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  2. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Another serious disaster has happened to the Anglo-Indian forces on the North western frontier. A report has been received from General Westmacott that the ...

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  3. CABLE MESSAGES.

    It is stated by the "Standard," the leading Government organ, that secret negotiations have been going on between England and Russia in respect to the £12,000,000 war ...

    Article : 174 words
  4. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET

    The match was continued yesterday under conditions which, although generally pleasanter than on Saturday, were not any too favorable, for though the breeze was ...

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  5. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    The lawyers again monopolised yesterday's sitting of the Federal Convention, yet despite the dreary delay that such a fact would suggest very fair progress was made ...

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  6. THE GREAT HEAT WAVE.

    Those who entertained the hope that the thunderstorm of Sunday afternoon was to be forerunner of early freedom from the great heat wave under which the colony ...

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  7. GREAT DANGER AT MOONDARRA.

    The fires at Moondarra continue to spread, and the country is a mass of fire. A large number of volunteers went out from here to-day to assist in endeavoring to ...

    Article : 330 words
  8. PLAGUE RIOTS IN INDIA.

    In connection with the bubonic plague in the Bombay Presidency of India, serious riots have taken place. At Nasik, a hospital attendant has been killed, and the ...

    Article : 58 words
  9. FRANCE AND SOUTHERN ASIA.

    A French gunboat has succeeded in passing the rapids in the Upper Mekong River, the stream which divides the Anamese and Siamese dominions in south-eastern Asia. ...

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  10. TRADE OF GERMANY.

    Statistics show that the volume of the foreign trade done by Germany in 1897 is the highest on record. ...

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  11. THE KLONDIKE FIELD.

    According to a telegram from Canada it has been ascertained that the Klondike belt of gold bearing country extends southeastwards as far as the Cassiar mountains, ...

    Article : 63 words
  12. MORE DESTRUCTION AROUND WARRAGUL.

    Another serious outbreak of fire has occurred at South Warragul. It was burning furiously on Sunday, and to-day, with a fresh easterly wind, the flames have ...

    Article : 600 words
  13. THE GIPPSLAND FIRES.

    On Friday, Saturday and Sunday a dreadful bush fire raged in this district, and did considerable damage to stock, grass, fencing, orchards and crops. The fire started this ...

    Article : 425 words
  14. DESPATCH OF RUSSIAN TROOPS.

    The Russian Government has directed that 10,000 troops be sent to the Far East. Of that number, 2000 are to leave Russia immediately. No particulars as to their ...

    Article : 40 words
  15. UNREST IN ALBANIA.

    The inhabitants of Albania, a division of European Turkey, who were recently in revolt against Turkish rule, are again in a state of much unrest, an agitation being in ...

    Article : 47 words
  16. THE GERMAN SEIZURE.

    German officers who have taken expeditions into the country at the back of Kiaochou, the port which has been seized by Germany, report that the Germans have ...

    Article : 44 words
  17. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    The "Novosti," a leading St. Petersburg newspaper, publishes an article which shows a tendency to minimise the offence of which Captain Dreyfus was found guilty, namely, ...

    Article : 87 words
  18. FIRE IN AN OIL REFINERY.

    A fire, which led to a terrible explosion, took place yesterday in an oil refinery at Newcastle on Tyne. The flames reached a large tank which ...

    Article : 74 words
  19. A VICIOUS RACEHORSE.

    A trainer named J. Butler was seriously injured this morning at Douglas Park by the racehorse Silvertone. The horse seized him by the arm, breaking the bone and forcing ...

    Article : 105 words
  20. THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE.

    The secretary of the Employers' Federation, writing in reply to a communication from Mr. G. N. Barnes, secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, states ...

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  21. ALLEGED SWEATING ON THE MURRAY-BRIDGE.

    The attention of the Premier has been drawn by the Moama municipal council, through Mr. Chanter, M.P., to the matter of wages paid to the men employed on the ...

    Article : 176 words
  22. DEATH OF A VETERAN OFFICER

    The death is announced of General Sir Daniel Lysons, G.C.B., who since 1890 has filled the post of Constable of the Tower of London. He was in his 82nd year. ...

    Article : 109 words
  23. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The personalty of the late Lord Rosmead (Sir Hercules Robinson) has been sworn, at £56,000. The promulgation has been made of the ...

    Article : 109 words
  24. MR. GLADSTONE'S HEALTH.

    Unfavorable reports are again in circulation concerning the health of Mr. Gladstone, whose extreme age (89 years) makes any ailment a matter of anxiety to his ...

    Article : 35 words
  25. EXCITING SCENES NEAR DROUIN.

    The bush fires are at present in dangerous proximity to Drouin. On Friday evening the township was encircle with some miles of blazing timber, and a great deal of ...

    Article : 351 words
  26. A SALVATION ARMY "SEND OFF."

    The Melbourne Town Hall was last night filled with a wildly enthusiastic gathering of Salvationists, held to mark the departure of 14 missionaries to Java and Japan. The "forces" mustered ...

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  27. SHIPPING IN EGYPT.

    The Khedivieh Steamship Administration under the Egyptian Government has sold to Messrs. Allen and Alderson the Khedivieh line of steamers and the floating dock ...

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  28. THE CALLIGNEE FIRE.

    The fire mentioned in yesterday's "Age," which was burning in Mr. Turner's paddock at Callignee, and likely to spread, did so, for it consumed Turner's house, outbuildings, ...

    Article : 727 words
  29. PRICE OF SILVER.

    The price of bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s. 2 3-16d. per standard oz. ...

    Article : 23 words
  30. THE LONDON MARKETS.

    Received by Messrs. Dalgety and Company Limited:—London, 28th January.—Rabbit Skins: At the auction sales to-day there was a brisk demand. ...

    Article : 50 words
  31. DENSE HAZE ON THE COAST AND IN THE BAY.

    The smoke of bush fires was most unpleasantly manifest along the Victorian coast on Sunday evening; but yesterday morning it became so very dense between ...

    Article : 862 words
  32. THE WOOL SALES.

    Received by the Union Mortgage and Agency Co. of Australia Limited :—London, 29th January:—The wool market continues very firm. Merino wools 10 per cent. higher ...

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  33. FIGHT OVER A PAIR OF SOCKS.

    INCIDENT AT THE IMMIGRANTS' HOME. A dispute over a pair of socks which took place at the Immigrants' Home, St. Kilda-road, on Sunday night, all but caused a man's death, a fatal ...

    Article : 244 words
  34. BROKEN HILL MINING.

    The Broken Hill South mill last week treated 1387 tons of crude sulphides and 155 tons of zinc tailings and slimes, the whole producing 456 tons of concentrates, bulking 66.2 per cent of lead, 12.7 ...

    Article : 64 words
  35. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

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  37. FIRES IN THE SUBURBS.

    A cart shed and contents at the rear of Mrs. F. Walwin's residence, Elizabeth-street, Newland Park, Coburg, were destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. The loss is not covered by insurance. ...

    Article : 135 words
  38. SEVERE LOSSES AROUND YARRAM.

    The heat here continues under a north wind. Fires are raging in the surrounding country. At Boodyarn, on Saturday, flames swept through Mr. Edward Bowden's land ...

    Article : 276 words
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