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  2. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    The more the Federal situation is examine the more unsatisfactory it becomes. Ministers are piling up business in such a way that its mere insertion on the Parliamentary ...

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  3. BOATING FATALITY.

    The mystery surrounding the sinking of a sailing boat when entering the port at midday on Sunday has been partially cleared up. Two Balmain residents, Mr. Charles Ralph ...

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  4. TRADE RECIPROCITY.

    Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Prime Minister of Canada, will shortly reopen negotiations with Mr. Deakin, Prime Minister of Australia, for mutual preferential trade. ...

    Article : 98 words
  5. AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

    Mr. W. J. Bryan, the Democratic leader, who recently returned from Europe to the United States, made a speech on; Saturday, at Madison-square Garden, New ...

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  6. CONSTITUTION FOR CHINA

    The Emperor of China has issued an edict promising to confer a Constitution on the country when China is ripe for the measure. The edict cites the report of the ...

    Article : 416 words
  7. TREPOFF ABANDONED.

    Persistent reports are circulated that the Czar has dismissed General Trepoff, who is his chief adviser in the reactionary policy, and who is seriously ill. ...

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  8. ILLAWARRA.

    On Saturday night a meeting of those interested in Labour was held in Sharpie's Hall for the purpose of forming a branch of the Political Labour League. There was not a ...

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  9. GERMAN REPRISALS INDICATED.

    "The danger of pursuing a policy of preferential trade with Great Britain is such that it might lead to reprisals on the part of those foreign countries with which ...

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  10. ANOTHER TERM FOR MR. ROOSEVELT.

    The New York "Sun" is agitating for the election of Mr. Roosevelt as President for another term. ...

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  11. BUREAUCRATS COWED.

    Police in many districts of Russia are quitting the service, as the Government does not protect them. Governors of provinces are insisting on ...

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  12. VICTORIA.

    Mr. Bent has more fully considered the question of setting apart a grant for the employment of prison labour in works of public utility, and now proposes to set aside £7500 ...

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  13. LOSS OF THE LISMORE.

    Private advices have just been received in Sydney from Valparaiso giving details of the loss of the ship Lismore, with 22 hands while on a voyage from Williamstown (Victoria). ...

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  14. ADVERTISING AUSTRALIAN RESOURCES.

    The Victorian Government strongly favours the proposal to hold an Australian exhibition as London, and afterwards in the provinces, as a means of enabling people in England to ...

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  15. REVOLUTIONARY CRUELTIES.

    The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" narrates cruelties done by revolutionaries in the Baltic provinces and their cold-blooded torture and murder ...

    Article : 37 words
  16. THE LICENSING BILL.

    At the annual meeting of the Victorian Alliance held to-night reference was made to the Licensing Bill now before Parliament, and very strong criticisms were bestowed on ...

    Article : 90 words
  17. STATE REVENUES.

    The revenue for August was £312,346, an increase of £27,311 compared with the same month last year. The amount received from the Commonwealth increased by £3525; ...

    Article : 114 words
  18. ATTACKS ON OFFICIAIS.

    One hundred and thirty-seven sappers at Irkutsk (Siberia) mutinied, and expelled their officers. They were eventually overcome by other troops, and were ...

    Article : 106 words
  19. THE TRANSVAAL.

    The Johannesburg correspondent of the "Daily News" states that Lord Selborne, Governor of the Transvaal, has inquired of the leaders of the parties their opinion ...

    Article : 116 words
  20. QUEENSLAND.

    The Commissioner of Railways, with the consent of the Minister, has appointed a board of inquiry to report upon the best system of pricing stock checks, so as to avoid ...

    Article : 111 words
  21. BILLIARDS AND BETTING.

    In a case heard in the Supreme Court befor[?] Mr. Justice Edwards, in which a publican ap[?] pealed against a conviction for permitting gam[?] bling upon his premises by allowing a gam ...

    Article : 107 words
  22. MISTAKEN MURDER.

    A startling incident occurred in the fashionable Hotel Jungfrau, at Interlaken, in the Berne Canton, on Saturday. During lunch a Russian lady of 22 years, supposed ...

    Article : 139 words
  23. PROPOSED CANOWINDRA RAILWAY.

    A meeting of delegates representing the Canowindra Railway League, the Cowra Progress Association, and the Farmers and Settlers' Association, was held here to-day, ...

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  24. PROTEST IN NEW ZEALAND.

    At a meeting of the Auckland Wholesale Merchants' Association to-day, a resolution was passed protesting against the ratification of the reciprocity treaty, pointing out the ...

    Article : 127 words
  25. NEW ZEALAND.

    Leonard Ashwin was found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the death of a boarder staying in a house run by him, which he set on fire. He was sentenced to 10 years' ...

    Article : 101 words
  26. GARRISON OF NATAL.

    Great satisfaction is expressed at P[?]etermaritzburg at the third battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment being stationed there. ...

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  27. THE WEATHER.

    {No abstract available}

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  28. NEWCASTLE.

    A weatherboard dwelling at Merewether, owned and occupied by a miner named John Jennings, was completely destroyed, together with its contents, by fire to-night. The fire ...

    Article : 69 words
  29. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The R.M.S. Ortona arrived shortly after 6 o'clock this morning, but owing to it being a holiday she did not resume her voyage until 6 p.m. ...

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  30. SIMPLIFIED SPELLING.

    President Roosevelt has written to the Public Printer at Washington that if the system of phonetic spelling adopted by the Brander-Matthews committee is generally ...

    Article : 43 words
  31. WHOLESALE ARRESTS AT WARSAW.

    Two thousand persons were arrested at Warsaw during searches which were made on Friday night. The prisoners were brutally beaten with ...

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  32. CASUALTIES.

    The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday on the body of Honora Fitzpatrick, lately, living at Ridge-street, Surry Hills. Deceased's body was recovered from the waters of Rozelle ...

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  33. VOYAGE OF THE MORESBY.

    The steamer Moresby arrived at Brisbane to-day, after a splendid voyage from the South Sea Islands and New Guinea. Sir Ivan James, who is visiting Australia from England, is ...

    Article : 278 words
  34. THEFTS OF GUNS.

    Two quickfirers and another gun were stolen from torpedo boats at Sebastopol. ...

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  35. THE CITY COUNCIL.

    The city council met to-night, the Mayor, Alderman A. H. James, presiding. Nineteen applications were received for the position of city engineer at a salary of £312 per annum. ...

    Article : 115 words
  36. BURNING FATALITY.

    An inquiry was conducted yesterday afternoon, by Mr. Meares, P.M., into the circumstances attached to the death of George Harry Dunn, 4 years of age, which occurred at St. ...

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  37. STRANDING OF THE SHERIDAN.

    The stranding of the American transport Sheridan on Barber's Point, Hawaii, is attributed to currents altering their direction. ...

    Article : 55 words
  38. BOMB EXPLOSION'S VICTIM.

    Prince Shokovsky, representative of the Russian Government on the directorate of the Official Telegraph Agency at St. Petersburg, was injured in the explosion at ...

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  39. HIGH RIVER AT GUNDAGAI.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 207 words
  40. A NARROW ESCAPE.

    Early on Sunday morning samuel-Arundale, aged 27, employed at Stanford-Merthyr colliery, had a narrow escape from being burned to death. He was sleeping in a hut, which ...

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  41. DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED.

    Twenty-two sentences of death passed on soldiers and civilians for taking part in the attack on Sveaborg fortress have been commuted to penal servitude for life. ...

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  42. COAL EXPORTS.

    The following vessel cleared at the Customs-house to-day:—Beechley, s, for Talcahuano, via Sydney, with 1500 tons bunkers. ...

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  43. MINERS IN WALES STRIKE.

    Ten thousand further members of the Welsh Federation of Miners have given notice that they will strike a month hence in protest against the employment of ...

    Article : 50 words
  44. A MINER CRUSHED.

    A fall or earth occurred this morning on the 90-fathom level at the Great Cobar Copper Mine. James Polglase, a miner, was working near by, and was caught by some earth. He ...

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  45. THE USE OF INCENSE.

    For some time there has been a strong controversy regarding the use of incense by Canon Wise, of St. George's Anglican Church, at Goodwood. The fourth anniversary ...

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  46. THE LATE LADY CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN.

    Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman is journeying from Marienbad with the body of his wife by express train to England. King Edward accompanied the funeral ...

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  47. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.

    While rabbit-shooting on Saturday afternoon Thomas Brooks, son of Mr. A. Brooks, of Barrengarry, was accidentally shot. He was putting his coat on, and the gun, which ...

    Article : 63 words
  48. WRECK OF THE YARALLA.

    The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Yaralla, after 11 years' service, has been wrecked on a reef. Bound to the coast island of Mumbualan, the Yaralla left Levuka for Suva ...

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  49. HEAT WAVE IN EUROPE.

    The heat wave in Western Europe continues. It was 93 degrees in the shade in London to-day. ...

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  50. STATION REPORTS.

    {No abstract available}

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  51. ACCIDENT WITH A GUN.

    Whilst Mr. D. Elwood was shooting at Glory Hole, 10 miles from here, his gun exploded, causing painful injuries to his face. ...

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  52. UNEMPLOYED LAND RAIDERS.

    Despite the injunction granted by Mr. Justice Phillimore against him, Councillor Cunningham, leader of some of the unemployed, has again headed a body which ...

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  53. SHOCKING DEATH OF A CHILD.

    A little girl, named Marjorie Cullen, was playing with the contents of an open trunk on Saturday evening, when the lid of the trunk fell on the child's neck, killing her instantly. ...

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  54. EARTHQUAKES IN CHILI.

    Shocks of earthquake take place daily at Valparaiso. ...

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  55. STOCK INSPECTORS' CONFERENCE.

    The Interstate Stock Inspectors' Conference was concluded to-day. Several resolutions were carried. One declared the desirability. of legislative power being passed in Victoria ...

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  56. SUICIDE OF A BARMAID.

    A young woman named Marle Prater, employed as a barmaid at Tattersalls Hotel, committed suicide late last night by taking a dose of vermin-killer. An inquest was held ...

    Article : 63 words
  57. PETROLEUM FIELD IN CHILI.

    A great petroleum field has been discovered at Curico, 108 miles S.S.W. of Santiago, the capital. ...

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  58. EIGHT HOURS' DAY IN ADELAIDE.

    Saturday was the anniversary of Eight Hours' Day, and the holiday was kept up to day. The weather was very favourable. A tremendous crowd gathered in the streets to ...

    Article : 142 words
  59. BOY WITH A DETONATOR.

    A lad named Edward Phillips threw a detonator into a fire in his father's dining-room, causing an explosion. The fire was scattered all over the room, setting fire to the drapings. ...

    Article : 57 words
  60. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. Alexander M'Kinley has been gazetted Consul for Mexico at Melbourne. FEEDING SCHOOL CHILDREN. The committee on supplying free meals ...

    Article : 64 words
  61. F.M.S. DUMBEA AT FREMANTLE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 108 words
  62. THE PEA RIFLE.

    Samuel Newcome accidentally shot himself with a pea rifle to-day while rabbit shooting. The bullet lodged in his thigh. MORPETH, Monday. ...

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  63. BUSINESS BEFORE PARLIAMENT.

    The first business entered on the bus [?]ess paper for the Senate for to-morrow is the [?]onsideration of the report of the committ[?] on the Industries Preservation Bill. The[?] are ...

    Article : 146 words
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