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  2. STATE AND FEDERAL MATTERS

    Sir Thos. Bent lunched with the members of the New South Wales Ministry to-day, and was subsequently closeted with them for two hours, discussing ...

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  3. POSTMASTER-GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT.

    The Postmaster-General's Department has under consideration important propsals affecting officers in the Melbourne General Post Office. The ...

    Article : 105 words
  4. LOST IN THE BUSH.

    The popular delight, for no other word well express the feeling, at the finding of Mrs. Beechy is unbounded. So long a time had elapsed since her ...

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  5. FLOODS IN ASIA MINOR.

    Serious floods have occurred at Tokat, a town in the Vilayet of Sivas, in Asia Minor. Two thousand people have been ...

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  6. THE BRAZILIAN WARSHIPS.

    The Brazilian authorities have given another official denial with respect to the rumoured sale of certain battleships that are being constructed in ...

    Article : 89 words
  7. RIOTING AT BOMBAY.

    Fourteen thousand mill operatives in Bombay have gone on strike. A great deal of rioting, attended with window smashing, has taken place. Owing to ...

    Article : 123 words
  8. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    Both Houses of the State Parliament will meet this evening. The Legislative Council will deal with a couple of formal bills, and will then probably adjourn, to ...

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  9. THE WINGFIELD SCULLS.

    The race for the Wingfield Sculls, on the Thames, from Putney to Mortlake which carries with it the title of amateur champion of the Thames, has ...

    Article : 90 words
  10. NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT.

    The State Parliament will meet tomorrow. It is improbable that the speech will contain any surprises. The Labour party decided to-day to ...

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  11. MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS.

    The President of the Local Government Board (Mr. J. Burns) referred in the course of a speech last week to the indebtedness of local authorities. ...

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  12. INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE.

    The Vulcan Engine Building Company at Stettin, the capital of the province of Pomerania, in Prussia, is having trouble with its employees. ...

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  13. SHOULD WOMEN VOTE?

    In order to ascertain the public feeling in regard to granting votes to women, the London "Daily Express" recently supplied its renders with ...

    Article : 86 words
  14. CASE OF CANON NASH.

    One hundred clergymen of the diocese of Melbourne met to-day in connection with the Nash case, and passed resolutions, one requesting the vicar-general ...

    Article : 93 words
  15. A LEGACY RETURNED.

    The legacy of £25,000 bequeathed in July, 1906, to the London University Institute of Medical Sciences, has been returned to the executors of the will ...

    Article : 61 words
  16. ASSASSINATION AT MONASTIR.

    General Ohaman Heydot has been assassinated at Monastir, in Turkey in Europe. The deed was committed on Saturday ...

    Article : 45 words
  17. PERSONAL.

    The new Governor-General, the Earl of Dudley, is making Brisbane his first port of call in the Commonwealth. The Queensland branches of the Royal ...

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  18. STORMS IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Reports from Central Otago go to show great mortality among sheep, owing to recent snow storms. One[?] mob of 300 was lost in an avalanche. ...

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  19. WELCOME RAINS.

    The splendid rain which set in early yesterday morning, before a north wind, which subsequently veered to the southwest, seems to be very general ...

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  20. PRESIDENT OF FRANCE.

    The President of France (M. Fallieres) and the Minister for Foreign Affairs (M. Pichon,) have left France by the battle-ship Verito, on a visit to the Czar. ...

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  21. THE WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.

    A large deputation of Anglicans, including the Bishop of Beverley (Right Rev. R. Crosthwaite), the Bishop of Hull (Right Rev. R. Blunt), and the ...

    Article : 95 words
  22. THE RESULT OF SKYLARKING.

    Thomas Goldie, aged 18, was found guilty at the Criminal Court to-day of the manslaughter of Charles Gosling while the pair were skylarking at Black ...

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  23. PLANTS BY POST.

    From the New Zealand Postal Department the Commonwealth Central Postal Administration has received notification, stating that, as parcels of ...

    Article : 72 words
  24. PREFERENCE IN CANADA.

    The Canadian woollen manufacturers have asked the Government to grant them increased protection, on the ground that British preference is ...

    Article : 110 words
  25. THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

    The twenty-six athletes chosen by the United States selection committee from a list of 15,000 names have not been such a success in the Olympic ...

    Article : 120 words
  26. OREGON PINE FOR NEWZEALAND.

    A serious position has arisen in Westland, owing to the increasing importation of Oregon pine. Several mills have closed down, as they are unable to ...

    Article : 59 words
  27. CUT IN TWO ON THE RAILWAY.

    The body of the woman who was cut in two on the St. Kilda railway line last night was identified to-day as that of Mary Ellon Moore, the wife of ...

    Article : 66 words
  28. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    The Surrey v. Lancashire match, at the Oval, had been set apart for a benefit for the Surrey professional, E. G. Hayes, who was a member of the M.C.C. ...

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  29. THE POSTAL COMMISSION.

    After holding a private meeting of members, the Postal Royal Commission left in the afternoon for Sydney. Mr. Scott (secretary to the ...

    Article : 64 words
  30. DEVONPORT MARINE BOARD.

    At the Marine Board meeting to-day, Master Warden J. Littlejohn notified his intention of resigning, and giving his time to has personal affairs. ...

    Article : 82 words
  31. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

    Mr. W. H. Taft, who has been selected for nomination as the Republican candidate at the next presidential election in the United States, has ...

    Article : 107 words
  32. STRIKE AT LAUNCESTON.

    As the result of a disagreement between the management and men employed here, the Tasmanian Manufacturing and Importing Company's factory in ...

    Article : 262 words
  33. THE COUNTY COMPETITION.

    Yorkshire, with eleven wins and seven draws, is at present leading for the county championship. Surrey, Kent, and Middlesex, have each lost a match. ...

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  34. THE TEACHERS' UNION.

    The attention of the Minister for Education (Hon. W. B. Propsting) was drawn to a report which appeared in "The Mercury" yesterday respecting a meeting ...

    Article : 567 words
  35. WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION.

    When speaking at Wirral, in Cheshire, on Saturday, the Chief Secretary for Ireland (Mr. Birrell) referred to the vast expenditure now incurred in ...

    Article : 66 words
  36. A COUNCILLOR'S AWAKENING

    While Councillor Ross was reading a newspaper before the fire at his residence in Bendigo last night, he dropped off to sleep, but only to be awakened by ...

    Article : 95 words
  37. NATIVES IN THE MINES.

    A return that has just been issued shows an alarming rate of mortality among natives working in the Rhodesian mines. ...

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  38. A PEACEFUL COUNTRY.

    The Chief Secretary for Ireland (Mr. A. Birrell), in addressing a meeting at Wirral, in Cheshire, on Saturday evening, denied that Ireland was a land of ...

    Article : 123 words
  39. ARREST UNDER SENSATIONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

    Edward Posner and Maurice Posner, jewellers, of Bourke-street, who, with Henry Robinson, were arrested on Saturday under sensational circumstances, ...

    Article : 304 words
  40. FRANCE AND GERMANY.

    M. Gervais, a member of the French Chamber of Deputies, recently published a series of conciliatory newspaper articles with respect to various ...

    Article : 103 words
  41. SMUGGLING OPIUM.

    Upon the arrival of the Bomballa from Sydney to-day she was boarded by a Customs officer, who found 20 tins of opium, valued at £120, in a ...

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  42. THE EDUCATION BILL.

    The President of the Education Board (Mr. R. Runciman), speaking at Dewsbury on Saturday, said that the Government would adhere to the principles ...

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  43. STRIKE IN BRISBANE.

    The assistant ironmongers in Brisbane foundries have made a demand for an increase in wages, which has not been complied with. The union has ...

    Article : 39 words
  44. FRENCH NAVAL MANŒUVRES.

    Reuter's correspondent at Paris states that the French naval manœuvres in the Mediterranean were brought to an abrupt close last week. ...

    Article : 105 words
  45. D[?]EP ORTED FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

    The man Michael Brennan, who was recently arrested when he came off the Everton Grange upon her arrival from South Africa, on a warrant dating back ...

    Article : 106 words
  46. MURDER OF AN INFANT.

    The medical evidence at the inquest concerning the death of a male infant found on Thursday last on the railway line near Bloomfield, in the Orange ...

    Article : 89 words
  47. GENERAL CABLES.

    The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 1,815,000 quarters; for the Continent 1,215,000 quarters. ...

    Article : 66 words
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