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  2. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    Yesterday afternoon, on the Parramatta River, Richard Arnat rowed Henry Pearce for the sculling championship of the world and £1,000 in stakes. The firstnamed was ...

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  3. TRAIN DISASTERS.

    A railway accident has occurred near to Crewe, in Cheshire. The express from Birmingham to Llandudno ran into an empty train which was ...

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  4. IN THE COURTS.

    At the Adelaide Police Court on Saturday (before Messrs. J. Gordon. S.M., and W. E. Goodliffe), George Rhea was charted with larceny as. a bailee. Mr. C. ...

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  5. TRADE & LABOUR.

    The monthly meeting of the Quorn committee of United Labour Party was held in the council chamber. The President (Mr. D. Howard) was in the chair. Two new ...

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  6. FAMILY OF NATIONS.

    The Colonial Secretary Mr. Harcourt) has published the text of the naval agreement between the Governments of Great Britain and the Dominions of Canada ...

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  7. DISCONTENTED DRIVERS.

    At a mass meeting of carters and driven held last night it was decided by a large majority to cease work until the demand for a minimum rale of £2 2/ a week for ...

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  8. AUSTRALIA AND THE NAVY.

    There was an interesting ceremony on board the Commonwealth, anchored at Spithead, on Monday June 26 (says The Times), when Lady Northcote Presented ...

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  9. FIFTY PERSONS INJURED.

    A serious accident occurred on the Lehigh Valley Railroad to-day. An excursion train was derailed, with the result that the Pullman card rolled ...

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  10. OPERATIVE BAKERS' UNION.

    A meeting of the Bakers' Union was held on Saturday evening at the "Trades Hall. The President (Mr. F. W. Lee) occupied the chair, and there was a good attendance. ...

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  11. YENDINNA JACK'S DEATH.

    YALATA, July 29—The hearing of the charge against Constable Muegge, B. Taylor, and F. Clinch in connection with the alleged murder of Yendiana Jack was ...

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  12. "DRASTIC ACTION" TALK.

    About 1,000 members of the Carters and Drivers' Union attended a meeting to-day to consider the action of the Government in dividing the Carters and Drivers' Wages ...

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  13. A HEAD-ON COLLISION.

    A message from Boston reports a serious railway collision. A train crowded with excursionists met a passenger train in a head-on collision on ...

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  14. WATER POLICEMAN FINED.

    FREMAXTLE, July 3O.—In the local Police Court on Saturday, Max Reichardt, water policeman stationed at Fremantle, was charged with having stolen from the ...

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  15. TYPOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.

    The half-yearly meeting of the Typographical society was held on Saturday at the Trades Hall. The President (Mr. F. W. Birrell) was in the chair, and there was ...

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  16. THE PACIFIC CONTROL.

    A memorandum relating to the conference of representatives of Canada and the Commonwealth and the British Admiralty concerning the status of the Dominion ...

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  17. RUSSIAN HARVEST.

    Owing to the failure of the harvest, the Council of Ministers has decided to sell corn at cost price, and to organize public works to afford relief in the south-east ...

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  18. CASUALTIES.

    On Saturday evening James Burridge, a resident of Angas street, was knocked down' in that thoroughfare by a horse attached to a spring dray. He sustained a fractured ...

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  19. THE LAW COURTS.

    ADELAIDE: Tuesday, August 1, at 10 o'clock (before Mr. Commissioner Russell).—First Hearing.—William Holmes Hamilton, the younger, of Kingscote,Kangaroo Island. farmer, Adjourned ...

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  20. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Silver.—The price of silver to-day is 2/, an advance of 1-16d. LONDON, July 29, 6.30 a.m. Copra.—The market is irregular. Only ...

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  21. MAGISTRATES.

    HINDMARSH: Saturday July 29 (before Mr. W. H. Medwell).—William Karney pleaded guilty to a charge of riotous behaviour. Sgt. Radford prosecuted. F.C. Bartlett gave evidence to the ...

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  22. CHILD BURNED.

    ROSEYTORTHY, July 29.—Mr. Harder's little girl, four years of age, met with a burning accident on Wednesday afternoon, when per pinafore caught alight at the ...

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  23. SAFEGUARDING IMPERIAL INTERESTS.

    Speaking at a public meeting at Pontypool on June 13, the First Lord of the Admiralty (Mr. McKenna) was happy to say that the naval arrangement that had been ...

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  24. POLICE.

    John Maddigan was sentenced to two months imprisonment on a charge of having been an idle and disorderly person. Constable Kelly stated he went to the Central Market at about 1.30 ...

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  25. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    F. Tarrant, the well-known ex-Australian cricketer, has scored 163 for Middlesex, against Esses, in the match at Lord's. In a game between Yorkshire and Warwickshire ...

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  26. BOY'S NECK BROKEN.

    PETERSBURG, July 30—Yesterday afternoon Hurtle Hatchard, aged 11, cost his life. In company with three other lads ne went out with a ...

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  27. MR. HUGHES'S COMMENTS.

    Commenting on the memorandum, Mr. Hughes said:—"The principles there set down appear to be nich as to commend themselves to the people of Australia. ...

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  28. SWIMMING RECORD.

    H. Taylor (Chadderton Club) defeated T. S. Battersby for the mile swimming championship yesterday. Taylor won by 10 yards in advance of his opponent, and ...

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  29. PLUMBER'S DEATH.

    MELBOURNE, July 30.—The circumstances of the death of Michael Burley Rimington, aged 53, a plumber, in the Melbourne Hospital on July 22, were ...

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  30. LATE MINING.

    On the British Mine bore No. 182 on the 500 level is now in over 100 ft. Most of the was if has been In are, and in mineralized country, but It ha not jet reached the point at which the ...

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  31. PUGILISM.

    A telegram from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, states that Ad. Wolgast and McFarland, well-known pugilists, hare arranged a batch for September 15. ...

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  32. CONGRESS OF RACES.

    At the congress of all races to-day Mr. Ghokal, an Indian delegate, stated that the reform measures initiated in India by Lord Morley had arrested the growing ...

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  33. ONE IN FOREIGN POLICY.

    The Times of June 15 observed:—"The Dominions one and all bare an interest in the general purpose and spirit of foreign policy which far transcends the special but ...

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  34. DISAPPOINTED THIEVES.

    a daring, but unsuccessful attempt at burglary was made late on Friday night or early on Saturday morning at the Lyric Picture Theatre, in George street. The ...

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  35. FIRE AT LIVERY STABLES.

    FREMANTLE, July 30.—Daring the early hours of Saturday morning the Central Livery Stables, at Fremantle, owned by Messrs. Willis & Booth, were destroyed ...

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  36. BROKEN HILL PRODUCE MARKET.

    Messrs. A A. Bries & Co., Limited, report a July 28:—Butter is very plentiful and distinctly [?] in value. Eggs are also receding, and must continue coming down in price. Live and ...

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  37. BOWLS.

    List Easter a conference of delegates from each of the State bowling associations was held at Sydney to consider the advisableness of forming a council to govern the ...

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  38. NORMANTON MEAT WORKS.

    At the Supreme Court on saturday the Carpentaria Meat Preserving and Export Company. Limited, was registered. The objects of the company are to purchase the ...

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  39. SHOP ASSISTANTS.

    PERTH. July 30.—The Shop Assistants and Warehousemen's Association is asking for the following scale of wages from August 21:—Male Assistants.—Fifteen years ...

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  40. PARLIAMENT OF MANKIND.

    The Universal Congress of Races yesterday discussed the question of the extension of the Hague tribunal. Mr. Walker (law lecturer at Cambridge) ...

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  41. Advertising

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  42. PREJUDICE AND SENTIMENT.

    The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes), commenting yesterday on the cable message, said:—"Ethically considered, the contention is unanswerable, but it is just such ...

    Article : 144 words
  43. SCHOOL TEACHERS' REQUESTS.

    MELBOURNE, July 30.—A deputation From the Victorian State School Teachers' I Union waited on the Minister of Education yesterday and made a number of request. ...

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  44. LITERARY SOCIETIES.

    GAWLER UNION PARLIAMENT.—This Parliament met on Friday evening. The Speaker (Mr. Coombe, M.P) presided. Mr. W. R. Day proposed an informal motion, and called attention ...

    Article : 339 words
  45. Advertising

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  46. SYDNEY BEAT BROKEN HILL.

    The football natch on Saturday between the New South Wales League team and Broken Hill was played on the jubilee oval in the presence of about 2,000 people. ...

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  47. IPSWICH RAILWAY WORKERS.

    BRISBANE, July 30.—At a meeting off railway workers at Ipswich last night motions were carried urging the Government to pay a minimum rate of 8/ per day to all ...

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  48. CANADIAN PARLIAMENT.

    The Dominion House of Commons was dissolved to-day. The general elections, which will be fought on the reciprocity issue, have been ...

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  49. DEPUTATIONS.

    The members for the District of Vic-toria and Albert waited on the Commissioner of Public Work* on Thursday and,' presented & memorial from a number of ...

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  50. ILLNESS OF THE POPE.

    Some concern has been expressed in Roman Catholic circles in consequence of the illness of HU Holiness the Pope, who is now in his seventy-sixth year. ...

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  51. FOREST FIRE.

    A fire is raging in the forests of the San Bernardino mountains, the most southeasterly of the coast ranges in the State of California. ...

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  52. A GOVERNMENT LAND PURCHASE.

    The State Government has purchased a large area of land with river frontage between Hamilton and Pinkenba. No official statement is obtainable on the subject, but ...

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  53. GABLES IN BRIEF.

    The reorganization of the French War Office has resulted in the appointment of Gen. Joffre as Generalissimo, an entirely new office. ...

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  54. CRICKET.

    DEVON DOWNS, July 22.—A cricket meeting was called between the amalgamated Devon Downs and Swan Reach teams on Saturday last. The team consisits mostly of farmers, and as this ...

    Article : 39 words
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