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  2. IN THE ASSEMBLY.

    Mr. Blacker opened the business in the Assembly on Thursday with an enquiry whether Mr. Owen Smyth had seen the report by Professor Lowrie which reflected ...

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  3. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The President, Senator Sir Richard Baker (S.A.), took the chair at 2.30 p.m. —Elections and Qualifications Committee.— Senator O'Connor, Vice-President of the ...

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  4. ROUND THE WORLD PAPERS.

    Toronto is a charming city. Built on the shores of Lake Ontario, it has the advantages of a seaport. The city slopes up gradually from the lake shore, and the slope is ...

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  5. THE LATE EMPRESS FREDERICK'S WILL.

    The late Empress Frederick's estate has been valued at £545,000. Her Majesty bequeathed to each of her six children, including the Kaiser William the sum of ...

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  6. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    As already announced, the Lords of the Admiralty are having built, ny Messrs. Vickers, Son, & Maxim, at Barrow-on-Furness, five submarine torpedo boats for ...

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  7. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    Affidavits have been taken showing that the Boers have been guilty of treacherously shooting Australians. Lord Kitchener, the Commander-in-Chief of the British forces in ...

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  8. CHINA.

    Prince Chun, brother of the Emperor of China, and his suite are at Basle awaiting the Emperor Kwang Su's sanction to the condition under which alone the mission ...

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  9. EXPLOSION ON A RIVER STEAMER.

    New York advises that while the City of Trenton was making a passage on the De-laware River yesterday, the boiler of the steamer exploded, nearly wrecking the ...

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  10. AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION.

    The Constitution Bill brought down to the Assembly by the Government proposed reducing the number of city members by two and the country legislators by 16. This ...

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  11. AMUSEMENTS.

    The Liedertafel concert, which will be given on Monday next at die town hall, promises to be of musical interest. The soloists will be Misses Evelyn Jones ...

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  12. AN ARTFULLY WORDED EDICT.

    The terms of peace formulated by the Powers and accepted by the Imperial Court require that China shall for two years prohibit the importation of firearms, ...

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  13. THE SUBSIDENCE IN FIFESHIRE.

    Three more men have been rescued alive from the drives in the Donibristle Colliery. One had been entombed 66 hours, and is in a pitiable state of exhaustion. All hope ...

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  14. MORE CONSIDERATION FOR JACK TARS.

    An Admiralty committee has recommeded that various reforms should be effected in the victualling of the navy, and that the recognised number of daily meals ...

    Article : 48 words
  15. WHEAT DUTIES.

    The Flour Millers Association passed a resolution to-day recommending to the Federal Treasurer that the duties on wheat should be 1s. per cental, and on products ...

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  16. AUSTRALIAN V. AMERICAN COAL.

    The United States Government has decided to discontinue the purchase of Australian coal for use on American transports while crossing the Pacific. When the ...

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  17. THE TROUBLE IN MALTA

    The organs of the Vatican support the agitation promoted by the discontented native inhabitants of Malta, and renew their attacks upon the British Government. ...

    Article : 282 words
  18. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Premier said there had been misconception in connection with the pay to soldiers who went to South Africa. To keep faith with ...

    Article : 329 words
  19. TAMMANY BLACKMAIL IN NEW YORK.

    The "Times" states that the proceeds of one man's blackmail for a year in connection with the New York Fire Brigade contracts amounted to £10,000, and that every ...

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  20. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The Speaker, Representative Holder (S.A.), took the chair at 2 p.m. —Petitions.— Representative Solomon (W.A) ...

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  21. ADELAIDE AND SUBURBAN TRAMWAY COMPANY.

    The ordinary half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Adelaide and Suburban Tramway Company, Limited, was held at the National Mutual Buildings on Thursday ...

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  22. SIX CHRISTIANS KILLED.

    A telegram from China reports further massacres in the interior. It is stated that six Christians have been killed at Kulija, the capital of Dzungaria, on the Hi River, ...

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  23. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    His Majesty the King has approved of the Hon. Alfred Jerome Cadman, formerly Minister of Native Affairs in New Zealand, retaining the title of "Honourable." I ...

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  24. JAPAN.

    Japan is sending a commission, comprised of leading merchants, to Russia, for the purpose of opening up markets in that country for Japanese goods. The mission ...

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  25. SPORT.

    The Australian bowlers will return to their homes by the steamship India. Mr. John Young, manager of the team, entertained the leading English bowlers in ...

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  26. GERMANY.

    Extraordinary interest continues to be taken in Germany in the case of the dargoon Marten, who was condemned to death on charges of mutiny and of having ...

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  27. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    C. B. Fry, the Sussex crack batsman, has just compiled four successive centuries. ...

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  28. VICTORIA.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr.Sterry drew the attention of the House to the injustice to vignerons which was being caused through the dematuration of wine ...

    Article : 127 words
  29. FEDERAL LEGISLATION.

    The British Shipping Federation, having received no request from Australia in respect to the Customs Machinery Bill before the Commonwealth Parliament, will take ...

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  30. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Union Shipping Company of New Zealand.— The directors of this company have placed an order at Dumbarton for a new steamer of 4,500 tons, capable of travelling ...

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  31. BOER MOVEMENTS IN CAPE COLONY.

    It is reported from Cape Colony that a part of the Boer commando led by Scheepers is near Mossel Bay, which is situated 240 miles east of Cape Town. ...

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  32. THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL FUND.

    At the annual social of the Machine-gun Corps Rifle Club on Thursday evening Lieut.-Col. G. H. Dean called attention to the subject of the national memorial ...

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  33. DEFICIENCY IN COLLEGE FUNDS.

    Following upon the discovery of extensive misappropriation of the funds of the Melbourne University, the police have been informed that an audit of the accounts of ...

    Article : 332 words
  34. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day Mr. Givens moved to the effect that the Government should erect in the state a central refinery in connection with the sugar ...

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  35. MURDER AND SUICIDE.

    The police received information to-day from the Taroom police that a girl named Ellen Jonquay and her child, aged two months, had been found murdered in the ...

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  36. FRANCE.

    At a meeting of the municipal corporation of Marseilles yesterday a member moved a resolution congratulating the Government of France on the visit of the Czar ...

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  37. TIED HOUSES IN SYDNEY.

    The Parliamentary Committee took further evidence to-day with reference to tied houses. Mr. A. C. Browne, licencee of the Oxford Hotel, Erskine street, ex-president ...

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  38. "SLIPSHOD EXAMINATIONS."

    The Commander-in-Chief recently ordered 200 Yeomanry recruits who had arrived at Cape Town to return to England, as he considered they were physically unfit for ...

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  39. GOSSIP AND NOTES.

    When the Defence Bill ig considered in committee Representative McCay (V.) will propose the insertion of clauses to provide that boys over 12 years of age attending ...

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  40. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day a motion was carried in favour of the appointment of a Royal Commission to enquire into the native question. The proposition ...

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  41. TURKEY.

    Advices from Constantinople and Paris agree in stating that, although the immediate cause of the rupture between France and the Porte was the unreadiness of the ...

    Article : 67 words
  42. A BOER REMOUNT DEPOT.

    A detachment of sharpshooters, in country north of Ladybrand, Orange River Colony, have captured five Boers and a large number of horses at a farmhouse, which ...

    Article : 45 words
  43. NEW ZEALAND.

    In the course of the debate in the House of Representatives to-day on the budget speech several Government supporters urged that the time had arrived when the ...

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  44. PORT ADELAIDE CITY COUNCIL.

    Present—The mayor (Mr. J. W. Caire), Aldermen Malin, Hains, Todd, and Moyers, Crs. Wilks, Fricker, Jurs, Butler, Shorney, Cooper, King. Oswald, Lambert, Gilleland, Dowsett, Widdop, ...

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  45. THE AUSTRALASIANS.

    Pte. Fred Cook, of Western Australia, has been dangerously wounded by accident at Middle Kraal. Lieut. D. G. Turleston, of the 7th New ...

    Article : 46 words
  46. A QUEENSLAND ELECTORAL BILL.

    A Bill to amend the Parliamentary Elections Act was read a first time in the Legislative Assembly to-night. It provides for the extension of the franchise to women ...

    Article : 110 words
  47. VICTORIA.

    Nearly 500 officers of the Salvation Army, including several from Queensland, South Australia, and Now South Wales, are in town attending a series of spiritual ...

    Article : 166 words
  48. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY TROUBLES.

    A board to enquire into the case of Mr. G. W. Davies, the late secretary to the Commissioner of Railways, was appointed to-day. It is constituted of three members ...

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  49. THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ADJOURNMENT.

    Sir—The Sole and only reason why I and other members of the Legislative Council agreed yesterday to adjourn for a fornight was, as the Hon. J. J. Duncan, the leader ...

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  50. THE PRICE OF STOCK IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A phenomenal rise in the values of sheep took place at the Homebush market to-day. The supply was light on Monday, and a rise was made of 1s. to 2s. per head. ...

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  51. UNEMPLOYED AT THE BARRIER.

    The secretary of the A.N.A at Cobar, in a letter to the secretary of the same organization at Broken Hill, says:—"Owing to the recent dry weather several mines ...

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  52. TWO MEN-OF-WARSMEN DROWNED.

    T. Niblett and Fred Simpson, belonging to the warship Archer, were drowned in the harbour to-day through the capsizing of the captain's gig. When near the wharf ...

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  53. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    At the quarter sessions to-day John Ford, who was convicted of publishing a defamatory libel reflecting on E. W. Holder, was sentenced by Judge Murray to ...

    Article : 112 words
  54. A TASMANIAN FORGERY CASE.

    The hearing of the charge against Louis Henn of having forged the accounts of the Tasmania Mine was concluded to-day. Accused was found guilty and was sentenced ...

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  58. AUSTRALIA FOR AUSTRALIANS.

    At a public meeting in connection with the Australian Natives' Association tonight a resolution was passed protesting against the appointment of a town clerk ...

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  59. THE DUKE OF YORK CORNER.

    Operations in shares in the Duke of York Mine were carried on to-day without excitement. No sales were effected till the afternoon, when about 1,200 changed hands ...

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