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  2. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Reports of the proceedings in the peace negotiations between China and Japan, published in Washington, United States, state that the Japanese are modifying the ...

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  3. CABLE MESSAGES.

    News has been received from Cabul that Umra Khan, whose forces have been repeatedly routed by the British expedition to Chitral, has appealed to the Ameer of ...

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  4. THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSIES.

    If over federation becomes an accomplished fact--in that millennium of the future when the epistolary courtesies of Australian Premiers are preserved as the relics of a prehistoric age--the ...

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  5. CABLE MESSAGES.

    The work of fortifying the harbor of New York, which has been proceeding for some time, has advanced an important stage. The sunken mortar battery, occupying ...

    Article : 86 words
  6. THE PROTECTIONIST'S HANDBOOK.

    A man may search the whole world around and not find in nil history instances of more relentless cruelty than in the trade war which England prosc[?]uted against Ireland. This is ...

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  7. THE SEWER DISASTER

    Whatever small ray of hope may have existed as to the possibility of rescuing the six unfortunate mon, John Buchanan, engineer; James Bourke, foreman of the shift; and four miners ...

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  8. BRITISH OFFICERS HELD AS HOSTAGES.

    A despatch received from the Chitral expedition states that the two British officers, named Fowler and Edwards, who were captured by Umra Khan some days ...

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  9. RUSSIA OPPOSES TERRITORIAL CONCESSIONS.

    Telegrams from Shanghai report that unless the peace negotiations are satisfactorily concluded within the period of the present armistice the Japanese troops ...

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  10. THE INCOME TAX IN AMERICA.

    The decision of the Supreme Court of The United States that some of the principal provisions of the Income Tax imposed under the now Tariff Act are ...

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  11. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    The Government has served notice on the Midland Railway Company of intention to begin an action at law for breach, of contract. ...

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  12. THE NEW ZEALAND SURPLUS.

    The public account shows a gross surplus for tho year of £400,000, subject to a deduction of £250,000, transferred to the Public Works fund. ...

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  13. ANTI-FOREIGN FEELING IN CHINA.

    Great hostility is still shown to foreigners in Pekin, where the animosity of the populace is strongly marked. Two American ladies were recently ...

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  14. ACCIDENT TO A MAIL STEAMER.

    The R.M.S. Australia in going out of port on Saturday met with a alight mishap to her machinery, but after an[?]lacring a short time and effecting repairs she was able to proceed on her ...

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  15. LABOR TROUBLES IN ENGLAND.

    The builders and contractors who have for some time past been at issue with their employes' unions with respect to the employment of non-unionists have finally ...

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  16. LIEUTENANT EDWARDS RELEASED.

    Late news from Chiral state that Umra Khan has now released Lieutenant Edwards, one of the two British officers whom he captured. but he still retains ...

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  17. THE QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENTARY TOUR.

    The Parliamentary party arrived by the Lucinda last night, and made its official This morning. TOWNSVILLE, SUNDAY. ...

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  18. TURKEY AND ARMENIA.

    The Earl of Kimberley, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, states that the Imperial Cabinet is unanimous in sympathy with the Christians in Armenia, ...

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  19. DESCRIPTION OF THE AIR LOCK AND WORKINGS.

    The following is the system that has been adopted in driving the tunnel under the Yarra from the pumping station towards the South Melbourne side of the river:-- ...

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  20. THE DEAN POISONING CASE.

    An active agitation has been started in connection with the case of the condemned man Dean, and a subscription list has been opened to find funds for prosecuting further ...

    Article : 122 words
  21. RENEWAL OF THE CABMEN'S STRIKE.

    The London drivers threaten to renew the strike which was some months ago settled by the mediation of Mr. H. H. Asquith, the Home Secretary. The present ...

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  22. ENGLAND IN EGYPT.

    M. Deloncle, a member of the French Chamber of Deputies, who has frequently distinguished himself by his rabid attacks on England, especially in respectto African ...

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  23. MR. GLADSTONE ON TURKISH PROMISES OF REFORM.

    Mr. W. E. Gladstone, in replying to a deputation of Armenians settled in England, who waited upon him in With the Turkish massacres of ...

    Article : 112 words
  24. THE BOOT MAKERS' STRIKE.

    The boot makers oh strike have instructed their delegates to reject the demands made by the employers on the ground that they are intended to cripple ...

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  25. THE BACK CREEK OUTRAGE.

    Considerable sensation has been caused by the arrest at Mium[?] of Peter Curran, secretary of the Duckenfield Miners' Lodge, and Richard Leighton, secretary of the Back Creek lodge, on ...

    Article : 71 words
  26. THE EXPORT TRADE.

    Victorian factory butter is now selling at 81s. per cwt., and choicest New South Wales brands at 75s. to 80s. per cwt. ...

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  27. A DOG CONFERENCE.

    In connection with the kennel club's exhibition it is intended to held a conference on Monday between delegates from the Victorian club aud the representatives of the club in this ...

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  28. COLONIAL GOVERNORS.

    The Westminster Gazette, alluding to the vacant colonial Governorships, expresses the hope that the Cabinet will select a "strong man" as Governor of Now South ...

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  29. THE CUBAN REVOLT.

    The Spanish Government is imposing a special tax upon Culm for the purpose of raising £1,000,000 to defray the military expenses incurred in subduing the ...

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  30. SHIPPING NEWS.

    Arrived.-- From Townsville: Concordia, barque, sailed 8th December. From Adelaide: Marie, barque, sailed 27th December. From Melbourne: Orontes, ship, sailed 20th ...

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  31. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MUDGEE.

    At Mudg[?] a destructive fire broke out last night on the premises of Tait and M'Dlamaird and Dickson and Sons. The place and its contents were totally ...

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  32. TERRIBLE FIRE FATALITY.

    Between 2 and 3 o'clock this morning, at the Billabong Creek, a mile and a hall from Park[?]s, the residence of Mr. Quinn, widow of the late J. O. Quinn, miller, wire destroyed by ...

    Article : 349 words
  33. THE NEW GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Speaker, commenting on the appointment of Sir Thomas Buxton as Governor of South Australia, bestows high praise upon Sir Thomas as a man of the ...

    Article : 53 words
  34. COLONIAL RECIPROCITY.

    In pursuance of the negotiations between Mr. Cecil Rhodes, Premier of Cape Colony, and Sir Mackenzie Bowell, Premier of Canada, for commercial reciprocity between ...

    Article : 71 words
  35. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The police have arrested a Chinaman, suspected of being Gum Bo, charged with killing Kip Nam, in Campbell-street, by stabbing him. The arrested man, however, gives the name of ...

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  36. AN EXTRAORDINARY OUTRAGE

    Richard King, a bush laborer, states that four men wantonly attacked him on Wednesday between 8 and 9 o'clock. Silently approaching him from behind, one seized ...

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  37. PRANCE AND MADAGASCAR

    News has been received from Madagascar of an engagement between the French military expedition and the forces of the Hovas at Malvorano. The Hovas were ...

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  38. WEST AUSTRALIAN MINING.

    There was considerable excitement in [?] to-day over the alleged discovery of a continuation of the rich shoots of gold in the gold in the at the Londonderry mine, but on inquiry it proved ...

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  39. DEATH OF MR. GANE, M.P.

    Mr. J. L. Gane, Q.C. (Liberal), M.P. for East Leeds, has died, while on a voyage from New Zealand to England. J. L. Gane was born in 1837, educated at ...

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  40. SHOCKING TRAM ACCIDENT AT BENDIGO.

    A shocking accident happened to-night at California Gully. Mr. Harry Thompson, a well known mining speculator, with his wife and a 3-year-old daughter, had been ...

    Article : 203 words
  41. CAPE COLONY'S AGENT. GENERAL.

    The Government of Cape Colony has offered the Agent-Generalship in London, rendered vacant by the death of Sir. Chas. Mills, Mr. to Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer, a ...

    Article : 55 words
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  43. QUEENSLAND.

    In a collision between an omnibus and a spring cart on the Ipswich-road last night, Allen Bradbury, the driver of the former, was seriously injured. His leg had to be amputated, aud he ...

    Article : 45 words
  44. AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

    SIR,--Allow me a small space to thank you and all the friends who have so generously subscribed to help the Sibley family. The Amount received up to date is. £12. I wish to ...

    Article : 84 words
  45. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The R.M.S. Orient passed Cape Borda at 6.50 p.m. to-day, aud is expected to arrive at the Semaphore about 2 o'clock to-morrow morning. ...

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  46. AUSTRALIAN MORTGAGE, LAND AND FINANCE CO.

    The half yearly report of the Australian Mortgage Land and Finance Company recommends payment of a dividend at the rate of 7½ per cent. ...

    Article : 33 words
  47. TASMANIA.

    In the Supreme Court on Thursday the jury returned a verdict for the defendant in the came Hudson v. Cane, in which plaintiff claimed £1000 damages for libel, on the ground that ...

    Article : 67 words
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