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  2. NORTH LYELL DISASTER.

    The Royal Commission ta inquire into the cause of the North Lyell disaster. which involved the loss of 42 lives, resumed its sittings at the Courthouse [?] ...

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  3. THE LABOUR CAMPAIGN

    Mr. Earle, the leader of the Labour party, addressed a meeting of the electors of Franklin at the Bellerive Institute last night. There was a large attendance, the ...

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  4. SENSATIONAL BURGLARY

    In the early hours of this morning Arthur Trotter, a traveller employed by Messrs. MacRobertson and Co., was shot at his house in George-street, ...

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  5. BURIED ALIVE

    A few nights ago a wealthy old man of Grenoble, to the south-east of Lyous, displayed in a cafe a purse containing a considerable amount of money. After ...

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  6. THE BALKANS WAR

    After examining the final conditions submitted by the Turkish peace delegates at the Peace Conference to-day— viz., a western frontier following the ...

    Article : 435 words
  7. COMPULSORY TRAINING.

    The newspapers in London comment favourably on the proposal of tho professors of Cambridge University that only Territorials shall be allowed to ...

    Article : 365 words
  8. PANAMA CANAL.

    Further comment is made to-day on President Taffs announcement that he is quite willing to arbitrate on the question of the Panama Canal tolls ...

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  9. ELECTION NOTES.

    Liberal electors should make sure of getting in their votes, and, if necessary, apply at once for postal ballot papers. The terms laid down by Mr. ...

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  10. EXPLOSION ON BATTLESHIP.

    A disastrous explosion occurred at Toulon to-day on the French battleship Massena, 11,735 tons, the main condenser blowing up. Eight men were ...

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  11. NATIONAL INSURANCE.

    The doctors in many provincial districts in England are joining the National Insurance Act panels, where they had previously refused. ...

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  12. LUCKY MINER.

    A man named Billingham, employed as a miner in Staffordshire, has won £46,000 in a lottery drawn in Hungary. ...

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  13. GENERAL CABLES.

    The steamer Clan Macrae, 5,058 tons, which left Fremantle on December 8 for London, has arrived at Malta with her bunker coal on "fire. ...

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  14. GREAT LABOUR ALLIANCE.

    Representatives of the Trades Union Congress, the Co-oporative Union, and the Labour Party in Great Britain will meet early in February to consider the ...

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  15. AVIATION.

    Herr Ekrhardt, of Dusseldorf, has tested two quickfiring anti-aircraft guns. Mounted on swift motor-cars, and firing at an elovation of 70 degrees, ...

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  16. FEDERAL LIBERAL PARTY.

    An important conference of leaderal of the Federal Liberal Party was held to-day. Mr. Deakin made a special trip from Point Lonsdale, while Mr. ...

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  17. FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION

    Five Frenchmen, disguised as dealers, were arrested at Metz yesterday for offering Germans 350 francs each if they would enlist in the French ...

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  18. WORKING THE ORACLE.

    Yesterday the part office at Rye, in Sussex, was flooded with hundreds of meaningless telegrams for the purpose of affecting the starting price of a ...

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  19. SOUTH AFRICAN UNIVERSITY.

    The South African Committee of the French Senate, with Senator Panliet presiding, yesterday voted £2,200 towards establishing a chair of French ...

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  20. WEEK-END CABLE LETTERS.

    The Deputy Postmaster-General has received a circular from the secretary Postmaster-General's Department, Melbourne, stating that approval has been ...

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  21. COSTLY LITIGATION.

    Messrs. John Aird and Co., the contractors, some time ago sought damages in connection with the construction of a dock at Singapore. The case ...

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  22. TASMANIAN LOAN.

    Subscriptions for the Tasmanian Government loan of £1,300,000 at 4 per cent, closed yesterday. The underwriters receive 72 per cent. ...

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  23. TRADE UNION TYRANNY.

    Five thousand miners at Maestag, in Wales, and 1,000 in Lanarkshire, Scotland, have struck work as a protest against the employment of [?] ...

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  24. PETONE BURGLARY INCIDENT.

    The young man named Frank Carter who mysteriously disappeared from his home at Petone after chasing a burglar, reappeared late on Monday night. ...

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  25. QUEENSLAND GOLD YIELD.

    The return of the gold won during December issued to-day shows that 27,034 ounces, valued at £114,833, were recovered, as compared with 33,873 ...

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  26. MENTAL DEFICIENCY.

    The Rev. Prebendary Somerset Pennefather, vicar of Kensington, in a letter in to-day's "Times" apropos of the postponement till next session of the ...

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  27. BRITISH POLITICS.

    In tho House of Commons last evening, clause 13 of the bill to disestablish the Church of England in Wales was passed with the aid of the ...

    Article : 82 words
  28. CRUSADE AGAINST LANDOWNERS.

    In view of the crusade against landowners in Great Britain by Mr. LloydGeorge, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, a meeting of Unionist members ...

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  29. STAFFORD HOUSE AND "PALM OIL."

    In the House of Commons last week Mr. Asquith, the Prime Minister, in reply to a question, stated that Sir W. Lever had offered Stafford House to ...

    Article : 140 words
  30. MARCONI COMMITTEE.

    In giving evidence to-day before the Select Committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the circumstances connected with the ...

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  31. MOUNT ELLIOTT MINE DISPUTE.

    The result of the ballot to decide whether a strike should be declared in connection with the trouble at the Mt. Elliott mine was disclosed at a ...

    Article : 118 words
  32. SIGHTING A WRECK

    The information published to day regarding the sighting of a wreck on Lihou Reef by Captain W.Wiles, of the ketch Muwho was discussed in shipping ...

    Article : 179 words
  33. LEVELLING UP AND DOWN.

    Mr. Alfred Russell Wallace, O.M., the social reformer, in an interview today, said that continual increasing of the workers' wages was a beneficial ...

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  34. THE NOXIOUS WEEDS ACT.

    At the meeting of the Glenorchy Municipal Council yesterday a report was read from the council's inspector, stating that proceedings were pending ...

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  35. BRITISH COAL TRADE

    The Coal Conciliation Board, which deals with any matter concerning hours, wages, or conditions of service, excepting questions of or bearing upon ...

    Article : 140 words
  36. FEDERAL AFFAIRS

    A board has been appointed to inquire into the charges of irregularities in the administration of the immigration regulations preferred against two ...

    Article : 199 words
  37. FOR KITH AND KIN.

    Sir Henniker Heaton, in a letter in to-day's newspapers, says that 1,536,000 money orders for England, valued at £4,309,000. were issued in the colonies ...

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  38. THREATENING THE KING.

    At the Horsham (Sussex) Police Court to-day Percy Collins was committed for trial on a charge of sending King George threatening letters, in which he ...

    Article : 80 words
  39. STRUCK BY A METEORITE.

    The barque Belfast, which left Newcastle on December 5 with a cargo of coal for Callao, South America, returned to Sydney to-day in a damaged ...

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  40. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    The Unionists are giving prominence to an idea made public by Sir Joseph Lawrence, formerly Conservative member for Monmouth Borough, to grant ...

    Article : 122 words
  41. AMERICAN MONEY TRUST.

    Mr. J.D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil magnate, who was recently announced as successfully evading detectives who wer. "trailing;" him in order that ...

    Article : 87 words
  42. COST OF LIVING.

    A correspondent from Sydney, writing is to-day's "Daily Chronicle" on Mr. Spance's report, asserting that the cost of living in England is much greater ...

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