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  2. THE VICTORIAN FLOODS.

    The latest reports show the floods are subsiding in most of the districts, and that the worst is now over. Extensive damage has been caused in ...

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  3. AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE.

    The conference of the State Ministers for Agriculture was concluded yesterday, and the chairman (Mr. Graham) made available resolutions which had been ...

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  4. THE PREMIERS' CONFERENCE.

    The Premiers' Conference finished on Saturday afternoon in bare time for Ministers to catch their trains and steamers. Resolutions were agreed to ...

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  5. THE AUSTRALIAN XI.

    The match between the Australians and Kent was continued to-day at Cheltenham. The weather was boisterous, and the start was delayed for 10 ...

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  6. THE MISSING WARATAH.

    It is officially announced at Cape Town that the Government of Cape Colony and the British Admiralty have abandoned the search for the missing ...

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  7. PERSONAL.

    A London cable message states that the Governor-designate of Tasmania (Sir Harry Barron), accompanied by Lady Barron, has sailed in the Tainui for ...

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  8. DEFENCE CONFERENCE.

    In commenting upon the decisions arrived at by the Imperial Defence Conference, the "Winnipeg Tribune" condemns the decision to impose on ...

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  9. DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE.

    The so-called inspired statement circulated in London on Thursday, in regard to the agreement between New Zealand and the Admiralty, is declared ...

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  10. COST OF ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.

    Lieutenant Shackleton, when interviewed to-day respecting the grant by the British Government of £20,000 towards the recent expedition to the ...

    Article : 137 words
  11. IMPERIAL POLITICS.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. H. H. Asquith) has dropped many bills, including the Welsh Church Disestablishment Bill, and he is not sanguine about ...

    Article : 52 words
  12. THE STEAMER WAIMATE.

    The steamer Waimate, which left London on July 23 for New Zealand, will be detained at Cape Town during the next few days, owing to a ...

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  13. THE CRETAN CRISIS.

    The Powers, in a fresh Note to Turkey, express regret that the latter did not leave the settlement of the Cretan crisis in the hands of the protecting ...

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  14. CHEAPER CABLE SERVICE.

    Router's correspondent at Ottawa says that official confirmation is lacking to the report that Canada had withdrawn from the proposed Imperial ...

    Article : 79 words
  15. A WOMAN IN PARLIAMENT.

    Miss Mary Westenholz, an elderly spinster, entered the Folkothing (Denmark House of Commons) at Copenhagen yesterday, and took the Speaker's ...

    Article : 69 words
  16. THE POTATO DISEASE.

    Messrs. Kirk, Tabart, and Lea arrived here on Saturday, and will commence visiting the supposed infected districts on Monday, accompanied by Mr. J. ...

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  17. A VICTORIAN IN LONDON.

    Victorians resident in London entertained Mr. Baillieu, of Melbourne, at a banquet at the Grosven[?]r Club last evening. The Agent-General for ...

    Article : 71 words
  18. FROM ENGLAND TO AMERICA.

    The Cunard liner Mauretania has crossed the Atlantic from England to America on the westward voyage in four days 14 hours and 28 minutes, which ...

    Article : 88 words
  19. A MARATHON RACE.

    A Marathon race for the championship of Australia was run yesterday, in connection with the amateur athletic championships meeting. Out of 45 entrants ...

    Article : 311 words
  20. MILITARY.

    A district order issued by the Commandant (Colonel Mackenzie) states, among other things which have already been mentioned in "The Mercury," that ...

    Article : 282 words
  21. COLONIAL MAILSAND CABLES.

    The Premier of Now Zealand (Sir Joseph Ward) has had a long interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Lloyd-George), the President of the ...

    Article : 66 words
  22. TO THE POLE BY BALLOON.

    Another inauspicious start has been made by Mr. Wellman in his balloon from Spitzbergen for the North Pole. After he had started on the journey ...

    Article : 165 words
  23. SPAIN AND MOROCCO.

    Spain is sending two naval divisions to Melilla to shell the neighbouring coastal villages, from which the Moors are harassing the Spanish troops. ...

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  24. RIOTOUS FEMALE SUFFRAGISTS

    A number of female suffragists and their sympathisers caused riotous scenes outside St. Androw's-hall, at Glasgow, yesterday, where the Secretary of State ...

    Article : 69 words
  25. MOTOR YACHT CUT DOWN.

    Last night the steamer Emerald, when coming up the Brisbane River, cut down the auxiliary motor-boat La Sonnette. Miss Pickburn and Miss Gladys Elcoate, ...

    Article : 58 words
  26. SEIZURE OF UNCUSTOMED GOODS.

    One hundred and twenty pounds worth of uncustomed tobacco and cigars, Teneriffe lace, and ostrich feathers, were to-day seized aboard the steamer ...

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  27. GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

    At a meeting hold on Saturday, it was resolved to float a company to take over the Brookside Bacon Factory. The rainfall for August is a record ...

    Article : 38 words
  28. CASUALTIES.

    A little boy named Wade was playing with some other boys at the football match yesterday, when he accidentally broke one of his arms. He was taken ...

    Article : 144 words
  29. VALUABLE JEWELS STOLEN.

    A daring robbery has been perpetrated at the Great Central Hotel, in London. An American lady named Mrs. Moser ...

    Article : 58 words
  30. TROUBLE IN TYPOGRAPHICAL TRADE.

    A ballot was taken yesterday by the Melbourne Typographical Society, in connection with a dispute which has arisen between the society and some of ...

    Article : 136 words
  31. CYCLISTS INJURED.

    H. Knight, who took part in the Ramblers road race yesterday, fell on loose metal on the Illawara-road near Longford, and sustained injuries to the ...

    Article : 77 words
  32. GENERAL CABLES.

    Playing for Surrey against Yorkshire yesterday, Marshall, the ex-Australian, played a brilliant innings for 110. SURREY DEFEATS YORKSHIRE. ...

    Article : 82 words
  33. Advertising

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  34. CHINA AND JAPAN.

    Reuter states that an announcement will shortly be officially made intimating that all outstanding questions between China and Japan have been ...

    Article : 37 words
  35. DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.

    Mrs. Colburn died at Dunedin yesterday, aged 100 years. ...

    Article : 19 words
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