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  2. QUEENSLAND.

    The Premier (the Hon. J. R. Dickson) left to-day for Esk and Pittsworth, near Toowoomba, where he will address meetings of the electors to-night and to-morrow night ...

    Article : 165 words
  3. GREAT BRITAIN'S NAVAL STRENGTH.

    In the course of the debate on the Navy Estimates in the House of Commons last night Mr. W. G. Ellison Macartney, Secretary to the Admiralty, in answer to Sir ...

    Article : 109 words
  4. THE QUEENSLAND HURRICANE.

    Mr. G. H. Bennett, sub-collector of oustoms at Thursday Island, who accompanied the Government steamer White Star on the relief expedition, wired to Captain Almond the following details:— ...

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  5. CHINA.

    The Tsung-li-Yamen (Chinese Foreign Office) has asked Signor Martino, the Italian Minister at Pekin, to return the despatch in which Italy demanded the ...

    Article : 358 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Allan liner Castilian, 7200 tons, which was recently launched at Belfast, was making her maiden trip when she went ashore during a fog at Gannet Rock ...

    Article : 116 words
  7. The Sydney Morning Dernid.

    In the Legislative Council yesterday the debate on the second reading of the Australasian Federation Enabling Bill was resumed and continued at considerable length, the debatebeing again further ...

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  8. IN PARLIAMENT.

    There were ample indications when the Federation Enabling Bill was before the Legislative Council on Thursday last that interest in the discussion was on the wane, and though when the ...

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  9. COUNTRY NEWS.

    Mr. R. Tweedey, who has been appointed chief engineer at Messrs. Brown's colliery, Minmi, was entertained at a social on Saturday. BATHURST, Tuesday. ...

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  10. THE TOULON EXPLOSION.

    Speaking in the French Chamber of Deputies last night, M. Lockroy, Minister of Marine, said that the recent disastrous explosion near Toulon was possibly due to ...

    Article : 48 words
  11. MISHAP TO A FRENCH BATTLESHIP.

    The French battleship Admiral Baudin, one of the Channel Squadron, had a narrow escape from sinking at Brest, on the west coast of France. ...

    Article : 93 words
  12. THE BULGARIAN LOAN.

    Bulgaria has declined to accept the 5 per cent, loan of £8,000,000 which was to have been issued by Viennese bankers for the purpose of converting the ...

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  13. THE WHEAT MARKET.

    The price of wheat at Mark Lane is 9d per quarter lower for the week. ...

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  14. VICTORIA.

    Mr. H. B. Higgins, M.L.A., chairman of the cominission appointed " to inquire and report as to the means of avoiding unnecessary delay and expense, and of making improvements ...

    Article : 158 words
  15. THE SOUDAN.

    Tigre Abyssinians are displaying confidence in British rule, and are migrating to Kassala. Kassala is now included in the British sphere of ...

    Article : 95 words
  16. THE KHALIFA SUFFERING FROM LEPROSY.

    Reports from the Soudan state that the Khalifa is suffering from leprosy. The origin of his malady is attributed to marrying the wife of one of his chiefs, ...

    Article : 66 words
  17. CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION IN MELBOURNE.

    The members of the Railway Standing Committee met to-day to consider the report on the proposed central station. After a lengthy discussion the members seemed ...

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  18. REPORTED SEIZURE OF ISLANDS BY GREAT BRITAIN.

    It is reported from Shanghai that Great Britain has seized the Mioatao Islands, off the coast of the province of Shantung. The Taung-li-Yamen declared it was impossible ...

    Article : 82 words
  19. MR. CECIL RHODES IN BERLIN.

    The Emperor William has offered to grant a second interview to Mr. Cecil Rhodes, who is now visiting Berlin. ...

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  20. BRITISH POLITICS.

    In the House of Commons last night it was announced that the Govornment intended to bring in a bill for the creation of a Ministry of Agriculture for Ireland. ...

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  21. QUEENSLAND DEFENCE FORCES.

    Captain Arthur Thomas Anderson has been seconded for service as commandant of the Queensland Permanent Artillery. ...

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  22. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    Colonel Picquart has been transferred from the Cherche Midi prison, in Paris, Where he has hitherto been confined, to civil custody. ...

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  23. TELEPHONE BETWEEN KATOOMBA AND SYDNEY.

    The telephone between Katoomba and Sydney was officially opened yesterday afternoon by the Hon. Joseph Cook, Minister for Mines and Agriculture, in the unavoidable absence of the Postmaster ...

    Article : 455 words
  24. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The second series of wool sales market has maintained the hardening tendency of last week. At the opening the rates were generally ...

    Article : 102 words
  25. VICTORIAN BUTTER IN WALES.

    A retailer of Victorian butter at Cardiff, in "Wales, is being presecuted for selling, and having for sale, Victorian butter containing 1 2 per cent, of boracic acid. ...

    Article : 52 words
  26. NEW ZEALAND.

    The following defects in the railway system are disclosed by the Rakaia disaster:— Lack of brake power and inadequacy of signalling arrangements. It is estimated by high officials in the Railway ...

    Article : 174 words
  27. MELBOURNE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS LOAN.

    The city is unfavourable to the issue of the Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works 3 per cent, loan of £1,000,000, unless the minimum is fixed at a low ...

    Article : 181 words
  28. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL.

    The appeal to the Privy Council in the case of the Bulli Coal Company versus Osborne has been dismissed with costs. On September 10, 1897, the official liquidator ...

    Article : 260 words
  29. TASMANIA.

    The balance-sheet submitted at the half-yearly meeting of the Commercial Bank of Tasmania to-day showed that the net profit amounted to £4632, out of which a 5 per cent. dividend, as ...

    Article : 124 words
  30. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    The selection of Laver an a member of the Australian Eleven appears to have given considerable satisfaction in cricketing circles. There also seems a consensus of opinion that 14 men should be taken, ...

    Article : 132 words
  31. TO-DAY.

    Organ Recital: Town Hall, 3 p.m. Bourke-street Congregational Literary and Debating Society: An Evening with "Rare Tom Hood " by Mr. H. H. Ling, 8 p.m. ...

    Article : 143 words
  32. VICTORIAN EXPORTS.

    Mr. J. M. Sinclair, the Superintendent of Victorian Exports in London, has notified the Victorian Government that overwork in his department is affecting ...

    Article : 58 words
  33. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In consequence of the expansion of the business of the Stats Bank it has been found necessary to procure more commodious premises, and the trustees have purchased the old Union Bank buildings ...

    Article : 82 words
  34. TO COUNTRY RESIDENTS.

    Write for our "Illustrated Furnishing Guide." B.Bebarfald and Co., op. Town Hall, Geo. st.—Advt. "The John Williams."— Three illustrations of this well-known missionary steamer, together with her ...

    Article : 37 words
  35. THE TRUE FEDERAL SPIRIT

    is that which is known and appreciated throughout every colony in Australia, BROWN'S " FOUR CROWN" WHISKY. ...

    Article : 24 words
  36. LLOYD'S TEA BRIGHTENS

    the intellect, and affords wonderful help to the system, 594 George st., 109 King st., Syd.—Advt. ...

    Article : 19 words
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