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  2. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    The Governor -General, who has completed his Queensland tour, arrived at Byron Bay on Saturday. Sir John and Laddy Madden told the ...

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  3. DISTRESS IN MELBOURNE.

    The facts already elicited in regard to the prevailing distress point clearly to two conclusions—(1) our charity system is wofully haphazard and inefficient, and (2) ...

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  4. TRANSVAAL CONSTITUTION.

    Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Prime Minister, in replying to a letter from a member of the House of Commons regarding the new constitution for the ...

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  5. SEARCH FOR DIAMONDS.

    A strong syndicate has been formed in London for the purpose of prospecting for diamonds on an unnamed island off the coast of Africa. ...

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  6. DOGGER BANK OUTRAGE.

    The diary has been published of a Russian naval officer who was on board the flagship of Admiral Rojestvensky when the Baltic fleet fired on the Hull fishing boats ...

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  7. AFFAIRS IN RUSSIA.

    M. Stolypin, the Russian Premier, who succeeded M. Goremykine, has reconstituted his Cabinet. As a result of the pressure brought to ...

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  8. TARIFF REVISION.

    A deputation representing the Vignerons Association waited on Sir William Lyne on Saturday afternoon to protest against the new duties on spirits, and to ask that it ...

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  9. SOCIAL REFORM.

    The Rev. Geo. Tregear, in the course of an address at the annual combined Sunday, services of the Northcote and Preston Loyal Orange Lodges, at the Shire Hall, ...

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  10. MADAME MELBA.

    A London despatch, dated 6th July, to the San Francisco "Call," says:— "Mclba, the Queen of Song, has completely broken down. It is more than doubtful if she will ...

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  11. REV. T. WOODFULL REPLIES TO MR. WREN.

    The Rev. T. S. B. Woodfull spoke at some length at the "Pleasant Sunday afternoon" in the Collingwood Methodist Mission Church yesterday in reference to the ...

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  12. REFORM IN PERSIA.

    The Shah of Persia has granted the demands of his people with respect to reforms, and as a result the disaffection which had reached an acute stage, has been ...

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  13. VIEWS OF VINE GROWERS.

    At a meeting of vine growers, which was held at the Shire Hall on Saturday, the proposals of the Government with reference to the Tariff Commission's report ...

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  14. RELIEF FUND.

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  15. CAPETOWN UNEMPLOYED

    The unemployed problem at Capetown is assuming a very serious phase. Recently a body of the unemployed, consisting chiefly of "hooligans" and colored men, pillaged a ...

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  16. THE MAIL CONTRACT.

    Mr. Fraser, M. P., the Western Australian Protectionist Labor Member, has a series of very important questions relating to the English mail contract to ...

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  17. SUNDAY TELEPHONE OPERATORS.

    Yesterday, at the Melbourne Central Telephone Exchange, the new rule obliging lady operators to share Sunday work on the same basis as their sisters in the exchanges ...

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  18. INCREASED NAVIES.

    The "Daily Mail" states that the three British armored cruisers Invincible, Inflexible arid Indomitable, which are now being built, and are expected to be ready for ...

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  19. "AFRICA FOR THE BLACKS.

    An Ethiopian preacher in Natal was placed on trial at Durban on a charge of offering up prayers in a native kraal, asking that the natives should be given ...

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  20. A METHODIST PASTORAL.

    A pastoral from the president of the conference was read yesterday in the Methodist churches of Victoria. It contained the following:— ...

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  21. MARQUIS OF TOWNSHEND

    The official inquiry into the question of the sanity of the Marquis of Townshend has been concluded. Some extraordinary evidence was given ...

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  22. NEW ZEALAND NOT INCLUDED.

    Sir Joseph Ward states that he knows nothing of any negotiations that have been going on between New Zealand and the Commonwealth with regard to the extension ...

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  23. WOMEN BAYONETED.

    The "Rheinsch -Westfalisiche" Zeitung," which is published at Essen, has printed a letter from a German soldier who has been serving in the war against the Hottentots ...

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  24. CHINESE REPATRIATION.

    The Johannesburg correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that a total of 400 Chinese coolies on the Rand, the majority of whom are inferior workers, have ...

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  25. MR. W. SCOTT FELL INTERVIEWED.

    Mr. W. Scott Fell, principal of the firm of Messrs. Scott Fell and Co., is a passenger by the Canadian- Australian mail steamer Aorangi, which arrived yesterday ...

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  26. AUSTRALIAN BRANDY.

    Sir, —In reference to the new brandy excise duties, we would like to point out the way in which our legislators are branding Australian distillers as adulterators in the ...

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  27. HORSE ATTACKS JOCKEY.

    Further details regarding the extraordinary incident which happened in the race for the Worthing Plate at Paisley, when the horse Marigold IV. "savaged" ...

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  28. JAPAN AND RUSSIA.

    The "Tribune" states that Japan is pressing Russia for the payment of the sum which is overdue for the maintenance of Russian prisoners by Japan. ...

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  29. GOVERNMENT UNDER CRITICISM.

    There was no falling off in the attendance at the "Pleasant Sunday Afternoon" gathering in Wesley Church yesterday, when Money, Morals and Men were the ...

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  30. THE BUILDING TRADE.

    The Secretary for Home Affairs, Mr. Herbert Gladstone, has appointed a departmental committee to inquire into the dangers attendant upon building operations. ...

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  31. THE LONDON MARKETS.

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  32. THE CRICKET DISPUTE.

    Although the Victorian Cricket Association and the Victorian Cricket League some weeks ago agreed to the terms of a settlement and signed an agreement under ...

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  33. TRADE WITH SOUTH AFRICA.

    The commercial agent in South Africa has reported to the Minister of Agriculture that a meat duty of 0[?]d. per lb. came into operation in Cape Colony on 1st July ...

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  34. PRAILRAN COMPETITIONS.

    The third annual series of competitions held under the auspices of the Prahran Literary and Debating Society was opened by the Prime Minister, Mr. Alfred Deakin, ...

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  35. CONTRACTOR SENTENCED.

    Harry Elijah Bond, a contractor, and member of the Leyton urban council, was charged at the police court with defrauding the Poor Law guardians at West Ham of ...

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  37. SHIP MELVILLE ISLAND.

    Further trouble has befallen the ship Melville Island, the captain of which, when the vessel was in Port Phillip recently, had considerable difficulty in keeping a crew ...

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  38. PERISHABLE PRODUCTS.

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  39. FEDERAL CAPITAL SITE.

    In the grey light of the breaking dawn yesterday a party of about 35 Federal representatives, including several Senators, arrived here by special train to commence ...

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  40. CRITIC OF DANCING SALOONS.

    In the course of an address at Collingwood yesterday, the Rev. T. S. B. Woodfull stated that he had been blamed for going to the worst drinking saloon, when ...

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  41. THE SULTAN ILL

    It is rumored at Constantinople that the Sultan, Abdul Hamid [?], has been compelled to undergo a surgical operation. Great excitement prevails at ...

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  42. VALUE OF PIGS.

    Sir, —In last week's market 580 bacon pigs sold at from 38 to 60, averaging 489. Mr. Crowe, the Government -superintendent of exports, says that recently in Melbourne ...

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  43. ELSTERNWICK AND BRIGHTON.

    A committee of the Victorian Cricket Association visited the Elsternwick cricket ground on Saturday, with the object of making a report to the association as to what grade the ...

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  44. RAFFLES IN AN INSTITUTE.

    At the local police court the secretary to the mechanics institute was fined £5 in consequence of ruffles having been conducted at a bazaar recently held in the ...

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  45. THE SILVER MARKET.

    In connection with the decision of the United States Treasury to resume the purchase of silver for subsidiary coinage, it is announced that the Treasury has obtained ...

    Article : 60 words
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  48. LOSS OF THE PITCAIRN ISLAND

    A private cable message from London states that it has been found that the fire which destroyed the Pitcairn Island, homeward bound from Wellington, originated in ...

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  50. REV. MR. WORRALL IN SYDNEY.

    The Rev. H. Worrall delivered an address at the Methodist Church this evening on The Lunacy of Gambling. There was a large congregation. The address excited ...

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