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  2. TASMANIA'S CENTENARY

    The Governor-General (Lord To[?]yson), telegraphing to the Governor of Tasmania, Sir Arthur Havelock, on Saturday congratulations on the at[?]ainment by this State of her hundredth birthday, ...

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  3. SECOND EDITION

    In the course of a fight at Resnia, cast of Monastir, with Turkish troops, 103 Macedonians were killed. ...

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  4. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The interstate mails by the R.M.S. Rome left Adelaide at 10.30 to-night. Mr. Willamsons's "Sherlock Holmes" Company opened a season at the Theatre Royal last night to ...

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  5. VICTORIA.

    The general secretary of the Outtrim branch of t[?] Victorian Coalminers Association has addressed a letter to the managers of the Outtrim and Jumbunna Coal-mining Companies ...

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  6. THE FISCAL ISSUE.

    Mr. G. H. Reed's proposal to refer the fiscal issue at the next election to a referendum does not appear to have commended [?]f thus for to the parly as a whole. He gave no previouos indication of his ...

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  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Earl of Rosebery, in a letter to a correspondent. says that outside the Fleet Great Britain does not possess the minimum of national security. In the face of the report ...

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  8. THE BALKANS.

    General Petroff, the Premier of Bulgaria, has intimated to the Powers that unless means are devised to restrain Turkish excesses it will be difficult for Bulgaria to maintain an attitude ...

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  9. A DISASTROUS STORM.

    A [?]erce gale has been raging in Great Britain. The coast is strown with wreckage, and there have been many fatalities. Havoc has been played with the crops. ...

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  10. LORD TENNYSON ON RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.

    At n demonstration held at the Town Hall by way of welcome to the Revs. F. W. M'Donald and H. A. Raynes, of the British and Foreign Bible Society, Mr. M'Donald ...

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  11. PRISONS CROWDED.

    The prisons at Constantinople are crowded with Bulgarian Macedonians, who were arrested on the eve of the anniversary (August 31) of the accession of the Sultan. ...

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  12. NEW ZEALAND.

    Plans of new buildings and baths at Rotorua, at a probable cost of £15,000, are before the Government. Mr. Donne, secretary of the Tourist Department, says that if the scheme ...

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  13. THE WORST FOR YEARS.

    The storm was one of the worst for years. Every part of the British coast was visited by [?]ales. The new breakwater works at Dover were ...

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  14. THE TURKS ATTACK VASILIKO.

    Two thousand Turkish troops with two field guns landed on the coast and attacked Vasil[?]ko, but it is still in possession of the insurge[?]ts. ...

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  15. THE WORK OF DEPOPULATION.

    Eighty-four Christian villages in the Vilayet of Monastir were destroyed in recent operations. The Turks are preparing a big drive in the ...

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  16. MINISTERIAL MESSAGES.

    The Prime Minister has despatched a message to Mr. Propsting, Premier of Tasmania, congratulating him on the hundredth anniversary of Tasmania's existence as a settled portion of the Empire, and ...

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  17. THE DANNEVIRKE TRAGEDY.

    M'Luck[?]e, who recently attempted to murder his wife and daughter at Dannevirke, has been sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. ...

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  18. TREACHERY AT KASTORIA.

    A consular report from Salonika is to the effect that 300 insurgents at Zelonitz, in the Kastoria district, were surrounded by Turkish troops. The rebels surrendered and were ...

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  19. VIEWS OF MR. WILKS.

    In connection with Mr. Reid's suggestion, Mr. Wilks (N.S.W.), one of the radical members of the Freetrade party, says he cannot see where the advantage claimed by Mr. Reid ...

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  20. THE THEATRES.

    "Are You a Mason?" continues to delight large attendance at the Princess, while "The Golden Ladder" is attracting big business at the Royal. Madame Marzella has entered ...

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  21. DEATH OF MR. DUNCAN GILLIES.

    Mr. Duncan Gillies, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, who for 45 years figured prominently in Victorian public life, died at the State Parliament House yesterday morning. ...

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  22. A FRENCH SQUADRON FOR THE LEVANT.

    Rear-Admiral Jaureguiberry, of the French Navy, is in readiness to take a battleship and three cruisers to the Levant to protect French interests in Macedonia. ...

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  23. BRITISH TRADES UNIONISTS.

    The Trades Union Congress, at its sitting at Leicester, yesterday, passed a resolution condemning the massacres in Macedonia and urging the British Government to prevent ...

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  24. OPPOSITION LEADER'S ARMY' POLICY.

    The news papers have published the memorandum placed by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (at one time Financial Secretary to the War Office, more recently Secretary of ...

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  25. "THE RESURRECTION."

    Mr. Julius Knight and Miss Maud Jeffries received an enthusiastic welcome from a packed house at Her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday, when ...

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  26. STORY OF THE STATE.

    Every man should be proud of his native land, wherever it may be, and I think that I am no exception to the rule. Tasmania is my birth-place, and I have a sincere [?]verence for that beautiful ...

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  27. THE BEYROUT MASSACRE.

    The Powers supported the demand of the United States that Rechid Bey, the late Vali of Beyrout, should be dismissed on account of the massacre on the 6th inst. ...

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  28. THE BEYROUT MASSACRE.

    The German warship Moltke, with 400 men on board, has sailed from Lisbon for Beyrout, where a massacre was recently, committed. ...

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  29. THE EVACUATION OF MANCHURIA.

    Mr. E. H. Conger, the United States Ministor at Peking, has telegraphed to Washington that Russia has requested the permission of China to postpone the evacuation of one of the ...

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  30. QUEENSLAND.

    A walking contest took place on Saturday from the Brisbane General Post Office [?] Woody Point, a distance of about 30 miles. A large crowd watched the start, the Mayor of ...

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  31. THE PRICE OF CONSOLS.

    The [?]atness of Consols is chiefly due to dear money pressing the unwieldy "bull" account, particularly the purchasers who borrowed money in anticipation of a rise in the ...

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  32. THE EMPIRE'S WEALTH.

    Sir Robert Giffen, the statistician, in a paper read before the British Association for the Advancement of Science, estimated the income of the British Empire at £3,200,000,000 ...

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  33. SHIPPING DISASTERS.

    The new steel steamer Croki, 201 tons, specially designed and built for the passenger and cargo trade of the Northern rivers for Messrs. Allen Tayler and Co., struck on the south-east of be Rocks shortly ...

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  34. SKETCH OF HIS CAREEK.

    By the death of Mr. Duncan Gillies is severed one of the links which remained to connect the present with what was almost the birth of Victoria's political history. The late Speaker entered politics when 25 ...

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  35. VICTORIAN FREETRADE ASSOCIATION OPINION.

    Mr. Hickford, president of the Victorian Treetrade Association, holds that the referendum tends to destroy responsible government, and he doubts whether it would be ...

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  36. THE WAYS OF RUSSIAN POLICE.

    Two high officers of the Russian secret police, noting under orders, organised a series of secret meetings of workmen throughout the Empire with the object of arresting the ...

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  37. RAID ON HOTELS.

    The Brisbane police to-night made another raid on hotels for selling liquor on Sundays. The exact result is not known, but it is believed that several prosecutions will be the ...

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  38. A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN VIEW.

    Mr. Solomon, M.P. (S.A.), expresses himself against Mr. Reid's plan for similar reasons to those advanced by Mr. Wilks. He can see a possibility of clashing between the ballot-box ...

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  39. THE SEIZURE OF ISLANDS.

    Great Britain has protested to the United States against the seizure of Borneo islands, and Mr. Hay, the United States Secretary of State, has ordered an investigation to [?]e made ...

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  40. JAPAN AND RUSSIA.

    Another passenger by the Aorangi was T. J. Perkins, of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. He will remain in Brisbane for a few days, and then proceed to Sydney, afterwards to Melbourne. ...

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  41. THE LATE POPE LEO XIII.

    The defence of Dr. Lapponi and Dr. Mazzoni. the physicians who attended the late Pope Leo XIII. in his last illness, to charges of incompetence made in newspapers, shows ...

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  42. THE PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION.

    Mr. Mauger, secretary of the Protective Association, thinks that a referendum would be almost impossible, and, even if obtained, would be next to useless. He, therefore, will not ...

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  43. FEELING AMONGST OPPOSITION MEMBERS.

    It appears to be the feeling among Opposition members generally that, considering the inequalities in the electorates, it would be better [?]ly in next Parliament to pass a ...

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  44. THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.

    In the report of the Bank of Australasia recommending the payment of a dividend at the rate of 12 per cent., it is stated that a sum of £30,000 is appropriated to the reserve ...

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  45. THE DEE RUSH.

    News received from Rockhampton regarding the D[?] rush is encouraging. One hundred yards above the prospectors Rule and party found a 28oz 14dwt nugget on Friday. Five ...

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  46. TRADES UNION CONGRESS.

    'At the meeting of the Trades Unions' Congress at Leicester yesterday, Mr. Ben Tillett, who stated that he considered that the day had passed when strikes were an instrument of ...

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  47. IRISH UNIVERSITY QUESTION.

    Captain Shawe-Taylor, the author of the Irish Land Conference, is convening a conference at Dublin of Roman Catholic and Protestant educationists to arrange for a ...

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  48. SOME PLAIN SPEAKING.

    In the House of Representatives on Friday Mr. Reid said he wished to deny a number of statements hearing on his speech of the provions day that appeared in the "Age." Among other things it was ...

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  49. FIRE AT MARYBOROUGH.

    About 11.30 last night[?] a fire broke out at Maryborough. The fire originated in a wooden shop owned by Dr. Garde, and occupied by Mrs. Pratt as a fruit shop and ...

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  50. ACCIDENTALLY ELECTROCUTED.

    Two colliers of the town of Coatbridge (Scotland), which is lighted by electricity, were killed on Saturday through coming into contact with the electric current of the ...

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  51. GIRDLING THE EARTH.

    Professor Otto Klotz, Ast[?]ner for the Dominion of Canada, who is engaged upon very important scientific work for the Dominion Government, arrived at Brisbane on Saturday by the Aorangi. ...

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  52. EMPLOYMENT OF KANAKAS.

    At the Herberton Police Court on Friday [?]2 farmers were proceeded against for employing k[?]kas other than for tropiculture. The defendants pleaded guilty, and were fined 10s ...

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  53. SYDNEY OPINIONS.

    "What is the value of a tariff referendum?" is the question asked by merchants, business men, and the public. Mr. Reid's proposal to submit the question to a vote of the electors ...

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  54. THE SHIPPING TRUST.

    The reorganisation of the Atlantic Shipping Trust (Mr. P[?]erpont Morgan's combine) is imminent. It is stated that the White Star line will absorb the Dominion line and ...

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  55. THE SUGAR CROPS.

    The mills in the Cair[?] district are crushing without a hitch. The tonnage is good, but the sugar contents are not up to those of last year. ...

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  56. A NEW TRIAL GRANTED.

    At the Supreme Court on Friday the hearing of the application for a new trial in the action brought by F. C. Cox, vigneron and racehorse owner, against the English, Scottish, and ...

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  57. SENSATION IN LAUNCESTON.

    A sensation was caused early this morning by the extraordinary behaviour of a man named Frank Curtin, a recent arrival from Melbourne. When he arrived here on Thursday Curtin stayed at one of the ...

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  58. THE STEAMER BOVERIC DISABLED.

    The steamer Boverlie, a well-known vessel on the coast, was yesterday morning repotted off Jervis Bay in tow of the steamer Perth, of the Melbourne Shipping Company. The steamer anch[?]red in ...

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  59. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    An election to fill the vacancy in the representation of the metropolitan and suburban province in the Legislative Council took place on Friday, with the result that Mr. Zebina ...

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  60. NEW SOUTH WALES EXPENDITURE.

    The writer of the recent article in the "Times" on Australian finance cites Mr. T. Cog[?]an, the New South Wales Statis[?]ician, and the New South Wales public accounts to ...

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  61. THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN QUEENSLAND.

    It is probable that there will be an important development to-morrow in the political situation. In well-informed circles it is stated that Mr. Browne will recognise that the present Opposition is not ...

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  62. R.M.S. AORANGI AT BRISBANE.

    The R.M.S. Aorangi arrived at Pinkenba yesterday after an uneventful voyage from Vancouver Passengers:- for Sydney: Mr. C. P. Westmacott, Mrs. ...

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  63. NORFOLK ISLAND.

    The mission steamer Southern Cross arrived from Auckland yesterday morning, and will sail for the islands early next week. She will pick up Bishop Wilson at the Solomon ...

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  64. THE VICTORIAN RAILWAYS.

    The Victorian Railway Mutual Benefit Society's picnic was held at Bendigo on Saturday, and was attended by about 12,000 persons, who were conveyed from various centres in ...

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  65. THE STEAMER EMPIRE AT BRISBANE.

    The steamer Empire, from the East, arrived at Moreton Bay yesterday after an uneventful voyage. Passengers for Sydney: Mrs. Heron, Mrs. and Miss Bell, Miss L. Hope, Mr. and ...

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  66. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    S[?]en-Ke-Wel, a Chinese reformer and a correspondent for Japanese newspapers, has been beheaded at Peking. A factory at Marseilles, where the plague ...

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  67. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    in the Legislative Assembly, a motion by a Launceston member to remove the restriction on unva[?]inated persons travelling from Launceston to other parts of the State was ...

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