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  2. PRODUCE FOR THE EAST.

    It will readily be remembered that at the close of last year an announcement appeared in the "Herald" to the effect that a large shipment of frozen beef was to be sent from Sydney to ...

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  3. FEDERAL CONVENTION.

    The Convention was engaged for the greater portion of to-day in considering the question of the relative powers of the two Houses of the Federal Parliament. The matter was brought up by Mr. ...

    Article : 341 words
  4. THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN.

    Mahmud, the Dervish General, has burned Motemmeh, and concentrated his forces at Shendy, on the Nile, botween Metemmeh and Omdurman. He has under his ...

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  5. SECOND EDITION. INTERNATIONAL SITUATION.

    Serious perturbations have taken place on the London and New York Stock Exchanges, and also on the Paris Bourse, in consequence of the unsettled condition ...

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  6. WEST AFRICA.

    Intelligence [?]rom West Africa states that Colonel H. E. M'Callum, Governor and Commander-in-chief at Lagos, is proceeding to Okuta and Otun, in the ...

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  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The United States Congress has passed a bill making the granting of bonding privileges on the Stickeen River conditional Upon Canada granting concessions ...

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  8. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    The Federal Convention, continuing its sittings in Melbourne, spent the whole of yesterday in discussing clause 55, dealing with the appropriation and tax bills. ...

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  9. DEATH OF AN M.P.

    The death is announced of Sir George Russell, Bart., Conservative member for Wokingham. ...

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  10. EVENING SITTING.

    On the Convention resuming after dinner the debate on Mr. Barton's motion to insert the words "and collection" in clause 55 was continued by Sir G. Turner, who urged that it was a proper and ...

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  11. H.M.S. ORLANDO.

    H.M.S. Orlando has arrived at Singapore. She has been ordered home. ...

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  12. MAJOR LUGARD'S MISSION.

    Major F. J. D. Lugard, C.B., D.S.O., has sailed for West Africa. He is preceeding to the hinterland of Lagos to secure the observance of treaties. ...

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  13. QUEENSLAND.

    The weather to-day was considerably finer, though the influences of the tropical disturbances are still apparent in occasional squalls and showers. Mr. Wragge considers that fine ...

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  14. THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN.

    The United States Government is securing options in regard to the building of warships in Europe with the object of preventing Spain purchasing vessels for ...

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  15. THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN.

    The dervishes are transferring their war material from Metemmeh to Shendy, which is on the Nile, about 100 miles below Khartoum. ...

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  16. THE NEW SOUTH WALES FORCES.

    Captain Guy Cunninghame Knight, adjutant of the Royal North Lancashire Regiment, has been appointed adjutant to the New South Wales Infantry forces. ...

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  17. PROCEEDINGS IN CONVENTION.

    The President took the chair at 10.30 a.m. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEALS. Sir Joseph Abbott presented a return showing the number of appeals to the Privy Council from the ...

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  18. APPROPRIATION AND TAX BILLS.

    The Convention resolved itself into Committee of the Whole to consider the Commonwealth Constitution Bill on clause 55, which read as follows:- "Laws imposing taxation shall deal only with the ...

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  19. CHINA AND JAPAN.

    The Japanese Minister at Pekin has demanded from the Chinese Government a signed assurance that the indemnity due to Japan as the result of the late war ...

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  20. THE PICQUART-HENRY DUEL.

    A duel was fought yesterday between Colonel Picquart, lately of the French Military Intelligence Department, and Colonel Henry. The latter was wounded. ...

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  21. THE NEXT AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    At a meeting of the Victorian Cricketers' Association to-night, Mr. George Moir moved that a letter be sent to the Australian Cricket Council, suggesting that next year would be an opportune ...

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  22. A FATAL DUEL.

    A duel took place yesterday between Signors Cavallotti and Maeola, members of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Signor Cavallotti was killed. ...

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  23. SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.

    The United States Government has refused requests by Spain for the recall of General F. Lee, the American Consul-General at Havana, Cuba, and also for ...

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  24. THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

    The United States House of Representatives has authorised an increase in the Army by the enrolment of two additional regiments of artillery. ...

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  25. NEW CURE FOR SNAKEBITE

    M. Calmette, of Saigon, a pupil of the late M. Pasteur, has discovered a cure for snakebite by means of chloride of gold. ...

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  26. ILLNESS OF PRINCESS STEPHANIE.

    The Princess Stephanie, widow of the late Crown Prince of Austria, is suffering from inflammation of the lungs, and is in a critical condition. ...

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  27. LORD ROBERTS ON INDIA.

    Speaking in the House of Lords last night, Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, of Kandahar, said that a forward policy was essential in order to repel a Russian ...

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  28. A COTTON SPINNERS' TRUST.

    A Cotton Spinners' Trust is being formed, with a capital of £5,000,000. Thirty-two of the leading Manchester firms have joined the trust. ...

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  29. ROUGH PASSAGE OF THE KATOOMBA.

    The Katoomba arrived this afternoon, but was unable to reach the wharf owing to the strong current. The passengers were landed. The captain, reports that he lost 150 rams out of 400 ...

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  30. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A movement is on foot to obtain subscriptions for the purpose of erecting a public statue to the late Sir Thomas Elder in the city of Adelaide, in recognition of his many public and private ...

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  31. BRITISH TRADE.

    According to the return of the Board of Trade, the imports into the United Kingdom during the month of February show a decrease in value of £222,833, and ...

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  32. VICTORIA.

    The return match Stoddart's Eleven v. Victoria will be commenced on Friday on the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The following team will represent Victoria:—Bruce, M'Leod, Johns, ...

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  33. ACCIDENTAL POISONING.

    The death of a medical man under peculiar circumstances came under the notice of the police last night. The facts are that on Sunday evening Mr. Samuel Irvine Williams, L.R.C.P., of ...

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  34. JUBILEE CHARITY STAMPS.

    The issue of Jubilee charity stamps by the Postal Department has resulted so far in £2638 being paid into the Treasury for distribution on the basis of the ordinary charity grant of the ...

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  35. PICTURES BY MR. W. SPONG.

    The Royal Institute of Water Colours has accepted for exhibition two pictures by Mr. W. Spong, the well-known artist, and father of Miss Hilda Spong. ...

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  36. BILLIARDS.

    A billiard match has been arranged between F. Weiss, of New South Wales, the Australian billiard champion, and C. Dawson, the well-known English player. ...

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  37. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Stock trucking delnys are still causing considerable complaint. A number of cattle were trucked on Tuesday last, and the train left Moree at 2.30 p.m. In addition to the usual stoppage of three hours at ...

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  38. RUSSIA AND CHINA.

    Replying to a question in the House of Commons last night, Mr. G. N. Curzon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Office, stated that the disquieting news ...

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  39. NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. Henry Gyles Turner, manager of the Commercial Bank of Australia in Melbourne, together with his wife and Mr. Hennessy, were returning by coach yesterday from Ara Akaroa to ...

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  40. LIPTON, LIMITED.

    The business of Sir Thomas J. Lipton, the well-known provision, tea and coffee merchant, has been floated into a limited liability company with a capital of ...

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  41. CANADA AND AMERICA

    The statement published by the "New York World" that American troops had been ordered to lower the Canadian flag recently hoisted at the White Pass, on the ...

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  42. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    In connection with the Anderson aboriginal atrocity the principal allegations were made against Mr. Axel Ostland, warden and resident magistrate in the Pilbarra district, who ...

    Article : 266 words
  43. FLOOD AT MURWILLUMBAH.

    The weather moderated somewhat yesterday afternoon, but it has continued showery, with south-east squalls. The river continued to rise until 9 p.m. yesterday, when it reached to within 5ft. of the ...

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  44. ROMAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY FOR IRELAND.

    In the course of an interview the Archbishop of Canterbury stated that in common with a large majority of the bishops and clergy, he earnestly desired ...

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  45. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The arrivals of wool for the ensuing series of colonial wool sales amount to 302,000 bales. The quantity forwarded direct to the manufacturers is 90,000 bales, ...

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  46. SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

    Letters received yesterday by the R.M.S. India contain lengthy particulars of the wreck of the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Mataura in Magellan Strait. The loss, says one correspondent ...

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  47. TO-DAY.

    United Grand Lodge of New South Wales of Ancient, Free, and Accepted Masons: Quarterly Communication of the Grand Lodge, New Masonic Hall, 7.30 p.m. Lecture by Mr. J. M. Smail on "Sanitation," I.O.O.F. ...

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  48. GAWLER PLAINS IRRIGATION SCHEME.

    Mr. Packard, of South Australia, who visited London with the object of endeavouring to float a scheme for irrigating port of the Gawler Plains, near ...

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  49. THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

    Lloyd's Register Committee suggests that the principal survey of refrigeration in vessels carrying frozen meat should be made in London, and that the colonial ...

    Article : 60 words
  50. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Mr. Edmund Tattersall, principal of the well-known firm of horse auctioneers and proprietor of the famous sporting room at ...

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  51. TASMANIA.

    George Fisher, while kangaroo shooting in the vicinity of Betsy's Bay, near Macquarie Heads, was following the sound of the game when his gun got entingled in a tree, and both barrels ...

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  52. AMERICAN FINANCE.

    The United Stales House of Representatives has referred to the Appropriations Committee a bill entrusting to President M'Kinley 50,000,000dol. worth of ...

    Article : 39 words
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