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  2. FEDERAL MATTERS.

    Returns prepared by the Commonwealth Treasury show that the note issue up to the hours of closing to-day had reached £9,632,010. The gold reserves ...

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  3. ABANDONED AT SEA.

    Considerable stir was occasioned in shipping circles to-day, when a report from the lightkeeper at Wilson's Promontory was received, stating that the ...

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  4. IMPERIAL POLITICS.

    Mr. Lloyd-George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, recently invited Lady Desart, who, with Lady Brassey, convened a women's meeting at the ...

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  5. LABOUR UNREST.

    As a result of the discussion in the House of Commons last week, on the motion moved by Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, the leader of the Labour Party, ...

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  6. EUROPEAN SITUATION.

    The speech delivered in the House of Commons, last night hy Sir Edward Grey, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in which he dealt with ...

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  7. BRITISH ADMIRALTY.

    Mr. Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, is carrying out his intention of creating a War Board at the Admiralty, in order to study the ...

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  8. CHINESE REVOLUTION.

    The statement that the Imperial Chinese troops, after suffering heavy casualties, have captured Hankow, and that the rebel losses were enormous, ...

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  9. PERSONAL.

    Messages of sympathy with him in his illness have been despatched to Mr. Warner, captain of the English cricket team, on behalf of a number of Anglo ...

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  10. FLOCKING TO CANADA.

    It is estimated that during the present year over 150,000 immigrants have arrived in Canada from Great Britain, and that these brought into the ...

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  11. EMPIRE TRADE.

    In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, stated that the Royal Commission to inquire into the trade of the Empire would do ...

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  12. TRAGEDY IN QUEENSLAND.

    Yesterday afternoon a German named J. C. Schupp, a resident here for the past year or two, and who had lately been carrying on a manure ...

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  13. FOREIGN TREATIES.

    Mr. F.D. Acland, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, recently stated in the British House of Commons that Sweden had agreed to allow ...

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  14. DUKE OF CONNAUGHT.

    His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught, Governor-General of Canada, paid his official visit to Toronto to-day, and was welcomed by thousands of ...

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  15. LONDON WOOL SALES,

    The sixth series of the London wool sales opened to-day with a good attendance of Home, American, and Continental buyers. The competition was ...

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  16. MR. BOTTOMLEY.

    In the Chancery division of the High Court of Justice to-day, the Joint Stock Trust and Finance Co. sued Mr. H. W. Bottomley, the Liveral member for ...

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  17. OUT OF ORDER AGAIN.

    In the Assembly to-day, Mr. Fitzpatrick asked, "Has the AttorneyGeneral yet come to a decision in regard to the question whether there ...

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  18. WHALING.

    Norwegian firms are equipping whaling vessels for carrying on operations in the Southern Ocean. BERLIN, November 29. ...

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  19. THE HAWKE-OLYMPIC COLLISION.

    The Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice concluded the hearing to-day of the cross-actions arising out of the disastrous collision which took ...

    Article : 326 words
  20. FOREST FIRES IN AMERICA.

    Forest fires are raging in the Ventura district, and threatened the towns of Ventura. Fire fighters saved the town, but many ranches in the outlying ...

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  21. THE DURBAR.

    Mr. Abraham David Sassoon, one of the merchant princes of Calcutta and Bombay, who presented a statue of King George to the latter city, has ...

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  22. WAR IN TRIPOLI.

    The following message from the Italian Embassy in London has been received by the Acting Consul-Genral for Italy in Australia:— ...

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  23. WAGES BOARDS,

    A meeting of the Timber Workers' Union was held at the Labour-chambers last night. There was a very large attendance. ...

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  24. SMUGGLING CHINESE INTO AMERICA.

    An effort for making the United States Federal authorities stamp out the smuggling of Orientals across the Mexican border is being made. The ...

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  25. LIBERAL CONFERENCE.

    The inter-State conference of the Liberal organisations met, again to-day. The most important business dealt with was in connection with the preparation ...

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  26. RENEGADE INDIANS.

    Two renegado Indians, who killed a deputy-constable, are being chased in the Eagle Lake district by a posse numbering hundreds of armed men, who ...

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  27. ALLIGATOR CREEK TRAGEDY.

    Evidence was taken in the Police Court to-day in the case of George David Silva, charged with the murder of Mrs. Agues Clung and five children ...

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  28. MID-ATLANTIC DISASTER.

    The steamship Santa Anna has met with a trying experience during a voyage across the Atlantic. When about half way across she was hammered by ...

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  29. HOME RULE.

    The "Morning Post" (Unionist) states to-day that the negotiations between the Government and the Nationalists have reached an impasse, owing ...

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  30. HORRIBLE CRIME.

    A horrible crime is reported from Lafayette, in the State of Indiana. A negress has been arrested, and charged with hacking to pieces six negroes. The ...

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  31. FIRE AT NEW NORFOLK.

    A fire broke out in a cottage occupied by Mr. Sidney Hay, in Hamilton-road, New Norfolk, at 12.50 p.m. to-day. So rapidly did the flames spread that the ...

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  32. TRAGEDY NEAR LONDON.

    A shocking tragedy occurred yesterday on a farm at East Finchley, to the north of London. The farm was owned by Mr. George ...

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  33. WEST AFRICA.

    Miss Mary Gaunt (Mrs. Lindsay Millar), who was born in Victoria, and is the eldest daughter of the late Judge Gaunt, and a well-known writer, read ...

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  34. BILLIARDS.

    Fred Lindrum, the Australian billiard player, has started a match at Liverpool of 9,000 up against J. W. Collins. At the close of yesterday's ...

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  35. COMMONWEALTH BANK BILL.

    To-day the Premier and several State officials had a consultation with the Premier (Mr. Murray) and the Treasurer (Mr. Watt) of Victoria on the ...

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  36. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    In the case of the Marconi Co. versus the Telefunken Co. the statement of claim of the plaintiff company has been lodged. ...

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  37. SKILLED LABOUR.

    In the course of an interview with a representative of the "Standard" yesterday, Sir J. W. Taverner, the AgentGeneral for Victoria, gave an outline ...

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  38. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    The Postmaster-General (Hon. C. E. Fraser), speaking on the subject of wireless telegraphy, said the Government had made up its mind that the ...

    Article : 135 words
  39. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Cunard Steamship Co. has acquired a large interest in the Anchor line. ROCKHAMPTON DIOCESE. ...

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  40. DIVORCE.

    In the Divorce Court to-day, Mr. Justice a Beckett set aside two decrees nisi in suits in which the AttorneyGeneral intervened, on the ground that ...

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  41. FINANCIAL

    On the London Stock Exchange today, the prices for Australian and New Zealand bank deposits and shares, and stocks in commercial, industrial, ...

    Article : 72 words
  42. BOXING.

    Great interest is being taken in the boxing contest between Wolgast (American) and Welsh (British) for the lightweight championship of the world, ...

    Article : 62 words
  43. ACCIDENT TO A LOCOMOTIVE.

    When the morning train from Launceston to Scottsdale reached Ringarooma to-day, a tube in the boiler burst, putting out the fires. A ballast ...

    Article : 56 words
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