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  2. DECLINING BIRTH-RATE. MORTALITY OF INFANTS.

    The report of the Royal Commission on "the decline of the birth-rate and on the mortality of infants in New South Wales," which became available yesterday, is a very valuable ...

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  3. SPECIAL CABLES.

    King Edward, on account of his suffering from a chill, did not attend the horse show to-day or the Philharmonic Society's concert yesterday evening. ...

    Article : 167 words
  4. MANCHURIA AND KOREA.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 7 words
  5. RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. THE JAPANESE PLANS.

    With the consent of Korea, LieutenantGeneral Inouye, who is commanding the Japanese forces at Seoul, has proclaimed martial law. ...

    Article : 74 words
  6. THE COMMONWEALTH. THE FEDERAL SESSION.

    Senator Henderson (W.A.) resumed the debate on the Vice-regal speech to-day. He proved himself an acquisition to the debating power of his party, as he has the faculty ...

    Article : 127 words
  7. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    Anticipating an animated speech from Mr. Watson on the Address-in-Reply, there was a good attendance of members in the House of Representatives this morning. Yesterday ...

    Article : 302 words
  8. ENTRENCHING AT ANTUNG.

    The Russians, who have a force of 2000 men at Antung, are entrenching there. They have 14 guns. ...

    Article : 27 words
  9. NAVAL WORKS.

    In Committee of Supply in the House of Commons last night the vote for works, buildings, and repairs in the Navy Estimates was considered. ...

    Article : 104 words
  10. INCURSION INTO MANCHURIA.

    Two thousand five hundred Japanese landed without artillery at Song-chin, Plaksin Bay, on the north-east coast of Korea, about 120 miles from Wonsan, on February ...

    Article : 79 words
  11. RESCUE OF MISSIONARIES.

    A British gunboat has been ordered to Song-chin Bay to embark the missionaries and their families. ...

    Article : 22 words
  12. SUEZ CANAL BLOCKED.

    A Russian torpedo-boat yesterday came into collision in the Suez Canal with an Egyptian revenue cutter, which sank. The crew of the cutter was rescued. ...

    Article : 74 words
  13. DESTRUCTION OF RAILWAY LINE.

    The Tokio correspondent of the "Times" reports that two kilometres (about l¼ mile) of the Siberian railway between Harbin and Nikolst, a town where it ...

    Article : 44 words
  14. THE TREASURERS' CONFERENCE.

    Before the Conference of Treasurers adjourned Sir George Turner promised to compile a precis of the debates, showing the points of difference and of agreement between ...

    Article : 59 words
  15. BRITISH FISCAL POLICY. DEBATE IN THE LORDS.

    Earl Beauchamp, in the House of Lords last night, raised a short debate on the fiscal policy of the Government. He elicited from the Marquis of Lansdowne, the ...

    Article : 145 words
  16. FOURTH TEST MATCH.

    The newspapers are jubilant at the victory of Mr. Warner's team in the fourth test match. The "Westminster Gazette" says the ...

    Article : 202 words
  17. JAPANESE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.

    An impression prevails that three Japanese expeditionary forces have been organised, and that one is moving upon Port Arthur, another on Vladivostock, and the ...

    Article : 67 words
  18. ALIENS RESTRICTION ACT.

    A return has been laid before the House of Representatives showing the numbers of persons admitted to and excluded from the Commonwealth under the Aliens Restriction Act. ...

    Article : 117 words
  19. COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION.

    Naturally at this early stage the Japanese do not intend to revcal their plan of campaign. They recognise the fact that they are engaged in a life and death struggle. They ...

    Article : 1,030 words
  20. TURKEY AND BULGARIA.

    The negotiations between Turkey and Bulgaria, which promised to result in an amicable settlement of the difficulty in regard to Macedonia, have been suspended ...

    Article : 57 words
  21. RUSSIAN FORCES AT PORT ARTHUR.

    It transpires that General Dragomirroff, er-Governor of Warsaw, advised the Czar to withdraw the Rusian fleet and army from Port Arthur. While the advice was ...

    Article : 59 words
  22. MAIL COMMUNICATION WITH THE ISLANDS.

    A paragraph in the Governor-General's Speech at the opening of Parliament states that in order to keep pace with trade developments in the Western Pacific a considerable ...

    Article : 135 words
  23. FOR YOKOHAMA.

    The steamer Macquarie, formerly known as the Duke of Sutherland, will be despatched by Messrs. W. and A. M'Arthur, Limited, to-day for Yokohama direct. The principal lines ...

    Article : 75 words
  24. IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION ACT.

    Sir Frank Swettenham, formerly Governor of the Straits Settlements, in a letter to the "Times" in defence of Chinese, stated that Australians having got rid ...

    Article : 72 words
  25. MR. DEAKIN'S PRONOUNCEMENT.

    The "Standard" reports that Mr. Deakin's announcement in the Federal Parliament regarding reciprocal preferences represents the highwater mark of the ...

    Article : 117 words
  26. NEUTRALITY OF EGYPT.

    The Council of Ministers at Cairo decided on February 12 that belligerents would not be permitted to escort their prizes through the Suez Canal or into Egyptian ports and ...

    Article : 117 words
  27. THE FINAL TEST MATCH.

    The closing test match of the tour of the Marylebone Club team in Australia will commence on the Melbourne ground to-day. It is scarcely necessary to say that four of these ...

    Article : 351 words
  28. IMMORAL LITERATURE.

    Mr. Deakin has received a communication from the Geneva Convention, which was formed to secure the suppression of indecent or immoral literature and advertisements, asking ...

    Article : 40 words
  29. VICTORIA. COOGEE-FORTUNATO FIGARI COLLISION.

    The adjourned inquest concerning the deaths of Captain Carrington and Francis John Golley, A B., of the steamer Coogee, was resumed this morning, The taking of evidence was concluded, and the ...

    Article : 70 words
  30. CONCLUSIONS OF THE COMMISSION.

    The conclusions of the commission are summed up as follows:— We desire to reiterate our opinion that there has been a very serious decline in the birth-rate of New ...

    Article : 1,403 words
  31. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    A report favourable to ex-Captain Dreyfus has been presented by the Conseiller Raporteur to the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation at Paris. ...

    Article : 299 words
  32. NATURALISATION FIGURES.

    In relation to naturalisation, certificates issued during February show that 96 were issued to men, and four to women. Of these 72 were to married people. New South Wales ...

    Article : 81 words
  33. OUTTRIM COLLIERY STRIKE.

    At the Court of General Sessions to-day the trial was concluded of Walter Payne, John C. Rosborough, Arthur Peece, William Moore, and Peter Tullent, who were charged with inflicting grievous bodily ...

    Article : 88 words
  34. MR. BALFOUR'S BELIEF.

    Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Prime Minister, answering a question asked by Mr. J. G. S. MacNelil (Nationalist) in the House of Commons yesterday, denied that he ...

    Article : 75 words
  35. RUSSIANS WATCH THE RED SEA.

    Rear-Admiral Wirenius, whose flagship is the battleship Oslabya, has been ordered to sail with his squadron to the Red Sea, to capture vessels carrying contraband ...

    Article : 71 words
  36. BUSINESS IN THE SENATE.

    Probably the debate on the Address-in-Reply will be concluded in the Senate during the next two sitting days, The House will most likely then adjourn until the following week, ...

    Article : 84 words
  37. FIRE AT BALLARAT.

    A fire broke out last night at Ballarat in the warehouse of Mr. John M'Leod, general merchant. The warehouse is a two-story building adjoining the Ballarat railway station. The top story with the stock ...

    Article : 87 words
  38. LOSS OF A SCHOONER.

    The little fore-and-aft schooner Venture, in command of Captain Charles Lloyd Gittins, founded off the Heads in about 30 fathoms of water at an early hour yesterday morning. The Venture had loaded ...

    Article : 373 words
  39. COAL FOR JAPAN.

    Cardiff is shipping 150,000 tons of coal for the Far East, ordered in February. Japan has ordered an additional 70,000 tons to be shipped in March and April. ...

    Article : 67 words
  40. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 2 7-16d per ounce standard, a fall of 3-16d since yesterday. ...

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  41. RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN STATE SCHOOLS.

    In connection with the referendum on religious instruction in State schools, the Premier, Mr. Bent, said to-day that he had drafted three questions which, if approved of, would be submitted to the ...

    Article : 116 words
  42. NEW ZEALAND. FLOODS IN SOUTHLAND.

    Heavy rain has caused serious floods in Southland, where railway traffic is interrupted. At Balclutha the river rose 11½ft, flooding many houses and necessitating the removal of several ...

    Article : 130 words
  43. H.M.S. BONAVENTURE.

    The report that the third-class cruiser Bonaventnre, 4360 tons, of the Pacific squadron, had gone ashore on the coast of South or Central America is incorrect ...

    Article : 31 words
  44. CONTRABAND CARGOES.

    The Marquis of Lansdowne, the British Minister for Foreign Affairs, in a letter to the Hull Corporation, said that coal for Russia or Japan would be considered ...

    Article : 38 words
  45. ELECTRICAL TRACTION SYSTEM.

    An offer to collect information on the question of the conversion of the suburban steam and railway service to the electrical system has been received by the Premier. It seems that Mr. S. R. Palmer, ...

    Article : 95 words
  46. REV. J. A. DOWIE.

    Mr. John Brown, a former resident of Carlton, has made a claim on the Rev. J. A. Dowie for £75, alleged to be due on a promissory note given in December, 1886. He has intimated that failing a ...

    Article : 54 words
  47. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    The Antwerp wool sales opened yesterday. There was a good attendance, but there was little animation in biddings. Prices were five centimes below January ...

    Article : 65 words
  48. NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS.

    Fifty-three foreign newspaper correspondents will be allowed to accompany the Japanese forces. The number includes 29 English and 17 American correspondents. ...

    Article : 55 words
  49. COLLAPSE OF A SUGAR STACK.

    While a number of employees of the Colonial Sugar Company were engaged to-day breaking down a large stack of raw sugar in bags at the company's works, Chelsea, the stack collapsed, ...

    Article : 88 words
  50. BOARD OF WORKS LOAN.

    The prospectus for the loan about to be placed on the market by the Metropolitan Board of Works will be issued next week. The amount will be something over £400,000 for a short date, with ...

    Article : 136 words
  51. BULGANDRAMINE TRAGEDY.

    Thomas Oxley and Henry Tregaskis were charged to-day before the police magistrate with inflicting grievous bodily harm on the prisoner Ah Chink, who stands committed for trial for the murder of William ...

    Article : 83 words
  52. DROWNED WHEN GATHERING MUSSELS.

    Sydney Mills, a boy whose parents reside at Brunswick, was drowned at Port Melbourne this morning while gathering mussels off one of the piles of the town pier. The ...

    Article : 48 words
  53. DISPARAGING RUSSIAN ADMINISTRATION.

    The British military, authorities at Tientsin have deported the editor of the "China Times," published at that town, for publishing statements disparaging the ...

    Article : 36 words
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    Advertising : 23 words
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