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  2. MR. REID AT BALLARAT.

    The Hon. G. H. Reid, Messrs. Deakin, Wilks, Lee, and several other members of the Federal Parliament attended at the opening of the South street competitions ...

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  3. THE STATE FINANCES.

    A great deal of discussion is going on at present among members of the Assembly and the public servants especially, as to what steps will be taken by the ...

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  4. THE WAR.

    Refugees from Port Arthur, who have arrived at Chi-fu, describe the place as being in a desperate pligat. Cholera has made its appearance, and the defenders ...

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  5. THE CONTINENT.

    The Russian Government has sanctioned the construction of a canal to connect the White Sea with Lake Onega, in Northern European Russia, to the north-east of St. ...

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  6. GENERAL HUTTON'S VISIT.

    Major-General Sir Edward Hutton, G.O.C., attended by Captain Brudcuell White, A D.C., Colonel Plomer (the State Commandant), Major Clarke (S.O. for ...

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  7. VISIT OF AN ITALIAN WARSHIP.

    The Italian man-of-war Liguria, which is on a cruise round the world, arrived here yesterday from Sydney, and anchored about half-past 4 in the afternoon in the ...

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  8. THE MARSEILLES STRIKE.

    The arbitrators appointed to settle the dispute which give rise to the recent extensive strike of dock labourers at Marseilles have decided that the contract ...

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  9. INTERSTATE TELEGRAMS.

    The importante of imparting instruction in dental hygiene to children in the public school was urged upon the Minister for Education to-day by a deputation ...

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  10. REPUBLICANS AT BARCELONA.

    A great Republican demonstration took place at Barcelona, in Spain, yesterday. One hundred thousand Republicans marched in procession to Montana, where ...

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  11. ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS.

    The eruption of Mount Vesuvius, which was reported on Saturday, is now becoming increasingly violent. It is stated that 1844 separate explosions have occurred ...

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  12. THE RUSSIAN POSITION.

    The advance guard of the Russian army is stated to be now several versts south of the Hun River, near Mukden. ...

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  13. THE JAPANESE ADVANCE.

    Colonel Gadke, the German war correspondent, reports that on Thursday last the Japanese occupied the Daling Pass, after a slight engagement. ...

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  14. THE UNITED STATES.

    It is announced that the American millionaire, Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, intends to retire from active business at the end of the present year. It is estimated that his ...

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  15. FURTHER FORTS CAPTURED.

    Messages from Tokio to-day state that it is believed that the Japanese have captured six ports in the second line of defence at Port Arthur since the 19th ...

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  16. RUSSIAN REINFORCEMENTS.

    The St. Petersburg correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" states that the Russian corps under General Linevitch, and also the Orenberg Cossacks, have now ...

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  17. IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION IN AMERICA.

    Information from Washington states that the United States Deparlnient of Commerce is collecting data to facilitate legislative action for further restricting ...

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  18. RESULTS OF THE DESPERATE ASSAULT.

    The desperate assault made by "the Japanese on Port Arthur, as lately reported, was continued for fifty hours, and the positions captured by them are stated ...

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  19. THE CZAR ON THE SITUATION.

    The Czar Nicholas, in a letter appointing General Gripenberg to the command of the second Russian army in Manchuria, states that the intense energy and ...

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  20. GENERAL GRIPENBERT'S APPOINTMENT.

    General Gripenberg, who has been appointed to the command of the second Manchurian army, has been instructed to follow the general directions of the ...

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  21. AN IMPROVED TORPEDO.

    The United States naval authorities are experimenting with an improved 21in. Whitehead torpedo. This torpedo has a speed equal to 32 knots, and an estimated ...

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  22. IMPORTANT POSITIONS STORMED.

    Further details have now been received of the recent Japanese operations at Port Arthur. A fierce bombardment was continued for thirty-six hours, shells falling ...

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  23. THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

    Justice Alton B. Parker, in formally accepting nomination as the Democratic candidate for the United States Presidency, announced that he advocated a prudent ...

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  24. PUBLIC SERVICE RETRENCHMENT.

    Sir,—A report is gaining currency to the effect that Ministers, in view ot the necessity for retrenchment, propose next to attack the allowances now granted to ...

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  25. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    A commissariat officer at St. Petersburg has been court-marthilled for substituting sand for explosives in seventeen waggon-loads of mines which were intended for the ...

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  26. MORETON BAY AS A NAVAL BASE.

    The Brisbane Chamber of Commerce has forwarded to the Premier a copy of the resolutions passed by them in favour of the creation of Moreton Bay into a base ...

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  27. VICTORIA.

    At 1 o'clock this morning Charles Anderson, owner and occupier of the Bull and Month Hotel, at Moyston near Ararat, went into the bar with a kerosene lamp, ...

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  28. PASTORAL MATTERS.

    Warm and cloudy weather has prevailed dining the past three days, with an occasional sprinkle of rain. This morning a thunderstorm passed over the town, but ...

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  29. THE VOLUNTEER CRUISERS.

    The Russian Volunteer cruisers, the Smolensk and St. Petersburg, which have just passed through the Suez Canal from the Red Sea, are at Port Said, awaiting ...

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  30. COLONIAL PREFERENCE.

    Mr Chamberlain, in a letter to the "Times," published this morning, states that Lord Rosebery's Imperial Liberalism has degenerated into fears as to the ...

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  31. RUSSIAN NAVAL SORTIE EXPECTED.

    The Japanese fleets are cruising on the east and west of the entrance to Port Arthur, in the expectation that Admiral Wirenius will make a sortie with the ...

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  32. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Splendid rains have fallen in the far interior, extending from Alice Springs to the north of Lake Torrens. FATAL CYCLING AC[?]DENT. ...

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  33. THE CONTRABAND QUESTION.

    Reuter's correspondent it St. Petersburg states that, while admitting the principle of conditional contraband with regard to foodstuffs, the Russian Government ...

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  34. AUSTRALIAN INVITATION TO MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

    Mr. Chamberlain has published a telegram which he has just received from the Federal Council of the United Chambers of Manufactures of all Australia, ...

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  35. MANCHURIAN CAMPAIGN.

    At the request of General Kuropatkin, General Orloff has been recalled to St. Petersburg and dismissed from the army. ...

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  36. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    "The Ticket-of-leave Man," a well-known and popular play by Tom Taylor will be produced by the Majeroni Company at the Theatre Royal to-night and ...

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  37. COLD WEATHER.

    The temperature has recently fallen as low as 44deg. at night time, causing serious discomfort to General Kuroki's army in Manchuria. The men are clad in khaki, and ...

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  38. THE CROWN LANDS.

    The return of lands selected last week, prepared by the Lands Department, shows that the following areas have been taken up as graying farms:—Aramac district: ...

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  39. AMERICAN RAILWAY DISASTER.

    A terrible railway accident is reported from the United States. Two passenters trains from Knoxville came into collision at Newmarket, in the State of Tennessee, ...

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  40. UNIFORM ELECTORAL FRANCHISE

    The bill, of which the Hon. P. Airey has given notice—to confer a uniform electoral franchise—will, it is said, be practically the same as that introduced by the ...

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  41. GENERAL CABLE MESSAGES.

    President Roosevelt has informed the International Inter-Parliamentary Union, which has lately been holding a convention ut St. Louis, that he intends soon to ...

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  42. THE LATE REV. J. S. HASSALL.

    The funeral of the late Rev. J. S. Hassall yesterday afternoon took place from his late residence, Bungonia, Corinda, to the Sherwood Cemetery. The deceased had ...

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  43. COMMONWEALTH MATTERS.

    The most unfortunate aspect of the Federal crusus us tgat important departmental decisions are indefinitely delayed, as under the circumstances Ministers can, ...

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  44. URUGUAY REVOLUTION ENDED.

    News from Monte Video states that the rebellion in the Republic of Uruguay (South America), in connection with which serious conflicts have taken place ...

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  45. THE BIOTINT.

    The biotint pictures presented in the Centennial Hall last night by the Mutoscope Biotint Company were well received expecially the "Rise and Fall of ...

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  46. NOTABLE INVENTOR DEAD.

    The death is announced of Professor Finsen, of Copenhagen, the inventor of the "Finsen" light, which has proved very valuable for therapeutic purposes, and ...

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  47. ABOUT TAILORING "SPECIALISTS."

    It has been [?] and sensibly remarked that our special lines constitute "out whole business," whilst with general houses it is "only an incident," This is the case in ...

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  48. "TOREADOR" BOX PLAN.

    The box plan for the Toreador, the new musical comedy which Mr. Tom Pollard (by arrangement with Mr. J. C. Williamson) will have the honour of presenting ...

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  49. SLEEPERS FOR INDIA.

    The Chief Secretary has received from the Agent-General in London a copy of a communication sent to him by the engineers of the Bombay and Baroda ...

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