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  2. MACQUARIE-STREET.

    A meeting of the Genoral Purposes Committee of the City Council yesterday dealt, among other matters, with the proposal to wide[?] Macquarie-street and carry it to the new ...

    Article : 288 words
  3. CUP WEEK FESTIVITIES.

    Another glorious day was the forerunner for a delightfully cool night. Consequently the large assemblage of guests at the ViceRegal ball was able to enter on dancing with ...

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  4. ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

    The Englishmen had their first knock at the nets to-day. The weather was perfect, and there was a fair attendance of the publice. A charge was made at the gates, and the ...

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  5. COAL CRISIS. OUTLOOK STILL SERIOUS.

    The strained relations between the proprietors and the miners on the northern coalfields still continue, and there are no indications of the deadlock being overcome. In ...

    Article : 254 words
  6. INDIA'S TRIALS. PREPARING FOR FAMINE.

    The existence of famine conditions has been proclaimed throughout the United Provinces of India. It is expected that the failure of the crops will be as ...

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  7. ROYAL INVALIDS.

    Princess Adelaide, of Souderburg-Glucksburg, betrothed to Prince Augustus William of Prussia, is suffering from chickenpox, and is being nursed by the German ...

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  8. CURRENCY STRINGENCY.

    Mr. Pierpont Morgan, having discovered that 20 directors of the Trust Company of America and the Lincoln Trust had not deposited a penny of their own ...

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  9. THE COMMONWEALTH. FEDERAL SESSION.

    The division in the traffic schedule relating to wearing apparel was at last reached to-day, and a strenous fight was put up by a few members of the Opposition, but with very ...

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  10. AGITATOR PUNISHED.

    Leukat Hossain, an agitator, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Calcutta on a charge of sedition. ...

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  11. AMERICAN BATTLESHIP CRUISE.

    Rear-Admiral R. Evans, who will command the United States battleship fleet during the cruise from the Atlantic side to San ...

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  12. GERMAN NAVAL CONCENTRATION.

    It is persistently reported in German naval circles that Kiel next summer will cease to be the headquarters of the Baltic squadron, and that the squadron will then ...

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  13. PROPRIETORS' COMMITTEE MEETS.

    The committee of the Northern Colliery Proprietors' Association met at their officers to-day, Mr. F. Livingstone Learmonth presiding. The meeting discussed district mining matters, ...

    Article : 347 words
  14. MYSTERIOUS SICKNESS.

    Further sensational developments occurred at the residence of the late Mr. Fred Hong[?] yesterday. The children, who had been left at the house, and forbidden to eat the food [?] ...

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  15. ALLEGED LONDON BANDITS.

    M. Lupoukhin, a former official of the Prisons Department in Russia, whose daughter was recently reported missing in London, states that a gang of London ...

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  16. TROOPS WITHDRAWN FROM THE CAPE.

    Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, has decided to close the military station at Middleburg, Cape Colony. The fifth battalion of the Mounted Infantry ...

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  17. CRIMEAN VETERAN'S DEATH.

    An old soldier, John M'Hugh, aged 75 years[?] who had been through the Crimean war, the Indian Mutiny, and the Maori war, was found dead in bed at his camp, three miles from ...

    Article : 111 words
  18. THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.

    "Is it the intention of the Government to compel every village blacksmith who makes a ploughshare to incur the expense of an appeal to the High Court of Australia for ...

    Article : 170 words
  19. TROUBLED RUSSIA. SEBASTOPOL FLEET "VOLCANIC."

    The condition of the Sebastopol fleet is described as volcanic, and elaborate precautions which were taken to prevent an outbreak have been redoubled since the ...

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  20. INTERVIEW WITH A PROPRIETOR.

    At the conclusion of the meeting one of the proprietors was asked whether their association would fall in with the suggestion of the miners' committee of management, that ...

    Article : 239 words
  21. MUNICIPAL SOCIALISTS.

    Mr. J. Keir Hardie's brother and all other socialist candidates except one were defeated at the Glasgow municipal election. ...

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  22. RUN OVER BY A TRAIN.

    An unknown man committed suicide in a sensational manner on the railway line at Spencer-street station this afternoon. The enginedriver of the 2 o'clock special fro[?] ...

    Article : 114 words
  23. CONSTRUCTION OF DESTROYERS.

    The building of 10 destroyers has been ordered at Nikolaieff dockyards, to cost £2,800,000. They are to be completed within three years. ...

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  24. VICTORIAN FRUIT REGULATIONS.

    Relations between New South Wales and Victoria with respect to the fruit regulation question are somewhat strained, and the "situation" created by reason of the practical ...

    Article : 349 words
  25. PRISONERS MUTINY IN SIBERIA.

    Thirty-three prisoners, marching under escort of 18 soldiers, from Turnen to Tobolsk, Siberia, attempted to escape from their night quarters, although they had ...

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  26. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE PROMOTIONS.

    Under clause 111 of the Commonwealth military regulations, the Governor-General may promote an officer for distinguished service, or for marked ability and gallantry on active ...

    Article : 243 words
  27. CANINE BIRTHRATE.

    A case of remarkable fecundity occurred here on Monday. The Mayor of Blayeny (Alderman Russart) has a favourite pointer bitch, which gave birth to no fewer than 17 ...

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  28. THE MAIL CONTRACT.

    It transpired to-night that the new mail contract will provide for the simultaneous delivery of mails in Melbourne and Sydney on each alternate Monday morning. The ...

    Article : 227 words
  29. STATEMENT BY MINERS' REPRESENTATIVE.

    A representative of the "Herald," in the course of conversation to-day with one of the district officers of the federation, was given a statement as to the miners' view of the ...

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  30. RAILWAY DISPUTE. SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT PREDICTED.

    The "Daily Express" states that a settlement of the dispute between the railway companies and their employees is a matter of a few hours, and that the ...

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  31. TONGA.

    Mr. Hamilton Hunter, C.M.G. (British Agent and Consul), will leave here next month on a three months' holiday to Fiji and New Zealand. ...

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  32. TRANSPORT LABOURERS RESOLVED.

    The National Council of the General Labourers and Transport Workers' Union has resolved, in the event of a railway strike or ...

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  33. NAVAL COMMANDS.

    Admiral Sir A. D. Fanshawe succeeds Admiral Sir D. H. Bosanquet in the command at Portsmouth, and Rear-Admiral Sir H. D. Barry, commanding the third ...

    Article : 113 words
  34. WALKING TOUR.

    Mr. W. M. Hamlet, Government Analyst, left Sydney on Octobor 29 for Brisbane. He is away on a month's leave, and is making a walking tour from Brisbane to Sydney, his ...

    Article : 233 words
  35. SOUTHERN COAL TRADE.

    A southerly wind and choppy sea were experienced to-day, preventing vessels loading at the Coal Cliff Company's jetty. The South Clifton colliery ceased work ...

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  36. HARTLEY ELECTION.

    The Parliamentary Elections and Qualifications Committee met at Parliament House yesterday, Mr. Levy, M.L.A., presiding, to inquire concerning the petition of Mr. John ...

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  37. ELECTROLYTIC COMPANY.

    The news that the manager of the Electrolytic Smelting Company of Australia is negotiating with the Queensland Government for a site for its works serves to indicate ...

    Article : 314 words
  38. THE STRAND SITE.

    Lord Elcho, in a statement to the London County Council, said that the most recent other of the Commonwealth for a site in the Strand represented £3000 per ...

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  39. MAURETANIA'S TRIALS.

    The latest Cunarder, the Mauretania, 83,000 tons, in her trial runs has already covered 300 miles at an average speed of 27.36 knots, equal to 31½ miles per hour. ...

    Article : 37 words
  40. THS SAYONARA CUP.

    The position in regard to the next [?] for the Sayonara Cup has now reached the stage that the Prince Alfred Yatch Club[?] Sydney, having challenged for the cup with ...

    Article : 332 words
  41. IMMIGRATION OF DOMESTICS.

    Advices from the Agent-General for New South Wales state that the recent determination of the Government to reduce the price of assisted passages in the case of female ...

    Article : 237 words
  42. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The New Zealand footballers scored 3 tries (9 points) in a match against Keighley, 2 goals 1 try (7 points). The game was very even. Keighley led at half-time ...

    Article : 163 words
  43. A MELODRAMATIC BUTLER.

    Wooltorton, formerly a butler in the employ of Mr. Cory Wright, a magistrate, has been found guilty at the Hertfordshire assizes of obtaining money by means of ...

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  44. CUP SETTLEMENT.

    Settling over Cup day racing took place to-day, and passed off satisfactorily. The Oaks candidate Lady Rylstone has during the past day or two been in the hands of S. G. Wood, ...

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  45. A BUSH MYSTERY.

    The police have been actively engaged in making inquiries with a view to discovering the identity of the human skull recently found in a cave at the old diamond fields near ...

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  46. BURWOOD MANAGEMENT'S VIEW.

    Mr. H. R. Chilcott, representing the Scottish-Australian Mining Company, was seen to-day regarding the dispute at the company's Burwood and Lambton B collieries. Since, ...

    Article : 211 words
  47. COAL STEAMER AFIRE.

    The steamer Oceano, from Newcastle, October 4, with 6048 tons of coal for San Francisco, has arrived at the latter port with her cargo afire. ...

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  48. BRITISH RIFLEMEN AT BENDIGO.

    The British team of riflemen visited Bendigo to-day, and fired a match with a team representing the Bendigo Rifle Club. Ideal weather conditions prevailed. The conditions ...

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  49. THE AIRLY STRIKE.

    It is learned from Airly, regarding the labour trouble there, that strike pay at the rate of £1 per week was distributed last Saturday. Three months have now elapsed since the men ...

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  50. LOSS OF SHEEP.

    The cold snap on Monday night killed a considerable number of sheep in the district, including 800 shorn sheep at Amaroo. A flood in Summer Hill Creek [?] Sunday night ...

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  51. THE TALLOW SALES.

    At the sales of Australian and New Zealand tallow to-day, 2029 casks were offered, and 1106 were sold. Mutton, fien, realised 36/3, medium 33/; beef, fine 35/, medium 32/ per cwt. ...

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  52. FIRE IN A CANEFIELD.

    A fire broke out in the cultivation of William Campbell, Rockalnds, Cobac[?]. Forty acres of one and two year old cane were burnt. A high wind was blowing, and it was ...

    Article : 53 words
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