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  2. SWISS SENSATION.

    In September last an extraordinary incident occurred at Berne, in Switzerland. In the full glare of the gaslight, and in the principal street, a duel took ...

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  3. LAUNCESTON HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION.

    The Chief Secretary (Hon. Dr. Butler) resumed the debate [?] the motion moved by Mr. [?] on Tuesday—[?]hat the Launceston General Hospital Bill [?] ...

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  4. NEW ZEALAND LAND SCANDALS.

    The motion for the adoption of the [?]eport of the committee that inquired into Mr. Hines' charges caused an acrimonious discussion in the House. ...

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  5. PROSPEROUS VICTORIA.

    According to figures supplied by the Superintendent of Exports, shipments of Victorian frozen produce to ports beyond the Commonwealth so far this ...

    Article : 213 words
  6. PERSONAL.

    It is reported that Mr. W. J. J. Reynolds, who has been headmaster of the Central school for [?] years, is voluntarily retiring at the end of the year from the ...

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  7. STRIKES IN FRANCE.

    A court-martial sitting in Paris has sentenced a soldier to a year and eight months' imprisonment for damaging the telegraph lines during the railway ...

    Article : 196 words
  8. GENERAL ELECTION.

    Lord Curzon last night delivered an address at Hull, and challenged a comparison between his life's work and that of Mr. Lloyd-George, the Chancellor ...

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  9. W.A. LANDS DEPARTMENT.

    Justice McMillan sat as a Royal Commission yesterday to take evidence with regard to the allegations of corruption in the Lands Department made by ...

    Article : 81 words
  10. WEST AUSTRALIAN MINING.

    At the rooms of the Royal Society of Arts last night Mr. Alexander Montgomery, Government geologist of West Australia (formerly Government ...

    Article : 170 words
  11. NEW ATLANTIC CABLE.

    In referring to-day, to the proposal to lay another Atlantic cable via Iceland; the engineering correspondent of "The Times" states that the depths of ...

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  12. PRAHRAN POISONING CASE.

    The Attorney-General requires further information before he will sign orders for the exhumation of the bodies of Alma and Annie Moodie, who died at Prahran ...

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  13. ACTION AGAINST GERMAN CONSUL.

    The hearing of the suit in which Captain John Strachan sues Dr. George Irmer, German Consul in Sydney, for £5,000 damages for alleged slander, was ...

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  14. THE BROOME CYCLONE.

    Telegrams from Bloome state that the repairing of the damage caused by the recent cyclone is proceeding rapidly, since the Federal authorities gave ...

    Article : 88 words
  15. BLACKMAILING HAIRDRESSER.

    A lady's hairdresser named Vigyazo, who carried on business at Budapest, the capital of Hungary, committed suicide yesterday in a prison cell after he ...

    Article : 78 words
  16. SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.

    The Duke und Duchess of Connaught and the Princess Patricia, who arrived yesterday at Johannesburg from Pretoria, had a most enthusiastic ...

    Article : 160 words
  17. KING'S PRIZE SCANDAL.

    The King's Prize at the last meeting of the National Rifle Association, in connection with which William John Piggott was arrested, occupied the att[?] of ...

    Article : 190 words
  18. DISASTER IN RUSSIA.

    A terrible storm which prevailed yesterday at Astrakhan, on the Caspian Sea, resulted in the foundering of 10 vessels and the loss of the whole of ...

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  19. THE CABLE SERVICE.

    A return has now been presented to the Postmaster-General by Mr. Hesketh (Chief Electrical Engineer) giving a comparison of the working under the ...

    Article : 161 words
  20. CANADIAN POLITICS.

    There was another scene in the Canadian House of Commons yesterday. Whilst a member of the Opposition was addressing the Chamber, supporters of ...

    Article : 146 words
  21. INVALID PENSIONS.

    The Pensions Commissioner has circulated throughout the Commonwealth about [?] application forms for claimants of old-age and invalid pensions. ...

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  22. MR. FISHER IN AFRICA.

    Mr. Andrew Fisher, the Prime Minister of Australia, and Mr. G. Fowlds, the New Zealand Minister of Education, arrived at East London yesterday ...

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  23. EMIGRANTS FOR AUSTRALASIA.

    As a result of a proposal made by the New Zealand Government, the Liverpool Children's Employment Committee has selected 2[?] youths as apprentices to ...

    Article : 94 words
  24. THE SAVAGE NORTH.

    The steamer Nelson, which returned from a trip to Borroloola and the Roper River to-day, brought a report that four wh[?] prospectors and one black boy had ...

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  25. TROPICAL DISEASES.

    A deputation representing the Tropical Diseases Institute of Townsville to-day called upon the Minister of External Affairs, and urged that assistance should ...

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  26. PUBLIC WORKS.

    In the Assembly last evening the Minister of Lands (Hon. A. Hean) brought down a message from the Governor, recommending the following additional ...

    Article : 290 words
  27. MEXICAN REBELLION.

    The followers of General Jose Madero, who is leading the revolt in Mexico against President Diaz, assert that hundreds of volunteers are Hocking to the ...

    Article : 63 words
  28. THE STEAMER PAPANUI.

    All sorts of pro[?] are being indulged in regarding the fate which will await the steamer Papanui and her master should she put out to sea, despite the ...

    Article : 296 words
  29. POLAR EXPLORATION.

    The Antarctic expedition organised by Lieutenant Shirase, of the Japanese Navy, has started from Yokohama in the Schooner Kainnam Maru, a vessel ...

    Article : 142 words
  30. HEAVY DEFALCATIONS.

    M. Duez, the liquidator of several religious associations in France, who is alleged to have embezzled £400,000, and who avoided arrest for 12 months ...

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  31. FAMINE IN CHINA.

    Famine conditions prevail in the Chinese province of Anhui, lying between the provinces of Kiangsu and Chekiang, and three million inhabitants ...

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  32. CONVERSATIONS IN EVIDENCE.

    The High Court delivered its reserved judgment in the appeal from the decision of the New South Wales Supreme Court quashing the conviction of Henry ...

    Article : 250 words
  33. ALPINE DISASTERS.

    For the twelve months ending October 31 last the record of Alpine disasters in Switzerland shows that [?] climbers lost their lives, and [?] others were ...

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  34. NAVAL INVENTION.

    An officer of the Greek Navy has invented a machine which can be used for the purpose of renewing the air in submarines without their rising to the ...

    Article : 47 words
  35. BILLIARDS.

    George Gray, the Australian boy billiard player, started another match yesterday against G. Nelson, the champion of Yorkshire. The match is being ...

    Article : 51 words
  36. CAUGHT IN THE WHEEL.

    While riding on a wood trolly at Howard's Plains to-day, James Butterworth got his leg caught in one of the wheels, with the result that it was ...

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  37. GENERAL CABLES.

    Bullion silver is quoted to-day at 2s. l[?]d. per oz. standard. ENGLISH SCULLING. LONDON, November 30. ...

    Article : 129 words
  38. A SON'S VENGEANCE.

    The shocking domestic tragedy which took place at Moora[?]n police station on November 19, when David Morgan Edwards, aged 21 years, shot his father, ...

    Article : 188 words
  39. MADDENED BY MALARIA

    During the voyage of the Norwegian [?] Lady Elizabeth, from [?] to [?] two Russian [?] who were [?] from [?] jumped overboard ...

    Article : 59 words
  40. FINANCIAL

    The following were the quotations to-day for Australasian bank shares:— Australasia (£40 shares), b £113, s £115. Union (£75 shares, £25 paid), b ...

    Article : 81 words
  41. A RIVER ACCIDENT.

    The Marine Court to-day gave its decision in the matter of the grounding of the steamer Hunter on Queen's Rocks, Hunter River. ...

    Article : 89 words
  42. N.S. WALES REVENUE.

    The revenue returns for November show a decrease of £23,442. The Commonwealth returns were £168,726 less. Business undertakings increased by ...

    Article : 57 words
  43. THE RAINFALL.

    During November there were 14 wet days and 7.44 inches of rain, which is two inches below the average. DEVONPORT, November 30. ...

    Article : 50 words
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