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  2. AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY.

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin) delivered an address to-night at a meeting in Princess Theatre, convened by the local branch of the Commonwealth Liberal party. The building ...

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  3. WIRELESS TO AUCKLAND.

    The wireless record in Australian seas was broken again last night. Mr. J. Pike, the young experimenter in the Works Department who received the Powerful's messages ...

    Article : 382 words
  4. THE NAVAL COLLEGE.

    Since the decision by the subscribers to the Dreadnought Fund to have this money distributed equally between proposals for a naval college and for the establishment of ...

    Article : 281 words
  5. NORTH SHORE TUNNEL.

    Yesterday afternoon there came before the Public Works Committee for the first time, the question of the North Shore tunnel. The question, which was submitted to the ...

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  6. BRENNAN MONORAIL.

    Mr. Louis Brennan's monorail car carried 60 passengers at Gillingham, travelling at a speed of 22 miles per hour, and negotiating sha[?] curves with great ...

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  7. AMERICAN DREADNOUGHTS.

    Mr. G. von L. Meyer, United States Secretary to the Navy, in addressing a private sitting of the naval committee of the House of Representatives, ...

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  8. WELSH COAL DISPUTE.

    Negotiations between the representatives of the miners and of the owners in the South Wales coalfields regarding the demand of the miners for an increase of ...

    Article : 144 words
  9. THE LIBERAL CRISIS.

    Several newspapers declare it to be an open secret that there are acute differences of opinion within the Cabinet, especially concerning the tactics to be pursued. ...

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  10. NATIONALIST CONSIDERATIONS.

    It is apparent that the Nationalists following Mr. Redmond will discuss the proposals of Mr. Asquith exclusively from the standpoint how far these will promote or ...

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  11. FLOODS IN EUROPE.

    Torrential rains have occurred the past two days in Paris, and the Seine is rising at the rate of a foot daily. The vault in Notre Dame Cathedral, ...

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  12. STATE REVENUES.

    The revenue returns for February, which were made available last night, showed a moderate decrease, wholly due to the shrinkage in the Commonwealth returns. The ...

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  13. THE NEWS IN MELBOURNE.

    The story told by Mr. J. H. A. Pike, of his wonderful achievements in experiments in wireless telgraphy, causd no little excitement in telegraphic circles to-day. The chief ...

    Article : 688 words
  14. INUNDATIONS IN BELGUIM.

    Serious inundations bave taken place in Belgium, in the Valley of the Meuse, from Dinant to Namur. The factories of Marchienne are flooded, ...

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  15. A MINISTER'S DECLARATION.

    The Hon. E. S. Montagu, Parliamentary Under-Sceretury for India, in addressing his constituents in the Chesterton Division of Cambridgeshire, said that ...

    Article : 199 words
  16. ADMIRALTY CHANGES.

    Admiral Sir Arthur Fanshawe, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, and at one time Commander-in-Chief on the Australian station, has been appointed an ...

    Article : 95 words
  17. CORRUPTION IN NEW YORK.

    A sensational trial has been opened at New York, Senator Allds, a leading Republican, and a senator of New York State, being accused of receiving a bribe in 1901. ...

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  18. THE DIVORCE LAW.

    During the proceedings of the Royal Commission on Divorce Lord Gorell of Brampton, late President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the ...

    Article : 91 words
  19. MONSTER GERMAN LINER.

    The "Daily Mail" writes that the order of the Hamburg-American Company for a liner, of 50,000 tons, at a cost of £500,000, was originally intended for Belfast, but it ...

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  20. NEW ZEALAND DEFENCE.

    The Wellington (N.Z.) correspondent of the "Times" states that the manoeuvres of the forces of New Zealand held before Lord Kitchener have emphatically ...

    Article : 153 words
  21. IMMUNITY FROM DISEASE.

    In connection with pathological investigations into passive immunity in relation to the treatment of infectious diseases, Mr. William Ray, of Adelaide, a Rhodes ...

    Article : 54 words
  22. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Weissel, a merchant in Algerlmrg, East Prussia, has been sentenced to four years' penal servitude for espionage. PIGEON SHOOTING. ...

    Article : 65 words
  23. FIGHTING IN LHASSA.

    The Dalai Lama and the senior Chinese Amban, at Lhassa, who commanded the troops, quarrelled over supremacy. Both claimed to have received authority from ...

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  24. COASTGUARD STATIONS.

    Several speakers at a meeting of the British Chamber of Shipping protested against the reduction of the number of coastguard stations, and attributed several ...

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  25. THE BOOT TRADE.

    Application was made by Mr. McArthur on behalf of the Commonwealth to the High Court to-day for leave for the Commonwealth to intervene in the Conciliation and Arbitration ...

    Article : 106 words
  26. FRENCH MOTOR-CAR TAX.

    The French Chamber of Deputies has voted by a large majority an increase of the motor-car tax, which already produces £2,440,000 a year. ...

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  27. MILITARY TRAINING.

    At a meeting of London shopkeepers, held under the auspices of the National Service League, Mr. Robert M'Nab, formerly Minister for Agriculture in New ...

    Article : 67 words
  28. PRESUMPTION OF DEATH.

    Mr. Justice Hodges delivered his reserved decision to-day on a point of interest regarding the presumption of death in absent persons. It arose out of the Beatty will case, ...

    Article : 414 words
  29. LORD KITCHENER'S TOUR.

    Lord Kitchener, accompanied by the Premier, arrived here by special train this evening. He was accorded a great reception, the route from the station to the Northern Club, ...

    Article : 78 words
  30. MISHAP TO THE MORESBY.

    A meeting of the Marine Board was held to-day. Subsequently the secretary made a statement to the effect that the board had approved of an inquiry being held into the ...

    Article : 88 words
  31. NEWFOUNDLAND RAILWAYS.

    Messrs. Reid have agreed to construct 250 miles of branch railway lines in Newfoundland, receiving £3000 per mile for construction, and 4000 acres of land per ...

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  32. RUSSIA AND BULGARIA.

    Toasts which were exchanged between the Czar and King Ferdinand of Bulgaria at the Tsarskoyo Selo banquet have displeased the Turkish newspapers, because ...

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  33. LEADER OF SOUTH AFRICA.

    General Botha, replying to an address from Het Volk, at Pietersburg, said he hoped that in the coming elections it would not be a question of English versus Dutch, ...

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  34. NEWCASTLE SEWERAGE WORKS.

    The members of the Northern Engineering Institute paid a visit on Saturday to the Newcastle sewerage works now in course of construction. The first portion of the work ...

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  35. VICTORIAN REVENUE.

    Though there was a general increase in the receipts from purely State resources during February, the total revenue for Victoria (£702,063) fell away by £50,311 for the month. ...

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  36. FRENCH WINE GUARANTEE.

    M. Cochery, French Minister for Finance, has withdrawn from the Chnmber of Deputies, owing to the opposition of members, t[?] proposals to sell to winegrowers a label ...

    Article : 208 words
  37. INTERSTATE CRICKET.

    The match between the Victorian and Western Australian elevens was continued to-day before a small attendance. The thermometer was 92 degrees in the shade, and the wicket ...

    Article : 186 words
  38. WILLIAMSON AND PHILLIPS.

    Sir,—One has often admired physical pluck, and medals have been granted as marking the esteem of our fellow men, but one seldom comes across such an example of both ...

    Article : 177 words
  39. MURDER IN NEW YORK.

    Five men hired a taxi-cab in Broadway, New York, and drove to a Westside saloon, where they called out a man from within. One of the occupants of the cab stabbed ...

    Article : 91 words
  40. THE FEDERAL TRAWLER.

    Since the coal strike commenced the Commonwealth trawler Endeavour has been laid up, but her investigations are to be renewed within a few days. The Minister of Customs ...

    Article : 121 words
  41. THE PREMIER'S TOUR.

    The Premier addressed a large meeting in the School of Arts to-day. Mr. R. Sheanherd presided. A vote of thanks, proposed by Mr. E. C. Roberts, and seconded by Mr. ...

    Article : 69 words
  42. THE SMALL ARMS FACTORY.

    The excavations at the site of the small arms factory have not yet been finished. With fine weather the work may bE completed next week. Good progress was made last ...

    Article : 57 words
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