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  2. QUEENSLAND.

    A deputation from Bundaberg waited on the Minister of Works to-day to ask the Government to advance £70,000 for the purpose of irrigating 3,000 acres ...

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  3. RUSSIAN UNREST.

    The Czar of Russia, speaking at Krusk yesterday, warned a deputation of the elders of the communities in the Little Russian Governments of Poltava, Kharkov, and the ...

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  4. THE KING.

    King Edward and the Prince of Wales yesterday took part in a grouse drive in the Invereauld forest (Aberdcenshire), which embraces upwards of 20,000 acres. The ...

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  5. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Commandant Wolmarans (a relation of the Boer peace delegate who visited Europe and America with Messrs. Fischer and Wessels during the campaign) has been for ...

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  6. THE AUSTRALIANS.

    When the match against the Players was resumed after lunch al Kennington Oval to-day the scoring continued apace. Tyldesley playing freely and ...

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  7. FEDERAL AFFAIRS

    The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Deakin) declares that the position of the Federal defence policy remains exactly as it did when the Defence Bill was introduced by ...

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  8. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A carter, William Hayes, residing at Camperdown, aged 65, met his death in a shocking manner at Waterloo this morning. He was driving a dray loaded with sand, ...

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  9. VICTORIA.

    At a magisterial enquiry to-day into the circumstances surrounding the death of Wm. Shearing, who shot James Whi[?]e, a rival in love, at Eagle Point on Saturday, ...

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  10. THE FEDERAL BUDGET.

    The way in which Federal Ministers have conducted the business in both Houses, writes the Melbourne "Argus," may be gleaned from the fact that last year's ...

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  11. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    The English rifle team won the Palma trophy at the matches of the Canadian Rifle Association, contested at Ottawa last week. The scores of the three best ...

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  12. AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

    Japan's influence in China is rapidly extending. A Japanese scholar named Hattori has been appointed president, of the Pekin University, and another has been ...

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  13. THE TARIFF BILL.

    The Acting Governor-General to-day gave his assent to the Customs Tariff Bill. ...

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  14. THE CLOTHING TRADE.

    At a meeting of the Jewish workers held in Whitechapel, London, on Sunday, it was announced that an American trust was in process of formation, with a capital of ...

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  15. THE COMMONWEALTH AND THE STATES.

    In May last at a conference in Sydney, the State Premiers formulated demands for the redress of State grievances against the Commonwealth. Mr. Deakin was enabled ...

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  16. THE NEW BISHOP OF MELBOURNE.

    The Rev. Henry Lowther Clarke, the Bishop-designate of Melbourne, will leave England for his new d[?]oeese in January next. ...

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  17. COLOMBIAN CIVIL WAR.

    The German cruiser Panther, which destroyed the Haytian gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot off the west coast of Hayti recently, has been ordered to Colon to protect the ...

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  18. BROKEN HILL.

    Herbert Taylor, a miner, was slightly injured at the Proprietary mine this afternoon. He was barring down ground at the 300-ft. level in block 13 when a fall ...

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  19. A CONSTABLE RUNS AMUCK.

    A sensation was created to-day in Malaga, a Spanish seaport 65 miles north of Gibraltar. A gendarme, who was armed with a repeating rifle, suddenly went mad in the ...

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  20. INTER-STATE TRADE.

    A section was specially inserted in the Constitution Act to protect the other States against New South Wales merchants unloading goods imported under a free-trade ...

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  21. SCOTTISH COLLIERS.

    The wages dispute, in which 70,000 Scottish colliers were concerned, has been settled by arbitration, the result being a reduction of 6¼ per cent, to a minimum of ...

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  22. FLOODS TN INDIA.

    The heavy rains which recently set in over a large part of India, averting the threatened famine, have been incessant in many provinces. In Southern Bengal 25 ...

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  23. HABITUAL CRIMINALS.

    The British Prisons Commission (Mr. E. J. Ruggles-Brice, C.B., Mr. R. S. Mitford, Lieutenant-Colonel M. Clare Garsia, C.B., and Dr. H. B. Donkin), in their latest ...

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  24. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    The Legislative Assembly spent the evening on a motion for adjournment to call attention to a recent decision of Mr. Justice Pring, who ruled that the New South Wales ...

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  25. INTER-STATE TRADING FACILITIES.

    After careful consideration at a special meeting of the Federal Executive, held today, the new inter-State trade certificates, with the accompanying amended ...

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  26. A PERIPATETIC ADMINISTRATION.

    The perambulating system of administration which Federal Ministers purposed adopting during recess is not likely to be carried into effect. Public opinion has ...

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  27. FRANCE AND ITALY.

    The extraordinary speech of M. Pelletan (the French Minister of Marine) at a banquet given in his honor at Ajaccio, the capital of Corsica, in which he emphasised ...

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  28. FOREST FIRES.

    Immense fires have devastated the pine forests in the Pacific states of Oregon and Washington during the last few days. Twenty persons are known to have lost ...

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  29. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. [?]anson will shortly resign his position as leader of the Opposition, owing to his appointment as editor of the "Mining Herald." A meeting of the Opposition ...

    Article : 182 words
  30. THE PEARLING INDUSTRY.

    A party of Weat Australian senators and members of the House of Representatives waited on the Acting Prime Minister today, with Mr. Conigrave (who represented ...

    Article : 264 words
  31. CHURCH AND STATE IN FRANCE.

    The attempt of M. Manin, the wellknown French journalist, to interview the Pope with reference to the Associations Law has failed. The request for an ...

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  32. MARITIME DISASTERS.

    The steamer Bewick, 1,401 tons, owned by Messrs. W. H. Wise & Co., of Hartlepool, has been lost off the Firth of Forth. The captain and 10 men were drowned. ...

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  33. NEW ZEALAND.

    The mortgages on freehold in the colony total £36,746,000. Of this sum £20,25O,000 is held by companies having their head offices outside New Zealand. ...

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  34. INTER-STATE CRICKET.

    At a meeting of the Victorian Cricket Association to night Mr. Aitken was elected president. The request of the Queensland association to play a match with Victoria ...

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  35. AMERICAN SHIPPING TRUST.

    It is understood that Mr. Pierpont Morgan, organiser of the great American shipping trust, has purchased Messrs. Ellerman and Co.'s five steamers engaged in the ...

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  36. BRITISH RAILWAY INDUSTRY.

    In connection with the extensive railways now in process of construction in the new South African colonies, British firms have latterly supplied 40 engines, each weighing ...

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  38. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. R. S. Sievier's b f Sceptre, by Persimmon—Ornament, who ran first in the St. Leger Stakes last week, has, during the season, won £26,000 in stakes. ...

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  39. THE ALBERT PARK OUTRAGE.

    The remarkable circumstances of the alleged assault on Ethel Winifred Rickards, 17 years of age, were investigated at the sitting of the Supreme Court to-day, when ...

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  40. THE GERMANS IN AFRICA.

    A slaughtering and cold storage company is in course of organisation at a German South-West African seaport. The German Government have promised to encourage ...

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  41. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Assembly to-day, in moving the second leading of the Railway Act Amendment Bill, Mr. Leahy, explained the principal clauses. He thought the ...

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  42. THE VICTORIAN CRISIS.

    The Premier (Mr. Irvine) is to deliver the opening speech of the election campaign at Nhill on Saturday night. In the meantime the Opposition found on ...

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  43. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Copper.—Copper is quoted at —53 11/3. Tin.—Tin is quoted at £123 on spot, and at three months. ...

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  44. ARMY REFORM.

    The "Daily Express" reports that the sweeping rearmament scheme of the War Office includes provision for imprecedentedly powerful quick-firing and field horse ...

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  45. SHIPPING.

    Harburg, steamer, 5,217 tons, at Continent, from Newcastle May 31. Delphic, steamer, 8,273 tons, at London, from Wellington July 27. ...

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  47. POISONED PORK PIES.

    An analysis made of samples of the pork pies, through the consumption of which upwards of 100 persons in Dereby were poisoned, two fatality, has revealed the presence ...

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  48. TASMANIA.

    In the Assembly to-night the Treasurer moved the second reading of the Income Tax Bill. The total revenue from this source is expected to be £70,000, and it ...

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  49. CAMERA NEWS.

    Our readers are reminded that up-to-date Cameras can be purchased at Baker and House, 37, Bundle-street (new address), from 5/6. Practical instructions given free. ...

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  54. NO OPIUM

    In Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This remedy is a favorite with mothers of small children, as it contains no opium or other harmful substances, and can be ...

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