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  2. EMPIRE CONGRESS OF CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE. SUMMARY OF WORK DONE.

    The eighth congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire was opened at the Guildhall, London, on Tuesday, June 11. There were delegates present ...

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  3. THE PANAMA CANAL. CRAZE FOR LEGISLATION.

    Panama Canal legislation is becoming a craze in Congress. Representative Anderson is the latest addition to those who wish to add Canal bills to the ...

    Article : 89 words
  4. CLOUD-BURST DISASTER.

    Twenty lives have been lost as the result of a cloud-burst. The town of Seven Troughs was wiped out, and other towns suffered considerably. ...

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  5. EMPIRE TRADE.

    Mr. John Sinclair, of New Zealand, and Sir Richard Solomon, the High Commissioner of South Africa, have been gazetted members of the Royal ...

    Article : 65 words
  6. LABOUR UNREST. THE TRANSPORT WORKERS' STRIKE.

    The Transport Workers, Strike Committee has issued a manifesto, in which it is stated that the employer have flagrantly broken their agreements. It ...

    Article : 192 words
  7. OLYMPIC GAMES. THE EIGHT-OARED RACE.

    In the final heat of the eight-oared race to-day, the Leander crow, which had previously met and defeated the Australian eight, and which beat the ...

    Article : 190 words
  8. THE SUFFRAGISTS. OUTRAGES IN DUBLIN.

    The women suffragists who were arrested in Dublin yesterday, one for throwing a hatchet at the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) and the other for ...

    Article : 82 words
  9. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Governor and Lady Barron will give a dinner at Government House on Wednesday evening, in honour of Right Hon. James Bryce and Mrs. ...

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  10. SHIPPING TRADE AUSTRALIAN TRADER STRANDED.

    The steamer Time, which has been constructed for Messrs. Howard Smith and Sons Limited for the Australian coastal trade, was being towed to ...

    Article : 85 words
  11. ENGLISH SPORTING.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 121 words
  12. THE SENATE AND FREE TOLLS.

    The Washington correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that signs multiply that the American Senate will abandon the proposal that American coastwise ...

    Article : 92 words
  13. PRISONERS COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.

    Gladys Evans, Mary Loigh the thrower of the hatchet at Mr. Asquith), Lizzic Baker, and Mary Capper, the English women suffragists, were committed ...

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  14. CANADIAN PROPOSALS.

    The Dominion Government is considering the question of adopting the policy of nationalising all the leading Canadian ports with a view to ensuring their ...

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  15. LABOUR LEADER'S ADVICE.

    Mr. Vernon Hartshorn, the representative of the South Wales miners on the Federation of Great Britain, in a speech delivered at Maesteg on ...

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  16. KINNEAR WINS THE SCULLS.

    In the final for the sculls, W. D. Kinnear defeated Veirman, the Belgian sculler. ...

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  17. POSTAL AND TELEGRAPHIC, ETC.

    On the motion of Lord Desborough, it was unanimously decided that it was dosirable to establish by international agreement a fixed date for Easter, and to ...

    Article : 339 words
  18. THE DISCUSSION.

    The discussion on the Panama Canal Bill was resumed in the American Senate yesterday. Senator Smith argued that the ...

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  19. GERMAN CREW WINS THE FOURS.

    A German crew from Ludwigshafen beat the Thames crew in the final of the outrigger fours by 2½ lengths. The time was 6min. 59 4-10sec. ...

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  20. NAVAL DISASTER.

    During a night attack at a place unspecified a torpedo-boat crossing the bows of the German battleship Hessen, 12,997 tons, was rammed abaft the ...

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  21. AVIATION. AEROPLANES FOR FRANCE.

    As a result of the public subscription raised in France for strengthening the Army Aviation Corps 30 aeroplanes have been ordered. ...

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  22. APPEAL TO AMERICAN LABOUR.

    The Strike Committee has appealed to Mr. Gompers, the president of the American Federation of Labour, to help the starving families of the ...

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  23. TURCO-ITALIAN WAR. ATTACK ON DARDANELLES.

    In the attack by the Italians on the Dardanelles on Thursday eight torpedoboats entered the Strait during a fog, and in the darkness crept to within two ...

    Article : 75 words
  24. APPEAL BY BRITISH LEAGUE.

    The British Aerial League is appealing for a national subscription of 1,000,000 shillings to place aviation in Great Britain on a level with, that in ...

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  25. THE SOUTH AFRICAN SERVICE

    For the Union Castle line, which was recently amalgamated with the Royal Mail Steamship Co., three 15,000-ton steamers are being built, to be used in ...

    Article : 75 words
  26. THE EMPLOYERS' DEMAND.

    Lord Devonport justifies the refusal of the employers to agree that the men should resume work on the same conditions an existed prior to the strike, ...

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  27. RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

    The St. Petersburg correspondent of "The Times" recently stated that it was asserted in well-informed quarters that Japan and Russia had concluded a ...

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  28. PORTUGUESE ROYALISTS.

    Writing to a compatriot in Paris, Captain Conceiro, who led the recent Royalist attack on the Portuguese frontier, has expressed his disappointment ...

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  29. EFFECT ON CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.

    There was excited trading in the Chicago wheat "pit" yesterday, as a result of the announcement of the closing of the Dardanelles, thus holding up ...

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  30. IMPERIAL POLITICS. THE FINANCE BILL.

    Several newspapers refer to-day to the remark made yesterday by Mr. Lloyd-George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, during the discussion in the ...

    Article : 153 words
  31. IMMIGRANTS FOR AUSTRALIA

    An anonymous Australian in London, who has been aiding immigration with his money during the last two or three years, and who offered £6,000 at the ...

    Article : 166 words
  32. THE ITALIAN VERSION.

    A semi-official statement made in Rome declares that owing to a report that the Turks intended to make a surprise attack in the Egean Sea, Italian ...

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  33. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    Notice of several motions in regard to preferential trade within the Empire had been given, but they were all dealt with together, upon the motion by Mr. W. F. ...

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  34. BISLEY.

    The second stage (10 shots at 300 and [?] wards of the King's Prize was fired at Bisley to-day, and the silver medal was won by Sergeant-Insturctor G. ...

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  35. WORK FOR THE POLICE.

    Half of the men from Scotland Yard are watching the Public Offices against suffragist attacks. ...

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  36. HOME RULE. MR. ASQUITH IN IRELAND.

    Mr. Asquith the Pinne Minister who is on a visit to Dublin, addressed a great meeting in the Theatre Royal last night. Mr. John Redmond the leader ...

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  37. PERUVIAN ATROCITIES.

    There is general indignation in Great Britain over the atrocities disclosed in the report of Sir Roger Casement, the British Consul-General at Rio de ...

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  38. NATIONAL INSURANCE. THE DOCTORS AND THE ACT.

    Sir William Plencer, the president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, who recently issued a report to the Government stating, in connection ...

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  39. MR. ASQUITH RETURNS TO ENGLAND.

    Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, returned to England yesterday from Ireland, and in a speech delivered last night at Thornton Hough in Cheshire, ...

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  40. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 150 words
  41. FEDERAL SAVINGS BANKS.

    Further returns reached the governor of the Commonwealth Bank (Mr. Denison Miller) from Victorian agencies of the new Savings Bank Department on ...

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  42. MOTOR CAR FATALITY.

    A distressing motor-car accident occurred yesterday afternoon at a place called Lodder's Cutting, about three miles from Ulverstone, Mrs. Harrison, ...

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  43. NATIONAL DEFENCE.

    Four separate notices of motion were given in regard to national defence, but it was agreed to delete the rest of them in favour of that gvien by the Vancouver ...

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  44. RULES REJECTED.

    The shipyaids in Sunderland have been thrown idle owing to the men rejecting the new time rules in connection with the working of the National ...

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  45. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.

    Charles Hatton, railway porter, aged 26, was run over by a train at the Roma-street station on Saturday night and decapitated. The accident ...

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  46. HOUSE COLLAPSES.

    A shocking disaster occurred yesterday at Gerga, in the Russian province of Caucasia, a house collapsing and burying 30 people, most of whom were ...

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  47. GENEROUS EMPLOYERS.

    Lord Ashton's firm, which has very large linoleum manufacturing works at Lancaster, has notified the linoleum workers that, as the National Insurance ...

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  48. CANADA AND THE EMPIRE.

    Mr. Henri Bourassa, the Nationalist leader in Canada, in discussing the effects of the annexation of Canada to the United States, endeavours to lead ...

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  49. SCULLING.

    Richard Arsst, the champion sculler of the world, who defends the t[?] on the 29th inst. against Ernest Barry, the champion of England, has ...

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  50. PROTESTS BY ORANGE BODIES.

    The Orangemen's Congress has received resolutions condemning the Home Rule Bill from Orange associations in Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, ...

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  51. MEETING OF BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.

    At a private but representative meeting of members of the British Medical Association, which was held at Liverpool yesterday, a resolution was passed ...

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  52. EARTHQUAKE IN MEXICO.

    An earthquake shattered the city of Guadalajara, capital of the province of Jalisco, yesterday. There were 23 shocks, and the whole city was laid in ...

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  53. MIKADO OF JAPAN.

    The Mikado of Japan, who is in his 60th year is in a critical condition. His stomach and brain are affected. He was unconscious on Friday. His ...

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  54. SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES.

    The Federal Attorney-General (Hon. W. M. Hughes), replying to the comments of the leader of the State Opposition on his speech on Syndicalism, said the Labour ...

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  55. EMIGRATION.

    In addressing members of the Child Emigration Society to-day, Mr. G. Jefferson paid a tribute to the Australian Governments for their generous ...

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  56. BOXING.

    The Social and Moral Reform Council of Canada is seeking to prevent the Tommy Burns-Rickard fight scheduled to take place at Saskatoon on August ...

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  57. GRAFT IN AMERICA

    A few days ago Hermann Rosenthal, a noted gambler, who recently charged the New York police with extensive "graft" operations, was shot dead in ...

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  58. THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

    The formation of branches of the new Roosevelt organisation, which has come into existence as the result of Mr. Roosevelt's "bolt" at the Republican ...

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  59. AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

    The High Commissioner (Sir George Reid) has cabled to the Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce), stating that the second protected cruiser for the ...

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  60. ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.

    Hannah Mary Daley, 70 years of age, was assaulted and robbed by two men at her residence at Blackrock at about 6 o'clock last evening. ...

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  61. CHINESE POLITICS.

    The Chinese Assembly has vetoed the Ministers nominated by the President (Yuen Shih Kai) for the Cabinet, with the exception of the Premier. The ...

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  62. FINANCIAL CONSOLS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 23 words
  63. TURKISH AFFAIRS.

    A meeting of officers held at the Turkish Ministry of War yesterday sent a deputation to the Sultan asking him to dissolve the Chamber of Deputies, ...

    Article : 75 words
  64. FOOTBALL IN AMERICA.

    The Californian Rugby Association is being reorganised with the object of raising funds to bring New Zealand and Australian teams to California in the ...

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  65. GENERAL CABLES

    The New South Wales bowlers met Abordeon yesterday, and won by 145 points to 74. ...

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  66. TRADE AND COMMERCE.

    Other resolutions carried were in favour of encouraging the flow of British emigration and capital to British possessions; in regard to the necessity of the ...

    Article : 496 words
  67. BRITISH BROKEN HILL.

    The British Broken Hill Co. is offering the 75,000 additional shares which are being created at a premium of 5s. The issue is guaranteed. ...

    Article : 30 words
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