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  2. THE NEW GUINEA MISSION.

    The annual festival of the New Guinea Mission was held yesterday. At 5 p.m. a service was conducted at St. Andrew's Cathedral, when the Bishop of Riverina preached to a large congregation. This ...

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  3. QUEENSLAND.

    Light to moderately heavy rain has fallen in connection with thunderstorms over Maranoa and the Darling Downs. During the 24 hours ended 9 o'clock this morning the following rainfalls were recorded in the ...

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  4. SECOND EDITION THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Klossen, the Somerset East rebel and murderer, has been hanged. ...

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  5. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. MORTALITY IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

    In June the white inmates of the concentration refugee camps were 14,624 men, 27,711 womon, and 43,075 children. The deaths were 63 men, 138 women, and 470 ...

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  6. CHINA. HONOURS FOR BRITISH OFFICERS.

    The "London Gazette" issued last night notifies the granting of many honours and promotions to British officers in the Navy, Army, and Diplomatic service for their work ...

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  7. NOTES IN THE STATE PARLIAMENT.

    Efforts were made in the Assembly yesterday to get the Government to answer questions of which there were about a score on the paper; but Ministers took up a very firm attitude. "Under ...

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

    Owing to the great heat, work on the farms in the United States has been largely abandoned. The temperatures have varied from 105 in the shade to 114. Vegetables realise ...

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  9. COMMONWEALTH NOTES. IN THE SENATE.

    In the Senate this afternoon was spent in the resumed debate on a motion by Mr. O'Connor to refer luck to the Elections and Qualifications Committes its report on the petition against the return of Mr. ...

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  10. THE PROLONGATION OF THE WAR.

    The Pretoria correspondent of the "Standard" reports that the influence of Mr. Kruger alone, keeps the Boers in the field and that the leaders are afraid that they will be ...

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  11. AID FOR BOER FAMILIES.

    The German Central Pro-Boer committee has sent Mr. Kruger 300,000 marks (£15,000) for the Boer women and children. ...

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  12. ACCIDENT TO THE BROOKLYN BRIDGIE.

    Seventeen steel cables supporting the Brooklyn Bridge (New York) yielded yesterday, and some of the garders at the Manhattan end snapped. ...

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  13. AUSTRIA.

    The wife of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne of Austria and Hungary, has been accouched of a daughter. ...

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  14. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    In answer to a question by Mr. Wilks this afternoon. Mr. Barton said that with reference to the appointment of a High Commissioner to represent the Commonwealth no statement could be made in ...

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  15. PUNISHMENT OF REBELS.

    Petrus Klopper has been hanged at Burghersdorp. Klossen, a Somerset East rebel murderer, has been sentenced to be hanged. ...

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  16. ROBBERS NEAR CANTON.

    Numerous bands of armed robbers are marching about the Canton district. ...

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  17. COUNT VON WALDERSEE.

    Count von Waldersee, the ex-Commander-in-Chief of the Allies in China, now on his way home, will touch at Algiers and Plymouth. The German Emperor, in the ...

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  18. CANADA.

    The imports of Canada for the fiscal year were 181,225,389dol. (£36,245,077), and the exports amounted to 177,241,115dol. (£35,448,223). ...

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  19. THE CAPE RAIDERS.

    The casualties in the captured train incident near Beaufort West were chiefly among the Imperial Yeomanry and the South African Light Horse. ...

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  20. THE ROYAL VISIT. COMMENTS OF THE "STANDARD."

    The "Standard," in commenting upon the visit of the Duke and the Duchess of Cornwall and York to Australia and New Zealand, says that the visit has been as equally valuable to ...

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  21. THE WEATHER.

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  22. THE TUBERCULOSIS CONGRESS. STARTLING SPEECH BY DR. KOCH.

    In the course of his speech at the Tuberculosis Congress Dr. Koch also stated that elaborate precautions against tuberculosis in milk, meat, and butter were unnecessary. ...

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  23. A LAAGER, SURPRISED.

    Colonel Lukin on Sunday surprised Commandant Latigan's laager and captured 10 Boers, 70 rifles, thousands of rounds of ammunition, and many horses. ...

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  24. THE CHARGE AGAINST ADMIRAL SOHLEY.

    The charge against Rear-Admiral Schley of cowardice, contained in Mr. Maclay's book, is really a revival of the quarrel between Rear-Admiral Sampson and Rear-Admiral ...

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  25. THE NATION'S RESPONSIBILITY.

    Dr. Jane E. Waterston, the noted Cape Colony philanthropist, who has been appointed a member of the concentration camps investigating committee, declares that the ...

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  26. SOCIAL ENTERTAINMENTS AT PERTH.

    To-day's functions in connection with the Royal visit differed largely from those which marked the previous days' programmes. They contained less official and more social features. In the morning ...

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  27. HEAT IN THE UNITED STATES.

    On Tuesday, owing to the heat, there were 22 deaths at St. Louis, and on Wednesday the same cause was responsible for 40 deaths. Tho prospects of the harvest in the western ...

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  28. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    Private E. G. Hes, of the Eourth Western Australian Contingent, was killed at Jamersfontein, in the Transvaal. Private W. Maccaffery, of the Fifth Western Australian ...

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  29. HUMAN AND BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS.

    The Royal Institute of Health entertained Dr. Koch at a banquet last night, and presented him with the Harben medal. Sir Jumes Crichton Browne, M.R.C.S., in ...

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  30. MR. HASSALL ENTERTAINED.

    Mr. T. H. Hassall, ex-Minister for Lands for New South Wales, was entertained yesterday at a banquet at Ashby de la Zouch. Mr. Hassall declared that the feeling of the ...

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  31. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    A social and smoke concert was given by residents of Hunter a Hill at the council-chambers, Hunter's Hill, on Wednesday night in honour of two returned soldiers, George P. Colenutt and Michael Kelly, of ...

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  32. EXPLOSION ON A PETROLEUM SHIP.

    A terrible catastrophe occurred at Gaed. viggen, Norway, yesterday Owing to the Customs authorities having sealed the hatches of the petroleum laden American barquentine ...

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  33. IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION BILL.

    A bill "to place certain restrictions on immigration and to provide for the removal from the Commonwealth of prohibited immigrants" was circulated this morning. The measure, as foreshadowed in the ...

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  34. THE BATTLE OF SANTIAGO.

    Mr. Maclay, in his "History of the United States Navy," accuses Rear-Admiral Schley of having exhibited cowardice before and during the battle of Santiago. ...

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  35. RAINS IN INDIA.

    Genoral rains have fallen in Upper India. ...

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  36. CONVALESCENT CONSUMPTIVES' HOME.

    An anonymous gift of £100,000 has been been made to the North London Hospital for Consumption for the purpose of establishing a convalescent home in the country. ...

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  37. CHURCH NEWS.

    During the past few days important changes have been made in connection with the priests of the Order of St. Francis of Assissi, who are stationed amongst the various Roman Catholic churches in the eastern ...

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  38. A DISASTROUS HAILSTORM.

    A disastrous hailstorm is reported from Schlatz, in the Tombloff district, Russia. Many of the hailstones weighed 3lb. Twenty versts of crops were destroyed. Many ...

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  39. FOREST FIRES IN SCANDINAVIA.

    Great forest fires are raging in Norway and Sweden. ...

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  40. AN ALPINE TRAGEDY.

    A gentleman and two ladies, all three being English, and Guide Carrel, while climbing the Matterhorn, were killed by falling down a precipice. ...

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  41. RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN FRANCE.

    The Jesuits and the Assumptionists have induced the religious orders of France to adopt a waiting policy by not conforming to the law recently made dealing with religious ...

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  42. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    The Antarctic exploring ship, Discovery will proceed to Cowes on August 5, and will there be inspected by the King. The vessel sails on its voyage on the following day. ...

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  43. CRICKET.

    The committee of the Yorkshire County Cricket Club has expressed the wish that Rhodes should decline the invitation of A. C. Maclaren to become a member of the cricket ...

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  44. WRECK OF A BARQUE.

    The barque Lizzie Bell, which left Wellington yesterday for Newcastle, went ashore at South Tarnaki Bight last night. The crow took to the boats. Of the crew of 16 only four, including the captain and ...

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  45. LATE MINING.

    The manager of No. 2 North Columbia Smithfield reports getting a dynamite box of fair stone in the north slopes, and that fair gold is still showing. The manager of No. 1 North Columbia reports that ...

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  46. CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

    Dr. R. Macdonald, of Queensland, playing for Leicestershire against Derbyshire, scored 147 not out. ...

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  47. KING-STREET CABLE TRAM.

    A correspondent writes complaining of the length of the intervals that sometimes occur in connection with the running of the King-street cable trums. He also states that "the accommodation is absolutely ...

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  48. ST. JAMES' CHURCH DEDICATION.

    The festival being held in connexion with the dedication of St. James Parish Church, King-street, was concluded yesterday. Holy Communion was celebrated at 7, 8, and 9 a.m. by the rector, the Rev. ...

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  49. VICTORIA. REPORTED DISTRESS SIGNALS.

    The members of the search party who left San Remo at an early hour this morning with the object of investigating the cause of the distress signals which were reported to have been shown off Cape ...

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  50. DEATH OF MRS. STODDARD.

    The news of the death at Kensington, London, of Mrs. Mary Stoddard, published in the "Herald" of Wednesday, will be received with widespread regret. Mrs. Stoddard, who had exhibited paintings at several ...

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  51. RETURNING SOLDIERS.

    Brigadier-General Gordon has received an official intimation that arrangements have been made by the Imperial military authorities for the troopship Britannia to go on to Melbourne after landing the ...

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  52. DWELLINGS FOR THE POOR.

    The late Mr. W. R. Sutton, the head of the great firm of carriers of that name, bequeathed £2,000,000 to build cheap dwellings for the poor of London and elsewhere. ...

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  53. DEATH OF MINOR-CANON RICH.

    The death is announced of the Rev. Minor-canon Rich, one of the senior clergy of the diocese of Sydney, who passed away yesterday afternoon at his residence, Wallace-street, Woollahra. The deceased ...

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  54. A STATION SALE.

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  55. TREATMENT OF SEWAGE.

    Alderman Willington, of the Rockdale Council, has received from the engineer to the Birmingham Tame and Rea District Drainage Board a letter containing information relating to the methods ...

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  56. FEDERAL CAPITAL SITE.

    Mr. Halligan, of the Public Works Department, arrived yesterday to report upon various matters connected, with this port for the information of Mr. Oliver, Federal Capital Site Commissioner, ...

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  57. THE WOOL SALES.

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  58. COALMINER'S STRIKE.

    The miners at the Coal Creek mine are still on strike. The present difficulty is due to the refusal of of the miners to assent to the amendment in the new code, "That all coal must be weighed after ...

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  59. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    The local board has to date recommended 60 persons for old-age pensions. BLAYNEY, Thursday. A number of references were given to-day ...

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  60. TROOPS FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    With regard to the offer of the (Government to send back to South Africa a number of the returned soldiers who desired to go, a reply has been received from England that the offer of the men's services would be ...

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  61. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Hon. Eric J. Lascelles, whose death was recently announced, and who, under an assumed name, was a travelling showman, left £40,000. ...

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  62. TONGA NEWS.

    News from Tonga states that a portion of a kauribuilt vessel has been washed ashore at Noumuka, one of the islands of the Haabal Group. ...

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  63. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    The first shooting for the quarterly prize competition in connection with the Blackheath Civilian Rifle Club took place on the local range yesterday afternoon. The following are the principal scores:— ...

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  64. NEW ZEALAND.

    The sheep returns for the colony show 20,186,784, au increase of 919,116 over the previous year. ...

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