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  2. PERSONAL ITEMS.

    Sir John See, K.C..M.G. (State Premior), is in receipt of the following letter from Sir Frederick Darley, G.C.M.G.:— "Carmichael House, Thankorton, ...

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  3. TRAGEDY AT HURSTVILLE.

    At 3 o'clock yesterday morning the inhabitants residing on a peaceful country road leading out of Hurstville, where the houses generally are surrounded by an acre or two of land, were suddeuly ...

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  4. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The Australians began a match to-day on Kennington Oval against the Players. The home team was composed as follows:— R. ABEL (Surrey) ...

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  5. THIRD EDITION.

    Following is a report of the match Australia v. The Players, continued from our first edition:— LONDON, Sept. 15, 2.15 p.m. ...

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  6. SOUTH AFRICA.

    General Botha and Commandants de Wet and Delarey are urging the irreconcilables to restrain their anti-British propaganda, and they recommend a policy of reconciliation. ...

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  7. VICTORIAN GENERAL ELECTIONS.

    The Premier (Mr. Irvine) has issued the following manifesto outlining the policy of his Government:— "Electors of Victoria,—The Assembly whose existence terminated on Monday had unmistakably ...

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  8. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    Senator Deakin expects that the present session of the Federal Parliament will end within three weeks of the date of resumption. To ensure that the Government is prepared to sit on as many days and ...

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  9. GENERAL NEWS.

    Two hundred Boer prisoners are signing allegiance to Great Britain at St. Helena daily. It is estimated that it will require three ...

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  10. SILVER.

    The price of bar silver to-day is 1s 11¾d per ounce standard. ...

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  11. DEATH OF CAPTAIN G. F. MASON.

    The death of Captain G. F. Mason, recently annonnced in the "Herald," removes from our ranks one who had a long and varied career in connection with the shipping and timber industries in New ...

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  12. AN EARLY MORNING BLAZE.

    Shortly before 3 o'clock this morning a fire occurred at a small weatherboard shop in Falcon-street, North Sydney. The outbreak was discovered by a constable who gave the alarm to the North Sydney ...

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  13. THE COLONIALS' STATEMENTS.

    In contradicting rumours thats they intend to retire from the cricket field, Darling and Trumble have stated that they do not intend revisiting England. They will not ...

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  14. THE HURSTVILLE TRAGEDY.

    On inquiry at the St. George Cottage Hospital, Kogarah, at 3 o'clock this morning, it was ascertained that Morton and Alexander Peadon, two of the victims of the Hurstville tragedy who were admitted ...

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  15. NEWFOUNDLAND.

    The United States Government is not sanguine in regard to the proposed reciprocity proposals with Newfoundland owing to the Senate's general attitude. ...

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  16. CHINA.

    The Viceroy of Szechuan has engaged a Japanese functionary as adviser. ...

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  17. THE UNITED STATES.

    The Republicans in eleven States have decided to renominate President Roosevelt for the Presidency. "Boss" (Senator) Platt was overruled at ...

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  18. RAILWAY DISASTER IN INDIA.

    Floods have destroyed the bridge at Manga Patriara, precipitating the Madras-Bombay mail train into the river. Eight European passengers, including ...

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  19. COLONEL T. S. PARROTT.

    Colonel T. S. Parrott, the head of the Corps of Engineers of the State, who recently resigned his command, is about to leave for South Africa, where he expects to take up work on which he was ...

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  20. HAITI.

    General Chicoye, a supporter of General Firmin, has been executed at Port-au-Prince. General Firmin has issued a violent proclamaton in which he accuses the Haitian ...

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  21. FRANCE.

    M. De Blowitz, the Paris correspondent of the "Times," says that the Pope's brief to Cardinal Richard, Archbishop of Paris, refers moderately and sadly to the schools and the ...

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  22. QUEENSLAND.

    At a meeting of 70 railway servants of Charters Towers on Saturday it was proposed,—"That this meeting outers a strong protest against the unfair retrenchment of the Government, and hopes the ...

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  23. RIOTS IN POLAND.

    A mob at Czestochowa, Russian Poland, with slight provocation, wrecked some of the shops of the Jewish residents. They wounded 12 persons and stoned the troops, who fired ...

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  24. VENEZUELA.

    The Government of Venezuela has issued a decree which orders that General Matos shall be tried for treason. It is alleged that accused offered if the revolution was ...

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  25. STORMS IN KENT.

    It is estimated that the hailstorms which last week ruined many of the fruit and hop crops in Kent caused damage to the amount of £100,000. A mass of drifted hailstones ...

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  26. THE AGAPEMONITES.

    'A' further demonstration has taken place at the Ark of the Covenant, Clapham, where the Rev. Smythe Piggott, the successor to Brother Prince as head ...

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  27. NEW ZEALAND.

    The New Zealand Portland Cement Company's works on Limestone Island, north of Auckland, have been destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at £20,000. ...

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  28. A HOME RULE MEETING.

    A very large and enthusiastic meeting was held at the Centennial Hall to-night in advocacy of Home Rule for Ireland. Those present included the Minister for Railways, the Mayor of Brisbane, and several ...

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  29. GOLD RETURNS.

    To the end of last week the total gold won by the Otago and Southland dredges since January 1 was 74,282oz. Roughly estimated the value is £283,495. ...

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  30. VICTORIA.

    The Public Service Commissioner has recommended that Mr. J. A. Panton (the senior police magistrate), Mr. J. M. Read (Surveyor-General), and Mr. A. M'Farland (Sheriff of the State), should ...

    Article : 64 words
  31. THE LONDON MEAT MARKET.

    The Agent-General cables that owing to the inclination to force sales of mutton a further drop in the prices of lamb seems imminent. The beef market is dull, and supplies of Argentine beef are ...

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  32. THE BUSH FIRES.

    News has been received that the bush fires have swept over a large portion of Pimpana Island, causing heavy luss of property. 200 tons of firewood was destroyed and 10 sugar farms were swept bare. ...

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  33. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The U.S. battleship Iowa, which went aground at Santa, Christina Island, Southern Brazil, has been floated, and she has reached the port of Bahia. The vessel was not ...

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  34. NEWCASTLE.

    The deputy coroner (Mr. C. Hibble) hold an inquest at the courthouse, Minmi, to-day, concerning the death of a miner named Ralph Peel, aged 55, who was fatally injured by a fail of coal on Saturday ...

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  35. AN ARBITRATION CASE.

    The arbitration case, in which Richard V, Dennis sought to recover compensation from the Victorian Railways Department for damage caused by a fire in February, 1901, was concluded to-day, when Judge ...

    Article : 419 words
  36. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Indignation meetings are to be held throughout the district with reference to the attitude of the Government re the Esperance railway. A monster petition is to be prepared for presentation to ...

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  37. MR. PEADON'S CAREER.

    The news of the terrible tragedy at Hurstville came as a great shock to the friends and acquaintances of Mr. Peadon in the city yesterday. "It almost scoms incredible," said a well-known business man, ...

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  38. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The rainfall over the agricultural areas has been very satisfactory. Rain [?]t in on Friday night, and continued more or loss over Saturday and Sunday, and it is still showery over the larger portion of the ...

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  39. THE STORY OF THE TRAGEDY.

    "A happier family never existed," was the general comment of the neighbours, and it certainly looked one. The house, a double fronted villa, stands in a well-kept garden, is well and tastefully furnished, ...

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  40. CHURCH NEWS.

    The Adelaide Church Congress will be opened on September 29, and will last to October 3. On the opening day the Bishon of Adelaide will deliver the presidential address, Among those who will ...

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  41. FATALITIES AND CASUALTIES.

    A plumber named Herman Wmdshuttle, 27, residing at Brighton-street, Petersham, was working on the roof of the tram shed at Waverley yesterday, whom he fell to the ground, severely injuring his ...

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  42. THE COAL EXPORT TRADE.

    The ship Philo[?] arrived to-day from Table Bay to load Duckenfield coal for the West Coast, and the barque Vidette, which reached port this evening from East London, will also load Duckenfield ...

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  43. ACCIDENT AT CENTENNIAL PARK.

    Arthur Sterling, living at Ruthven-street, Waverley, was riding a pony in Centennial Park yesterday, when he was thrown on to the park railing. One of the spikes pierced the calf of the left log, tearing the ...

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  44. THE BISLEY RIFLE TEAM.

    The passengers by mail steamer Rome included Sergeant Shaw, of Queensland, Sergeant-major Whitehead, Corporal Williams, Private Elast, of Victoria, and Corporal Gibbon (Tasmania), members ...

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  45. SYDNEY DIOCESAN SYNOD.

    The second session of the twelfth Synod of the Diocese of Sydney will be commenced to-day. There will be Divine serivce in St. Andrew's Cathedral at 11 a.m., when the Sacrament of the L rd's Supper. ...

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  46. SUDDEN DEATH OF A WOMAN.

    A married woman named Elizabeth Webb died suddenly at her resudebce, Darling-street, Redfern, yesterday morning. The body waa removed to the North Morgue, where the Coroner will conduct ...

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  47. TASMANIA.

    At a meeting held in the Mayor's courtroom this afternoon it was resolved to open subscription lists in aid of the Mount Kembla sufferers and to thoroughly canvass the city. ...

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  48. ACCIDENT TO A CHILD.

    A child named Floronce Wilkinson, aged 2[?] years, was picked up in an unconscious condition near her parents' resudence, Gloucester-street, Miller's Point, yesterday afternoon. She was taken to Sydney ...

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