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  2. A PRIVATE'S DEATH.

    The death occurred in the Kilmore camp yesterday morning of Pte. William Davern, a lad of 18, who had just joined the 5th A.I.R.. and had been sick while out with ...

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  3. AMBASSADOR RESIGNS.

    The Hon. David Jayne Hill, M.A., L.L.D.,' has resigned as United States Ambassador to Germany. The resignation recalls the coolness which was raised by the Kaiser's ...

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  4. NEARER TO THE FOE.

    Out in front of my tent this morning, a generous sun overhead and breezes romping among and across the fields, I felt sorry 1 had said what I did about the weather. Mv premature growl was a sin against the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. FRENCH TROUBLES.

    Much of the trouble in the champagne districts of France is attributed to the work of Anarchists. With the object of checking them several of the police who are specially engaged ...

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  6. TRAWLING GROUNDS.

    There has been some conflict of opinion between the captain of the Federal fisheries investigation vessel Endeavour and Mr. H. C. Dannevig (Federal Fisheries' Director) concerning the value oF certain of the ...

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  7. IN THE AIR.

    M. Le Blane, the well-known aviator, has accomplished the great feat of aeroplaning 71 2-5 miles in lh, 3m. This remarkable performance constitutes a world's record ...

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  8. THE REFERENDA.

    The annual conference of the Political Labour Council was continued yesterday. The report of the central executive adopted on the previous day contained a reference ...

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  9. USE OF AEROPLANES.

    Military aeroplanes are being employed by the authorities to reconnoitre the disturbed districts in the champagne area, and the information thus obtained has led to further arrests for damage aud pillage. ...

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  10. PLAYING WITH "WIRELESS."

    When the mail steamer Otway was in the vicinity of Cocos Island the Prime minister (Mr. Fisher) had the following marconigram dispatched to a Perth Sunday ...

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  11. AVIATOR KILLED.

    Lieut. Byassou, of the French Army Aerial Corps, while monoplaning at Versailles yesterday, met with a fatal acident. He had travelled for some distance when his machine turned ...

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  12. SIDNEY ENCAMPMENT.

    The Easter en[?]mpment at Liverpool is a record one. There are just on 4,000 officers and rank and file under canvas. The artillery forces are undergoing training in war conditions at Sydney Heads. ...

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  13. WINEMAKING METHODS.

    An official enquiry into the methods adopted by some of the wine firms in tho Marne district has revealed tho fact that besides certain brands which were manufactured ...

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  14. FEDERAL LAND TAX.

    At a special meting of the Federal Executive Council on Saturday approval was given for the issue of a proclamation fixing the date on which the Federal land tax ...

    Article : 119 words
  15. AIRMAN'S SKULL FRACTURED.

    Jack Depries, a well-known aviator, has met with a terrible accident, which will probably cost him his life. He attempted a light on his aeroplane from, here oversea, ...

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  16. A NOVICE AWHEEL.

    Having spent sixpence on a Scotch and soda to keep my pecker up, and another sixpence to Keep my friend's pecker up, I was assisted to the arena by a small boy. ...

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  17. BRUSH WITH NATIVES.

    News arrived to-day of a fight between the militia at New Hebrides aud rebellious natives. As a result of the first skirmish an English settler named Thomas ...

    Article : 220 words
  18. OUTCOME OF PLOT.

    Important papers which have been seized at Vente[?]il indicate that the recent disorders in the Marne Valley were the outcome of a plot supported by Parisian ...

    Article : 88 words
  19. FIRST AERIAL MAIL.

    The 6rst official aerial post is already an accomplished fact. Allahabad has the distinction of being the pioneer. By the Indian mails (says an English exchange) have arrived ...

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  20. FACTORY FIRE.

    Another disastrous factory fire has occurred, this time in the City of St. Louis. Missouri, but fortunately although over 300 girls were at work in the tall building at the time ...

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  21. A CANDID BELGIAN.

    M. Pierre Ledoux, a Belgian mining engineer and a director of the Associated Northern Mine, has just concluded a visit to the eastern goldfields. In an interview ...

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  22. GOVERNMENT AND STRIKERS.

    In the Chamber of Deputies, the Premier (M. Monia) stated that the Government intended to adopt measures to influence the railway companies to reinstate employes ...

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  23. THEOSOPHY.

    A public meeting in connection with the Australasian convention of the Theosophical Society was held in the Muirden College Hall on Sunday evening, when Mr. T. H. ...

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  24. THE FOX PEST.

    Mr. J. W. Brougham, the owner of [?] Station, states that on Thursday. while visiting his Gnalta block, be found within a radius of 200 yards the bodies of 20 fat lambs, ...

    Article : 82 words
  25. CONFLICT WITH POLICE.

    About 800 navvies, who are on strike from the [?] works at Marseilles, came into conflict with the police yesterday. Revolvers were used, and 12 of the police ...

    Article : 38 words
  26. RUSSIA.

    The Premier (M. Sto[?]ypin) before the Council of State yesterday answered interpellations regarding his action in utilizing Article 87 of the fundamental laws to promulgate the Ze[?]styos ...

    Article : 132 words
  27. RINGLEADERS ARRESTED.

    Among those who have been arrested are two men named Dubois and Legache, alleg[?]l to have been ringleaders in the ...

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  28. NEW ZEPPELIN FLEET.

    Two Zeppelin airships of the latest type have been completed at Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance. A third has been ordered by the German Foreign Office with certain conditions of speed and lifting power, ...

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  29. WALKED IN HIS SLEEP.

    A strange fate overtook Co[?]am Horace Smith, who came to Melbourne on Friday as captain of a cricket team representing the employes of Dalgety & Co., of ...

    Article : 172 words
  30. ENORMOUS LOSSES.

    Wine exporters at Ayala and some other Shippers have resolved to quit the country, as they find it impossible to conduct business in the conditions prevailing at present. ...

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  31. MANEUVRES IN 1911.

    Aerial craft, wireless telegraphy, and motor power in place of horses will be the distinguishing features of the nianc[?] of the armies of Europe this year. All these ...

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  32. GERMAN AMBITIONS.

    The press is mooting the expediency of bringing the Algeciras Act up to date. It is urged by leading newspapers that the Algeciras agreement with France is based ...

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  33. AMERICA AND THE EAST.

    During a debate in the United States Senate, Sr. Lodge asserted that the reports concerning Japanese activity in Mexico were inimical to American interests. ...

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  34. FROM THE WORLD'S PRESS.

    A Painter and His Subjects. M. Jules Crau has been commissioned by the Belgian Chamber to hand down on canvas the historic scene of King Albert taking the oath on his accession to the throne. ...

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  35. SOLDIER VICEGERENT.

    The Governor-General, who is an Honorary Colonel of the Ninth Regiment of the Australian Light Horse, took over the command from Mjr. Anderson at the kilmore ...

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  36. EXCLUDING ASIATICS.

    Rp. E. A. Haye[?], of California, has introduced into the House of Representatives a Bill providing for the ex[?]usion of all Asiatics from the United States. ...

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  37. THE INDIAN OUTRAGE.

    One of those accompanying Mr. Noel Williamson, an officer of the Indian political service, who was massacred with members of his party by Abor tribesmen in the ...

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  38. CABLES IN BRIEF.

    Madame Mary Conly, the Australian vocalist, who has just returned from a visit to the Commonwealth, reappeared before a London audience at the Royal Choral Society ...

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  39. Y.M.C.A,

    A lot of interest was centred in competitions arranged in connection with the annual Y.M.C.A. interstate Easter tournament, although Feveral items were spoiled ...

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  40. THE PLAGUE.

    Dr. Petrie, a delegate to the conference which is investigating the plague in Manchuria, stated that he had discovered 36 very large fleas on 12 [?](mountain rats). ...

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  41. OLD RAILWAY REOPENED.

    The old potteries railway, which ran from Shrewsbury to Llanminach, in Wales, and had been in a derelict state for 30 years was recently purchased for £32,000. ...

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  42. BOY SCOUTS.

    That the rapid growth of the Boy Scout movement in Finland is having some effect upon the Russian authorities is apparent from an incident which has just occurred. ...

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  43. DESTRUCTIVE EASTER FIRES.

    Large tracts of gorse have been ablaze, in three localities on the hillside between Folkestone and Beachborough, Kent, and also valuable heath on Hayes Common in the same county. ...

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  44. LONGER PARLIAMENTS.

    Mr. Howe, M.P.. speaking at a meeting of the postal employes yesterday, contended for longer parliaments, in order that Ministers might have time to combat the influences of permanent ...

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  45. SENIOR NAVAL CADETS.

    Twenty-five senior cadets of B class have been undergoing instruction in camp at Largs Bay during the holidays, under the supervision of Lieut. W. H. F. Warren ...

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  46. MINE EXPLOSION.

    News has been brought from Japan by a Holt liner, which has arrived at Victoria. British Columbia, that fearful mine explosion occurred recently in Hokhaido, the most northerly of the islands ...

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  47. BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    Arrangements for a revival of the beet sugar industry at Maf[?]ra within the next few days are being pushed on by the authorities, who have agreed to the expenditure ...

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  48. INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL.

    In Association football, played at Mariendorf yesterday between teams representing England and Germany, each side scored two goals. . I ...

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  49. EDWARD MEMORIAL.

    The Mansion House Fund for the King Edward Memorial now amounts to £[?]8,400. ...

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  50. AT FORT LARGS.

    Coastal defence was the subject which occupied the attention of the units camped at Fort Largsduriug Saturday and Sunday. Enthusiasm and alerrloess are thrown into ...

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  51. MANUFACTURERS WEEK.

    The New South Wales Chamber of Manufactures has chosen the current week for the display of Australian manufactured goods. Nearly 1,000 city and suburban shops will take part ...

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  52. THE [?]LINGUAL QUESTION.

    The Minister for Justice (Gen. Hertzog) foresbadowed a compromise between the Unionist Party and those in favour of what is known as "Hertzogism" on the question ...

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  53. TOUR OF A CHEQUE.

    Just before last Christmas a letter containing a cheque was posted in Melbourne to a Ballarat resident. It did not reach its destination until yesterday. The stamp marks showed that it had been travelling about the country. ...

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  54. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Silver.—The price of standard silver to-day is 2/7-16, a decline of l-16d. since April 13. ...

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  55. CIVILIZATION IN AFRICA.

    The construction of the railway, 400 miles in length, from Baro at the head of the permanently navigable portion of tho Niger to Bida, [?] Zaria, and Kano, in the heart of Northern Nigeria, ...

    Article : 94 words
  56. A BOYCOTT RAISED.

    At a meeting of city cabmen last night the following motion was carried by a slight majority:—"That the hackney carriage committee of the City Council having signified ...

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  57. AMERICAN 'VARSITY BOAT RACE.

    The boat race between crows representing the Leland Stanford University and the University of California was rowed to-day. The Leland Stanford eight won by ...

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  58. CARRIAGE BUILDERS' CONVENTION.

    A beginning was made yesterday with the business of part of the programme of the ninth convention of the Carriage and Wagon Builders' Association of Australia. ...

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  59. RECIPROCITY.

    The Canadian Reciprocity Agreement Bill is still before the House of Representatives. Strong opposition to the measure ia developing, but the passage of the Bill through the Lower House assured. ...

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  60. DEFECTIVE TRANSPORT.

    Many complaints are made in the Kilmore camp of the reficient transport arrangements. Troops arriving on Thursday evening and in the early bonrs of Friday ...

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  61. SYDNEY SHOW.

    There was another enormous attendance the Royal Agricultural Show yesterday. In addition to a parade of animals the visitors were treated to some fine riding in the various equestrian events. ...

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  62. ARGENTINE SCANDAL.

    Political intrigue is rife in the Argentine Republic. Senor Crapo, Governor of the province of Santa Fe, containing a population of about 600,000, has been arrested and charged ...

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  63. DESTROYERS AT CAIRNS.

    The officers and crews of the visiting destroyers were welcomed to Cairns on Saturday afternoon by a big demonstration. A procession was formed to Norman Park, ...

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  64. FATAL STREET FRACAS.

    A street fracas at Gisborne between two men resulted in the death of James Blanch ...

    Article : 21 words
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