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  2. NAVAL BASE QUESTION.

    The statements which have appeared in the mainland newspapers purporting to contnin the opinion of Admiral Henderson as to where the chief naval ...

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  3. TASMANIAN FISHERIES.

    Last night the opportunity was afforded a number of citizens of meeting Mr. J. Forbes, of Glasgow and Grimsby, who came to Tasmania at the instance of a ...

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  4. ARMED BURGLARS IN LONDON.

    His Majesty King George has forwarded a message of condolence to the relatives of the three policemen who were murdered in Houndsditch, in the City of ...

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  5. LOSS OF THE WARATAH,

    During to-day's proceedings at the official inquiry by the Board of Trade into the loss of the steamer Waratah, Mr. F. W. Lund, one of the directors ...

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  6. GREAT EXPLOSION IN NEW YORK.

    A disastrous explosion occurred to-day at a six-storey power station on the Central Railroad, at New York, the explosion being caused by lightning ...

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  7. PERSONAL.

    The Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia have arrived at Teneriffe in the Balmoral Castle on their return in the Balmoral Castle on their ...

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  8. BRITISH ELECTIONS.

    In a speech delivered last night at Ballaghadereen, in East Mayo, Mr. John Dillon stated that the pledges of Ministers in regard to Home Rule ...

    Article : 199 words
  9. GORDON RIVER SAWMILLS.

    The Minister for Lands (Hon. A. Hean), when seen yesterday by a representative of "The Mercury" regarding the Gordon River Sawmills prospectus, ...

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  10. SHIPPING DISASTERS.

    The barque Annesley, 1,690 tons, belonging to the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Co., has foundered on the south-east coast of Ireland. During a haze the ...

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  11. CRETAN AFFAIRS.

    The Cretan National Assembly has deprecatingly appealed against the protecting Powers—Great Britain, France, Russia, and Italy—using the phrase, ...

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  12. RAILWAY DISASTER.

    An electric train, travelling at full speed, was derailed yesterday near Oporto. The train was full of workmen at the time, and all the carriages ...

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  13. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    A Government hotel, a general store, and a credit instrument of exchange are included in the list of preliminary works to be undertaken in ...

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  14. SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.

    The Union Parliament of South Africa has passed a bill establishing the High Commissionership in London, and also a bill transferring to the ...

    Article : 75 words
  15. OCEAN TRAVELLING.

    Owing to a fire which occurred on board the P. and O. liner Mongolia in 1908, it is expected thnt the baggage of passengers will for the future be ...

    Article : 73 words
  16. THE ZEEHAN SMELTERS.

    The general manager of the Tasmanian Smelting Company, Mr. H. Harris, came yesterday to Hobart to put before the Government the final ...

    Article : 577 words
  17. CONSTITUTION FOR CHINA.

    The members of the Chinese Assembly, who sent a memorial to the Throne asking that the Grand Council should be answerable to the people, but ...

    Article : 78 words
  18. STRIKE IN CANADA.

    In the tramway strike at Winnipeg of drivers and conductors, the nonstrikers have been attacked in the street during a blinding snowstorm. Coal and ...

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  19. FRENCH APACHES.

    Last night seven Gendarmes, on arrival at an "apache's" drinking shop in Paris, were attacked by an apache, who fired five shots at them before being ...

    Article : 81 words
  20. NAVAL DEFENCE.

    The Austrian Minister of Marine (Admiral Montecuccoli) is submitting to the Delegation a naval programme for the construction of four battleships of ...

    Article : 120 words
  21. BANK FAILURE IN CANADA.

    The Farmer's Bank, with its head offices at Toronto, and 31 branches throughout the province of Ontario, has suspended payment. The capital of the ...

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  22. THE DRIVERS' STRIKE.

    The ballot of the drivers on strike, to decide whether the men should return to work for wages of 8s. a day, resulted, in a two-thirds majority in favour of that ...

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  23. A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.

    As the result of a domestic quarrel this morning a young married woman named Elizabeth Munday lies in the Sydney Hospital dangerously wounded. A man named ...

    Article : 293 words
  24. ITALIAN SHIPPING.

    The Italian Chamber of Deputies is now discussing a proposal for the granting of a subsidy to an Italian shipping company for the transport of 7,000,000 ...

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  25. RUSSIAN ARMY INQUIRY.

    In connection with the inquiry by the Russian Senate into the administration of the artillery branch of the army a sensational arrest has been ...

    Article : 61 words
  26. COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL.

    The Law Lords of the House of Lords have reversed a decision of the Court of Criminal Appeal which recently on appeal quashed a conviction imposed on ...

    Article : 81 words
  27. FLOODS IN EUROPE.

    Heavy rains have fallen in all parts of Switzerland, and the lakes have overflowed, doing much damage to the quays and railways. ...

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  28. SOUTH WALES COAL STRIKE.

    The intimidators among the colliery strikers in the Rhondda Valley, in South Wales, are now being prosecuted at Pontypridd, and their comrades ...

    Article : 57 words
  29. ATLANTIC CABLES.

    The amalgamation of the Western Union and the Anglo-American cable companies, which together control six Atlantic cables, leaves the Commercial ...

    Article : 96 words
  30. TASMANIA'S CUSTOMS LEAKAGE.

    During the last session of the Federal Parliament a Select Committee was appointed to inquire into the alleged loss of revenue sustained by Tasmania in ...

    Article : 98 words
  31. GENERAL CABLES.

    Mr. F. Licht, of Magdeburg, in his monthly circular of the beet sugar trade, states that the production of beet sugar for the season up to date ...

    Article : 136 words
  32. EARTHQUAKES IN CENTRAL AMERICA.

    Following earthquake shocks, an island in the volcanic lake of Ilopango, close to the city of San Salvador, in Central America, has disappeared, and ...

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  33. SILVER AND GOLD DISCOVERY

    A rich silver and gold discovery is reported from the Tuena-Blayney district. The reef is said to be ten feet, and traceable over one hundred yards. General ...

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  34. THE RAILWAY COLLISION IN LONDON.

    The Home Office inquiry has concluded into the cause, at the beginning of the month, of the railway collision at Willesden Junction, in the North-West of ...

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  35. PARIS A SEAPORT.

    M. Briand, the French Premier, is considering the proposal for the deepening of the River Seine, between Paris and Rouen, with a view to avertiug the ...

    Article : 59 words
  36. N.S. WALES FINANCE.

    The loan expenditure proposed by the Government on account of public works and other sources of expenditure during the year 1910-11 amounts to £4,933,000. ...

    Article : 60 words
  37. MISSING GERMAN STEAMER

    The opinion of the Sdyney agents of the German steamer Germania, which is long overdue at Yap, from Sydney, is that the steamer has broken down somewhere ...

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  38. PAYMENT OF MEMBERS.

    There rare indications that when Parliament enters upon its second session next year members will be invited to vote themselves an extra £200 a year, ...

    Article : 113 words
  39. CHILD'S TERRIBLE DEATH.

    "I must ride to the post office to see if my daddy has sent me the Christmas box he promised me," said Eva Hartley, of Tallangatta, this morning. A quarter of ...

    Article : 129 words
  40. PORTUGAL.

    The National Assembly will probably be convened in April next, and after the voting of the Constitution it will be designated the Legislative Chamber. It ...

    Article : 69 words
  41. SEAMEN'S WAGES.

    The conference between representatives of the Australasian Steamship Owners' Federation and the Federated Seamen's Union, which had been engaged ...

    Article : 67 words
  42. FOUNDATION OF CANTERBURY PROVINCE.

    The sixtieth anniversary of the foundation or Canterbury Province was celebrated to-day by the Canterbury pilgrim arrivals by the first four ships, who ...

    Article : 53 words
  43. THE TERM ANGLO-SAXON.

    The term "Anglo-Saxon" is objected to by the members of the Asiatic Exclusion League of San Francisco. One speaker said the words were an insult ...

    Article : 48 words
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