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  2. COMMONWEALTH NOTES. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    Mr Barion informed the House of Representatives this afternoon that Sir Edward Hutton had been appointed federal commandant, and the appointment had the approval of the King. The ...

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  3. NEW SOUTH WALES COMMANDANT. RUMOURED APPOINTMENT OF COLONEL FINN.

    It is expected that when the rearrangement of the State military commands is made at the end of the year Colonel Finn, Commandant of the Queensland Militaiy Forces, will be appointed Commandant in ...

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  4. INTERVIEW WITH MAJOR-GENERAL FRENCH.

    Major-General French, when seen last night, said that he had not yet been officially informed of the appointment of Colonel Finn, but he thought that it was a very likely appointment Colonel Finn, he ...

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  5. THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    A deputation, consisting of the Moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly, with Dr. Paton and others, waited upon the Premier to-day to coudemn the present system of dual control in the New ...

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  6. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE " HERALD'S " LONDON CORRESPONDENTS.

    It is reported that Prussian schoolmasters in West Prussia flog Polish children who are unable to say the catechism and pray in German. Relatives who protest against this ...

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  7. THE CAUSE OF ANGLOPHOBIA.

    Anglo-German letters in the press declare that Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the leader of the Liberals, is the chief cause of Anglophobia in Germany. ...

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  8. AGITATION AGAINST THE CUSTOMS BILL.

    There are 4,000,000 signatures to a Socialist petition in Germany against the Customs Bill. Reuter's agency foreshadows one of the ...

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  9. RUSSIA AND JAPAN. THE MANCHURIAN CONVENTION.

    The St. Petersburg correspondent of the " Times " states that negotiations between Russia and Japan in regard to the Manchurian Convention have ended on account of ...

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  10. AN EXTRAORDINARY STATEMENT.

    The London " Daily Telegraph" correspondent at Washington states that Russia, hoping to obtain the control of Korea, urges Japan to negotiate for the possession of the ...

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  11. MR. CARNEGIES' MUNIFICENCE.

    Mr. Andrew Carnegie has given lOO.OOOdol. (approximately £20,000) to the aged Scotch poor in New York. ...

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  12. COLLISION BETWEEN FERRY BOATS.

    During a fog two ferry boats collided at San Francisco. Twenty persons were drowned. ...

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  13. THE TROUBLES IN COLOMBIA.

    The town of Colon (on the north side of the isthmus of Panama) has been transferred to the Conservatives. It was reported yesterday that the Liberal troops, ...

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  14. THE MARQUIS ITO.

    The Czar yesterday gave an audience to the Marquis Ito, ex-Premier of Japan, and conferred a decoration upon him. ...

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  15. THE UNITED STATES. PRO-BRITISH PEELING.

    Mr. Seth Lowe, who was recently elected Mayor of New York as a Reformer and in opposition to Tammany, attended the dinner given by St. Andrew's Society. ...

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  16. THE CAMEROONS.

    Lenient sentences have been passed upon Germans guilty of shocking cruelty to and the murder of natives in the Cameroons, the German possession in equatorial West ...

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  17. THE BANK FRAUDS.

    Francis Kelly, a bookmaker, of Bradford, has been arrested for complicity in the Bank of Liverpool frauds. Forged cheques for £73,000 were traced to him. The share in the ...

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  18. CHINA.

    A Chinese Imperial edict has been issued blaming Prince Tuan for the Boxer troubles, deposing his son from the heir-apparency to the Throne, and expelling him from the ...

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  19. AUSTRIA.

    As the sequel to a duel connected with a social scandal Dr. Wolff, the leader of the Pan-German party in Austria, has permanently resigned from the Rerchsrath. ...

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  20. IRELAND.

    Mr. John Dillon, M.P., at Longhrea, Galway, violently incited evicted tenants to forcibly regain their farms. ...

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  21. WOOL SALES.

    The wool market is, unchanged. Later. At the wool sales to-day Continental buyers largely competed for best wools at the highest ...

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  22. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. AFFAIRS IN CAPE COLONY.

    Sir Gordon Sprigg, Premier of Cape Colony, delivered a speech as a banquet given by the Caledonian Society. He stated that the army of Cape Colony ...

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  23. METHODS OF THE INVADERS.

    The Boers in Cape Colony are raiding the Dutch and British alike, and are alienating many sympathisers. Commandant Brand is re-invading the ...

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  24. COMMANDOES IN WESTERN CAPE COLONY.

    Thirteen commandoes, totalling 1500 men, are in the western portion of Cape Colony, a distance from the railways, where water is scarce. ...

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  25. FINAL PHASE OF THE WAR.

    In Cape Colony the optimistic feeling prevails that the final phase of the war has been reached. It is roported that the Boers have little ...

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  26. BOERS SWEARING ALLEGIANCE.

    There are increasing numbers of Boers swearing allegiance in the Orange River and Transvaal colonies. ...

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  27. BOER PRISONERS IN INDIA.

    Mr. Jesse Collings, M.P.,.Unionist, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Home Office, declares that on a visit to Ahmedabad, in Bombay, he found the Boer prisoners ...

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  28. REINFORCEMENTS DESPATCHED.

    The 7th Hussars sailed to-day for South Africa. ...

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  29. NEW SOUTH WALES TROOPERS.

    The Premier has received the following telegrams from South Africa, through the LicutenantGovenor:— "3186 Corporal Kellaher, New South Wales ...

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  30. PRESENTATION OF DECORATIONS.

    It was notified in a General Order issued yesterday that the presentation of the Victoria Cross to Captain N.R. Howse, of the New South Wales Medical Staff Corps, whieh had been postponed from Saturday last, ...

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  31. KEMP'S COMMANDO.

    Kemp's commando is reaping and burying grain. [Commandant Kemp has recently been operating in the Transvaal.] ...

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  32. THE VICTORIA CROSS.

    Lieutenant L. A. E. Price Davies, D.S.O., of the Ring's Royal Rifles, has been awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry at Blood River Poort. ...

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  33. LATE SPORTING.

    The Melbourne Bicycle Club's officials have disqualified R. Lewis" for three months for unfair riding in the Austral Meeting. ...

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  34. SIR REDVERS BULLER. MEETING IN HYDE PARK.

    The meeting in favour of Sir Redvers Buller, arranged to be held in Hyde Park, was attended by 20,000 persons. Resolutions a[?]irming that the statement ...

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  35. GENERAL BULLER RETICENT.

    General Buller's dignified reticence is interpreted as a rebuke to the demonstrators. ...

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  36. ARMENIAN REFUGEES.

    M. de Blowitz, the Paris correspondent of the " Times," states that the officials in Transcaucasia have been instructed to compel the Armenian refugees, which, number 40,000, ...

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  37. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL.

    The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has dismissed the appeal in the case of Humble v. Humphrey with cost. In the above case William Humble, an inspector ...

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  38. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The steamer Guthri[?], from Hongkong, arrived on Saturday with four Japanese and [?] Chinese. The vessel sailed on Sunday morning for South ports. The M[?]ge sailed this afternoon for Wyndham. ...

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  39. DEATH OF MR. JOHN CARROLL.

    The death is announced of Mr. John Carroll, formerly Deputy-Governor of Darlinghurst Gaol, which took place at his residence, Leichhardtstreet, Waverley, on Saturday last. The deceased ...

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  40. SHIPPING CASUALTY.

    The Aigburth, barque, which left Garston, on the Mersey, for Adelaide, touched on Arklow Bank, a shallow off the cast coast of County Wexford, Ireland, and returned to ...

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  41. QUEENSLAND.

    At a meeting of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce to-day, a letter was read from the London Chamber of Commerce on the subject of the pilfering of cargoes Considerable discussion followed. The ...

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  42. DEATH OF G. LOHMANN.

    George A. Lohmann, 36, the cricketer, died at Matjesfontein, South Africa, from consumption. George A. Lohmann three times visited Australia. ...

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  43. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The municipal elections were held to-day For the Mayoralty Mr. Lewis Cohen was elected. He polled 3039 aganist Mr. Clement Wells's 2791. For aldermen, Mr. Charles Tucker, M. L. A., and Mr. ...

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  44. SECOND EDITION THE BANK OF LIVERPOOL FRAUDS.

    Thomas Goudie, the bookkeeper of the Bank of Liverpool, who absconded, has been arrested near Liverpool. ...

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  45. STATE REVENUE RETURNS.

    The net revenue of the State customs during the last month amounted to £209,199, being less than that of the previous month by £59,065, but the decrease is attributed by the authorities to the fact that ...

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  46. PENAL ADMINISTRATION REFORM.

    Representatives of the Trades Hall council and the Crimunology Society met in conference at the Trades Hall this morning to consider the question of prison labour Mr. J. Hume Cook, M. P., presided, ...

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  47. A BIG BUTCHERY COMPANY.

    At the thirteenth annual meeting of T. K. Bennett and Woolcock, Limited, butchers, this afternoon, the directors reported having sold the business of the company. Mr. E. R. Peacock, chairman of the ...

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  48. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Mint receipts for November were 89,168oz., coinage £143,101. Lord and Lady Hopetoun have intimated their intention to visit Perth on the 23rd instant. They ...

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  49. VICTORIA. CLAIM FOR DEBT.

    Victor Cohen, a clerk in Sir William Lynes's department, and in receipt of a salary of £500 per annum, was summnoned to appear before Judge Chomley to-day with reference to his means of ...

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  50. THE REVENUE RETURNS.

    The revenue returns for the month of November were made available to-day. They show that the total State and Commonwealth revenue amounted to £628,902, as compared with £602,640 for the ...

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  51. ARRIVAL OF THE PERSIC.

    The steamer Persic, which arrived from Liverpool at a late hour on Sunday night, berthed alongside the Port Melbourne railway pier this morning. She brought 300 passengers, including a number of ...

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  52. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Agent General cables that the mutton market is very dull, and stock is accumulating. River Plate mutton is in large supply, and is being strongly pushed for sale. The lamb market is speculative, the ...

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  53. LATE SHIPPING.

    The Union S.S. Company a steamer Wakatipu, 1945 tons, Captain Livingstone, arrived at 1.15 this morning from Launceston, via Devonport and Eden. The Wakatipu sailed from Launceston at 3.30 p.m. on the 29th ultimo, ...

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  54. SILVER.

    The price of bar silver to-day is 2s 1 1-16d per ounce standard. ...

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  55. TRADES AND LABOUR. THE TAILORESSES' STRIKE.

    Yesterday's aspect in regard to the strike of members of the Talioresses' Union presented no special features. Pickets were stationed at Messrs. Authony Hordern and Son's factory, otherwise there ...

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  56. THE COLD STORAGE EMPLOYEES' DISPUTE.

    The cold storage employers held a meeting yesterday afternoon in the Fquitable-building, Georgestreet to consider further letters from the Cold Storage Employees, Union in connection with the ...

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  57. UNITED LABOURERS' SOCIETY.

    At the weekly meeting of the United Labourers' Protective Society held at the Trades' Hall last night the election of officers for the ensuing term resulted as follows:—President, Mr. G. Waite; ...

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  58. UNITED FURNITURE TRADES' SOCIETY.

    At a meeting of the United Furniture Trades' Society held at the Trades Hall last night a deputation was appointed to wait upon Mr. Perry to suggest the insertion of a clause dealing with Chinees labour ...

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  59. SERIOUS EXPLOSION.

    A serious explosion, by which two men were severely injured and two others considerably knocked about, occurred at about 5.30 last evening in the cooperage at Messrs. Toohey and Co.'s brewery in ...

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  60. FIRES IN THE CITY AND SUBURBS.

    Shortly before 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon the Fire Brigade received a call lo No.104 Phillip-street, occupied by Mrs. M'Kinley. It seems that there was an escape of gas under the floor of one of the ...

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  61. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT CRITICISED.

    In the course of a speech delivered at Colac, Mr. J. L. Parves, K.C., said he was ashamed of the tone of the federal debats and of the level upon which they were conducted. He objected to the ...

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  62. PAINTERS' DISPUTE.

    The recent strike of painters at Fitzroy Dock was the subject for discussion at the meeting of the Painters' Union held at the Trades Hall last night. Mr. R. Smallwood presided. It was announced that ...

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