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  2. MELBOURNE CUP DAY. THE BATTLE EVE.

    The forty-seventh Melbourne Cup will be run for this afternoon at Flemington, and, like the majority of its predecessors, the great two miles' handicap has excited the ...

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  3. ENGLISH CRICKETERS. PUBLIC RECEPTION IN ADELAIDE.

    A public reception to the English cricketers took place this morning. There was a good attendance, including a number of ladies. Mr. Theodore Bruce, Mayor of Adelaide, was ...

    Article : 618 words
  4. SIXPENNY MEALS. DISUNION IN THE BANKS.

    A meeting of the Sydney Restaurant-keepers' Association was held last night at M'Ewan's Cafe, George-street. Mr. M'Bride was voted to the chair. There was a fairly ...

    Article : 668 words
  5. BARQUENTINE CAPSIZED.

    The strong north-west gale which blew across the harbour last night was responsible for a very sensational accident, the iron barquentine Kate Tatham being capsized in ...

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  6. UNIONIST VICTORY.

    The English and Welsh municipal elections were held on Saturday. Unionists won upwards of 135 seats, the great majority of their victories being in ...

    Article : 175 words
  7. CURRENCY DEADLOCK. AMERICAN WORKMEN IDLE.

    The financial deadlock in America is seriously affecting industries, and 60,000 people have been thrown out of work owing to the temporary abandonment of ...

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  8. VOTE FOR A STRIKE.

    An overflowing meeting of railway men was held in the Albert Hall yesterday. Mr. J. E. Ellis, M.P. (Liberal), who presided, said that the owners were ...

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  9. SPORTING NOTES.

    According to a forecast by the Government Astronomer (Mr. Baracchi) for to-morrow, favourable weather may be expected in the early forenoon. It will be ...

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  10. VICTORIA.

    To-day John Edward Foster was charged at the Court of General Sessions with manslaughter of his father at Brighton on October 18. The accused pleaded not guilty. The ...

    Article : 205 words
  11. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. THE GAWLER RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    Referring to the railway accident at Gawler, the Railway Commissioner stated to-day that the first cause of the accident was that Porter Hawke disobeyed the instructions that he ...

    Article : 110 words
  12. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TEAM.

    The South Australian team were chosen to-day as follows:—Clem Hill, Darling, Gehrs, Pellew, Claxton, O'Connor, M'Beath, Wright, Jennings, Mayne, Roy Hill; twelfth man, ...

    Article : 396 words
  13. MELBOURNE BETTING MARKET.

    Wagering over the Melbourne Cup was not particularly brisk to-day. Welcome Trist, Mooltan, and Dyed Garments were the principal horses backed, all firming a point or ...

    Article : 203 words
  14. ANOTHER MEETING.

    "Sixpence a meal leaves no profit," was the opinion expressed at a meeting of about 40 restaurant keepers, held to consider the advisability of raising the price of ...

    Article : 114 words
  15. EDUCATION IN ENGLAND.

    The committee of the National Council of Free Churches has passed a resolution to the effect that no settlement of the education question would be satisfactory ...

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  16. FIRE AT A STUD FARM.

    The fine residence of Mr. James H. Aldridge, at Richmond Park stud farm, was almost totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The outbreak was noticed shortly ...

    Article : 132 words
  17. BANK RATE 6 PER CENT.

    The Bank of England rate of discount for best three months' bills was to-day raised to 6 per cent. from 5½ per cent. at which rate it had stood since Thursday. ...

    Article : 42 words
  18. A DESPERATE BURGLAR.

    Two members of the committee of a cooperative store at Gateshead, Durham, were watching the premises owing to some burglaries which had been ...

    Article : 68 words
  19. CHINESE RIOTS IN MELBOURNE.

    The trouble which has arisen between two sections of Chinese in Little Bourke-street over their representation at the bar of the Legislative Assembly in connection with the ...

    Article : 231 words
  20. EARTHQUAKE IN CENTRAL ASIA.

    Advices from Kokand state that out of 2500 people, comprising the population of Karatagh, in Russian Turkestan, two-thirds were killed on the 21st inst. by the ...

    Article : 46 words
  21. QUEENSLAND.

    The election tribunal concluded its sitting to-day in the Supreme Court to hear an appeal by John Flynn, ot Gill-street, Charters Towers, accountant, against the validity ...

    Article : 76 words
  22. THIRD DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 95 words
  23. THE NEW DUMA.

    Many members of the Right of the Duma favour representative government, thereby assuring a majority for the Constitution. ...

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  24. DEFERRED EXPENDITURE BUDGETS.

    The "Economist," in commenting upon the Victorian Budget, says that the revenue was deliberately underestimated in order to show a large surplus, which was ...

    Article : 64 words
  25. CHAMPION CYCLIST IN CHURCH.

    Mr. O. H. Brook, the New South Wales champion cyclist, had a seat on the platform at the evening service at the Goldsmitt-street Methodist Church on Sunday night, and ...

    Article : 336 words
  26. CAN TARRANT PLAY WITH VICTORIA?

    The Victorian Cricket Associating to-night decided to ask the New South Wales and South Australian Cricket Associations if they had any objection to F. Tarrant (Middlesex ...

    Article : 65 words
  27. EXPLOSION AT AN ARSENAL.

    Some melinite shells burst in the arsenal at Bourges, France. Seven artillerymen were killed by the explosion, and two others are dying. ...

    Article : 34 words
  28. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Court of Crown Cases Reserved to-day confirmed the conviction and sentence of Mrs. Florence Urani Jardine, of North Fremantle, to two years' imprisonment on a charge of ...

    Article : 53 words
  29. GIRL'S STRANGE CONDUCT.

    A girl about 10 years of age, engaged in service at Launceston, sent a note to-day to a sister in service in another house, stating that her mistress having rebuked her for ...

    Article : 96 words
  30. PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER ON RACING.

    The Rev. A. W. Butler, at the Footscray Presbyterian Church yesterday evening in an address on "horseracing," expressed the opinion that it was the "dirtiest, trickiest, and ...

    Article : 230 words
  31. THE AMERICAN FLEET.

    Twenty-one Glasgow steamers have [?] teen chartered to convey United States [?] coal for the American fleet during the [?] cruise from the Atlantic to the Pacific ...

    Article : 39 words
  32. AN INEFFICIENT REGIMENT.

    Three majors and two captains of the 5th Lancers have been placed on halfpay, on the ground that the regiment is unfit for service. ...

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  33. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Mossgiel Woollen Company has recommended a dividend of 4 per cent., and is writing off £1500 for depreciation. The export of gold from New Zealand last ...

    Article : 105 words
  34. SOUTH COAST COLLIERIES.

    The southerly wind which sprang up during last night made the sea choppy, and prevented shipping operations being carried on at tht local jetty to-day. ...

    Article : 178 words
  35. SLEEPING SICKNESS.

    Professor Koch, who has spent 18 months on the Sezse Islands, Victoria Nyanza, declares that the insect Glossina palpalis sucks the crocodile's blood and ...

    Article : 211 words
  36. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Metz and Strasburg, fortresses in Alsace Lorraine, will each be an airship station. BILLIARDS. Roberts (7000) defeated Weiss (6947) on ...

    Article : 176 words
  37. A STRANGE COINCIDENCE.

    Last week George Bellett, aged 11 year and Robert Fawcett, aged 15 years, with some companions wont for a swim in Dandenong Crook. Fawcett picked up a cadot rifte which ...

    Article : 147 words
  38. MR. BENT'S ACTION.

    The mysterious negotiation of the Premier in connection with the Coal Creek Proprietary Coal-mining Company's property was mentioned to-day in the Cabinet, when some ...

    Article : 218 words
  39. THE RESIGNATION OF CANON NASH.

    The board of nomination for Christ Church, Geelong, met to-day at St. Paul's Cathedral to nominate a successor to Canon Nash, incumbent of the parish. Three petitions for the ...

    Article : 166 words
  40. AMALGAMATION OF MINERS.

    A meeting of delegates of the three coalmining districts, north, south, and west, will be held in Sydney in a few days to further discuss the question of amalgamation of the ...

    Article : 161 words
  41. FROM ADELAIDE TO POST DARWIN.

    Mr. H. H. Dutton, a son of Mr. Henry Dutton, of Anlaby station, is making preparations to motor from Adelaide to Port Darwin in his 24-horse-power Talbot car. He expects ...

    Article : 105 words
  42. A WISE GHOST.

    It is reported that a ghost has been observed at North Manilla. One night last week two young ladies were scared by a querr white object. The following night a party of men ...

    Article : 78 words
  43. GERMAN EMPEROR BETTER.

    The German Emperor, who was suffering from a chill, is better. ...

    Article : 19 words
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    We are requested to draw attention to an advertisement in another column relating to the Union Assurance Society and the issue of accident risks. ...

    Article : 27 words
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