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  2. SECOND EDITION THE TALLOW SALES.

    At the weekly auctions of Australian tallow to-day 1650 casks were offered and 1375 casks were sold. Prices, were unchanged as follows:—Mutton, fine, 29s 3d per cwt.; mutton, ...

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  3. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. THE TRAIN DERAILMENT.

    Fuller particulars have been received of the derailment and capture of a train in a cutting between Waterval and Hamanskraal, on the Pietersburg line. The Boers continued ...

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  4. GERMANY.

    Prince Ch'un, the principal of the Chinese expiatory mission to Germany, has been ordered by the Emperor Kwang-hsu not to consent to any ceremony in any way differing ...

    Article : 127 words
  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Turkish Ambassador at Paris, Salir Munir Bey, has received his passports. ...

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  6. NOTES IN THE STATE PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Council yesterday the socond reading of the Women's Franchise Bill was moved by the Vice-president of the Executive Council in a rather vigorous speech. South Australian, he said, ...

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  7. COMMONWEALTH NOTES. IN THE SENATE.

    According to the notice paper the Senate further considered the Customs Bill in committee this afternoon. What the Senate really did consider was a formidable list of new clauses and amendments, of ...

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  8. WASTING THE PUBLIC TIME.

    The time of the Assembly was taken up largely yesterday by the discussion on a motion for adjournment of m[?]tters, in connection with the prosectuon of certain ...

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  9. ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO LEVY BLACKMAIL.

    At the City Court this morning, before Mr. Roe, the charge against Vern Hayes of having attempted to extort money by means of a threatening letter from Mr. R. A. Sholl, Deputy Postmaster-General, ...

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  10. COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA.

    The United States has offered to mediate in the dispute between Venezuela and Colombia. Colonel Hay, the United States Secretary of State, hints that the intervention of ...

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  11. THE SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    There is a great gathering of United States and Canadian sportsmen at Rat Portage, near Toronto, to witness the race for the sculling championship of the world between J. G. ...

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  12. CAPE RAIDERS.

    Scheeper's commando is well mounted, but is short of ammunition. It is proceeding in the direction of Laingsburg, in Southern Cape Colony, 40 miles north-west of its last ...

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  13. DEATH OF SIR. JAMES M'MURTRIE.

    Mr James M'Murtne died at his residence, BrneSide, Wollahra-point, yesterday afternoon The Immediate cause of death was failure of the heart's action supervening on a brief illness from pneumonia ...

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  14. PERSIA.

    The " Kolnische Zeitung " states that a minor state of siege prevails in the Teheran district, Persia, owing to the revolutionary movement, which is the result of ...

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  15. GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA.

    Sir A. Elibank Havelock, the new Governor of Tasmania, and Lady Havelock will sail by the R.M.S. Omrah for Australia. ...

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  16. THE ARREST OF DR. KRAUSE.

    Dr. Krause, who was arrested yesterday at Westminster, was charged to-day at Bow-street Police Court, under the Fugitive Offenders Act, with high treason in the ...

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  17. DISEASE FROM MOSQUITO BITES.

    Major Ross, representing the Liverpool School of Tropical Diseases, has reduced the disease from mosquito bites at Free Town (Sierra Leone) and Lagos (Nigeria), West ...

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  18. DUTCH COLONISTS' OFFERS.

    The Dutch colonists in Cape Colony have twice offered to raise a special corps to chase the Boers and rebels. ...

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  19. LIABILITY OF TRADES UNIONS.

    The Taff Vale Railway Company, Wales, is suing the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants for £20,000 damages for inducing men employed by the company to break their ...

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  20. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    Two questions were addressed to the Premier in the House of Representatives with regard to the sites for the federal capital. In answer thereto Mr. Barton said that he had asked the Premier of New South ...

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  21. BOER LOSSES.

    The War Office yesterday received the following telegram from Lord Kitchener:— " Since my last report a week ago our columns report 19 Boers killed, 212 prisoners taken, ...

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  22. THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    When our first addition went to press the debates on the second reading of the Industrial Arbitration Bill was proceeding. Mr. FLEMING, while applauding the conciliatory ...

    Article : 269 words
  23. THE COLORADO BEETLE.

    The Colorado beetle has been found in a potato patch near the Tilbury Docks. The affected area has been isolated and the crops and grass have been destroyed. ...

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  24. RAILWAY FATALITY.

    Shortly before 5 o'clock lost evening in young man named Cecil Dove was run over and mutilated by a train near the Bay-road railway station, North Sydney. He was removed as quickly as possible to ...

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  25. GENERAL NEWS.

    A party of Steinaecker's Horse captured 11 Boers, waggons, and many cattle and horses, on the Portuguese frontier. Sept. 4. ...

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  26. VICTORIA. CO-OPERATION OF MILLERS.

    A meeting of millers to consider a scheme for improving the condition of the trade was held to-day. Nearly 40 millers attended. Mr. F. T. Derham was in the chair. It was decided, with only three ...

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  27. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    Sergeant-Farrier W. Wallace and Corporal H. C. Barton, of the Fifth Contingent of Victorian Mounted Infantry, were severely wounded at Hlobane, near Vryheid. ...

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  28. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S SHOW.

    The weather to-day was unpleasant by reason of a cold and boisterous wind, and the attendance at the Royal Agricultural Society's show was not largo. The Countess of Hopetoun visited the grounds in the ...

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  29. NEW ZEALAND.

    The annual postal report states in respect of penny postage that although few foreign countries have been able to adopt a reciprocal penny rate a large number have agreed to accept and deliver ...

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  30. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At a meeting of the labour party to-day it was resolved to follow the Opposition against the Government. The Opposition leader took no action, however, and it is believed that the trouble has ended ...

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  31. A SOLICITOR SUSPENDED.

    Application was made to-day to Mr. Justice a'Bockett, at the instance of the Law Institute of Victoria, for the suspension from practice of James Baylee Roberts, a solicitor practising at Bendigo. It ...

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  32. THE HIGHWAY ROBBERY. OFFICIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Mr. F. P. Brewer, postal inspector at White Cliffs, wired yesterday afternoon to the Deputy Posmaster-General to the following effect:— Since Tuesday's wire nothing of importance had ...

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  33. ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO LEVY BLACKMAIL.

    The Police Court was occupied all day with the bearing of a charge against Vera Hayes of attempting to levy blackmail, verbally and by letter, from Mr. Sholl, Deputy Postmaster-General. The alleged ...

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  34. A MINING LAW CASE.

    The Full Court to-day granted an application for a writ of capias holding John Chalmers to bail in the amount of £600 pending legal proceedings concerning the non-delivery of scrip for 1000 shares in ...

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  35. THE HARBOUR TRUST AND THE GAS COMPANY. WHARFAGE DUES ON COAL.

    Among the recent regulations issued by the Sydney Harbour Trust is one which provides for a charge of 6d per ton on coal discharged at any of the wharfs of Sydney. The Harbour Trust made no distinction ...

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  36. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    The Royal yacht Ophir, with their Royal Highnesses the Duke and the Duchess of Cornwall and York aboard, has arrived at Cape Verde Islands, off the West Coast of Africa. ...

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  37. STATE PARLIAMENTS. VICTORIA.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the motion for the purchase of the Eurack Estate for the purposes of closer settlement was further considered, and progress was reported. A bill was introduced by Mr. ...

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  38. BATHURST PRO-CATHEDRAL.

    Mr. George H. Cox, (chairman), Mr. Charles D. Mears, Mr. George H. Taylor, Mr. H. A. Crouch, Mr. Alfred E. Ivatt, and Mr. Vincent J. Dowling, the committee appointed by the synod of the diocese ...

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  39. STATEMENT BY A PASSENGER.

    Mr. Rosanove, one of the passengers by the mail coach which was stuck up near White Cliffs, has reached Broken Hill. He says:—"The man ordered us all to stand aside, which we did. None ...

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  40. TUBERCULOSIS.

    A Royal Commission has been appointed to inquire into the theory of Dr. Koch enunciated at the Tuberculosis Congress that bovine tuberculosis is not communicable to mankind ...

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  41. NEW RAILWAY TIME-TABLE.

    It is proposed that the summer timetable is to come into operation on the 6th proximo, and a number of alterations are to be made, which will include the departure of the first division of the Western ...

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  42. QUEENSLAND.

    The Premier states that the Government of Queensland has made a protest to the Federal Government, more particularly on behalf of Germans and Scandinavians, against the provisions of the ...

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  43. HARBOUR DUES ON COAL.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. Price asked the Premier whether he was aware that the coal-laden vessels had been prevented discharging on the ground that they had not paid the harbour dues. ...

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  44. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The threatened no-confidence debate did not take place in the Assembly yesterday. On going into Committee of Supply Mr. Rounsevell resumed the budget, debate and criticised the proposals of the ...

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  45. INTER-STATE COMMISSION BILL.

    Although Sir W. J. Lyne is confined by illness to his room at Menzies' Hotel he is keeping in close touch with the progress of political affirs. He has therefore taken special note of the criticisms made by ...

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  46. STALLION PARADES.

    A stallion parade was held to-day at Clarendon Racecourse under the auspices of the Hawkesbury District Agricultural Association. There were also trotting contests and a sale of horses. The attendance ...

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  47. INTER-STATE LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

    The inter-state lawn tennis tounament was continued to-day, when handicap events formed the principal feature. In the all-comers' singles Rowlands met Hansard, defeating him by 3 sets to 1. ...

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  48. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Legislative Council the Stamp Act Amendment Bill was taken to the third reading stage, and the House adjourned to Tuesday. The Aborigines Protection Bill in committee ...

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  49. BRITISH COMMERCE.

    Lord Avebury, in presiding at the opening meeting of the Congress of Absuciatcd Chambers of Commerce now being held at Nottingham, in the course of his address said that ...

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  50. TO-DAY.

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  51. BERRIMA DISTRICT A. H. AND I. SOCIETY.

    To-day was the second day of the Berrima District A. H. and I. Society's spring poultry and pigeon show. An unpleasant westerly wind was blowing, which kept many people away, but the attendance ...

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  52. LATE MINING.

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  53. CRUISER BEDFORD LAUNCHED.

    The first-class cruiser Bedford was launched to-day at the Fairfield Shipbuilding Company's yards on the Clyde. The Bedford is an armoured cruiser of the County ...

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  54. SERIOUS CASE OF ASSAULT.

    At an early hour this morning a young man named George Hill, residing in North Melbourne, was admitted to a hospital with a badly fractured skull, having apparently been struck several times on the ...

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  55. LATE SHIPPING.

    Wollowra, s., 1678 tons, Captain J. Sim Masher, from Melbourne. PORT ADELAIDE.—Departures: September 4, Coolgardie, s., for Melbourne; Kalgoorlie, s., for Frementle. ...

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