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  2. SECOND EDITION

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 2 7-8d per ounce standard, an advance of 1-16d since yesterday. ...

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  3. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    A return has been prepared by the customs Department showing the imports into and exports from the Commonwealth during February. It sets out the values of each item ...

    Article : 111 words
  4. TELEPHONE SERVICES.

    The Postmaster-General made public to-day that portion of the report by Mr. Hesketh on the telephone services of America and Europe. The report itself is practically a ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Mr. J. S. Ainsworth (Liberal) will move to-night in the House of Commons a resolution condemning any general duty on foreign manufactures. The Government ...

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  6. RUSSIA.

    The Zemstvo of Moscow is sending a deputation to M. Buliguine, the Minister of the Interior, with a view of securing an early application of the Rescript issued ...

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  7. THE WAR.

    There are indications that the Russians are concentrating and constructing defences at Chang-chun, 90 miles north of Kai-yuen (or about 160 miles north of ...

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  8. PERSONAL.

    The Governor-General has written to Sir Gerald Strickland, Governor of Tasmania, conveying to the people of that State the sincere thanks of Lady Northcoto and ...

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  9. HOUSEBREAKER IN ADELAIDE.

    Between 7 and 7.45 this evening a housebreaker was caught red-handed in a house owned by Mrs. Anderson at Frewville, a suburb of Adelaide. Mrs. Anderson and a ...

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  10. ELECTRICAL ENGINEER FOR THE POST-OFFICE.

    The Postmaster-General, when asked to-day whether he contemplated the appointment of an electrical engineer for the Commonwealth, said it would be advantageous to have such ...

    Article : 116 words
  11. THE PEASANTS' WAR.

    Agrarian revolutionaries in Russia are distributing proclamations printed in gold to deceive the peasants into the belief that they are the Czar's words. Many ...

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  12. QUEENSLAND.

    Sir Hugh Nelson, the Lieutenant-Governor, has become a victim to dengue. Large numbers of officers of the Public Service are suffering from the epidemic, which is also partly ...

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  13. BRITISH NAVAL POLICY.

    The Earl of Selborne, the First Lord of the Admiralty, replying in the House of Lords last night to inquiries made by Earl Spencer, the leader of the Opposition, ...

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  14. COSSACKS' EXCESSES.

    A Norwegian trader accompanying the Russians in their retreat relates that Cossacks looted Tie-ling. The Cossacks sold champagne at a rouble (2s) a bottle, and ...

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  15. BOMB THROWING AT WARSAW.

    A man at Warsaw threw in the street a dynamite bomb, which exploded and dangerously wounded six soldiers and two policemen. The man escaped. ...

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  16. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Government has accepted the tender of Clemenger and Monteath, of Melbourne, at £40,000, for the supply of 4400 tons of castiron pipes for the Guildford, Midland ...

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  17. CONSULATE IN 'PERSIAN GULF.

    Russia has established a Consulate at Bandar Abbas, in Persia, at the entrance to the Persian Gulf. ...

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  18. GENERAL KUROPATKIN.

    The "Times" states that the Czar at first refused the petition of General Kuropatkin, after his deprivation of the comdership-in-chief, to remain at the front in ...

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  19. WEST MAITLAND HOSPITAL.

    The State Premier, Mr. J. H. Carruthers, accompanied by Mr. J. J. Cohen, M.L.A., arrived here at 2 p.m. to-day, and was received by Mr. J. Gillies, M.L.A., Alderman W. ...

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  20. INDIA.

    The Budget of India, which was presented to the Vice-regal Council yesterday, shows that the surplus of the last financial year was £2,996,400. The estimated ...

    Article : 85 words
  21. NEW ZEALAND.

    A man named Sunckell seriously injured his wife at Gough's Bay, Canterbury, by stabbing her. He subsequently committed suicide. ...

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  22. VLADIVOSTOCK GARRISON REDUCED.

    It is reported that a portion of the garrison of Vladivostock has been removed to Harbin. ...

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  23. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Mr. Joseph Cook, M.P., addressed a meeting at the Temperance Hall to-night, under the auspices of the Women's Liberal League. Alderman Haynes occupied the chair. The ...

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  24. BATTLE OF MUKDEN.

    In the battle of Mukden a battery of artillery, on the Japanese extreme left of the army attacking the city, fought with exceptional distinction. The guns were ...

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  25. POLICE REORGANISATION.

    The "Daily Mail" announces that the police force of India is being reorganised at a cost of £1,000,000 per annum. The object of the change is to enable the force ...

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  26. ARMY'S COLONIAL CONTRACTS.

    Mr. Arnold-Forster, the Secretary of State for War, in reply to Sir J. T. Woodhouse (Liberal), in the House of Commons, said that the War Office liad not paid any ...

    Article : 63 words
  27. FRANCE AND MOROCCO.

    M. St. Rene Taillandier, the French Minister at Fez, reports that his explanation of the French proposals concerning Morocco has completely reassured the ...

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  28. VICTORIA.

    Albert Sherrott, law clerk, who was round guilty on Tuesday of conspiring with one George Steers to defeat the ends of justice, came up for sentence at the Criminal Court ...

    Article : 109 words
  29. VISIT OF RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

    Messrs. Oliver and Kirkcaldie, Railway Commissioners, visited Forbes last evening, when the Mayor (Alderman Hutchinson) introduced deputations from the council, the ...

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  30. GERMAN ARMY BRUTALITY.

    Despite the contention of General von Einem, the German Minister for War, that there has lately been a marked diminution of cases, brutal illtreatment is the ...

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  31. SPIES FOR RUSSIA.

    The Tokio correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports that the Chinese Governor of Liao-yang and thirty-two of his relatives admitted that they had acted as ...

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  32. THE WRECK OF THE ACACIA.

    A report is current that the wreck of the Acacia was found by a fisherman on January 31 last, which was before the discovery of the wreck of the Briar Holme, but for reasons ...

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  33. THE CHURCHES.

    The Rev. H. S. Buntine was formally inducted to the Armidale charge by the Presbytery of New England yesterday. There was a large congregation, which was presided over by the ...

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  34. HEAVY SENTENCES.

    At Bendigo to-day Judge Eagleson sentenced Ernest Leonard to 10 years' imprisonment, the last day of each month and the last 14 days [?] solitary confinement, for ...

    Article : 66 words
  35. BALTIC THIRD SQUADRON.

    The third squadron of the Baltic fleet, commanded by Admiral Niebogatoff, has gone from Suda Bay, Crete, to Port Said. ...

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  36. AGRICULTURAL DEGREES.

    A scheme for diplomas and degrees in agricultural education by the University has been adopted by the councils of the University and of agricultural education. ...

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  37. CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES.

    The Acting City Coroner yesterday held an adjourned Inquest on the body of Ethel Maud Frances Moore, who died on March 10, at a nurse's home at the Globe. Deceased went ...

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  38. A FRENCH COLUMN.

    A mobile French column, numbering 1800, is encamped 100 kilometres (about 62 miles) within the Moroccan territory nearest to the Algerian port of El Aricha. ...

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  39. BRITISH VESSEL CAPTURED.

    The Japanese have captured the British steam collier Harbarton, 3265 tons, which was bound for Vladivostock. ...

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  40. AUSTRALIAN NATIVES' CONFERENCE.

    At the Australian Natives' conference to-day Mr. Glass was elected president, Messrs. A. G. Lumsden and A. D. Freeman were elected vice-presidents; Mr. Hume Cook was ...

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  41. GERMAN IMPERIAL MARRIAGE.

    The marriage of the Crown Prince of the German Empire and Prussia with the Duchess Cecilia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin will take place at Berlin on June 6. ...

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  42. GERMANS AID JAPAN.

    German banks are co-operating in the issue of the new Japanese loan. ...

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  43. A DIVING FATALITY.

    An inquiry was held yesterday by the Acting City Coroner into the death of Reginald Hazlewood, 15. The lad died at the Sydney Hospital on Tuesday from injuries received from diving ...

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  44. RUSSIANS ATTACK FRANCE.

    Russian newspapers violently, attack France for refusing to lend more money to Russia. ...

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  45. A SEAMAN DROWNED.

    At about 4.30 a.m. yesterday the body of Nicholas Shoctan, mate of the schooner Shannon, was recovered by the water police after dragging operations. From a statement made ...

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  46. BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.

    The annual report of the Bank of Australasia shows that deposits amount to £15,186,394, cash and other securities to £5,897,931, bills to £14,368,061. ...

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  47. FURTHER PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

    At yesterday's meeting of the Executive Council, the State Parliament was further prorogued till May 16. The death sentence passed on William Hope ...

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  48. SLUMP ON ST. PETERSBURG COURSE.

    The announcement that an internal loan was to be issued caused a slump on the St. Petersburg Bourse, and Russian 4 per cents fell to 87, the lowest figure since ...

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  49. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    There is anxiety in Sofia, Bulgaria, owing to the Turks and Greeks combining against the Bulgarians in Macedonia. March 22. ...

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  50. NEWCASTLE.

    The steamer Louis Roth cleared at the Customs to-day for Manila with 2800 tons of coal (additional cargo); the steamer Willyama for Port Pirie, via Sydney, with 1710 tons of coal and 1000 tons of coke; ...

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  51. A WOMAN POISONS HERSELF.

    Mrs. Maria E[?]well, 38, a native of Talbot, Victoria, wife of a rabbiter, living on the Orange-road, poisoned herself early this morning by taking arsenic. She had previously ...

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  52. ALLEGED ASSAULT ON A CONSTABLE.

    A peculiar case was heard at the Police Court to-day. Charles Bates, a comedian, belonging to the Anderson pantomime organisation, was called upon to explain why he ...

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  53. COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION.

    The wounded Colossus has halted to construct defences in undulating country in the province of K[?]rin, but while the report to that effect, and other messages, imply that the war is ...

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  54. A JOCKEY KILLED.

    At the races to-day a jockey named Aldridge was killed. His horse bolted during a preliminary canter. ...

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  55. THE TALLOW SALES.

    At the sales of Australasian tallow to-day 1200 casks were offered, and 525 sold. Prices were:—Mutton, fine 29s 6d, medium 25s; beef, fine 25s 9d, medium 23s 6d per cwt. ...

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  56. THE HIGH COURT.

    The Barristers' Board and the Perth Chamber of Commerce have passed resolutions protesting against the sittings of the High Court being confined to Melbourne and ...

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  57. FOUND DEAD ON THE ROAD.

    The body of William M'Auley has been found at Broadmeadows, 64 miles from Grafton, on the Glen Innes-road. The man's skull appeared to have been split open. Apparently ...

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  58. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR CONVENTION.

    The twelfth convention of the Newcastle district was opened this afternoon in the Baptist Tabernacle. The (preliminary proceeding; took, the form of a conference on Christian Endeavour work. Mr. J. ...

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  59. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At the Art and Industrial Exhibition to-day the committee of the Chamber of Manufacture gave an official luncheon to the interstate visitors, among whom were Mr. O. C. ...

    Article : 144 words
  60. TRANSVAAL WAR CONTRIBUTION.

    Mr. A. Lyttelton, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, explained in the House of Commons lnst night that the contribuition (£30,000,000) by the Transvaal to the ...

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  61. STATE POLITICS.

    At the smoke concert held in connection with the Mudgee A. and P. Association on Tuesday night, Mr. E. Richards, M.L.A. for Mudgee, replying to the toast of "The ...

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  62. THE WOOL SALES.

    The wool market is brisk, and prices hardening. Coarse crossbreds are ½d dearer than the lowest point touched during the present series. ...

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  63. BUSH FIRES RELIEF FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 79 words
  64. Advertising

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