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  2. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

    The Governor-General spent a busy afternoon to-day. At a quarter to 3 o'clock he attendod at Parliament House, and received the Commonwealth ...

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  3. TELEPHONE CHARGES TOO LOW

    Mr. Hesketh, the Chief Electrical Engineer in the Post and Telegraph Department, gave further evidence before the Postal Commission to-day. He ...

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  4. FLOODS IN INDIA.

    Disastrous floods have occurred in parts of India, and heavy losses of life and property are reported. At Haidarabad, and also in the ...

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  5. THE LOCH FINLAS WRECK.

    The inquiry under the Wrecks Inquiry Act into the loss of the Loch Finias will probably be held on Friday, if Carlsen has then returned from the ...

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  6. PERSONAL.

    While King Edward is making a "splendid cure" at Marienbad (writes our London correspondent), and incidentally hobnobbing with the Prime Minister of ...

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  7. BULGARIAN RAILWAY SEIZURE.

    Bulgaria still ictains possession of the line of railway that she seized last week from a private company, owing to the occurrence, of a temporary strike ...

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  8. ENGLAND'S UNEMPLOYED

    Mr. D. Shackl[?]ton, M.P., speaking at Colne, in Lancashire, yesterday, said that the unemployed numbered one million and a quarter, and half of ...

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  9. COLONIAL NAVAL RECRUITS.

    The Premier of New Zealand (Sir Joseph Ward) recently suggested that a British man-o'-war should be made available for the naval training of one ...

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  10. NOTIFICATION OF PHTHISIS.

    Dr. Newsholme has informed the Tuberculosis Congress at Washington that Mr. John Burns, President of the Local Government Board in England, had ...

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  11. CENTRAL AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

    The practice of settling disputes among the South American republics by recourse to arms is being superseded by more peaceful methods. ...

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  12. TURKISH CUSTOMS.

    It was stated last week that the Government of Turkey had asked the British Government to allow Chitty Bey, adviser to the Minister of the Interior ...

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  13. FOUL RIDING.

    F. Wootton, the Sydney jockey, who has ridden a large number of winning horses in England during the past few months, was charged with foul riding ...

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  14. THE RAILWAY STATION.

    Since the announcement was made in "The Mercury" that plans were being prepared for a new central railway station for passengers, and that the proposed ...

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  15. THE SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP

    Georgo Towns, the Australian sculler, and E. Barry, the English champion, are both in fine condition, and are training hard for the match for the ...

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  16. A CLERGYMAN AND LABOUR.

    The Rev. Mr. Roberts, formerly curate at Hawarden, is so impressed with the seriousness of the unemployed problem that, without quitting the ranks of ...

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  17. SURPLUS REVENUE ACT.

    Mr. Mitchell, K.C., to-day mentioned to the High Court that the constitutionality of the Surplus Revenue Act had been questioned by the State of ...

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  18. IN THE LABOUR CAUCUS.

    The committee of the Federal Labour party appointed to interview the Prime Minister regarding the issue of permits to pearling vessels on the north-west ...

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  19. THE VICTORIAN CRISIS.

    Matters in State politics are still very unsettled. Yielding to the pressure of the country party the Premier to-day, in the Legislative Assembly, moved that the ...

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  20. FOREST FIRES IN AMERICA.

    Copious rains have fallen in parts of the United States, and most of the forest fires have been extinguished. The rain, however, did not reach the ...

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  21. THE BOOK WAR.

    The "Daily News" states that "The Times" has joined the Publishers' Association, thus ending the book war. In 1906 "The Times" organised the ...

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  22. THE DEFENCE BILL.

    The Federal Labour party, at its usual weekly Caucus to-day, discussed the new Defence Bill. Many points in the new measure were discussed, and ...

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  23. A MYSTERIOUS INTRUDER.

    A resident of one of the suburbs went away with his family upon a holiday, and left his house empty, in the charge of a neighbour, who, it was understood, ...

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  24. THE SEVENOAKS TRAGEDY.

    The horrible crime committed at the pretty village of Seal Chart on the afternoon of Monday last constitutes the sensation of the hour, and a very ...

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  25. SENSATION IN MID-AIR.

    Two aeronauts, named Captain Abercross and Lieutenant Goldzheim, had a miraculous escape from death at Dusseldorf, near Cologne, yesterday. ...

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  26. HOME MISSION UNION.

    The demonstration in connection with the Home Mission Union took place tonight in the Albert-hall. There was a large attendance, including over 300 ...

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  27. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The London Wool sales opened to-day, with competition brisk. Prices of good wools are firm, but faulty sorts are 5 per cent, lower. ...

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  28. THE NAVIGATION BILL.

    The Federal Labour party spent a considerable time in Caucus to-day discussing the Navigation Bill, now before the Senate. Interest centred in ...

    Article : 178 words
  29. THE WALLACE-FREEMAN INSTITUTE.

    Mr. Justice Cohen, in Chambers to-day, granted, in respect of Dr. Richard Wallace—one of the defendants in the action, Grimson v. Howard Freeman ...

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  30. GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

    A young man, Theodore Wilson, met with a bad accident to-day. He was pushing a stump down, and fell with it. His mate, who was chopping a ...

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  31. A SENSATIONAL COLLISION.

    The tourist steam yacht Argonaut, which was proceeding to the Mediterranean yesterday, foundered after colliding with the collier Kingswelf, ...

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  32. RUSSIA AND ITALY.

    The Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs (M. Isvolsky) had a cordial interview yesterday with Signor Tittoni, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Italy. ...

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  33. PULPIT OF TASMANIAN WOOD

    A new pulpit for the Church of Apostles has just been completed at the factory of Mr. T. J. Earley, Charlesstreet. The pulpit which has quite ...

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  34. CRIMINAL LIBEL CASE.

    The hearing of a charge of criminal libel, brought by Alfred Jackson against Chas. J. Haynes, on account of allegations said to have been published in the ...

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  35. ON THE ROCKS.

    The cutter Dawn, Captain Holt, which left yesterday for the Straits Island, this morning drifted on to the rocks at Whirlpool Point. An attempt was made to ...

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  36. BROKEN HILL'S DECLINE.

    The population of Broken Hill has decreased 5,599 in nine months, and 8,000 since the boom period last year. Speaking at a farewell tendered to him ...

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  37. THE GERMAN NAVY.

    The German Navy League recently issued a manifesto, in which it referred to the need for making further increases in the German navy. ...

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  38. GENERAL CABLES.

    Four per cent. stocks of Dalgety and Co. Ltd, are quoted at £101 10s. ...

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  39. QUEENSTOWN RAINFALL.

    The rainfall for September was 7.38 inches on 20 wet days. Last September there were 15 inches of rain, and the average for the same month for the ...

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  40. A PERJURER SENTENCED.

    William Connelly has been sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for perjury in the evidence against the seamen Hallinen and Anderson, who were sentenced to ...

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  41. DETERMINED SUICIDE.

    A German named Carl Altget, a woolbuyer, committed suicide at Neutral Bay. He had shot himself while in bed with a Winchester rifle, the muzzle ...

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  42. A CANADIAN LOAN.

    Canada is issuing a loan of £5,000,000 at 3½ per cent. ...

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  43. LONG SERVICE DECORATION.

    His Majesty King Edward has created a long service decoration for commissioned officers of the Territorial Force. ...

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  44. RAIN AT DEVONPORT.

    The rainfall for September was 396 inches during 16 wet days. ...

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