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  2. TASMANIAN SHIPBUILDING.

    Many people are aware of the fact that in the early days, before steamers came into general use, Hobart was the centre of a big shipbuilding industry, ...

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  3. THE FEDERAL LAND TAX.

    The protest against the brief period to be allowed landholders for supplying all the information required in connection with the Federal land tax was ...

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  4. SHIP'S TRAGIC YOYAGE.

    The steel four-masted barque Hougomont, 2,428 tons, belonging to Messrs. J. Hardie and Co., of Glasgow, which left Sydney on September 14 for ...

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  5. ARMED BURGLARS IN LONDON.

    The Russian woman Selinska, who was found in a house in Whitechapel nursing the Russian Pole Goldstein, who is supposed to have been one of the ...

    Article : 176 words
  6. COLLIERY EXPLOSION IN LANCASHIRE.

    Seven miners have been rescued from the Hulton colliery at Bolton, to the south-west of Manchester, where an explosion occured this morning. ...

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  7. ALLEGED ESPIONAGE IN GERMANY.

    During the proceedings to-day at the trial at Leipzig of Lieutenant Vivian Brandon, R.N., and Captain Bernard Frederick Trench, of the Royal Marine ...

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  8. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by Mr. R. J. McKenzie, M.H.A., and Captain Lindsell, Private Secretary, motored to Lilydale from Launceston ...

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  9. FIRE AT PHILADELPHIA.

    In a [?]re which broke out at a factory in Philadelphia yesterday four firemen were killed, owing to the collapse of a wall of a building. The wall fell ...

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  10. POLITICAL PRISONERS IN RUSSIA.

    Owing to the demonstrations on the part ot students in various parts of Russia in protest against the cruelties inflicted upon political prisoners, ...

    Article : 111 words
  11. SHOCKING DISCOVERY

    A shocking discovery was made yesterday at the Montreal railway station. A barrel was opened, and was found to contain the frozen remains of an aged ...

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  12. CHICAGO RAILWAY TROUBLE.

    The engine-drivers on the Western Railways of Canada have decided to join the drivers on the lines running west from Chicago. The Hon. Rodolpe ...

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  13. PLUMAGE BIRDS.

    At a meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute yesterday Mr. James Buckland, the-well-known naturalist protested against the destruction of plumage ...

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  14. EX-KING MANUEL.

    Manuel, the deposed King of Portugal, is entering Oxford University, and after he has completed a residence there intends to tour Australia. Canada, the ...

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  15. THE ARCTIC REGIONS.

    Sir Ernest Shackleton, who, with six of his associates in the British Antarctic Expedition, is to start in June next for the Spitzbergen group of Arctic ...

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  16. AMERICAN POLITICS.

    The inquiry instituted by the United States Congress into the election of Senator Lorimer for the State of Illinois, in which evidence was given that ...

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  17. THE DEFENCE ACT

    The new defence scheme comes into operation on January 1, and regulations governing the training of the forces under the new conditions were submitted ...

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  18. CANADIAN TRADE.

    The Government of Canada has appointed a trade commissioner for the South American republic of Argentina. This has been necessitated owing to the ...

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  19. KING'S STATUE FUND.

    The Mayor wishes to acknowledge the following donations:—Amount previously acknowledged, £335 9s. 3d.; Mrs. H. L. Roberts, £5; F. G. H. Latham, 10s.; ...

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  20. EASY DIVORCE IN AMERICA.

    The Superior Court of the State of Washington yesterday granted 33 divorces in three hours. The presiding judge denounced the laxity of the ...

    Article : 56 words
  21. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The Unionist rank and [?]e in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, to the number of 150, headed by Lord Willoughby de Broke and Mr. H. ...

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  22. THE RIVER GORDON.

    An intimation that has been received here that no more "piners' licenses" are to be granted on the Gordon River or its tributaries until further notice ...

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  23. BILLIARDS.

    The match between George G.ray, the Australian boy billiardist, and George Nelson, the champion of Yorkshire, was continued at Edinburgh, yesterday. ...

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  24. AVIATION.

    The French aviator La Gacueux yesterday aeroplaned for six hours around Pan, in the French department of Basses-Pyrenees, and covered 516 ...

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  25. FEDERATED SEAMEN'S UNION.

    Extreme secrecy was observed to-day as to the result of the deliberations of the executive of the Federated-Seamen's Union in regard to the dispute with the ...

    Article : 282 words
  26. GENERAL CABLES.

    At the auction sales of tallow to-day 800 casks were offered, and 411 casks were sold. Fine mutton realised 38s. per cwt., and medium 36s. Fine beef ...

    Article : 191 words
  27. THE ZEEHAN TRAMWAY CO.

    Messrs. W. C.Grubb and,Walker, directors of the Zeehan Tramway Co., are paying a visit of inspection to the company's proporty. They have ...

    Article : 143 words
  28. ITALY AND TURKEY.

    The Turkish authorities at Hode[?]dan, the most flourishing seaport in Arabia, have infringed the capitulation by seizing without the assistance of the ...

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  29. BRITISH COLUMBIA.

    Further evidence taken at the inquiry now proceeding into the smuggling of Chinamen mto British Columbia shows that l[?]x landing conditions ...

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  30. GREAT STORM IN MELBOURNE

    A violent Antarctic storm swept over Melbourne during the early hours of this morning and while it was at its worst the velocity of the wind was 50 ...

    Article : 124 words
  31. THE BULLFINCH FIELD.

    The scarcity of labour, mainly brought about by the Bullfinch Proprietary strike, is impeding the development of leases on the Bullfinch field. The sum of 2,600, ...

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  32. FAMINE IN CHINA.

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

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  33. AVALANCHE IN THE TYROL.

    An avalanche occurred yesterday at the village of Landro, in the Tyrol. A barrack room containing six soldiers was overwhelmed, and all were ...

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  34. ZEEHAN FIRE BRIGADE BOARD.

    At a meeting of the Fire Brigade Board to-night it was decided to obtain 60 feet more hose. It was resolved that, subject to the permission ...

    Article : 130 words
  35. STATE BRICKWORKS.

    The Minister of Works recently placed £50,000 upon the loan estimates for the establishment of State brickworks. The item was to-day ruled out af order, ...

    Article : 73 words
  36. PRESIDENCY OF MINERS' FEDERATION.

    Mr. Peter Bowling has been defeated at the election for the position of president of the Miners' Federation. The successful candidate was Mr. D. ...

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  37. RIOTS IN WINNIPEG.

    Further rioting has taken place at Winnipeg, where the tram drivers and conductors who are on strike have been joined by a thousand other workmen ...

    Article : 53 words
  38. NEWFOUNDLAND STORMS.

    Fierce storms have been raging for some days in Newfoundland, and have swent the coasts of the island. It is feared that many vessels have met with ...

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