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  2. British Parliament.

    In the House of Commons, this afternoon, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Masterman) moved the acceptance of the contract with ...

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  3. Smallpox Outbreak.

    On Saturday last another person who was pronounced to be suffering from smallpox was discovered in Ipswich, and, in the evening, removed to ...

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  4. Strained Relations

    Gen. Diaz is en route to Japan. He refuses to state the real object of his visit, but it is understood that, in view of the strained ...

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  5. Peace Treaty Signed.

    Cholera has broken out in the Roumanian army. Already some 800 cases have been reported. Fifteen per cent of the cases are of a malignant ...

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  6. GENERAL CABLES.

    A player named Alechin, aged only 22, has won the Schweningen chess tournament, Janowsky being second, Lasker and Yates competed. ...

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  7. ST. MARY'S CHURCH SOCIAL.

    A very successful social was held, in the St. Mary's Church Hall, on Saturday night. It was organised by a strong committee of ladies, with to ...

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  8. PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.

    The State Parliament will sit, as usual, to-morrow, and then adjourn till Tuesday of next week, thereby leaving members free for the remainder ...

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  9. London, August 9. TWO THOUSAND RUNS.

    Mead playing for Hampshire, scored 97 runs against Somerset. He is the first batsman to reach 2000 runs this season. ...

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  10. BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.

    The Board of Trade returns for the month of July show that, compared with the same month last year, the imports increased by £3,487,253, the ...

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  11. London, August 9. AVIATOR CODY'S DEATH.

    The inquest, which is to be held in connection with the death of Mr. S. F. Cody, the famous aviator, has been adjourned until October, the ...

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  12. ACCIDENT AT ROADVALE.

    Mr. F. Kamp, while mustering cattle, at Teviotville, recently (writes our Roadvale correspondent), fell from his horse, and sustained such injuries ...

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  13. SALVATION ARMY SERVICES.

    Services in connection with the local corps of the Salvation Army were conducted by Ensign Stowe and Lieut. Thistlewaite yesterday. At the ...

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  14. Washington, August 9. AEROPLANE BEATS EXPRESS.

    Aviator Murvin Wood flew from New York, via Washington, and arrived at Fort Meyer, in Virginia, beating the express train by a margin of 40mins. ...

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  15. New South Wales Loan.

    Six hundred applications from financiers willing to participate in the New South Wales loan of £1,500,000 have been received the amount ...

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  16. NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM ASSOCIATION.

    The monthly meeting of the above association, was held in Ham's Rooms, Nicholas-street, last Saturday night. In addition to the usual ...

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  17. Naval Defence.

    Lord Charles Beresford, M.P., in a letter to the newspapers, strongly criticises the Admiralty for not constructing six super-Dreadnoughts. ...

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  18. PUBLIC WORKS TENDERS.

    The Department of Public Lands has received the following tenders:—Erection of a police station at Yarraman: J. F. Heiner, £872; D. A. ...

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  19. New Zealand's Fleet.

    A statement by the New Zealand Minister for Defence (Col. Allen), which has been cabled here, to the effect that New Zealand had decided ...

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  20. BLACKSTONE SOCIAL.

    A very successful social, under the auspices of the Blackstone branch of the Workers' Political Organisation was held in the School of Arts Hall on ...

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  21. LAD PORTER INJURED.

    Our Brisbane agents sent a telephone message, last night, stating that a lad porter named John Fox, aged 16, employed at Bald Hill ...

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  22. The Donne Tragedy

    The body of Joseph Donne, who was shot dead in Downing-street, Woolloomooloo on Thursday, was identified at the morgue yesterday morning to ...

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  23. Medical Congress.

    At the sittings of the International Medical Congress, yesterday, Sir James Crichton Browne, in an address on lunacy, said that since 1859 the ...

    Article : 334 words
  24. MARTOO'S OLYMPIA.

    At Martoo's Olympia, to-night, a fresh programme of pictures will be screened. The collection of films will be headed by a "star" drama named ...

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  25. Deperdussin's Descent

    At the trial of Deperdussin (the great aeroplane-builder, who is charged with huge frauds), the prisoner explained to the magistrate that when ...

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  26. THE BACON INDUSTRY.

    It is announced in our advertising columns, this miring, that Mr. A. T. Pegg, of Harrisville, had been appointed receiving and trucking agent ...

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  27. SITUATION IN BRISBANE.

    Saturday's ''Telegraph" says:—The Commissioner for Public Health (Dr. Elkington), this morning, stated that there was no development in regard ...

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  28. The Kaiser

    The Emperor, when addressing the cadets on the school-ship Hertha, is reported to have said: "Such are the kind of men I need in my navy, which ...

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  29. The Lesson Remains.

    After a week spent in a continuous carnival of sports undertaken in connection with the visit of the battle-cruiser New Zealand, the vessel has left ...

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  30. Opium in China.

    A private deputation from nearly all the religious bodies in the United Kingdom, this morning, asked the Secretary of State for Foreign ...

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  31. Fall over Balcony

    Charles Davis, aged 28, a patient at the Royal Alfred Hospital lately residing at Cowper-street, Globe, fell over a balcony at the hospital ...

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  32. CANON WILLIAMS ON LOYALTY TO THE EMPIRE.

    We learn from the "Messenger" (the official organ of St. Peter's parish, West Townsville) that the Rev. Canon F. G. Williams, of that place—a native ...

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  33. Russian Tennis Tournament.

    The British team won the tennis tournament by eight matches to four. ...

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  34. Australian Meat.

    The Butchers' Guild at Wilmersdorf has decided to deal in Australian mutton. It is understood that this action is due to the completion of ...

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  35. Father Chrivalder.

    The death is announced of Father Chrivalder, who was captured by the Mahdists in 1882, and kept in captivity for eight years. ...

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  36. SIX CASES IN SYDNEY.

    The smallpox epidemic is presenting a more hopeful appearance with the approach of the warm weather. The health authorities are confident that ...

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  37. Federal Capital Design

    At a meeting of architects in Sydney, last week, it was resolved that the Prime Minister (the Hon. J. Cook) should be asked to submit the Federal ...

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  38. MR, LLOYD-GEORGE

    Several newspapers indicate that the Chansellor of the Exchequer (the Right Hon. D. Lloyd-George) is likely to withdraw the Revenue Bill, owing to ...

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  39. American Wheat

    The United States Bureau of Agriculture estimates the winter wheat yield at 511,000,000 bushels, and the spring crop at 233,000,000. ...

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  40. Australian Cricketers.

    The Germantown Club defeated the Australians. The Australians scored 270. The Germantown Club played 12 men, and scored 271 for seven wickets. ...

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  41. The Abbe Chassaing

    Proceedings at the trial of Alice Crespy (accused of having murdered the Abbe Chassaing) were very sensational to-day. ...

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  42. CHINESE REVOLT

    Dr. Sun Yat Sen and Huang Hsing have landed in Japan, secretly, despite the announcement made by the Japanese Prime Minister that Chinese ...

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  43. Unemployment and Insurance

    The first report of the Board of Trade on the subject of unemployment deal, with four schedules trades. It shows that two and a half million ...

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  44. CASE IN WEST AUSTRALIA.

    A case of smallpox has been discovered at the Commercial Travellers' Club here. The patient is the inspector of an insurance company who ...

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  45. CADET PARADE.

    On Saturday afternoon, senior cadets numbering nearly 5900, paraded the principal streets of the metropolis. Included in this large number were ...

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  46. Votes for Women.

    A deputation from the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, waited on the Prime Minister (the Right Hon. H. H. Asquith) this ...

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  47. Balkans in Miniature.

    The steamer Pannonia has arrived, During the voyage from Triests a miniature war broke out and continued between the Greeks, Servians, ...

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  48. The Panama Exhibit on.

    The "Times," this morning, declares that the Government has blundered in refusing to participate in the Panama Canal Exhibition, at San Francisco. ...

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  49. POSITION IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Bad news comes from New Zealand, where the position among the Maoris, in parts of the North Island is considered to be extremely serious. ...

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  50. PRECAUTIONS IN PAPUA.

    A notification was received, yesterday, day, from the Administrator of Papua, by the Department of External affairs, that the local ...

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  51. Supposed Murder

    Information has been received, from Lilydale, of what is believed to have been a case of murder. The victim was an elderly man named Richard ...

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  52. RAND TROUBLES

    The Trades Federation has decided not to participate in the formation of the commission which is to inquire into the grievances of the ...

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  53. LULL IN SYDNEY EPIDEMIC.

    There is a lull in the smallpox epidemic in Sydney. Only a few cases are reported daily. The steamer Mongolia, on board ...

    Article : 60 words
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