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  2. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The Postal Rates Bill will probably be assented to to-morrow, but the proclamation bringing it into force will not be issued until November 1. In the ...

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  3. VICTORIA.

    As a result of the enquiry into the death of a carter named James Holstock, who was killed by the Adelaide mail special few days ago while crossing the line near ...

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  4. THE ELECTORAL BILL.

    The Senate had a brief sitting this morning, in which it dealt with the amendments made in the Electoral Bill by the House of Representatives. Nearly the whole of ...

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  5. THE AUSTRALIANS.

    When the players in the match Australia versus C. I. Thornton's Eleven at Scarborough adjourned for lunch the home team had lost six wickets for 108 runs, F. ...

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  6. MARTINIQUE.

    The terrible eruptions in the French West Indian Island of Martinique continue with unabated fierceness, and the whole island seems to be doomed to destruction. ...

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  7. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

    Lord George Hamilton (Secretary of State for India) is mentioned as likely to be appointed Governor-General of Australia in succession to the Marquis of Linlithgow. ...

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  8. SOUTH AFRICA.

    A Parliamentary paper which has just been issued, among other information concerning the recent campaign in South Africa, supplies figures as to the total force ...

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  9. A CITY OF DEATH.

    In addition to 20 cases of alleged murder, 350 violent deaths have occurred in London during the last five weeks, the average thus being 10 fatalities daily. Included in ...

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  10. NEW ZEALAND AND CAPE COLONY.

    Mr. Seddon has invited the following companies to tender for the provision of a direct line of produce steamers between New Zealand and the Cape:—The Federal ...

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  11. SELECT COMMITTEE ON BONUSES.

    A meeting of the Select Committee, to which the Bonus Bill was referred on Tuesday last, was held yesterday, at Parliament House, in camera. There was an animated ...

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  12. THE MELBA CONCERTS.

    The booking plan for a series of five concerts to be given by Madame Melba was opened to-day, coupons having been issued the previous night. The excellent ...

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  13. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The returns of the Bank of England for the week ending on Wednesday, published to-day, show that the reserve of notes and coin held by the bank is £25,813,000, as ...

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  14. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

    The Emperor of Germany, President Loubet of France, and the Shah of Persia have sent telegrams to Mr. Roosevelt (President of the United States), congratulating ...

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  15. PUBLIC SERVICE INSPECTOR.

    At yesterday's meeting of the Federal Executive, Mr. A. Green (Treasury Inspector of New South Wales) was appointed Federal Public Inspector for the ...

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  16. THE TYS0N ESTATE.

    The Chief Justice in chambers this morning granted an order dispensing with the filing and passing of accounts of the Queensland Trustees, Limited, administrators of ...

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  17. A NEW LOAN PROPOSED.

    It is the intention of the Victorian Government to ask Parliament next week to authorise a new loan, probably of £1,000,000, for the purpose of carrying ...

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  18. GERMAN POLAND.

    The Emperor of Germany on Wednesday unveiled a statue of his father, the Emperor Frederick, in Posen. In the course of his inaugural speech his ...

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  19. ELECTRICAL RAILWAYS.

    The Government has recerved an offer from the Brush Electrical Engineering Company to erect new electrical railway lines in the suburbs, or to convert those already ...

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  20. FRIDAY'S PLAY.

    The sun was shining brightly when the players took the field this morning, and there was again a large attendance. The wicket was in good condition, and the ...

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  21. HELPING THE UNEMPLOYED.

    The citizens' unemployed committee proposes to cut up a stretch of land at Kooweerup and provide small block settlements for 100 families. Implements and ...

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  22. IMPERIAL SUPPLIES.

    The official correspondence between the Commonwealth Government and the Imperial authorities respecting supplies of meat, produce, and horses for the Imperial army ...

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  23. THE WOMEN'S HOSPITAL.

    At a meeting of the Women's Hospital committee, at which only the newly-elected members (constituting the doctors' ticket), were present, the resignation of 25 old ...

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  24. COLLIERY DISASTER IN WALES.

    A fearful colliery disaster has occurred in Aberystruth, in Monmouthshire, Wales The scene was the Maclaren mine, and the disaster resulted from an explosion of gas. ...

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  25. MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.

    Mr. E. W. Christmas has arranged to ship by the steamer Moravian many fine pictures selected from the collections this year at the Royal Academy and the Paris Salon for ...

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  26. THE BOARD OF WORKS LOAN.

    When the Board of Works loan was floated recently it was reported that a secret concession had been granted to some person or persons. The Stock Exchange on ...

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  27. TRADES UNION CONGRESS.

    The thirty-fifth Congress of the trades unions of the United Kingdom, which is sitting at Holburn, under the presidency of Mr. W. C. Steadman, M.P. (secretary of ...

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  28. GOVERNMENT STOCKS.

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  29. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    King Edward and Queen Alexandra, who are cruising off the Scottish coast, yesterday, visited Dunrobin Castle, the seat of the Duke of Sutherland, and one of the ...

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  30. QUEENSLAND.

    In reference to the man Henderson, who obtained £1,750 from the New South Wales Railway Commissioner as compensation for alleged injuries through falling from a ...

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  31. CHINESE EXCLUSIVENESS

    A Boxer proclamation has been issued at Canton inciting the people to rise and massacre all foreigners in the province. The movement is attributed to the ...

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  32. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    John James Cooke (late secretary of the Fremantle Lumpers' Union) was before the Fremantle Court this morning, charged with stealing £3 5/, the property of James ...

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  33. THE LUNATIC ASYLUM TROUBLE.

    Dr. Beattie Smith has written to the Chief Secretary denying that he ever tendered his resignation as acting inspector of lunatic asylums. The Chief Secretary has ...

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  34. IMPERIAL TRADE.

    Sir Edmund Barton, Prime Minister of the Australian Commonwealth, in a speech delivered on Wednesday evening at a banquet tendered by the ...

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  35. RATE OF DISCOUNT.

    The market rate of discount for three months' bills is 2[?] per cent. ...

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  36. THE MELBOURNE SHOW.

    The Acting Governor — General (Lord Tennyson) and suite visited the agricultural show to- day. The weather was windy and dusty, but ...

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  37. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Copper.—Copper on spot is quoted at £52, and at three months £52 7/6 per ton. Tin.—Tin on spot is quoted at £123 15/ per ton; at three months, £118 15/. ...

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  38. ALPINE FATALITIES.

    The fatalities which have occurred this season among the tourists who have taken part in mountaineering expeditions in the Alps have reached the extraordinary ...

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  39. ABEL MAKES 2,000 RUNS.

    R. Abel, the well-known Surrey professional, whose duel with Trumper this season has been watched with great interest, by a score made this week has completed ...

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  40. TASMANIA.

    A young woman, named Margaret Hyde, or Jane Rowe, was arrested to-day on a charge of horse-stealing. She was originally arrested at Chudleigh, but she broke away, ...

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  41. KING'S HOSPITAL FUND.

    The revenue of the King's London Hospital Fund, owing to the munificence of the contributions of its supporters, among the most liberal of whom were Lord ...

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  42. BRADFORD WOOL MARKET.

    There is more enquiry in the Bradford wool market for 40's. Bradford tops, common 60's, are quoted at 22½d. per lb., and Bradford tops, super 60's, at 23½d. per lb. ...

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  43. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    Silver is quoted at 2/ per oz. Not a little excitement was occasioned in the bark-grinding department at Messrs. T. Paltridge & Sons' tannery at Mount ...

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  44. SALES OF HIGH-CLASS STOCK.

    At the sales of pure bred stock at the show to-day the following were the best prices realised for shorthorns:- On account of Mr. A. J. Simpson, ...

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  45. THE SUGAR MARKET.

    The sugar market is that German beet sugar, 88 per cent., is quoted at 5/11 per cwt., and first marks granulated, f.o.D., Hamburg, at 7/6 per cwt. ...

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  47. TROUBLES IN HAITI.

    The "Washington Post" states that, owing to the virulence of the civil war raging in the Republic of Haiti (the second in size and population of the West Indian ...

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  48. WHEAT.

    The wheat markets are steady, but quiet. The French market is slightly lower, but the American market is tending upward. Australian cargoes are not offering. ...

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  49. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

    A highway robbery took place on Breakfast-road, near Brisbane gasworks, about a quarter to 5 this afternoon. Frederick Chas. Henry, a pay-clerk, employed by the ...

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  50. BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.

    The directors of the Bank of Australasia have declared a dividend of 11 per cent., besides passing £40,000 to the reserve fund and £16,000 to the premises account. They ...

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  51. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Arbitration Court to-day delivered its award in the matter of the dispute between the Bread Carters' Union and the master bakers. His Honor said the court ...

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  53. SHIPPING.

    Rothesay Bay, barque, 775 tons, at London, from Lyttelton June 3. Wellington, ship, 1,309 tons, at London, from Bluff May 12. ...

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  54. THE REPORT DENIED.

    It has been officially denied at Washington that there is any intention on the part of America to annex the Island of Haiti. ...

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