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  2. WITH THE FLEET.

    When Nelson chased the French Admiral Villeneuve out to the West Indies and back again during the Napoleonlo war—in fact, a few months before the Bottle of Trafalgar was ...

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  3. FERRIES COLLIDE.

    At about half-past one on Saturday afternoon the Sydney Ferries, Ltd., steamers Kanimbla and Kiandra were in collision off Benolon Point. ...

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  4. THE EARTHQUAKE.

    Reports from the district show that the earthquake on Friday forenoon was serious. At Murrumbateman it caused much alarm, as houses shook, plaster fell from the alls, and ...

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  5. APPIN TRAGEDY.

    In a sensational shooting near Appin yesterday a constable was fatally shot and Mr. Clift, resident engineer of the Cordeaux Dam works, was so seriously ...

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  6. LIQUOR SMUGGLING.

    The newspapers and others are protesting that the growing activities of liquor smugglers are inflaming United States opinion against Great Britain, ...

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  7. THE FRANC.

    The French franc on Friday touched a fresh low record—113.75 to £1—closing at 112.85, but yesteday a further fall occurred, 117 being reached. ...

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  8. GENERAL ELECTION

    The "Sunday Express" prophesies that there will be a general election before the end of the summer. It expresses the opinion that ...

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  9. SINGAPORE.

    Addressing a distinguished company at the annual dinner of his Majesty's Civil Service, including the Duke of York, Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, Lord Chelmsford, Mr. J. R. ...

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  10. THE COMMONS.

    The House of Commons carried the second reading of the Merchandise Marks Bill by 184 votes to 158. The Liberals and Ministerialists combined against the Conservatives in the ...

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  11. COLLISION.

    Two men and a boy were injured when a cart in which they were driving collided with a tram in New South Head-road, Rose Bay, on Saturday, night. They were: ...

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  12. INTRIGUES OF WAR.

    News comes from Paris that the sale of Jewels and other relics of the Russian danseuse, Matahari, has led the chief of secret police to reveal the story of the ...

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  13. £5 NOTES.

    The Commonwealth Bank authorities announced last night that a new issue of £5 notes would be put into circulation to-day. The chief difference between the old and ...

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  14. SOLIDARITY PLEDGE.

    The A.L.P. executive has decided that all delegates and alternate delegates must signthe A.L.P. solidarity pledge before they will be permitted to take part in the dollberations ...

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  15. MOROCCO.

    The Tangier correspondent of the "Daily Express says: Eighty thousand Moorish rebels have been mobilised into two divisons. One is marching in the direction of Shenbuan and ...

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  16. EUROPE'S PROBLEMS.

    Mr. J. H. Thomas (Secretary of State for the Colonies), in a speech at the first of a series of monthly luncheons inaugurated by the Overseas League during the Exhibition period, ...

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  17. SWOLLEN RIVERS.

    During the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. on Saturday the rainfall was scattered in the north, but general in the central-east and south-east. Some torrential falls were ...

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  18. IRISH ARMY.

    The story of a mutiny in the Irish Army was disclosed in a communique issued by the Free State Government last night, stating that the arrests had been ordered of the National ...

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  19. ANCIENT RELICS.

    Following remarkable archaeological discoveries on sites of the pre-Roman and pre-Saxon agricultural settlements on Salisbury Plain, by means of aeroplane surveys, the Royal ...

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  20. THE CALIPHATE.

    A message from Jerusalem says: The Transjordania Government has informed Reuter that the King of the Hedjaz, E[?] Hussein, has accepted the offer of the Caliphate from the ...

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  21. ROZELLE SCHOOL.

    A new wing at the Rozelle Public School was officially opened by the Minister of Education (Mr. A. Bruntnell) on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Roberts presided at the public ...

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  22. MR. MACDONALD.

    The "Sunday Express" states that Mr. J. Ramsay MacDonald has been elected a member of the Athenaeum Club, the most exclusive in London. Under a rule the club is empowered ...

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  23. DISMISSALS.

    The proposal to dispense with the services of a large number of daily paid railway workers, owing to the necessity for economy in the finances of the State, was adversely criticised ...

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  24. OLYMPIC CREW.

    The thrilling race on the Port Adelaide River this morning to decide which crow of the four States [?]hould represent Australia at the Olympic sports at Paris will go down for all ...

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  25. INTERNATIONAL RUGBY.

    Scenes typical of Welsh fervour greeted the appearance of the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, and Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, at the rugby international match between Wales and ...

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  26. MINE EXPLOSION.

    As the result of an explosion in a mine at Castlegate (Utah), it is feared that 175 entombed miners have lost their lives. The entrance is obstructed, and rescuers are ...

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  27. GERMAN DYE-WORKERS.

    Router's Paris correspondent says that a report from a French source in Dusseldorf states that following the disturbances at the Badische aniline factory at Ludwigshafen, 3000 ...

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  28. MAN SHOT.

    The watchman in the employ of Board, Watson, and United Nail and Wire Notting Co., Ltd., Waterloo, at an early hour on Saturday morning, saw a man running from the latter ...

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  29. LONDON NIGHT CLUB.

    Sidelights of London's night life were revealed at the hearing of an appeal against the deregistration of Rector's Club in Tottenham Court road. ...

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  30. IMPERIAL WIRELESS.

    The Marconi Wireless Company has sent a letter to the Premier, in which the hope is expressed that the company will be allowed the opportunity of stating its case before the ...

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  31. SOUTH AFRICAN PARTIES.

    The promotors of the proposed New South African National Peace party, which has been formed with a view to the reunion of the Nationalist and South African parties, have ...

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  32. IMMIGRATION.

    Mr. A. B. Pursell and Dr. Mary Booth, in addressing the Methodist Conference, as the representatives of the New Settlors' League, directed attention to the opportunity that ...

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  33. M. POINCARE.

    A Router's message from Paris states: Great excitement prevailed late this afternoon in the lobbies of the Chamber of Deputles when it was learned that M. Poincare had sent ...

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  34. KING CONVALESCENT.

    The King is now convalescent from his recent cold. Their Majesties gave a party this afternoon at Buckingham Palace. ...

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  35. INFANT LIFE.

    The Commonwealth Statistician (Mr. C. [?] Wickens) has just completed an investigation throughout the Commonwealth coaccer[?] the rates of mortality of children under [?]e age ...

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  36. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Reuter's correspondent in Teheran says that the British Minister (Sir Percy Loraine) has started for England on six months' leave, travelling via Russia. He is the first ...

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  37. TRADE WITH CHINA.

    Proposals for the establishment of a subsidised shipping service between Australia and China for the purpose of developing trade will be submitted by a deputation which will ...

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  38. THE EAST.

    A message from Seattle says: Mr. W. M. Hughes, in the course of a speech, said that the East, with its teeming millions, was becoming more and more an evident ...

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  39. AUSTRALIAN" TIMBERS.

    Mr. V. B. Trapp of Melbourne by invittion read a paper on "Forestry" at the Oxford University Forestry School. He expressed a strong desire to pay another visit to ...

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  40. GREEK CABINET.

    The resignation of the Greek Cabinet, in which M. Cafandaris was Premier, is announced. Late in February, the Government gained disfavour by refusing to accede to ...

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  41. MASONIC TEMPLE.

    The foundation-stone of the Masonic temple at Beecroft was laid on Saturday afternoon by the Grand Master (W.M. Bro. W. Thompson), in the presence of a large and ...

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  42. ALEXANDRIA FIRE.

    Fire destroyed a grocery store occupiod by Mrs. Healy, in Mitchell-road, Alexandria, late last night. The building, of one floor, was burnt out in about a quarter of an hour. ...

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  43. WEMBLEY ELECTRICIANS.

    At a meeting of the Wembley electricians. It was decided to postpone the threatened strike pending a promise of support from the members of the Associated Engineers' Union ...

    Article : 63 words
  44. SHOOTING ACCIDENT.

    Yesterday, while out shooting, Henry Weeks was handing a gun to Charles Bennett when the weapon exploded. Bennett was shot in the groin. Weeks went ...

    Article : 42 words
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