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  2. GREAT BRITAIN. EARTHQUAKES AT JERSEY.

    Several shocks of earthquake have been felt on the island of Jersey, in the English Channel. ...

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  3. THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Commons the debate on the Address in reply was resumed. Earl Percy, Parliamentary Under Secretary to the Foreign Office, emphasised ...

    Article : 297 words
  4. RAND LABOUR QUESTION. TRANSVAAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    Replying to a protest made in the Transvaal Legislative Council against the Imperial Parliament's intervention in connection with the Importation of ...

    Article : 83 words
  5. THE FAR EAST. RUSSIAN TROOPS SENT TO SEOUL.

    Information has reached Japan to the effect that all the Russian warships at Port Arthur, with the exception of one which is being repaired, left the port on ...

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  6. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS. SOUTH BRISBANE.

    The first meeting of the Council of the City of South Brisbane, after the annual elections, was held at the Council Chambers yesterday at noon, the business being ...

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  7. INTERSTATE TELEGRAMS. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The "Devil's Hole two-up school" is the name of an organisation, the members of which used to meet in a cave at Flat Rock, Willoughby Beach, on Sunday. The ...

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  8. ADULTERATED BUTTER BILL.

    The Earl of Onslow, Parliamentary Under Secretary to the Colonial Office, and President of the Board of Agriculture, has informed a deputation that the ...

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  9. STATEMENT IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    The Hon. A. Lyttleton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, that owing to the urgency of the matter the ...

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  10. SERIOUS RUSSIAN MOVE.

    The "New York Herald" states that Russia is sending troops to Seoul on the unconfirmed allegation that Japan has already 3000 troops there in disguise. The ...

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  11. AN IMPORTANT NOTICE.

    The Russian authorities have informed the Japanese residents at Vladivostock that they must be prepared for a sudden proclamation of a state of siege. If any ...

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  12. TROOPS FOR THE YALU.

    Four companies of Russian troops have left Port Arthur for Yong-am-pho and points along the Yalu River, the boundary between Manchuria and Korea. ...

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  13. THE FISCAL QUESTION. A CANADIAN RESOLUTION.

    The Premier of the Province of Manitoba, the Hon. R. P. Roblin, has moved in the Legislative Assembly a resolution, strongly endorsing Mr. Chamberlain's ...

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  14. THE COTTON FAMINE.

    Widespread organisation is taking place in Canada to relieve the distress occasioned by the cotton famine. ...

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  15. GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.

    Earl Perey, Parliamentary Under Secretary to the Foreign Office, states that frequent representations have been made to Russia with regard to the delay in ...

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  16. THE RUSSIAN GUARDS.

    It is officially announced at St. Petersburg that the officers of all the Russian Regiments of the Guards will be permitted to volunteer for service in the Far East. ...

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  17. IMPERIAL TARIFF PROPOSALS.

    The Duke of Argyll, in the course of a letter to the "Times," wrote as follows: —" It would be unwise to minimise the efforts of the colonies to promote Imperial ...

    Article : 79 words
  18. MOTION IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

    Earl Wemyss, in the House of Lords, has given notice of motion in favour of a Royal Commission to report on the condition and prospects of trade, and whether ...

    Article : 45 words
  19. A GLOOMY VIEW.

    The "Times" correspondent at St. Petersburg says that it is almost impossible to believe that war can be averted; Russia will make no concession to Japan, and the ...

    Article : 46 words
  20. THE RUSSIAN DELAY.

    The "Morning Post", states that the delay of Russia in replying to the Note of Japan is attributed to a desire to give Admiral Alexeieff, the Russian Viceroy of ...

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  21. VICTORIA.

    On the body of a man taken from the Yarra yesterday was a paper giving his name as Joseph Mitchell, and stating that he served twenty-five years in the Royal ...

    Article : 111 words
  22. THE TARIFF COMMISSION.

    The Tariff Commission begins the examination of witnesses a fortnight hence. ...

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  23. FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 164 words
  24. MR. BALFOUR'S ILLNESS.

    The latest report concerning the illness of the Prime Minister, the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour, states that his cough is troublesome, but that there is a diminution ...

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  25. GENERAL CABLE MESSAGES.

    A tidal wave has done great damage on the French-Portuguese coast, and the villagers have fled inland. Several cases of drowning are reported. ...

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  26. PERSONAL.

    The Premier—the Hon. A. Morgan—left yesterday morning on a visit to Warwick. On Thursday night a number of officers of the Railway Department and other friends ...

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  27. MR. CHAMBERLAIN RESTING.

    The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain will go abroad on the 11th instant for two months' rest. ...

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  28. DECLINE IN COTTON.

    Another serious decline has taken place in the cotton markets of New York and New Orleans. ...

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  29. NEW ZEALAND.

    At the half-yearly meeting of the Bank of New Zealand, the president said the business of the bank was increasing satisfactorily, and they might now regard the ...

    Article : 77 words
  30. NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE.

    The "Weekly Despatch," hoping to increase its circulation, buried medallions in various highways of the kingdom, and gave hints indicating the localities, and offered ...

    Article : 78 words
  31. A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    A train on the Canadian Intercolonial Railway has been wrecked near Halifax. Several carriages, separating from the locomotive, fell over an embankment 30ft. high. ...

    Article : 39 words
  32. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 93 words
  33. CITY COUNCIL.

    A special meeting of the Brisbane Municipal Council will be held on Monday, when the Mayor for the ensuing year will be elected. ...

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  34. CRICKET.

    The return match between England and Victoria opened on the Melbourne Cricket Ground to-day. Trott won the toss from Warner, who left out of the English team ...

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  35. STOCK MOVEMENTS.

    Passing to-day eight hundred cows and calves from Saxby Downs to Logie Plains, Taylor, owner; R. E. Tucker, drover. LONGREACH, Friday. ...

    Article : 136 words
  36. THE KING AS A HOST.

    His Majesty the King gave a supper to fifty guests at the National Skating Palace on the occasion of the Ice Carnival, in aid of the Union Jack Club. The King ...

    Article : 57 words
  37. ITHACA.

    At yesterday's meeting of the Ithacs Town Council, Alderman Lintern was elected Mayor for the ensuing year. Our report of the proceedings is unavoidably ...

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  38. TOOMBUL SHIRE ELECTIONS.

    The election of a member to the vacancy on the Toombul Shire Council takes place to-morrow, when the contest between Messrs. Muir and Westacott promises to be ...

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  39. CONFERENCE OF STATE TREASURERS. THE STATE INDEBTEDNESS.

    The State Treasurers' Conference met at 2.30 p.m. to-day, and sat until 5 o'clock. All the State representatives mentioned yesterday being present. Sir George Turner ...

    Article : 469 words
  40. NEW BATTLESHIPS.

    The battleship New Zealand has been launched at Portsmouth, and the construction of the Britannia afterwards commenced. ...

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  41. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

    Arrivals.—Rimutaka, s., from Wellington; Guiseppi Viscava, barque from Bunbury; Bremen, s., from Sydney; Fleusburg, s., from Sydney; Sonnenberg, s., ...

    Article : 54 words
  42. WINDSOR SHIRE.

    The committee supporting the candidature of Messrs. Kenneth M'Lennan, W. B. M'Cahon, and J. B. Lachlan, who have been selected by the Windsor Progress ...

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  43. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

    SYDNEY, 5th February. —Arrived: Leura, from Melbourne; Peregrine, from Brisbane; Mayfield, from San Francisco; Arcadia, from London; Cooeyanna, from ...

    Article : 66 words
  44. THE THIBET EXPEDITION.

    The Hon. St. John Brodrick, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, staged that it was not intended to annex any portion of Thibet, the object of the ...

    Article : 89 words
  45. ENTERTAINMENTS. THEATRE ROYAL.

    Special attention is directed to the powe[?]ul and varied programme of Vitagraph views to be presented at the matinee in the Theatre Royal this afternoon. ...

    Article : 116 words
  46. LATE COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    In the Western market to-day, Queensland pines sold at 1/ to 5/ per double case, and bananas to 3/ per bunch. ...

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  47. OVERLAND PASSENGERS.

    The following passengers travelled overland by mail train to-day:— For Brisbane: Mr. and Mrs. Butler, Mrs. Morria, Miss Morris, Miss Wall, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. ...

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  48. A SPLENDID GIFT.

    Mr. E. Dresden, of Curzon-street, Mayfair, has bequeathed a quarter of a million sterling to the London hospitals. ...

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  49. TENDERS INVITED.

    The following is a summary of the tenders invited in our advertising columns during the week:— Small wooden laboratory building, ...

    Article : 270 words
  50. AN APPEAL CASE.

    In the case Henderson v. Daniell, judgment has been reserved. ...

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  51. THE CORRICKS.

    Tne last appearance in Brisbane is announced of that most capable and versatile family of entertainers, the Corricks, to take place in the Centennial Hall this ...

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  52. BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.

    Mr. E. W. Birch, C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief of British North Borneo, has returned to London, owing to the Chartered Company representing, on his ...

    Article : 236 words
  53. THE MAIL CONTRACT, ETC.

    Mr. Lyttelton Groom, M.H.R., has returned to Brisbane from his recent trip to Melbourne. While in Melbourne he learned that the Queensland members were making strong ...

    Article : 246 words
  54. ROYAL QUEENSLAND YACHT CLUB.

    The Yacht Club will hold a race this afternoon in the Hamilton and Lytton Reaches. This will be in the form of a General Handicap for which the ...

    Article : 162 words
  55. MISS SKELTON'S CONCERT.

    In the Centennial Hall next Saturday evening, Miss Nellie Skelton will give a popular concert, and will be supported by Miss Flo M'Callum (contralto), Messrs. ...

    Article : 113 words
  56. THE FEDERAL TREASURER'S SCHEME.

    Further information available in connection with the Treasurers' Conference shows that as a basis for his calculations and conclusions the Federal Treasurer ...

    Article : 696 words
  57. Advertising

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  58. THE COLINTON ESTATE.

    Messrs, Isles, Love, and Co., auctioneers in the above estate, advise that through the courtesy of the Minister for Railways they are enabled to announce that all ...

    Article : 62 words
  59. Advertising

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    Advertising : 53 words
  60. Advertising

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    Advertising : 28 words
  61. Advertising

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