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  2. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.,

    Some little time ago the Postmaster-General (Sir John Quitk)decided to change the system of calling for tenders for uniforms in Victoria and Western Australia. ...

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  3. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The draft of the King's Speech for the opening of Parliament will be submitted for His Majesty's approval at a meeting of the Privy Council to be held on ...

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  4. INDIAN REVOLT.

    The wild tribesmen of Bastar, India, have risen in revolt against the British rule. The State named is the largest feudatory State of the Central Provinces. ...

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  5. THE FEDERAL CAMPAIGN.

    The Prime Miniuler (Mr. Deakin) addressed a meeting at Westmartland tonight and was accorded a splendid reception. His speech was devoted mainly to ...

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  6. ROYALTY ON TOUR.

    His Majesty the King, who has spent the past week at Brighton, where he granted an audience to the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith), has returned to London. ...

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  7. FIRE IN THE MALLEE.

    A big bush fire has broken out about live miles from the Bridge, on Wildhorse Plains. The face of the fire is about 10 miles wide and the mallee scrub close to ...

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  8. THE ANTARCTIC.

    Dr. Charcot, the Leader of the French Antarctic Expedition in the steamer Pourquoi Pas, has telegraphed from Punta Arenas, in South America, a short report ...

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  9. MINES WORKING

    Work in the coal mines in the southern district proceeded smoothly to-day. The output was much higher than that of yesterday. Jt is expected that the normal ...

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  10. GERMAN ROYALTY IN ENGLAND.

    Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia arrive in London to-day, and will stay a week at Buckingham Palace. Prince Henry is the brother of the German Emperor and ...

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  11. LABOUR PARTY'S PLATFORM.

    Rp. Hughes opened his campaign for West Sydney at Glebe to-night . He said Labour Party challenged the anti-Labour Party for place and power. ...

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  12. "BARBAROUS BUSINESS."

    Judge Heydon in the Industrial Court to-day, had occasion to make strong comment on the action of the Farriers' Union in summoning an employer for not having, ...

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  13. GUNRUNNING.

    An energetic campaign has been planned by the English authorities against the gunrunning which has been going on along the western coast of India and also into the ...

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  14. PEERAGE ROMANCE.

    The hearing of the petition of Ernest Henri Jean Baptiste Sackville-West to be declared the rightful heir to the barony and estates of Lord Sackville, who died in ...

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  15. NEW MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS.

    An official announcement has been made that rearrangements in the personnel of the Liberal Ministry have been made as follows:— ...

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  16. STRENGTHENING THE POSTAL ADMINISTRATION.

    The Federal public Service Commissioner has been asked by the Postmaster-General (Sir John Quick) to create the position of Assistant Electrical Engineer on the staff ...

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  17. MILLIONAIRE'S LOVE.

    Mr. August Belmont, the well-known banker millionaire iu New York, who represents the Rothschilds in America, is the Chairman of ...

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  18. JAPAN-BRITISH EXHIBITION.

    Mr. Tsunashiro Wada, Japanese Commissioner-General to the Japan-British Exhibition, to be held at Shepherd's Bush, London, was warmly welcomed on Monday at ...

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  19. MILITARY LAND IN QUEENSLAND.

    Col. Foxton, C.M.G., on behalf of the Commonwealth Government, is discussing with the Lands Department the question of setting aside a considerable area of land as ...

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  20. PAPUAN GOLDFIELD.

    By the steamer An Heemskerk a man named Lye is returning; from Williams River, Papua. He worked on the new goldfield from the beginning, and says it is ...

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  21. COAL AT THE BARRIER.

    Coal is arriving more freely than for some time past, and it looks as if the rest of the mines will be able to weather the storm. The greater portion of the coal is from ...

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  22. PEERAGE FOR MR. GLADSTONE.

    It is understood that Mr. Herbert Gladstone (Governor-General of United South Africa) is shortly to be raised to the Peerage. ...

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  23. BARRIER A.N.A. MOTIONS.

    The local branch of the Australian Natives' Association has decided to propose at the next annual session of the association the following among other motions:—1) ...

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  24. ALLEGED SUBORNATION.

    The hearing of the charge against Patrick Hill.an ex-postal|employe. of having suborned certain witneses in the Ronald v. Hairier case, was continued at the City ...

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  25. WHERE WOMEN RULE.

    The Finnish Diet was dissolved on November 18 last by decree of the Czar of Russia. The new elections were held on February 1, and the Diet will reassemble ...

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  26. APPOINTMENTS DISCUSSED.

    The Times, discussing the rearrangement of Ministerial portfolios, says that Mr. Winston Churchill has well earned his promotion from the Board of Trade to the ...

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  27. CONTRABAND,

    The water police recently gave chase to a skiff in which were two men. The pair succeeded in getting ashore, but were arrested. in the skiff certain contraband. ...

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  28. ELECTORAL NOTES.

    We are informed by the Acting Secretary of the Farmers and Producers' Political Union that the negotiations which have been ...

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  29. LATE EARL PERCY.

    Earl Percy, eldest son of the Duke of Northumberland, whose decease occurred in Paris last December at the age of 39, died intestate. The late Earl was ...

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  30. OIL AS FUEL.

    The Daily Express asserts that the British Admiralty, as the result of long secret trials, has decided to use oil us fuel instead of coal in the new vessels to be ...

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  31. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    The Postmaster-General (Sir John Quick) made further reference to-day to the permit granted to Sr. Nield and Mr. Victor Nightingall to instill wireless telegraph ...

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  32. THE BUDGET FIRST.

    According to The Times, the Cabinet at its meeting on Monday decided that the passing of the Budget was the first necessary business to be brought ...

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  33. JAPANESE CRUISERS.

    Information has been received at Fremantle that two Japanese cruisers, carrying a number of cadets, are shortly expected in Australian waters, as they left ...

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  34. PORT OF LONDON.

    The committee of the London County, Council has issued a statement that the new schedule of dues prepared by the port of London authority will, if put into effect, ...

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  35. ORIENT COMPANY.

    The Orient Steamship Company is issuing £630,000 worth of debentures at 4½ per cent. The price fixed is £95, and the whole of the stock has been underwritten. ...

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  36. GERMAN SOCIALISM.

    In several German towns the police whose duty has been to disperse noisy crowds of Socialists, have been subjected to rough handling. The officers of the law ...

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  37. THE HIGH COURT.

    The High Court continued hearing the argument in the Ralston will case to-day, and then adjourned till to-morrow. ...

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  38. MANAGER INTERVIEWED.

    Mr. David Anderson (General Manager of the Orient Steamship Company for Australia), when interviewed to-night, expressed surprise that news of the issue ...

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  39. A NEW STEAMER.

    The Australian United Steam Navigation Company's new vessel Levuka has been launched from the docks of its builders on the Clyde. ' ...

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  40. LABOUR CANDIDATES' ADDRESSES.

    Mr. Henshaw (Labour candidate for the House of Representatives),in his opening address last night, said the Acting Premier Mr. Frank Wilson)had declared that 6,6 ...

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  41. CANDIDATES ANNOUNCEMENTS.

    The Treasure (Hon. R. Butler announces his candidature for the District of Barossa, and states that he will addressed it public meeting at Gawfer on february 23 ...

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  42. QUEENSLAND.

    The butter handled by the Government graders last week totalled 10,950 boxes ...

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  43. ORDNANCE FOR CHINA

    The Chinese Government has ordered from Krupp's Arsenal at Essen, Germany, 200 light mountain guns. The North-German Gazette says that at ...

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  44. LABOUR LEADER'S PREDICTION.

    Mr. James Keir Hardie (ex-Chairman of the Independent Labour Party), in an address at Mountain Ash, predicted that the present Parliament would last at least two ...

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  45. GENERAL CABLE NEWS

    The Australasian Motor Cab Company, Limited, announces that the shares have been oversubscribed. ...

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  46. MAYOR WANTED.

    The Tom Clerk has forwarded a letter to the Home Secretary intimating that the City Council has not elected a Mayor will be considered by Ministers in due ...

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  47. MEETING.

    LANGHORNES CREEK, February 14. —A well attended annual meeting of the Farmers and Producers Political Union was held in the Oddfellows' Hall this ...

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  48. FRAUDS ON BANK OF ENGLAND.

    At the Old Bailey on Monday four men were sentenced for frauds committed on the Bank of England on December 14 last. Charles Wellings was awarded five years' ...

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  49. DEMANDS AND DENUNCIATIONS.

    Mr. H. Belloc, Liberal representative for South Salford, and a well-known journalist and author, has written a vigorous letter to The Times ...

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  50. MOLDAVIA AT FREMANTLE.

    The R.M.S. Moldavia arrived to-day with the following passengers:— For Adelaide—Messrs. Foall. Stone and Smith.Mesdames Foall and child Cochen. ...

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  51. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Breadstuffs.—The quantity of wheat and flor afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 3,260,00 qr., compared with 3,120,000 a week ago: and for the ...

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  52. CHINESE MUTINY.

    Reports from Canton state that the Viceroy of Kwangtung's troops, in the Tungshan district, which have been drilled by one of the instructors recently imported ...

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  53. ROUGH WEATHER.

    The F.M.S. Sydney reached Fremantle late last night . nearly three days late. Rough weather was experienced during the passage from Colombo, and the ship ...

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  54. DETAINED DOCUMENTS

    In the District Court to-day an action was brought by John Hopkins, solicitor, against W. W. J. Forster typewriter,for the recovery of the following documents: ...

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  55. BARRIER MAYORS SALARY.

    The members of the Independent party in the City Council last night attempted to reduce the Mayor's salary to £200 for the year, but the labour Party opposed ...

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  56. TURKEY.

    Advices from Salonika state that members of the Young Turkish Party on the Bulgarian border have killed a notorious Bulgarian chief named Tebakalanoff, at a ...

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  57. BRITISH ELECTIONS.

    The last of the 670 members to comprise the new House of Commons has been returned in the person of Mr. Cathcart Wason (Liberal), who sat for the Orkney ...

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  58. SUEZ CANAL.

    The Bamburger Nachrichten, in an article on the Suez Canal Concession, urges the Powers to combine to prevent a continuance, after the year 1968, of the ...

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  59. OVERSEA SHIPPING.

    At London or in Channel.—Athenie, steamer, from Lyttelton December 21; Ottensen, steamer, from Sydney December 14; Celtic Queen, ship, from Port Germein ...

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  60. HOW PARTIES HAVE FARED.

    The Liberals and Unionists are practically equal in numerical strength, which indicates a remarkable advance on the part of the latter party, which has gained 127 ...

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  61. MONEY IN TOBACCO.

    The Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain and Ireland, Limited, has issued its balance sheet, which shows that the net profits for the past year amounted to ...

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  62. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    The Court of King's Bench at Dublin, in a test case in connection with the payment of an old-age pension, has upheld the discontinuance of the pension on the ground ...

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