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  2. SCOTTSDALE-BRANXHOLM RAILWAY.

    It has been published by us that the Royal Commissioner (Mr. W. Dickson) to inquire into matters concerned with the Scottsdale-Branzho[?]n railway has ...

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  3. THE COAL STRIKE.

    The settlement of the coal strike was not brought any nearer, as the result of the meeting of the Northern Colliery proprietors in Sydney to-day, as they ...

    Article : 106 words
  4. PERSONAL.

    The Earl and Countess of Me[?]th arrive in Hobart on Saturday, and will be the guests of the Governor and Lady Bar[?]on. They will meet the office-bearers of ...

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  5. MURDER OF A RUSSIAN COUNT.

    Passionate scenes have occurred in Venice in the trial of Naumoff, the Russian lawyer Prilukoff, and the Countess Tarnowska, who are charged ...

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  6. BRITISH AND GERMAN RELATIONS.

    In the German Reichstag yesterday, a member of the Centre deprecated the building of the Navy out of loan moneys, and recommended that efforts should be ...

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  7. MODERN BURGLARS' FINE ART.

    A long sequence of burglaries has taken place in Middlesex, and for six months baffled the detectives. Peter Murray and Alan McDonald, ...

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  8. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

    For the triennial election of members of the London County Council, which took place yesterday, there were very small polls recorded, and the municipal ...

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  9. BRITISH POLITICAL CRISIS.

    Mr. J. Ramsay Macdonald, the Labour member for Leicester, in an address delivered in the Caxton-hall yesterday, appealed to Mr. Asquith not to waste ...

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  10. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    The match between the Australians and Otago was continued to-day. The Australian innings closed for 189, Bardsley obtaining 34, and Armstrong 91. ...

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  11. KING'S VISIT TO FRANCE.

    His Majesty the King will embark to-day on board the Royal yacht Alexandra and sail for Calais on his way to Blarritz. Last evening the King gave ...

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  12. A MILLIONAIRE'S DEATH.

    Dr. Bennett Clarke Hyde has been indicted for the murder of Colonel Thomas Swope, the millionaire philanthropist of Kansas City, who recently ...

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  13. SNOWSLIDE IN CANADA.

    Further details of the disaster to Japanese, Italian, and other workmen who, whilst working rotatory ploughs in clearing a snowslide on the railway ...

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  14. FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE.

    Preparations are well advanced for the holding, of the Festival of the Empire, which opens at the Crystal Palace on May 23. Many offers of hospitality ...

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  15. WIRELESS ON TRAWLERS.

    Some of the steam fishing trawlers operating in the North Sea are fitted with wireless telegraphy, and are informed from their headquarters at Hull ...

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  16. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    The Admiralty has decided to build at Portsmouth a dry dock capable of accommodating a Dreadnought. The dock will cost £1,000,000. ...

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  17. PROCEEDS OF LIBEL ACTIONS.

    Mr. W. H. Lever, the head of the Sunlight Soap firm, has presented to Liverpool University £102,000. This amount includes the proceeds of his ...

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  18. MOTIVELESS OUTRAGE.

    This afternoon it was reported to the police at Tanunda that a Portuguese named Carl Bonello, aged 30, had shot with a revolver Norma Plush, aged 12 ...

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  19. DEATH OF A CHINESE STOKER

    The alleged murder of a Chinese stoker named Pun Yan on the high seas had its sequel on Friday, when Hector McLean, second engineer of the ...

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  20. THE DAVIS CUP.

    Mr. T. H. Hicks, hon. secretary of the Australian Lawn Tennis Association has not received any further challenge for the Davis Cup. So far the only ...

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  21. AMERICAN NAVY.

    The speed trial has been held of the United States battleship Michigan, 16,000 tons, 16,500 h.p. Her designed speed was 18[?] knots, but on her trial ...

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  22. SAVINGS BANKS IN AMERICA.

    The United States Senate has passed the Post Office Savings Banks Bill, but the measure has been so amended as to permit the investment of deposits in ...

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  23. PHILADELPHIA STRIKE.

    The Central Labour Union in Philadelphia recently issued a Proclamation ordering a general strike to start at midnight on Friday, out of ...

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  24. SLAVE GROWN COCOA.

    Mr. Joseph Burt has returned to England after a successful mission to the United States, where he induced the largest cocoa manufacturers not to ...

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  25. SOCIALISTS IN PRUSSIA.

    Understanding that the Socialists intended a franchise demonstration at Treptow-park, in Berlin, yesterday, the police assembled to prevent it. The ...

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  26. THE BLACK HAND.

    Two Italian members of the "Black Hand" Society in New York have been committed for trial for attempting to extort by means of threats £3,000 from ...

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  27. A LADY LAYMAN.

    The placidity of the Methodist Conference was disturbed to-day by an announcement made by the Rev. M. Bullas. The news was so unexpected ...

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  28. FREE LABOUR AND UNIONISM

    The free labourers are Seetang representation on the Waterside Workers' Wages Board, and in the Industrial Court to-day the Free Labourers' ...

    Article : 307 words
  29. ADULTERATED MILK.

    Charles Ferguson Procter was charged at the Police Court to-day, with having sold milk adulterated with water to the extent of 6 per cent. ...

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  30. FATAL PRIZE FIGHT.

    Two pugilists named "Girley" Watson and Inglis had a contest yesterday at Wonderland, and three hours after the fight Watson, who was the ...

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  31. AFTER BIG GAME.

    The Duke of Connaught, who, accompanied by the Duchess and his son and daughter, Prince Arthur and Princess Patricia, went on a big game hunting ...

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  32. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOUR.

    A conference has been held at washington, in the United States, of leading capitalists and manufacturers, and, as a result, it was decided to initiate a ...

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  33. FRANCE AND MOROCCO.

    The threat made by France to seize the Customs in Morocco unless Mulai Abdul Hafid, the Sultan, ratified the agreement made between Dr. El Mokri, ...

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  34. THE DIVORCE COURT.

    Sir John C. Bigham, the President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice, has been created a baron, and has ...

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  35. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Census Bill has been read the first time in the House of Commons. Mr. John Burns, the President of the Board of Trade, introduced the bill. ...

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  36. INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE.

    The statement made by the Milan correspondent of "The Times" that King Victor Emmanuel's International Institute of Agriculture was in danger of ...

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  37. WELCOME RAINFALL.

    Intermittent showers fell during the afternoon and evening. As the barometer is still dropping there is every prospect of a further downpour. ...

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  38. MURDER LEAGUE IN KOREA.

    A Murder League has been discovered at Seoul, the capital of Korea, the discovery having been brought about as the result of the investigations made into ...

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  39. THE DERBY.

    The "Daily Telegraph" states that Maher, the jockey, was offered £3,000 to ride Lomberg in the Derby. It is rumoured that he receives £5,000 if ...

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  40. EMPIRE DAY MOVEMENT.

    At the Federal Government House to-night, the Earl of Meath delivered an address on the Empire Day movement to a very large assemblage of school ...

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  41. HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE.

    In moving at to-day's meeting of the University Council "That the professorial board be requested to advise the council respecting the advisability of ...

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  42. RACEHORSE DEALERS PROSECUTED.

    After a selling race recently, M. Camille Blanc, the well-known French owner, purchased the winner, but the wrong horse, and one of poor merit, ...

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  43. MANSION DESTROYED BY FIRE

    The baronial mansion of Castle Freke, in County Cork, Ireland, has been destroyed by fire. The mansion was the residence of ...

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  44. AVIATION.

    Mr. Henry Farman, the aeroplane constructor at the Camp de Chalons, has built a machine in which is combined the Billano monoplane, and ...

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  45. A MILLIONAIRE'S DIVORCE.

    Mrs. J. J. Aster, the wife of Colonel Astor, obtained last week the decree absolute in her proceedings against her husband for divorce, and to celebrate ...

    Article : 71 words
  46. FRAUDULENT WORKS OF ART.

    Experts have pronounced the famous collection of Japanese works of art in the Weimar Museum (Germany) to consist mos[?] of fraudulent imitations. ...

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  47. FORFEITURE OF LEASE.

    At the Warden's Court to-day the Warden (Mr. E. W. Turner), after hearing the evidence of Thomas Hanlon, who applied for the forfeiture of lease ...

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  48. GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

    At a meeting of the No. 1 branch of the Workers' League to-night, Mr. O. Binder was electad delegate to the annual conference to be held at Easter. ...

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