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  2. AUSTRALIA WINS.

    The third test match was soon over today. An hour sufficed to dispose of the remaining five wickets. The Englishmen made practically no fight. ...

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  3. SECOND EDITION

    Messrs. Kellow and James, the overland motorists, who left Melbourne at 2.30 on Thursday morning with the object of covering the 572 miles between Melbourne and Sydney in ...

    Article : 154 words
  4. THE BARRIER.

    Owing to the peculiar geographical situation of our metropolis-practically the farthest point from our three landward boundaries—New South Wales finds herself in a ...

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  5. THE NEWCASTLE BLOCK.

    Owing to the shocking mismanagement of the berthing arrangements at Newcastle, further mail and passenger steamers have been seriously delayed in order to permit colliers ...

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  6. NEW TRIPLE ALLIANCE.

    Germany, Russia, and Sweden are arranging for the virtual neutralisation of the Gulf of Bothnia and the Gulf of Finland. It is hinted that Germany by this ...

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  7. THE COMING SESSION.

    Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, addressing his constituents at Alnwick, reiterated the statement that if foreign nations executed in their ...

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  8. NO INTERFERENCE.

    Mr. Holford Knight, on behalf of a small informal committee, has presented a memorial to Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the Prime Minister, relating to the policy ...

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  9. THE BUSH MISSIONARY.

    The paths of a bush missionary are not always strewn with roses; as a matter of fact, it would appear that some of them are plentifully beset with thorns. His experiences, from ...

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  10. EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI.

    Au earthquake, followed by a tidal wave, has damaged Gonalves, on the coast of Haiti. ...

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  11. ISLAND MAILS HUNG UP.

    There was a stir among passengers bound for the islands yesterday, when it was announced that the Moresby, of Burns, Philp, and Co.'s fleet, had been detained. Inquiries ...

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  12. DRASTIC EDUCATION BILL.

    Mr. H. H. Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, speaking at Lancaster yesterday, said that coal had risen owing to enormous industrial activity; bread has ...

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  13. THE BANK RATE.

    The Bank of England rate of discount has been reduced to 5 per cent from 6 per cent, at which rate it had stood since January 2. ...

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  14. TRANSVAAL DEPORTATIONS.

    One hundred and sixteen ex-soldiers of the Indian army at Johannesburg, have petitioned Lord Elgin, protesting against compulsory registration. Their petition ...

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  15. PENDULUM OF LABOUR.

    "The term under review has been one of marked progress, and prospects are distinctly favourable to a greater accession of union strength, to be wisely directed in the ...

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  16. THE PLAY

    England required 290 to win, and had five wickets in hand. Crawford 1 and Braund 41 resumed to the bowling of Saunders and O'Connor. There were five wickets for 139. ...

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  17. PREFERENCE.

    Mr. Grigg, a Board of Trade Commissioner, reports that Canadian preference has been helpful in neutralising the geographical trading advantages of the United ...

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  18. WARRIMOO'S SAILING HOUR ALTERED.

    The departure of the Union S.S. Company's steamer Warrimoo for Wellington has been postponed from 1 p.m. to-morrow until 10 o'clock at night. The Warrimoo has been in ...

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  19. ANNEXATION OF THE CONGO.

    H. Schollaert, the Belgian Premier, declares that the Government will adhere to its determination to annex the Congo, though it may be found expedient to ...

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  20. MANUKA AT LAST DESPATCHED.

    The steamer Manuka, of the Union S.S. Company's fleet, was despatched yesterday afternoon for Auckland, 24 hours after her timetable hour. It was only by employing ...

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  21. THE DRUCE FIASCO.

    Sir Harry, Wand, K.C., who for many years was one of the counsel for the Treasury and the Home Office, has published a letter in the "Times" ...

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  22. EFFECT IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The Tariff Commission, analysing the new tariff of New Zealand, shows that preference affects £4,000,000 worth of goods in groups in winch British trader is chiefly ...

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  23. MR. JOHNSON AT NEWCASTLE.

    A deputation representing the council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce waited on the Chief Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Johnson) at the railway station this morning ...

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  24. JUDGMENT FOR THREE MILLIONS.

    The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has upheld the decision of the lower Court in favour of the Dominion Iron and Steel Company's claimfor £3,000,000 against the ...

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  25. PLOT IN ODESSA.

    The secret police have arrested 20 persons in Odessa in connection with a plot to destroy with dynamite the Governor-General's residence and the headquarters ...

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  26. MILLIONAIRE'S BEGINNINGS.

    Mr. Louis Spitzel, the Polish Jew who recently died in Germany leaving £3,000,000, reaided at one time at Castlemaine, and carried on business as a pedlar (writes the ...

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  27. RIO TINTO COLLAPSE.

    One thousand men have been thrown idle from the Rio Tinto copper mines, Spain, The substitution, of stone pillars for props caused cracks a yard wide in the surface, ...

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  28. MR. KEIR HARDIE.

    Mr. Keir Hardie called at Hobart on his way to Melbourne in the steamer Marama. He was met upon the steamer's arrival by Messrs. Ben Walkin and W. A. Woods, Ms.H.A., and ...

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  29. LOUD BRASSEY.

    Lord Brassey, formerly Governor of Victoria, has been appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque ports. ...

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  30. SOUTH COAST DROUGHT.

    The existing drought on the South Coast is most alarming. Young cattle are dying off for want of water, and the short supplies at Kiama, Berry, and Nowra are causing the ...

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  31. HOLY WAR IN MOROCCO.

    Mulai Hafid, the rebel who has been proclaimed Sultan of Morocco, has announced at Marakash that he is prosecuting a holy war against the infidel. ...

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  32. HUNTING FOR CONCESSIONS.

    Under a pretest that he was connected with a band of German noblemen visiting Abyssinia to shoot lions, Herr Arnold Holz, who is representing German ...

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  33. VELTHEIM COMMITTED.

    Frank von Veltheim, charged with attempting to extort £16,000 from Mr. Solly Joel, a financier, pleaded not guilty at the police court yesterday. He was ...

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  34. "SEED PLOT OF DISEASE."

    "Gentlemen," said the Minister for Works yesterday to a deputation which asked the Government to provide a sewerage scheme for the borough of Vaucluse, "you've overdone this, ...

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  35. EXPLORING PARTY MISSING.

    An unexpected hitch has occurred in the programme of the party sent out by the Departments of Lands, Agriculture, and Railways to explore and report on the ...

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  36. UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE.

    The recent statement made by Prince Bulow, the German Imperial Chancellor, in the Diet, absolutely refusing to grant the people of Prussia universal suffrage, ...

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  37. DIAMOND DIVIDENDS DEFERRED.

    Owing to the collapse of the diamond market, as the result of the monetary stringency in America, the Premier Diamond Mining Company of the Transvaal ...

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  38. A "NEW PROTECTION."

    Mr. Sabath has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives, imposing a tax of 25 per cent on dowries and settlements in connection with marriages between ...

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  39. PELAW-MAIN WHEELERS.

    Pelaw-Main colliery is again idle owing to further trouble with the wheelers. According to a statement of the lodge secretary, the men were prepared to go to work this ...

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  40. CLOSER SETTLEMENT.

    Seven hundred applications have been lodged with the local land agent for eight blocks of land available tor settlement near Barmedman. The land board is now sitting ...

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  41. THE TASMANIAN TOUR.

    The Englishmen left Adelaide to-day, an[?] will leave Melbourne for Tasmania to-morrow by the Loongana. They will begin [?] match at Launceston on Saturday agains[?] ...

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  42. JAPANESE IN VANCOUVER.

    The City Councill in Vancouver destres to disarm Japanese residents. ...

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  43. AN INJURED WOODMAN.

    A middle-aged man, William Pilen, residing at South Muckleford, was admitted to the Castlemaine Hospital last night suffering from a fractured pelvis. He was seated on a load ...

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  44. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    At the Antwerp wool sales, which opened yesterday, there was a lack of animation. Merinos compared with November rates showed a decline from 5 per cent, to 8 ...

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  45. INTERSTATE CRICKET.

    F. Collins has been selected to accompany the Victorian team to Sydney next week for the match against Naw South Wales. He will take the place of H[?]litt, who is unable ...

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  46. THE DEADLY PEA-RIFLE.

    A message from Pittsworth states that Ann[?] Hersig, seven years old, was accidentally [?] dead in bed by her brother, at Scrubby, Mountain, with a pea-rifle. ...

    Article : 39 words
  47. CONSULAR APPOINTMENT.

    Mc. Charles Lo[?]son has been gazetted [?] for Liberals at Christchurch. ...

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