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  2. NEW ZEALAND.

    At the closing of Parliament yesterday, Mr. O'Rorke, in addressing the House, said the historian of the future would be puzzled to account for the desire some ...

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  3. AMERICAN COAL.

    At the invitation of President Roosevelt the chairmen of the anthracite coal companies and Mr. Mitchell (president of the Miners' Union) assembled at the White ...

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  4. THE ATLANTIC TRADE.

    Mr. Ismay (of the firm of Ismay, Imire, and Co., managers of the White Star line), who is a member of the committee of the newly- formed "International Mercantile ...

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  5. THE SHAH OF PERSIA.

    If the Shah of Persia had been a school-boy and the British nation a generous uncle, it could not have given him a better holiday treat than was provided last week. ...

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  6. THE BRITISH ARMY.

    Addressing a Conservative meeting at Farnham, Surrey, yesterday, Mr. St. John Brodrick (Secretary for War) replied to Sir Michael Hicks-Beach's recent remarks ...

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  7. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The Acting Minister of Defence has not lost a moment in carrying out his promise to the House of Representatives that the Australian defence estimates shall be cut ...

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  8. RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

    The Grand Duke Nicholas, of Russia, who, in company with Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, recently unveiled a memorial to the Russian soldiers who fell in the ...

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  9. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Pan-German newspapers affirm that the willingness of the Kaiser to receive the Boer generals has bridged a gulf which had existed between the Kaiser and the public ...

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  10. THE RUSSIAN PEASANTRY.

    A telegram from St. Petersburg reports that 144 peasants in the district of Vetlunga, in the government of the same name, have been sentenced each to two months' ...

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  11. BRIGANDAGE IN THESSALY

    An encounter has taken place between the Turkish troops and a force of brigands in Thessaly, under the notorious Pharmakes. The Turks were defeated, their ...

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  12. THE JAPANESE LOAN.

    The Japanese 5 per cent. loan of £5,000,000, is quoted at 1½ per cent. premium. ...

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  13. THE MURRAY WATERS.

    In a letter bent three weeks ago to Mr. Irvine by the New South Wales State Premier it was pointed out that under the British Act the whole watercourse of the ...

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  14. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Prince and Princess of Wales will accompany King Edward and Queen Alexandra on their visit to the city on the 25th inst. ...

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  15. NIGERIA.

    Further trouble in Nigeria is feared, as it is reported that the Emir of Kauo is making extensive preparations for engaging in hostilities against the British forces ...

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  16. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Treasurer does not think he will be in a position to deliver his financial statement on Thursday. It will probably be postponed till the following Tuesday. ...

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  17. HOMES FOR THE POOR.

    The City Council of Glasgow has made an application to Parliament for power to borrow £750,000, with which to build houses for the accommodation of the poor people ...

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  18. VICTORIA.

    On Saturday night Miss Maggie Moore, supported by a strong company, renewed her acquaintance with Melbourne playgoers in the evergreen "Struck Oil." No other ...

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  19. AMERICAIN TRUSTS.

    The principals of the great Beef Trust of America have succeeded in cornering the market for breadstuffs and other provisions in Chicago. They claim to be able to force ...

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  20. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    Of 2,085 bales of Argentina wool submitted at the Antwerp sales yesterday 1,533 were sold. Buyers were numerous, and the competition was fair. Prime ...

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  21. BLOCK 12 FIRE.

    The real cause of the smoke trouble the Block 12 Proprietary mine has been the choking of Brodribb's air passage in the open cut; which produced a downcast, ...

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  22. MAKING THE RAILWAYS PAY.

    Mr. Bent (Minister for Railways) has come back from the general elections like a giant refreshed. His purpose now is to make the Minister more than a figurehead ...

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  23. INTER-STATE FREE-TRADE.

    The Minister for Home Affairs is gradually disposing of the outward and visible signs of the days when inter-State free-trade did not exist. Last week he offered ...

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  24. FRENCH LABOR TROUBLES

    A serious colliery strike, in which 8,000 men are participating, began yesterday in the French department of Pas-de-Calais, which takes the lead in coal production, ...

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  25. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The following are the latest quotations on the London Stock Exchange:- Associated Mines, £1 12/6. Broken Hill Proprietary, £1 10/. ...

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  26. POSTAL PACKET DELIVERY.

    The Postal Department is about to follow the example of the British Post-Office and introduce a welcome novelty in packet deliveries. The British office has undertaken ...

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  27. THE CHURCH AND SOCIAL REFOKM.

    Sir—The thanks of all those living at a distance from the city are due to "Tue Advertiser" for the abundant information it gives concerning the Church Congress. On ...

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  28. M. ZOLA'S FUNERAL.

    Consequent on the attacks made by the French Nationalists on the memory of the late M. Zola and on Captain Dreyfus, whose cause the great novelist had cham ...

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  29. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Frozen Meat.—The following sales are reported by the Frozen Meat Trade Association: — New Zealand sheep, Canterbury, light, 4 1-16d.: medium, 4d.; heavy. 3?d. ...

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  30. DROUGHT-RESISTING FODDER.

    The Acting Prime Minister has received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies a parcel of books and catalogues with reference to drought-resisting grass. The ...

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  31. SIR WILFRID LAURIER.

    Sir Wilfrid Laurier and the Hon. W. S. Fielding (the Canadian Premier and Minister of Finance respectively) have completed the negotiations they liave been conducting ...

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  32. BROKEN HILL.

    With reference to the friction which occurred between the magistrate and two labor justices prior to the hearing of the Corona shearers' eases, the following ...

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  33. THE HOPETOUN MURDER.

    The inquest on Lue Tuck, a Chinaman, the victim of the Hopetoun murder, was concluded yesterday, when Benjamin Patterson Jones was committed for trial, the ...

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  34. TASMANIA.

    Mr. Robert Byron Miller, a well-known banister and politician, died this morning, aged 79. He held the position of Attorney-General in the While Ministry from 1863 ...

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  35. NEW ZEALAND'S CREDIT.

    The "Pall Mall Gazette" says New Zealand's meagre and grudging return to the Midland Land-Grant Railway Company, in response to the application for an increased ...

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  36. PUBLIC SERVANTS AND POLITICS.

    Federal public servants are not to be subjected to any disabilities in connection with political matters. The Public Service Act a silent upon the point. It precludes their ...

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  38. ME[?]BA'S FOURTH CONCERT.

    Another vast audience filled the Town Hall in every part on Saturday evening, when the fourth concert of the Melba season was given. She was applauded to ...

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  39. THE BELGIAN SCANDAL.

    It is reported from Vienna that the Emperor Francis Joseph was greatly distressed on hearing of the scandalous treatment received by Princess Stephanie from her ...

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  41. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

    Theatre Royal—"The Toreador." Tivoli Theatre—"Sweet Nell of Old Drury." Y.M.C.A., S—Meeting Protestant Church[?]nen. Old Exchange, Piric-strcet, S—A.N.A. meeting. ...

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  42. STARVING STOCK.

    During September the railways carried at reduced rates the following numbers of starving stock to Gippsland and other districts, where grass is available: — 10,000 ...

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  43. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A shocking accident happened at midday at the establishment of the Dairy Fanners' Co-operative Milk Company. A young woman, Lilian May Toole, residing at ...

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