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  2. "WHIPPING THE DEVIL OUT."

    Dr. Ramsay Smith, in the course of summing up at an inquest on Wednesday, on the body of a young man who was burned to death as the result of his own act while ...

    Article : 766 words
  3. AUSTRALIA AND FRANCE.

    The Arbitration Group of the French Parliament has received a letter from Mr. H. Allerdale Grainger, Agent-General for South Australia, thanking them for the ...

    Article : 130 words
  4. PERSONAL.

    Sir William Lyne is spending his Christmas holidays in Sydney. It is stated that Surgeon-General Williams, C.B., principal medical officer of the ...

    Article : 1,293 words
  5. THE FISCAL ISSUE.

    Lord George Hamilton, who resigned his office as Secretary for India through a disagreement with his colleagues on the fiscal question, replying to a resolution ...

    Article : 419 words
  6. THE WAR CLOUD.

    The Daily Mail reports that Japan has taken over 25 steamers from Messrs. Butterfield & Co., the British shipping firm, for use in the transport of troops from the ...

    Article : 305 words
  7. STRANGE STORY OF THE SEA.

    On November 23 the little yacht Kia Ora, sailed away from New Zealand with two young men, Messrs. Buckeridge and Sowden aboard, bound for London via Cape ...

    Article : 365 words
  8. THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    The scrutiny, at Port Darwin in connection with the Federal Senate elections was performed on Wednesday. The Assistant Returning-officer (Mr. N. Holtze) was in ...

    Article : 365 words
  9. STRIKE OF UNDERTAKERS.

    A strike of livery stable drivers has taken place in Chicago, and the men who have left their work have forcibly prevented the burial of the dead in order to bring the ...

    Article : 95 words
  10. A LADY CANDIDATE'S OPINION.

    Miss Vida Goldstein, one of the unsuccessful Senate candidates, addressed a sympathetic gathering of about 200 people here to-night on "The lessons of the election." ...

    Article : 162 words
  11. RUSSIA IN TURKEY.

    A Russian syndicate, with a capital of £4,000,000, has been formed to acquire the Chalcidice, Peninsular, Izvor, Ormilio, and other mines, with a view to strengthening ...

    Article : 59 words
  12. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    An interesting set of tables has been compiled at the military, headquarters of the Commonwealth for the purpose of showing the peace and war establishments of every ...

    Article : 261 words
  13. THE STEAMER FINLAND.

    The Dutch liner Finland, which went ashore this week at Flushing, with 1,000 passengers on board, is still hard and fast on the shoals, but all her passengers have ...

    Article : 42 words
  14. RUSSIAN INTRIGUE.

    Much excitement has been caused in Shanghai, says the Standard correspondent, by the issue of a secret edict at Pekin ordering Yuan-shi-kai to recover possession ...

    Article : 168 words
  15. THE RETURN OF THE WRITS.

    One by one the very slowly-completed writs for the general elections are being sent to Melbourne bY the responsible returning-officers. As yet only about a score of ...

    Article : 82 words
  16. ASIATICS IN AFRICA.

    The Legislative Council of the Transvaal Colony has decided to appoint a Royal Commission to enquire concerning the question of Asiatic trading in the ...

    Article : 39 words
  17. SIR WILLIAM LYNE'S VIEWS.

    Sir William Lyne, Minister of Trade and Customs, in the course of an interview with a representative of the Sydney Morning Herald in Melbourne on Friday, said:— ...

    Article : 423 words
  18. MR. H. GLADSTONE AT BIRKENHEAD.

    Addressing a public meeting at Birkenhead yesterday, Mr. Herbert Gladstone declared that the tariff reformers were speeding money like water. He would like to ...

    Article : 225 words
  19. THE ARMY IN SCOTLAND.

    The War Office have increased the a[?]ea of the Scottish military camp at Hawick (Roxburgshire) by the purchase of 25,000 acres from the estate of the Duke of ...

    Article : 40 words
  20. VICTORIA.

    At Langlang this morning F. McCrow was driving a team of bullocks, and in raising his long whip the lash struck him in the left eye, injuring it so severely that ...

    Article : 84 words
  21. MILITARY OPINION.

    The Daily Chronicle's Berlin correspondent states that the German military authorities are of the opinion that in the event of war Japan must be defeated unless ...

    Article : 341 words
  22. OBITUARY.

    The death at the age of 65 is announced of Sir Edwyn Dawes, head of the [?]rm of Gray, Dawes, & Co., London, chairman of the A.U.S.N., New Zealand Shipping, and ...

    Article : 49 words
  23. THE HIGH COURT.

    The Federal High Court is now in its first vacation, which, however, will not be a[?]ong one, for the court is due to sit in Hobart on February 23. ...

    Article : 38 words
  24. DEATH OF A PIONEER.

    An early pioneer colonist, and one who was for a very long term of years in Victoria, Mr. John Rusden, died to-day at his residence, South Yarra, at the ripe age of ...

    Article : 195 words
  25. SHOCKING RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    A dreadful accident happened on the railway line between Moonee Ponds and Essendon yesterday afternoon, when Mr. John Anderson, a resident of Hunter-street, ...

    Article : 315 words
  26. PREFERENTIAL TRADE AND THE COMMONWEALTH TARIFF.

    The Federal Government have entrusted to Mr. Lockyer (Collector of Customs at Sydney) the duty of compiling and co-ordinating all available data bearing upon ...

    Article : 66 words
  27. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The estate of the late Sir Charles Nicholson, Bart., who was three times Speaker o[?] the New South Wales Parliament, and for many years a prominent politician in that ...

    Article : 42 words
  28. CUSTOMS PROSECUTIONS.

    Captain Richardson, of the steamer Manilya, was fined £5 at Fremantle to-day for carrying un-Customed goods. Notice of appeal was given, the magistrate expressing ...

    Article : 39 words
  29. FINANCIAL NEWS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 137 words
  30. THE SEPARATION MOVEMENT.

    Mr. J. H. Want, K.C., late Attorney-General of New South Wales, who was one of the foremost opponents of Federation before the latest referendum was taken in the ...

    Article : 192 words
  31. A WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LOAN.

    It is reported by private cable that the Western Australian Treasurer will offer a loan of £500,000 at 4 per cent. in the Commonwealth during January. The terms will ...

    Article : 59 words
  32. PARLIAMENTARY OFFICES.

    Speculation is rife as to the intention of the Government with reference to the position of Federal Whip, vacated by the defeat of Mr. Frank Clarke, and the ...

    Article : 149 words
  33. CAUGHT BY COGWHEELS.

    An employe of the Austral Otis Engineering Works, South Melbourne, named George Melville, 16 years of age, was caught by the coat between the cogwheels of the machine ...

    Article : 79 words
  34. BRITISH CONSOLS.

    British consols axe quoted at £88 2/6. ...

    Article : 12 words
  35. MINING SHARES.

    The following are the latest quotations on the London Stock Exchange:- Mount Lyell, 19/6. Chillagoe, 3/6. ...

    Article : 21 words
  36. WATERSPOUTS, AT SEA.

    A remarkable sight off the coast was witnessed by the crew of the American barque Servia, which arrived this morning from Tacoma. The vessel was about 2[?] ...

    Article : 140 words
  37. THE NAVAL FORCES.

    The Minister for Defence to-day made it clear that the naval forces of the Commonwealth are not going to be wiped out as the result of the acceptance of the naval ...

    Article : 108 words
  38. WAR RATES FOR INSURANCES.

    The secretary of the Adelaide Marine Underwriters' Association reports the receipt of cable advices from London to the effect that war rates have been declared on goods ...

    Article : 58 words
  39. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Breadstuffs.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,855,000 quarters, as against 1,775,000 last week. The quantity afloat for the Continent is 1,095,000 ...

    Article : 89 words
  40. DISPUTED RETURNS.

    The protests made by the defeated candidates in the Federal elections are being dealt with by the Federal electoral office as expeditiously as possible. It has been ...

    Article : 353 words
  41. PREPARING FOR WAR.

    The Hongkong correspondent of the Sydney Daily Telegraph, writing under date of November 28, says:- With a Chinese army in the field ...

    Article : 941 words
  42. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    Silver is quoted at 2/13/4 per oz. ...

    Article : 14 words
  43. THE FREIGHT RING.

    The freight ring has announced a further reduction of 5/ in freights from the Commonwealth of 1904. The Aberdeen line has made a similar reduction. ...

    Article : 52 words
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