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  2. SGENE IN THE SENATE.

    While amendments to the Navigation Bill were being discussed in the Senate in committee to-day, Senator Rae (N.S.W.) made some ...

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  3. REVENUE RETURNS. TASMANIA.

    The Tasmanian, revenue returns for the month of October, 1912, amounted to £127,777 8s 4d., showing an increase of £33,965 18s 7d as compared with October ...

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  4. THE BALKANS WAR. A DECISIVE BATTLE FOUGHT

    Replying to a question in the House of Commons this afternoon, Sir Edward Grey, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said it was undesirable at the ...

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  5. IMPERIAL POLITICS HOME RULE BILL IN THE COMMONS

    Consideration of the Home Rule Bill was resumed in committee of the House of Commons to-day Mr. A. Birrell, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, moved ...

    Article : 208 words
  6. NAVAL DEFENCE.

    In the House of Commons to-day the Firt Lord of the Admiralty (Mr Winston Churchill) said that, according to the Admiralty order, the screw sloop ...

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  7. THE BULGARIAN CAMPAIGN. CRUSHING DEFEAT OF THE TURKS

    After three days' fighting from LuleBurgas to Seraj, the front extending for fifty kilometres, the Bulgarians have completely routed the main army ...

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  8. PERSONAL

    Mr. Miller (Governor of the Federal Bank) called at Devonport yesterday afternoon, on his return by motor-car from Burnie and Launceston. ...

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  9. ALLEGED HIDEOUS ATROCITIES

    Two Servian, officers have arrived at Sofia from Egripalanka and Kurnanovo, and report that hideous atrocities were committed by the retreating Turks. The ...

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  10. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CRITICISED.

    It was reported at the half-yearly meeting of the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce to-day that only formal acknowledgment had been received from the Federal ...

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  11. DESPATCH OF BRITISH WARSHIPS.

    A British warship has been despatched to Salonika to protect the lives and property of British subjects. Later. ...

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  12. FOUR DAYS' BATTLE.

    The Turks have sustained a smashing defeat after a four days' incessant battle, which was waged with great animosity and enormous losses on both ...

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  13. MONTENEGRIN CAMPAIGN.

    The Montenegrins have occupied Ipek, to the south-west of Novibazar. ...

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  14. LORD SELBORNE'S PREDICTION.

    Lord Selborne, one of the Unionist leaders, in a speech at Basingstoke last night, protested against the tyranny of the Home Rule policy of the ...

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  15. THE RED CROSS.

    The Kaiser has contributed £1,500 to the funds of the German Red Cross unit in the Balkans. ...

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  16. SHOCKING DISASTER.

    A shocking disaster occurred yesterday at Alicante, in Spain. Alicante lies at the base of a cliff 850ft. high, which on one side goes sheer down to ...

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  17. BOMBARDMENT OF BURGAS.

    It is rumoured in Constantinople that a Turkish squadron is bombarding Burgas, the Bulgarian town at the head of the gulf of the same name, and ...

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  18. OPENING NEGOTIATIONS.

    The "Neue Freie Presse," the leading paper of Vienna, says that the Ballcan States have agreed that at a given moment they will negotiate with ...

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  19. TRADE UNION BILL.

    The Standing Committee of the Hduse of Commons on the Trade Union Bill have rejected by two votes, a Labour amondment intended to revise the ...

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  20. PASSION PLAY.

    The Passion playera of Ober-Ammergau, in Upper Bavaria, where the famous play of the Crucifixion has been performed every ten years since 1633, ...

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  21. THE COMMONWEALTH.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 292 words
  22. THE INVESTMENT OF ADRIANOPLE.

    The Vienna "Reichpost," which has hitherto published reliable news from the front, states that the Bulgarians chose Lule-Burgas as the contre of ...

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  23. COINING AND FORGING PLANT

    Ar. extensive coining and note-forging plant has just been discovered in a house at Earl's Court, Kensington. Amongst the stock-in-trade discovered ...

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  24. COMPULSORY TRAINING.

    In reply to a question asked in the House of Commons this afternoon by Captain W. V. Faber, the Unionist member for Andover, Mr. Asquith, the ...

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  25. ANGLICAN CHURCH.

    The "Church Guardian," in commenting to-day upon the efforts of the North Queensland diocese to secure the freedom of the Church of England in ...

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  26. WORK FOR UNEMYLOYED.

    The Premier's ultimatum to the uncmployed that the Government would only undertake to provide work in the country and not in the city has dissatisfied ...

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  27. TRAM-CAR COLLISION.

    A sensational incident occurred today at Lewisham, in South-east London. Owing to the failure of the brakes of ...

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  28. SIGNING [?] WSPAPER ARTICLES.

    A deputation representing 700 provincial newspapers in Australia waited upon the Minister of External Affairs (Hon. J. Thomas) last night, to protest against the ...

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  29. THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM.

    The Sofia correspondent of "The Times" states that the Bulgarian triumph has evokod no demonstrations from the public of Sofia, where fears ...

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  30. THE STABS AND STRIPES

    With a view to preventing the glorifichtion of the American flag in Canada, the Ontario Board of Censors has confiscated a number of cinematograph films, ...

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  31. ALLEGED DESERTION.

    An unusual case was heard at the City Police Court to-day, John Thomas Carey, Marconi wireless operator, being charged with having deserted his ...

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  32. GENERAL CABLES. WELSH COAL TRADE.

    The Wekh Coal mineowners are claiming a reduction of 2½ per cent, on the general rate of the wages now paid to the colliers. ...

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  33. SPORTING CABLES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 80 words
  34. GERMANY AND CHILI.

    The Chilian Minister to Washington denies the report that Germany is about to buy a coaling station in the Magellan Islands. ...

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  35. AMERICAN PRESIDENCY THE CAMPAIGN FUNDS.

    The campaign contributions committee of the American Congress liaB elicited that 1,000,000 dollars has been received by the Republicans since the ...

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  36. A YEAR'S LIBERTY.

    A year ago James Henry Townley, aged 24, made his escape from Yatala Prison, near Adelaide. He was serving a sentence of six years on two charges of shop ...

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  37. THE SUFFRAGISTS.

    Mr. and Mrs. Pcthick Lawrence, the militant suffragists, were sentenced to nine months' imprisonment for conspiracy, inciting to violence, and ...

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  38. AUSTRIAN SQUADRON READY.

    Telegrams received in London state that an Austrian souadron at Trieste is being held in readiness to proceed to Salonika, and that a large force of ...

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  39. QUEENSLAND.

    The Queensland revenue returns for October amounted to£476,510, an increase of £34,691, as compared with the saine month last year. The principal increase ...

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  40. THE DEATH OF MR. SHERMAN.

    Governor Herbert Spencer Hadley is the probable successor to Mr. Sherman as the vice-presidential candidate. Mr. Sherman's death will not affect the ...

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  41. FRENCH CRUISERS FOR SYRIA.

    Three French cruisers sailed from Toulon yesterday to protect French interests on the coast of Syria. ...

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  42. RISKS OF MASSACRE.

    The Great Powers are discussing the risks of massacre and pillage in Turkey by demoralised soldiery and the mob. It is understood that any intervention ...

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  43. TIMBER WORKERS' UNION

    The annual meeting of the Timber Workers' Union yesterday decided to subrait to the Millars Co a schedule embodying a number of increases in wages, ...

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  44. EMPIRE TRADE COMMISSION.

    Sir J. W. Taverner the Agent-General for Victoria, gave evidence to-day before the Royal Commission appointed in pursuance of the 20th resolution ...

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  45. THE BULGARIAN ADVANCE.

    Newspapers in Vienna point to the fact that the Bulgarians advanced to the southern bank of the River Ergene from Havsa, via Pavlo and Alapye, ...

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  46. CONSUMPTION

    The jury disagreed to-day in the case in which Mr. Charles Stevens, the owner of a patent medicine, sued the British Modical Association for libel, ...

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  47. INTER-STATE CRICKET.

    For the first time for ten years a team from West Australia has visited the eastern States. They commenced their match against the Victorian Eleven on ...

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  48. BIG FIRE AT COLAC

    Messrs. Bilson and Co.'s store, which is the largest establishment in Colac, was destroyed by fire early this morning, together with the contents, which ...

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  49. ATTITUDE OF ROUMANIA.

    It is authoritatively stated in Bucharest that Roumania will quietly await the conference of the Great Powers, and then resolutely demand the ...

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  50. TRANSPORT UNION.

    A far-reaching scheme for the federation of the transport unions of Australia was adopted at a conference of representatives of the Waterside Workers' ...

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  51. THE SERVIAN CAMPAIGN.

    Thousands of Mussulman Albanians have surrendered their weapons, and entered Prishtina wearing the Servian colours. ...

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  52. DIRECT SERVICE WITH HULL

    The negotiations which have been carried on by the Stnte Ministry with the object of securing a direct shipping service between Victoria and Hall ...

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  53. FINANCIAL.

    The Bank of England figures for October 31, with the previous week's totals given in parentheses, are as follow:— ...

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  54. AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE.

    Rifle clubs are to play an important part in the defence scheme of Australia if Senator Pearce's ideas are realised While the Minister was watching the ...

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  55. MASSAORE OF CHRISTIANS.

    Reuter states that the Bulgarians at Lule-Burgas captured two more trainsful of provisions and ammunition It is reported that the Turks at ...

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  56. STARVATION CURE CASE.

    With regard to the starvation cure case, in which William Dargan was, on a coroner s warrant, committed for trial for the manslaughter of his wife, because he ...

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  57. THE TURKISH ACCOUNT.

    Nazim Pasha's report of the fighting has been only partly nublished, lest it should excite the Moslem population and provoke fanatical outbreaks. ...

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  58. A SUSPENDED SOLICITOR.

    In the Full Court to-day an application was made that the order suspending Mr. E. J. V. Nigan from practice as a solicitor be removed, and that he ...

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  59. COMPULSORY SERVICE.

    One hundred and fire Unionist members of t&e House of Commons hare signed a letter, thanking Lord Roberts for his "stirring and convincing" speech ...

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  60. GREEK CAMPAIGN.

    The Greeks have occupied the towns of Thaos and Imbros. Refugees are burning the villages on the Janina Plains, and flocking to ...

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  61. DISCOUNT.

    The market rate for short loans is 4½cent.; for bills at three months, 5 per cent. The rate in Paris is 3½ per cent., and in Berlin 4½ per cent. ...

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  62. A SERIES OF BATTLES.

    The battle was obstinate and decieive. The Bulgarian cavalry, advancing from Kirk-Ki[?]se and Baebeski reached Lule-Burgas on Tuesday, and was ...

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  63. MAILWAYMMN'S SIRIKS

    With respect to the strike of Metropolitan railwaymen engaged regrading for an extra shilling per day. the unien maintains that a general minimum of 10s. ...

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  64. WIDENING FEDERAL POWERS

    The State Attorney-General (Mr. Holman) left for Melbourne to-night, and it is understood that visit is in conuection with the approaching referendum ...

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  65. A DOUBTFUL REPORT.

    The Kezhani correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that a Greek division marching from Ko[?]si completely routed 4,000 Turkish soldiers ...

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  66. CONSOLS.

    Imperial consels, 2½ par cent., queted at £7s. 15s., a rise ef [?]. since last week. ...

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  67. AUSTRALASIAN STOCKS.

    All Australian and New Zealand Government stocks are unchanged since last week, except Victorian 3 per cent., which are quoted at £79, and West ...

    Article : 34 words
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