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  2. SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

    A portion of the crow of the steamer Easby, which was stranded at Gabo Harbour, arrived [?]n Melbourne by the steamer New Guinea this morning. The party comprised the second ...

    Article : 476 words
  3. SOUTH COAST MINES.

    During the week among the collieries that worked full time were South Bulli, Woonona, Bulli, Mount Pleasant, Mount Ko[?]ra, South Clifton, North Bulli, and Metropolitan ...

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  4. MINING DISASTER.

    Early on Saturday afternoon the roof of the now tunnel at the South Clifton colliery, Scarborough, collapsed, four men, who had been engaged in the work of driving, being killed. ...

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  5. THE THAW TRIAL.

    In the case of Harry Thaw, charged at New York with the murder of Stanford White, the jury disagreed, and was discharged. ...

    Article : 144 words
  6. COLONIAL CONFERENCE.

    Mr. A. Deakin, on behalf of the Prime Ministers of the colonies now in London, waited upon Lord Elgin yesterday, and strongly urged him to admit the press to ...

    Article : 181 words
  7. A UNITED EMPIRE.

    The Australian Chamber of Commerce entertained Mr. A. Deakin and Sir William Lyne at a banquet at the Trocadero last night. The Earl of Jersey presided, and ...

    Article : 517 words
  8. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    So great has been the incroase of telegraphic business in Australia, and particularly in New South Wales, that the central administration has determined upon several new ...

    Article : 356 words
  9. THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    Mr. A. Deakin and Sir Joseph Ward have received no invitation to appoint representatives of Australia and New Zealand on any Anglo-French committee to consider ...

    Article : 102 words
  10. TO BE OPENED BY BRITISH PRIME MINISTER.

    It is expected that Sir Henry CampbellBannerman will offer a cordial welcome to the delegates to the Imperial Conference on Monday, but he will make only the ...

    Article : 160 words
  11. MAIL SORTING.

    The contrai postal administration is looking into the question of letter sorting on railway trains and steamers. A New South Wales officer has been on the train between Sydney ...

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  12. KNOWLEDGE OF EMPIRE.

    The Lord Mayor of London (Sir William Purdie Treloar), upon a acquisition signed by Lord Roberts, Lord Linlithgow, Lord Strathcona, Mr. A. Lyttelton (late Secretary ...

    Article : 90 words
  13. THE WRECKED MILDURA.

    Captain B. Tinda[?]l, acting Marine Superintendent of the A.U.S.N. Company, and Captain R. S. Taylor (Lloyd's surveyer), left Brisbane for Adelaide by mail train this morning. ...

    Article : 104 words
  14. WORK TO BE DONE.

    After the degrees had been conferred at Edinburgh University yesterday, the University Union entertained the visiting Premiers at a ban[?]uet. ...

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  15. A COLLIER ASHORE.

    The Adelaide S.S. Company's collier Willyama, while on her way from Newcastle to Port Pirie, with a full cargo of 4400 tons of coal went ashore between 3 and 3.30 on ...

    Article : 182 words
  16. TARIFF REFORM.

    While the London Chamber of Commerce has decided to inform Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman that the result of the recent poll of its members was in ...

    Article : 107 words
  17. POSTAL OFFICIALS FOR ABROAD.

    The Postmaster-General is inclined to the idea that it would be a good thing to keep one or two officers always available to be sent to Europe and America in search of the latest ...

    Article : 79 words
  18. SUGAR IMPORTATIONS.

    Notwithstanding the duty on sugar, and the large production in Australia, there are still considerable importations from Fiji, Java, and Mauritius, This may be due to the fact ...

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  19. WRECK OF THE ANNASONA.

    It has been decided by the underwriters to dispose of the wreck of the barque Annnsona, which was totally lost on Middleton Reef in January last, while on a voyage in ballast ...

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  20. CABLING FACILITIES.

    The "Times" in a special article, indicating the general lines of an approach to Imperial unity, advocates the very cheapest, if not fr[?]e, press cabling ...

    Article : 51 words
  21. EIGHT HOURS IN COAL MINES.

    The Coal Mines Eight Hours Bill, introduced, by Mr. Thorne (Labour), was read the second time in the House of Commons last night without division. Mr. H. ...

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  22. VICTORIA.

    Ten cases under the Vaccination Act were dealt with at the Bondigo Court yesterday. One of the honorary magistrates on the bench said it was not uncommon for serious diseases ...

    Article : 131 words
  23. COLONIAL MINISTERS.

    Sir Joseph Ward, Premier of New Zealand, Dr. Jameson, Premier of Cape Colony, and Mr. F. R. Moor, Premier of Natal, were each honoured with the ...

    Article : 115 words
  24. CANADIAN AND TRANSVAAL REPRESENTATIVES.

    Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada, and General Botha, Premier of the Transvaal, representatives to the Colonial Conference, arrived yesterday. ...

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  25. COBAR STRIKE ENDED.

    The result of the conference between the Mincowners' Association and Mr. D. M'Donnoll, M.L.A., was announced at a meeting of the miners last night. The strike was ...

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  26. GENERAL CARLS NEWS.

    Engineer-Li[?]t. E. W. Chamberlain, R.N., is applying for n divorce from his wife, on the ground of her misconduct with Sir Brodrick Hartwell, with whom she eloped ...

    Article : 234 words
  27. FAMINE IN CHINA.

    The famine in China is terrible. Three million people are nearing starvation. There are five thousand deaths daily. People are now beginning cannibalism, ...

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  28. RECIPROCAL SERVICE PAYMENTS.

    A conference of State and Commonwealth officials, which has been formulating a basis for the uniform payment of services rendered by Commonwealth officers to the State ...

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  29. SHOOTING GALLERY ACCIDENT.

    A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest held at Rochester respecting the death of the youth George O'Sullivan, who was shot at a shooting gallery on Wednesday. ...

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  30. VISIT TO WINDSOR.

    Earl and Countess Beauchamp yesterday escorted Sir William Lyne and Miss Lyne and Mr. Dugald Thomson and Miss Thomson over Windsor Castle and ...

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  31. COAL-LUMPERS' STRIKE.

    The only development of any importance on Saturday in connection with the coal-lumpers' strike was the extension of the dispute to the German ma[?]l steamer Yorck, berthed at the ...

    Article : 302 words
  32. THE FIELD ARTILLERY.

    Colonel Bridges, Chief of Intelligence in the Defence Department, has under review the whole question of the distribution of the defence forces, including the fleld artillery; and ...

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  33. OUTBREAK OF FIRE.

    An outbreak of fire occurred yesterday, which did a good deal of damage to the stocks of two premises—a three-stor[?]y bluestone building, occupied by Roberts Osborne, ...

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  34. ADDRESS BY SIR WILLIAM LYNE.

    Sir William Lyne will address a meeting of London merchants on the trade and commerce of Australia. ...

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  35. MEETING LIBERAL EDITORS.

    Mr. A. Deakin, Prime Minister of Australia, and Mr. W. H. Hughes, M.P., were entertained at luncheon yesterday by the editor of the "Daily Chronicle" at the ...

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  36. GRAND OPERA SEASON.

    "A brilliant success" was the universal verdict of the enormous audience after the performance of "Carmen" by the Grand Opera Company at the Princess Theatre on Saturday ...

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  37. NAVAL CONSTRUCTION.

    Native reports state that China's new navy will cost annually 12,000,000 taels (about '£2,000,000), and will include 12 submarines. ...

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  38. NAVIGATION CONFERENCE.

    Mr. W. M. Hughes, M.P., one of the Australian representatives at the Navigation Conference, in an interview, said that the Commonwealth had every right ...

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  39. CASUALTIES.

    F. J. Simmons, and Charles Badeock were admitted to the hospital last night from the South Mine. Simmons had a big to[?] nearly severed by an overturned truck. Badcock f[?]ll ...

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  40. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The position of Works Director to the Department of Home Affairs in Melbourne is open to candidates from outside the Civil Service. Applicants are required to have ...

    Article : 55 words
  41. JAPAN'S DREADNOUGHTS.

    The Dreadnought, of 21,000 tons, ordered by Japan in England will be completed in 1909. She will carry twelve 12in, ten 8.4[?]n, and twelve 4.7in guns. ...

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  42. NEW ZEALAND.

    Several offenders have been convicted for sly grog-selling at Ashburton, where [?] license exists. Two were sent to prison for five weeks. Of the rest, one was fined £50; ...

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  43. FATAL BUGGY ACCIDENT.

    An old man named Patrick Mullany, a dairyman and orchardist, living at Eastgrove suburb, when returning to his residence this afternoon in a sulky, f[?]ll from the vehicle, ...

    Article : 38 words
  44. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN POLITICS.

    At the election held on Saturday for the Legislative Assembly, district of Stunley, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late W. Cummins, there were two ...

    Article : 97 words
  45. JAPANESE SQUADRON AT BRISBANE.

    The Imperial Japanese squadron, consisting of the Matsushima, Itsukushima, and Hashidate, arrived at Moreton Bay this afternoon. Mr. Goro Narita, consul for Japan, and ...

    Article : 64 words
  46. THE MAIL CONTRACT.

    Nothing will be done respecting the Australian mail contract until the syndicate moves. Mr. Deakin is walting for it to go on or to explain. It is probable that ...

    Article : 52 words
  47. ARBITRATION IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. W. P. Reeves, High Commissioner for New Zealand, in a letter to the "Times," gives explanations of recent strikes in the colony, and ridicules the ...

    Article : 54 words
  48. GORED TO DEATH.

    John Do[?]g, [?] years of ago, married, who resided at Fortitude Valley, was gored by a bull yesterday, and died on the way to the hospital. ...

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  49. LATE SHIPPING.

    The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Arawatta, from Cppltown, via ports, arrived early this morning, with 112 passengers. The Union Company's cargo steamer Karitane, wit[?] ...

    Article : 86 words
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