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  2. GRAND LODGE OF FREEMASONS.

    "Your installation on Monday marks an opoch, not only in your own life, but also in the history of the craft throughout the Commonwealth, marked as your Masonic ...

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  3. NEWCASTLE.

    There is an arithmetical dispute between the Northern Extended miners and the management in respect to the reduced h[?]wing rate, which has come into operation for the ...

    Article : 219 words
  4. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A message was found in a bottle at Mandurah on Saturday stating that two fishermen had been shipwrecked on Little Island, 14 miles north of Fremantle. It is now believed to be ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Chinese Government at Peking is perturbed by the threat of France to land troops and quell the rebellion in the Kwang-si province, Southern China. ...

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  6. THE LATE MR. KRUGER.

    President Loubert sent condolences to the family of the late Mr. S. J. P. Kruger. Lord Milner, Governor of the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony, has agreed ...

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  7. THE WAR.

    The Tokio correspondent of the "Times" states that the plans of General Kuropatkin are perplexing. Apparently he intended to make a strong stand at ...

    Article : 146 words
  8. DEALING WITH THE RAIDERS.

    It is reported at Singapore that a large armoured cruiser and two colliers have been seen near the Straits of Malacca. It is believed that they are Japanese vessels ...

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  9. EXPORT OF GOLD.

    The following gold was exported by the R.M.S. Mongolia to-day:—Fifty thousand sovs. from the Bank of Australasia, and 25,000 sovs. from the W. A. Bank for Colombo, and £53,039 ...

    Article : 43 words
  10. VIOLATION OF THE DARDANELLES.

    The "Jiji," the leading daily newspaper of Tokio, says that Great Britain is bound to prevent Turkey assisting Russia by allowing the Volunteer fleet to pass the ...

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  11. FRACAS AT SHAN-HAI-KWAN.

    A drunken fracas occurred at Shan-hai-kwan, on the coast of the Chi-li province, near the Manchurian boundary, between Japanese and French troops. In the ...

    Article : 52 words
  12. A MEMORIAL SERVICE.

    The United Church Council of the Transvaal has resolved to erect a monument to Mr. Kruger at Paardekraal, the scene of the declaration of the Independence of the ...

    Article : 52 words
  13. DISCOVERY OF PETROLEUM.

    A discovery of crude petroleum has been reported from the Duke of Orleans Bay district, to the cast of Esperance. The finders claim that a parcel of the petroleum assayed 30 ...

    Article : 43 words
  14. WORK AT THE PITS.

    Only six collieries worked full time for the fortnight ended on Saturday. In the South Maitland district there were sto[?]ages due to flood water blocking traffic, the loss of [?]ages ...

    Article : 149 words
  15. SANITATION OF THE MINES.

    Responding on Saturday night to the [?]oast of "The Mining Industry," at the annual social of the Western Australian branch of the Amalgamated Mines Association. Dr. ...

    Article : 181 words
  16. RUSSIAN ATROCITIES.

    The War Office at Tokio, in connection with General Oku's army in the Liaotung and Southern Manchuria, arraigns the conduct of the Russian army in the ...

    Article : 226 words
  17. FRANCE AND THE VATICAN.

    The French Cabinet has resolved to inform the Vatican that if the seven French bishops who were called upon by the Pope to resign their sees are forced to do so ...

    Article : 204 words
  18. MR. STEYN'S TRIBUTE.

    Mr. M. T. Steyn, the ex-President of the Orange Free State, has telegraphed to Mrs. Eloff, the daughter of the late Mr. Kruger, "Mr. Kruger was a martyr and a patriot. ...

    Article : 43 words
  19. THE MEAT PACKERS' STRIKE.

    Serious rioting has occurred at St. Paul, Minnesota, in consequence of the strike of meat packers. The strikers refused to allow the employees of the Swift Packing ...

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  20. THE COAL EXPORT TRADE.

    The American ship A. J. Fuller cleared at the Customs to-day for San Francisco with 2472 tons of Messrs. Brown's coal, the steamer Anglian, for Hobart, via Sydney, with 1050 ...

    Article : 59 words
  21. QUEENSLAND.

    The elections will be held on August 27. The nominations are in three batches, namely, August 6, 13, and 20, and the writs are returnable on September 15. ...

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  22. JAPANESE TURNING MOVEMENT.

    St. Petersburg telegrams declare that numerous reconnaissances made by the Russians have proved that the Japanese have only left a containing force between ...

    Article : 62 words
  23. MR. WATKIN MILLS'S CONCERT.

    Mr. Watkin Mills, the famous English basso, broke his journey from Brisbane to Sydney this morning in order to fulfil a promise he made three weeks ago to give another concert ...

    Article : 84 words
  24. VICTORIA.

    A return prepared for the Premier, Mr. Bent, shows that since 1873 the Phoenix Foundry at Ballarat has built 349 engines for the State railways. The aggregate tonnage ...

    Article : 58 words
  25. A QUEENSLAND DIVORCE CASE.

    In the Supreme Court to-day Francis Kenna, ex-M.L.A., brought an action for divorce against his wife. A man named Gardiner was made co-respondent. The action was ...

    Article : 99 words
  26. THE MARCH ON LHASSA.

    The Thibetan peace delegates, the Ista Lama (the senior member of the Council of Four), and the lay member of the Council, are retiring before the advance of the ...

    Article : 125 words
  27. THE CZAR'S ASSURANCE.

    The Czar has assured a merchant of Samara, South Eastern Russia, who gave 1,000,000 roubles (£100,000) to aid the wounded, that Russia cannot be beaten by ...

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  28. SUICIDE OF A WOMAN.

    Mrs. Mary Stewart, aged 43, wife of William Francis Stewart, residing at the Junction, was found hanging by the neck from the rafters of the washhhouse at 6 o'clock this ...

    Article : 208 words
  29. COAL TRADE.

    In a recent statement the Under-Secretary for Mines indicated that there was a considerable falling off in the coal exported during the half-year ended June 30. The actual ...

    Article : 524 words
  30. THE BUTTER COMMISSION.

    The Royal Commission on the butter industry met this afternoon in private. Mr. Barry, secretary, was instructed to complete his investigations into certain important matters ...

    Article : 63 words
  31. ADMINISTRATION OF MANCHURIA.

    Japan has notified China that she is prepared to administer Manchuria with the assistance of Chinese troops. ...

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  32. TASMANIA.

    Inclement weather is prevailing, and there is much snow on the uplands. Mr. John Hodges, jun., of Hamilton, was found frozen to death in the snow yesterday morning, in ...

    Article : 73 words
  33. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY.

    About 2000 persons attended the annual distribution of awards of the Royal Humane Society in the Town Hall to-night. The awards were presented by the State Governor, ...

    Article : 97 words
  34. THE BALTIC FLEET.

    The Russian Embassy at Paris denies that it asked of the French Government facilities for coaling the Baltic fleet at French ports. ...

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  35. A PREMATURE REPORT.

    The report of the occupation of Ying[?]ow, the port of Niu-chwang, by the Japanese, was premature. ...

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  36. AT PORT ARTHUR.

    The Japanese landed two more divisions (about 40,000 men) with 50 guns at Dainy on the 2nd inst. The Japanese are repairing the docks, ...

    Article : 91 words
  37. THIBETAN FORTIFICATIONS.

    It has been ascertained that the Thibetans are fortifying positions near the Brahmaputra River and Nam and Nate, near Lhassa, as a means of opposing the ...

    Article : 50 words
  38. COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION.

    Russian interference with British and German shipping is bound to cause a stir, and to bring forth suggestions that the longprophesied international blaze has become ...

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  39. NEW ZEALAND.

    The bank returns for the June quarter show liabilities £21,191,947, and assets £20,721,413. ...

    Article : 21 words
  40. SIR M. M'EACHARN ON ARBITRATION.

    A large and representative gathering of leading men in the mercantile and commercial circles of Melbourne met to-day at the Chamber of Commerce to wish bon voyage to Sir ...

    Article : 184 words
  41. THE BEXLEY OUTRAGE.

    At the Newtown Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Payten, S.M., Garnett M'Kenzic, 23, described as a clerk, was charged with having at Bexley assaulted Sarah Newman with ...

    Article : 943 words
  42. TRAMCAR AND STEAM ROLLER COLLIDE.

    An electric tramear this morning came into violent collision with a steam roller. Numbers of passengers sustained injuries, but none of a severe nature. ...

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  43. DISAPPEARANCE OF A DIPLOMAT.

    The body of Mr. Kent Loomis, the accredited representative of the United States to Abyssinia, who disappeared from a steamer on the voyage from New York to ...

    Article : 185 words
  44. THE CHINGTU AT PORT DARWIN.

    The Chingtu arrived from Hongkong on Friday, and sailed for southern ports on Saturday. The passengers are Mrs. Bird and child, Misses Burton, Waltrovitz, Messrs. ...

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  45. THE RUSSIAN CRUISER NOVIK.

    There are persistent rumours at St. Petersburg that the Russian cruiser Novik, [?]000 tons, has run the blockade at Port Arthur, and has joined the Vladivostock ...

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  46. MR. DOWIE IN LONDON.

    Mr. J. A. Dowie made but a short stay in London. He arrived from Germany on Saturday, and was so thoroughly scared by the attitude of the mob that he fied to ...

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  47. DAMAGE BY FLOODS.

    The recent flood in the river washed away a large amount of work done by the Government in the bank on the Kelso side of the river. This ...

    Article : 66 words
  48. RAIDS IN THE RED SEA.

    While the captain of the Waipara, which was detained by the steamer St. Petersburg, of the Russian Volunteer Fleet, in the Red Sea, was aboard the Russian ...

    Article : 127 words
  49. ELECTRIC LIGHTING.

    At a meeting of the electric lighting committee of the City Council yesterday afternoon a progress report from Mr. T. Rooke, resident electrical engineer, was read. He ...

    Article : 593 words
  50. ASSASSINATION IN RUSSIA.

    The Vice-Governor of Elisabethpol, Transcaucasia, has been assassinated. ...

    Article : 16 words
  51. EXPERIENCE WITH BURGLARS.

    John M'Kew, a gardener, employed by Mr. Justice Owen, who resides at Ellesmere, Foss-street, Hunter's Hill, reported to the Drummoyne police on Sunday that burglars had ...

    Article : 324 words
  52. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The departure of the Earl of Dundonald, the late Commandant of the Canadian Militia, from Toronto, yesterday, was made the occasion of a great popular farewell ...

    Article : 236 words
  53. THE WAIPARA DETAINED.

    The steamer St. Petersburg on the 15th instant, off Jebel Zukur, in the south of the Red Sea, stopped the British steamer Waipara, which left London on July 2 for ...

    Article : 219 words
  54. THE POLICE THEORY.

    Detectives Bannan and Campbell were detailed to investigate the affair, and they proceeded to Hunter's Hill on Sunduy morning. They made a careful examination of the house ...

    Article : 212 words
  55. GERMAN STEAMER STOPPED.

    The Norddeutscher Lloyd's steamer Prinz Heinrich, 6263 tons, which has arrived at Aden, reports that on Friday last the cruiser Smolensk, of the Russian ...

    Article : 88 words
  56. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 2[?]d per ounce standard, an advance of 3-16d per ounce standard. ...

    Article : 24 words
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