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  2. THE TAMWORTH ELECTION.

    The occasion has now arisen for this State to give evidence that its people are alive to the grave[?] s[?]nsibilities of the preient situation. We have arrived at that juncture in our affairs whe[?] public credit is at its lowest ebb, and further borrowing has become almost an impossibility. Despite the enormous increase in our revenue form heavy taxation, the public Treasury is prac[?] ...

    Article : 409 words
  3. SECOND EDITION

    A shooting sensation occurred at Cunning ubout midday. Particulars of the affair, as far as can he gleaned from the meagre facts to hand, are to the effect that games Fauwkner, a poultry farmer well ...

    Article : 258 words
  4. TASMANIAN ELECTIONS.

    The general elections to-day were a series of surprises. For the first time in the history of the State the whole Ministry was defeated. Eighteen new members take their scats in the Assembly, and out of ...

    Article : 613 words
  5. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Governor-General yesterday received the following gentlemen at Government House:—Commander Macalister, R.N. (H.M.S. Torch), Herr Von Buri (Consul-General for ...

    Article : 889 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    "II Capitale," a semi-official organ of the Italian Government at Rome, states that King Edward will visit Rome on April 27. ...

    Article : 40 words
  7. THE BALKANS.

    Thousands oE Albanians attacked Mitrovitza, north west of Pristina, hoping to expel the Russian Consul. The garrison of 3000 fought for several ...

    Article : 167 words
  8. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    The House of Commons last night approved by 187 votes to 80 the Government's proposal to appoint a joint committee of the House of Lords and the ...

    Article : 70 words
  9. THE DOUBLE INCOME TAX.

    Mr. C. T. Ritchie, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated in tho House of Commons last night that he was aware that people in England who had incomes ...

    Article : 54 words
  10. ST. LOUIS EXHIBITION STAKES.

    The "Daily Express" states that King Edward has entered a horse for the £10,000 stake at the St. Louis World's Fair. ...

    Article : 29 words
  11. BRITISH REVENUE RETURNS.

    The British Revenue and Expenditure returns show a deficit for the year of £633,000. The revenue for the year exceeds that of the previous year by £9,500,000. ...

    Article : 36 words
  12. THE DATE OF THE BUDGET.

    Mr. A. J. Balfour, tho Premier, stated in the House of Commons yesterday that the Budget Speech would be delivered on April 23. ...

    Article : 33 words
  13. CANADA.

    Since Sunday 5000 immigrants have passed Montreal en route to the north-west districts of Canada. Members of the Rev. W. Barr's party of ...

    Article : 54 words
  14. VICTORIAN BOWLING CHAMPIONSOIP.

    The Victorian championship bowling tournament was concluded to-day. F. Hardham, of West Melbourne, beat W Barr, of North Fitzroy, by 31 points to 10, and won the Champion of Champions ...

    Article : 61 words
  15. REGULATION OF CREMATION.

    In the House of Commons last night, in answer to a question regarding the possibility of a murder being concealed if the body was cremated, Mr. ...

    Article : 278 words
  16. MR. ASHTON AT MOONBI.

    Mr. Ashton addressed a meeting at Moonbi tonight. Mr. R. Gill, of Moonbi station, occupied the chair, and the small hall in which the meeting was held waa filled. Mr. H Macdonald, M.L.A., who ...

    Article : 2,922 words
  17. NOTES IN THE CONSTITUENCY.

    As polling day approaches the fight for Tamworth constituency grows fiercer. Ministers aro making [?]rantic efforts to defeat Mr. Garland. Mr. Waddell made a dignified defence of his administration of the ...

    Article : 1,104 words
  18. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 276 words
  19. LATE SIR HECTOR MACDONALD.

    The late Sir Hector Macdonald left every thing to his wife. ...

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  20. TURKEY'S APOLOGY TO RUSSIA.

    The Sultan and the Grand Vizier have apologised to M. Zinovieff, the Russian Ambassador at Constantinople, for the attack of M. Stcherbina. ...

    Article : 33 words
  21. A VINDICATION FUND.

    A sympathiser with the late Sir Hector Macdonald at Paris is prepared to spend £10,000 to vindicate his memory. ...

    Article : 29 words
  22. THE SULTAN'S BODYGUARD.

    Special measures have been taken to watch the Albanian bodyguard of the Sultan at Constantinople, because it openly praised the attack on Mitrovitza. ...

    Article : 33 words
  23. CENTRAL ASIA.

    Dr. Sven Hedin has decided to publish in English the results of his exploration of Eastern and Chinese Turkestan and Tibet. Tibet, in spite of all explorers' efforts, still ...

    Article : 280 words
  24. THE LICENSING LAW.

    Sir W. Hart Dyke, M.P., will introduce in the House of Commons a bill to restrict the discretion of justices in cancelling publicans' liecnses pending the adoption of a scheme of ...

    Article : 38 words
  25. THE SULTAN'S FANATICISM.

    The "Times," in commenting upon the uneasiness of the Powers, states that the increasing infatuation of the Sultan is partly ascribed to Germany's ostentatious patronage. ...

    Article : 138 words
  26. UNIVERSITY BOATRACE.

    The Oxford and Cambridge eight-oar race was rowed over the course from Putney to Mortlake to-day. Cambridge won easily. ...

    Article : 825 words
  27. STATION REPORTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 239 words
  28. QUEENSLAND.

    In connection with the threatened strike of operative bakers practically no change has takeu place. The men held a meeting this morning, when they unanimously decided to stund firm to the notices they ...

    Article : 52 words
  29. INJUNCTION AGAINST LABOUR UNIONS.

    Judge Adams, of the St. Louis (U.S.A.) District Court, has disolved an injunction granted against officials of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and the Brotherhood of ...

    Article : 56 words
  30. FIGHTING AT VUCHITIRN.

    Severe fighting has taken place a few miles south-east of Mitrovitza, at Vuchitirn, where the Albanians demanded the surrender of Servians enrolled in the gendarmerie.d ...

    Article : 36 words
  31. INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT.

    An Order in Council is to be issued under the Income Tax Act extending the date provided by the regulations for making assessments of income tax for last year from March 31 to April 30, also ...

    Article : 76 words
  32. ARLTUNGA GOLDFIELD.

    This afternoon the Premier received the following telegram from Alice Springs from the Government Geologist, Mr Brown:- "Arrived at Winnecke's Depot on Wednesday ...

    Article : 501 words
  33. OBJECT OF THE REVOLT.

    It is unknown whether the Albanian revolt against the carrying out of reforms in Macedonia is a pretext or whether it betokens a movement in favour of Albanian autonomy. ...

    Article : 54 words
  34. REVENDE RETURNS.

    The returns of receipts and expenditure for March and the three quarters of the present financial year show that the revenue for the month ended March 31 was £277,[?]62 as against ...

    Article : 160 words
  35. ASIATICS ON THE RAND.

    A mass meting of miners and townsmen of Johannes burg has resolved to resist by every means in their power the introduction of Asiatics as inimical to the country's interest. ...

    Article : 45 words
  36. CHATSWORTH ISLAND, Thursday.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 100 words
  37. RUSSIA URGES SUPPRESSION.

    Russia has made an energetic representation to the Porte to suppress the rebellion. ...

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  38. THE GREAT SHIPPING COMBINE.

    The International Mercantile Marine Company (the American portion of the Careat Shipping Combine) has filed at Trenton (New Jersey) an amendment of its original charter ...

    Article : 58 words
  39. QUEENSLAND RATNS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 150 words
  40. RUSSIA AND MONTENEGRO.

    The Czar has presented the Prince of Mon[?]enegro with eight batteries of small calibre quick-firing guns. In an autograph letter the Czar states that ...

    Article : 56 words
  41. BANK INTEREST.

    Owing to the hardening lending rates the board of directors of the Queensland National Bank has decided that the rates of interest to be offered by this bank for fixed deposits in Queensland shall from ...

    Article : 59 words
  42. REBATE ON WHITE-GROWN SUGAR.

    At the City Summons Court to-day William Tremearue, manager of the Benowa plantation in the Nerang district, was fixed £10, with £6 6s costs, for having made an incorrect declaration regarding the ...

    Article : 151 words
  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Sixty warrant officers in the Navy have been promoted to the lieutenants. The Standard Oil and other companies' storage tanks at Calcutta have been burnt, ...

    Article : 291 words
  44. THE DYNAMITE OUTRAGE.

    The damage to the bridge between Adriauople and Mustapha-Pasha-Kuprusu was the work of agents of the Macedonian Reform Committees. ...

    Article : 26 words
  45. GALE AT HORSHAM.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 58 words
  46. THE IRISH LAND BILL.

    Mr. George Wyndham, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, announced in the House of Commons yesterday that Ireland's equivalent of the grant voted for education in England was ...

    Article : 149 words
  47. REPORTED LOSS OF THE HOUGOMONT.

    Some amount of anxiety was created in shipping circles by the report that the four masted barque Hougomont, of 2261 tons, well known in these waters, had been lost off the English court with all ...

    Article : 353 words
  48. NEW ZEALAND.

    The gold exported by the colony in the first quarter of the year totalled 118.107oz., of the value of £460,206, compared with 98,727oz., of the value of £376,699, for the corresponding quarter of last yea ...

    Article : 41 words
  49. CLOSER SETTLEMENT.

    In the Assembly the failure of the Government to carry out the arangements of the previous Government to purchase the Tarrington Estate, in the Western district, for closer settlement, was ...

    Article : 217 words
  50. THE RAILWAYS.

    The returns of the New Zealand Government railways for the 11 months of the financial year show a substantial increase on all items of traffic except grain and firewood us compared with the ...

    Article : 45 words
  51. MR. MACDONALD AT MOONBI.

    Mr. Hugh Macdonald, who was deputed by the labour party to meet Mr. Ashton, spoke after that gentleman at Moonbi to-night. He claimed that while the Governmentand the Opposition were fighting ...

    Article : 227 words
  52. THE ADEN HINTERLAND.

    The "Daily Telegraph " states that Bedouins on the pretext of parleying attacked Mr. Bury, an explorer for the British Museum, and his escort of nine friendly Arabs at a spot ...

    Article : 80 words
  53. ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER.

    John Heber, who murderously assaulted his wife at Pelaw Main yesterday and cut his own throat, is now out of danger. His wife was brought to Maitland Hospital to-day, and still lies in a critical state, ...

    Article : 74 words
  54. HOPES OF CANADA.

    The Canadian House of Commons, by a majority of 61 votes, has adopted Mr. Costigan's resolution expressing the hope that the Irish land question will be permanently settled ...

    Article : 40 words
  55. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    E. W. Evans was the highest scorer at the C.R.C. quarterly shooting. KIAMA, Thursday. A rifle match was fired on Kiama range yesterday ...

    Article : 52 words
  56. Advertising

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  57. Advertising

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