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  2. ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE, NUBGEE. OPENING OF THE NEW BUILDING.

    St. Joseph's Conege, Nudgee, was en fete yesterday, the occasion being the celebration of the completion and opening of the college buliding. A large number ...

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  3. QUEENSLAND DINNER. ANNUAL FUNCTION IN LONDON.

    The annual dinner of Queenslanders in London was held last night at the Holborn Restaurant. The guests included Field Marshal Sir Henry Wylie Norman, ...

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  4. THE WAR. PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

    General Stackelberg, under date 18th June, reported that three bodies of Russian troops had extended their front between Wa-fang-kau and Tschonjon. After ...

    Article : 66 words
  5. DISAFFECTION IN FINLAND. GENERAL BOBRIKOFF'S FUNERAL.

    The funeral of General Bobrikoff, Governor-General of Finland, who was shot by a Government official named Schaumann (who afterwards committed suicide), took ...

    Article : 143 words
  6. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    Although it was generally known before the Speaker took the chair that Mr. Reid would not be in his place until tomorrow a large attendance of members ...

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  7. POLITICAL CRISIS.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the debate was resumed upon the amendment moved by Mr. J. C. Cribb on the Address-in-reply, expressing ...

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  8. FEDERAL POLITICAL SITUATION. ATTITUDE OF THE OPPOSITION.

    Although some Parliamentary busybodies profess to know exactly how each vote will be recorded in case Mr. Reid tables a motion of want of confidence, no one can ...

    Article : 485 words
  9. ALLEGED BRIBERY IN FRANCE.

    The Committee appointed by the French Chamber of Deputies to investigate the alleged attempt on behalf of the moaks of the Grande Charteruse to bribe the ...

    Article : 326 words
  10. BRITISH OFFICERS PRAISED.

    The British officers who were on the sunken Japanese transports have been warmly praised for their bravery in sharing the fate of their Japanese comrades. ...

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  11. GENERAL STACKELBERG'S POSITION.

    The position of the Russian force under General Stackelberg is considered to be growing more critical. Some newspapers remark that the heavy ...

    Article : 138 words
  12. RUSSIAN CORRUPTION.

    Further instances of gross official corruption in Russia in connection with the war have been disclosed. Artillery of the latest pattern is stated ...

    Article : 78 words
  13. ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS FOR QUEENSLAND.

    Speaking at the Queenslander's annual dinner, Sir Horace Tozer stated that a representative of Italy had offered to supply an unlimited number of immigrants ...

    Article : 85 words
  14. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    The Russian correspondents of the "Times" state that the war is seriously crippling Russian trade. Less goods, to the extent of hundreds of thousands of ...

    Article : 74 words
  15. GREAT BRITAIN. POLITICAL FEELING IN ENGLAND.

    The "Standard" says that the result of the Parliamentary elections for Devonport and Market Harborough, where the Liberal candidates were returned, shows ...

    Article : 66 words
  16. THE JAPANESE FORCES.

    Part of the Japanese fourth army, under the command of General Nogi, and also part of the third army under General Nodzu, are now operating against General ...

    Article : 111 words
  17. "VOLUNTARY" WAR SUBSCRIPTIONS IN RUSSIA.

    Reports are to hand which show that the officials in the various villages in Russia are putting pressure on the people to compel them to contribute to the ...

    Article : 131 words
  18. A DIVORCE CASE.

    Mrs. Jane Saunderson has obtained a divorce from her husband, George Frederick Theodore Saunderson, formerly manager of the Empire Theatre at Belfast. ...

    Article : 51 words
  19. MR. REID'S MOVEMENTS.

    Owing to the important raliway case in which the leader of the Federal Opposition is engaged not concluding to-day, Mr. Reid was unable to leave for Melbourne ...

    Article : 45 words
  20. AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

    The National Republican Convention in connection with the forthcoming election for the United States Presidency was opened at Chicago yesterday. ...

    Article : 73 words
  21. PERSONAL.

    The Right Hon. Sir Hugh M. Nelson, Messrs. A. B. Briggs, G.G. Cory, and S. B. Kennard have been appointed trustees of the Toowoomba Grammar School; and ...

    Article : 513 words
  22. A FURTHER JAPANESE SUCCESS.

    Advices received both at St. Petersburg and New York state that General Kuropatkin personally directed the movement of the Russian troops from Liao-yang ...

    Article : 74 words
  23. A SUCCESSFUL CRICKETER.

    C. B. Fry, the noted English cricketer, made 150 in a match against Cambridge University. This is his sixth century for the present season, and his average stands ...

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  24. MR. ELLIOT'S RESIGNATION.

    The Hon. Arthur R. D. Elliot, M.P. for Durham City, who resigned the office of Financial Secretary to the Treasury in September last, has made an appeal to the ...

    Article : 112 words
  25. MARSHAL OYAMA'S APPOINTMENT.

    In connection with the appointment of Marshal Oyama as Japanese Viceroy and Commander-in-Chief in Manchuria, it is announced that Marshal Yamagata will ...

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  26. GENERAL CABLE MESSAGES.

    The authorities at Lloyds' consider that the loss of the R.M.S. Australia at Port Phillip Heads, and the previous: loss of the steamer Petriana, suggest that the ...

    Article : 44 words
  27. GENERAL STACKELBERG INTERCEPTED.

    The correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" states that there are indications that either General Nodza intercepted, or General Oku overtook. General ...

    Article : 39 words
  28. AMERICAN WAR CORRESPONDENT SHOT.

    It is reported that when the Russians were retreating from Wa-fang-kau they mistook Mr. Omerson, the war correspondent of the "New York World," for a spy, ...

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  29. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Mr. Thomas Brynone, of Dunedin, New Zealand. ...

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  30. JAPANESE CAPTURE OF LIAOYANG.

    Native reports received at Niu-chwang, which, however, are not confirmed, state that the Japanese have captured Liaoyang, the Russian base on the Manchurian ...

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  31. THE SAMOAN CLAIMS.

    Replying bo a question in the House of Commons last night, Earl Percy, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that an exchange of views regarding the ...

    Article : 183 words
  32. THE THIBET EXPEDITION.

    The Sikh troops with the British expedition at Gyantse ambushed a number of Thibetans, twenty-one of whom were killed. ...

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  33. RUSSIAN VESSELS SUNK.

    The Japanese have captured a junk near Port Arthur, and the Chinamen on board report that two Russian torpedo-boat destroyers and the steamer Shintaiping ...

    Article : 63 words
  34. A TRANSVAAL LOAN.

    The Transvaal Government are issuing a loan of £5,000,000, the balance of the £35,000,000 loan authorised. The rate of interest is 3 per cent, and the issue price ...

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  35. VLADIVOSTOCK SQUADRON.

    Admiral Skrydloff, in a supplementary report on the sheiling and torpedoing of the Japanese transports, Hatachi Maru and Sado Maru by the Vladivostock squadron, ...

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  36. THE SHIPPING CLAUSES.

    The Western Australian members have come to the conclusion that instead of striving to exempt mail steamers between Western Australia and the Eastern ...

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  37. THE EX-PREMIER OF CAPE COLONY.

    News from Capetown states that Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, late Premier of Cape Colony, having alienated his former supportors, withdrew his candidature at the ...

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  38. LATE SOUTHERN NEWS. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Mr. Paxton, chairman of the Shipping Committee of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, referring to Mr. Watson's remarks on the Navigation Bill, stated ...

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  39. MINING FATALITY AT CHARTERS TOWERS.

    Walter Retallick, aged 42, a married man with a family, and Fred. Smith, 37, a married man with a family, were killed by a fall of earth in the Brilliant Block ...

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  40. SERVIAN EX-MINISTER SENTENCED.

    M. Todorovitch, a Servian ex-Minister, has been tried at Belgrade on the charge of embezzling moneys belonging to the State, and was found guilty and sentenced ...

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  41. TRAGEDY IN NEW GUINEA. DEATH OF THE ACTING ADMINISTRATOR.

    The steamer Guthrie, from Moresby, en route to Singapore, brought news this afternoon of the death of Mr. Chris. Robinson, Acting Administrator of British New ...

    Article : 128 words
  42. A LABOUR PLEBISCITE.

    The returns in connection with the plebiscite for the selection of a Latour candidate for the Balonne electorate have been completed, and the result is as ...

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  43. ATLANTIC STEERAGE RATE.

    The Cunard Company has reduced its steerage passenger rate eastward from America to £3. ...

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  44. THE WRECK OF THE AUSTRALIA.

    At an early hour this morning the responsible officers on the wrecked mail steamer Australia found that owing to the rising tide and a gale of wind, which was ...

    Article : 188 words
  45. QUARANTINE CONFERENCE.

    The quarantine conference met to-day. The following medical officers were prosent—Dr. J. Ashburton Thompson (President of the Board of Health, New South ...

    Article : 237 words
  46. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday,—Arrived: Prince Waldemar, s., from Singapore; Moresby, s., from the Solomon Islands. MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Arrived: ...

    Article : 56 words
  47. OVERLAND PASSENGERS.

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  48. VICTORIA.

    Mr. Coldham, a barrister, was seized to— day with so violent a fit of coughing that he broke a rib. ...

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  49. AN OFFICIAL TELEGRAM.

    The following telegram has been received by the Federal Government from Captain Barton, Acting Administrator of New Guinea, with reference to the suicide of ...

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  50. SUPPOSED DROWNING CASE.

    Thomas Medstone, who is supposed to reside in the Clayfield district, went aboard the steamer Grazier shortly after midnight last night, and was seen by ...

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  51. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Government has accepted from Mr. R. T. Maurice, explorer, the loan of ten camels and equipment to continue the exploration of the western border of South ...

    Article : 36 words
  52. LATE COMMERCIAL.

    At yesterday's auction sales of Australasian tallow, the quantity offered was 1392 casks, and the quantity sold 957 casks. The price realised for mutton tallow, fine, ...

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  53. STEAMER WOLLUMBIN ASHORE.

    The steamer Wollumbin, outward bound. went ashore at the South Spit of the Tweed Bar at 4 o'clock this afternoon. MURWILLUMBAH, Wednesday. ...

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  54. MARINE BOARD INQUIRY.

    The Marine Board held an inquiry yesterday afternoon into the circumstances attending the collision between the ship Alba, when coming out of dock on ...

    Article : 168 words
  55. NEW ZEALAND.

    Arthur Mathias, a mining contractor, was crushed to death at the Waihi mine by the collapse of overhead timber whilst he was engaged in stoping. ...

    Article : 32 words
  56. THE NORTHERN ENCAMPMENT.

    Shell practice at a Hongkong target in the bay was carried out by the Garrison Artillery at the encampment this morning. ...

    Article : 89 words
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