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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    At a juvenile ball held last night in aid of the Anglican vicarage a girl named Elsie Aked because faint while dancing in a set of lancers, and died a few minutes afterwards from heart failure. ...

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  3. AUSTRALIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

    The Grand Council of inter-state Chambers of Commerce continued its sittings to-day. Mr. Tussie (Perth) moved,—"That this council strongly opposes any legislation respecting inter-state ...

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  4. VICTORIA.

    In the Criminal Court to-day, the trial of Thomas Sedon and Joseph Mellon alias Vincent, on a charge of conspiring to defraud by means of forged scrip, was concluded. The jury, after deliberating 50 minutes, ...

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  5. PERSONAL.

    The Governor-General and Lady Tennyson, attended by Lord Richard Nevill, left Melbourne by express yesterday evening for Sydney. Mr. Justice Cohen yesterday occupied a seat on the ...

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  6. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    Mr. W. S. Fielding, the Minister for Finance, replying to questions by Mr. J. I. Tarte and other members in the Canadian House of Commons yesterday, said that the ...

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  7. BURSTING OF A LYDDITE SHELL.

    A lyddite shell accidentally exploded in the lyddite factory at Woolwich arsenal, killing 14 persons and injuring 13 others. June 19. ...

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  8. THE REVOLUTION IN SERVIA.

    Newspaper correspondents at Belgrade have been allowed to inspect the palace where the murders of the King and Queen occurred. The correspondents supply sickening details ...

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  9. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The invitation extended by a large section of members of the Imperial Parliament, representing commercial interests irrespective of party, to the French International group of ...

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  10. MUNICIPAL.

    The council has decided to cut off the water supply from the Lands office because the department refuses to pay only through meter for the quantity consumed. ...

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  11. THE CITIZENS' REFORM LEAGUE.

    The weekly meeting of the National Citizens' Reform League was held to-day. Included in the correspondence were letters from the Australian National League agrecing with the League's action ...

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  12. THE CHURCHES.

    The Bishop of Grafton and Armidale to-day inducted the Rev. J. W. Gerard to the charge of the Copmanhurst parish. ARMIDALE, Friday. ...

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  13. RETIREMENT OF AN OLD CIVIL SERVANT.

    Mr. H. T. Gomm, the Official Accountant in Insolvency, who joined the service in 1859 and has reached the retiring age, has been notified that he will not be retained in the service after the 30th ...

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  14. CHINA.

    China has yielded to the protests of Japan and the United States regarding the transfer of negotiations for the conclusion of commercial treaties with those ...

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  15. ANOTHER CUSTOMS CASE.

    In the District Court to-day a fine of £5, with three guineas costs, was imposed on the firm of Harvey Shaw and Co. for an offence against the Customs Act It was stated time the shipping clerk of the defendant ...

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  16. THE ELECTION OF A KING.

    It is understood that before electing King Peter the conspirators sounded Russia and Austria to learn how these Powers would receive the election. ...

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  17. GERMANY'S DISCRIMINATION AGAINST CANADA.

    Mr. Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in replying to a question by Sir Charles Dilke (Liberal) in the House of Commons last night, said that the ...

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  18. THE KING'S SYMPATHY.

    King Edward has sent a message of sympathy to the relatives of those who were killed, and has inquired concerning the sufferers by the explosion. ...

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  19. RUSSIA'S GRIP ON CHINA.

    Dr. Morrison, the Peking correspondent of the "Times," stales that as evidence of Russia's grip on China even Chang-chih-tung, Viceroy of the Hupeh and ...

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  20. TRIAL OF CONSPIRATORS.

    It is stated at Belgrade that some of the officers who organised the tragedy at Belgrade will be tried by their peers. The "Official Messenger" of St. ...

    Article : 61 words
  21. TASMANIA.

    The Emu Bay foreshore case, the Crown versus the Van Diemen's Land Company, in which there is an appeal against the decision of the Tusmanian Full Court, is expected to come off in London during ...

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  22. QUEENSLAND.

    The income tax collections to date amount to £140,000. The amount reached as high an £141,000, but a number of refunds are being made, and these will bring the amount down to about the sum stated. ...

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  23. AN ECCLESIASTICAL TRIMMER.

    The Metropolitan of Belgrade, who at a Thanksgiving Te Doum in the cathedral praised the army for the action it had taken in the murder of the Ring, while deploring its ...

    Article : 104 words
  24. THE SOMALILAND OPERATIONS.

    Mr. St. John Brodrick, the Secretary of State for War, announced in the House of Commons last night, regarding the operations in Somaliland, that ...

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  25. CHURCH SCHOOLS IN BRISBANE.

    At a conference held last night in connection with the annual session of the Anglican Synod, the object of which was to promote as far as possible the establishment of church schools in the more important centres ...

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  26. THE MIDLAND MANUFACTURERS.

    The "Daily Express" reports that Mr. Chamberlain has ascertained that 80 per cent. of the Midland manufacturers support his proposals for preferential trade between the ...

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  27. NEW ZEALAND.

    A bottle was recently picked up on the coast at Waverley containing a message from Miss M'Quirk, the late stewardess of the ill-fated steamer Ehagamite, merely stating that the vessel had struck on the ...

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  28. KING PETER BLESSED.

    A Russian priest has blessed King Peter at a Te Deum service held at Geneva. ...

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  29. SUCCESSFUL ISSUE OF TREASURY BILLS.

    Some time ago the Queensland Government floated Treasury bills to the value of £600,000, as authorised by the Act of 1902. The Treasurer to-day received details showing charges, &c. This ...

    Article : 196 words
  30. LABOUR'S PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE.

    The parliamentary committee of the Trade Unions Congress has unanimously passed a resolution urging the workers to oppose Mr. Chamberlain's scheme. ...

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  31. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Thr "Standard" reports that owing to a difficulty connected with the hut tax a force of constabulary with two maxims has been sent to the Swazi ...

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  32. ASCOT SUMMER MEETING.

    On the third day of the Ascot Summer Meeting the race for the principal ovent resulted as under:- The Gold Cup, value 1000 sovs., with 3000 sovs. in ...

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  33. CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES.

    On Thursday evening a young man named James Jones, residing at Prospect, was found lying on the Western-road in an unconscious condition. It appears that he is employed at the Clyde ...

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  34. FATAL FIRE AT AUCKLAND.

    At 3 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in a boarding-house in Wyudhum-street, Auckland, kept by an Austrian named Lukich. The fire apparently started at the rear of the top story. The inmates were ...

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  35. MR. DOBSON CORRECTS MR. DEAKIN.

    Mr. Alfred Dobson, who is Agent-General for Tasmania, and who is acting as Agent-General for Victoria, correcting the declaration of Mr. Alfred ...

    Article : 74 words
  36. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    An appeal case which arose out of a difference of opinion between members of the Dental Board and an applicant for registration regarding the meaning of the words "dentistry" and "dental surgery" was ...

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  37. THE CUSTOMS CONVENTION.

    Natal has adopted the South African Customs Convention drawn up at the Bloemfontein Conference. ...

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  38. A PAINTER FATALLY INJURED.

    John Murphy, a painter, whilst working on a telephone post in Elizabeth-street, slipped and fell a distance of 20ft., with the result that he fractured his skull and forearm. He was taken to the Sydney ...

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  39. A CITY FIRE.

    A fire occurred in a large warehouse leased bj Mr. C. Von Hugen, furniture manufacturer, in Unionlane, last night. It was discovered by the watchman a few minutes before 11 o'clock, who noticed ...

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  40. STATE POLITICS.

    A meeting of members of the Liberal and Reform Association was held on Tuesday evening at the rooms, Vickery's-chambers, under the presidency of Mr. C. E. S. Turner. ...

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  41. SIR H. H. RAWSON'S DESPATCH.

    Sir John See stated yesterday that on Thursday be received a cable message from the editor of the Westminster "Gazette," respecting the despatch on preferential trade cabled to the Secretary of State ...

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  42. A WOMAN'S HUMILIATION.

    At Chewton, in the Castlemaine district, to-day, a married woman named Rebeccah Owens ended her life by hanging herself. The cause is believed to be a feeling of humiliation that her husband, who is ...

    Article : 119 words
  43. THE GERMAN ELECTIONS.

    As a result of the general elections in the German Empire, the position of parties so far as the first ballots show is as follows: ...

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  44. MR. O'SULLIVAN AT BULLI.

    The Minister for Works (Mr. O'Su[?]livan), accompaniod by Mr. J. B. Nicholson, M.L.A., visited Sherbrooke and Ferndale orchards to-day. They were ...

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  45. A LONELY DEATH.

    An inquest was held yesterday on the body of William Gregory, who had been found dead in his house in the city on Wednesday. A widow named Selma Muller, who had been living with Gregory for ...

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  46. ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S. ORITA.

    The R.M.S. Orita, the new steamer of the Orient-Pacific Company's line, a description of which was published in our issue of yesterday, arrived at Sydney on her maiden voyage from London, via the usual ports of call, at midday ...

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  47. FIGHTING IN SOKOTO.

    A British force of 200 men has had a sharp fight on the Eastern border of Sokoto, West Africa. Four of the British troops were killed and the force received a check at the ...

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  48. THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.

    Viscount Cranborne, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, replying in the House of Comnons last night to a question regarding the ...

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  49. ARTIFICIAL PRODUCTION OF RAIN.

    A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce and some representative men was held last night to consider a proposition in the direction of artificial rain production, and was well attended. A letter was read from ...

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  50. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Miss Irene Fletcher has given a successful recital at the Beckstein Hall. Bishop Harmer, of Adelaide, has received two separate offers of important ...

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  51. DROUGHT RELIEF FUND.

    The weekly meeting of the executive committee of the Lord Mayor's Drought Relief Fund was held yesterday in the Town Hall. Mr. George Maiden presided, and there were also present—Dr. Burne, ...

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  52. THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.

    Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Prime Minister, on receiving further information on the matter, has exonerated the Royal Society from any responsibility for the incidents connected ...

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  53. PEOPLE'S REFORM LEAGUE.

    At the Camden branch of the People's Reform League's meeting on Thursday four members were appointed to act as delegates at the conference to be held in Sydney on July 3. It was also decided to ...

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  54. THE PLAGUE.

    The Town Hall authorities are energetic in the crusade against rats. Recongnising that the hubonic plague is carried both by rats and mice, the town clerk has issued the following circular to citizens: ...

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  55. REPRISAL BY ONE OF THE PERSECUTED.

    A Jewish student is reported to have stabbed the publisher of the "Bessarabelz" newspaper (anti-Semitic organ) yesterday whilst he was walking in the Novski ...

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  56. "S. M. HERALD" RELIEF FUND.

    We have received the following contributions towards the "S. M. Herald" Fund for the relief of persons who have suffered by the persecution of Jews in Kis[?]neff, Southern Russia: ...

    Article : 56 words
  57. CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

    The following decisions were issued by Sir George Turner while Acting Minister for Trade and Customs:—"Whereas crystal silver fat is imported into the Commonwelth: And whereas I [?] of opinion ...

    Article : 155 words
  58. CARDINAL VAUGHAN.

    There have been many callers upon Cardinal Vaughan, the Archbishop of Westminster at his present residence, Mill Hill, to express sympathy with him ...

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  59. GREAT SYNAGOGUE FUND.

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  60. OFFER FROM ADELAIDE.

    The Commissioner of Public Works, after making inquiries, has offered to supply 200,000 gallons of water per week for domestic purposes at Broken Hill. As soon as he receives a reply from the New ...

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