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  2. THE FLEET AT MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE, August 30. Good fortune is still with the American Fleet, as with the people it comes to visit. Yesterday the battleships made ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. TIMBER INDUSTRY TROUBLE.

    The labour trouble among the timber mills in the Huon, though not so serious as at first suggested, is of a very grave character. At Southport, ...

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  4. THE FLOOD IN GEORGIA.

    The damage caused by the waters of the Augusta Canal, in Georgia, United States, overflowing their banks on Wednesday, proves to be much more ...

    Article : 135 words
  5. SEVENOAKS TRAGEDY.

    The murder of Mrs. Luard, wife of General Luard, whose dead body was found some days ago on the balcony of a summer-house in a wood at ...

    Article : 243 words
  6. PERSONAL.

    The Governor of Queensland (Lord Chelmsford) and a party will visit Moreton Bay and welcome the Earl of Dudley on his arrival from Vancouver on ...

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  7. THE MISSING HAWEA.

    The pilot at Manning Heads telegraphed yesterday morning that the steamer Rakanoa, with the missing steamer Hawea in tow, had passed ...

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  8. CRICKET IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    The South African Board of Control has decided that it is unable to entertain Australia's invitation to send a team to the Commonwealth during the ...

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  9. TRAGEDY ABOARD SHIP.

    The Union steamer Navua brings news from Papeete, in the Friendly Islands, of a disaster which overtook the American ship Eton Hall, bound ...

    Article : 115 words
  10. DISTRESS IN MELBOURNE.

    Mr. Ben Tillett recently stated that there was a very large number of persons in Melbourne unable to obtain employment, and that there was also a ...

    Article : 97 words
  11. THE TURKISH CONSTITUTION[?]

    Whenever the British Ambassador (Sir Gerard Lowther) appears in the streets of Constantinople, the crowds, who attribute the granting of the new ...

    Article : 146 words
  12. EXCHANGE OF MILITARY OFFICERS.

    Captain Tilney, of the New South Wales 1st Australian Infantry Regiment, and Captain Russell, of the Queensland Field Artillery, who have ...

    Article : 107 words
  13. JAPANESE FINANCES.

    Reuter states that the Japanese Government has decided to curtail the expenditure by £20,000,000. This will include 30 per cent. off the army and ...

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  14. MILITARY INSPECTION.

    On Saturday afternoon the Commandant (Colonel H. D. Mackenzie) inspected No. 1 Tasmanian Battery A.F.A., which is stationed at Launceston. ...

    Article : 168 words
  15. ENGLISH HOP CROP

    Although English hopgrowers are somewhat apprehensive with regard to the rates likely to rule next season, general satisfaction is expressed ...

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  16. COLLISION AT SYDNEY HEADS.

    About 12.30 yesterday morning the Adelaide Company's cargo steamer Colac and the Southern Coal Owners Agency's collier Pareora collided at a point ...

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  17. A SENSATIONAL ADVENTURE.

    The New York correspondent of "The Times" states that President Roosevelt's second son, Kemit, was riding at Oyster Bay yesterday, when he saw a pair of ...

    Article : 119 words
  18. HEMMING GERMANY IN.

    The Berlin newspaper, "National Zeitung," in referring to the aspirations of the Young Turkey party, states that the movement has increased the ...

    Article : 111 words
  19. LARGE SEIZURE OF OPIUM.

    Yesterday afternoon Customs officers made an important seizure of opium. The officers stopped a cab in which a woman was seated in Rathdown-street, ...

    Article : 89 words
  20. TASMANIAN SMELTERS.

    The Tasmanian Smelting Company are now taking ore from tributers and other producers who are not under contract, but it will probably be some ...

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  21. EFFECT OF ANTI-GAMBLING LAW.

    It was stated in June that, owing to the anti-gambling law of the State of New York and other States of the Union, Mr. Jas. Keene and other ...

    Article : 107 words
  22. STEAMER DUNEARN CAPSIZES

    The steamer Dunearn, bound from Karatsu for Singapore, was capsized yesterday by a typhoon off Goto Islands, in the Channel of Korea. ...

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  23. QUEENSTOWN POULTRY SHOW

    The Queenstown Poultry Society's annual show was opened yesterday by Mr. Robert Sticht. This year dogs have been excluded, and an industrial ...

    Article : 203 words
  24. GERMAN NAVAL MANŒUVRES.

    Much comment has been caused by the action of a number of German torpedo-boats that were taking part in naval manœuvres yesterday. ...

    Article : 47 words
  25. THE LIGHT THAT FAILED.

    When consumers turned on their j[?]ts to-night, they found that there was no current. Upon inquiry at the powerhouse, it was found that a cog-wheel ...

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  26. FIRE IN A MINE.

    A fire occurred in the main shaft of the Shawfield mine, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, yesterday, and destroyed the pithead framework and adjacent ...

    Article : 51 words
  27. EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA.

    The Emperor Francis Josef of Austria has not yet recovered from the effects of the severe cold from which he has been suffering for some days past. ...

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  28. GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

    West's living pictures and variety show, at the Theatre Royal, was largely attended. A special attraction was a wrestling match in catch-as-catch-can ...

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  29. SITUATION IN MOROCCO.

    A report from Settat last Wednesday stated that Mulai Hafid, who has recently been proclaimed Sultan of Morocco, consequent upon his defeat ...

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  30. THE MAYPOLE DISASTER.

    The Maypole colliery at Abram, in Lancashire, in which seventy-six persons lost their lives last week, cannot yet be entered. ...

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  31. PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS.

    The Public Works Department has accepted the following tenders:—Lymington to Wattle Grove, via Petchey's Bay, Direen and Kube, £193 15s. 11d.; road, ...

    Article : 216 words
  32. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Mount Arthur Mining Company, formed to develop properties on the East Coast of Tasmania, has been registered. ...

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  33. BURSTING OF A CLOUD.

    A cloud burst over Folsom, a town in New Mexico, yesterday, and caused extensive damage. Fifteen persons were drowned. ...

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  34. FATALITIES ON THE ALPS.

    The fatalities on the Alps have been unusually numerous this year. During the eight months of 1908 two hundred tourists have been killed. ...

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  35. VICTORIAN REVENUE RETURNS

    The revenue for August amounted to £599,272, which is a decrease of £107,255 compared with the corresponding period of last year. The ...

    Article : 46 words
  36. PROPOSED GERMAN CABLE.

    A number of German bankers have formed a company to lay a cable from Emden to the German African colonies and to Brazil. ...

    Article : 27 words
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