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  2. SYDNEY LABOR CONFERENCE.

    The twentieth Political Labor Conference of New South Wales was opened this morning, and was presided over by Mr. P. J. Minahan, M.L.A. Mr. A. Fisher (Prime ...

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  3. A GUILTY PAIR.

    Signor Facenda, who shot and killed his wife's paramour in Paris early last September, and at the same time severely wounded the woman, was acquitted ...

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  4. TRAMCAR HELD UP.

    A sensational attack was made on an electric tramcar on the outskirts of Santa Monica last night. A band of masked robbers boarded the ...

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  5. WARM WEATHER.

    The State divisional officer of the Commonwealth Weather Bureau reported on Thursday:-"The cool southerly wind which set in ...

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  6. REPRIEVING A NATIVE

    Considerable criticism has been levelled at the Governor-General (Lord Gladstone) for reprieving a native who had been sentenced to death at Buluwayo for an assault ...

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  7. DISCONTENT IN THE POSTAL SERVICE.

    The Letter-carriers, Mail Drivers, and Assistants' Association held a demonstration at Mortlake to-day, and at the dinner reference was made to the grievances of ...

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  8. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    About 11 a.m. on Thursday a pair of horses attached to a trolly and jinker, the property of Messrs. John Hains & Co., bolted from near the E. & A. Copper ...

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  9. LABOR AND THE LAW.

    A section of the Parliamentary Labor Party's annual report, dealing with the Osborne judgment, contains some grave reflections on the integrity of the judges. ...

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  10. EAST AND WEST.

    In delivering the rectorial address at the Glasgow University yesterday, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, a former Viceroy of India, discussed the East's demand for ...

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  11. PORTUGUESE NAVY.

    The Lisbon correspondent of the "Daily News" announces that Mrssrs. Vickers, Sons, & Maxim have secured a contract from the Portuguese Government for ...

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  12. THE KING AND QUEEN.

    An official announcement has been made that the King and Queen will pay State visits to Dublin and Edinburgh in July next. ...

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  13. HOBBLE SKIRTS BARRED

    A Bill has been introduced into the Wisconsin State Legislature prohibiting women wearing hobble skirts. The measure, however, permits them to wear ...

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  14. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERS

    At the meeting of the Institute of Civil Engineers yesterday the members considered papers written by Mr. Halligan and Mr. Kine, of the Public Works Department, ...

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  15. STRANDED AOTEA.

    Lloyd's underwriters are quoting a premium of 70 per cent, in connection with the re-floating of the steamer Aotea, which went ashore at Mouille Point, Cape ...

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  16. OBITUARY.

    The Right Hon. Sir Charles Dilke, Bart., who for many years represented the Forest of Dean division of Gloucestershire, died yesterday, aged 68 years. ...

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  17. SOUTHERN ICE.

    Dr. Mackay, who is planning an Antarctic exploration expedition, on beings interviewed yesterday, stated that he proposes to start for Graham's Land, in the ...

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  18. THE COLONIAL OFFICE.

    Sir Francis J. S. Hopwood, Permanent Under-Secretary in the Colonial Office since 1907, has definitely decided to sever his connection with the department. ...

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  19. ALL-BRITISH SHOPPING.

    A crowded meeting of manufacturers was held in London yesterday to make arrangements for an all-British shouting week, when goods exclusively of British ...

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  20. HELMSDALE FISHERIES.

    Owing to the failure of the fishing in the vicinity of Helmsdale, in Sutherlandshire, which is the head of the fishery district, extending from Embo to Dunbeath, ...

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  21. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At the London wool sales yesterday there was strong competition from Yorkshire buyers for all good combing Merino wools, which showed a hardening tendency. ...

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  22. ANARCHISTS OR MARTYRS?

    The revolutionaries in Barcelona yesterday decided to hold meetings to protest against the execution in Japan the previous day of Dr. Ketoku his wife and several ...

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  23. SETTLERS FOR VICTORIA.

    The emigration agents complain of the refusal of the Victorian Government to accept agricultural laborers under the land settlement scheme, in the interests of ...

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  24. MURDERED EXPLORER.

    The remains of Major Gordon Lang, a British explorer, were discovered recently near Timbuctoo, in the Sahara. Major Lang was murdered by natives in 1826. ...

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  25. THE PEARLING INDUSTRY.

    A telegram from Broome says consternation has been caused throughout the Broome district through the receipt of telegrams by the Sub-Collector of Customs here ...

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  26. THE ARABIAN REVOLT.

    The Bedouin Arabs, who are in revolt in the Yemen province of Arabia, have, invested the fortified town of Hodaida, on the east coast of the Red Sea, which is the ...

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  27. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY.

    The University Bill passed its second reading, and was carried through the committee stage without amendment, in the Legislative Assembly last night. Mr. ...

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  28. REV. J. H JOWETT

    The Rev. J. H. Jowett, M.A., who has been minister of Carr's-lane Congre[?]ational Church, Birmingham, since 1895, has accepted an invitation to fil the pastorate of ...

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  29. ALLEGED FALSE TELEGRAM.

    A case of unusual interest was heard in the Local Court to-day. Cracknell, formerly employed by Hines, a chemist, at his Bullfinch branch, was charged with ...

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  30. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The Australian Agricultural Company, which was incorporated in 1824 to take over and develop an extensive property in New South Wales, made a profit of ...

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  31. CANADA AND AMERICA.

    President Taft is preparing a message to Congress dealing with the proposed agreement for reciprocity with Canada. The President is anxious that the agreement ...

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  32. PRIZE-FIGHTING.

    Harry Lewis last night, in a prize-fight at the Olympia, beat J. Summers in the fourth round. Lewis was 7½ lb. overweight. His ...

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  33. WELSH MINERS.

    The National Conference of Miners, now sitting in London, yesterday resolved that the Miners' Federation should contribute £3,000 weekly towards the support of the ...

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  34. PROTECTING AUSTRALIAN BIRDS.

    At a meeting of the Council of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union to-day a communication was received from the Department of Customs stating that a ...

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  35. ALIENS FROM THE PARISIANA.

    Two members of the crew of the steamer Parisiana, which was burnt at sea, who were brought to Perth by the steamer British Transport, came under the provisions ...

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  36. VISTED RIGHTS.

    In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon the Minister of Works (Mr. Daglish) moved the second reading of the Bill for the Wongan Hills to Mullewa railway, ...

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  37. OPIUM IN SAUSAGE SKINS.

    At the Fremantle Police Court to-day, Quong Ali. quartermaster of the Singapore steamer Minderoo, was fined £75 for being in unlawful possession of three sausage ...

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  38. FEEDING THE HUNGRY.

    The London County Council have made arrangements for supplying 9,500,000 free meals to poor school children during the year. The cost has risen from 1¾d, per ...

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  39. "WIRELESS."

    The Prime Minister (Sir Joseph Ward), in a speech to-night, stated that a satisfactory offer had been received for the erection of two high-power and five ...

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  40. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Wheat.—The visible supply of American wheat is 74,437,000 bushels, as against 76,406,000 bushels last week. The cargo of the barque Fiery Cross, now loading in ...

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  41. CHINESE IN CANADA.

    The Royal Commission which is investigating the alleged illegal admission of Chinese into Canada resumed its sittings yesterday. ...

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  42. VICTORIA.

    The R.M.S. Osterley, which cleared yesterday, took from Victoria gold valued at £20,000 for London on account of the Orient Steam Navigation Company, the ...

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  43. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    In the Legislative Council last night five agricultural railway Bills were read the second time. During the past 3½ years the State has constructed 550 miles of railway, ...

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  44. THE EASTERN STILL AGROUND.

    According to latest advices, the steamer Eastern, which left on Wednesday afternoon for Sydney, is still aground on the Salamander bank. The tug Greyhound ...

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  45. A SHILLING FOR A "HAIR-CUT."

    At a meeting of the Master Hairdressers and Wigmakers' Association of Victoria to-night it was decided to federate with the members of the trade in all the ...

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  46. CHINESE DESERTERS.

    Last month, when the steamer Baron Innerdole was at Fremantle, four Chinese members of the crew deserted. As a result Captain McAllister was fined £400 at ...

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  47. WANDERED FROM HOME.

    Since Monday evening large parties of searchers have been unsuccessfully scouring the country surrounding Boolarr[?] in quest of the missing schoolboy, Archie ...

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  49. FIGHTING IN MEXICO.

    Another battle is in progress between the Government troops and the Mexican insurgents, about 40 nriles south of the United States border. ...

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  50. NEW ZEALAND.

    A court of enquiry at Tonga has dismissed charges against Mr. A. D. Cameron, president of the Tonga Kaurtahia Co-operative Association, which has 3,000 Tongan ...

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  51. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    At the band contests to-night Broken Hill won the B grade Australian championship for 1911, with 194 points. St. George was second, with 184 points. ...

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  52. BROKEN HILL.

    A youth, Walter William Lawson, employed at the Zinc Corporation works, [?] convicted at the Police Court yesterday stealing money from the pockets of [?] ...

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