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  2. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    To-day, in very hot weather, was begun the first test match, South Africa v. Australia. Clem Hill won the toss, and Trumper and Bardsley opened the ...

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  3. THE REFERENDUMS.

    Thef ollowiiig memorandum, prepared by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) was issued to-day:- "A desire having been expressed by ...

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  4. PERSONAL.

    Alderman Allen Taylor was elected Lord Mayor of Sydney yesterday for the third term in succession. The retiring members of the Board of ...

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  5. TASMANIAN APPLES.

    Dr. McCall, the Agent-General for Tasmania, has made arrangements with a French, company in France for a trial shipment of Tasmanian apples. ...

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  6. GALE IN RUSSIA.

    Details have been received of the terible gale which took place last week at Astrakhan in South-East Russia. Many barges with tugs were driven by ...

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  7. CRIME IN AMERICA.

    For the second time in three day's there has been a bomb explosion in the Italian quarter of Chicago and both at a building occupied by the ...

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  8. BRITISH ELECTIONS.

    The Duke of Devonshire, in a speech supporting the Conservative candidate for Lancaster, said yesterday that, whatever was the result of the election, ...

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  9. FRENCH LABOUR.

    The members of the French Commission of Labour have adopted the principle of the so-called English week, and are introducing a Factories and ...

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  10. MEDICAL RESEARCH.

    Last February Mr. Otto Beit wrote to the Senate of the University of London, announcing that as the establishment of the Institute of Medical ...

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  11. FINANCIAL.

    Imperial Consols, 2½ per cent., are quoted to-day at £70, a rise of 12s. 6d. since Wednesday last. AUSTRALASIAN STOCKS. ...

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  12. GIRL IMMIGRANTS.

    The "Imperial Colonist Magazine" publishes a report of the conference held yesterday of members of the British Women's Emigration Society, which ...

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  13. PERU AND BOLIVIA.

    A body of Bolivian troops yesterday surprised the Peruvian garrison at Onayabal, on the frontier of the two republics, and after a fight massacred ...

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  14. MR. FISHER IN AFRICA.

    Mr. Andrew Fisher, the Prime Minister of Australia, and Mr. G. Fowlds, the New Zealand Minister of Education, gave a farewell dinner last night, prior ...

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  15. DUKE'S GIFT.

    The St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church has been opened at Norwich. The whole cost, which amounts to £250,000, has been defrayed by the ...

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  16. LAUNCESTON HOSPITAL.

    In the House of Assembly yesterday the Premier laid on the table of the House certain correspondence regarding the affairs of the Launceston ...

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  17. AMERICAN FLEET.

    The second division of the American fleet of battleships which is now t visiting England is at Portland, and the fourth division is at Gravesend. ...

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  18. THE-PAPANUI INCIDENT.

    The action of the owners of the steamer Papanui in taking the vessel from Melbourne in spite of the embargo placed upon her removal by the Marine ...

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  19. SHIPPING DISASTER.

    Owing to the prevalence of a thick fog on Wednesday night in the North Sea, the Great Central Railway Company's steamer Blackburn came into ...

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  20. "SALOME."

    Strauss's, "Salome" was produced at Covent 'Garden Opera House last night under the diiection of Mr. Beecham. The newspapers warmly praise ...

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  21. AUSTRIAN NAVY.

    "Die Zeit," a daily paper published in Vienna, states that Admiral Montecuccoli. the Austrian, Minister of Marine) is submitting to the delegations in ...

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  22. THE CORONATION.

    The members of the Victoria League of Victoria bearing the name of Mary, May, or Maria attended a meeting at the Melbourne Town-hall to-day to ...

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  23. COST OF PETROL.

    During the past nine months the London General Omnibus Company has paid on an average £32 for petrol for each omnibus running. This amount, ...

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  24. CHESS.

    In the international chess matches which have just been completed in Berlin, Lasker won the eleventh game, and thus retains the championship. This ...

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  25. ENGINEDRIVERS' ASSOCIATION

    At the annual meeting of the Amalgamated Enginedrivers' Association of Victoria to-day. Mr. Arnold said that it was time the mine enginedrivers took ...

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  26. THE FIGHTING IN THE SOUDAN.

    The "Daily Mail" states that Slatin Pasha has gone to Darfu[?], accompanied by native commissioners, for the purpose of bringing pressure to bear with ...

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  27. PORTUGAL.

    It is officially stated that the Republican Government intends to pass laws separating Church and State, and that absolute freedom for all religions will ...

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  28. THE CHOLERA.

    Owing to the outbreak of cholera on the island of Madeira, where at Funchal alone scores of deaths have occurred from the disease, the Royal mail ...

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  29. ALASKAN COALFIELDS.

    Mr. Donald McKenzie has been arrested at Washington on a charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States Government of 20,000 acres on the ...

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  30. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE.

    The funeral of Mrs. Mary Baker Glover Eddy, the founder and leader of the Christian Scientists, who died on Tuesday last at Boston, took place ...

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  31. FATAL ACCIDENT.

    A sad accident occurred yesterday at the Bayswater railway station. The only son of Sir Archibald Geikie, the eminent geologist was on the platform, ...

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  32. SCHOOL OF MINES.

    At the School of Mines committee meeting to-night a parcel of £32 worth of new scientific works ordered from London were received. Mr. W. S. ...

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  33. CLOSER SETTLEMENT INQUIRY

    The inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the purchases of land by the Closer Settlement Board in the Cohuna district, and also into land dealings in ...

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  34. AVIATION.

    James Radley, the American aviator, yesterday went on on Bleriot monoplane from Castroville, in California, to Delmonte, a distance of 16 miles. Radley ...

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  35. LABOUR DISPUTES.

    An agreement was signed yesterday at Edinburgh between representatives of the employers and the boilermakers in the shipbuilding trade, on the basis ...

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  36. DAMAGES FOR A SCHOOLBOY.

    The Crown has paid £431 awarded by the Supreme Court to Oliver Hole, a schoolboy, whose eye was injured by some sulphuric acid being thrown in his ...

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  37. REVOLUTION IN HONDURAS.

    Advices received by the United States Government at Washington state that a revolution in Honduras, in Central America, is imminent, and that martial ...

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  38. GENERAL CABLES.

    The lace collection of the late Sir William Andy, which cost him £200,000, was submitted for sale by public auction yesterday, and realised only ...

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  39. VICTORIAN LAND BILL.

    After further discussion to-day, the Legislative Assembly agreed to reduce the land tax from ¾d. ½d. An amendment by the leader of the ...

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  40. MAMMOTH LINER.

    Last month the directors of the Cunard Steamship Company of Liverpool invited tenders for the construction of a vessel of 50,000 tons for the ...

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  41. TELEPHONE ATTENDANTS.

    The Postmaster-General (mr. Thomas) has called for a report on the subject of dealing with the telephone attendants who object on conscientious ...

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  42. MOTOR-CARS IN N.S. WALES.

    The number of motor-cars registered in the metropolitan area is 1,373, and in the country districts 884; total, 2,257. The number of motor-cycles ...

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  43. SWIMMING A RIVER.

    Cave Markey, 17, and Geoffrey Markey, seven, sons of Mr. E. Markey, were drowned at Hay to-day. Cave Markey essayed to swim the river with ...

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  44. BILLIARDS.

    George Gray, the young Australian billiardist, is playing a match in Glasgow with George Nelson, the champion of Yorkshire. Gray concedes Nelson ...

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  45. QUEENSTOWN HOSPITAL.

    At to-night's meeting of the Hospital Board of Management, the Finance Committee reported that the expenses for the present month would be £335 1[?]s. 2d., ...

    Article : 73 words
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