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  2. NEW HEBRIDES.

    A debate on French aggression in the New Hebrides that opened somewhat weakly developed in the House of Representatives this afternoon into an event of marked importance ...

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  3. THIRD EDITION.

    At Lords to-day the Australians in their second innings hit up the half-century in 45 minutes. Tarrant was severely punished, With the total at 110 Armstrong, ...

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  4. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    The Australians commenced a match at Lords to-day against Middlesex. The county team consists of G. MacGregor, B. J. T. Bosanquet, P. F. Warner, J. Douglas, ...

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  5. THE ENTENTE.

    The King reviewed the French fleet yesterday morning in the Solent. The fleet afterwards docked in Portsmouth Harbour, owing to the thick weather. ...

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  6. IMPENDING BATTLE.

    General Linevitch reports that a Russian force has been outflanked by the Japanese near Tao-lu, on his eastern flank, and has been compelled to retreat towards Itung, ...

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  7. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    After the debate on the New Hebrides (reported elsewhere), the proceedings were diverted into the inevitable socialistic channel. Sir Wm. Lyne made a fresh start with the ...

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  8. TRADES UNION LABEL.

    A deputation from the council of the employers' federation, the general council of the Chamber of Commerce, the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce, the Chambor of ...

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  9. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

    The Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, exchanged credentials on Tuesday, and settled the procedure which they will ...

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  10. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    The Unemployed Bill yesterday passed through committee in the House of Lords without amendment. The House of Commons yesterday, by ...

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  11. CARDIFF MATCH ABANDONED.

    The match at Cardiff between the Australians and a team representing South Wales was abandoned to-day on account of rain. ...

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  12. SILVER.

    LONDON, Aug. 10. Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2 3 5-16d per ounce standard. ...

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  13. THE CHANNEL SWIM.

    W. T. Burgess has started on another attempt to swim the Channel. Aug. 10. Burgess failed to cross the Channel. ...

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  14. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    After our first edition went to press the debate on the motion for leave to introduce the Liquor Laws Amending Bill was continued. Several members of the Labour ...

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  15. OUR NAVAL DEFENCE.

    Admiral Fanshawe's recent remarks on the subject of naval defence were referred to in the House of Representatives to-day. Mr. Kelly asked the Vice-President of the ...

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  16. ARREST OF W. N. WILLIS.

    William Nicholas Willis has been arrested at Durban. He was granted bail in the sum of £1000. ...

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  17. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The "Militar Wochenblatt," of Berlin, publishes a report by Count Schweinitz of the discovery by him of the skeletons of hundreds of Hereros and a thousand cattle. ...

    Article : 170 words
  18. CHARITIES' LAUNDRIES.

    Mr. Akers-Douglns, the Home Secretary, announced in the House of Commons last night that it was intended next session to introduce a bill to provide for the ...

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  19. LARGE RUSSIAN LOAN.

    It is announced at St. Petersburg that a new Russian loan of £20,000,000, bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent., is being issued so as to enable a further ...

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  20. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    A return has been laid on the table in the House of Representatives showing the cost incurred by the Commonwealth to date in connection with fixing the Federal capital. ...

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  21. GERMANY'S ISLAND POLICY.

    Count Wolff-Metternieh, the German Ambassador in London, has assured the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, that new ...

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  22. CONVICTS AT SAGHALIEN.

    The Japanese Commandant at Saghalien reports that the convicts were apparently released before the Russians surrendered. He fears that the liberated convicts are ...

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  23. FINANCING EDUCATION.

    Mr. J. D. Rockefeller is planning a gift of 50,000,000 dollars (£10,000,000) to education, to be expended in various directions. Mr. Rockefeller hopes that Chicago ...

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  24. SENSATIONAL RUNAWAY.

    A sensational accident occurred early last evening in City-road, near Codrington-street, Darlington. A horse attached to a dealer's van bolted, and collided with a tram, a ...

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  25. CUSTOMS' AGENTS' CLERKS.

    A deputation of Customs' agents waited on the Minister for Customs this afternoon and asked that clerks employed by them should be allowed to sign declarations ...

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  26. RISING IN ANGOLA.

    The "Cologne Gazette" reports that in Portuguese West Africa (Angola), 6000 Kuenjamas attacked and massacred the majority of Portuguese settlers in several ...

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  27. SHIPPING DISASTER.

    A telegram received this morning from Nehoue on the west coast of New Caledonia reports that the American four-masted ship Roanoke, 3539 tons, is a total loss. ...

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  28. CARRIAGE OF MAILS.

    The Railway Commissioners of the States have been acting together with the view of inducing the Postmaster-General to revise the rates for the carriago of mails, the ...

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  29. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    Mr. JOHNSON (N.S.W.) moved,—"(1) That in the opinion of this House in view of the certainty of an enormous trade development along the Pacific route to Australia following ...

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  30. GERMAN LOAN TO MOROCCO.

    German bankers have advanced to the Sulton of Morocco £500,000 as a private loan, made on account of the penury, of the Moroccan Treasury. ...

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  31. DUTY ON HARVESTERS.

    A representative of the Massey-Harris Company waited on the Minister for Customs this afternoon, and with him went through a number of documents with the object of ...

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  32. END OF A REMARKABLE VESSEL.

    The Roanoke, which was the largest wooden vessel afloat, created a great amount of interest upon her arrival in Sydney Harbour on April 28 last from New York, via Melbourne. ...

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  33. COLLAPSE OF A LARGE BUILDING.

    From the ruins of Myers' stores, at Albany, New York State, which collapsed while undergoing alterations, 50 persons were extricated after workmen had been ...

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  34. VICTORIA.

    The Board of Inquiry into the case of Mr. P. A. M'Anulty, late taxing officer of the Supreme Court, into a charge that be had been guilty under the Public Service Act of ...

    Article : 375 words
  35. NAVIGATION COMMISSION.

    A meeting of the Navigation Commission was held to-day, and correspondence from the imperial Government, with reference to the holding of a conference on the subject of ...

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  36. SIR PETER RUSSELL'S ESTATE.

    The personalty or sir Peter Nicol Russell's estate has been sworn for probate purposes at £98,442. The following bequests have been made to Sydney ...

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  37. HER LAST PERILOUS VOYAGE.

    On her last voyage to Australia the Roanoke had a sensational experience, for she was in collision on the high seas and severely damaged. She originally sailed from New York on ...

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  38. LAUNCH OF THE MOOLTAN.

    The steamer Mooltan, built for the P. and O. Company, was launched at Greenock to-day. The Mooltan, which is being built for the ...

    Article : 229 words
  39. NEW ZEALAND POLITICS.

    The voucher incident entered upon a new and unexpected phase in the House this afternoon. Since the new Liberal party first made the allegation that an irregular ...

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  40. EMIGRANTS FROM GERMAN PORTS.

    Emigrants from Bremen nnd Hamburg for seven months ended July 31 numbered 224,229. This constitutes a record for the period. ...

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  41. WARSAW RAILWAY PORTERS.

    Railway porters on strike at Warsaw set fire to the railway warehouse's. The flames were extinguished before the building had been seriously damaged. ...

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  42. ART UNION TICKETS.

    On June 20 last an art union in aid of St. Vincent's Hospital was drawn in the Athenaeum Hall for prizes of £300, £100, £50, £30, and £20 respectively, and the winning ...

    Article : 146 words
  43. EXPORT OF PORK.

    The pork exported by the R.M.S. Mongolia, which left Sydney on June 24, reached London in excellent condition, and is of the best quality, but the time for sending ...

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  44. A BOY SERIOUSLY BURNED.

    Roy Harslett, 14, residing at Cowper-street, Waverley, was the victim of a serious accident yesterday af afternoon. He is employed at a chemist's shop at Bondi Junction, and ...

    Article : 97 words
  45. YELLOW FEVER.

    Dr. Placide Louis Chapelle, Roman Catholic Archbishop of New Orleans, has died of yellow, fever, aged 63 years. ...

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  46. THEY ARE THE BEST.

    because they are made from the best ingredients—the most costly. Ask for ARNOTT'S MILK ARROWROOT BISOUITS.—Advt. ...

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  47. THE CHILDREN'S BISCUITS.

    Children love and thrive on them, for they, are light, wholesome, and nutritious.—Advt. ...

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