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  2. BRITAIN'S SEA POWER. LACK OF DRY DOCKS.

    The First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. M'Kenna), who was obliged to admit a few weeks ago that the Government had been unaware of the extent of Germany's ...

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  3. NATIONAL GALLERY. FELTON BEQUEST PICTURES.

    Acting upon instructions received from Melbourne, the trustees of the Felton bequest in London have purchased for the Melbourne National Gallery Jules Dupre's ...

    Article : 94 words
  4. FEDERAL POLITICS. PREPARING LEGISLATION.

    The Federal Parliament will meet in a month's time. It is possible that before the meeting a formidable combination of members opposed to the Labour ...

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  5. TURKISH REVOLT. SULTAN DETHRONED.

    Reuter's agency at Constantinople reports that the dethronement of the Sultan has been decided upon as the result of the recent crisis. His brother, Mohammed ...

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  6. BEET SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    It is understood that Dr. Maxwell, the sugar expert, after visiting the old Maffra factory and various parts of Victoria considered suitable for the growth of beets, has ...

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  7. FIVE MEN MISSING.

    Grave fears are entertained for the safety of a fishing party consisting of four men and a boy who left Williamstown in the motor-boat Lilian on Sunday morning, and ...

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  8. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency Sir Thomas D. Gibson-Carmichael has become the first patron of the Victorian Amateur Hockey Association, of which Mr. T. G. Watson has been ...

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  9. FAMOUS JAPANESE PRINTS.

    The Felton trustees have also purchased several of the finest Japanese prints ever offered for sale. They were bought at the sale by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson, and ...

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  10. CRISIS IN PERSIA.

    The action of Russia in sending Cossacks to relieve the starving legations at Tabriz has greatly alarmed both Royalists and Nationalists in Persia. ...

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  11. THE NEW SULTAN.

    According to Turkish custom the succession to the throne vests in Mahommed Reshad Effendi as senior male descendant of the house of Othman. He was born on ...

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  12. THE BALLARAT SEAT.

    It has been decided that, provided he is selected by the Ballarat branch of the Political Labour Council, which is a foregone conclusion, Mr. M'Grath, M.L.A. for ...

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  13. REACTIONARIES SURRENDER.

    Messages from Constantinople indicate that the last stand made against the advance of the Constitutionist army was at the Sultan's palace at Yildiz. ...

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  14. BOURKE ELECTORATE.

    It is intended by the Labour party to select a candidate to oppose Mr. Hume Cook for Bourke. An effort is to be made to induce Mr. Frank Austey, M.L.A. for ...

    Article : 58 words
  15. DREADNOUGHTS IN ACTION.

    Members of the Parliamentary Naval Committee have invited Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, who was recently retired from the command of the Channel ...

    Article : 137 words
  16. BRITISH IN INDIA.

    The India Councils Bill, which widens the scope of local self-government in India, was read a third time in the House of Commons yesterday. ...

    Article : 149 words
  17. NAVIGATING THE AIR.

    Mr. Wilbur Wright, the joint inventor with his brother Orville, of the aeroplane which bears their name, has been experimenting lately with a view to overcoming ...

    Article : 125 words
  18. EXPENSES OF MEMBERS.

    HAMILTON, Tuesday.—A conference of delegates representing the political labour councils within the Wannon constituency has just completed arrangements for the ...

    Article : 163 words
  19. A LODGER'S FATE.

    ROMSEY, Tuesday.—A fire on Tuesday morning resulted in the complete destruction of the Commercial Hotel and its contents. The outbreak was first observed by ...

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  20. SPEECH BY MR. G. H. REID.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. G. H. Reid, speaking at Grafton last night in advocacy of the Dreadnought fund, said that the most momentous changes in the map of ...

    Article : 266 words
  21. THE WHEAT MARKETS.

    The London wheat market is steadier at the recent decline. The following sales of Australian cargoes have been made:— Larochefo[?]uld, 13,000 quarters, New South ...

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  22. OPERA IN ENGLAND.

    The opera, "Samson et Dalila"—described by the composer as a sacred drama—which was written by Camille Saint-Saens in 1877, has been produced at Covent Garden. ...

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  23. WEST AUSTRALIAN SPEECHES.

    PERTH, Tuesday.—Speaking at North Perth, Mr. F. Wilson, an ex-labour member, said that the Labour party were becoming too conservative. If members of ...

    Article : 180 words
  24. THE MINISTRY'S OUTLOOK.

    PERTH, Tuesday.—Mr. Mahon, Minister for Home Affairs, arrived by the mail steamer yesterday. He intends addressing meetings in various parts of the state in ...

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  25. STAMBOUL GARRISON.

    The Salonika committee announces that prior to the capitulation of the Stamboul garrison Shevket Pasha, the general commanding the Third (Salonika) Army Corps, ...

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  26. SUICIDE AT SEA.

    A tragedy, which created a great sensation, occurred on board the Hamburg American liner the Cleveland, on its voyage across the Atlantic. ...

    Article : 72 words
  27. MINISTERS ON TOUR.

    DONALD, Tuesday.—The Minister for Public Instruction and Railways (Mr. Billson) and the Minister for Mines and Forests (Mr. M'Bride), accompanied by Mr. ...

    Article : 356 words
  28. BILLIARDS. LINDRUM V. WEISS.

    PERTH, Tuesday.—The billiard match, Lindrum versus Weiss, in which the latter concedes 2,000 points in 9,000, was continued yesterday afternoon. Weiss at the ...

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  29. PRICE OF BREAD.

    HEALESVILLE, Tuesday.—The local bakers have raised the price of bread to 7d. the 4lb. loaf. ...

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  30. TORPEDO DESTROYERS.

    The Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce) said yesterday that tenders has been signed for the construction of two torpedo destroyers in Scotland, and the work has been ...

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  31. BREAD FOR CHARITABLE INSTITUTION.

    BALLARAT, Tuesday. — When tenders for supplying the Benevolent Asylum with bread for seven months were presented at Tuesday night's meeting, Mr. J. M. Kline, ...

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  32. ALLEGED BLACKMAIL.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The name of William Nichols Willis was again brought prominently before the public to-day. Willis did not appear at the Quarter ...

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  33. A.N.A. AND POLITICS.

    After the ordinary business had been disposed of at the meeting of the Fitzroy branch of the A.N.A. last night, Mr. B. O. Snell moved:— ...

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  34. LONDON WOOL SALES

    The list of arrivals for the May series of wool sales has closed. The new arrivals amount to 377,646 bales, of which 213,400 have been forwarded direct to ...

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  35. PRIVATE ADVICES.

    The following private advices have been received:— By Goldsbrough, Mort, and Company Limited.— "The quantity available for these series, including ...

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  36. ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING.

    The third annual meeting of the above association was held last night at the Port Phillip Club Hotel, when a large number of members were present. Mr. H. W. ...

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  37. STATE OF SIEGE.

    The city is still in a state of siege, and Shevket Pasha announces that it will remain so until the Chamber of Deputies has passed an Association law, a press law, ...

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  38. NAVAL DISASTER.

    A terrible fatality occurred yesterday on the Italian submarine Foca. A quantity of petrol was being stored, when an explosion took place, killing seven men and wounding ...

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  39. EIGHT HOURS DAY.

    The public works committee of the Prahran Council on Tuesday reported that it had granted a holiday on Eight Hours Day to the stonebreakers, and allowed them ...

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  40. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS. SILVER.

    To-day's quotation for bar silver per ounce standard is 23 15-16d., being a decline of 1-16d. since Saturday. ...

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  41. SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY.

    At the Prahran Council meeting last night a request was received from the Colosseum, Chapel-street, for permission to give band performances on the balcony ...

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  42. R.M.S. VICTORIA AT FREMANTLE.

    FREMANTLE, Tuesday.—The R.M.S. Victoria arrived from London this morning. The following are passengers:— For Melbourne—From London Messrs. Stooke, ...

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  43. LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION.

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Joseph Cook, the leader of the Opposition, referring to the federal political situation, said to-night:— "One thing is quite clear. The ...

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  44. SHIPPING NEWS.

    The following arrivals and departures are reported:— Arrivals.—Turakina, s.s., from Wellington, March 11; Oberhausen, s.s., from ...

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  45. MINING SHARES.

    The lowest and highest range of values on the Stock Exchange yesterday in Broken Hill Proprietary shares was 33/9-35/. ...

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  46. CAUGHT IN A CIRCULAR SAW.

    LAUNCESTON, Tuesday.—An accident, which resulted in shocking injuries to a young man named Bert Hazlewood, occurred this afternoon at Messrs. J. and ...

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  47. MINISTERS REMAIN.

    Consequent upon the success fo the Constitutional party the Ministry forwarded its resignation to the Sultan, and the Parliament, which during the crisis sat at San ...

    Article : 100 words
  48. AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND MORTGAGE COMPANY.

    The report of the Australian and New Zealand Mortgage Company Limited for the year ended December 31, 1908, shows a loss of £11,360, raising the debit balance of ...

    Article : 46 words
  49. MURDERER'S APPEAL.

    PERTH, Tuesday.—The appeal against the conviction of Donald Anderson Campbell Scott, for the murder of Catherine Jane Kane, at Meekatharra, on the grounds that ...

    Article : 114 words
  50. KUMANO MARU AT THURSDAY ISLAND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 119 words
  51. ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL.

    The Mother Rectress acknowledges the following additional donations:—Amount collected at the Stock Exchange by Mr. R. J. Fitzgerald, £15/15/; "Two Kinsmen," Nagambie, £10/5/; ...

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  52. BORN WITH BAD ECZEMA.

    Which Spread Over Body, Head, and Limbs—No [?] or Sleep for Mother or Child—Doctor Would Not Let Him be Bathed—Cured by Cuticura. "My little boy was born with his legs and the ...

    Article : 217 words
  53. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

    Copper. — Monday's closing quotations were:—Spot, £57/12/6 to £57/17/6, or an advance of 6/3 since last Friday; three months, £58/7/6 to £58/12/6, or an advance ...

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  54. SPEECH BY MR. HUTCHISON.

    KORUMBURRA, Tuesday.—Mr. Hutchison, Acting Minister of Customs, addressed a meeting in the Mechanics'-hall to-night, under the auspices of the Korumburra ...

    Article : 431 words
  55. THE LIST OF THINGS INCIDENTAL

    To man's necessities which have a salutary influence includes an unequalled medicinal stimulant in "Wolfe's-Schnapps."—[Advt.] The only genuine and reliable preparation for ...

    Article : 55 words
  56. ASIA MINOR DISTURBED.

    Mahmud Shevket Pasha, the general in command of the troops in possession of Constantinople, fears the bad effect on the army and in Asia Minor, owing to the ...

    Article : 63 words
  57. MILO CIGARETTES

    Are preferred by lovers of good things. Guaranteed hand-made.—[Advt.] ...

    Article : 14 words
  58. PEARS' SOAP,

    Pure in every particle.—[Advt.] ...

    Article : 8 words
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