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  2. MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION.

    The monthly meeting of the Esperance Municipality was held on Saturday at the Town-hall, Geeveston. There were present the Warden ...

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  3. SCENE IN COURT.

    There was a brief, but very warm encounter in the County Court to-day between Judge Johnston and Mr. J. Cohen. ...

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  4. THE HOP INDUSTRY.

    The New York "Evening Post," under the heading, "Beginning With Hops," has the following leading article on the cry in Kent for a duty on ...

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  5. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

    The annual report of the Commissioner upon the police force of Tasmania was tabled in the House of Assembly last night. Elsewhere appear extracts culled ...

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  6. SMOTHERED WITH KISSES

    Dorando, the Italian athlete, who finished first in the Marathon race in connection with the Olympic contests last month, but who was disqualified ...

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  7. THE AMERICAN FLEET.

    At five minutes to eight o'clock last night Auckland Harbour was a dull leaden grey, under the dim rays of a half moon. Suddenly a church in the ...

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  8. GALLERY NOTES.

    There was what the Scotchmen would ball a "real bein" appearance about the Legislative Council Chamber when the members met last night—a sort of rich ...

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  9. LABOUR DISPUTE IN GERMANY.

    It was stated last month that the Vulcan Engine Building Company, at Stettin, the capital of the province of Pomerania, in Prussia, was having ...

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  10. THE WRIGHTS' AEROPLANE.

    The successful exhibition given by Wilbur Wright last week of the flying capabilities of his aeroplane were repeated at Le Mans, in France, ...

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  11. OFFICIAL BANQUET.

    A banquet was given last night by the Prime Minister and the Ministry to Admiral Sperry and fleet. His Excellency the Governor, ...

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  12. FISHING SCHOONER SINKS.

    A collision between ships occurred off the Newfoundland Banks during a dense fog yesterday, and it resulted in the loss of a number of lives. ...

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  13. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

    The House met at 7.30, and at once got to business. The Jury Bill and Police Regulation Bill were finished. At the instance of Mr. Best, the third ...

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  14. CLERGYMEN FOR NEW ZEALAND.

    At the Pan-Aaiglican Congress, which was recently held in London, an appeal was made for missionaries for outlying parts of the Empire. ...

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  15. THE MEN ASHORE.

    Most of the official matters are now over, and the American and British sailors and New Zealanders have settled into one seething mass of moving ...

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  16. DEATH OF ELSIE BLADEN.

    The adjourned coronial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the suddon death on July 27, at Bangor, of Elsie Ingaretta Bladen, was concluded ...

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  17. PIGEONS AND MILITARY SECRETS.

    The military authorities in Austria consider that carrier pigeons might be used in a way that would tend to expose the defence arrangements of the ...

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  18. TEMPLETON HOUSE ROBBED.

    "Swoll mobsmen" gained access to Templeton House, at Barnes, in Surrey, last evening, and stole a quantity of art treasures, the property of Lord ...

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  19. KING AND KAISER.

    His Majesty King Edward, it was recently announced, would during August meet both the Kaiser and the Eemperor Francis Josef of Austria. ...

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  20. PAN-ANGLICAN OFFERINGS.

    The Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Davidson) states that amounts totalling £125,000, out of the £345,000 constituting the Pan-Anglican thanksgiving ...

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  21. COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.

    The American press bestows far less editorial notice on New Zealand's reception of the fleet than the British newspapers do. ...

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  22. CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

    In the county cricket conteste, Hampshire has defeated Kent by one wicket, and Surrey has beaton Middlesex. ...

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  23. THE COBDEN CLUB.

    The "Spectator," in a remarkable article, condemns the Cobden Club for neglecting to maintain Gobden's principles, and in not opposing the Trades ...

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  24. THE TURKISH CONSTITUTION.

    Selected members of the Young Turkey party attend all the police stations at Constantinople, and support the police in keeping order. ...

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  25. PERSONAL.

    The Inspector-General of the Commonwealth military forces (Major-General Hoad) left Melbourne yesterday afternoon for London, where he is to be ...

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  26. AUSTRALIAN PIANOS.

    An hotel of gigantic size is being built in the Strand, London, on the site of Exeter-hall. Twenty Beale (Australian.) pianos, ...

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  27. BRITISH COLUMBIA FIRES.

    Sir Thomas Bent received to-day from the Premier of Canada (Sir. Wilfrid Laurier) and from the Premier of the province of British Columbia (Mr. ...

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  28. CONCESSIONS TO MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.

    The Premier (Hon. J. W. Evans), in moving the adjournment of the Assembly last night, notified that the Premiers of New South ...

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  29. THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

    Mr. Hill, on behalf of the Australian team of athletes who attended the recent Olympic competitions, has written to the Olympic Council, thanking the ...

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  30. EXPLOSION OF GELIGNITE.

    An explosion of gelignite at the Muddy Creek Sluicing Company's water race. Southland, to-day, resulted in the death of Jas. Lindsay, a native of ...

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  31. MRS. BEECHEY.

    Mrs. Beechey, who is an inmate of the General Hospital, is reported to be making satisfactory progress towards recovery. ...

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  32. HOTELS IN TASMANIA.

    "I regret that the police have had to contend, in some instances, with systematic and organised attempts to evade the law," states the ...

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  33. LABOUR POLITICS.

    Speaking at a labour rally last nighty under the auspices of the local branch of the Workers' Political League, Mr. Ben Watkins, M.H.A., in making ...

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  34. BURNIE POULTRY SHOW.

    The Burnie Poultry Society show entries received to-night are a record in Wyandotte, Leghorn, and Game varieties. The committee decided to receive ...

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  35. SWIMMING THE CHANNEL.

    The Scottish long-distance champion swimmer, Mearns, made an attempt last week to swim across the English Channel. ...

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  36. A WEST AUSTRALIAN MYSTERY

    The following telegram, sent by Messrs. Durack and Bill from Turkey Creek, was received by the Commissioner of Police this, morning:—"Sent two boys to ...

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  37. CHARGE AGAINST AN ELDER.

    Elder Mackie, of the Latter Day Saints' Church, Richmond, was to-day committed for trial on a charge of having deserted his wife, and having left ...

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  38. THE PEOPLE'S DRINK.

    As recently as last year provision was made in the Appropriation Act for the purchase of samples of liquor from licensed houses for analysis. In his ...

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  39. FUNERAL OF HORACE SHERRIN

    The funeral of the late Horace Sherrin, the victim of the Smelters machinery accident, took place to-day, and was largely attended. ...

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  40. THE SEALING INDUSTEY.

    The Japanese fishing fleet is not bound by the convention that prohibits the British and American fleets from killing seals within a zone of sixty ...

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  41. ZEEHAN COURT OF REQUESTS.

    A Court of Requests was held by Commissioner E. W. Turner to-day, when the following cases were disposed of:— ...

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  42. THE CANON NASH VASE.

    Although the veto of the ranomination of the Rev. C. H. Nash to the incumbency of the church at Geelong has been maintained, a license is to be ...

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  43. SAD SHOOTING FATALITY.

    A distressing accident occurred on Sunday on a farm between Drouin and Longwarry, as a result of which a lad named Allan Webb lost his life, and ...

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  44. GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

    Heavy showers fell last night and during to-day. ULVERSTONE, August 11. Last night the spell of fine weather ...

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  45. UNLAWFUL OCCUPATION OF CROWN LANDS.

    Five more cases of alleged unlawful occupation of Crown lands were brought before Mr. E. W. Turner, P.M., at the Police Court to-day, and ...

    Article : 63 words
  46. ALLEGED LARCENY.

    A youth named Gordon Drake was arrested this afternoon on a charge of larceny, and brought before Mr. J. J. Madden, J.P., and remanded. It is ...

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  47. PATENTEES.

    A successful invention means fortune. For Patents, see P. M. NEWTON, 72 Collins-st., Hobart. H. C. Tapping, Representative. Tel. 878. Head Office. 437 ...

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