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  2. TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY. TURNING THE FIRST SOD.

    The ceremony of turning the first sod of the East and West Railway was performed here at Catholic Hill to-day, in the railway reserve where a small stand ...

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  3. OBITUARY.

    The Hon. John Henry died at 4 o'clock this morning He had been failing for a long time, and his death was not unexpected. The funeral takes place on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT.

    The parliamentary committee of the Trade Union Congress and the General Federation of Trade Unions has adhered to the memorandum of the ...

    Article : 185 words
  5. FEDERAL HOME RULE. MR. CHURCHILL'S SCHEME

    The evening newspapers comment on the address delivered last night by Mr. Winston Churchill, the First Lord of the Admiralty, in which he outlined ...

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  6. THE LATE MIKADO. FUNERAL CEREMONY IN TOKIO.

    The funeral ceremony of the late Emperor of Japan was celebrated last night on the Aoyama parade ground at Tokio, and the interment will follow ...

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  7. NAVAL DEFENCE. THE DOMINIONS' AND THE EMPIRE

    Rear-Admiral Tate, of the Canadian Navy, stated in the course of an interview at Vancouver yesterday that the withdrawal of the British squadrons ...

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  8. THE NORTH SEA. STRENGTHENING GERMAN DEFENCES.

    Following the announcement that the German Government has given orders for the fortification of three of the Frisian Islands, viz., Juist, Wangeroog, ...

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  9. PERSONAL.

    The Political Labour League (cables our Sydney correspondent) has endorsed the selection of the Hon. W. M. Hughes (Federal Attorney-General) as a Labour ...

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  10. THE MEDITERRANEAN POSITION.

    Admiral Germin[?]t, the well-known French naval writer, was interviewed to-day on the announcement made by M. Delcasse, the French Minister of ...

    Article : 150 words
  11. REDUCTION OF CABLE RATES

    Referring yesterday to the cable message stating that the Postmaster-General of Canada was not satisfied with the reduction which had been granted ...

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  12. MR. REDMOND'S RETURN FROM AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. W. Redmond, the Nationalist member for East Claro, arrived at Plymouth to-day, after his mission to Australia to raise funds for the Homo ...

    Article : 106 words
  13. THE WEATHER.

    The weather during the past couple of days has probably been as cold and boisterous as any during the winter. The tides have been unusually high for ...

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  14. GERMAN GENERAL'S SUGGESTION.

    General Von Schott, of the German army, in writing in "Der Tag" to-day, urges the German Admiralty not to wait till the embankment is built from ...

    Article : 91 words
  15. LORD DENMAN'S SPEECH.

    Lord Denman said: I can assure you that I regard it as a great privilege, and a great honour, that I have been asked to come here and perform this ceremony ...

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  16. LAUNCH OF ANOTHER BRITISH DREADNOUGHT.

    The Super-Dreadnought Audacious, which has been constructed by Messrs. Cammell, Laird and Co., at Birkenhead for the British Government, was ...

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  17. FIRE ON THE WAKANUI.

    At Montreal to-day a fire broke out in the stokehold of the steamer Wakanui. 5,824 tons, belonging to the New Zealand Shipping Co. Two firemen ...

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  18. QUAINT RITES.

    The ceremonies were opened in the presence of enormous crowds. The Emperor issued a decree of amnesty, and granted 1,000,000 yen to charities, ...

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  19. AVIATION.

    At Chicago to-day Howard Gill, an American aviator, collided in mid-air with George Mestach, a Frenchman, and fell to the oarth and died from his ...

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  20. THE BALKANS. MORE TURKISH BARBARITIES.

    It is semi-officially stated in Athens that the Mirdites and Malissori tribes in Albania are preparing for a general rising, and are now occupying the ...

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  21. WEST MELBOURNE RAILWAY DISASTER.

    The inquest on the victims, of the Dudley-street railway accident was continued to-day. Addresses were given by Mr. Chomley on behalf of the three ...

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  22. LAND TAXATION.

    Business men in Arizona are proposing to adopt the Australian taxation system by which a property-owner assesses himself, the State having the ...

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  23. PERSIAN AFFAIRS.

    Sa[?]ar-ed-Dowleh, the uncle of the Shah of Persia, who took a prominent part in trying to regain the throne for the ex-Shah, refused last May the ...

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  24. SEVERE FIGHTING.

    One hundred Turks were killed and fifty captured in a hot fight in the Hoti district on Wednesday, the Malissori tribesmen losing 20, The Turks ...

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  25. COST OF LIVING IN AMERICA

    The newspapers in San Francisco are discussing the present high meat prices throughout the United States, and advocate the lowering of the duties on ...

    Article : 105 words
  26. SPEECHES AT THE LUNCHEON.

    having the opportunity of being present. It was one which it was apparent had aroused a national spirit. He congratulated Sir John Forrest on the beginning ...

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  27. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.

    A few days ago a horrible tragedy was committed in the Portuguese province of Alemtego. On the highway to the village of Monto Valepaio, the ...

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  28. QUEENSLAND'S INDUSTRIAL PEACE [?]L.

    As a sequel to a number of poorlyattended, meetings of protest against the provisions of the Industrial Peace Bill, at which many resolutions have ...

    Article : 145 words
  29. BRITISH LABOUR PARTY.

    Members of the Labour party in the House of Commons, including Mr. Ramsay Macdonald, the leader of the party, and Messrs. Henderson, Barnes. ...

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  30. FEDERAL AFFAIRS. THE NEW STAMPS.

    The new Commonwealth stamps will be ready in the new year. They are being printed in the department's own office. ...

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  31. MEXICAN REBELLION.

    A plot has been unveiled, having for its object the sacking of Mexico City to-morrow, which is the anniversary of Mexican Independence. ...

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  32. MOROCCAN SITUATION.

    Lieutenant-General Mangin, the commander of the French troops in Morooco, who recently inflicted a defeat upon El Hibi, the Pretender to the ...

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  33. PURCHASE OF A STEAMER.

    The Minister of External Affairs (Hon. J. Thomas) said yesterday that the price paid for the steamer Moruya, 525 tons, was £10,400. The vessel would ...

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  34. STRIKE RIOTS IN AMERICA

    The street car employees at Duluth, in Minn[?]ta, have gone on strike, and the trouble has been marked by severe rioting. The militia guards are ...

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  35. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    Harold Clitheroe, aged 23, was riding on the platform of a passenger train on the Bankstown line yesterday, when his hat was carried away by a high wind. ...

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  36. PROHIBITION ON DEAD BODIES.

    A proclamation has been issued by the Governor-General, prohibiting the introduction into Australia of the dead body (1) of any person whose death ...

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  37. IMPERIAL POLITICS. THE LIBERAL AND LABOUR SPLIT

    Mr. Herbert Samuel, the PostmasterGeneral, addressed a meeting at West Hartle[?]ool last night, and, referring to the recent three-cornered contests, said ...

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  38. SPORTING CABLES.

    In New York to-night Harry Thomas, the English boxer, outpointed Abe At[?] tell, the American, in a ten round bout. ...

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  39. UNITED STATES AND MINOR REPUBLICS. INTERVENTION IN MEXICO AND SAN DOMINGO.

    Senator Alden Smith, the chairman of the Senate Committee inquiring into alleged American activity in fomenting the Mexican revolution, says that so ...

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  40. WAINUTS TEMPESTUOUS VOYAGE.

    The U.S.S. Co.'s coastal steamer Wainui, 684 tons, passed through a hazardous [?]me on her voyage from Melbourne to Strahan and Hobart. ...

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  41. THE PUBLIC SERVICE.

    The following Tasmanian candidates have been successful in examination for appointment in the Commonwealth, public service as clerk, fifth class:— ...

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  42. BRITISH WARSHIPS FLAG HALFMASTED.

    The flags on the warships in Great Britain were half-masted on Friday in connection with the funeral of the Mikado. ...

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  43. GENERAL CABLES. GENEROUS DONATION.

    An anonymous donor has given £50,000 to the Calvinistic and Methodist Churches of Wales. ...

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  44. SCHOOL SUBSIDIES.

    There have been sent to the State Premier (Hon. J. S. McGowen) by the privileges committee of the New South Wales Methodist Conference resolutions ...

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  45. ANGLO-SAXON PEACE.

    Sir George Reid, the High Commissioner of Australia, pleaded for AngloSaxon peace when addressing the members of the British Empire Association ...

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  46. OPPOSITION TO KE[?]R HARDIE.

    The Liberals have decided to oppose Mr. Keir Hardie, the Labour member for Merthyr Tvdvil, at the next election, and the Labo[?]rites are likely to ...

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  47. POSTAL EMPLOYEES

    The Postmaster-General (Hon. C. E. Frazer) commented yesterday on the charges of intimidation of postal employees by the department made before ...

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  48. SHIPPING TRADE.

    The directors of the P. and O. line have given orders for the construction of four 9,000 ton vessels for the Eastern trade. ...

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  49. REVOLUTION IN SAN DOMINGO.

    The United States is about to intervene in San Domingo, the republic on the south coast of Hayti, where a revolution has broken out and ...

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  50. WATER TURBINE BURSTS.

    The water turbine at the Shawinigan Falls power plant, in the Province of Quebec, burst to-day, and one employee was killed and nine seriously injured. ...

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  51. SERIOUS DISTURBANCES IN BELFAST

    A riot took place at a football match in Belfast yesterday, and resulted in sixty people being injured. Five of these were wounded by revolver shots. ...

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  52. EMIGRATION.

    Mr. George Swinburne, M.L.C., of Victoria, left London to-day by the Aberdeen White Star liner Themistocles, on board of which there are 600 ...

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  53. THE PALMA TROPHY.

    Canada has lost the Palma rifle shooting trophy, the United States team winning by eight points. The scores were:—United States, 1,720; ...

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