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  2. THE FRUIT COMMISSION.

    The Federal Royal Commission appointed to inquire and report on question of the production, distribution, marketing, and exportation of fruit [?] its ...

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  3. HOBART TRAMWAYS.

    The plebiscite of ratepayers taken yesterday by the City Council, to decide whether the Hobart Corporation should [?] itself of its option of purchase of ...

    Article : 499 words
  4. EDUCATION QUESTION.

    In the House of Commons yesterday afternoon a question was asked Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, concerning the speech delivered by Lord ...

    Article : 160 words
  5. HOME RULE BILL

    Mr. A. J. Balfour, formerly leader of the Opposition, moved the rejection of the Home Rule Bi[?] on the order for third reading in the House of ...

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  6. MYSTERIOUS DEATHS

    A few days ago a skeleton was found under a tiled footpath at a residence at Poole, in Dorsetshire. The house was formerly occupied by an old man ...

    Article : 417 words
  7. THE BALKANS WAR.

    The delegates of the Balkan Allies met again to-day to consider the situation, and decided to await the reply of the Porte to the joint Note of the ...

    Article : 393 words
  8. SHIPPING DISASTERS.

    During the recent terrific gales on the British coast the Russian fourmasted barque California, 2,518 tons, was dashed on to the rocks on the ...

    Article : 358 words
  9. ELECTION NOTES.

    There is no uncertainty about the decision of the ratepayers of Hobart in regard to the purchase of the tramways. There was more than a ...

    Article : 661 words
  10. COST OF LIVING.

    The Board of Trade report for the past year states that employment was good, and the upward movement in wages was more marked, but both were ...

    Article : 44 words
  11. OVERTHROW OF THE CAPITALIST.

    A food-producing and distribution council has been formed among many of the unions at the Trades-hall. It consists of representative union ...

    Article : 226 words
  12. PUTUMAYO ATROCITIES

    Mr. J. R. Gubbins, the chairman of the Peruvian Amazon Rubber Co. was recalld to-day before the Select Committee of the House of Commons ...

    Article : 132 words
  13. ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.

    In an unpretentious wooden villa at Albert-park, surrounded by flower beds, and intersected by a vine trellis, lives a distinguished-looking old gentleman, who, ...

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  14. ENGLISH CRICKET UMPIRING

    Referring to-day to the attack on English umpiring made by E. R. Mayne, a member of the last Australian Eleven, the "Manchester Guardian" ...

    Article : 620 words
  15. OPIUM SUPPRESSION.

    Officials, with a militia escort, from Chengfu, were enforcing the opium prohibition yesterday, when they encountered 1,000 armed men. Both sides ...

    Article : 43 words
  16. MAIL COACH ACCIDENT.

    An unfortunate accident occurred to Mr. Reynolds's mail coach, running between Onse and Macquarie Plains Railway Station, at Webberley's Hill, near ...

    Article : 240 words
  17. MASTERPIECE FOUND.

    Raphael's "Madonna della Quercia," which was painted in the fifteenth century, and has been lost for 100 years, was recently discovered in an Italian ...

    Article : 61 words
  18. MARCONI COMMITTEE.

    In the House of Commons yesterday afternoon there was a question raised on the interim report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons ...

    Article : 178 words
  19. LABOUR TROUBLE ON THE WHARF.

    There were labour troubles at Hobart in connection with the unloading of the R.M.S. Corinthic, which arrived on Wednesday from London, via South Africa, ...

    Article : 415 words
  20. THE SPANISH CRISIS.

    In furtherance of his decision to meet all prominent politicians, irrespective of parties, in order to acquaint himself with the various aspects ...

    Article : 84 words
  21. RAINS IN QUEENSLAND

    Showery weather conditions again prevailed to-day in the city and surrounding districts. A telegram to the Commissioner of ...

    Article : 306 words
  22. ETON COLLEGE TRAGEDY.

    Erie James Sedgwick was found guilty yesterday of the murder of Annie Wentworth, aged 22, in the house of an assistant master at Eton ...

    Article : 195 words
  23. PANAMA CANAL

    The American reply to the protest made by Sir Edward Grey, the British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, against the imposition of preferential ...

    Article : 336 words
  24. THE ESPIONAGE CHARGE

    At the Old Bailey yesterday the trial was commenced of George Charles Parrott, aged 45, a gunner in the Royal Navy, who is charged under the Official ...

    Article : 124 words
  25. GENERAL CABLES.

    The New South Wales wool exhibit at the textile branch of the Leeds University is attracting much attention. ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. ...

    Article : 130 words
  26. TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY

    No actual track laying work has yet been commenced in connection with the transcontinental railway to join Port Augusta and Kalgoorlie. Steps have been ...

    Article : 51 words
  27. ASSASSINATION IN INDIA.

    Yesterday two unknown men assassinated Debendra Ghose, a political suspect. The Eastern Bengal police recently arrested 13 men who were ...

    Article : 53 words
  28. THE COAL TRADE.

    Matters in relation to the threatened crisis in the coal-mining industry now appear to be more hopeful. The Northern colliery proprietors will send ...

    Article : 71 words
  29. BRILLIANT EXTENDED MINE.

    The night and afternoon shifts at the Brilliant Extended mine are now out on strike. It is stated that the cause is due to ...

    Article : 103 words
  30. STEAMER STRIKES WRECKAGE.

    A wireless message was received in Sydney to-day from the steamship Sonoma, which left here for San Francisco on Saturday last, stating that she had struck ...

    Article : 91 words
  31. MEXICAN REBELLION.

    The United States Government has ordered the protected cruiser Denver, 3,200 tons, 10 guns, to proceed to Acapulco, the Mexican port on the Pacific ...

    Article : 54 words
  32. DRIVING ACCIDENT.

    Three men in a sulky were driving back to their camp at Cawley late last night, when the horse backed over a cutting about 9ft. deep. Walter Sparing, aged 22, ...

    Article : 62 words
  33. THE DIVORCE COURT.

    Mr. Joseph Lewis, a millionaire diamond merchant, carrying on business at Hatton Garden, in the City of London, has obtained a divorce from his ...

    Article : 50 words
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