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  2. TO-DAY'S PAPER.

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  3. SIXES AND SEVENS.

    The internal affairs of the New South Wales Rugby football League were the subject of criticism and examination at the hands of a somewhat exciting meeting of delegates held in ...

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  4. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--Captain Croswell, in his report to the Minister for Defence, on his visit to Jervis Buy to ascertain its suitability as a site for naval construction, says that he is ...

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  5. THE " HILL" TROUBLE.

    BROKEN-HILL, Monday.--The adjourned conference between the delegates appointed by the Junction North employees and Mr, T. H. Palmer, general manager of the mine, was held ...

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  6. AFTER THE CONFERENCE.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--Mr. Wade, interviewed in Melbourne to-day, said:--"I do not propose to go int a detailed examination of the scheme of the Premiers, or the criticisms passed ...

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  7. FORREST HALL WRECK.

    AUCKLAND, Monday.--The inquiry concerning the Forrest Hall wreck commenced to-day. Captain Collins staled that at daylight on February 27 the ship was heading for the land ...

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  8. RETALIATION.

    LONDON, Monday.--Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, in a letter to "The Times," states that the speech he delivered at Manchester in 1904 contains ...

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  9. MAFIA OUTRAGE.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--A Matin gang at Palermo, Sicily, in broad daylight in a public square assassinated an American detective named petrosini, who was ...

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  10. LEAGUE CONGRATULATED.

    LONDON, Monday.-- Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P. (Birmingham West), has congratulated the executive of the Tariff Reform League upon Mr. A. J. Balfour (leader ...

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  11. EXCITEMENT IN NEW YORK.

    LONDON, Monday.--The murder of Petrosini has caused a sensation in New York, where 23 "Black Hand" outrages were perpetrated in 1908. ...

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  12. FRENCH NAVAL ESTIMATES.

    LONDON, Monday.--M. Caillaux, French Minister for Finance, and M. Pieard, Minister for Marines, have adjusted their differences on the basis of six or seven annual ...

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  13. STRANDING OF THE WALLSEND.

    When the steam collier Wallsend was surveyed on Mort's slip yesterday she was found to be badly damaged as a result of her stranding on Bellambi Reef last week. The ...

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  14. THE MOROCCAN PRETENDER.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Yussi tribe, on behalf of the Pretender, has routed a Shereefian mahallah regiment). Captain Leglay, on officer of the French ...

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  15. BLOCK 10 WILL RESUME.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--Mr. John Brandon, secretary of the Block 10 Company, state to-day that it was intended to carry out Mr. Justice Higgins's award both in the letter aud the ...

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  16. THE DESTROYERS.

    LONDON, Monday.--Mr. Alexander Wilkie, M.P. (Lal). Dundee, who is also secretary of the Shipwrights' Society, in the course of an interview said he had no ...

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  17. BRITAIN'S DRINK BILL.

    LONDON, Monday.--The expenditure on intoxicating liquor in the British Isles for 1308 was £161,000,000, as against £167,000,000 in the previous year, showing a decrease ...

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  18. PEA RIFLE TRAGEDIES.

    BURROWA, Monday.--The Coroner held an inquest on Saturday at Rugby concerning the death of Frank Apps, 10 years of age, who was found dead the previous day not far from his ...

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  19. "TOO LATE!"

    LONDON, Monthly.--Sir Christopher Furness M.P. (Lib.), Hartlepool, and head of the shipbuilding firm of Fumes, Withy, and Co., speaking at Hartlepool, said that the ...

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  20. LIQUOR TRADES REFORM.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The bill introduced by Mr. John Brigs, M.P. for Keighley division of Yorkshire, and known as "The sale of intoxicating liquors on ...

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  21. STABBING AFFRAY.

    Thomas Stanford, 33, a Queensland drover, was yesterday afternoon stabbed in the side the a butcher's knne, and died three quarters of an hour later at the Sydney Hospital. A ...

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  22. AERIAL NAVIGATION.

    LONDON, Monday.--The "Daily Mail" stales that Wright Bros, have ordered the construction of six aeroplanes in England. Messrs. Charles Jarrott and Letts, Ltd., ...

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  23. "BY SOME MEANS."

    GRENFELL, Monday.--Harry Filch, jun., was driving a sulky on Saturday, with a pea rifle between his knees. By some means the firearm was discharged, ...

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  24. RIFLES AND RIFLE-RANGES.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Minister for Defence, replying to remarks made at the annual meeting of the Riverina Rifle Association as to the shortage of rifles and ranges, says that the ...

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  25. TRIBUTE TO AUSTRALIAN CADETS.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The Prince of Wales, after inspecting the cadets of the Royal Rifle Corps, delivered a stirring speech, in which he cited Australia's ...

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  26. TRAGEDY IN QUEENSLAND.

    MARYBOROUGH, Monday.--A shooting affray occurred at Childers to-day. A young man, named Spencer, fired three shots at a girl named Swindall, who is said to have objected to his ...

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  27. CONTEMPT OF COURT.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The action brought by Rey F. B. Ronald [?] M.H.R. against Robert Harper, M.H.R., claiming damages for slander. had been barely entered upon to-day when an ...

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  28. BRITAIN'S COAL OUTPUT.

    LONDON, Monday.--The output of coal of the United Kingdom for 1908 totalled 261,506,379 tons--a decrease of 6,306,473 tons on the figures for the previous year. ...

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  29. ZEPPELIN BEACHES ALTITUDE OF 5640FT.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--During trials. Count Zeppelin's airship attained an attitude of 1720 metres (a mile and 120 yards). ...

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  30. DEAKIN LIBERALS.

    A number of gentlemen representing the manufacturing, mercantile, and commercial interests of New South Wales met in the I.O.O.F. Temple, Elizabeth-street, yesterday afternoon, ...

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  31. BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

    LONDON, Monday.--The ''Standard" stales that Ministerial freetraders are endeavoring to persuade Mr. Winston Churchill to conclude a commercial treaty ...

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  32. BALKAN TROUBLE.

    LONDON, Monday.--The equipping of the second line of the Reserves with rifles and cartridges has created a bad impression in Vienna. ...

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  33. "THOSE LOST BARRELS."

    "I am doing my best to hunt up those lost barrels," remarked Lientenant-Colonel G. L. Lee, officer supervising rifle clubs, in response to an informal toast at the Randwick Rifle ...

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  34. THE SAMOAN TROUBLE.

    SUVA, Monday.--The Gorman cruiser Leipzig, Rear-Admiral Curper. which has been ordered from China to Samoa in connection with the trouble there, called here to-day on route to ...

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  35. GENERAL CABLES.

    Mr. Horatio W. Bottomley, M.P. (Lib.), Hackney S., the charges against whom of conspiracy and fraud in connection with the Joint Stock Trust and Finance Corporation ...

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  36. EMIGRATION.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Central Emigration Board has formed a "Settlers' Information League." under the presidency of the Duke of Sutherland, to encourage British emigrants to proceed to the colonies instead ...

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  37. THE OPIUM EVIL.

    TAMWORTH, Monday.--The police made a raid on the Chinese quarters in Lower Peelstreet on Saturday, and found opium in the possession of Choy Look and Chow Sum. They ...

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  38. VISITING WARSHIP.

    The French cruiser Kersaint arrived yesterday morning front Noumea, and moored in Farm Cove. The object of her visit is to undergo an overhaul, rendered necessary after active ...

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  39. NATIONAL FUND FOR CHINA.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--At the instance of Sir Robert Hart, late inspector-General of Customs in China. The Lord Mayor is opening a national appeal for ...

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  40. DEATH IN THE RING.

    PENRITH, Monday.--The adjourned inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Fridk. Chas, Fowler, who collapsed and expired in the fifth round of a boxing contest on Saturday night, was continued ...

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  41. THREE YEARS' RECORD.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--A Customs return shows Unit for the last three years 2177lb. of opium was seized in New South Wales, and a total of 3898lb. in the Commonwealth. The value ...

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  42. THE O.K. COPPER CASE.

    BRISBANE, Monday.-- The mining case, Hirsch and Sohn v. the O.K. Syndicate, was resumed at the Supreme Court to-day. A. J. Draper was m[?]ther cross-examined on several matters. Frank Hambridge, recalled on behalf ...

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  43. ELECTROCUTED.

    PERTH (W.A.), Monday.--A shocking electrocution tragedy occurred in Fremantle-atreet, today, where Lineman Albert Cox was practically roasted to death in sight of a large crowd ...

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  44. STEAMER ARCHER RETURNS TO PORT.

    The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's cargo steamer Archer, while outward hound for Newcastle last night, broke down shortly after clearing the Heads. She ...

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  45. A WOMAN STABBED.

    PERTH (W.A.), Monday.--A police report via Cue Plates that katherine Jane Crane, a single woman, was fatally stabbed last night at Meckatharra. A man has been arrested on a charge ...

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  46. MISHAP TO THE ALLINGA.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--The shipping inspector to-day commenced an inquiry into a slight mishap to the steamer Allinga, on March 10, on a voyage from Sydney. to Brisbane. Thomas Henry Johnson, master of the ...

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  47. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A spirited effort is being made on behalf of a large member of citizens to convince the Tramway Trust that a service of cars on Sunday mornings is desirable. ...

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  48. ENGLISH MAIL DELAYED.

    This week's English mail, owing to the late arrival of the R.M.S. Asturias at Adelaide yesterday, will not be delivered in Sydney until Thursday, The mails which, under ordinary ...

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  49. TELEPHONE RATES.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--New telephone rats are to be issued by Mr. Thomas (Postmaster -General) in Sydney. What is called the ground rent will, it is expected, be retained at the ...

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  50. LATE SHIPPING.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--Arr.: Berean ketch from Wyayard; Buteahire. str., from London. ADELAIDE, Monday.--Arr.: Anurias. R.M.S., from London: bonus, str., from Calcutta; Lemael, sch.; from ...

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