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  2. FIRES IN THE SUBURBS.

    During the early hours of Sunday morning a fire broke out in Waverley, and proved the largest and most destructive that has happened in the district for a considerable time. Notwithstanding the combined ...

    Article : 537 words
  3. ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A CONSTABLE.

    A sensational shooting case, the features of which closely resemble those of the Redfern tragedy last July when Constable Guilfoyle was killed, occurred at Unley, a suburb of Adelaide, on Saturday ...

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  4. THE FELT HATTERS.

    Mr. A. J. Balfour, replying to a member of the House of Commons, states that the law of the Commonwealth of Australia in regard to immigration does ...

    Article : 83 words
  5. EXTRAORDINARY FRAUDS IN PRANCE.

    The principals in what is known as the Humbert fraud cases have been arrested in Madrid. The French Ambassador at Madrid ...

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  6. VENEZUELA.

    Great Britain and Germany have informed Mr. John Hay, the United States Secretary of State, that they have no answer for President Castro's proposal for arbitration, and that ...

    Article : 154 words
  7. SECOND EDITION

    A telegram received from Geelong at an early hour this morning states that the barque Inverlochy still remains fast, about half a mile from the beach, calmly resting between two reefs in the channel. ...

    Article : 282 words
  8. ADMISSION OF THE HATTERS.

    The announcement that the Federal Prime Minister has exempted the English hatters who travelled by the Oruba from the treatment meted out to their predecessors who ...

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  9. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Delegates from the Welsh colony at Chubut, Patagonia, have applied to Lord Milner for a grant of a large tract in the Transvaal for a Welsh settlement similar to that at ...

    Article : 52 words
  10. THE BOND INTRIGUES.

    The loyalists in Cape Colony declare that the Afrikander Bond intrigues are rapidly spreading northwards, despite fair words and fairer programmes. ...

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  11. MORE ARRIVE BY THE ORUBA.

    The Orient Pacific steamer Oruba arrived in Port Jackson yesterday afternoon, and had on board five felt-hatters named Wood, Grimshaw, Taylor, Kennedy, and Brown, who have, as in the case of those ...

    Article : 92 words
  12. CLAIMS FOR £90,000,000.

    The burghers' claims under article 10 of the terms of surrender amount to £90,000,000. [Under article 10 the British Government allowed a sum of £3,000,000 for war losses of the burghers.] ...

    Article : 38 words
  13. THE NATAL LEGISLATURE.

    The new Legislative Assembly of Natal consists of 20 Ministerialists and 19 members of the Opposition. ...

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  14. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    The Public Service Commissioner has arranged that the examination which must be passed by the adult officers of clerical divisions of the Federal Service who wish to receive the £110 minimum voted by ...

    Article : 69 words
  15. STATEMENT BY SIR EDMUND BARTON.

    A representative of the "S.M. Herald" saw Sir Edmund Barton yesterday at his residence, Miandetta, North Sydney, when that gentleman remarked:—"In my memorandum of December 13, ...

    Article : 383 words
  16. THE APPOINTMENT OF AN ARBITRATOR.

    President Roosevelt proposes that Great Britain, Germany, and Italy should submit the issue with Venezuela to the Hague International Arbitration tribunal. ...

    Article : 75 words
  17. RUSSIA AND AFGHANISTAN.

    The Russian Foreign Office has communicated to the newspapers a declaration that Russia has not addressed any request to Great Britain asking for direct ...

    Article : 67 words
  18. PACIFIC CABLE-REPAIRING STEAMER.

    The steamer Isis, which will be employed to repair any portion of the Pacific cable which may become defective, has been launched in Great Britain. The Isis will be stationed at Fiji, but will probably patrol ...

    Article : 48 words
  19. EXPORT OF SPIRIT.

    The Minister for Customs notifies that "spirits have been added to the list of articles allowed to be manufactured for export in a manufacturing warehouse." ...

    Article : 31 words
  20. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

    The Archbishop of Canterbury slept better yesterday, and took some little nourishment. He has not gained in strength. ...

    Article : 27 words
  21. THE PROPOSED AMERICAN GURANTEE.

    The proposal that the United States should become a guarantor for Venezuela abiding by the decision of an arbitration tribunal is opposed in the United States. ...

    Article : 33 words
  22. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BURWOOD[?]

    A fire occurred on Saturday afternoon at Burwood which resulted in the destruction of most of the building in Conder-street used for a School of Arts. The building was a handsome and commodious structure ...

    Article : 565 words
  23. THE FEDERAL ACTS OF PARLIAMENT.

    The Acts passed by the Federal Parliament during its first session have not yet been bound in book form by the Government Printer. This work has been delayed owing to the fact that Mr. R. R. Garran ...

    Article : 83 words
  24. ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES.

    At York Cottage, Sandringham, on Saturday evening the Princess of Wales was accouched of a son. Mother and son are doing well. ...

    Article : 47 words
  25. COMMENCEMENT OF THE BLOCKADE

    Advices from Port of Spain, Trinidad, state that the blockade of the Venezuelan ports has been proclaimed from to-day (Saturday). Dec. 21. ...

    Article : 43 words
  26. AN UNATTACHED MILITARY LIST.

    The Minister for Defence has approved of the formation of an unattached list and of the appointment thereto without salary of officers who have served with the military forces of the Commonwealth, or of ...

    Article : 75 words
  27. THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

    The "Daily News" makes the declaration that Europe's revolt against the Monroe doctrine is the real object of the combination against Venezuela. The declaration is ...

    Article : 51 words
  28. FRENCH STRIKE ENDED.

    The shipping strike at Marseilles has ended, the sailors having unconditionally surrendered. The strike cost Marseilles several millions of francs. ...

    Article : 27 words
  29. TASMANIA.

    The steamer Raupehu, from London, via the Cape, arrived on Friday evening and left to-day for Lyttelton. The passage occupied 43 days, and was uneventful. ...

    Article : 35 words
  30. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

    Mr. R. T. Scott, secretary of the central postal administration, states that tenders which are now being accepted for the Western Australian mail services will provide for the establishment of the parcels ...

    Article : 45 words
  31. AN ARMY CONTRACT.

    The War Office has communicated with the Minister for Agriculture on the subject of an order for 100,000lb. of jam placed with a Victorian factory and forwarded through the Department of ...

    Article : 173 words
  32. THE GROUNDING OF THE WITTELSBACH.

    The German battleship Wittelsbach is firmly fixed on a shoal near Korsoer, Denmark. Attempts by the cruiser Prinz Heinrich and the battleship Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse ...

    Article : 75 words
  33. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.

    The inquiry most frequently heard at this time of the year is "Where will you spend your holidays?" and an exodus is already taking place to the country centres, while those residing in the country are ...

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  34. AMERICAN VIEW OF GERMAN ACTION.

    The "Nordd[?]utsche Allgemeine Zeitung," in replying to the views of American newspapers, which were favourable to Great Britain but unfavourable to Germany, ...

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  35. SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A terrible tragedy, involving the loss of two lives, took place at Lawlers last Friday night, when the young wife and child of a Greek[?] fruiterer named Pichitsas were murdered. Like most of the smallar ...

    Article : 550 words
  36. PRESIDENT CASTRO'S POSITION.

    The position of President Castro in Venezuela is uncertain owing to there having arisen symptoms of renewed revolutionary activity. ...

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  37. THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR AT ROME.

    Lord Currie, the British Ambassador at Rome, has resigned owing to ill-health. Lord Currie (Sir Philip Henry Wodehouse Currie) has had a distinguished diplomatic career. He ...

    Article : 101 words
  38. THE COMMONWEALTH PRINTING OFFICE.

    The Government Printers of New South Wales and Victoria have advised Sir George Turner that for an outlay of about £17,000 16 linotypes and three monotypes could be obtained, and that these ...

    Article : 63 words
  39. CLAIMS OF FRANCE AND ITALY.

    Venezuela has complied with the claims of France for priority in the collection of her debts. Italy dissents from France's demand, ...

    Article : 48 words
  40. A CHARGE OF ASSAULT.

    The magisterial hearing of the charge of unlawfully and maliciously wounding preferred against Albert Peters, aged 19, in connection with the outrage on a boy named Charles Sibbald, aged 10, was ...

    Article : 460 words
  41. SIR WILLIAM LYNE.

    Owing to the late arrival of the express from Sydney on Saturday, Sir William Lyne was unable to catch the steamer for Launceston. He proposes to go on by the next boat. ...

    Article : 89 words
  42. THE UGANDA RAILWAY.

    Mrs. Chamberlain has opened the highest viaduct on the Uganda railway. ...

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  43. SEAMEN'S WAGES.

    With regard to the settlement of the difficulty between the Steamship Owners' Federation and the Federated Seamen's Union, by which the latter have agreed to a reduction of 10s a month in wages instead ...

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  44. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The R.M.S. Bri[?]annia brought the English Christmas mail, consisting of 1400 bags, which is believed to be a record. The inter-state mails left for the East by special train at 8.15 to-night. ...

    Article : 184 words
  45. SLEEPING SICKNESS.

    The commissioners who have been investigating the sleeping sickness in Uganda report that 70,000 natives have died from the disease in four years, and 15,000 are still ...

    Article : 53 words
  46. THE TRIAL OF MR. A. LYNCH.

    The Grand Jury has found a true bill against Mr. A. Lynch, member for Galway, who fought with the Boers, and who is charged with high treason. ...

    Article : 36 words
  47. CASUALTIES.

    During the voyage of the R.M.S. Ventura from Auckland a coal trimmer named Walter Pyke, aged 20 years, fell from aloft a distance of 25ft., and received severe internal injuries. The Civil Ambulance ...

    Article : 58 words
  48. NEW ZEALAND.

    In a speech at Mast[?]rton Mr. S[?]ddon said he was not sure that all the revenue from the education endowments should not be devoted to purposes of secondary education, and the cost of primary ...

    Article : 62 words
  49. TERRIBLE SHOOTING FATALITY.

    A shooting fatality of an unusually painful kind happened at Longwarry, in the Dro[?] district, yesterday. Mr. Maisey, a well-known storekeeper, is in the habit of going out shooting rabbits and hares, ...

    Article : 326 words
  50. ACTION AGAINST A TRADES UNION.

    In the case of the Taff Vale Railway Company v. the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, to recover £28,000 damages for loss which the company ...

    Article : 58 words
  51. A SOLDIER INJURED.

    Driver Holley, of the Permanent Artillery, was thrown from his horse near the Petersham railway station yesterday afternoon. He was found to have sustained a fracture of the left leg and injuries to his ...

    Article : 73 words
  52. PARRAMATTA DISTRICT.

    The Parramatta Town Hall was crowded on Thursday evening, when the music pupils of Mr. Alfred Barry, A. M[?]s., gave an enjoyable concert. During an interval the certificates o[?] honours, &c., ...

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  53. WOOL SALES.

    At the Wellington wool sales prices for all classes showed an average advance of about [?]d per lb. as compared with the November sales. ...

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  54. PHOSPHORUS POISONING.

    Ruby Smith, 17, a tailoress, residing at Campbell-street, Surry Hills, was admitted to Sydney Hospital yesterday suffering from phosphorus poisoning. ...

    Article : 27 words
  55. PRESENTATION.

    A presentation has been made at Auckland to Captain Reid by Lord Ranfurly, on behalf of the New Zealand branch of the Australian Natives' Association, in recognition of his conduct at the wreck of ...

    Article : 40 words
  56. FATAL ACCIDENT.

    On Saturday afternoon, shortly after 6 o'clock, a fatal accident occurred in Good-street, Sherwood. It appears that a lad named Vidler, son of W. H. Vidler, butcher, was in a butcher's cart delivering orders ...

    Article : 177 words
  57. NORFOLK ISLAND.

    Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co.'s island[?] steamship Titus arrived this morning from the Solomon Islands, and will sail to-morrow morning for Sydney. She brings no news of importance. The ...

    Article : 85 words
  58. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Czar has permitted a number of students who were exiled to Siberia for rioting to return to Russia. Dec. 20. ...

    Article : 76 words
  59. FALL FROM A TRAM.

    Gordon Lelcheie, 23, a grocer, living at North Sydney, fell from a tram in George-street last night. He was taken to Sydney Hospital and admitted suffering internal injuries and injuries to his head ...

    Article : 40 words
  60. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 94 words
  61. ASSAULT AT PYRMONT.

    While walking across the Pyrmont Bridge on Friday night a labourer named Edwin Quigley, living at John-street, Pyrmont, was assaulted by a couple of men. He was treated at the local chemist's ...

    Article : 70 words
  62. "JUST AS GOOD"

    is a well worn fiction, and certainly as regards ARNOTT'S Milk Arrowroots no other biscuit is "just as good," Ask the children.—Advt. ...

    Article : 26 words
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