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  2. WRECK ON THE TASMANIAN COAST.

    Below we give details of the wreck of the ship Loch Finlas on a reef off Foster Island, near to Cape Portland, on the North-East ...

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  3. CORRUPTION IN AMERICA

    With regard to the charges of corruption made some days ago against various public men in the United States, Mr. W. R. Hearst has ...

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  4. ARTESIAN WATER.

    The possibility of a serious diminution in the artesian water supply is a matter (says a Sydney exchange) that has from time to time been brought into ...

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  5. EUCHARISTIC PROCESSION

    Archbishop Carr, of Melbourne, when interviewed yesterday, said he had been much impressed by the Eucharistic Congress. ...

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  6. PERSONAL.

    Bert Levy, an Australian cartoonist, is proving a great success, our London cable messages state, as an entertainer at the Palace Theatre. ...

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  7. A SYDNEY JOCKEY.

    Frank Wootton, the Sydney jockey, who has ridden a large number of winners in England during the present season, has refused an offer of a retainer ...

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  8. AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL TEAM.

    The Australian Rugby Union football team that arrived in England last week is busy practising. The team has adopted the nickname ...

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  9. THE NEWCASTLE ELECTION.

    Mr. G. Renwick, the Conservative candidate, who was elected on Thursday to represent Newcastle-on-Tyne in the House of Commons, attributes his ...

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  10. THE LAW AND COMMON-SENSE.

    Much latitude is permitted to learned counsel in cross-examination (says the "Sydney Morning Herald"). Witnesses who enter the box with easy ...

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  11. WIN FOR AUSTRALIA.

    In the match against Devon, the Wallabies won by three goals three tries to one try. There were about 14,000 spectators. ...

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  12. AUSTRALIAN NAVAL PROPOSALS.

    The action of the British Admiralty in accepting Mr. Beakin's proposals providing for the naval defence of Australia is meeting with approval in some ...

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  13. LAST CHANCE IN AUSTRALIA.

    A London magistrate the other day refused to discharge a habitual criminal, with a view to allowing him a last chance in Australia. ...

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  14. DUTY FREE.

    In the current issue of the "Gazette" the Minister of Customs publishes the text of important Customs by-laws, listing, inter alia, some thousands of articles ...

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  15. LAND FOR JEWS.

    Under the new Turkish Constitution Jews will be permitted to buy land in Palestine. A Jewish syndicate is already ...

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  16. TURKEY AND BULGARIA.

    Diplomatic opinion universally condemns the action of Bulgaria in seizing a railway, and retaining a hare of the profits that had been previously paid ...

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  17. PARLIAMENT IN PERSIA.

    The Shah of Persia is keeping his promise to call together during the present year a new Parliament. The Mejliss (National Council) and the ...

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  18. GENERAL CABLES.

    A. O. Brown and his partner, L. Found, have been expelled from the New York Stock Exchange. ...

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  19. THE "TELEPHONE TRICK."

    An attempt to work off the somewhat out-of-date, "telephone fraud" on a city firm has been made (says the "Age") by one Wm. Richards, of Sydney, a ...

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  20. THE LICENSING BILL.

    The "Daily Express" states that the Marquis of Lansdowne, in consultation with his colleagues, has decided that the Licensing Bill shall not pass the ...

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  21. A CHARGE OF FRAUD.

    Seven of the Poplar guardians and ex-guardians were charged at the Thames Police Court yesterday with conspiring to defraud the Board of ...

    Article : 130 words
  22. STEAMERS FOR RUSSIA.

    A contract has been placed with the Greenock shipbuilding yards for the construction of five steamers for the Russian volunteer fleet (a subsidised ...

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  23. TRAGEDY ABOARD SHIP.

    The voyage of the French ship Crillon, which arrived in Storm Bay on Friday from Birkenhead, has had a tragic ending. Owing to contrary winds, the ...

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  24. THE CHOLERA IN RUSSIA.

    The cholera continues to spread in Russia. Owing to the superstition of the people of Krasnaya, the doctors were ...

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  25. MORTALITY FROM CONSUMPTION.

    The death-rate from consumption is steadily decreasing. In the "Argus" of Friday a return was published showing that the dcath-rate from this disease ...

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  26. A RAILWAY COLLISION.

    The driver of a train running on the Berlin elevated electric railway yesterday, disregarded the danger signal at the junction, and the train ...

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  27. VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT.

    The State Ministers are considerably exercised in their minds regarding the crisis that has arisen as the result of then land valuation and land taxation ...

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  28. DANGEROUS MOTOR CONTEST.

    Referring to the recent speed motor race in the Isle of Man, the "Daily Mail" and other newspapers condemn the four-inch diameter cylinder race as ...

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  29. EIGHT HOURS FOR MINERS.

    Sir Christopher Furness, in addressing a meeting of colliery shareholders at Newport yesterday, said he hoped that if the Eight Hours Bill passed, the ...

    Article : 61 words
  30. DECLINE OF THE FAMINE.

    The following telegram, dated the 17th August, was sent from the Viceroy of India to the Secretary of State:—"There has been a further reduction of 85,000 in ...

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  31. TRADE WITH AUSTRALASIA.

    The committee of the Manufacturers' Association of Great Britain has warmly thanked Mr. Morgan for the excellent results of his mission to Australia. ...

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  32. EARTHQUAKE FELT AT SEA.

    A peculiar incident occurred to the steamer Radames, 4,756 tons, while on the voyage from San Francisco for Hamburg. ...

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  33. TRAGEDY IN LOW LIFE.

    At a house on John-street, West Perth, early yesterday morning, Charles Phillips, 72 years of age, shot his paramour, named Annie Lynatt, or Ellis, ...

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  34. WEST AUSTRALIAN SETTLEMENT.

    Referring yesterday to the telegram published on Monday last to the effect that the Premier of Tasmania had stated that he had been informed by a ...

    Article : 143 words
  35. SHAREHOLDERS' LIABILITY.

    Employment for Women not Interfering with Men's Work. — We have had brought to our notice that certain hand machinery, the index ...

    Article : 245 words
  36. ANTI-SEDITION LAWS.

    Kali Charamukerjee, a maker of bombs at Aligarh, in the north-western provinces of India, has been found guilty of sending letters threatening to ...

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  37. LOST IN THE BUSH.

    Two youngsters, named Thomas Gorman (13) and Frank Devereux (12) had an unenviable experience yesterday and to-day. They left their homes at ...

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  38. KING ALFONSO OF SPAIN.

    The French authorities have discovered at Pau, in France, a plot to assassinate King Alfonso of Spain, when at Biarritz, a French watering place. ...

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  39. BURGLARS AT WORK.

    The residence of Norman Routley Arthur was broken into last night, and a quantity of jewellery stolen from the bedroom. Entrance was gained by a ...

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  40. UNEMPLOYED AT MANCHESTER

    Distress in Manchester, owing to the dearth of employment, is acute. The Manchester police dispersed a crowd of two thousand unemployed ...

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  41. GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

    This afternoon the train from Zeehan to Strahan ran into some cows straying on the line near the Bell siding. One of the animals was badly ...

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  42. HOSPITAL SUNDAY FUNCTION

    The success of "Hospital Sunday" at the Gaiety Theatre this afternoon was somewhat marred by bad weather. There was, however, a large ...

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  43. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    The Antwerp wool sales closed to-day. Competition was animated for all qualities, and prices were firm. Of 8,865 bales of La Plata wool offered, 3,354 ...

    Article : 46 words
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