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  2. THE NORTH LYELL DISASTER. THE FIRE EXTINGUISHED.

    Since the fire was subdued this morning anxious inquiries have been made as to when the bodies will be brought out. This will not be till late to-night. ...

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  3. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT THE HOME RULE BILL

    The Home Rule Bill was further considered in the House of Commons to-day. Mr. W. H. Fisher, one of the ...

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  4. THE SUFFRAGISTS. THE DIFFERENCES OVER POLICY

    Farther particulars are published to-day of the resignation of Mr. and Mrs. Petbick Lawrence, the militant suffragists, who have quitted the Women's ...

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  5. NAVAL DEFENCE.

    The resignation of Mr. F. D. Monk, the Minister of Public Works in the Dominion Parliament, in consequence of disagreement with Mr. R. L. Borden, ...

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  6. THE BALKANS WAR COUNTER-DECLARATIONS.

    Turkey has declared war against Servia and Bulgaria. The Ministers in Constantinople of those two countries have received their passports. The ...

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  7. PERSONAL

    The death is announced by cable message from Washington of Senator Weldon Brinton Heyburn. He was born in Delaware County in 1852, and admitted to the ...

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  8. LORD DENMAN CONTRIBUTES £50.

    The Mayor received the following telegram yesterday from Federal Government house, Melbourne:— I am desired by His Excellency the ...

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  9. RATS DESERT 700 FEET LEVEL.

    "Many things have happened lately, the most conspicuous of all being that, about ten days ago, the whole of the rats in the 700ft level left. When this ...

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  10. WAR AGAINST THE LABOUR PARTY.

    The Women's Political Union hold a demonstration in the Albert-hall yester day Three hundred women who have suffered imprisonment were attired in ...

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  11. CRETE.

    The "Vossische Zeitung," one of the leading papers of Berlin, states to-day that the presence of the British fleet in Suda Bay, which has the best ...

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  12. THE BURGLARY BOOM.

    A burglary, with highly sensational shooting incidents, took place early this morning at the Captain Cook Hotel, Moore-park. ...

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  13. THE RELIEF FUNDS

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  14. ROUMANIAN STEAMER DETAINED

    The Roumanian steamer Princess Marie, which was conveying Ottoman refugees, has been detained at Varna the Bulgarian Black Sea port. ...

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  15. THE ACTION OF THE MEN.

    "The association could do nothing until about three weeks ago, when Mr. Cunningham, secretary of the association, and myself, as president, met and ...

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  16. COLONIAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.

    Mr. L. Ginnoll, the Independent Nationalist member for North Westmeath, questioned Mr. Sydney Buxton, the President of the Board of Trade, ...

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  17. HOW THE LINE WAS FOUND.

    Paddy Heffernan, who was one of the rescued 50, relates how he first found a rope hanging down the shaft, which brought the entombed men into ...

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  18. WIDESPREAD RUIN.

    It was recently reported that M. Wilmart, the manager of the Ghent-Terneuzen Railway Co., had disappeared, after perpetrating frauds amounting to ...

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  19. A MINISTER'S EXPLANATION.

    In the House of Commons yesterday afternoon attention was called to the speech made on Tuesday last by Mr. F. D. Acland, the Under-Secretary of ...

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  20. KINGS FOR THE FRONT.

    King Ferdinand of Bulgaria has left Sofia for the front. The King of Servia has started for his army's headquarters, which are situated at Nish. ...

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  21. THE RED CROSS

    The Red Cross Society is sending ambulances from England to Montenegro. Doctors Antony. Bradford, and Goldsmith, all Australians, will be ...

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  22. BEE DISEASE BILL.

    To-day the House of Commons read the second time the Bee Disease Bill, which gives the Board of Agriculture powers of inspection. ...

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  23. THE DARDANELLES.

    The Russian Government has made energetic representations to the Porte, and is also negotiating with the Great Powers to secure the free passage of ...

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  24. VICTORINN GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS.

    The State Cabinet to-day considered the question of voluntarity offering a subscription to the relief fund. "The Ministry," said the Premier ...

    Article : 271 words
  25. FINANCIAL. BANK OF ENGLAND.

    The Bank of England figures for October 17, with the previous week's totals given in parentheses, are as follow:— ...

    Article : 86 words
  26. NAVAL PRIZE BILL.

    Mr. Lloyd-George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated in the House of Commons yesterday that the Government did not intend to introduce the ...

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  27. LOCALISING THE WAR

    The Vienna correspondent of the "Temps" states that there is an unverified rumour that Sir P. L. Cartwright, the British Ambassador to ...

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  28. CHINESE FINANCES.

    Circulars have been issued in Peking urging the withdrawal of deposits from the Six-Power group of banks as a protest against their attitude ...

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  29. STRIKE RIOTS IN AMERICA

    There was renewed rioting yesterday at Ely, in Nevada, when the trade union men attempted to close a mine. The State police were summoned, and ...

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  30. SERVIAN CAMPAIGN

    The Servian artillery repulsed a Turkish attack yesterday from Prypolyo, to the north-west of Novibazar, killing 200 men. The loss of the Servians is ...

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  31. DISCOUNT.

    The market rate for short loans is 3¼ per cent.; for bills at three months, 4[?] per cent. The rate in Paris is 8¼ per cent., and in Berlin 4? per cent. ...

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  32. ONE USED TO DISASTER

    J. Blomquist, one of the rescued, is reported to have been in two previous mining disasters and two shipwrecks. ...

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  33. EMIGRATION.

    Sir Newton Moore, the Agent-General for West Australia, gave evidence to-day before the Royal Commission appointed, in pursuance of the 20th ...

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  34. NATIONAL INSURANCE.

    As a protest against the doctors refusing friendly society work, the guardians of the North Dublin Union have decided not to allow the corpses of ...

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  35. ENTHUSIASM IN SERVIA.

    The declaration of war by Servia has evoked tremendous enthusiasm. At a special service the Archbishop of Belgrade invoked a blessing on the holy ...

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  36. THE BEREAVED WOMEN.

    The smelting of ore at the reduction works will be discontinued. To-night there are rumours that several women have become demented, and ...

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  37. CONSOLS.

    Imperial Consols, 2½ per cent., quoted at £73 2s. 6d., a fall of 15s. since last week. ...

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  38. THE FEDERAL RELIEF FUND.

    Mr. J. A. Jensen, M.H.R., who is in charge of the Mount Lyell relief fund in the House of Representatives, announces that he has collected from ...

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  39. AUSTRALASIAN STOCKS.

    Victoria, 4 per cent., £100. New South Wales, 4 per cent., £102. New Zealand, 4 per cent., £100; 3½ per cent., £92: 3 per cent., £81. West ...

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  40. TRAMWAY EMPLOYEES CLAIMS

    When the Arbitration Court proceeded with the hearing of the tramway employees' plaint to-day. Mr. Waxman (representing the North ...

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  41. AMERICAN PRESIDENCY. MR. ROOSEVELT'S CONDITION.

    Mr. Roosevelt is still improving. He has issued a statement reproving Mr. W. J. Bryan for his assertion that the campaign issues ought not to be ...

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  42. BULGARIAN OPE ATIONS

    The Bulgarian Government has ordered from Austrian makers eight aeroplanes for use in the war. ...

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  43. THE OUTBREAK OF THE FIRE.

    "Why were the men not notified in terms of urgent warning that the fire was serious? The pump house man knew it at 10.45, and must have ...

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  44. PHŒNIX PARK MURDERS

    The murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, and Mr. Thomas A. Burke, the Undersecretary, in Phœnix Park, Dublin, on ...

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  45. A PATHETIC INCIDENT

    A most pathetic incident has come under notice, and has been vouched for as true. W. Simmonds, who was one of those rescued from the 1,000ft. level ...

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  46. MRS. TARGRESS'S FUND.

    The sum of £5 13s., collected by Miss A. J. M. Dermott, was handed to "The Mercury" last evening, as an addition to the £50 11s. 16d. already deposited ...

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  47. MEXICAN AFFAIRS ANOTHER REVOLUTION STARTED

    The Mexican Chamber of Deputies has precipitated a crisis by demanding the resignation of General Madero, the President, and his Cabinet. ...

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  48. TURKISH ADVANCE

    The Turks are now operating from Mustanha to the north-west of Adrianople, and the advance guards of the Bulgarians are retiring on the main ...

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  49. A WALL-STREET PLOT.

    Mr. Thomas W. Lawson (author of "Frenzied Finance") at the State Campaign Contributions Investigation at Washington to-day, related a ...

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  50. CONSTANTINOPLE, October 18.

    It is officially stated in Constantinople that Turkish militia, supportde by regular troops, have penetrated Bulgarian territory for several miles, the ...

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  51. SOME CORRECTIONS.

    The name J. O'Day, given in the list of the dead and missing, should be George Gadd, and that of W. Bennett should be J. McGowan. ...

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  52. DRUIDS LODGE GIVES 100 GUINEAS.

    Bro. F. H. Ralph, Grand President of the United Ancient Order of Druids Grand Ledge of Tasmania, has instructed the secretary that the sum ...

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  53. RELATIVES LEAVE FOR SCENE OF DISASTER

    Among the relatives of the men who have lost their lives in the North Lyell disaster is the father of W. and A. Tregonning. Mr. Tregonning ...

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  54. ALARM IN AMERICA.

    Alarmed at the situation in Vera Cruz, the United States Government has ordered the cruiser Des Moines, 3.200 tons, there to protect Americans, ...

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  55. MONTENEGRIN CAMPAIGN

    To-day, when the Montenegrins entered Berane, which was captured from the, Turks after severe fighting, two months supply of food for the garrison ...

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  56. THE NUMBER OF THE DEAD.

    "As to the conflict of opinion about the number of men underground (the company saying there are 42, and we 48). I was present when the roll was ...

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  57. AVIATION.

    Another aviator was killed to-day at Mourmelon, in the French department of Marne. Whilst an airman named Blanc was piloting a monoplane at a ...

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  58. QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT.

    In the Assembly to-day, the Treasurer gave notice of his intention to introduce a bill to declare the meaning of section 7 of the Income Tax Act of 1902 in respect ...

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  59. THE "ARGUS" FUND.

    The "Argus" has a fund for the relief of the sufferers. Up to the present £236 has been received. The Governor (Sir Jno. Fuller) gave £10, the Broken Hill ...

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  60. STATE-OWNED RAILWAYS.

    Lord Lamington, a former Governor of Queensland, in a letter in to-day's "Times," states that had privatelyowned railways been allowed in ...

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  61. CONSTANTINOPLE, October 17.

    The Turkish losses in the fight at Krania were 17 killed and 54 wounded, and the Montenegrin casualties 500. Fighting [?] the north of Gusinge ...

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  62. SPORTING CABLES. BOXING.

    At Philadelphia to-day Teddy Maloney outpointod "Ad" Wolgast in a six-round bout. Maloney punched Wolgast at long range throughout. ...

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  63. THANKS FOR THE EXPERTS.

    Before closing, I must, on behalf of my Union, thank Mr. Sawyer, the New South Wales expert, for helping the men on Sunday last in the attempted ...

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  64. WEST COAST SUBSCRIPTIONS.

    The "Herald" North Mount Lyell disaster fund now amounts to about £200. ...

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  65. DISASTROUS EXPLOSION

    A disastrous explosion occurred to-day at Barsonnechia, and destroyed the new power station erected there for the electrification of the Mont Cenis tunnel ...

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  66. CONDITION OF THE MINE

    Mr. J. J. Mahoney, president of the Lyell branch of the Federated Miners' Association, and also president of the organisation for the State, yesterday ...

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  67. THE CANADIAN CADETS.

    The Canadian Cadets, who arrived in Hobart on Thursday, were entertained at breakfast yesterday morning at the Grotto by the Royal Society of St. ...

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  68. THE COMPANY DECLINES TO REPLY

    The above statement was made known to Mr. Jamieson, chairman of directors, and Mr. Sticht, general manager of the Lyell Co., and they stated:— ...

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  69. R. S. SIEVIER'S WIN.

    Mr. R. S. Sievier states that he won £30,000 on the Cesarewitch Stakes, run yesterday, and won by Mr. C. E. Howard's colt Warlingham. ...

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  70. CO-PARTNERY.

    In a speech at Newcastle to-day Earl Grey, formerly Governor-General of Canada, said he was surprised that profit-sharing co-partnery was the last ...

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  71. GREEK PREPARATIONS

    Greek gunboats have arrived at Vonitza, on the south shore of the Gulf of Arta. The four torpedo-boat destroyers which were recently purchased in ...

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  72. INTERVIEW WITH MR. TWELVETREES

    Mr. W. H. Twelvetrees (Government Geologist) returned to Burnie to-night from Mt. Lyell. Interviewed by a "Mercury" reporter, he said that the ...

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  73. RUGBY FOOTBALL.

    The South African team of Rugby footballers met Glamorgan yesterday, and won by 35 points to three. ...

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  74. NORTHERN TASMANIAN TOURIST ASSOCIATION

    Representatives of the Northern Tasmanian Tourist Association will wait on the Commissioner of Railways at Launceston on Monday to discuss with Mr. ...

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  75. ALLEGED FORGERY.

    Last month an attempt was made to obtain £1,750 from Cox's Bank at Charing Cross by forging the signature of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, but the ...

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  76. SMART WORK BY GREEKS

    The Greek gunboats passed the Turkish guns within 240 yards in the narrow channel between the new fortress at Previa and the const batteries. The ...

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  77. TURKEY AND ITALY. THE CONCLUSION OF PEACE.

    Now that peace has been concluded between Turkey and Italy, the Sultan has issued a firman granting autonomy to the Arabs in Tripoli and Cyrenaica. ...

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  78. EGRESS FROM THE MINE.

    Discussing the Lyell disaster to-night, Mr. Thomas Judge (Victorian president of the Federated Mining Employees' Association) stated that he could not ...

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  79. ITALIAN PROCLAMATION.

    A proclamation has been issued by the italian Government granting an amnesty to all those who participated in the war in Tripoli and Cyrenaica, and ...

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  80. THE INSPECTION QUESTION.

    "The position is, no doubt, to an extent due to a lack of performance of duty on the part of the Government inspector of mines. Recently the men ...

    Article : 214 words
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