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  2. Last Night's Cables.

    The Australian Shipping Conference has reduced the measurement freight on mail steamers by 10s a ton. cargo steamers 5s. and other vessels 2s 6d a ton. ...

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  3. General and Special Cables.

    King Edward went for a motor ride at Biarritz yesterday, after being a week indoors. It is reported that when the King appeared in the street to-day he ...

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  4. The Royal Show. A Successful Career.

    A glance at the composition of the Council shows that the members practically all come from the country, so that the rural districts are well represented. Following is ...

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  5. Special Telegraphic Service

    As the result of a fire which broke out at Guy Fawkes at 2.30 a.m. to-day, the Grosvenor hotel, the Bank of N.S. Wales, and the Post Office were burnt to the ...

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  6. IMPERIAL CRISIS. The Veto Resolutions.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Asquith tabled the details of his veto resolutions as follow:— "It is expedient that the Lords shall be ...

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  7. Radicals are Hopeful.

    The members of the Unionist Party will meet on Monday to consider the veto resolutions. Mr. Balfour will then have returned from Cannes. ...

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  8. Reforming the Lords.

    In the division in the House of Lords on Lord Rosebery's third resolution, which was carried by 175 to 17, Lords Halsbury and Weymss acted as tellers for the ...

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  9. Lord Rosebery's Proposals.

    The House of Commons resumed consideration of Lord Rosebery's resolutions. The first two were agreed to, providing that an efficient second Chamber is necessary, and ...

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  10. Butter.

    Practically the whole of the Queensland exhibits of butter failed to arrive in time to compete. In butter for local consumption there was good competition, the chief ...

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  11. Awards: Horses.

    The majority of the classes of horses showed a marked improvement, particularly in trotters, draughts, ponies, and coachers. The blood stallion collection ...

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  12. Gun Sites Thrown Overboard.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—H.M.S. Irresistible has been isolated in Portland Harbour for the past week owing to all the gun sights having been thrown overboard. ...

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  13. Pension to Roosevelt.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The United States Senate Committee on Pensions intends to proceed with a bill under which Mr. Roosevelt may be returned as chief of the ...

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  14. The Japanese Squadron.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Admiral Ijichi and his staff were welcomed to-day by the Prosident and members of the Chamber of Commerce. ...

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  15. The Toll of the Sea.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—A terrific gale is raging on the cast coast of America. A report from Boston states that 83 vessels have met disaster between New ...

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  16. Two Dozen Wives.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—A man named Zimmerman, who has married 24 women since 1872, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment at Brooklyn (N.Y.). ...

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  17. United States.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Otto Kahn, of New York, has purchased Franze Hals' painting of himself and family for £100,000, outbidding Mr. Pierpont ...

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  18. Official Opening.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday Night.—The weather to-day was fine, and the attendance large. Lord Dudley briefly opened the show. The banquet was largely attended. Sir Francis ...

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  19. The Nesbitt Murder.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Am examination of the bullets found in the head of Nesbitt, the murdered cushier, and in the compartment, shows that two revolvers were ...

    Article : 72 words
  20. Terrible Railway Collision.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—A tram became dorailed at Marshaltown, Iowa (U.S.A.), while turning a curve. A sleeping car telescoped into a smoking ...

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  21. Alleged Thefts at Hordern's.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The police yesterday visited a house at Waverley and took possession of a quantity of enamel ware and ironmongery, valued at about £500. ...

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  22. North Coast Railway.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The contractors for the North Coast railway are now working on the route covered by three sections. Nearly 4000 men are employed. Surveys ...

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  23. Attacking the Trusts.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Indictments charging the National Packing Co. and subsidiary companies with operating in combination for the restraint of trade have been ...

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  24. Aviation in Australia.

    Harry Houdini's attempts at aviation in Victoria have been crowned with success. After a month of patient waiting, with only three or four opportunities' for ...

    Article : 426 words
  25. Beef Cattle.

    There is an all round improvement in cattle, and it is difficult to say on which side, beef or dairy, there is most improvement, the excellence of pure breeds ...

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  26. Queensland Floods.

    The recent heavy floods in Queensland have resulted in many rivers in the central district being flooded. The Dawson River at Duaringa is 33ft. ...

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  27. Alleged Libel.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An action has been comenced in the Supreme Court by Captain John Strachan against the proprietors of the "Sydney Morning Herald," ...

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  28. Inter-district Competition.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Royal Show grows in importance every year, and it is difficult to predict how the management will be able to meat the requirements a ...

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  29. Congo State.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Writing to Mr. E. D. Morel, Secretary to the Congo Reform Association, the Archbishop of Canterbury denies that he is satisfied with the ...

    Article : 103 words
  30. Canada's Tariff.

    LONDON, Monday.—No conclusion has resulted from the tariff negotiations between the Hon. W. F. Fielding, Canadian Minister of Finance, and President Taft, at ...

    Article : 240 words
  31. Insanitary School Buildings.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A report has been made to the Newcastle Council by Inspector Lloyd that the sanitary conveniences at the Public and High Schools are in a ...

    Article : 119 words
  32. Fighting in Thessaly.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Much unrest prevails in Thessaly, due to the peasants' practical state of serfdom and the action of the Military League. The unrest ...

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  33. German Airships.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Fourteen German airships are in commission and nine are being constructed. A firm at Paris is supplying the Lucerne ...

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  34. A Tugboat Sunk.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Union Co's. steamer Manapourl and Buckle's tug Gratitude came into collision 30 miles north from Sydney this morning. ...

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  35. Relics of Buddha.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Professor Cousins, Supt. of Archaeology in Bombay, recently explored some mounds in Haidarabad which contained desertad Buddhist ...

    Article : 85 words
  36. Angry Legislators.

    LONDON, Monday.—The issue of a decree dissolving the Hungarian Parliament led to a tumult, the Opposition declaring that it was unconstitutional. ...

    Article : 61 words
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