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  2. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received April 18, 1 a.m.] ARMISTICE REFUSED.

    It is stated that the Boer leaders and generals who are now at Pretoria have requested an armistice, ostensibly for the purpose of communicating to Mr. Kruger the ...

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  3. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Marine Court to-day ordared the certificate of Captain Bjorkman, of the tugboat Hero, to be Mispended for three months from December 18 last in connection with ...

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  4. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received April 18, 1 a.m.] THE KING.

    It is announced that the King's birthday will be celebrated at all foreign stations on November 9, but the celebration in England will take place on May 30. ...

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  5. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received April 18, 1 a.m.] THE WAR LOAN.

    The Britieh war loan of £32,000,000 has been placed on the London market, the minimum being fixed at £93 10/. Half the loan is offered to the public, the balance ...

    Article : 98 words
  6. THE SHIP PORT PATRICK.

    The action brought by Messrs. J. & A. Brown, owners of the tug Champion, and the captain and crew of the tug, against the owners and others interested in the ...

    Article : 190 words
  7. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    A deputation consisting of Representatives Watson and Bamford, and Senator Pearce, waited ou the Prime Minister to-day in reference to the employment of ...

    Article : 326 words
  8. CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM

    Great enthusiasm prevailed it the Conference of 250 delegtes from various parts of Victoria, to consider the question of Parliamentary reform, which opened in the ...

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  9. THE UNFINISHED TARIFF.

    In the House of Representatives Ministers were again pelted with questions from New South Wales members as to whether the trip around the capital sites was to ...

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  10. TUE WRECKED STEAMER KINGSLEY.

    Some anxiety is felt as to the safety of Captain Bain and his two companions, Russell and Robins, who left the wrecked steamer Kingasley in a fishing boat, and ...

    Article : 96 words
  11. BELGIAN TROUBLES.

    The agitation against plural voting at Parliamentary, provincial, and communal elections in Belgium has culminated in a stupendous strike, no fewer than 200,000 ...

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  12. THE PLAGUE.

    The death of the man Burgess, a plags patient, was reported from the quarant[?] hospital to-night. ...

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  13. CHINESE AFFAIRS.

    A messenger has informed the Viceroy of Canton that the rebels have surrounded the Chinese Imperial forces under the command of General Su, in a narrow defile, ...

    Article : 73 words
  14. MISS AMY CASTLES.

    Miss Amy Castles made her first appearance at the Town Hall to-night, and met with a most enthusiastic reception from the big audience. She was recalled time after ...

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  15. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Ville de la Ciolat, which arrived to--day, roports that on the voyage from Colombo an outbreak of chicken pox occurred among the Arab stokers. At one ...

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  16. MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING FATALITY.

    About 4 o'clock this afternoon a boy, named Pain, residing at Kent-street, and a companion, neither apparently more than 11 or 12 years of age, were enjoying ...

    Article : 327 words
  17. MALICIOUSLY WOUNDING.

    A young man, Thomas Smith, was placed on trial at the Tamworth Circuit Coure to-day charged with feloniously wounding [?]ate Ahearn, with intent to murder, at ...

    Article : 71 words
  18. SMALLPOX IN LONDON.

    It is reported that during last week there were 73 deaths in London from smallpox, out of a total of 1,015 cases under treatment. ...

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  19. PACIFIC CABLE CHARGES.

    The Postmaster-General has been advised that the New Zealand Government does not agree to the proposed scheme of charges for messages which are to pass over the new ...

    Article : 225 words
  20. THE FRUIT INDUSTRY.

    A short conference between the newly-appointed commercial agents and a number of fruitgrowers was held to-day, when suggestions were, exchanged for dealing with ...

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  21. THE IRISH PROBLEM.

    The United Irish League in West Clare have issued an order for the boycotting of the police force, which they consider in the light of an army of occupation. ...

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  22. THE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH.

    The Right Rev. the Hon. Edward Carr-Glyn, D.D., Bishop of Peterborough, who was thrown from his horse on Tuesday, has regained consciousness, and is ...

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  23. THE SYDNEY WATER SUPPLY.

    There does not seem much prospect of a break in the drought, and the situation so far as Sydney's water supply is concerned is becoming serious. There is un ...

    Article : 67 words
  24. QUEEN WILHELMINA.

    Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, whose serious illness was reported yesterday, has become worse, and has been ordered to keep to her bed. The official bulletin ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.

    A shocking accident has occurred at the entrance to the Kahibah tunnel on the Great Northem line. Thos Hayes and Timothy Murphy, laborers on the railway ...

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  26. A PROSPEROUS ORDER.

    The annual statistics of the Grand United Order of, Oddfellows, of New South Wales for the year 1901 show a record in the history of the order. The membership ...

    Article : 75 words
  27. RAILWAY MISMANAGEMENT.

    Indignation at the way in which the railways are managed is becoming acute, and allegations of mismanagement are frequent. The department is blamed for ...

    Article : 187 words
  28. AMERICAN BEEF TRUST.

    The Hon. P. C. Knox, Attorney-General of the United States of America, is now making investigations to discover how far the American Beef Trust comes within the ...

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  29. CHINESE EXCLUSION.

    The American Senate have passed Senator Platt's Bill extending for another term the Chinese Exclusion Act, originally passed in 1882. ...

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  30. DEATH FROAM POISONING.

    The coroner to-day investigated the sudden death of a married woman. Julia Vincent, at Manly. According to the evidence given by the deceased's husband, she was ...

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  31. MR. BARTON.

    Air. Barton, accompanied by Air. Lc Hunte (Administrator of British New Guinea), left Melbourne for Sydney to-day. ...

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  32. VICTORIA.

    The claim brought by Mrs. Mitchell, widow, against the estate of the late M[?] J. T. T. Smith (formerly Crown prosecutor, for £191, principal and interest, was given ...

    Article : 223 words
  33. GERMAN CUSTOMS BILL.

    The committee of the Reichstag, to which the Customs Bill was referred, have adopted the amendment suggested in the agrarian interest, raising the duty on ...

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  34. THE ESTIMATES.

    The Cabinet has practically concluded its revision of the additional estimates. "The most noticeable feature of the process," says the Melbourue "Age" has been the heavy ...

    Article : 248 words
  35. THE EDUCATION BILL.

    The Free Churches Conference, now being held in London, which represents 8,000,000 adherents, has protested against the Education Bill as reactionary and clerical, and ...

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  36. A CRUEL OUTRAGE.

    At the Quarter Sessions to-day a blind man, George Bottfell, convicted of having inflicted grievous bodily harm upon his wife, Agnes Bottrell, who is also blind, was ...

    Article : 165 words
  37. KRITZINGE'S ACQUITTAL.

    It transpires that Commandant Kritzinger's acquittal on a charge of instigating acts contrary to the usages of wariare was due to the production by the Crown ...

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  38. AN UNREPORTED RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    On March 5 a cool storage van attached to a passenger train travelling on the Geraldton Alidland Company's railway, when near Watheroo, left, the rails through ...

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  39. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. W. Waldorf Astor, the Amorican millionaire, who a year or two ago became a naturalised British subject, has given £20,000 for the endowment of a ...

    Article : 65 words
  40. THE BROKEN HILL FIRES.

    The adjourned inquest on the fire in Chapple-lane was concluded to-night. Alice Annie Simpson, the woman who was found not guilty at the Circuit Court ...

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  41. KING CHRISTIAN.

    Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, who have been visiting Copenhagen in connection with the celebration of the birthday of King Christian ...

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  42. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    Silver is quoted at 2/0? per oz. ...

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  43. SUNDAY TRADING.

    A large deputation, consisting of about 30 members of Parliament, several members of the Rational Sunday Observance League, and a number of shopkeepers, ...

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  44. THE BOOT TRADE.

    The inter-State delegates attending the Boot Trade Conference met again to-day, and passed a resolution to the effect that the introduction of machinery in the trade ...

    Article : 303 words
  45. BROKEN HILL MINES.

    By means of arbitration the formidable dispute between the Broken Hill Council and the Barrier mines regardiug the assessment for [?]tes has been brough, to an ...

    Article : 428 words
  46. ALLEGED CHILD MURDER.

    The young couple, Claude and Rhoda Stowers, who were tried recently for the murder of their infant child by drowning it in the Yarra, and who were remanded ...

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  47. BRITISH CONSOLS.

    Consols are quoted at £83 15/. ...

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  48. THE LATE MR. RHODES

    Sir. J. Gordon Sprigg, Premier of Cape Colony, and the mayors of the various towns, are appealing to the Empire for funds to erect a cairn and statue in ...

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  49. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Wheat.—The wheat markets are very firm. Foreign wheat has advanced 9d. at Mark Lane. The visible supply of wheat in the United States is 70,112,000 bushels, as ...

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  50. THE TROOPSHIP ENGLISHMAN.

    The troopship Englishman arrived to-day, after a protracted passage of nine days from Hobart. She lost three horses on the passage. She sails for South Africa on ...

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  51. MEMBERS' SALARIES.

    The feeling in the Federal Legislature with regard to the suggested increase in the salaries of members is thus commented on by the Alelbourne "Argus".—"Federal ...

    Article : 266 words
  52. THE PRICE OF MEAT.

    At a mass meeting of batchers held to-night it was decided, in view of the increase in the price of live stock, to raise the price of beef by n penny per lb., and ...

    Article : 363 words
  53. GIRL LABOR.

    At to-night's meeting of the Sydney Labor Council the condition of [?] [?] girls employed in the tailoring [?] was brought under notice. Mr. Arthur ...

    Article : 390 words
  54. THE PHILLIPINES.

    General Chaffee, who is in command of the American troops in the Philippines, has cabled to Washington that, so far as the northern islands are concerned, the ...

    Article : 97 words
  55. QUEENSLAND.

    To-day being set apart for prayers for rain business generally throughout the State was suspended. Approprate services were held in nearly all the churches in the ...

    Article : 61 words
  56. A CURIOUS CASE.

    Constable Hansberry reported at the City Watchhouse on Thursday that at about noon that day he was sent with the ambulance van to Port Adelaide to take ...

    Article : 142 words
  57. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Dunedin Corporation is raising a loan of £100,000 for the purpose of providing electric trams and electric lighting. The Christchurch city proposes the ...

    Article : 83 words
  58. Advertising

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  59. SADDLE-TREES ON FREE LIST.

    Sir—In answer to Air Sander's letter of April 16 I beg to state that the Melbourne saudle-trees are far superior to the South Australian make. I have had 44 years' ...

    Article : 220 words
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