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  2. WEST INDIAN ERUPTIONS.

    After quieting somewhat, the eruptions at Mr. Pelee, on the island of Martinique, are again more violent. On Wednesday, the 7th inst., the ...

    Article : 239 words
  3. THE BOER WAR.

    The British columns which moved northward from the Lindley line, in the Orange River Colony, captured 27 Boers. ...

    Article : 224 words
  4. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,038 words
  5. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    Almost every Senator was present when the President took the Chair in the Senate this afternoon. This was probably owing to the fact that a caucus ...

    Article : 744 words
  6. COUNTRY.

    At the Police Court yesterday, before Dr. Charles Lovegrove, R.M., the police charged Wm. Miller, an employee of the Jarrahdale Jarrah Forests and Railways, ...

    Article : 398 words
  7. AN AMERICAN RAILWAY DISASTER.

    A shocking railway disaster is reported from the United States. While a naphtha train was shunting at Sheridan, a station on the ...

    Article : 104 words
  8. THE GOVERNOR-GENERALSHIP.

    In the Federal Senate, to-night, the Vice-President of the Executive Council (Mr. R. E. O'Connor) announced that Lord Hopetoun had placed his ...

    Article : 1,476 words
  9. IMPERIAL MONETARY ASSISTANCE.

    In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. A. J. Balfour, replying to a question, stated that the Government were considering the question of affording the ...

    Article : 52 words
  10. ISLANDS LIKELY TO COLLAPSE.

    Professor Heeilprein, of New York, suggests that the islands of Martinique and St. Vincent are likely to collapse, if the eruptions continue. ...

    Article : 32 words
  11. THE BRITISH BUDGET.

    In the House of Commons yesterday, Sir William Harcourt's amendment to the Finance Bill was negatived by 296 votes to 188. ...

    Article : 31 words
  12. COMMERCIAL.

    At to-day's colonial wool sales in London, there was strong competition. Prices showed a further upward tendency for best merinos. ...

    Article : 136 words
  13. THE ARTICLE CLUB LIBELS.

    The libel suit instituted by Mr. Lawrence Cowen, secretary of the "Article Club," against Mr. Labouchere, proprietor and editor of "Truth," was concluded ...

    Article : 262 words
  14. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    Canon Dalton, who accompanied the Prince and Princess of Wales on their colonial tour, read an interesting paper yesterday before the Royal Colonial ...

    Article : 195 words
  15. KALGOORLIE.

    During to-day, tramcars, gaily bedecked with bunting, have been running on the lines in Hannan-street, and also along the Boulder-road, with a view to ...

    Article : 45 words
  16. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 26 words
  17. FINANCIAL.

    Quotations (middle prices) compare with those of a fortnight ago as follows. Prices for the earlier period are given in parentheses,— ...

    Article : 123 words
  18. VICTORIA PLAINS.

    We are waiting anxiously for rain, which still seems as far off as ever. A few showers that fell a fortnight ago started the grass, but it wants more to ...

    Article : 87 words
  19. RESCUE OPERATIONS.

    The cable ship Puyer Quertier at great risk, rescued 1,300 persons from Le Precheur, on the island of Martinique. ...

    Article : 206 words
  20. THE COLONIAL CONFERENCE.

    In the Canadian House of Commons yesterday, the Premier (Sir Wilfrid Laurier) announced, amid cheers, that he was prepared to arrange with Mr. ...

    Article : 112 words
  21. INTER-STATE.

    An address "to men only" by Mr. Geil, an American evangelist, attracted eight thousand persons to the Exhibition Building last night. Mr. Geil made a ...

    Article : 120 words
  22. THE PARIS SENSATION.

    M. Langlois, a Paris Notary, employed by the missing Madame Humbert, whose gigantic swindles have created such a sensation in the French capital, has been ...

    Article : 36 words
  23. THE ISTHMIAN CANAL.

    Some of the American newspapers are in favour of the Panama route for the Isthmian Canal, in preference to the Nicaraguan route, on the ground that ...

    Article : 47 words
  24. STATE POLITICS.

    Mr. Throssell addressed his constituents this evening, at the Town Hall. There was a large attendance, and the speaker received an appreciative hearing. ...

    Article : 468 words
  25. CARDINAL MORAN.

    The Rome correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" states that it is expected that Cardinal Moran, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, will ...

    Article : 55 words
  26. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    At a meeting of the Womanhood Suffrage League this evening, a letter from the Premier was read, stating that a Womanhood Suffrage Bill would be one ...

    Article : 41 words
  27. BRITISH SHIPPING.

    Mr. Alfred Holt, the well-known shipowner of Liverpool, has offered to purchase the issued shares of the China Mutual Steam Navigation Company for ...

    Article : 38 words
  28. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. Archibald McDonald, Surveyor-General, and Mr. T. R. Pearse, chief clerk of the Survey Branch, are retiring on pensions. It is understood that the ...

    Article : 67 words
  29. THE MANCHESTER CANAL.

    The directors of the Manchester Ship Canal deny that Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan is arranging to secure control of the canal. ...

    Article : 30 words
  30. A NARROW ESCAPE.

    An accident which was fortunately unattended with serious results, happened to the Melbourne express this afternoon at Mitcham, a little more than five ...

    Article : 236 words
  31. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    The London "Daily Telegraph" states that the Admiralty has decided to adopt the boiler system approved by Germany, whose warships are fitted one-fifth with ...

    Article : 43 words
  32. THE S.S. BOVERIC.

    Messrs. McIlwraith, McEacharn and Co.'s collier Tagliaferro, which is one of the steamers that have been engaged to search for the s.s. Boveric, entered the ...

    Article : 132 words
  33. THE DISTURBANCE EXTENDING.

    Reports from the British island of St. Lucia, in the windward group of the West Indies, state that 1,600 persons have perished on the island of St. Vincent, ...

    Article : 201 words
  34. THE FAR EAST.

    Sheng, the Chinese Governor of the province of Shensi, has declined to abolish the likin tax, and has submitted counter proposals. ...

    Article : 33 words
  35. LABOUR POLITICS.

    The Port Melbourne Liberal and Labour parties held a meeting last evening, to discuss certain charges that had been made against Mr. Geo. Sangster, M.L.A. ...

    Article : 142 words
  36. UNREST IN RUSSIA.

    Thousands of starving peasants in Central Russia are flocking to Moscow. The expelled University students are conducting an active revolutionary ...

    Article : 43 words
  37. THE LONDON WATER BILL.

    The Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament, to which the London Water Bill was referred, has, under pressure by the Government, agreed to abandon its ...

    Article : 54 words
  38. THE PREMIERS' CONFERENCE.

    The Acting-Prime Minister and his colleagues to-day entertained the Treasurer of Tasmania, Mr. Bird; the Western Australian Minister for Railways, Mr. ...

    Article : 120 words
  39. STRANDING OF THE STRATHGRYFE.

    An investigation was held to-day by the Court of Marine Inquiry into the stranding of the barque Strathgryfe on April 8, and into a charge of misconduct ...

    Article : 197 words
  40. PINK LAKE SALT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 126 words
  41. JAPAN.

    Japan proposes to build ten additional warships at a cost of 100,000,000 years (about £10,000,000). The expenditure is to be spread over ...

    Article : 32 words
  42. THE QUEENSLAND MAIL SERVICE.

    Senator Drake, Postmaster-General, stated to-day that arrangements were gradually being made to carry on the Queensland mail services, abandoned by ...

    Article : 75 words
  43. A FOUR MILLION LOAN.

    It is understood in financial circles here that the New South Wales Government will seek an early opportunity to place a £4,000,000 loan on the London ...

    Article : 42 words
  44. PERSONAL.

    Dr. and Mrs. Victor Black arrived in Perth, on Tuesday. Dr. Black is starting medical practice in Brisbane-street, Perth, at once. ...

    Article : 62 words
  45. BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENT.

    Mr. John Christmass announces that he has purchased the Parade Hotel, Bunbury, and invites people wanting a nice home by the seaside to visit it. He ...

    Article : 52 words
  46. Advertising

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    Advertising : 473 words
  47. ENGLAND'S OFFER OF ASSISTANCE.

    Lord Monson, the British Ambassador at Paris, has informed M. Delcasse, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, that all the British resources and ships in the ...

    Article : 42 words
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