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THE LAND GRANT TENDER.
PREMIER'S STATEMENT CONFIRMED. A VOLUNTARY WITNESS
Captain Print a well-known [?]ng captain, who has now retired from active work, waited on the Premier and Treasurer together, at Parliament House, on ...
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NEW YORK STATE ELECTION.
MR. HEARST AND TAMMANY HALL. COMPACT EXPOSED. LONDON, November 1.
The New York "Evening Post," which has confidently predicted the defeat of Mr. W. R. Hearst, the Democratic candidate for the Governorship of New York ...
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WELSH COAL STRIKE.
A NON-UNIONIST MALTREATED. LONDON, November 2.
In connection with the agitation of the unionist miners in Wales to compel nonunionists to join the Federation, six men were recently arrested for ill-treating a ...
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A serious accident happened on Waterloobridge, across the Thames, this morning. A motor omnibus skidded, owing to the slippery nature of the road, and smashing ...
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NEW MOTIVE POWER.
STARTLING PREDICTION. LONDON, November 1.
Speaking at Manchester yesterday, Mr. Hunter, president of the local Association of Engineers, foreshadowed the announcement of an early and startling revelation ...
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A ROTHSCHILD ROBBED.
ART COLLECTION STOLEN. LONDON, November 1.
The chateau of Mr. James Rothschild at Chantilly, 23 miles north-east of Paris, was entered last night by burglars. A fine art collection was stolen. ...
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GENERAL CABLE NEWS.
LONDON, November 2. Mr. R. Cunningham.
Mr. Robert Cunningham has been engaged for a season of German opera. at Covent Garden, beginning in January next. ...
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SHIPPING.
LONDON, November 2. Arrivals.
Anna, barque, at Queenstown, from Melbourne July 14. Scharnhorst, steamer, at Bremen, from Adelaide September 22. ...
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Wool.—Business on the Bradford market is strong, except in respect to low crossbreds. There is large turnover in Merinos and fine crossbreds. Prices of tops are as ...
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NEW SOUTH WALES.
SYDNEY, November 2. FATAL STAB IN A THIGH.
Ernest Hatch, 16 years of age, employed by Mr. A.Russ. of East Woodlands, was sent to kill a sheep yesterday, and accidentally gashed his thigh, causing so deep ...
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VICTORIA.
MELBOURNE, November 2.
Mr. A. H. Merrin. M.C.E., and Lecturer in Mining at the Melbourne University, has been appointed Chief Inspector of the Mines Department at a salary of £500 a ...
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BROKEN HILL.
BROKEN HILL, November 2. MINER'S CLAIM FOR ACCIDENT RELIEF.
In the Small Debts Court to-day George Young sued the Block 10 committee of the Miners' Accident Relief Fund for the recovery of 17 guineas, said to be due to him and ...
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THE NEW HEBRIDES.
THE ANGLO-FRENCH CONVENTION. MR. DEAKLIN CRITICAL. Melbourne, November 2.
An important statement was made by the Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin) to-day on the New Hebrides Convention, question, in answer to the very disingenuous account ...
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The trial of Willis, McNair, and Hoskins for conspiracy was continued, to-day. F. Y. Wilson, Willis' solicitor, was called, but refused to give evidence, claiming ...
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DOMESTIC UNHAPPINESS.
HUSBAND AFRAID OF BEING POISONED. Sydney, November 2.
When the Fairland separation suit was called on to-day Mr. Justice Simpson asked the petitioner whether the matter could, not be settled in some way. He thought ...
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A young clerk, Henry Crick, hanged himself to-day in a cell at Bathurst gaol with a pair of braces. Crick was serving a sentence of two years and nine months ...
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When the supplementary lists now being compiled are printed it is expected that 2,000,000 persono will have the right to vote on December 12. The enrolment on ...
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ALLEGED INTENT TO MURDER.
REJECTED LOVER AND HITS SWEETHEART. Sydney, November 2.
A young man, James Edward Hickman, was committed for trial to-day on a charge of having, at Erskineville, on October 15, shot at Edith Tripp and Lily McIvor, with ...
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AN ELECTRIC SHOCK.
YOUNG MINER'S DEATH. Kalgoorlie, November 2.
A young man, William Fallon, employed as a tributer at the Golden Lank Company's Eclipse lease, met his death in a peculiar manner this afternoon. It ...
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RECENT FIRE IN WELLINGTON.
JURY'S CONDEMNATORY FINDING. Wellington, November 2.
At the enquiry into the recent big fire the jury found that it began in the picmises of the Wellington Auctioneering Company, but there was no evidence to ...
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COMMERCE ACT REGULATIONS.
DISSATTSFACTION OF. FRUITGROWERS. Melbourne, November 2.
The Australasian Fruitgrowers' Conference has not succeeded in securing from Sir William Lyne (Minister of Customs) any material relaxation of the Commerce ...
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA
PERTH, November 2. NO CLEMENCy TO A MURDERER.
The Executtve Council decided to-day that the law should take its course in the case of the Italian, Antonia Sala, who murdered a fellow-Italian, Gregorini, at Mount ...
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NEW ZEALAND.
WELLINGTON November 2. AN OVERDUE STEAMER.
Some uneasiness is felt at the non-arrival of the little steamer Centemrial 17 days out from Hobart to Napier. SHEEP SUITABLE FOR THE ...
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The inter-State convention of the Federated Master Builders' Association of Australia was continued to-day. Mr. E. H. Buchanan (N.S.W.) submitted ...
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Rewards are to be offered for information that will elucidate the Albert Park mystery. A considerable amount of money has already been spent in endeavoring to ...
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THE GAMBLING EVIL.
BOOKMAKERS' FEES AT FLEMINGTON. WRIT AGAINST THE V.R.C. Melbourne, November 2.
A judicial opinion is to be taken as to the legality or otherwise of the by-law under which the Victorian Racing Crab prohibits bookmakers from betting on the ...
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A mild sensation was caused at the Quarter Sessions to-day, when a witness confessed, among other things, that he had been sentenced to death, but that the ...
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The inter-State band contests were continued to-day on the City Oval in dull, but pleasant weather. The New Zealand bowlers visited the oval during the ...
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TASMANIA.
HOBART, November 2. EXPORT OF RAMS.
During October the Tasmanian Shropshire Sheep-breeders' Association shipped to Sydney 165 rams, and to Melbourne 310 rams. ...
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LABOR TROUBLES.
BROKEN HILL WAGES QUESTION. AMICABLE SETTLEMENT POSSIBLE, Broken Hill, November 2.
An unexpected but most satisfactory development occurred last night in connection with the trouble over the wages question. A meeting of union delegates was ...
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STATE EMPLOYMENT.
DISCUSSION BY MASTER BUILDERS' CONVENTION. Melbourne, November 2.
Mr. J. M. Pringle was approvingly listened to for an hour and twenty minutes to-day at the Master Builders' Convention, as he discussed two topics, ...
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FEDERAL AFFAIRS.
NEW ENGLISH MAIL CONTRACT. Melbourne, November 2.
The Prime Minister stated to-day that he had been informed by Mr. Croker that cable advice had been received from Sir James Laing & Co., stating that the plans ...
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LONDON TABLE TALK.
(From our Special Correspondent.) London, September 28, 1906. A Terrible Mistake.
A sensational crime, reminding one of some gory "penny dreadful," has been committed at Munich. A girl named Therest Niedermair had amorous relations with a ...
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