of its kind ...

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  16. THE IRISH PARTI.

    Mr. Timothy Michal Healy, M.P. in ? letter to Mr. J. E. Redmond (Leader of the Irish Party in the House of Commons). Risk why he was not invited to a meeting ...

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  17. TROUBLE IN SWITZERLAND.

    The rapid thawing of the Alpine snows is also causing trouble in Switzerland. The lakes, which are such an attraction to tourists from every part of Europe, are at ...

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  18. LABOUR COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.

    The Sydney labour Council decided tonight to raise funds in order to test the constitutionality of the recent amendments in the Industrial Disputes Act, ...

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  19. FALL FROM LADDER.

    AUBURN, February 9.—Mr. C. Clarke had an unpleasant experience the other day while lopping brunches off a tree. He was standing on a ladder, and cut through a big ...

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  20. FLOODS IN ENGLAND.

    The outlook for farmers in the north of Yorkshire owing to the floods is serious. Miles of land along the Valley of the Derwent, a tributary of the Ouse, are ...

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  21. REFORM OF THE LORDS.

    The Daily Mail telegraphed to Mr. Dea kin (Commonwealth Prime Minister) on quiring his opinion of the proposal of Mr. J. N. Griffiths, M.P., in any ...

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  22. AGAINST WAGES BOARD.

    The Pelaw Main and Stanford Merthyr Mining Lodges, at Kurri Kurri, decided by open vote to-day against the acceptance of the Wages Board. ...

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  23. THREE SUICIDES.

    SYDNEY, February 10.—Three men committed suicide in New South Wales today two in Sydney and one in the country. Drowning, shooting, and poisoning were the methods employed. ...

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  24. SOUTH MINE TO BE REOPENED.

    The South Mine, which closed down for want of coal, will probably resume operations the week after next. The company has secured a supply of Welsh coal, and ...

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  25. FATAL LANDSLIP.

    A landslide of 500 tons of rock and earth has occurred at West Wylam. Tyneside, Northumberland. In its progress three houses were demolished. Three women ...

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  26. MOTOR CAR AND HORSE.

    MOUNT BARBER, February 9.—A collision occurred yesterday afternoon between a motor car driven by Mr. Allan MeFarlane, of Wellington and a horse ...

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  27. THE NEW MAIL CONTRACT.

    The Orient liner Ophir, which is to sail from the Outer Harbour at 1 o'clock to-day, will inaugurate the new 10-years' contract between the Commonwealth ...

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  28. ELECTION PICTURES.

    Posters and "poetry"—of sports—are playing a big part in the electioneering campaign in this country (wrote the london correspondent of The Auckland Star on ...

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  29. The New Destroyer.

    The new destroyer is of the latest improved type of the "river'' class, superior in a number of respects, particularly in armament, to the "river" class destrovers ...

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  30. AERIAL COMFORT.

    The frame of a new Zeppelin airship has been almost completed by the great German inventor and aviator. It is to be named Zeppelin IV. The vessel is a great ...

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  31. CAPSIZED AND INJURED.

    SECOND VALLEY, February 9.—Mr. Arthur Wholdsworth, who, accompanied by Mrs. Wholdsworth, was on a visit to Mr. F. Collins, of Delamere. met with a ...

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  32. SOMALILAND.

    Further trouble has arisen in Somaliland. The mad Mullah's raiders have pillaged and killed many British residents and natives, and have looted 1,000 camels. ...

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  33. FATAL DRIVING ACCIDENT.

    MILTULIE, February 7.—Universal re-gret is felt at the sudden death on Sunday of Mrs. Ann Fairbank, a resident of this district. Mrs. Fairbank had been to sea ...

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  34. PORT OF LONDON.

    Lord St. Aldwyn (Sir Michael Hicks-Beach) has been appointed to conduct the enquiry into the incidence of the schedule of proposed rates issued by the Port of ...

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  35. THE PRIMACY,

    The voting papers in connection with the election of Primate of Australia were opened at Bathurst this afternoon in the presence of the Acting-Primate ...

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  36. PEARY HONOURED.

    Commander R. E. Peary, of north pole fame, has been feted by American citizens. He was presented with £2,000, collected by public subscription, in ...

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  37. BICYCLE ACCIDENT.

    QUORN, February 9.—A son of Mr. A. F. Noll met with an accident on Tuesday evening. He and a friend were having a spin on their bicycles. When riding at a ...

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  38. SHIPPING PROFITS.

    The balance sheet of the Hamburg American Shipping Company shows that in 1909 the profits amounted to £1,000,000. ...

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  39. GANGER'S DEATH.

    PERTH, February lO.—The body of Peter Finnerty, a railway ganger, was found in the River Guildford to-day. The deceased has left 13 children. ...

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  40. INDIAN HAWKER'S DEATH.

    MELBOURNE, February 10.—Tarcka Singh, an Indian hawker, was found lying in a semi-conscious condition in the recreation reserve at Shepparton this morning, ...

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  41. Advertising

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  42. STATE AND PRIVATE MONOPOLY.

    At the conference of the Commonwealth Association of Nurserymen and Seedsmen to-day, Mr. Cheeseman (V.) moved—"That the conferenceexpresses dissatisfaction with ...

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  43. OREMINERS' UNION.

    In presenting the draft constitution of the proposed federation of oreminers' union throughout Australia, the officers of the A.M.A. of Victoria and Tasmania ...

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  44. FIFTY YEARS AGO.

    The ceremony of opening the Myponga Jetty took place on Tuesday last, circumstances which will long be remembered by those who were present. The ...

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  45. CONVENIENT CLOTHES.

    Carl Foller, operatic singer, appeared in the Insolvency Court to-day for examina-tion in relation to his sequestrated estate. The insolvent filed his schedule last month. ...

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  46. KITCHENER AS VICEROY.

    The Times, referring to the rumour that Lord Kitchener is to succeed the Earl of Minto as Viceroy of India says that the appointment will only be made if the ...

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  47. PROMOTION IN RANK.

    A Bill originated in the Washington Senate to raise Commander Peary to the rank of a Rear-Admiral, has passed through all its stages, and has been sent ...

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  48. WOMEN IN FACTORIES.

    The Women's Labour League Conference, which is in session at Newport, has paased a resolution urging the Government to extend the time during which mothers shall ...

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  49. SEARCH FOR THE WARATAH.

    The Premier (Mr. Murray) to-day received the following cable message from the Victorian Agent General (Sir John Taverner) regarding the movements of the ...

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  50. FRESH AIR FUND.

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