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  2. OUR SPECIAL CABLES.

    LONDON, Monday.--The "Financial News" advises the creditors of Australian banks to accept a moderate "scaling down," and expresses the hope that ...

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  3. NOTES OF THE DAY.

    Now we know that the hoary-headed philosophers whose deadly verses and stately prose figure generally as "literae humaniores" are people of no account. ...

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  4. OUR SPECIAL CABLES.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The "Westminster Gazette" states that 50,000 Armenians are in a condition of actual starvation in the Vilayet of Erzeroum, in ...

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  5. NEWS FROM THE EAST.

    Just before the steamer Tsinan left Hongkong, news was received that the Presbyterian mission in Shantung was attacked one evening by a band of robbers. ...

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  6. SECOND EDITION.

    LONDON, Monday, Noon.--A fearful shipping disaster has occurred off the coast of Scotland. The iron barque Firth of Solway, 1313 tons, owned by J. Spencer and ...

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  7. THE MATABELE REVOLT.

    LONDON, Monday.--The latest news with regard to the Matabele revolt is that the rebel natives threaten Buluwayo on three sides, and are trying to ...

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  8. THE GOVERNOR OP TAHITI.

    There arrived by the Walhora yesterday M, Clovis Papinaud, Ancien Depute, Gouverneur des Etablissements Francais de ...

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  9. THE ILLNESS OF SIR HENRY PARKES.

    Sir Henry Parker's condition is still such as to give rise to grave concern. As stated yesterday, the venerable statesman is suffering from a severe attack of ...

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  10. EDUCATION IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Monday,--The Opposition in the House of Commons intend to move the rejection of the Education Bill introduced by Sir John E. Gorst. ...

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  11. SYMPATHY OF CANADA.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The Canadian House of Commons has unanimously passed a resolution urging united action on the part of the Great Powers ...

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  12. TO-DAY.

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  13. NEW MINING COMPANIES.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The New Alburnia Gold-mining Company, Hauraki, New Zealand, has been formed with a capital of £180,000, and is issuing ...

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  14. THE NORTHERN COLLIERIES.

    NEWCASTLE, Monday.--In the matter of the coal trade crisis, the situation generally is unchanged. The decision of the majority of the votes of the lodges ...

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  15. THE TRANSVAAL.

    LONDON, Monday.--The "Daily News" states that President Kruger claimed £3,000,000 from the British Government as an indemnity for the ...

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  16. PERSONAL.

    The death of Mr. William Von Der Heyde, one of the partners in the well-known firm of Heyde and Todmann, of York-street, took place at his late residence, Ellwood House, ...

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  17. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--A very important step has been taken by the Lund and Aberdeen lines of steamers, who have secured contracts for the carriage of ...

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  18. BULUWAYO COMPLETELY SURROUNDED.

    LONDON, Monday, Noon. -- A telegram just received reports that Buluwayo is completely surrounded by rebel natives, and that the food supply ...

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  19. THE SOUDAN.

    LONDON, Monday.--The latest reports from the Soudan show that great uneasiness prevails among the Arabs at Omdurman, and that quarrelling ...

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  20. OTHER NATIVE RISINGS.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Government of Cape Colony deny that risings of natives are threatened in Bechuanaland, Basutoland, and Pondoland. ...

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  21. MAJOR-GENERAL CARRINGTON.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The British war authorities Have dispatched Major-General Sir Frederick Carrington, who has seen much active service in South ...

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  22. COLLAPSE OF A BRIDGE.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--A large bridge over the Glenelg River at Casterton caved in, owing to some heavy traffic passing over it, and on examination the principal ...

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  23. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--The Registrar-General has compiled a rough estimate of the sugar crop of Queensland. Last year the crop of 64,815 acres was crushed, ...

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  24. MELBOURNE HARBOR DUES.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--A joint deputation from the Chamber of Commerce and the Harbor Trust waited on the Commissioner for Customs to-day with regard to ...

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  25. GERMAN NEW GUINEA.

    LONDON. Monday.--It is reported that the German Government intend to re-purchase Kaiser Wilhelm's Land from the German New Guinea ...

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  26. AMERICAN BURGLARS IN LONDON.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The London police have arrested two noted American thieves on suspicion of being concerned in recent burglaries in New York. ...

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  27. THE RAILWAYS.

    MELBOURNE. Monday.--The revenue from the railways last week totalled £39,983, which shows a reduction of £9880 as compared with the corresponding week of last ...

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  28. A PECULIAR CASE.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--At the police court to-day a man named Henry L. Bebb was charged with drunkenness. The accused's son was present, and produced a ...

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  29. PRINCE FERDINAND OF BULGARIA.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria is the guest of tho Czar of Russia at the Imperial Palace at Tsarskoye Silo, 15 miles south of St. ...

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  30. TERRIBLE ACCIDENT IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Monday, 2.30 a.m.--A dreadful accident occurred at Dry Creek just before 11 o'clock last night, when a vehicle containing four persons was run into at the ...

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  31. MIRAMS V. THE "ARGUS."

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The libel action by Mr. James Mirams, formerly secretary of the Permier Permanent Building Society, against the "Argus" for £10,000 damages, ...

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  32. MAJOR-GENERAL FRENCH.

    ADELAIDE, Monday. -- Major-General French, who was a passenger by the R.M.S. Victoria, this morning had a little to say about defence matters. He had come, he ...

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  33. TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Monday.--Much excitement was caused at Launceston this afternoon by a diving contest from the Cataract Bridge into the Tamar, between Peart, the sensational ...

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  34. VIENNA CITY COUNCIL.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Municipal Council of Vienna has again elected Dr. Lueger, the anti-Semite leader, as Mayor of the city. ...

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  35. SEAFARING. LAW-THREATS OF WAR.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Port Melbourne magistrates to-day heard a claim by a seaman belonging to the Nicaraguan barque Dominion for a balance of wages ...

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  36. THE IDENTITY OF THE VICTIMS.

    ADELAIDE, Monday Night.--The victims of the railway accident which happened at the Grand Junction Crossing, Dry Creek, on Sunday night, were identified this morning. ...

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  37. NEW ZEALAND.

    AUCKLAND, Monday.--Tho Government have appointed a Royal Commission to inquire into tho cause of the Brunner colliery explosion. Mr. Justice Ward, Sir J. ...

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  38. DEATH OF A CHILD.

    HOBART, Monday.--At an "inquest at Launceston to-day on the body of a newly born female child, the father, Matthew Douelly, revealed a shocking state of domestic ...

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  39. BRITISH CONSOLS.

    LONDON, Monday.--"The Times" states that purchases made by the Government on behalf of the Post Office have had the effect of inflating the price ...

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  40. THE DEFENCE OF THE COLONY.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Premier, yielding to the representations of the Minister for Defence, has decided to purchase five Maxim guns for the use of the Defence ...

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  41. A STRANGE AFFAIR.

    AUCKLAND, Monday.--A sensational affair has occurred at Windsor, three miles from Christchurch. A woman reported to the police that her husband, James ...

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  42. THE PREMIER'S MEDIATION.

    Following up his policy of mediation in the trouble which has arisen between miners and owners at Newcastle, Mr. Reld has now issued invitations to the various colliery ...

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  43. DROUGHT AT HOBART.

    HOBART, Monday.--The drought is becoming serious, and the water supply of the city is very deficient. Residents in the suburbs and on the high-levels are subjected to ...

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  44. A VALUABLE RAISIN CROP.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Mildura Raisin Trust have decided to export 15 per cent, of tho raisin crop, or about 60 tons. About 340 tons are available for the ...

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  45. DYNAMITE BOMB EXPLOSION.

    LONDON, Monday.--By the explosion of a dynamite bomb in Lisbon yesterday a wealthy gentleman and his coachman were killed. ...

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  46. THE CACIQUE DISASTER.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Marine Board of Inquiry took further evidence to-day concerning the running down of the yacht Cacique by tho steamer Burrumbeet ...

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  47. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.

    ESPERANCE, Monday.--The weather has been boisterous since Saturday night, with hall and rain storms and terrific winds. The Bremer Range prospecting parties are ...

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  48. FATALITIY AND ACCIDENT.

    A magisterial inquiry was held yesterday by the City Coroner with reference to the death of Dorothy and Amy O'Brien, the children who were drowned in a lagoon near their father's ...

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  49. ANOTHER RAILWAY FATALITY.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The dead body of a man about 35 years of age was found on the railway line between Warracknaheal and Hopetouu to-day. The body was ...

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  50. LONDON BUILDING TRADES.

    LONDON, Monday. --A strike is threatened in the London building trades next month, owing to the demand of the unionists for an increase ...

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  51. LATE SHIPPING.

    Our South Head correspondent wired this (Tuesday) morning:--The Darra, a barque of 1000 tons, Captain Berquist, arrived from Port Blakeley at 1 o'clock, and anchored in Chowder ...

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  52. SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A CARTER.

    A carter, aged 21, named Thomas Cain, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last evening in a very serious condition, suffering from fracture of the skull Cain was leading his horse along ...

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