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  2. IMPERIAL POLITICS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The army estimates were dealt with last night in the House of Commons, on the motion of Mr. W. St. John Brodriek (Secretary of ...

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  3. IMPERIAL DEFENCE ISSUES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Senator A. P. Matheson, of West Australia, last night read a in paper at the Royal Colonial Institute entitled "Australia and Naval Defence." ...

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  4. SIR JOSEPH WARD.

    For the purpose of enabling many of the prominent citizens of the State to meet Sir Joseph Ward, Minister for Railways and Postmaster-General in the New Zealand Ministry, Mr. E. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. THE GREAT CYCLONE.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Press telegrams from Townsville are now commencing to come through. The following message, timed Townsville, 10 a.m. yesterday, was received this morning. ...

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  6. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The London '"Daily Mail" minimises the story of the search for Kruger's hidden gold at Delagoa Bay. ...

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  7. RAILWAY BUILDINGS UNROOFED.

    A telegram received by the General Traffic Manager from the Traffic Manager at Townsville states that the roofs of the railway buildings have been considerably damaged. Railway ...

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  8. FROM THE SCENE OF THE DISASTER.

    TOWNSVILLE, Tuesday Afternoon.--So far ten fatal accidents have been reported as a result of the recent hurricane, in addition to about twenty of a more or less serious character. ...

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  9. BAROTSELAND.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Portugal agrees that Barotseland, an extensive tract close to the Rhodesian frontier, and extending along the upper reaches of the Zambesi River, ...

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  10. FOR RELIEF OF THE SUFFERERS.

    The Premier has communicated with the town clerk, in the absence of the Mayor (Alderman Corrie), who left for Bundaberg last night, with regard to holding a public meeting in Brisbane, ...

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  11. ALL TELEGRAPH LINES DOWN.

    Nearly all the telegraph lines are interrupted about Townsville, and gangs are being put on to restore communication. Between Woodstock and Townsville there are 27 wooden poles and ...

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  12. DAMAGE AT CHARTERS TOWERS.

    CHARTERS TOWERS, Tuesday.--Yesterday the wind was strong, and 5¼in. of rain fell. About £500 worth of damage was done in the town. ...

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  13. DUTCH PASTOR COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The Rev. Mr. Brockhuysen, pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church at Worcester, Cape Colony, has been committed for trial for offering ...

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  14. STEWART'S GREEK GAOL DAMAGED.

    The Comptroller of Prisons has received a telegram from the superintendent of the prison at Stewart's Creek, near Townsville, stating, that the cyclone carried away the iron roofs of C ...

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  15. SOME ADVERSE CRITICISM.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--An interesting discussion followed the reading of Senator Mattheson's paper at the Royal Colonial Institute. ...

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  16. GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--In the House of Commons yesterday, Lord Cram borne, the Under Secretary for, Foreign Affairs, stated that in the opinion of the ...

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  17. SITUATION IN CHARTERS TOWERS.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday Morning.--The Post and Telegraph Department has received a telegram from Charters Towers, stating that all the telegraph and telephone lines are clear between ...

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  18. SCANDAL IN HIGH LIFE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A remarkable case, which has occupied the attention of Mr. Justice F. H. Jeune, President of the Probate Divorce and Admiralty Division, for ...

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  19. A TITLES OFFICE WRECKED.

    The Under-Secretary for Justice received a message this morning from the Deputy Registrar of Titles at Townsville, stating, that the,Titles Offices had been totally, wrecked, and the Stamp ...

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  20. DAMAGE TO SHIPPING.

    TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday, 11 a.m.--The steamer Barratta sunk in a creek near the Harbor Board office. While conveying passengers to the steamers Moresby and Yawata Maru, the ...

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  21. RAILWAY DISASTER IN THE UNITED STATES.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--A train, chiefly consisting of tanks of oil, parted in the middle, near Olean, in the State of New York. The two parts then collided and caught fire. ...

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  22. THE STEAMER, ARAWATTA SAFE.

    The B.I. and Q.A. Company, have received advice that the A.U.S.N. steamer Arawatta, which left here on Saturday for the north, arrived at Townsville this morning. ...

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  23. NEWS FROM THE MORESBY AND YAWATA MARU.

    Any anxiety that may have been felt for the steamers Moresby and Yawata Maru was allayed yesterday afternoon. Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co. received ...

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  24. SUMMARY OF THE DAMAGE WROUGHT.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday Morning.--Telegraphic communication with Townsville is now restored, although only urgent business is being got through, and it is not expected that full ...

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  25. THE S.S. TSINAN.

    Messrs. G. S. Yuill and Co., Limited, report that the steamer Tsinan, of the China Navigation Company's line, left Townsville on Sunday morning and did not call at Brisbane. She ...

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  26. CHINA.

    LONDON,Tuesday Afternoon.--There are persistent reports that the insurrection in the province of Kwang-si and elsewhere is aimed chiefly at the dynasty, owing to the loss of prestige of ...

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  27. DESTRUCTION AT BOWEN.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Telegraph Department has received an advice from Bowen that although they suffered from the cyclone, it was not nearly as bad as at Townsville. A number of ...

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  28. VICTORIA.

    A deputation, representing the Victorian Storekeepers and Traders' Association, waited on the Minister for Railways to-day on the subject of the frequency of railway employees' ...

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  29. COAL HULK MOLTKE ASHORE.

    A telegram was received by Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co. yesterday, stating that the hulk Moltke, which was moored at Townsville, with 600 tons of coal on board, broke adrift in the ...

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  30. LATEST NEWS FROM TOWNSVILLE.

    TOWNSVILLE, Wednesday.--George Haylett, who was injured through the collapse of the waterworks building, died in the hospital to-day. ...

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  31. THE MACEDONIAN TROUBLE.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The latest advices from Vienna and Constantinople regarding the settlement of the Macodonian trouble are pessimistic in tone. ...

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  32. THE SOMALI CAMPAIGN.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Abyssinian column 10,000 strong is marching upon Gerlogubi, an important caravan centre in Somaliland, in order to help the British commander-in-chief, ...

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  33. MESSAGE FROM SENATOR DRAKE.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Postmaster-General, who is one of the Queensland Senators, has despatched to various centres of the disturbed districts messages of sympathy and ...

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  34. THE INVERLOCHY CASE.

    Mr. Justice Hood to-day ruled against the contention raised by Mr. Croker, on behalf of R. Kendrick, master of the wrecked barque Inverlochy, that the Marine Board had no ...

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  35. LONDON AND GLOBE SCANDALS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--At the instance of the creditors' committee of the London and Globe Corporation, Mr. Justice Buckley has ordered the official receiver in bankruptcy to ...

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  36. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S TOUR.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Union-Castle liner Norman, with Mr. and Mrs. J. Chamberlain and suite on board, has arrived at Madeira en route for home. ...

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  37. VICTORIAN POLITICAL CRISIS.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Reform Bill was again before the Legislative Council to-day, a message having been received from the Assembly disagreeing with all the amendments ...

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  38. TEASING A LION.

    Ten days ago, at the Zoological Gardens, some small boys provided themselves with a novel entertainment. They filled their hots with stones, and, taking up a position outside the ...

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  39. AGRICULTURAL-HALL HORSE SHOW.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The King's premium of £150 has been awarded to Gold Medallist, a New Zealand-bred station stallion, shown at the Agricultural-hall Horse Show by Mr. J. W. Philipps, ...

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  40. DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS.

    MACKAY, Wednesday.--A violent storm struck Bowen early on Monday morning, accompanied by heavy rain and wind from the southwest. The storm raged fiercely from 8 till 11 ...

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  41. THE MISHAP TO THE TYRIAN.

    The Adelaide S.S. Company's steamer Dilkera, which towed the disabled steamer Tyrian into Eden on Tuesday, arrived early yesterday morning, and Captain D. P. Davies gave some ...

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  42. PETROLEUM AND THE DUST NUISANCE.

    In the opinion of the city surveyor the experiment recently tried in Spencer-street of dressing the surface of the roadway with crude petroleum in order to abate the dust nuisance, has not ...

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  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The Anglo-American Syndicate, in consideration of an indemnity of 114,000. dollars, will quit the territory of Acre, now in dispute between Bolivia and ...

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  44. A WEST AUSTRALIAN TRAGEDY.

    PERTH, Wednesday.--The trial of the five French men and three French women, Maillat, Leon Mousett, Benoit Volti, Raoul Lintauf, Eugene Lechoix, and Marie Fontan, Lucienne ...

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  45. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday Morning.--A later message received from Townsville gives additional particulars relating to the cyclone. Flinders-street escaped serious loss except ...

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  46. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The British Post-office authorities have conceded Mr. Marconi the right to connect his wireless telegraph station at Poldhu, Cornwall, with the English ...

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  47. THE TRACK OF THE GALE.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The portmaster, Captain Mackay, this morning received a telegram from the pilot at Townsville with regard to the wrecking of two station pilot cottages and ...

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  48. VESUVIUS AGAIN ACTIVE.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Vesuvius is ejecting incandescent, exploding masses. ...

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  49. COMPULSORY SILENCE OF A GOVERNOR.

    Sir George S. Clarke, Governor of Victoria, speaking at a banquet to the visiting fire brigades at Maryborough to-night, said it was part of a Governor's duty to study the polities of the ...

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  50. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The Canadian-Pacific Railway will inaugurate a direct steamer service with Glasgow in April. ...

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  51. UNHAPPY FINLAND.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Consequent upon the irksome conditions of life under latter-day Russian rule in Finland, many Finns are emigrating to the United States of America. ...

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  52. A LITTLE GIRL'S DEATH.

    FORBES, Wednesday.--Yesterday evening, Violet May Harkett, aged ten years, on horseback, took the cattle to water at Red Bend. The horse came home alone, all wet. The little girl's body ...

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  53. SALES OF TALLOW.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--At the weekly sales of tallow to-day 775 casks were offered and 375 sold. Prices ruled unchanged, as follow:--Mutton, flue 34s 6d, medium 31s 6d; beef, ...

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