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  2. MYSTERY OF THE SEA.

    The Collector of Customs has received [?] communication from Customs Officer Huxley, stationed at King Island, which states: ...

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  3. STATE PARLIAMENTS

    In obedience to instructions, the House Committee presented to the Legislative Council on Wednesday their report on the proposal to instal billiard tables in the ...

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  4. ELECTORAL REPRESENTATION.

    In view of the fact that the question of franchise reform is engaging the attention of Parliament, the figures given below, compiled by Mr. Josiah Boothby, C.M.G. ...

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  5. FEDERAL FINANCE.

    The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Fisher) delivered his Budget speech in the House of Representatives this afternoon. He said the financial year which closed on June ...

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  6. AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE.

    It is intended to adopt the service rifle which has been most recently accepted by the Imperial Government, as the standard weapon to be manufactured at the small ...

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  7. THE ENGINEERS' SOCIETY.

    When asked a question in regard to the negotiations proceeding between the private employers in the engineering trade and the Government on the one hand, ...

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  8. A NARROW ESCAPE.

    Ernest Vantell, aged 80, who resides at 45, Hanson-street, had a narrow escape from death on Wednesday morning. He was pedalling a tricycle in King William-street, ...

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  9. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    In the Assembly last night the Agricultural Amendment Bill was considered in committee, and an amendment by Mr. Price to strike out the clause limiting ...

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  10. THE AREA OFFICERS.

    Instructions have been issued by the Chief of the General Staff to the State Commandants to invite applications for the positions of temporary area officers ...

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  11. GOVERNMENT WOMEN WORKERS.

    The fortnightly meeting of the Government women workers was held last evening at the Trades Hall, the president, Mrs. E. A. Roberts, in the chair. There ...

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  12. BOUND FOR SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The finding of the wreckage from the Princesse Marie a Danish barque, affords a clue to the fate of the vessel, which mysteriously disappeared off the Australian ...

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  13. YOUNG WOMAN FOUND DROWNED.

    Miss Ethel Mason has been found drowned. She had been suffering from insomnia and nervous breakdown. An inquest has been deemed unnecessary. Great ...

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  14. NORTHERN TERRITORY TRANSFER.

    In the Senate to-day Senator McGregor moved the second reading of the Northern Territory Acceptance Bill. He said he hoped members who had spoken before the ...

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  15. THROWN FROM A BUGGY.

    A buggy containing Michael Toohey, his wife, and 11-year-old daughter, collided with a tramcar in Blende-street yesterday afternoon. The horse shied and backed ...

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  16. FELL DOWN A WINZE.

    Charles Duffy fell down a winze at the Junction North to-day a distance of 60 ft. He escaped with slight bruises. ...

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  17. FOUND DEAD.

    An old man, Charles Jones, was found dead in his hut in a gully near Jamieson to-day. Constables discovered planted in the ground £40 worth of gold and £16 in ...

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  18. ADELAIDE ELECTORATE COMMITTEE.

    The annual meeting of the Adelaide doctorate committee of the U.L.P. was held at the Trades Hall on Wednesday night. Mr. A. E. Donnelly presided over a good ...

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  19. PERTH TEAM STRIKE.

    The Perth tram strike is how entering on its seventh week, and none of the strikers have availed themselves of the company's final offer, which closes this evening, to ...

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  20. TRAIN CAUSES TWO ACCIDENTS.

    Just after leaving the Hornsby station yesterday afternoon a train bound for Sydney ran down a school girl, Bertha Whatman, 8 years of age, who was crossing the ...

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  21. VICTORIA.

    Messrs. Dalgety & Co. are advised by cable that the White Star line steamer Persic arrived at Cape Town from Australia last Monday. ...

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  22. PROTESTANT DEFENCE.

    At the animal session to-day of the Australian Protestant Defence Association it was resolved that the association be called the Federal Council of the Australian ...

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  23. BUILDING TRADES' PICNIC.

    The building trades' picnic committee met at the Trades Hall on Wednesday evening, Mr. W. W. Beavis presiding over a large attendance. It was decided to hold the ...

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  24. TRAMWAY FARES.

    Replying to a request by the Trades Hall Council that the Melbourne Tramway Company should be compelled to adopt sectional fares, the Premier said the time ...

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  25. SUICIDE OF A SECRETARY.

    A telegram was received by the Commissioner of Police to-day stating that Mr. Balkenburg, secretary of the Leonora Hospital Board, committed suicide yesterday ...

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  26. WEST ADELAIDE U.L.P.

    The West Adelaide local committee of the U.L.P. held their annual meeting on Monday night, the president (Mr. Andrews) in the chair. Officers ...

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  27. CHILD FALLS FROM TRAIN.

    When the Port Fairy train was on its journey from Geelong this evening a child tell out of one of the cars near the junction of the Colac and Queenscliff lines. ...

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  28. DECAPITATED BY TRAIN.

    An inquest has been held concerning the death of Alexander Gibson Manners, whose decapitated body was found on the railway line at Clifton Hill, on July 31. No ...

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  29. IN THE ASSEMBLY.

    The House of Assembly got through its preliminary work rapidly on Wednesday, and within a quarter of an hour the business of the day was reached. During the ...

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  30. RAILWAY CROSSING FATALITY.

    The evidence taken by the Coroner at the inquest concerning the death of Mrs. Ellen Stewart, aged 35, who was killed on the railway line at Lillydale, on July 31, ...

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  31. TRAMWAY EMPLOYES.

    A crowded meeting of the Tramway Employes' Union was presided over at the Trades Hall by the president (Mr. T. H. Smeaton, M.P.) on Wednesday night. ...

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  32. SCENES IN PARLIAMENT

    At about 12.30 a.m., Mr. Barber was speaking on the Premier's motion to annex Thursday afternoons for Government business, when Mr. Mulcahy (Gympie) drew ...

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  33. DEATH FROM LOCKJAW.

    A little boy, George Alloway, who resided with his parents at Penrose-street, Moonee Ponds, died in the Children's Hospital to-day from tetanus following on an ...

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  34. IMMORALITY IN SCHOOLS

    The Minister of Education made a statement in Parliament with reference to the charges of immorality preferred against teachers in the Education Department by a ...

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  35. TRIED TO STRANGLE HERSELF.

    At the Brunswick Court to-day Edith McMahon was charged with having attempted to commit suicide at the Salvation Army Retreat, West Brunswick, yesterday ...

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  36. PASTRYCOOKS AND CONFECTIONERS.

    The Pastrycooks' and Confectioners' Union of Workers have lodged a citation against the employers. They ask for a week of 48 hours at a wage of £3 10/ for ...

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  37. THE TANNING TRADE.

    The Federated Tanners and Leather Dressers' Union of Australia (South Australian branch) will hold a meeting to-morrow to consider the present situation in the ...

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  38. HOTELKEEPER BADLY INJURED.

    H. Intermann, licensee of the Exchange Hotel. Pall Mall, Bendigo, met with a serious accident to-night. He was walking downstairs, when he turned suddenly to ...

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  39. LAND LEGISLATION.

    The Government's Land Act Amendment Bill, introduced to-day, gives a lease in perpetuity to tenants of the Crown with the right of conversion to freehold, and ...

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  40. A LANDSLIP.

    Two women were yesterday afternoon passing along a path which leads from the Cremorne wharf up the steep side of a hill past the reserve, when they suddenly heard ...

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  41. NEW ZEALAND.

    A boarding-house, comprising 32 rooms, with four adjoining residences, at Devonport, Auckland, was destroyed by fire today. ...

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  42. LOST IN THE SCRUB.

    Stanley Dowling, five years of age, was lost in the scrub near Dimboola yesterday afternoon. Search parties were out all night and this morning, but the little boy ...

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  43. CLERGYMAN'S WIFE KILLED.

    The Rev. George Hart, Anglican minister, and his wife left Gin Gin on Tuesday afternoon in a sulky to tour the Toweran district, and when 18 miles out the horse ...

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  44. ROPE AND TWINE EMPLOYES' UNION.

    There was a good attendance at the meeting of the newly-formed Rope, Twine, Nail, and Barbed Wire Employes' Union on Monday evening at the Temperance Hall, ...

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  45. DIPHTHERIA AT BROKEN HILL.

    At last night's council meeting the chief sanitary inspector reported that since August 20 37 cases of diphtheria had been reported, 13 of which had occurred since ...

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  46. SLAUGHTERMAN CUTS HIS THROAT.

    Francis George Lewis, a slaughterman, cut his throat with a butcher's knife while engaged at a bench yesterday. On the way to the hospital he said, "This is all done ...

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  47. THE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.

    The open golf championship of New Zealand to-day was won by Arthur Duncan with a score of 295, Clements was second with 306, and Bidwell third with 308. ...

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  48. BEETROOT SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    The Beetroot Sugar Bill, introduced in the House of Representatives by the Government to-day, gives the Crown authority to enter into arrangements with ...

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  49. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    J. Goldberg, a little boy, residing with his parents at Wyndham, while playing with a brace and bit, pierced the ball of his eye. He was removed to Sydney, and ...

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  50. A TEAMSTER KILLED.

    Last night John McGuire, a teamster, of Dorrigo, died from injuries received through the waggon which he was driving passing over his hips. There were about ...

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  51. TRAINING SHIP FOR BOYS.

    The Victorian training ship, John Murray, was christened at Williamstown today by Lady Carmichael. The John Murray is not to take convicted boys, but boys ...

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  52. UNION OFFICIALS.

    Mr. S. J. Elston, organising delegate for Australasia of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, is in Adelaide. He was born in London 56 years ago, and is a blacksmith ...

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  54. SUICIDE BY SHOOTING.

    The inquest ino the circumstances of the death of Henry Ralph Stockdale has been concluded at Gilgandra. The body of the deceased was found on Berida station. The ...

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  55. THE OPPOSITION ORGANISING.

    At the weekly meeting of the Federal Opposition to-night consideration was given to the question of organising for the next elections. It was generally agreed that ...

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  56. BROKEN HILL.

    Patrick Sheridan, or Fisher, and Thomas Hangan, were each fined £2, or 14 days in gaol, at the Police Court yesterday for having assaulted Constable Doolan. ...

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  57. "MADE IN NEW ZEALAND."

    The Factories Act Amendment B[?]ll introduced by the Minister of Labor in the House of Representatives proposes that after January it shall be unlawful for any ...

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  58. DR. CHAPMAN MARRIED.

    From invitations which have been issued in Melbourne to friends of Dr. Chapman, the evangelist, who made such a successful tour of Australia about a year ago. it ...

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  59. LUNACY SCANDALS.

    Another scandal in connection with lunacy administration was ventilated in the Legislative Assembly this evening. Mr. Beazley asked the Premier whether he was ...

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  60. KILLED BY A TRAM.

    Catherine Burke (59), Irving at Picton Arms Hotel, whilst attempting to evade a buggy in George-street, was knocked down by a tram going towards the ...

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  61. BROKEN HILL COMBINED UNIONS.

    The proposal to grant a loan of £1,000 to the Combined Unions' co-operative ventures was considered at a meeting of the A.M.A. lost night. It was decided that ...

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  62. FUNDS FOR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

    The campaign started by the Mayoress of Wellington for a fund to build a Children's Hospital has closed. The mayoress started out a month ago to raise £3,500. At a ...

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  63. WAGES BOARD TO BE REQUESTED.

    The monthly meeting of the Shop Assistants' and Warehouse Employes' Union was held at the Trades Hall on Wednesday night. The president (Mr. H. Gilmore) ...

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  64. DIRECTOR OF SURVEYS.

    In view of the large number of surveys that have to be made of lands for Federal purposes, and the increase in the survey work that will follow upon the acquisition ...

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  65. DIED IN A CELL.

    James Ellis, or James Heaney (42), a laborer, was found dead in a cell at Darlinghurst Gaol. He was undergoing a term of three months' imprisonment. When ...

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  66. BICYCLE ROAD RACE.

    A bicycle road race for amateurs took place to-day, under the auspices of the South Broken Hill Amateur Cycling Club. The distance was 14 miles, and ten riders ...

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  67. PIANO PLAYING EXTRAORDINARY

    Record-breaking piano playing endurance is becoming common in New Zealand. The latest victims to this craze are Godfrey Copley, whose committee at Wanganui stopped ...

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  68. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Fremantle Municipal Council has served the Fremantle Gas Company with notice of its intention to purchase the company's plant in accordance with the ...

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  69. THE STATE'S GOLD YIELD.

    The gold yield for August was 25,420 oz. crude, equal to 22,199 oz. fine, valued at £94,294, as compared with 17,106 oz. crude, equal to 14,983 oz. fine, valued at £63,646, ...

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  70. CRIMINAL SENT TO GAOL.

    At the Criminal Court to-day Thomas Garbutt was convicted of breaking and entering the Perth Technical School. Mr. Justice Rooth, in sentencing Garbutt to ...

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  71. TASMANIA.

    The Minister of Agriculture having received a communication from Mr. Perrv the New South Wales Minister, stating that he cannot see his way dear to reduce the ...

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  72. INTER-STATE BASEBALL

    The inter-State baseball carnival was continued to-day, when the second game of the rubber between Victoria and New South Wales resulted in the defeat of the ...

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  73. CARRIED A GIRL OFF.

    An aborigine, Tommy Morden, was charged at the Criminal Court to-day with rape at Williams. According to the case for the prosecution the accused had ridden ...

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