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  2. COMMONWEALTH NOTES. IN THE SENATE.

    When the President took the chair in the Senate there were only two pwrsons in the public galleries. Senator O'Connor plunged at once into the debate on the Address in Reply, and said he took Senator ...

    Article : 791 words
  3. THE ROYAL VISIT. BRISBANE CATHEDRAL.

    The most important ceremony to-day was the laying of the foundation-stone of the Cathedral for the diocese of Brisbane by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York. The Cathedral is to be ...

    Article : 4,386 words
  4. THE HEALTH OFFICER'S REPORT.

    The most satisfactory feature ot the report issued by Dr.W.G.Armstrong respecting the sanitary state of the metropolis is found in the marked reduction in the number of ...

    Article : 1,103 words
  5. CHINA. GREAT BRITAIN'S ATTITUDE.

    In the House of Lords last night the Marquis of Lansdowne stated that though the punishment of officials in China guilty of instigating outrages upon foreigners was ...

    Article : 121 words
  6. THIRD EDITION. SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT.

    Sir William Harcourt, M.P., abstained from voting in the House of Commons on the resolution approving of the scheme for the reorganisation of the Army. ...

    Article : 68 words
  7. A BELGIAN STRIKE.

    The glassblowers' strike in Belgium has collapsed. The strike began in August last. Wages to the amout of £500,000 were lost. The strike failed to oust the non-unionists. ...

    Article : 34 words
  8. A MOORISH OUTRAGE.

    The Caid of the Kebdama tribe, on the coast of Morocco, shot and killed M. Pouzet, a French yachtsman. France has sent two cruisers to Morocco ...

    Article : 40 words
  9. THE TIENTSIN QUESTION.

    The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, stated in the House of Lords last night, that Great Britain was awaiting Russia's reply to ...

    Article : 58 words
  10. BOER CHILDREN IN CEYLON.

    Two hundred and fifty homeless children who were allowed to accompany the Boer prisoners to Ceylon, attend the Dutch school at Kandy. The children are perfectly happy. ...

    Article : 34 words
  11. THE SUPPRESSION OF PIRATES.

    In the House of Lords last night the Marquis of Lansdowne stated that since treaties with China gave the British the right to pursue pirates in the Elliot Group, a ...

    Article : 54 words
  12. PROPOSED RECEPTION AT NEWCASTLE.

    The following is the text of the address to be presented by the citizens of Newcastle to their Royal Highnesses at Government House, Sydney, on 29th instant:—"To his Royal Highnessm George Frederick ...

    Article : 1,188 words
  13. THE PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL.

    The Queen Victoria Memorial Fund is being raised to equip the Queen Victoria memorial pavillons of the Prince Alfred Hospital. The movement began suspocopusly a few weeks ago, and has been ...

    Article : 214 words
  14. THE TALLOW MARKET.

    At the weekly sale of Australasian tallow 2425 casks were offered, and 1300 casks were sold. Prices of all kinds were unchanged as follows:—Fine mutton 28s 3d, medium 26s; ...

    Article : 47 words
  15. THE NEGOTIATIONS.

    An Imperial decree directs Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching to expedite the negotiations with the Allies since the famine in Shansi and the rebellious feeling around Si-an render ...

    Article : 48 words
  16. SILVER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 24 words
  17. THE R.M.S. ARCADIA AT FREMANTLE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 165 words
  18. RAILWAY TO TUNGCHAU.

    The British are extending the railway to Tungchau (east of Peking on the Peiho), thus giving a second line via the Peiho. ...

    Article : 28 words
  19. COUNT VON WALDERSEE.

    Count von Waldersee, the Commander-in-Chief of the Allies, will return to Germany in June. He will visit Japan on his way, and will be the guest of the Mikado. ...

    Article : 38 words
  20. THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD " SUBSCRIPTION LIST.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 36 words
  21. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. CAPE RAIDERS.

    Twelve hundred Boers are concentrated in the Zuurberg. May 22. The hot pursuit by Lieutenant-Colonol H. ...

    Article : 58 words
  22. MEETIN OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 679 words
  23. THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Commons last night the debate on the motion for the second reading of the Finance Bill was resumed. The amendment moved by Sir H. H. Fowler. ...

    Article : 90 words
  24. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    It was evident when the House of Representatives met to-day that interest in the proceedings, especially by the public, was largely centred in the contest between Mr. Reid ...

    Article : 1,641 words
  25. GALLANTRY OF TASMANIANS.

    At Gennahoek, in, the Winterbcrg, 22 Boers intercepted Troopers Warburton and Brownell (Tasmanians), who, sheltered behind trees, had splendid shooting practice, thrice ...

    Article : 75 words
  26. THE METZ INCIDENT.

    The Metz incident has irritated the French press. A Russian semi-official statement declares that the incident has no significance. ...

    Article : 109 words
  27. DEATH OF COLONEL MAXWELL.

    Colonel Maxwell, of the Royal Engineers, was thrown from his horse at Rouxville and rendered unconscious. His condition is critical. ...

    Article : 36 words
  28. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    The following casualties are reported among the Australian forces:— WESTERN AUSTRALIA. Killed at Grobelaarrecht on May 15: ...

    Article : 114 words
  29. JAPAN.

    Three Russian officers have been sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Yokohama for drawing plans of the Nagasaki harbour fortifications. ...

    Article : 30 words
  30. SPEARED BY BLACKS.

    The police at Normanton have wired to the Commissioner stating that it is reported that Captain Swyor, of the schooner Seagull, was speared by blacks at Nassan River on the Previous Wednesday. ...

    Article : 122 words
  31. NATIVE LABOUR ON THE RAND.

    The mining companies and the financial houses of the Rand have combined to regulate and control, on a great scale, the steady and economical supply of native labour. ...

    Article : 37 words
  32. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 392 words
  33. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Sir John Edmund Commerell, V.C.,G.C.B, Admiral of the Fleet, aged 72. Admiral of the Fleet. Sir John Edmund ...

    Article : 192 words
  34. THE BRITISH YEOMANRY.

    Lord Roberts, the Commander-in-Chief, in addressing the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (Yeomanry) at Badminton, said that it was not intended to transform the Yeomanry into ...

    Article : 32 words
  35. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE.

    Since October last the War Office has purchased 1678 tons of Australian jam for South Africa. ...

    Article : 21 words
  36. CENSUS RETURNS.

    The population of Scotland, according to the census, is 4,471,957, and of Ireland, 4,456,546. In 1891 the population of Scotland was 4,033,103: ...

    Article : 92 words
  37. GENERAL NEWS.

    The British captured 3000 horses, 20,000 sheep, and 2000 cattle in the eastern districts of the Orange River Colony. Prominent families were brought to the refugee camps. ...

    Article : 47 words
  38. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Sir Ellis Ashmead Bartlett, M.P. (Conservative) for Ecclesall Division, Sheflied, is bankrupt. His liabilities are £50,000. The New Zealand Trust and Loan Company ...

    Article : 72 words
  39. THE LATE COPORAL SPIER.

    The monument erected in the grounds of All Saints' Church. Hunter's Hill, to the memory of the late Corporal Walter L. Sprer, of the Citizens' Bushmen's Contingent, will ...

    Article : 73 words
  40. THE AMERICA CUP.

    In the latest trial race between Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock I. and his new yacht Shamrock H. (challenger for the America Cup) Shamrock H. outpaced the other vessel. ...

    Article : 61 words
  41. Advertising

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