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  2. TERRIFIC CYCLONE IN QUEENSLAND.

    A terrific cyclone occuned at Port Douglas and Mosman an Thursday night. Hundreds of persons were rendered homeless. Walsh's stores were ...

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  3. THE PAPUAN EXPEDITION.

    Mr. Staniforth Smith, with Messrs. Bell and Pratt, reached here at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. They report all well. ...

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  4. BILLIARDS.

    The match between George Gray, the young Australian billiard player, and C. Haverson, one of the loading professional players in England, was ...

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  5. DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE

    "The Times," in an article on the subject of the defence of the Empire, says it is curious and perhaps significant that those who took part in the ...

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  6. ARBITRATION.

    M. Jean Jaures, the leader of the Socialists in the French Chamber of Deputies writing in the Pans journal "Humanite" yesterday, states that it ...

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  7. PERSONAL.

    The Rev. E. G. Barry, rector of Holy Irinity Church, Launceston, who, with Mrs. Harry, has been on a tour of Europe, is expected home this week. ...

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  8. MEXICAN REBELLION.

    An American offical who, has arrived at San Antonio, in Texas, reports that there has been a demonstration in Mexico City, the capital, against ...

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  9. IMPERIAL POLITICS.

    Lord Selborne, who was High Commissioner for South Africa, in an address delivered on Saturday at Winchester, sketched reforms which it is ...

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  10. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    Sir Ernest Shackleton, the commander of the British expedition which in 1909 reached "Farthest South," has paid a generous tribure to Dr. Mawson, who ...

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  11. AUSTRALIA V. THE REST.

    The Warhne benefit match had to be abandoned to-day on account of the state of the wicket. The Australian Eleven lost six wickets for 264, the principal ...

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  12. HOME RULE FOR IRELAND.

    Mr. John Redmond, the leader of the Nationalist Party, in an article in "Reynolds's Newspaper," cites the granting of autonomy to Alsace and Lorraine, ...

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  13. BURDEN OF ARMAMENTS.

    In the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday, M. Clemental, the reporter on the army estimates, stated that since 1888 Germany had increased her ...

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  14. REVOLUTIONARY MEETING IN FRANCE.

    Revolutionary meetings have been held in the French department of Aube. Ten thousand people, armed with hoes, and carrying grass baskets ...

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  15. THE AUSTRALIAN DESTROYERS

    Further inquiries into the detects in the steering gear of the destroyere Parramatta and Yarra show that the vessels are liable to behave crankily ...

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  16. GENERAL CABLES.

    The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 3,950,000 quarters, as against 3,895,000 quarters a week ago. The ...

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  17. GREAT CHAFFINCH CASE.

    At the Perth Police Court to-day E. C. Dyason, E. W. Bonwick, and Harold Greenway were charged with that they, between November 29, 1910, ...

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  18. THE ROYAL FAMILY

    King Gcorge yesterday paid a surprise visit to Hampstead Gardens, where town planning opentions are now proceeding. The King was much ...

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  19. CHAMPAGNE.

    Owing to the failure of the vintage in the wine-growing districts of France the price for champagne has advanced by 30 per cent. The bill having for its ...

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  20. WRECK OF THE PALATINA.

    At the beginning, of the month the British steamer Palatina, 3,620 tons, belonging to the Manchester and Salford Shipping Co., struck an unknown ...

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  21. LABOUR DISPUTES.

    The Baking Trades Wages Board award provides that the ordinary hours of labour shall not exceed 48 hours, or 19½ hours in any week in which there is ...

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  22. BLACK HAND IN ITALY.

    At yesterday's trial of the Camorrists at Viterbo, to the north-west of Rome, the interrogation ot Morra, the leading prisoner, showed that he lived at a ...

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  23. SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.

    With a view to compelling a dissolution of the shipping ring the South African Union Post Office Bill excludes from mail contiacts any company ...

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  24. SOUTH WALES COAL STRIKE.

    In connection with the payment of special allowances to the members of the metropolitan police force who were drafted into the district affected by the ...

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  25. WOOL SALES.

    There was very strong competition at yesterday's wool sales, but prices remained unchanged. Continental buyers competed keenly for Merinoes, and ...

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  26. ESPIONAGE.

    An English commercial traveller and four Germans were arrested yesterday in Hamburg on a charge of espionage in connection with plans for the building ...

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  27. FRENCH NAVY

    During the last 15 months five battle-ships of the French Navy, 15 destroyers, 60 torpedo boats, seven obsolete submarines, and 16 other vessels, ...

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  28. FATHER'S MISTAKEN HEROISM

    During the early hours of Saturday the residence of Mr. Geo. Winter at Drysdale, Corowa district, caught fire, and Mr. Winter, his wife, and three ...

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  29. OUTBREAK OF DIPHTHERIA.

    Diphtheria has broken out at Oundle, in Northamptonshire and the origin of its introduction into various houses has been traced to cats eating infected ...

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  30. THE RECHABITE CONFERENCE.

    The conference of delegates of the Independent Order of Rechabites from all parts of Australia and New Zealand was held to-day. The following resolution[?] ...

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  31. FIGHTING IN FEZ.

    The tribes between Arcas, Arkebir, and Fez, the capital of Morocco, have broker out in open rebellion, and have attacked the troops in the capital who ...

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  32. THE CORONATION.

    Mr. Frank Brangwyn, of the Royal Society of Arts, has received the commission from Sir W. Hall-Jones, the High Commissioner for New Zealand, ...

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  33. RAID IN FRANCE.

    The police in Paris yesterday made a raid on a residence in Montmartre district of the city, and arrested l63 women, who are regarded as ...

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  34. THE ELINGAMITE WRECK.

    On behalf of the Merchant Service build, the Minister for Marine has men asked to afford Captain Atwood, who was master of the steamer ...

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  35. THE CLONCURRY-BUSH-RANGERS.

    Several cases of highway robbery by two men who are busharanging are reported from the Cloncurry district. An Afghan has bean stuck up and ...

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  36. FRENCH COAL MINING.

    The Socialists in the French Chamber of Deputies have prevented new mining concessions being granted for three years. There are many rich seams of ...

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  37. ITALIAN SENATE REFORM.

    There is defection among the Radicals in the Italian Senate and Chamber of Deputies owing to the shelving of the proposals for the reform of the Senate. ...

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  38. OPIUM SMOKING.

    The prohibition of opium smoking has been enforced at Kirin, in Manchuria, and all the opium which was stored in the Government warehouses of the town ...

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  39. A YACHT MISSING.

    Some anxiety is felt for the safety of the yacht Mavis which took part in the St. Kilda Club's race from St. Kilda to Mornington on Saturday. She ...

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  40. RUSSIA AND CHINA.

    The Japanese newspapers support the demands Russia has made on China for leave to appoint consuls in Mongolia. ST. PETERSBURG, March 20. ...

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  41. THE BAGDAD RAILWAY.

    The Turkish Government is to allow the Bagdad Railway Co. to extend its line to Bagdad. The company renounces its lien on the 4 per cent, increase in ...

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  42. IRRIGATION.

    Mr. Roosevelt yesterday opened a great storage dam in Arizona in connection with the Salt River irrigation project. The dam forms a reservoir ...

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  43. CHARGE OF MURDER.

    Twenty years ago a man named Andrew Toth was charged at Pittsburg, in the State of Pennsylvania, with murder, and was found guilty and sentenced ...

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  44. AVIATION IN AUSTRALIA.

    Steps in the direction of organising an aeroplane flight from Melbourne to Sydney have been taken by the Aero League Committee which has decided ...

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  45. BOXING.

    Wolgast and George Memsic, the principals in a prize fight at Los Angeles, who were arrested after the contest yasterday, have been charged with ...

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  46. LITTLE GIRL'S MURDER.

    An inquest was held yesterday concerning the death of Ettie Smith, 4½ years of age, whose throat was cut by her father. Wm. Thomas Smith, at ...

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  47. STORM IN VICTORIA.

    Wild, squally weather was experienced yesterday. Communication with Tasmania was cut off, owing to damage to the land lines at Glenhuntly. ...

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  48. FRACAS BETWEEN CHINESE AND JAPANESE.

    A number of Chinese police yesterday attempted to enter the plague quarantine lines at Fu-Shuan, to the south of Mukden, and in doing so killed a ...

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  49. FOOTBALL.

    In the Rugby football match between England and Scotland the former won by 13 points to 8. In the Association game Scotland ...

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  50. THE PLAGUE.

    Advices have been received in New York that there is an outbreak of plague in the Brazilian town of Porto Alegro, and that it is causing the ...

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  51. FINANCIAL.

    The debenture issue for £61,400 at £103 of the Christchurch Tramway Board has been fully subscribed. The debentures carry interest at the rate of ...

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  52. GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

    Heavy and persistent rain has fallen here all day to-day. ZEEHAN, March 20. The weather here to-day is wet and ...

    Article : 27 words
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