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  2. THE POSTAL COMMISSION.

    Mr. Young, Deputy Postmaster-General, gave further evidence before the Postal Commission to-day. He said that for an officer to be worked longer than the ...

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  3. FEDERAL AND STATE ELECTIONS.

    Midday meetings among factory hands have been started by the Political Labour Council, with the object of organising working men for the next Federal ...

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  4. NEW YORK TO CHICAGO.

    A peculiar feat has just been performed by youthful athletes in the United States. Arrangements were recently made by ...

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  5. FIGHTING IN PERSIA.

    The Shah's troops have been unable to capture the quarters of Tabriz, in Persia, that are held by the supporters of the reform leaders. ...

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  6. GALLERY NOTES.

    The opening proceedings each day are of the [?]amest description, and, indeed, gloom pervades the House. Even jokes are made with more than common ...

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  7. QUEBEC TERCENTENARY.

    The celebrations at Quebec in connection with the work of consecrating as a national park those parts of Abraham's Pla[?]s upon which the fate of ...

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  8. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    It would appear (says the "Telegraph") as if the advertising of Tasmania's resources and attractions is drawing attention to the island as a desirable place of ...

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  9. DE BEERS MINING COMPANY.

    With a view to effecting further retrenchment, the De Beers mine at Kimberley will be closed down on July 31. ...

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  10. VISIT OF THE AMERICAN FLEET

    Sir Thomas Bent intends to ask the Prime Minister of New Zealand and the Premiers of the other Australian States to become the guests of Victoria ...

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  11. THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

    President Roosevelt, in addressing the naval men at Newport yesterday, said the cruise of the battleships around South America had shown the ...

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  12. TURKISH SOLDIERS.

    In the hope of checking the disaffection among his troops, which is becoming very pronounced in parts of Turkey, the Sultan has promoted 570 ...

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  13. STANDARD OIL TRUST.

    The United States Circuit Court of Appeal has unanimously quashed the twenty-nine million dollars fine against the Standard Oil Company, and ...

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  14. SUNSHINE RAILWAY DISASTER

    The Acting Attorney-General to-day decided that each citizen who served as a juror in connection with the Sunshine railway accident inquest should be paid ...

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  15. VENEZUELA AND HOLLAND.

    President Castro expelled the Butch Minister from Venezuela. It is supposed that the President has taken this step owing to Holland's ...

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  16. A SUPPOSED SHIPWRECK.

    No further particulars have been received regarding the rockets which were reported to have been seen at Bairnsdale yesterday morning. ...

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  17. LOST IN THE BUSH.

    Dr. Penny has ordered Mrs. Beechey to go to the hospital at once, as there is a fear of blood poisoning setting in in her fr[?]st-bitten toes. ...

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  18. SEDITION IN INDIA.

    The trial of Tilak, a newspaper proprietor, at Bombay, and one of the leaders of the Nationalist party, on a charge of sedition has been concluded. ...

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  19. THE TARIFF COMMISSION.

    The Tariff Commission (unofficial) has issued its report, in which it traces the development of colonial preference. The report contends that this was the ...

    Article : 59 words
  20. AMALGAMATED MINERS' ASSOCIATION.

    The half-yearly report of the Amalgamated Miners' Association of Victoria and Tasmania states that accidents have been numerous during the term, ten of them ...

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  21. THE MALMOE OUTRAGE.

    An outrage was committed early this month by dockyard strikers at Malmoe on the Sound, in Sweden. The strikers had been replaced by 80 ...

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  22. FATALITY AT MOUNT LYELL.

    A fatality occurred at the North Lyell mine at about half-past five this morning. David Young, a man of about 30 years of age, was killed ...

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  23. PERSONAL.

    At yesterday's meeting of the Council of the University, the Registrar reported that a communication had been received from the University of Sydney to the ...

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  24. THE MONO-RAIL.

    The D[?]ke and Duchess of Argyll were present yesterday at Gillingham to witness an exhibition of the mono-rail system, the invention of Mr. Lonis ...

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  25. GENERAL CABLES.

    At the sales of Australian and New Zealand tallow to-day, 656 casks were offered, and 482 were sold:—Mutton, 34s. 3d.; medium, 31s. 6d. Beef, fine, ...

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  26. THE PRESIDENT OF FRANCE.

    President Fallieres, of France, who proceeded in a french warship this week on a visit to the Kings of Denmark and Norway and the Czar of ...

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  27. HATEFUL POLITICAL DISEASE.

    In the House of Commons yesterday the Under-Secretary for India (Mr. T. R. Buchanan), in submitting the Indian budget, admitted a general, spread in ...

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  28. LABOUR ON THE WEST COAST

    Fifty men arrived from Victoria to-day to work at the open cut at Mount Lyell. The labour market is therefore now well supplied. ...

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  29. BREADSTUFFS.

    The American visible supply of wheat cast of the Rockies is estimated at 19,102,000 bushels, as against 18,860,-000 bushels a fortnight ago. ...

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  30. DEPORTATION OF KANAKAS[?]

    It is officially stated that up to the present 4,200 Kanakas who were brought to Queensland to work in the sugar-fields have been returned to their ...

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  31. BRIDGE PLAYING IN FRANCE.

    The bridge playing craze is to receive a decided check in the Casinos at Vietly, Aix-les-Bains; and Contrexeville, in France. ...

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  32. SURPLUS REVENUE ACT.

    It is stated that the South Australian Government intends joining with the other States in issuing a writ against the Commonwealth Government to test the ...

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  33. ARREST OF ANARCHISTS.

    Several suspected anarchists have been arrested at Brussels. It is rumoured that they intended to make an attempt on King Leopold's ...

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  34. SILVER CITY CUP.

    Hearty congratulations are being showered on Mr. A. Munley here and at Cornwall and Mount Nicholas at his good fortune, he having drawn the ...

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  35. CONSOLS.

    Imperial Consols, 2½ per cent., £86 15s. ...

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  36. SATURDAY HOLIDAY IN MELBOURNE.

    The Metropolitan Shopkeepers' Association yesterday agreed to take a vote on the question of the Saturday halfholiday. A ballot will be taken in ...

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  37. THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

    The United States athlete, Sheppard, won the 800 metre (874.4yds.) race at the Olympic contests to-day. Sheppard's time was lmin. 52 4-5sec., which is an ...

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  38. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.

    Parliament was opened to-day by the Governor (Sir George Le Hunte), who, in his speech, stated that the last financial year closed with a surplus of £180,000, ...

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  39. TASMANIAN MANUFACTURES.

    A statement made at Ringarooma recently that Tasmania could never hope to become a manufacturing centre formed the subject Of discussion at the ...

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  40. SUPPOSED ANTHRAX OUTBREAK.

    Dr. Willmot, the Government Veterinary, made a bacteriological examination of parts of cattle recently found dead at Claridge's farm, Blythe. He is ...

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  41. ENGLISH RACING.

    At the Leicester race meeting to-day the Bradgate-park Plate, £100, distance 1 mile 3 furlongs, was won by Noctuiform. Result— ...

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  42. HINDOO HAWKER SHOT.

    A Hindoo hawker named Saun Singh Gill was brought into Orbost last night with a bullet wound in the side. According to his story, he met Alexander ...

    Article : 333 words
  43. AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES.

    Sir Hector Carruthers, of New South Wales, delivered an address last evening at the Australasian section of the London Chamber of Commerce, on the ...

    Article : 153 words
  44. CRIME IN IRELAND.

    At the opening of the Galway Assizes yesterday Mr. Justice Kenny said that the condition of Galway, with the exception of Connemara, was deplorable. ...

    Article : 108 words
  45. TRIAL OF SIEVIER.

    It was previously stated that the trial of R. S. Sievier, against whom the Grand Jury found a true bill, on the charge of attempting to obtain money ...

    Article : 63 words
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