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  2. ENCOUNTER WITH BLACKS.

    The Minister for the Northern Territory (Hon. W. J. Denny) has received the following telegram from the Warden of Goldfields, dated Tanami, November 30: ...

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  3. MOTOR CARS AND CUSTOMS.

    The motor car prosecution conducted by the Federal Attorney-General, which were dealt with yesterday, were merely the for[?]unners of a number of similar ...

    Article : 145 words
  4. NEW ELECTORATES.

    Last night's Assembly sitting was occupied entirely by Mr. Scaddan, leader of the Opposition, in a denunciation of the Redistribution of Seats Bill. Speaking for over ...

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  5. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    On Saturday evening Mr. Forrester, in the employ of a local farmer, was driving home from the township when his horse shied. The spring dray in which he was ...

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  6. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Wheat.—The markets are inactive and the demand limited. Buyers axe continuing their hand-to-mouth policy, owing to a continuance of heavy shipments. There is ...

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  7. CHICAGO STRIKE.

    The strike ot garment-workers in Chicago has had further serious developments. Alarming disturbances occurred yesterday which the police had great difficulty in ...

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  8. THE WARATAH.

    The Board of Trade enquiry concerning the loss of the Lund liner Waratah, which has not been heard of since she left Durban on July 26, 1909, was opened yesterday ...

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  9. CRIMINAL LIBEL ALLEGED.

    At the City Court to-day a warrant was issued for the arrest of Edward Box, a painter, of l8, Freeman-street, North Fitzroy, on a charge of having criminally ...

    Article : 265 words
  10. "BEGGARY TO FACE."

    Increased Parliamentary allowances formed a subject for discussion in the Legislative Assembly during the debate on the Estimates to-day. The member for ...

    Article : 370 words
  11. A BURNING MINE.

    The Leyden Coal Company's mine, about four miles from Denver, Colorado, has been the scene of a terrible disaster. An explosion of coal gas took place, ...

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  12. CANADA'S FISCAL POLICY

    A conference of farmers from Western Canada is now sitting in Ottawa. Yesterday the conference carried resolutions, which will be placed before the ...

    Article : 114 words
  13. ENTHUSIASTIC PETITIONERS.

    On December 2 James Sandiford, of Cressy, applied for a wine license at Colac, but the case was adjourned to enable the objectors to obtain signatures to a ...

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  14. SHIPPING.

    Pierre Antonine, barque, at Portland (Oregon) from Newcastle. Oceano, steamer, at San Francisco from Newcastle. ...

    Article : 118 words
  15. ROBBED IN PARADISE.

    Yesterday a desperado named Ira Ward robbed the State Bank in Paradise, Kansas. Securing a haul of £500, Ward took flight for the hills. He was pursued by a posse ...

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  16. TUG CAPTAIN IN TROUBLE.

    Captain Charles Matheson appeared be fore the Marine Court to-day to show cause why his certificate of master of a coast trade ship should not be cancelled or ...

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  17. VICTORIAN ELECTORAL BILL.

    The free conference of both State Houses on the Electoral Bill arrived at an agreement to-day. This was to allow freeholders and l[?]aseholders with a year's tenure, both ...

    Article : 153 words
  18. AUTOMATIC LIGHTERS.

    The Chamber of Deputies has agreed to a tax ranging from 2/ to 17/6 on automatic lighters. The tax is designed to protect the Government match monopoly, which ...

    Article : 76 words
  19. NEW ZEALAND.

    The directors of the New Zealand and River Plate Company recommend a dividend of 8 per cent. per annum, including interim dividend, and that £20,000 be ...

    Article : 51 words
  20. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The returns of the Bank of England for the week ended Wednesday, published today, and the comparison with the previous week, are as follow: ...

    Article : 456 words
  21. THE SPRINGBOKS.

    The South Africans had an outing to-day against a combined northern team. Scores:- THE COMBINED NORTH. ...

    Article : 420 words
  22. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Francis Hastin[?]s, of Blink Bonny Farm, to-day was convicted at the Criminal Coure of having stolen 80 sheep, the property of Clarkson Bros., of Moondyne. He was ...

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  23. EMPIRE PREFERENCE.

    Referring to the possibility of arranging recipro[?]a[?] trade with Canada, Mr. Batchelor to-day said he recognised the a [?]vantages from an Australian point of view. It ...

    Article : 423 words
  24. SWISS PRESIDENT.

    M. Marc Ruchet, Minister of the Interior in the present Cabinet, has been elected un[?]posed to the office of President of the Republic of Switzerland, in succession to M. ...

    Article : 91 words
  25. TAXING THE LAND.

    The Legislative Council to-day carried the second reading of the Land Tax Bill, and the 96 clauses were passed in about ten minutes and returned to the Assembly. ...

    Article : 77 words
  26. MEXICAN REVOLT.

    Another battle between the Mexican Federal troops and the insurgents has been fought in the vicinity of Guerrero, capital of the mountainous state of the same name, ...

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  27. TASMANIA.

    Parliament was to-day adjourned till January 17, with a view to prorogation. On the successful passing of the Mount Balfour Copper Mines Railway Bill Dr. ...

    Article : 218 words
  28. PEACE CONFERENCE.

    Mr. Andrew Carnegie, the multi-millionaire, who on Wednesday last donated £2,000,000 to the New Peace Foundation at Washington, was the principal speaker ...

    Article : 84 words
  29. ARE THEY NOISY?

    The hearing was begun by Mr. Justice a'Beckett to-day of an action by Walter Howard Smith, of the Esplanade, St. Kilda, claiming from John H. Tait and ...

    Article : 76 words
  30. A WIFE'S MISCONDUCT.

    In the case in which the King's Proctor intervened to prevent the decree granted in December last year divorcing Mrs. Pretty from being made absolute, it has been ...

    Article : 145 words
  31. POSTAL EMPLOYES.

    The members of the Letter-carr[?]ers' Assoeiation to-day waited upon the Acting Prime Minister, and asked that effect should be given to the recommendations ...

    Article : 146 words
  32. COCK-FIGHTING.

    A "cocking main"—or cockfighting contest—which is expected to extend over 10 days, and is described as the biggest event of its kind that has been held in the ...

    Article : 73 words
  33. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Assembly to-day the Estimates were further considered. The weather during the past few days has been most oppressive in the ...

    Article : 112 words
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  35. MOTORING.

    Otto Camphin, a prominent Melbourne motorist, left Sydney G.P.O. at 2 o'clock this morning on an attempt to lower the motor car record from Sydney to M [?] ...

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  36. A GREAT DISPLAY BY BASSE & CO.

    Many people have longed to buy Fine Art Wares when prices were two or three times higher than on the exquisite novelties offeied by Messrs. F. Basse & Co. for ...

    Article : 437 words
  37. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    It has been decided by the Federal Government that Mr. Holtze, curator of the Botanical Gardens, at Palmerston, sha[?] represent both the Northern Territory and ...

    Article : 205 words
  38. VICTORIA.

    W. J. Wilson, for many years captain and coach of the Bairnsdale Rowing Club and a prominent member of the local football club, has disappeared mysteriously. He ...

    Article : 263 words
  39. BROKEN HILL.

    A diminutive youth, John Larkin, was charged at the Police Court this morning with having on December 10 broken into and entered the premises of George ...

    Article : 225 words
  40. BUTLER'S UMBRELLA AND WALKINGSTICK SHOP.

    Umbrellas, sunshades, walkingstick, and military canes are popular presents at Christmas time. Messrs. Richard Butler & Sons, of 46, Adelaide Arcade, have ...

    Article : 273 words
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