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  2. OUR FEDERAL LETTER

    The Federal Parliament officially "closed" yesterday. Mr. Deakin thinks the word better than prorogued, more descriptive, and more accurate. The idea ...

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  3. CABLE MESSAGES

    News has been received from Hongkong of the destruction of a steamer at one of the wharves. Just before daybreak the vessel was ...

    Article : 255 words
  4. Advertising

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  5. CABLE MESSAGES

    Considering a handicap at Long-Champs had been started unfairly, the public burst the barriers, and raided and barnt the pari mutuel booths, stealing ...

    Article : 96 words
  6. TRAMS FOR LAUNCESTON.

    The committee of the whole council spent the major portion of yesterday's long sitting—in all two hours and a half—in considering the conditions prepared ...

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  7. CABLE MESSAGES

    A startling statement is made by the "Standard" regarding the Admiralty intentions. It is stated that from motives of ...

    Article : 144 words
  8. BRITISH PREFERENCE AFFAIRS.

    The Government floundered through the mud to the end of the session. The British preference affair was a piece of humiliation which even Mr. Deakin must have ...

    Article : 154 words
  9. OBITUARY.

    Amongst the other deaths notified is that of Sir Richard Tangye. [Sir Richard Tangye, cr. 1894; F.R.G.S., J.P.; head of the engineering ...

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  10. EDUCATION QUESTION.

    It was announced to-day that the Government had decided to appeal against the West Riding judgment with a view to clearing up numerous points ...

    Article : 38 words
  11. KILLED BY A FALLING TREE

    Reference was made in yesterday's issue to the death of a lad named Charles Albert Pearton, aged 14 years and five months, who was killed by a falling tree ...

    Article : 258 words
  12. MR. JUSTICE ISAACS

    As for Mr. Isaacs, he is politically no more. He goes to the High Court Bench, an ambition which he has entertained, and which is realised, after hopes and ...

    Article : 266 words
  13. MR. ASQUITH'S VIEWS.

    Addressing his constituents, Mr. Asquith declared that whether or not there was an appeal to the electors, or whether or not the appeal succeeded, ...

    Article : 93 words
  14. RECENT HURRICANE.

    Forty-four lighthouses between the Mississippi and Mobile were destroyed by the recent hurricane. ...

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  15. SUBMARINE SUBMERGED.

    A submarine was submerged at Taranto, in the south of Italy, for seven hours, a depth of seven fathoms being reached. ...

    Article : 27 words
  16. FRENCH NAVY.

    After hearing three Cabinet Ministers, the French Budget Committee has relinquished the idea of three instead of six battleships, and the substitution of ...

    Article : 36 words
  17. HOME RULE QUESTION.

    Speaking at Nottingham, the Marquis of Lansdowne declared that neither the Prime Minister (Right Hon. A. J. Balfour), nor his colleagues ever ...

    Article : 65 words
  18. WITHDRAWAL OF GOLD.

    A further sum of £760,000 in gold has been withdrawn from the bank for Egypt. ...

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  19. MUNICIPALITIES.

    The Lord Mayor, the sheriffs, aldermen, and 60 others, are paying a five days' visit to Paris. They have been received with immense enthusiasm. ...

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  20. FIRE IN PARIS.

    The Beusch Company's petroleum works in Paris have been destroyed by fire. Damage to the extent of £500,000. ...

    Article : 36 words
  21. MARINE BOARD.

    The usual fortnightly meeting of the marine board was held yesterday, when there were present—The Master Warden (Mr. R. J. Sadler, M.H.A.), Wardens A. ...

    Article : 377 words
  22. THE FIFTH JUDGE.

    Mr. Higgins has gone up also. One fact more noticeable about Mr. Higgins than anything else in politics was that he was chronic opposition to everything. ...

    Article : 267 words
  23. SIR W. LAURIER'S REFERENCE.

    Addressing a meeting at Ottawa, Sir W. Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada, declared that he was a Home Ruler, as there was no true Canadian who was ...

    Article : 60 words
  24. FEMALE FRANCHISE.

    Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, K.C., M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer, while as Ladybank, gave an audience to a deputation of suffragettes. He declared that ...

    Article : 77 words
  25. THE RICHEST GIRL.

    The Halbach—Krupp civil marriage took place at Bredery on Saturday, and the religious marriage occurs to-day, when the Kaiser will attend. Bertha ...

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  26. RAILWAY SMASH.

    An engine collided with a passenger train leaving a siding at Epernon, in France. Nine persons were killed and 17 others ...

    Article : 32 words
  27. CANADIAN BANKS.

    The Bank of Montreal has absorbed the Ontario Bank, whose deficit of £250,000 sterling is attributed to unauthorised stock speculation. The ...

    Article : 38 words
  28. CARDIFF DOCKS.

    The corporation of Cardiff has declined to purchase the Marquis of Bute's docks, on the ground of the heaviness of the municipal debt. ...

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  29. WELSH COAL.

    There is an increased export of Welsh coal to all the great markets of the world, and foreigners are contracting heavily at nearly half-a-crown per ton ...

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  30. SOUTH AFRICA.

    At Pretoria, the Dutch are celebrating the anniversary of the ultimatum presented by the late Mr. Kruger. ...

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  31. ADDRESS BY MRS. BURNS.

    There was a fair attendance at the Mechanics' Institute last evening, when Mrs. Locke-Burns delivered a lecture entitled "Woman's Influence on National ...

    Article : 491 words
  32. INFLUENCES AT WORK.

    There is a little history oyer the High Court appointments. Everybody who did not know what influences were operating behind the scenes expected that an ...

    Article : 330 words
  33. STATE TELEGRAMS

    A man named Howell, stationmaster at Glenora, got severely crushed to-day between a railway carriage and the platform. He was brought to Hobart ...

    Article : 54 words
  34. SHIPMENT OF SPECIE.

    The liner Norman left Capetown with specie to the value of £1,600,000. This is a record shipment for South Africa. ...

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  35. BEQUESTS FOR CHARITIES

    The death is announced of Mrs. Lewis, widow of Sam Lewis, the money lender. By the demise of this lady a sum of ...

    Article : 38 words
  36. "GAZETTE" NOTIFICATIONS

    The following notifications appear in to-night's "Gazette":—A bank holiday, has been, proclaimed at Ulverstone on October 24; assessment rolls for ...

    Article : 32 words
  37. MERSEY MARINE BOARD.

    At the marine board meeting to-day, six tenders were received for the extension of the West Coast shed by 132 feet. Stabb and Haines's, at £163, was ...

    Article : 229 words
  38. KILLED OR WOUNDED.

    Official returns show that between February and May the revolutionaries killed or gravely wounded 1421 Russian notables. These included 34 governors ...

    Article : 59 words
  39. WESTERN NEWS.

    The stormy weather has moderated considerably. To-day has been fine, with light showers. Mr. Hopwood, who has been appointed ...

    Article : 54 words
  40. THE WEATHER.

    Saturday was one of the most inclement days ever experienced here. A perfect blizzard prevailed all day. The surrounding hills were covered with snow ...

    Article : 146 words
  41. RECENT FATALITY.

    A coronial enquiry into the cause of the death of Allan Slade Headlam, which occurred through a fall of earth at Rosebery on Saturday, was commenced ...

    Article : 90 words
  42. MINISTERIAL CHANGES.

    Mr. Groom, who is the new Attorney-General, will probably have more self-confidence in that department than he had in Home Affairs. As a Home ...

    Article : 263 words
  43. THE SHOW CARNIVAL.

    The final day of the Launceston show is October 31, and the attractions at Elphin on that occasion include a trial of hunters, boy riders' exhibition, ...

    Article : 60 words
  44. THESE COLD WINDS

    Burn up the face and crack the lips just as badly as the hot sun. If you wish to preserve your complexion and good looks, use "Magnolia" Glycerine and Cucumber. ...

    Article : 60 words
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