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  2. SERVANT OR "HELP."

    At the W.C.T.U. Convention on Thursday a good deal of time was devoted to the subject of "household helpers." Miss Mellor, who was deputed to report on this ...

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  3. NAVAL DEFENCE.

    Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson, with the members of his staff, and Captain Creswell (Director of Australian Naval Defence) has inspected the inner Fremantle harbor ...

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  4. DISASTROUS FLOODS.

    Further floods, attended by heavy loss of life have occurred in Central and Northern Austria, where continual downpours have caused heavy damage. Many districts in ...

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  5. GERMAN ESPIONAGE.

    The German officer arrested yesterday at Portsmouth while taking notes of the defences was Lieutenant Siegfried Helm (not Elmn, as originally stated), and he is an ...

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  6. RAILWAY LABORERS' STRIKE.

    Little change took place yesterday in the position of affairs in connection with the strike of railway glut hands. No more men were called out, or decided to cease ...

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  7. LABOR UNREST.

    The executive of the Boilermakers' Society have made a fresh appeal to the members to place confidence in the executive. They condemn as unsatisfactory the ...

    Article : 144 words
  8. ATLANTIC FISHERIES DISPUTE.

    The Hague Arbitration Tribunal, which has been adjudicating upon the Atlantic fisheries dispute between Great Britain and the United State, has given its judgment ...

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  9. PERTH STRIKE SETTLED.

    After lasting over six weeks there is now every reason to hope that the Perth tram strike will be settled to-morrow. The obstacles to a settlement were the promise ...

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  10. SUPPOSED FATAL ACCIDENT.

    Between 9 and 10 o'clock this morning Mr. Edgar March with a companion were patrolling the old mine, and at the open cut near the old bull engine shaft saw the ...

    Article : 150 words
  11. FLOODS IN JAPAN.

    A repetition of the fearful floods which occurred in this country last month is feared. One of the threatened towns is Osaka, at the mouth of the River ...

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  12. A SUDDEN DEATH.

    A painfully sudden death took place here on Tuesday evening. As Mrs. Paulina Lydia Heilmann, the wife of Mr. J. C. W. Heilmann, was sitting in a chair nursing ...

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  13. CONTROL IN TIME OF WAR.

    Referring at the Navy League meeting to-day to the Australian and Canadian navies, the Governor (Lord Islington) said these new establishments and arguments ...

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  14. BOY SCOUTS IN RUSSIA.

    The success of the boy scout movement in Russia is evidenced by the fact that there are now 10,000 scouts in the country. The Minister for War, who assisted in ...

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  15. A MINER INJURED.

    James Meagin, a miner, was admitted to the hospital this morning suffering from a badly-crushed foot. He wes working on the 600-ft. level of the Central mine, when ...

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  16. TAFT AND ROOSEVELT.

    Although President Taft spoke with reserve before the Conservation Congress, Mr. Roosevelt displayed an aggressive spirit. Consequently the impression ...

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  17. CUT TO PIECES BY TRAIN.

    The Railway Department to-day received advice from Avondale, on the North Coast line, that the body of a man, name unknown, was formel this morning on the ...

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  18. PRIVILEGED PASSENGERS.

    The question of the eligibility of privileged passengers by the railway to claim damages for injuries received whilst on a journey was argued in the State Full ...

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  19. GREAT ARTIST DEAD.

    The death is announced in London at the age of 83 years of Mr. William Holman-Hunt, O.M., the painter of the great picture, "The Light of the World." ...

    Article : 150 words
  20. DEAR FOODSTUFFS.

    The high price of meat in Austria, which on several occasions has been the subject of representations to the authorities in favor of foreign competition with the ...

    Article : 109 words
  21. KEROSINE LAMP EXPLODES.

    Lawrence Tyrell (38), boatswain, of the collier Barrabool, was severely burnt about the face and hands, as the result of the explosion of a kerosine lamp on ...

    Article : 64 words
  22. NATIONAL RESOURCES.

    Mr. Hill, a railroad magnate, speaking at the congress on the conservation of national resources at St. Paul's yesterday, dealt with the proposal to place the ...

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  23. ACETYLENE GAS EXPLOSION.

    An acetylene gas explosion occurred last night at a dwelling at Indooroopilly. While looking for a leak in the gas tank J. McKeller struck a match, and an explosion ...

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  24. THE POLICE AND THE CARS.

    Replying, to Mr. Horan, a Labor member, in the Assembly to-day, Mr. Nansen, the Attorney-General, said the Perth Tramway Company, had not been charged for the ...

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  25. A LITTLE BOY KILLED.

    Walter Williams, aged 4, died to-day at Moree as the result of injuries sustained by falling out of his father's waggon. The little fellow jumped up in the waggon to ...

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  26. PRICES IN FRANCE.

    The Minister for Agriculture reports that there is nothing to justify the increased price of foodstuffs, and he threatens to prosecute the speculators who ...

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  27. CO-OPERATION IN EUROPE.

    A congress of co-operative societies was opened at Hamburg yesterday. Dr. Muller, of Zurich, stated there were 2,000 cooperative stores in Europe, aggregating ...

    Article : 80 words
  28. BUENOS AYRES SHOW.

    Among the awards at the Buenos Ayres International Exhibition are two first prizes, each for fruits, to Messrs. Frankey and Jacques, and one for preserves to the ...

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  29. "THE SONG OF THE SHIRT."

    In a recent discussion at a meeting of the Trades Hall Council, some strong remarks were made with regard to the low rates paid to women who were compelled ...

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  30. CAUGHT BY FALLEN TIMBER.

    A large stack of timber piled high in Anthony's timber yards. Elizabeth-street, suddenly collapsed to-night and crashed on to the footpath. Arthur Matthews, who ...

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  31. NEW COALFIELD.

    Dr. Kendall, Professor of Geology at Leeds University, at the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Sheffield yesterday, announced ...

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  32. GRATIFICATION IN LONDON.

    Official circles in London are gratified at the award, as the points on which America scored are of minor importance. Gratification is expressed, particularly at the ...

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  33. PHOENIX PARK MURDER.

    James Fitzharris, alias "Skin the Goat," who was the driver of the cab in which the assassins of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke drove to and escaped from ...

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  34. NEW SOURCES OF POWER

    In a papar which he read at the meeting of the British Association yesterday Professor Fessenden, a member of the Niagara Power Commission, submitted a detailed ...

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  35. GIFT OF BOOKS.

    Mr. H[?] Western Eve. lately headmaster of University College, has bequeathed a number of books to the library of Victoria College Wellington. ...

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  36. PAYING OLD DEBTS.

    A Scotch Court has granted to the trustee appointed to deal with the bankruptcy of Mr. E. R. Clunies-Ross, who went to Australia in 1908, an order vesting ...

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  37. FEELING AT WASHINGTON.

    "A substantial victory for Great Britain on, perhaps, the two most important points, and a consolatory triumph for America on the other five points, with ...

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  38. A VALUABLE ESTATE.

    The will of the late Mr. Charles Butler, of Hatfield, a collector of old masters, was lodged for probate yesterday. The estate was [?]worn at £1,148,356. ...

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  39. CANADIAN REGIMENT.

    The Duke of Connaught yesterday inspected the Canadian regiment, which arrived a fortnight ago to participate in the army manœuvres at Aldershot. After the ...

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  40. THE ENGLISH ST. LEGER.

    The Doncaster meeting was continued yesterday, the chief event decided being the St. Leger, the last of the classics. Details:— ...

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  41. BREACH OF PROMISE CASE.

    Miss Margaret Parker, of Bendigo, was to-day awarded-£150 damages and costs against Thomas Hall, of Toora, Gippsland, for alleged breach" of promise. The ...

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  42. MR. WINSTON CHURCHILL STRANDED.

    [?]ron de Forest's yacht Honor with Mr. Winston Churchill, the British Home Secretary, and Mrs. Churchill on board, became stranded yesterday at Mitylene, an ...

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  43. EUCHARISTIC CONGRESS.

    A brilliant reception was tendered yesterday to Cardinal. Vanutelli, the Papal Legate attending the Eucharistic Congress, by the Canadian Government. Four ...

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  44. GORSE HALL MURDER.

    Mark Wilde was yesterday committed for trial on a charge of murdering Mr. George Storr at Gorse Hall early in the year. In refutation of the evidence that the ...

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  45. THE IRISH PARTY.

    Delegations from the Irish Party are about to visit the American continent to seek financial help for carrying on their campaign. Mr. John Redmond, the leader ...

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  46. EXCHANGE OF SCHOOL FLAGS.

    Captain Collins, of the High Commissioner's office, yesterday unfurled the flag [?]nt from Australia to Wimbledon school [?] the presence of 1,000 scholars. ...

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  47. FLOODS IN VICTORIA.

    It has again been demonstrated that the Goulbourn levees are unable to withstand a heavy flood. Abont 11 p.m. yesterday word was brought into Nathalia that a big ...

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  48. QUEEN ALEXANDRA.

    Queen Alexandra has expressed a desire to be known by that name instead of as the Queen Mother. ...

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  49. THE BLACK HAND.

    The members of the secret societies known as the "Black Hand" and the "Mafia" during July and August in Italy committed 41 murders, wounded 78 persons ...

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  50. SHIPPING ACCIDENT.

    The acting postmaster this afternoon received a telegram from the harbormaster at Cooktown, stating that the steamer Tymeric, bound from Calcutta to Newcastle, ...

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  51. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Wheat.—The cargo of the barque Ingebjorg, which is loading in South Australia, has been sold at 39/6. Pigs.—The shipment of South Australian ...

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  52. BASUTOLAND AND THE UNION.

    A proclamation was issued yesterday by the South African Government assimilating Bas[?]toland to the provinces of the union for Customs purposes. ...

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  53. Advertising

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  54. GERMAN NAVY.

    The German Admiralty are transferring the headquarters of the submarine division of the fleet from Ki[?] the chief naval station on the Baltic, to Wilbelmshaven, ...

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  55. ALLEGED MALADMINISTRATION.

    The committee appointed by Congress to enquire into charges, of maladministration made against Mr. Richard A. Ballinger, Secretary for the Interior, has adopted a ...

    Article : 71 words
  56. BRISBANE DREDGERS.

    Mr. E. A. Cullen, who was sent home by the Queensland Government for the purpose, has completed enquiries at the engineering works in the north of England, ...

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  57. THE KENSINGTON MYSTERY.

    The coronial enquiry into the death of Ivy Alice O'Brien, whose body was found dumped on the sandhills at Kensington, was resumed to-day. Nurse Brown and ...

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  58. THE WINE BAR TRAGEDY.

    Walter Roydon Lovett, a young man, was charged at the Central Criminal Court to-day with the murder of Edith Lily Stafford Lovett, his wife, in a Bond-street ...

    Article : 233 words
  59. THE VICTORIAN RAIL. WAY ACCIDENT.

    The whole of the passengers injured in the railway accident at Bochara yesterday are reported to be progressing favorably. Had it not been for ...

    Article : 124 words
  60. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 212 words
  61. BRITISH TRADE.

    The Board of Trade reports for August show that, as compared with the correspending month of last year, imports increased by £3,619,413, exports by £6,524,183, ...

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  62. MINING SHARES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 29 words
  63. AERONAUTICS.

    Mr. Grahame White, the noted aviator, who has been singularly successful in his flights at the Boston competitions, yesterday covered a 32-mile course down Boston ...

    Article : 60 words
  64. FOOTBALL FIGHTS.

    "Ran[?]i" Wilson, a well-known representative footballer, was before the Police Court to-day, charged with assanlting another player named Calcinai during the ...

    Article : 76 words
  65. TASMANIAN G.M. COMPANY

    The directors of the Tasmanian Gold Mining Company, in consequence of the support accorded the movement by the colonial shareholders are submitting a ...

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  66. ADULTERATED MILK.

    A case presenting p[?]ar features was heard at the Police Court to-day, when a dairyman was charged with selling milk not of the mature substance and quality ...

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  67. THE QUEENS LAND DISPUTE.

    A special meeting of the executive of the Queensland Rugby Union enquired into the recent row at a football match at Bowen Bridge. A member of the South ...

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  68. "THE ANGELUS BELL."

    A woman who was arrested a few days ago on a charge of offensive behaviour[?] when she was found kneeling in prayer in Bridge-street, Ballarat East, at the ...

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  69. JUMPED TO HIS DEATH.

    Horace Norgrove, a solicitor's clerk, who was arrested on a charge of embezzlement. while being taken by train to Obakune to-day, suddenly opened the door and dived ...

    Article : 51 words
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