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  2. THE AGENT-GENERAL'S OFFICE

    The report of the Tasmanian AgentGeneral in London (Sir Tohn. McCall) for the hall-year ended June 10 contains several items of interest. Some of the ...

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  3. TASMANIAN'LOAN MATTERS.

    The Agent General (Sir John McCall), in i(porting to the Government upon the transactions for the past half-year, states: — ...

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  4. THE KAISER.

    The Kaiser, speaking at a banquet at Hamburg on Saturday, stated that commercial competition among the nations was wholesome, and could be ...

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  5. THE FRUIT INDUSTRY.

    The Agent-General (Sir Jno. McCall), in his half-yearly report to tho Government, states:- "In spite of the tact that much ...

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  6. SITUATION IN MOROCCO.

    Following the action of Spain in occupying Alcazar, the Spanish Governmont despatched to Tangier a mountain battery of four guns and 213 ...

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  7. THE NEXT PREMIERS' CONFERENCE.

    When seen this afternoon, after his interviow with Mr. Holman Mr. Watt, the Acting Premier of Victoria, said that he and the New South Wales ...

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  8. LABOUR DISPUTES.

    Sir W. Hall-Jones, tho High Commissioner for Now Zealand, in the course of an interview yesterday, recommended the adoption in Great Britain of ...

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  9. PERSONAL

    Nows has been received from England of the death of Mrs. Becker at her home at Tunbridge Wells. Mrs. Becker formorly resided in Hobart, and owned ...

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  10. STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

    Lightning occurred in Milan yesterday, and set fire to about 1,000,000 litres of alcohol stored in distilleries in the city, and damage was done to the ...

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  11. CHARGE AGAINST SHIPPING COMPANY.

    A case of unusunl interest opened in the Central Criminal Court to-day, before Acting Justice Ferguson and a jury of twelve. The Newcastle and ...

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  12. OPIUM SMUGGLING.

    At the Water Police Court to-day a Malay named Thomas was charged with having unlawfully in his possession six tins of opium suitable for smoking. ...

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  13. FEDERAL LAND TAX.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Fisher) stated to-day that the Federal, Cabinet had decided to remit the fines incurred by taxpayers under the Federal Land ...

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  14. NEW ZEALAND GREENSTONE.

    Advices from the west const of the South Island of New Zealand report the discovery of what is believed to be the mother reef from which all the ...

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  15. COULD IRELAND PAY HER WAY?

    Addressing a meeting at Stockton-onTess on Saturday, Lord Lopdonderry who was Lord Lieutenant for Ireland from 1886 until 1880, stated that if ...

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  16. LOST IN THE BUSH.

    Messrs. Sheridan and Pledge, two members of a picnic party which visited the Grampians yesterday, wandered away into the scrub, and, as they had ...

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  17. THE POSTAL COMMISSION.

    Alterations, to the system of control in the Postmaster-General Department were recommended by the Royal Commission which inquired into the working of the ...

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  18. AVIATION.

    A French aviator mimed Pourpo, who learnt to fly in Australia, made a journey yesterday in an aeroplane from Boulogne to Dover, a distance of about ...

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  19. THEATRICAL EMPLOYEES.

    A ballot of the members'of the Theatrical Employees' Association is now being taken to secure authority to take a case to the Federal Arbitration Court. ...

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  20. CLUB SWINGING.

    Although Tom Burrows failed to satisfy his ambition of swinging clubs continuously for 100 hours, he has put up a now world's record of 98 hours 50 ...

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  21. MUNICIPAL COUNCILS.

    At a meeting to-day the council decided to instruct their solicitor to draft a comprehensive by-law dealing with reserves and regulating bathing at ...

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  22. FIRE IN ASIA MINOR.

    A disastrous fire occurred yesterday at Aidin,' in Asia Minor, and resulted in the destruction of about 800 houses and the loss of 10 lives. The fire was ...

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  23. SAFE ROBBERY.

    The Proserpine railway station was broken into last night, and the safe removed, together with the money, books, etc. ...

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  24. VICTORIAN RAILWAY RETURNS

    The Victorian railway revenue from July 1 to August 21 was £650,535, or £102,787 more than for the corresponding period of 1910. ...

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  25. ROUND THE WORLD UNDER 401 DAYS.

    M. Schmidt, a French journalist, has returned to Paris after going round the world, via Siberia, Japan, and Canada, in 39 days 19 hours 43 minutes. ...

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  26. ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECKING

    Two boulders, weighing about a quarter of a hundred-weight each, were placed on the railway line, near Milton station, last night. They appeared to ...

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  27. A CONVICTION QUASHED.

    Before Mr. Justice Nicholls in Chambers to-day, Mr. M. J. Clarke applied to have made absolute in order for prohibition quashing the conviction ...

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  28. ART TREASURES IN THE LOUVRE.

    Energetic scarchings continuo to be made for the portrait stolen from the Louvre last week of the wife of Francesco Giocondo, by Leonardo da Vinci, ...

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  29. GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

    After several days of beautifully fine weather there have been ahowers of rain to-day. DEVONPORT, August 28. ...

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  30. DOCTORS AND FRIENDLYSOCIETIES.

    Eighty-two medical practitioners, comprising practically the whole profession in the metropolitan area, are advertising in the press that they are ...

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  31. CRICKET.

    The evening nowspapers last night referred to tlie coinposition of the Marylebono team for Australia. The "Pall Mall Gazette" says the ...

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  32. THE WEEK'S WEATHER.

    The weather bureau reports for last week as follows: — The week was remarkable for the persistence of high piessnre, au anticyclone having been ...

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  33. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH.

    On Wednesday evening last Kenneth Stevait aged l8 years a dental assists ant, who resided at South Melbourne, was lying on his bed playing a mouth ...

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  34. BLED TO DEATH.

    At the inquiry to-day concerning the death of Claudo Sutton White, aged four years, who bled to death a few days after he had received a slight cut ...

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  35. ALLEGED PRIVATEERS.

    In connection with the seizure at Barrow-in-Furness of the steamers Arizona and Foam Queen, which formerly belonged respectively to the ...

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  36. CARTERS AND DRIVERS.

    A largely-attended meeting of the Cartons' und Drivers' Union was held to-night, Mr. J. Arnott presiding. A motion was submitted that the late ...

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  37. DEATH FROM TETANUS.

    On Thursday Mr. Walter Bullock, of Footscray, pared an-ingrowing toonail, wih the result that on Friday tetanus set in and nothing could be done to ...

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  38. THE YOUNG BRIGADE.

    The total number of senior cadets registered in the Commonwealth is 153.637. of whom 102,104 have been medically examined, and 95,772 were ...

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  39. TRADE UNION CONGRESS.

    Sir D. Shackleton, formerly Labour member for tho Clitheroe division of North-East Lancashire, but now one of the Labour advisers of the Government, ...

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  40. GERMAN METAL TRADE.

    Acting upon the proposal of" the Thuringian Metal Manufacturers' Federation, a general lockout in tho German metal trade was recently decided upon. ...

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  41. BOXING.

    Hughie Mehegan to-night knocked out Charlie Griffin in the fifth round. Griffen was outclassed. ...

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