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  2. THE LAUNCESTON SHOW.

    Fortune smiled on the Tasmanian Agricultural and Pastoral Society in the matter of weather to-day. During last night a strong southerly wind ...

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  3. THE POSTAL COMMISSION.

    The main recon mendation of the total Commission apnointed to inquire into the postal, telegraphic, and telephonic ser[?] of the Common wealth is for the ...

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  4. LABOUR TROUBLES.

    The Amalgamated Railwaymen's Congress, which is now meeting at Barry, has decided to demand the introduction of an eight hours' working day on the ...

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  5. REVOLUTION IN PORTUGAL.

    LONDON, October 5, 4.5 a.m. The Paris "Matin" has received a wireless telegram announcing that a revolution has broken out at Lisbon, the ...

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  6. LABOUR POLITICS.

    At the opening of the Miners' Federation Congress in Edinburgh yesterday, Mr. Enoch Edwards, the Labour member for Hanley, said that whatever ...

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  7. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The increasing unrest among the Unionist rank and file in the House of Lords and the House of Commons has resulted in l[?]0 members of both ...

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  8. NEWSPAPER DYNAMITE OUTRAGE.

    The police at Los Angeles, where the explosion took place at the "Times" office, announce that they have discovered a clue to the men who committed ...

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  9. BLOWN TO ATOMS.

    Mr. Daniel McMillan, a dynamite expert employed on the North American asbestos mines at Caspar, in the State of Wyoming, ...

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  10. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN

    The inter-State Congress of the National Council of Women was begun today at the Botanical Gardens. The gathering, which was purely social, was ...

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  11. THE BERLIN RIOTS.

    Under the auspices of the Democratic Union of Germany, a great public meeting was held yesterday in Berlin to protest against the treatment of ...

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  12. RAILWAY COLLISION IN AMERICA.

    Another railway accident has occurred on the American railways, and resulttsd in 28 people being killed and 25 injured. The accident resulted through ...

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  13. THE CHOLERA.

    The outbreak of Asiatic cholera in Naples and the surrounding districts continues to spread, and yesterday 27 fresh cases were reported. There were ...

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  14. THE COST OF DEFENCE

    The Defence Bill, containing the effect of Lord Kitchener's recommendations. has been passed through the House. ...

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  15. FIRE AT MONTE VIDEO

    A destructive fire broke out yesterday at Monte Video, the capital of the South American Republic of Uruguay. The new docks and the Customs office ...

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  16. ROBBERY ON MAIL STEAMER.

    In connection with the robbery of bullion and bank notes amounting to £5,000 from the mail room of the steamer City of Seattle, which led to ...

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  17. THE BORSTAL SYSTEM.

    The report of the Commissioners' of Prisons insists on the necessity for longer sentences than a year for Borstal prisoners, and that the system is ...

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  18. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    Mr. George F. Wyatt, a London merchant, who did a lot of honorary work in connection with Lieutenant Shackleton's Antartic expedition, and is ...

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  19. AMERICAN NATIONAL GUARD.

    The United States National Guards are holding a conference at St. Louis, and have demanded that Congress shall place its members on the army salary ...

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  20. STEAMER WRECKED.

    In connection with the report received of the explosion on board the steamer Chiriqui, 643 tons, belonging to the Pacific Steam Navigation Co., of ...

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  21. BISHOP AND CLERGY.

    The vicars of the parishes of St. Barthomew and the Church of the Annunciation at Brighton, in Sussex, have for some time past being carrying on ...

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  22. COST OF LIVING.

    As in Austria, the prices for meat are very high in Italy. In Rome 2s. per pound is asked for veal, and beef is selling from 9d. to 1s. 6d. per lb. A ...

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  23. THE LABOURER'S HIRE.

    The United Labourers' Union yesterday announced that the labourers engaged by the Neuchatel Asphalt Co. in relaying Rund[?]-street would strike ...

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  24. CHINESE IN CANADA.

    As a result of the investigations made into the conduct of Mr. J. M. Bowell, of Vancouver, the Controller of Chinese at that port, who was suspended from ...

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  25. HOME RULE FOR IRELAND.

    The correspondent of the London "Daily Express" has interviewed Mr. John Redmond, the leader of the Irish Nationalists, who is now in New York. ...

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  26. TO NATIONALISE MONOPOLIES.

    In the House of Representatives today the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) introduced a bill for a referendum on the question of amending the ...

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  27. AUSTRALIAN BUTTER.

    Emile Coopman, of the firm of Coopman Brothers, Tooley-street, was charged yesterday with placing inferior butter in Australian boxes, but the charge ...

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  28. COMMONWEALTH LEGISLATION

    The "Shipping Garette," in referring to the Commonwealth Navigation Bill, suys the measure, might propelly be described, as a "Seaman's Relief Bill," ...

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  29. BURNT AT THE STAKE.

    Without being sure that the man was guilty, a negro who was under suspicion of having assaulted a white woman at Alabama, in the United States, was ...

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  30. DARING ROBBERY IN FRANCE.

    A during robbery was committed yesterday in the streets of Paris, a collector of one of the leading banks being robbed of a satchel" containing ...

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  31. NAVAL DEFENCE.

    The "Shipping Gazette" states that an order for the construction of a second-class cruiser, which is to be built for the Australian Commonwealth, has ...

    Article : 90 words
  32. SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.

    General Botha, the Prime Minister of South Africa, and Mr. J. C. Hull, the Minister of Finance, who were defeated at the election for the first Union ...

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  33. VICTIM TO INSOMNIA.

    Herman Carl Theodore Pannif[?]x, a well-known importer and shipping and commission agent, committed suicide last night in Market-buildings, ...

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  34. A BRILLIANT METEOR.

    Last night the inhabitants of Johannesburg were startled by the appearance of a meteor, the brilliance of which equalled that of a naval ...

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  35. TRAGEDY ON THE STAGE.

    There was a sensational occurrence at a Spanish theatre last night. Senor Sorel, the Director of the Actualidades Theatre in Cartagena, ...

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  36. FINANCIAL.

    The following were the closing rates to-day for Australasian stocks and shares: — Banks: National Bank of Austialasia (£8 oridinary shares, £5 ...

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  37. DAIRY SHOW.

    The Dairy Show was opened yesterday at the Agricultural Hall, Islington. For the colonial butter competition there were 41 entries, and the ...

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  38. RAID IN BENGAL.

    A telegram from Dacca, in the province of Bengal, states that thirty men, apparently Hindus, wearing false boards, and armed with guns and ...

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  39. OLD WOMAN'S LIFE OF CRIME.

    The age of small Clifton, who was be fore the Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of theft was given as 76. She began her criminal career in 1867, and ...

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  40. GENERAL CABLES.

    The shipments of New South Wales bacon by the P. and O. liner Marmora and the Orient liner Otway have arrived in excellent condition, and realised ...

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  41. WOOL SALES.

    At the second series of the wool sales to-day competition was flat except tor best Merino combings, prices generally favouring buyers. The demand for ...

    Article : 86 words
  42. THE SMELTERS INQUIRY.

    The Select Committee appointed to inquire into the Smelters question today heard the evidence of Messrs. F. Astell (manager of the Florence mine), ...

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  43. TRAVELLING IN AMERICA.

    The passengers in a Pullman car travelling from Rosemont West to Rock Island, in the State of Illinois, were yesterday robbed of 7,000 dollars ...

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  44. BILLIARDS.

    George Gray, the Australian boy billiard player, met Nelson at Hull, in Yorkshire, yesterday, conceding him 3,000 in a game of 9,000 up. ...

    Article : 51 words
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