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  2. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The Procession and Demonstration Committee met on Saturday morning in one of the committee rooms at Parliament House for the purpose of deciding as to the order in which the Commonwealth procession ...

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  3. THE TRANSVAAL

    It is officially announced that Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, in order to return to England and assume his new duties as Commander-in-Chief of the Army, has handed over the ...

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  4. SECOND EDITION

    At an early hour this morning the residents of Goulburn-street, in the vicinity of George and Pitt streets, were startled by the discharge of three revolver shots. The reports attracted a large crowd ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    A Russian inspired statement has been published to the effect that Japan originated the movement for the weakening of the ultima* tum which the Ministers of the Powers at ...

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  6. IN PARLIAMENT.

    Early on Saturday morning, after some works proposals had been dealt with, the Premier made a statement of the events that bad preceded the making of an agreement with a syndicate ...

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  7. THE STATE GOVERNOR'S SALARY.

    Among the many matters hastily dealt with by Parliament is that of the State Governor's salary; and the fact is important because on it practically depends the answer to ...

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  8. PRISONERS FOR CEYLON.

    Six hundred prisoners have left Capetown for Ceylon. ...

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  9. TROOPS BY THE HARLECH CASTLE.

    On board the Harlech Castle are three nurses, Sister Hutchinson, who is going to Newcastle, Sister Wallace, bound for Launceston, and Sister [?] for New Zealand. ...

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  10. PROVISIONS FOR THE IMPERIAL COURT.

    It was recently announced that the Viceroys of the Yangtsze provinces Lad stopped the sending of tributa and rice to the Imperial Court, which, was then reported to be at ...

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  11. BOERS SUFFER SEVERE DEFEAT.

    Commandant Hertzog with 500 men in a strong position, midway between Fauresmith and the Orange River, attacked a force under Brigadier-General Settle on Tuesday. ...

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  12. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FINANCES.

    The revenue for November was £259,989, and increase of £20,286 over that of the corresponding month of last year. The railway revenue increased by £5579, the dividend duty by £15,667, and land receipts by ...

    Article : 72 words
  13. CATASTROPHE AT A FOOTBALL MATCH.

    A terrible accident occurred at a football match at San Francisco yesterday. Some spectators were viewing the match from the roof of the adjacent glassworks. The roof ...

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  14. VICTORIA.

    The quantity of Victorian gold actually received in the Melbourne mint during November was 62,234oz., compared with 75,221oz, in November last year. ...

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  15. REVENUE RETURNS.

    The revenue returns for November are £33,703 in excess of there of November last year. Sir George Turner has given instructions for the printing and the issue of federal voters' certificates. ...

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  16. EPIDEMIC OF BEER POISONING.

    There have been 1000 poisoning cases in England due to the drinking of contaminated beer. Two hundred fresh cases were reported yesterday. The area in which the cases ...

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  17. MINISTERS SEEKING RE-ELECTION.

    The election of members of the Legislative Assembly for St. [?] and Bogong will be held to-morrow. The supporters of Sir Goorge Turner are taking no risks, and it is probable that the Premier will be ...

    Article : 140 words
  18. SCHWEIZER RENEKE RELIEVED.

    A British column from Vryburg has relieved Colonel G. D. Chamier and the garrison of 250 men at Schweizer Reneke, which had been invested by Commandant de Boers ...

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  19. THE SWEARING-IN AT CENTENNIAL PARK.

    It was a happy inspiration which impelled the and vocates of Centennial Park to urge upon the Government that it was the most suitable place to have the swearing-in of the Governor-General performed in ...

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  20. ENGAGEMENT AT RIETFONTEIN.

    Major-General Paget on Wednesday and Thursday engaged General Viljoen and Commandant Erasmus at Rietfontein. Licutenant-Colonel G. E. Lloyd, of the ...

    Article : 63 words
  21. QUEENSLAND.

    The Under-Secretary for Mines has received a telegram from the mining warden at Thornborough stating that on Friday morning a miner named Kirby fell a distance of 50ft. down the General ...

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  22. ISSUE OF EXCHEQUER BONDS.

    Exchequer bonds to the value of £3,000,000, issued by the British Government, with a currency of live years, bearing interest at 3 per cent., have been subscribed ...

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  23. THE IMMIGRATION INQUIRY.

    The official inquiry into the alleged misconduct of some immigrant girls on the Jumna, also certain complaints, against the matron, was resumed on Saturday afternoon. Miss Elizabeth Rimhault, a ...

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  24. RITUALISTIC PROSECUTIONS VETOED.

    The Right Rev. Dr. Mandel Creighton, Bishop of London, has v[?]toed the prosecution of three clergymen of the Diocese of London for ritualistic practices, because the ...

    Article : 78 words
  25. RETURNED SOLDIERS

    A public meeting, convened by the Mayor in response to an influential requisition, was held in the council-chambers on Friday. Alderman Miller presided, and there was a representative gathering of ...

    Article : 320 words
  26. THE AUSTRAL BICYCLE CARNIVAL.

    The Austral meeting of the Melbourne Bicycle Club was opened on Saturday on the Melbourne Cricket Ground, in delightful weather and in the presence of some 12,000 spectators, whose admission ...

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  27. CAPE POSTS THREATENED.

    The military posts throughout tlie Cape are threatened. ...

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  28. MR. KRUGER IN EUROPE.

    Mr. Kruger has become impatient, and is trying "to rush arbitration." There is an active interchange of telegrams between Paris, Berlin, and Livadia, the residence of the Czar. ...

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  29. SUSPICIOUS CASE OF ILLNESS.

    A suspicious case of illness has been under observation from yesterday afternoon, the patient being a boy aged 9 years. The case is supposed to be plague, but definite results from the bacteriological ...

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  30. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN WINE DEPOT.

    The Agent-General for South Australia (Sir John Cockburn) has replied to the offer of Messrs. P. B. Burgoyne and Co. to purchase the South Australian Wine Depot in ...

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  31. AT THE FRONT.

    Since writing my last letter a fortnight age we have been doing some rather exciting work, ending up on the 27th instant with a real De Wet hunt with our quarry in full view and racing voutre a terre. ...

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  32. ILLUMINATING THE DOMAIN AND HYPE PARK.

    A glance at the plan prepared by Mr. Vernon, Government Architect, for the illumination of the Domain, with a view of producing a flood of light in which the public may promenade on the soft grass ...

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  33. MEAT PRESERVING WORKS.

    Liebig's Meat Extract Company has purchased the Alligator Creek Ment Preserving Works, Queensland. BRISBANE, Sunday. ...

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  34. PROPOSED WELCOME TO CAPTAIN DOVE.

    A meeting of public school teachers in the metropolitan district was held at the Girls' High School, Castlereagh-street, on Saturday morning, to arrange a welcome to Captain Dove, one of their number, on ...

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  35. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Mr. Oscar Wilde at the age of 44. He died in an obscure hotel iu Paris. ...

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  36. TO-DAY.

    City Municipal Elections.—Bourke Ward: Sir W. P. Manning's Committee, 49 Castlereagh-street, 5 p.m. Belmore Ward: Dr. James Graham, War[?] Arms Hotel, Campbell and Riley streets, ...

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  37. THE GARDEN PALACE GARDENS TO BE ILLUMINATED.

    The Palace Gardens have been temporarily fenced off from the Botanic Gardens with a view of preventing any encroachment at night time upon the Bolanic Gardens by the immense crowds of people ...

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  38. TYPE SETTING BY MACHINERY.

    The scope of the Lanston monotype type-casting and composing machine is pretty well indicated by its name, but the better to illustrate its capabilities the Imperial Printers' ...

    Article : 503 words
  39. THE WEATHER.

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  40. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The municipal elections yesterday passed off qui[?]tly, being completely eclipsed by the demonstration in connection with the return of the soldiers from South Africa. Although there was a contest ...

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  41. THE ILLUMINATION OF HYDE PARK.

    The illumination of Hyde Park will be treated in an entirely different manner from those of the Domain and the Palace Gardons. This is rendered necessary owing to the density of the folinge in the main ...

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  42. THE BOND CONGRESS AT WORCESTER.

    Three hundred troops are encamping at Worcester, in Western Cape Colony, where the Afrikander Bond will shortly meet in Congress. ...

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  43. NEW ZEALAND.

    An old working at the Blackbull coal mine, Greymouth, is on fire. Green, a furnaceman, is entombed, and those who are attempting to rescue him are checked by the smoke and damp. ...

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  44. OTHER ILLUMINATIONS.

    A magnificent electric light display is to be made in Macquarie-street, between Hunter-street and Queen's-square. The poles have already been erected to carry transoms on which thousands of ...

    Article : 196 words
  45. WARNING TO THE NETHERLANDS.

    The action of the British Government in not renewing the prohibition against the export of arms from the Straits Settlements to the Dutch East Indies in connection with ...

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