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  2. A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.

    A remarkable discovery was made to-day by the doctors who made the post-mortem examination of the body of the late Mr. J. B. Williams, who died in the Melbourne ...

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  3. THE BEEF TRUST.

    A strenuous effort is being made in the United States House of Representatives to put an end to the operations of the great beef trust, whose inflation of prices last ...

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  4. RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.

    At the instigation of Russia, the Parisian police searched the residence of 15 Russian students in that city, and found incriminating correspondence relating to the ...

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  5. THE ROYAL RED CROSS.

    Lady Brown has received an interesting letter from Nurse Bidmead, one of the South Australian nurses who went to South Africa. The communication, which ...

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  6. VICTORIA.

    Sergeant Patrick Bannan, a well-known officer of the Melbourne Police Force, was seized with paralysis on Monday night and died this morning. The deceased was 54 ...

    Article : 185 words
  7. THE FEDERAL SESSION.

    According to Mr. Barton the Government will proceed with the Post and Telegraph Rates Bill, the Franchise and the Electoral Bills, and will introduce the Loan ...

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  8. THE PAR EAST.

    The movements of Russia in China are occasioning great uneasiness, which has been intensified by the discovery now made that Russia is building a new railway line, which ...

    Article : 172 words
  9. A DISPUTED ELECTION.

    The Elections and Qualifications Committee of the House of Representatives to-day commenced its enquiry into the petition presented by Mr. Whitelaw, the labor ...

    Article : 77 words
  10. THE IMPERIAL-COLONIAL CONFERENCE.

    The Federal Government in Cabinet to-day took steps to compile an Australian list of subjects to be discussed at the London colonial conference. The agenda ...

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  11. BIG FIRE IN LONDON.

    The estimate of the damage caused by the fire at Barbican, London, E.C., which had been placed at £2,000,000 has now been largely reduced. ...

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  12. THE RABBIT PEST.

    The Mansfield Shire Council has ingenuously made a proposal that the Government should offer a reward of £100,000 for the discovery of a process that would prove ...

    Article : 126 words
  13. THE ACTING PRIME MINISTER.

    At the Cabinet meeting to-day it was arranged that the Attorney-General, by virtue of his position, Should act as Prime Minister of Australia during Mr. Barton's ...

    Article : 75 words
  14. THE NICARAGUAN EXPLOSION.

    It transpires that the explosion by which the barracks in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, were destroyed, and 150 lives lost, resulted also in the destruction of ...

    Article : 58 words
  15. THE KING AND LONDONS. POOR.

    Last Tuesday the Lord Mayor of London held a court of the mayors of the metropolitan boroughs to discuss how best to give effect to the King's desire to celebrate ...

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  16. THE CORONATION.

    The Lord Mayor of Dublin, in presiding over a meeting of the corporation yesterday, declined to put a motion in favor of having the corporation represented at the ...

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  17. CABLE RATES.

    The merchants of Melbourne interested in the subject of cable charges between Victoria and Great Britain have been written to by the Secretary of the Department of ...

    Article : 178 words
  18. CITY AND SUBURBAN HANDICAP.

    The City and Suburban Handicap, of 2,000 sovs., for three-year-olds and upwards, about one mile and a quarter, was run at Epsom to-day and resulted as follows:— ...

    Article : 95 words
  19. ALLEGED FELONIOUS ASSAULT.

    While an inquest was proceeding to-day respecting the death of David Curtain, aged 23, who fell on to his head from a cart yesterday and died in the hospital, a ...

    Article : 72 words
  20. THE PANAMA CANAL.

    The treaty by which the United States Government assumes control over the Panama Canal works has been signed by the representatives of the United States ...

    Article : 155 words
  21. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SUICIDE.

    A married man, Wm. Ellis, aged 30, threw himself down an abandoned shaft at Bendigo last evening. Not content with falling a distance of 145 ft., and arriving at ...

    Article : 64 words
  22. THE IMPERIAL NAVY.

    The Natal House of Assembly has approved of the suggestion that the Imperial Conference, to be held in London during the Coronation celebration, should discuss ...

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  23. THE PRICE OF SILVER

    Silver is quoted at 1/11? per oz. ...

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  24. THE PEARL FISHING INDUSTRY.

    The Chief Secretary to-day received a telegram from the acting police magistrate at Thursday Island, stating that the steamer Moresby left there for Merouke, ...

    Article : 89 words
  25. VISITING JAPANESE WARSHIPS.

    The commander and officers of the Japanese warship Hiyei called on the Governor-General, the State Governor, and the Federal Commandant to-day. The Japanese ...

    Article : 38 words
  26. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Wheat.—The cargo of the Dorothea has been sold for 29/6 a quarter. The visible supply of wheat in the United States is 65,162,000 bushels, as compared with ...

    Article : 77 words
  27. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A sad gun accident occurred at Jeogla, when James Briggs, 21 years, was shot through the head. Thomas Percival, 19 years, was playing with a rifle, when it ...

    Article : 92 words
  28. A GANG OF SWINDLERS.

    The police have arrested D'Arcy Middleton, Charles Forrester, Edward Lovelock, and John Cassels, who are alleged to be members of a gang of twelve swindlers ...

    Article : 467 words
  29. THE GIPPSLAND BISHOPRIC.

    The Rev. Canon Pam, of Sydney, was yesterday elected unanimously by the election board to the position of first Anglican Bishop of Gippsland. Canon Pain was at ...

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  30. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    Another case of plague was reported this morning, the patient being Henry Chard, 70 years of age. The new patient was a groom and night watchman, employed on ...

    Article : 97 words
  31. STRANDING OF THE PAROO

    The stranding at Point Lonsdale of the steamer Paroo, in connection with which Captain Medley is charged with careless navigation, was further enquired into by ...

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  32. A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    A lad, 12 years of age, son of Mr. W. Cannard, farmer, of Witchipool, was riding on a railway trolly, when his hat blew off, and he foolishly jumped off in front, the ...

    Article : 66 words
  33. A DROWNING FATALITY.

    A sad drowning accident is reported from Bego. Ernest Yeoman, hairdresser, went to the river to bathe, in company with Hugh Hughes Neither could swim well, and ...

    Article : 149 words
  34. COERCION IN IRELAND.

    Speaking at Brighton last night Mr. Wyndham (Chief Secretary for Ireland) vindicated the Irish policy of the Government, declaring that in their revival of the ...

    Article : 59 words
  35. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A SHIP'S CAPTAIN.

    At Bendigo to-day Fredk. Tucker, a wellknown Murray River captain, was found guilty of embezzling £11 from his employers (Messrs. Permewan, Wright, and ...

    Article : 59 words
  36. A DISPUTED PATENT.

    An action was begun before the C[?]er Justice to-day, in which the Acetylene Gas Company of Australia is proceeding against Henry Markwald, importer, of Mcbourne, ...

    Article : 144 words
  37. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Himalaya signalled to Breaksea Island in passing to-day the following:— "Passed Polynesien six miles south of west Cape Howe. Not under command. She ...

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  38. COLLISION OF STEAMERS.

    A fatal collision occurred on the Tyne yesterday. The Dilkera, built for the South Australian trade, while making her trial trip ran into and severely damaged the ...

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  39. SIBERIAN BUTTER.

    Siberian butter promises to be a formidable competitor with Australian and New Zealand in the London market. The Russian Ministry of Finance is setting to work ...

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  40. BURNT TO DEATH.

    A house, the property of Michael Collins, at Nymagee, was completely burnt. The charred remains of a farmer named Collins, aged 50, were found when the fire ...

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  41. THE DROUGHT.

    The Government Astronomer was examined before the Water Commission to-day in regard to the drought and the prospects of rain. Mr. Russell said that as far ...

    Article : 141 words
  42. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Lord Kelvin, the famous scientist, who acted as electrician for the Atlantic cables and invented the mirror galvanometer and siphon recorder in connection with ...

    Article : 153 words
  43. A MAGISTRATE'S LIABILITY.

    Last year a man named Woods was, on the order of a magistrate (Dr. Featherstone) ejected from his house in St. Kilda. A judge of the Supreme Court subsequently ...

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  44. NEW ZEALAND.

    A team of 11 riflemen, under Colonel Somerville, sailed by the Paparoa to-day for the purpose of competing at Risley. The expanses of each man (£125) and of Colonel ...

    Article : 236 words
  45. CORONATION ILLUMINATIONS.

    Recently the State Government asked the Works Department to prepare a simple and inexpensive scheme for illuminating the public offices throughout the State on ...

    Article : 111 words
  46. MINISTERIAL PROPOSALS.

    The Minister for Lands (Mr. W. P. Crick) has been entertained at a banquet at Wilcannia, and in the course of a speech he said it was certain that in a few years ...

    Article : 197 words
  47. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The balance-sheet of the Scottish and Australian Mining Company shows a profit of £8,480. A dividend at the rate of 5 per cent. has been declared, and the sum of ...

    Article : 40 words
  48. SHIPPING DISASTERS.

    The steamer Titus arrived this morning from the Solomon Group with the crew of the labor schooner Fearless, their vessel having been wrecked at San Christoval, in ...

    Article : 202 words
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  50. QUEENSLAND.

    Up till noon to-day about £400,000 worth of Treasury bills has been allotted, mostly to local applicants. The Treasurer is confident that the whole amount will be ...

    Article : 201 words
  51. TASMANIA.

    A meeting of taxpayers was held this evening for the purpose of discussing the financial condition of the State. A reform league was formed to secure economy in ...

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  52. THE PREMIERS' CONFERENCE.

    The Conference of Premiers has been arranged for May 15. Mr. Lewis (Premier of Tasmania) is the only Premier who has not fallen in with this date, and Mr. See ...

    Article : 65 words
  53. A MILITARY ENTERTAINMENT.

    The State Commandant to-day arranged a programme of military experiments for the entertainment of Sir Arthur Lawley (the Governor of West Australia), who is ...

    Article : 60 words
  54. A FATAL ACCIDENT.

    A terrible accident occurred at Messrs. Marks & Co.'s store at Mudgee this evening. A loft used to store chaff over the machinery showroom suddenly collapsed, ...

    Article : 55 words
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