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  2. IMPERIAL FISCAL POLICY.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--In the House of Commons last night. Mr. J. E. Ellis. Liberal members for Rusheliffe (Notts) moved the adjournment, with a view to obtaining ...

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  3. VICTORIA.

    William Irving, a farmer at Mount Moriae, near Geelong, was found dead in a waterhole, close to his residence, this morning. In the "seventies" Irving was one of the champion ...

    Article : 81 words
  4. THE ARMY ESTIMATES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--In the House of Commons last night, Mr. H. O. Arnold-For- ster. Secretary of State for War, introduced the Army Estimates, which show a decrease ...

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  5. THE WAR.

    LONDON, Tuesday,--The Japanese squadron, which bombarded Vladivostock for an hour on Sunday, has again re-appeared off that port. ...

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  6. JAPANESE ON THE ELLIOTT ISLANDS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The Russians evacuated Hai-yun-tau, one of the Elliott Islands, near Port Arthur, where a garrison was kept, almost immediately after the outbreak ...

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  7. IN AID OF THE JAPANESE SUFFERERS.

    The fund for the relief of permanently-injured Japanese soldiers and sailors is being slowly augmented, and it is hoped that a sum of at least £500 may be cabled ...

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  8. COLD SHIPMENTS.

    The shipments of gold to-day per R.M.S. Australia were £3000 on account, of Frederick White, for London; 3581oz, of minted bars, valued at £15,195. on account of the French. ...

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  9. THE COMMAND OF THE SEA.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Japanese steamers in the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sen are not now escorted by men-of-war, the Japanese command of the sea being ...

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  10. THE RABBIT PEST.

    GUNDAGAI, Tuesday.--At a recent meeting of the Pastures Protection Board, considerable difference of opinion was expressed by the directors as to the wisdom of giving official ...

    Article : 328 words
  11. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    At the Criminal Court, William Safe was sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for having received photographic material, knowing it to be stolen. William Steele, for stealing a bay ...

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  12. RISING IN NIGERIA.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A detachment of troops sent out from Asaba to put down a rising in Southern Nigeria, promoted by a secret society known as the "Silent Ones," has ...

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  13. COALING AT SEA.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--An urgent order on behalf of the Russian Baltic Squadron has been placed for an American apparatus for the rapid loading of ships with ...

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  14. ARBITRATION MENTIONED.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The "Neue Frei Presse," of Vienna, states that Count Benekindorff, Russian Ambassador in England, has returned to London from a brief ...

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  15. COAL AS CONTRABAND.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--In the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. J. Lawson Walton, K.C. (Liberal member for South Leeds), addressed a question to the Prime Minister ...

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  16. AUSTRALIA AND PREFERENCE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Replying to Mr. J. C. Flynn (Nationalist member for North Cork), in the House of Commons last night, Mr. Alfred Lyttelton, Secretary of Statu for ...

    Article : 174 words
  17. CHINESE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Nonconformist Churches at Johannesburg have adopted a resolution strongly deprecating the agitation in England against the employment of Chinese ...

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  18. JAPANESE BRIDGE DESTROYERS.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The "Standard" states that there is a story current in St. Petersburg to the effect that a dozen Japanese, who were disguised as Tartars, ...

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  19. RABBITS KILLED BY FLOODS.

    MUDGEE, Tuesday.--At to day's meeting of the Pastures Protection Board, it was decided to call for applications tor the position of rabbit inspector. The recent floods destroyed great ...

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  20. RUSSIA WARNS ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Russian Government organ at St. Petersburg, the "Novoe Vremya," warns Great Britain that Russia will remember her purchase of ...

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  21. GAMBLING AT BROKEN-HILL.

    BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--The cases in connection with the raid on Tattersall's Club came on for hearing at the Police Court to-day, when 63 of the accused appeared, and were charged ...

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  22. HIGH RENTALS RETARD SETTLEMENT.

    NYNGAN, Tuesday.-- At a largely-attended meeting of the district branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association a resolution was unanimously passed protesting against the ...

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  23. THE CHANNEL FLEET.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A sensation has been caused throughout the Channel Fleet at Lisbon by the loss of a signal-book from the battleship Prince George. ...

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  24. THE' JAPANESE-AUSTRALIAN SERVICE.

    When the war broke out between Russia and Japan the steamers of the N.Y.K. (Japanese mail) service were withdrawn for transport service. The steamers on the Australian line. ...

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  25. ADDITIONS TO RUSSIA'S FLEET.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--It is announced from St. Petersburg that the Baltic ship-building yards are finishing six battleships, and two cruisers of the Novik type. ...

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  26. THE GERMAN FATHERLAND.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The German Socialist leader, Herr Bebel, yesterday created a sensation by a speech which he delivered in the Reichstag during the debate on the army ...

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  27. HORSES SEIZED AT LIBAU.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Four hundred horses which were purchased at Odenburg, in Hungary, on behalf of the Japanese Government and 600 which were purchased in ...

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  28. THE PANAMA CANAL.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--America is shipping to France 40,000,000 dollars (£8,000,000) in gold, with which to pay tho Panama Company, in accordance with tho Panama Canal ...

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  29. THE PORT ARTHUR DISASTERS.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Russian cruiser Askold, which sank in the inner harbor at Port Arthur after the last, attack on the port and the fleet by the Japanese, ...

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  30. THE COOGEE COLLISION.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The coronial inquiry into the fatal collision between the Coogee and the Fortunato Figari was concluded thin morning. The Coroner found that Captain ...

    Article : 73 words
  31. VICTORIAN BY-ELECTION.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Following are the latest returns for the election for the Donald and Swan-hill seat in the State Assembly, rendered vacant by the appointment of Mr. ...

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  32. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTIONS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The elections, for the London County Council have resulted as follow:-- Progressives ........................ 83 ...

    Article : 169 words
  33. CHURCH AND STATE IN FRANCE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--In the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday it was agreed by 310 votes to 262 that the suppression of monastic schools throughout the Republic was a matter ...

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  34. THE FIJI HURRICANE.

    News has reached Sydney from Suva of the total loss of the Vanua Vatu vessel Wai ni Rupe and the cutter Alfred and Eliza, of Moala. Both vessels were wrecked at Vanua Vatu, in the ...

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  35. QUEENSLAND.

    The estimated number of persons in Queensland on December 31 last year was 515,844, of whom 23,686 were colored, consisting of Chinese 10,047, Kanakas 8563, Japanese 2153, colored ...

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  36. FOREIGN CONSULS IN MANCHURIA.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The Chinese Government has granted exequaturs to Messrs. F. D. Cheshire and W. Davidson, American Consuls at Mukden and Antung, ...

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  37. IN NORTH-EAST KOREA.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Russian troops are advancing from the neighborhood of Possiet Bay, near Vladivostock, through north-eastern, Korea, towards Song-chin, near ...

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  38. THE KING.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The King has so far recovered from the indisposition for which he has been treated by Sir Francis Laking, M.D., during the past few days, that he has now ...

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  39. RAILWAY REORGANISATION.

    In consequence of the retirement of Mr. George Nutt, the chief mechanical engineer of the Railway Department, the Commissioner has had under consideration the reorganisation of the ...

    Article : 109 words
  40. ESCAPE OF A PRISONER.

    Yesterday afternoon a prisoner named Lawrence John Evans, whilst being taken to Darlinghurst gaol in a tram, escaped from custody. The escapee, who was serving a sentence of ...

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  41. COSSACK EXCESSES IN KOREA.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--A number of Korean soldiers, incensed by excesses on the part of Russian troops, and their maltreatment of native women at Anju, attacked a body of ...

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  42. WAR NOTES.

    The war, so far as the cable tells us, does not progress. It is a peculiarity of this conflict that the scrappy information which is allowed to pass the censors frequently gives a promise of ...

    Article : 469 words
  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--An Arab has shot and killed Captain G. Warneford, the Assistant Political Agent in the Aden Hinterland. ...

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  44. THE PLAGUE.

    The City Council, in view of the discovery of a plague mouse on the foreshores of Darling Harbor, are taking all the necessary precautions to prevent a spread of the scourge. ...

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  45. NEW ZEALAND.

    Oscar Hope has been arrested at Otago for wife desertion in Victoria. At the Rifle Association's meeting. Sergeant Ching is leading for the Belt final to-morrow. ...

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  46. THE MIKADO'S HEIR.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Prince Yoshihito, the Mikado's heir, who, in November, 1889, was proclaimed Crown Prince of Japan, is going to the front. ...

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  47. THE UNITED STATES APPROPRIATION BILL.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The United States Senate has passed a Naval Appropriation Bill for £19,500,000. ...

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  48. THE LATE MARSHAL YON WALDERSEE.

    Who commanded the allied armies in China at the time of the Boxer rising, and whose death was reported yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  49. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    "A large and influential deputation wailed on the Premier to-day to object to the proposal of the Government to transform the eld Lunatic Asylum building, on North-terrace, next to the ...

    Article : 171 words
  50. EXAMINATION OF RODENTS.

    A number of rats and mice were captured yesterday in the vicinity of the place where the plague-diseased mouse was caught a few days ago. It is satisfactory to be able to state that ...

    Article : 86 words
  51. AN ICONOCLASTIC PREMIER.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.-- Mr. Seddon, in a speech to-night, said he had come to the conclusion thai the time was opportune for a change in the Constitution, by reforming the ...

    Article : 181 words
  52. JAPANESE HUMANITY.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Twenty-two wounded Russian sailors, who were rescued by the Japanese after the sinking of the Russian cruiser Varyag off Chemulpo, ...

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  53. WOMAN'S POSITION IN JAPAN.

    Whilst the newspapers are filled with accounts of the Japanese army and navy, and whilst all eyes are being turned to the newly-developed Asiatic Power now engaged in a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  54. FUMIGATING SEWERS.

    At last night's meeting of the City Council. Alderman Kelly asked the Lord Mayor if it wore a fact that the Water and Sewerage Board had ceased the work of fumigating the sewers. ...

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  55. EMPLOYERS' FEDERATION.

    At a meeting of the council of the Employers' Federation on Monday last, Mr. Thomas Loveridge wan appointed to represent New South Wales on the Federal Council of Employers, ...

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  56. TASMANIA.

    Captain Livingstone, of the Wakatipu, proceeds to England at an early date, to bring out a new turbine steamer for the Union Company's Lnunceston-Melbourne trade. ...

    Article : 34 words
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