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  2. NAVAL BASE QUESTION.

    The question in the minds of many Australians just now is that of naval bases, into which Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson is at present inquiriug at ...

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  3. THE HIGH COURT.

    Tha High Court delivered an important judgment yesterday and pronounced the Seamen's Compensation Act invalid. ...

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  4. LOSS OF THE WARATAH.

    At yesterday's proceedings at the official inquiry by the Board of Trade into the loss of the steamer Waratah, a letter was read stating that the owners ...

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  5. BRITISH ELECTIONS.

    Lord Selborne, who was First Lord of the Admiralty in the Balfour administration, in a speech at St. Andrew's last night, referred to the Parliament ...

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  6. STORMS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    Disastrous floods have occurred in several parts of England. Langport, in Somersetshire, is completely isolated, and thousands of acres ...

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  7. ARMED BURGLARS IN LONDON.

    Burglars entered a jeweller's shop last night in Houndsditch, in the City of London, and a body of police surrounded the building. ...

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  8. PERSONAL.

    A cable message from Vancouver states that the Right Rev. Bishop Cridge, of the Reformed Episcopal Church at Victoria, British Columbia, has celebrated ...

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  9. THE DRIVERS' STRIKE.

    The Premier has received from the Crown, Law Department a legal opinion regarding the position of the men concerned in the transport strike. The ...

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  10. INTERNATIONAL PEACE.

    In speaking yesterday at the International Peace Conference now being hold at Washington, Mr. Francis W. Hirst, the editor since 1873 of the ...

    Article : 131 words
  11. LABOUR DISPUTES.

    The whole tramway system of Winnpeg has been brought to a standstill owing to a strike of the drivers and conductors. The students of the University ...

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  12. CANADIAN TARIFF.

    Five hundred Prairie farmers representing Western Canada yesterday waited upon Sir Wilfrid Launer, the Prime Minister, and urged upon him the ...

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  13. THE STANLEY-BALFOUR TRAMWAY.

    Advice was received on Saturday by the Mount Balfour Copper Mines Co. from A. E. Langford (chairman) that, in pursuance of the board's power of ...

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  14. CHINESE RAILWAYS.

    The Chinese Government has rejected the offer of the American Government to provide a financial expert to advise China regarding the £10,000,000 loan ...

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  15. A POLITICAL SERMON.

    Mr. Hughes, the Acting Prime Minister, addressed a large congregation in the Australian Church to-night on "Arbitration as Opposed to Industrial and ...

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  16. BILLIARDS.

    George Gray, the Australian young billiardist, is playing a match at Glasgow against Duncan. In the game, which is 9,000 up, Gray concedes his ...

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  17. ARBITRATION COURT.

    Representatives of the Federated Enginedrivers' and Firemen's Association' on Saturday entered into an industrial agreement with the Civil Service ...

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  18. LYNCH LAW IN AMERICA.

    In July last members of the Anti-Saloon League, accompanied, by a detective, raided an alleged illicit saloon at Newark, in the State of Ohio, and ...

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  19. THE ZEEHAN SMELTERS.

    The general tenor of the Parliamentary speeches on the Select Committee's report in regard to the smelters trouble has created a more hopeful feeling here. ...

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  20. GENERAL CABLES.

    Small parcels of New Zealand frozen beef are being shipped regularly from London to Italy. EARTHQUAKE IN CALIFORNIA. ...

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  21. WIRELESS-TELEGRAPH STATIONS.

    The agreement for erecting wireless stations at Pennant Hills, near Sydney, and Fremantle, was signed yesterday, all the points in dispute having been ...

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  22. IMPERIAL EXHIBITION.

    An anonymous donor has offered £5,000 to the guarantee fund of the proposed Imperial Exhibition of 1915 if another £10,000 is guaranteed. ...

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  23. CRICKETING TERRIER.

    The playful conduct of the small pet dog of an onlooker led to the defeat of a team on the Church of England Cricket association ground yesterday. St. ...

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  24. BLIZZARD IN AMERICA.

    A severe blizzard was experienced yesterday off the coast of Massachusetts. Five schooners were wrecked, and a barge foundered, whilst other vessels ...

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  25. MELBOURNE TRAMWAY CO.

    A summons was on Saturday served on the managing director of the Melbourne Tramway Company in connection with the dismissal of Arthur ...

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  26. DISASTERS IN SPAIN.

    The River Guadalquiver is 28ft. above its normal height, and the Plain of Seville is a vast lake. The bridge of boats at Alealadelrio has broken away from ...

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  27. A SHOOTING AFFRAY.

    A shooting incident occurred yesterday, morning at Harris-park, Parramatta. An old man named 0 John Stem fired two shots at Mr. C. Byrnes, ...

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  28. NAVAL DISASTER.

    A tender belonging to the second-class cruiser Thames, which is used as a depot for submarine boats, yesterday collided with a submarine off Harwich, in Essex, ...

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  29. N.S.W. POLITICS.

    The Assembly sat continuously for 35½ hours, and did not adjourn till 2 o'clock yesterday morning. The business which the Government said had to be ...

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  30. THE LICENSING DUTIES.

    The licensing duties paid during the lost year by Messrs. Barclay, Perkins, and Co., the London brewers, amounted to £38,215, and necessitated the ...

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  31. SUPPLY OF MILITARY ACCOUTREMENTS.

    The Defence Department has accepted tenders for 20,000 brown leather waist[?]elts, 20,000 brown leather ammunition pouches, and 20,000 brown leather rifle ...

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  32. ALSACE-LORRAINE.

    The Federal Council has assented to a Constitution for Alsace-Lorraine. The first Chamber will consist of l8 members, and the second Chamber of 60 ...

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  33. COTTAGES BURIED.

    A high wall at the Wellington pit, Whitehaven, where an explosion occurred in May last, and resulted in 133 miners losing their lives, collapsed ...

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  34. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.

    Mr. R. Hamilton, the headmaster of the Colac Grammar School, speaking at the breaking-up ceremony, said he would like to see introduced an education test ...

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  35. A MOTORIST MISSING.

    At 2 o'clock on Friday morning Otto Camphin started off on his 45 horsepower car to attempt to break the record, standing at 19 hours 47min., for ...

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  36. DANISH SCANDALS.

    M. Alberti, formerly Minister of Justice in Denmark, who was arrested on a charge of forgery while director of the Zealand Peasants Savings Bank, his ...

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  37. COLLIERY ON FIRE.

    A number of miners are working strenuously to rescue the 10 men who are entombed at the Leyden Coal Company's mine, near Denver, in the ...

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  38. HELD FOR RANSOM.

    Enrique Gornoros, the son of a wealthy Mexican, and an American friend named Wohlim, have been captured by a gang of bandits across the ...

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  39. GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

    The weather has greatly improved, and is fine and warm to-day. The funeral of Mrs. Adam Morton took place yesterday, and was largely ...

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  40. WILLUNGA QUICKSILVER.

    W. Grant Meudoll and Co. report the flotation of the Willunga Quicksilver Mines into a company, with a capital of £10,000, in 5,000 shares of £2 each. The ...

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