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  2. CHINA.

    LONDON, Thursday Morning.--The Russians have transferred the control of the Tien-tsin to Shan-hai-Kwan railway to the Germans. ...

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  3. THE COUNTRY.

    DUNGOG, Monday.--A sad shooting accident occurred this evening. A young man, Herbert Henny, was bare shooting, and when standing on a log he let his gun fall. It exploded, the ...

    Article : 55 words
  4. TENNYSON AND THE QUEEN.

    The spacious times of great Elizabeth and the yet more spacious times of still greater Victoria must always be peculiarly associated with Literature. ...

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  5. VICTORIA.

    The quarrel at Colac between John Bourke and Alexander Billings, which ended in the death of the former, as the result of a blow, has been inquired into by a Coroner's jury. After two ...

    Article : 92 words
  6. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Boer commandoes have been checked in their march southward by way of Calvina, in Cape Colony. Major-General H. H. Settle, with Colonels ...

    Article : 60 words
  7. QUARTER SESSIONS.

    DUBBO, Monday.--On opening the Quarter Sessions this morning Judge Docker made appropriate reference to the loss the Empire had sustained, pointing out that the Queen had become ...

    Article : 221 words
  8. INCREASE IN THE RAILWAY REVENUE.

    The railway revenue last week showed an increase of £1531 as compared with the corresponding week of last year, the receipts being £61,633. ...

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  9. BRAWLS AT TIEN-TSIN.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A French soldier has been sentenced to five years imprisonment for drawing his bayonet on a member of the Australian Naval Contingent ...

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  10. SUICIDE OF A WOMAN.

    What appears to have been a determined case of suicide occurred at Ringwood yesterday. An old woman, Jemima Sophia Johnson, hanged herself to the rafter of an outhouse. About 9 ...

    Article : 132 words
  11. LETTER FROM A BOER DELEGATE.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. Wolmarans, one of the peace delegates to Europe and America, has written from Paris to relatives at Heilbron as follows:-- ...

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  12. GREAT FIRE AT MONTREAL.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A Reuter's message reports that the business quarter of Montreal has been burned, including the Board of Trade-buildings. The damage is estimated at ...

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  13. TROUBLE ABOUT TRUCKS.

    Wheatgrowers and other are complaining bitterly of the lack of trucks to carry their produe to the seaboard. The alleged action of the Railway Conmmissioner in trying to ...

    Article : 107 words
  14. BERMAGUI ANNIVERSARY SPORTS.

    BERMAGUI, Monday.--Anniversary Day's sports were largely attended. Results: Bermagui Handicap: Kennedy 1, Constable 2. Bicycle Race. Organ 1, Brown 2. Shooting Match: ...

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  15. ORDER FOR OATS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The War Office has ordered 25,000 tons of New Zealand oats, and the order has to be shipped within ten days. ...

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  16. THE NEW MINING BILL.

    WHITE CLIFFS, Monday.--A meeting convened by the Progress Committee was held in the Centennial-hall on Saturday to protest against the clause in the new Mining Bill ...

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  17. "INJUSTICE TEMPERED WITH EQUITY."

    A remarkable pamphlet entitled "From Boer to Boer and Englishman" has been published in England by Messrs. Hugh Rees, of Pall Mail. It is a translation (writes our London ...

    Article : 1,075 words
  18. A RETURNING AUSTRALIAN.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Lt. Commander W. J. Colquhoun, of the Victorian Naval Forces, who won the D.S.O. while serving in South Africa, will sail for Melbourne in the R.M.S. ...

    Article : 32 words
  19. GENERAL GABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Sir Andrew Clarke, Agent-General for Victoria, is urging the Colonial Office to represent to the French Government the unfairness of the present ...

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  20. SCARCITY OF TIMBER.

    Timber suitable for railway sleepers is becoming alarmingly scarce in Victoria, according to recent reports prepared under the direction of the late Conservator of Forests. There ...

    Article : 70 words
  21. THE FEDERAL CONTINGENT.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 483 words
  22. ONLY A PARTIAL HOLIDAY.

    To-day was neither a holiday nor a day of business. The banks, insurance, and public offices were closed, but shops, railway offices, and Customs were open. As was to be ...

    Article : 78 words
  23. KILLED ON THE RAILWAY.

    WELLINGTON, Monday.--A fettler was run over and killed by the first division of the mail train this morning, near Store Creek. ...

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  24. UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The half-yearly balance-sheet of the Union Bank of Australia, Limited, to August 31 last, shows deposits £15,226,186, cash and investments £5,644,998, ...

    Article : 39 words
  25. THE WESTERN LANDS COMMISSION.

    WILCANNIA, Monday.--The Western Lands Commission sat here to-day, hearing a quantity of evidence from squatters, lessees, local residents, and stock inspectors at Wilcannia and ...

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  26. A COLLEGE AND STAFF FOR ONE STUDENT.

    In view of the recent startling disclosure that a staff costing £2000 a year was employed at Rutherglen Viticultural College to look after one student, who was most of his time on ...

    Article : 94 words
  27. RAIN MAKING.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Lord Kelvin, the president of the Royal Society, Edinburgh, and Professor Boys, F.R.S., consider that Commander Worcester's scheme for producing rain ...

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  28. MINERS' ACCIDENT RELIEF FUND.

    LITHGOW, Monday.--Recently the managing director of the Lithgow Valley Colliery Company wrote to the Under-secretary for Mines to the effect that the miners of that company's ...

    Article : 161 words
  29. MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

    The following nominations have been received for the vacancies of aldermen and auditors, which occur annually in the various municipal councils in the colony:-- ...

    Article : 550 words
  30. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Public Service Clasification Board held a meeting to-day, at which Mr. A. E. Kinnear, Chief Clerk in the Crown Lands Department, was appointed secretary. ...

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  31. FATAL FALL FROM ALOFT.

    The captain of the barque Buckingham, which arrived at Geelong to-night from Capetown, reports a fatal accident to an A.B. named William Griffiths. On 1st January Griffiths fell ...

    Article : 63 words
  32. BUTCHERS AND EARLY CLOSING.

    A deputation of butchers waited on the Premier to-day, and made complaints concerning the working of the Early Closing Act. They stated that butchers carrying on business in ...

    Article : 167 words
  33. NEWCASTLE.

    The barque Lodore is still lying at her anchorage in the North Harbor, but will probably be removed to a wharf at Stockton to-day. In all probability she will go to Sydney for ...

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  34. A WESTERN DUSTSTORM.

    WILCANNIA, Monday.--A duststorm of unparalled magnitude swept over the town on Saturday evening, about 7.30. Clouds in the south indicated that a disturbance was approaching of an ...

    Article : 3,201 words
  35. THE BARRIER SYSTEM.

    What is known as the barrier system is to be introduced at the Adelaide railway station shortly. Temporary fences are now being prepared for this purpose, and although it has ...

    Article : 63 words
  36. SHIPPING ITEMS.

    During the departmental week ended at 6 a.m. yesterday morning, 69,618 tons of coal and 45 tons of coke were shipped at the Carrington dyke by means of the hydraulic and steam cranes. ...

    Article : 278 words
  37. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    Some time ago the telegraph operators of this State formed an association on lines similar to those in existence in the Eastern colonies. The Postmaster-General was asked to ...

    Article : 289 words
  38. NEW ZEALAND OFFERING MORE MEN.

    WELLINGTON, Monday.--It is very probable that a seventh contingent will be despatched for South Africa. ...

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  39. CAPTAIN GEORGE WALL.

    Captain George Wall, who has already seen service in South Africa, has volunteered for the Federal Contingent now being formed. It is understood that his application for a commission has been ...

    Article : 229 words
  40. THE INDIAN TROOPS.

    Colonel Peyton, of the 14th Bengal Lancers, who is in command of the Indian troops, explained to a Melbourne "Argus" representative that all the Indian casts are represented among ...

    Article : 405 words
  41. HORSES FOR THE TROOPS.

    TAMWORTH, Monday.--Superintendent Casey has been busy inspecting and buying the horses suitable for the South African war. On Saturday he purchased 11 fairly good animals for ...

    Article : 34 words
  42. HURRICANE AT NOUMEA.

    NOUMEA, Monday.--A disastrous hurricane from the south-east passed over the island on January 22 and 23. Communication from here with the interior has been stopped since January ...

    Article : 376 words
  43. A MOTHER LOSES TWO SONS.

    MUSWELLBROOK, Monday.--General sympathy is expressed at the news of the death of Trooper Dan Moehan of this town. This is the second son Mrs. Mechau has lost since the South ...

    Article : 69 words
  44. ENGLISH CHURCH UNION.

    The monthly meeting of the council of the English Church Union (New South Wales Branch) was held last evening, the chairman (Mr. H. Tennant-Donaldson) presiding. The opening office ...

    Article : 129 words
  45. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

    The State Premier has received a copy of the following cable message sent by the High Commissioner for South Africa to the Lieutenant-Governor:-- ...

    Article : 59 words
  46. UP MONT BLANC BY RAIL.

    The construction of a railway to the summit of Mont Blanc, similar in all respects to the Jungfrau line, is under consideration, says the Geneva correspondent of the "Dally Mail." ...

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  47. SUDDEN DEATH OF A CHEMIST.

    About half-past 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon a man entered Mr. W. G. Bladon's chemist shop, at the corner of Darling-street and Birchgrove-road, Balmain, and found the man in charge--Alfred ...

    Article : 99 words
  48. INQUEST AT NORTH SYDNEY.

    The City Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore held an inquiry at the Federal Hotel, North Sydney, yesterday afternoon, on the body of a newlyborn child named Henry Coulter, whose death ...

    Article : 70 words
  49. ROBBERY AT PADDINGTON.

    Between the hours of 8 and 11 on Saturday night burglars entered the residence of Mr. Andrew Steel, 68 Renny-street, Paddington, and stole therefrom money, Jewellery, and numerous ...

    Article : 59 words
  50. ACCIDENT AT MORT'S DOCK.

    Whilst working at Mort's Dock yesterday, James Clark (42), residing at 24 Dock-road, Balmain, was the victim of an accident, by which he was crushed. thereby receiving severe ...

    Article : 53 words
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