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  2. BALKAN COMPLICATIONS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The Russian Imperial Battle, or according to other accounts, the Russian Government, advances Bulgaria the sum of 8,000,000 franes ...

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  3. FEDERAL NOTES.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--Reference was made in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon to the reduced telegraph rates for Federal press messages. Mr. Mahon of West Australia, ...

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  4. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Friday.--In the House of Commons last night, Mr. J. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated with reference to inquiries addressed by ...

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  5. PERSONAL.

    The Governor-General, Lord Hopetonu, has been indisposed for the past few days. Acting on medical advice, he will rest himself for a week or two. All engagements entered into ...

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  6. FIRE AT ANTHONY HORDERNS.

    Yesterday further attempts were made to demolish the dangerous wall on the George-street front of Anthony Hordern's late premises, but it was not until 1 o'clock this morning that they ...

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  7. A POPULAR AGENT-GENERAL.

    LONDON, Friday.--The friends and admirers of Sir John A. Cockburn. M.D., who is about to retire from his position as Agent-General for South Australia, last night tendered him a ...

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  8. PICNIC TO MR. WILLIAM M'INTYRE.

    A very pleasant outing took place last Wednesday afternoon, when the officers of the Department of Public Instruction tendered Mr. William M'Intyre a complimentary picnic on the eve ...

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  9. PREPARATIONS FOR SYDNEY RECEPTION.

    On Thursday evening a well-attended meeting was held at the Hotel Arcadia for the purpose of taking steps to give the returning Imperial Bushmen a hearty reception upon their arrival in ...

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  10. INSPECTION BY THE MAYOR.

    Yesterday afternoon the Mayor of Sydney (Sir James Graham), accompanied by several of the aldermen, the city surveyor (Mr. R. W. Richards), and the city building surveyor (Mr. ...

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  11. AUSTRALIA AND CONSCRIPTION.

    LONDON, Friday.--Referring to certain clauses in the Australian Defence Bill, the Parisian journal, "Le Temps," describes what it calls the "conscription proposal" as "a ...

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  12. THE NETHERLANDS RAILWAY.

    LONDON, Friday.--Lord Lansdowne, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has announced that Great Britain proposes to differentiate between investors in ...

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  13. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--George Towns and Jacob Gaudaur have signed articles to row for the sculling-championship of the world at Rat Portage, Lake of the Woods, Canada, on ...

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  14. DEATH OF MR. F. W. BINNEY.

    Mr. Frederick William Binney, an old and esteemed colonist, died at his residence, "Hawthorne," Abbotsford-road, Homebush, yesterday morning, at the advanced age of 77 years. The ...

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  15. STATE GOVERNORS.

    LONDON, Friday.--In connection with the appointment of State Governors, the Colonial Office officials consider it difficult to secure suitable persons, owing, to the cost of a staff ...

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  16. IN ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

    LONDON, Friday.--As the result of night operations, 50 Boers have been captured and 18 surrendered to a British force near Edenburg, in the Orange River Colony, on ...

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  17. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A fishing boat has .been sunk off Newfoundland, 18 persons being drowned. ...

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  18. DANGEROUS SKY-SCRAPERS.

    Speaking to a "Daily Telegraph" reporter yesterday, Mr. R. W. Richards, city surveyor, said: --"The regulation of the height of the buildings is a matter of the greatest public importance in ...

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  19. MOLD NO-BALLED.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--In the cricket match Lancashire versus Somerset, the umpire, Phillips, no-balled Mold 18 times in 10 overs. In Mold's second over Phillips no-balled him five ...

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  20. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    On Thursday evening Mr. J. F. M'Ewen, who has recently returned from the war in South Africa, was entertained at Paris House by his fellow officers of the Statistician's Department. ...

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  21. AMERICAN POLITICS.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Ohio State Convention has, by a majority of 944 votes (950 to 6). rejected Mr. W. J. Bryan and his free silver policy. ...

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  22. THE WESTERN FRONTIERS.

    LONDON, Friday.--Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen, who has been operating along the western frontier of the disturbed States since the inception of the war, is now ...

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  23. THE BADEN-POWELL SWORD.

    The Baden-Powell gold sword of honor from Australia is to be despatched by the Maori King. leaving Messrs. Birt and, Co.'s Wharf on Monday. The sword has been securely packed and the idea ...

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  24. THE MISSOURI DISASTER.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Further details of the railway collision in Missouri show that the engine set fire to the carriages, 25 persons being burnt to death. ...

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  25. THE AMERICA CUP.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--In the final tests on the Clyde the America Cup challenger, Shamrock. II., proved unmistakably faster than Shamrock I. ...

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  26. HOSPITAL SHIP MAINE.

    LONDON, Friday.--Mr. H. O. Arnold Forster Financial Secretary to the Admiralty, states that it is intended to despatch the hospital ship Maine --recently presented to the Government--to the ...

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  27. QUEENSLAND VOLUNTEERS.

    BRISBANE, Friday.--The Premier has received numerous offers from men to go to South Africa, It is not at all probable, however, that the Government will attempt to send another contingent, ...

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  28. BRIBERY AT AN ELECTION.

    LONDON, Friday.--Levi Barker, brother of Mr. John Barker (who won the Maidstone seat at the recent general election as a Radical and was unseated on petition), has been sentenced to three ...

    Article : 91 words
  29. SHOOTING WOUNDED BRITISHERS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The London "Daily Mail" publishes further letters from soldiers, confirming the shooting of wounded by the Boers. ...

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  30. QUEENSLAND.

    The members of the Ministry leave by the Lucinda to-night for a cruise in Moreton Bay. They will arrange the business for the session, and return to-morrow night. ...

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  31. VICTORIA.

    The challenge billiard match between Roberts and Smith, 7000 up, the latter receiving 2500, was finished to-night. Roberts went out with a 325 break. Smith scored 6409. Roberts meets ...

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  32. COLONIALS IN THE COMMONS.

    LONDON, Friday.--The London "Daily Telegraph's" statement with regard to the admission of colonial representatives into the British House of Commons is absolutely contradicted in official ...

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  33. FIRE ESCAPES FOR HIGH BUILDINGS.

    Alarmed into action by the occurrence of the disastrous fire at Hordern and Son's, the Melbourne Board of Health will, at its next meeting, submit a draft of new regulations respecting fire ...

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  34. THE REFUGEE CAMPS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--An official visit has been paid to the Boer refugee camps, which were found in a thoroughly satisfactory condition. ...

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  35. TO-DAY.

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  36. AUSTRALASIAN SOLDIERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 111 words
  37. STABBED BY A CHINAMAN.

    A Chinese laundryman, Wing Lee, was stabbed in the side by another Chinaman at Malvern today. Lee says that he went into the kitchen of his house tor something, when he was set upon ...

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  38. PLAGUE RESTRICTION REGULATIONS.

    The health authorities have decided to suspend the regulation which required that vessels in port should moor a certain distance from the wharf and take other steps to prevent the landing of ...

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  39. FUNERAL OF H. CLEGG.

    The funeral of Harry Clegg, one of the victims of the fire, will leave Victoria Barracks at 2 p.m. to-day for Waverley Cemetery. An advertisement appears in another column inviting ...

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  40. AUSTRALIAN BOWLERS ON TOUR.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Australian howlers now touring in the British Isles played their first rink-match against an Irish combination, at Belfast, yesterday and achieved a victory by 82 points to ...

    Article : 150 words
  41. AMENDING THE JUSTICE ACT.

    A Justice Bill to amend the Act of 1890 is to be introduced at once into the Legislative Council Sweeping reforms in the procedure of the courts of petty, sessions are proposed in the direction of ...

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  42. PARLIAMENTARY LABOR PARTY.

    At a caucus of the Parliamentary labor party to-day, Mr. Browne was re-elected leader, Mr. Turley vice-chairman, Mr. M'Donnell secretary and whip and Messrs. Kerr and Givens ...

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  43. ACTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

    The Mayor (Sir James Graham) yesterday expressed his pleasure at the fact of the City Council being in a position to offer Mr. Hordera the temporary use of the Exhibition Building. ...

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  44. TRANSPORT ORIENT AT MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--The transport Orient with 800 returned troops on board, including the 500 members (whose names have been already published) of the New South Wales Imperial ...

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  45. SHIPMASTERS' ASSOCIATION.

    In connection with the recent suspension of the certificate of an inter-State shipmaster for three months, in consequence of a collision in the harbor, a deputation from the Shipmasters' ...

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  46. PRISON-MADE SADDLES.

    A deputation of saddlers waited on the Premier to-day and asked that the defence force requirements for Queensland in their trade should be filled in this State: also that the prisoners ...

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  47. SUNDAY SERVICES.

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  48. THE GRAND HOTEL FIRE.

    AUCKLAND. Friday.--Jessie Minns, the scullery maid at the Grand Hotel has admitted to the police that her sensational story of three men burning the hotel with powder and a fuse was ...

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  49. UNITED STATES MAIL SERVICE.

    BRISBANE, Friday.--At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-day, Mr. Ramsay, representing the Oceanic Steamship Company, road a paper, allowing the advantages to be derived ...

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  50. THE EAST MELBOURNE CONTEST.

    By degrees the number of candidates for the East Melbourne vacancy in the Legislative Assembly is being cut down with a view to preventing ex-M.P. Findley from squeezing in ...

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  51. THE CORONATION OATH.

    LONDON. Thursday Afternoon.--The Roman Catholic bishops' protest against the Sovereign, in his coronation oath, denouncing any special doctrines. ...

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  52. THE CHARTERS TOWERS TRAGEDY.

    CHARTERS TOWERS, Thursday.--In connection with yesternight's shooting tragedy it has transpired that Brown was in town during the afternoon and went home at 7 o'clock for his ...

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  53. BRITISH NAVAL MANOEUVRES.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--At the British naval manoeuvres, on July 28th, 163 warships in two fleets, will contend for the control of the ...

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  54. BOYS' BRIGADE.

    The monthly meeting of the ladies' committee of the Boys' Brigade was held in the Town-hall on Thursday. Lady Graham and Lady Harris occupying the chair in succession. It was ...

    Article : 60 words
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