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  2. THE BUSH FIRES.

    The ravages of the fires in the southern districts, and especially about Wagga and Gundagal and the intermediate and surrounding districts, have been of the most devastating ...

    Article : 833 words
  3. THE STATE FINANCES.

    The Treasurer stated yesterday that the present position of the finances will be well and simply understood from a memorandum of the Chief Accountant of the Treasury, ...

    Article : 429 words
  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Mr. J. Ramsay Macdonald, the secretary of the Labour Representation Committee of Great Britain, on behalf of that body, has written to Senator Stewart, of ...

    Article : 189 words
  5. THE WAR.

    General Stoessel, cabling to the Czar from Port Arthur, on Sunday, stilted:—The Japanese on Saturday, after tremendous explosions under Fort No. 3, maintained for ...

    Article : 215 words
  6. LORD MAYOR'S FUND.

    This fund is controllod by a committee under the presidency of the Lord Mayor of Sydned (Alderman Allen Taylor). The honorary treasurers are the Lord Mayor and Messrs. ...

    Article : 411 words
  7. JAPANESE IN THE ARCHIPELAGO.

    Four Japanese warships are cruising off the east coast of Sumatra. ...

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  8. ALLEGED BRITISH SHADOWING.

    The allegation that British warships are, shadowing the Baltic Fleet is denied. ...

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  9. RUSSIAN JOURNALS OUTSPOKEN.

    The "Russ" of St. Petersburg, in lamenting the fall of Port Arthur, declares that if the press was not gagged national agitation would have compelled the despatch ...

    Article : 286 words
  10. DISCONTENT IN RUSSIA.

    Prince Troubotzkol, President of the Congress of Zemstvos of the Moscow Government, has warned Prince SviatopolkMirski, the Minister of the Interior, ...

    Article : 89 words
  11. H.M.S. HERO SINKING.

    H.M.S. Hero, third-class battleship, at Portsmouth, was discovered yesterday to be sinking through the breaking of a valve allowing an inrush of water. Seven ...

    Article : 41 words
  12. HOPELESSNESS OF FREEDOM.

    Many more municipalities in Russia are demanding reforms. A protest against the brutality of the St. Petersburg police and house porters, ...

    Article : 172 words
  13. PRACTICAL HELP.

    Mr. George Maiden informs us that he has received several communications from the country, in which the writers have tendered practical help for the sufferers by the bush ...

    Article : 272 words
  14. NAPOLEON'S BIRTHPLACE.

    The birthplace of Napoleon at Ajaccio, Corsica, has been entered by burglars, and many relies, historical souvenirs, and jewels have been stolon. ...

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  15. STRENGTH OF THE GARRISON.

    General Nogi, commanding the Japanese forces now in possession of Port Arthur, reports that there were 35,000 people in the fortress when the surrender ...

    Article : 288 words
  16. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    It is believed that Mr. C. J. Dashwood, Government Resident of the Northern Territory, South Australia, who is at present in Adelaide on leave of absence, intends to resign ...

    Article : 141 words
  17. COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION.

    There is more than a touch of pathos about the despatch in which General Stoessel informed the Czar of his enforced surrender of Port Arthur. In a few words it places ...

    Article : 1,145 words
  18. REORGANISATION OF THE NAVY.

    The reorganisation of the Fleet has been completed by the formation of the nucleus of crews for the reserve divisions at Portsmouth, Devonport, and ...

    Article : 49 words
  19. VICTORIA.

    The New South Wales Railway Commissioners, Messrs. Oliver, Kirkcaldie, and Fehon, accompanied by the Chief Traffic Manager, Mr. Harper, arrived in Melbourne ...

    Article : 74 words
  20. THE RUSSIAN NAVY.

    It is stated in financial circles at St Petersburg that Russia intends spending £40,000,000 abroad during the next three years upon the reconstruction of the ...

    Article : 65 words
  21. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Public Works Department has propared plans and estimates in connection with the proposal to open up the Swan River so as to allow the oversea vessels to come to Perth. ...

    Article : 97 words
  22. EXPERIENCES OF A RAILWAY STATIONMASTER.

    Although the railways will be considerable sufferers by the extensive bush fires, principally in the way of fencing destroyed, It is a matter of congratulation that the results ...

    Article : 872 words
  23. HACKENSCHMIDT V GROTH.

    Harry Groth, strong man and wrestler, after being thrown by George Hackenschmidt in 8 minutes 2 seconds, at the Opera House on Wednesday night, expressed himself as not ...

    Article : 101 words
  24. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    The Antwerp wool sales will be held on Janunry 10 and 11. 4705 hales of La Plata wool will be offered. ...

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  25. NEW ZEALAND.

    Dr. Solf, Governor of German Samoa, arrived from Apia by the Manapouri to-day. In the course of an interview, he said the labour problom was most difficult. Two hundred ...

    Article : 131 words
  26. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Mansion House Fund for the relief of the London unemployed has reached £30,000. An explosion occurred on the tug ...

    Article : 154 words
  27. QUEENSLAND.

    The Commissioner for Railways [?] ceived a telegram stating that a heavy storm occurred at Richmond yesterday afternoon, carrying away half the roof of the ...

    Article : 99 words
  28. SURRENDER SURPRISES JAPANESE.

    General Stoessel was ill in bed when the surrender of Port Arthur was made. General Smirnoff, with the approval of General Stoessel, arranged the ...

    Article : 115 words
  29. NOT WHOLLY AN UNMIXED EVIL.

    When the flames threatened the town several of the residents buried jewellery and documents, others began to get out their furniture. The establishment of a fire brigade ...

    Article : 576 words
  30. AN AFGHAN SHOOTING CASE.

    At the Police Court this afternoon Marajah Gool, an Afghan, was charged with attempting to shoot Gunny Khan on December 26. Mr. P. J. Honson appeared for the ...

    Article : 274 words
  31. DAMAGE AND SUFFERING EXAGGERATED.

    The Premier stated yesterday that reports were reaching him from every quarter where the fires had been raging. The reports showed, without exception, that the very ...

    Article : 327 words
  32. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 613 words
  33. SILVER.

    The silver market weakened considerably to-day. Bars showed a decline of ½d, the price being 2s 3 15-l6d. ...

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  34. THE CZAR'S INDIFFERENCE.

    The "Daily Express" states that the Czar has informed General Stoessel that the officers of the surrendered garrison are at liberty to choose to return home on ...

    Article : 79 words
  35. DEVELOPMENT IN THE EAST.

    Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, formerly member for Rylstone, in the New South Wales Assembly, was a returning passenger by the steamer Eastern, which arrived at Pinkenba last ...

    Article : 290 words
  36. EXECUTION IN THE ADELAIDE GAOL.

    Albert William Bonfield, 23 years of ago, was executed at the Adelaide Gaol this morning for the murder of his sweetheart, Caroline Elizabeth Hinds, at Kensington Park, on ...

    Article : 193 words
  37. JAPANS APPRECIATION OF BRAVERY.

    It is reported that Vice-Admiral Togo permitted four torpedo-boat destroyers to escape from Port Arthur to Chifu as a mark of appreciation of the defence of ...

    Article : 78 words
  38. THE MAYORAL RELIEF COMMITTEE.

    The Premier, in the course of a conversation yesterday with several members of the Lord Mayor's relief committee, stated that he had nominated to that body as the representatives ...

    Article : 122 words
  39. WRECK IN NEW CALEDONIA.

    A barque loaded with nickel ore is on one of the main reefs, off New Caledonia, and is in danger of breaking up. ...

    Article : 31 words
  40. [?]EATHS FROM HEAT.

    Mr. Daniel Murray, an old man who lived by himself two miles down the river, was found dead, this morning. Evidently he had succumbed to the excessive heat of the past ...

    Article : 66 words
  41. TOKIO AVERSE TO PEACE.

    The weight of official opinion in Tokio is averse to peace being signed until General Kuropatkin in Manchuria, and Admiral Rozhdestvensky with the Baltic Fleet, ...

    Article : 80 words
  42. A MINER BURNT TO DEATH.

    The charred remains of a man named Michael Dowdell were discovered yesterday on the other side of Adelong Crossing. He had been fighting the fire on Monday, and left ...

    Article : 103 words
  43. IN THE GUNDAGAI DISTRICT.

    A visit round the Gundagai, Adelong, and Tumut district reveals a scene of desolation, and shows how the fire raged. In some places fires from opposite directions met, and the ...

    Article : 1,114 words
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