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  2. PORT CYGNET OIL FIND.

    There is no fresh development to record in connection with the discovery of natural oil at Agnos Rivulet, near Port Cygnet. No report on the samples ...

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  3. N.S.W. LABOUR PARTY.

    Both parties in the Legislative Assembly are looking to their organisation in view of a possible appeal to the country. In well-informed circles the ...

    Article : 139 words
  4. SITUATION IN MOROCCO.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister of England, made his promised statement in regard to Morocco. He said ...

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  5. CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY

    At the Central Criminal Court to-day John A. Bowron and Sidney [?]owron, the principals of the firm of Bowron Brothers, wholesale leather merchants, ...

    Article : 311 words
  6. IMPERIAL POLITICS.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, stated, in reply to Mr. A. Rendall, the Liberal member for the Thornbury ...

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  7. THE FRUIT TRADE.

    The Liverpool portion of the shipment of Tasmanian apples by the steamer Papanui was sold yesterday, but there was a poor demand. The ...

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  8. THE LABOUR RIOTS IN MANCHESTER.

    In the rioting which took place yesterday in Manchester among the carters and dockers on strike, and as a result of which about 100 people, including a ...

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  9. PERSONAL.

    Lady Barron, accompanied by Mrs. A. Hean, paid a visit to the Children's Hospital yesterday. A cable message from London states ...

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  10. BOXING.

    "Jack" Johnson, the champion heavyweight boxer of the world, has signed an agreement to fight "Bill" Lang in Sydney on Easter Monday next. ...

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  11. INTERSTATE HOCKEY MATCHES

    The Inter-State hockey matches were concluded this afternoon. Tasmania defeated South Australia by two goals to one, thus winning the premiership. ...

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  12. FINANCIAL.

    The Bank of England figures for July 6, with the previous week's totals given in p[?]rentheses, are as follow:- Issue Department.—Reserves in notes ...

    Article : 148 words
  13. COMPULSORY TRAINING.

    In the Wellington Police Court to-day a young man who refused to register under the compulsory training scheme from conscientious motives, was fined ...

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  14. DEATH OF A MARRIED WOMAN

    Robert Chas. Lindsay, medical practitionor, was charged at the Euroa Police Court to-day with having caused the death of Annie Neander at Longwood last ...

    Article : 98 words
  15. LABOUR DISPUTES.

    The strike in the Bradford woolcombing trade for a general advance of 5 per cent, in wages, with a minimum of 25s. a week for night workers, has ...

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  16. QUEENSLAND RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.

    At a meeting of the Executive Council new regulations for the Government railway service were approved, providing for substantial incieases in the ...

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  17. KING'S VISIT TO IRELAND.

    Notwithstanding that the Corporation of the City of Dublin has repudiated the Lord Mayor's claim to represent the city in receiving King George on ...

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  18. BONUS TO TRAMWAY EMPLOYEES.

    Some time ago the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company Limited decided to give a bonus at the end of each year on the wages and salaries of their ...

    Article : 69 words
  19. EXECUTION OF A MAORI BOY.

    A Maori youth named Tahi Kaka, aged 17, was recently hanged in New Zealand for the murder of a gumdigger. A large number of people in ...

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  20. LAWN TENNIS

    In the semi-final for the ladies and gentlemen in the All-England lawn tennis championship matches now being played at Wimbledon, Mrs. Lambert ...

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  21. PROHIBITED IMMIGRANTS.

    At the Water Summons Court this morning, four shipmasters—E. C. Godkin, of the steamer Eastern; E. F. Pilcher, of the steamer Aldenham; W. ...

    Article : 70 words
  22. CHILD EMIGRATION.

    Sir James Crichton-Browne, the eminent, physician, in presiding yesterday at a meeting [?] support of the Child Emigiation Society, which deals with ...

    Article : 122 words
  23. FIRE AT POULTRY FARM.

    A fire occurred at a poultry farm at Williamstown early this morning, and over 500 chickens were killed. ...

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  24. NORTHUMBERLAND MINERS.

    The operation of the Miners' Eight Hours Act (Coal Mines Regulation), which came into force in Durham and Northumberland 18 months ago, is ...

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  25. TRAMWAY DISPUTES.

    The Acting Premier has decided that he cannot see his way clear to adopt the suggestion made by Mr. Ryan, M.L.A., of South Australia, and supported by the ...

    Article : 84 words
  26. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION BILL.

    The Minister of Mines said to-day that it had been found impossible to include miners' phthisis among industrial diseases in the Workmen's ...

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  27. DIPHTHERIA IN CONVENT.

    Dr. J. F. Agnew, the Collingwood health officer (says the "Argus") has directed the attention of the public health authorities and the Board of ...

    Article : 434 words
  28. MURDER IN SINGAPORE.

    The trial was concluded at Singapore last month of Mrs. Proudlock, the wife of the second master of the Victoria Institution at Kuala Lumpur, in the ...

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  29. ARBITRATION.

    Sir Edward Grey, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, announced yesterday that the treaty originated by the President of the United States for ...

    Article : 110 words
  30. EXCITING ARRESTS.

    At the Adelaide Police Court the other day, Clarence Charles Lovell, Arthur Harold Franklin, Edward Ryan, and William Joseph Donnelly were charged ...

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  31. CRICKET.

    In the match between the Gentlemen and Players of England, which was started at Kennington Oval to-day, P. F. Warner scored 91 and R. H. ...

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  32. GOVERNMENT HOUSE IN VICTORIA.

    The State authorities are endeavouring to secure a new Government House for the accommodation of Sir J. Fuller, his family, and staff. The present ...

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  33. MISSING PEARL NECKLACE.

    An interesting story has arisen in London in connection with a missing pearl necklace, valued at £15,000, which was lost at the gala performance ...

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  34. FREEDOM OF GLASGOW.

    Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener, Sir Joseph Ward, and Mr. Andrew Fisher, were yesterday presented with the Freedom of the City of Glasgow, and met ...

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  35. THE CORONATION MEDAL.

    His Majesty King George has decided that his Coronation medal shall rank immediately after King Edward's and Indian Durbar Coronation medals. ...

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  36. AN OVERDUE SCHOONER.

    Much uneasiness was felt at Port Adelaide concerning the American fourmasted schooner Espada now 136 days out from Grey's Harbour, on the Pacific ...

    Article : 121 words
  37. NAPHTHA PROPERTIES.

    A group of English engineers have leased naphtha properties in Russian Saghalien for a term of 99 years. The price paid is £10,000,000. ...

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  38. SIR ELDON GORST.

    Sir, Edward Groy, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, announced in the House of Commons this afternoon that Sir Eldon Gorst, who succeeded ...

    Article : 156 words
  39. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.

    Another farm at Hounslow, 10 miles to the south-west of London, where an outbreak of foot and mouth disease was discovered on Wednesday, has been ...

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  40. RUSSIAN CONVICTS.

    Inquiries as to the treatment of Russian convicts employed on the construction of the Amur railway, in Manchuria, reveal wretched conditions in ...

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  41. INDIAN POLYGAMY.

    A decision given yesterday by the Supreme Court of the Transvaal prohibits an Indian bringing more than one wife into the Transvaal. The Indian ...

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  42. VICTIM OF LEPROSY.

    The startling case of a North London girl who has contracted leprosy contains elements of tragic interest. It is stated that the dreadful disease was ...

    Article : 231 words
  43. WRECK OF THE MAINE.

    The United States Navy Department has selected a Board of Naval Officers to study the hull of the battleship Maine, which was blown up in Havanna ...

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  44. A VALUABLE MINERAL FIND.

    The Acting Administrator of the Northern Territory has sent a telegram to the Acting Minister of External Affairs, stating that a rich body of welfram has been ...

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  45. HAULED ROUND BY HAIR.

    A jiu-jitsu contest took place in the Theatre Royal, Tamworth, on Monday night between Professor Stevenson (the white champion of Canada and ...

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  46. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    The wool sales at Antwerp closed yesterday with a weak tendency. Merinoes were from 5 to 10 centimes per lb. below the May series, and crossbreds ...

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  47. HEAT WAVE IN AMERICA.

    The unprecedented hot weather in the United States has caused the death up to the present of 675 people, and this record only applies to the large ...

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  48. CANADIAN HARVEST.

    It is estimated that 40,000 men will be needed for the Canadian wheat harvest. The hay crops are also heavy. The surplus labour in the cast and ...

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  49. WHARF COLLAPSES.

    A wharf collapsed at Aylmer yesterday, and 50 members of a picnic party were thrown into the water. Bathers rescued some of the people, and others ...

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  50. ZEEHAN SCHOOL OF MINES.

    At a meeting of the Zeehan School of Mines to-night a letter from Mr. G. O. Smith, director of the united States Geological Survey, Washington, was ...

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  51. FRENCH POLITICS.

    Contrary to the request of M. Caillaux, the French Premier, the Chamber of Deputies resolved yesterday not to defer the consideration of electoral ...

    Article : 71 words
  52. FOXE'S B0OK OF MARTYRS.

    In May last Sir Rufus Isaacs, the Attorney-General of Great Britain, intervened for the purpose of preventing the sale of John Bunyan's copy of ...

    Article : 70 words
  53. RECIPROCITY.

    With, a view to hastening the vote in the United States Senate on the reciprocity agreement with Canada, a conference was held yesterday in the ...

    Article : 62 words
  54. CANADIAN POLITICS.

    The official organ of the Western Graingrowers' Association of Canada announces that an attempt will be made to form an independent farmers' party ...

    Article : 59 words
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