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  2. PERSONAL NOTES FROM ENGLAND.

    A pretty story is being told of little Prince Edward the Heir Apparent once removed. Being engaged in the momentous task of laving out the modest sum with ...

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  3. BANQUET TO THE PRIME MINISTER.

    The Primo Minister (Rp. Barton) was entertained at a banquet at the Town Hall last night. The gathering, which numbered about 350, was representative of the ...

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  4. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Sr. Sir Josiah Symon prefers at present to make but little comment on Sr. O'Connor's speech in introducing the tariff into the Senate. He will meet his ...

    Article : 1,356 words
  5. MYSTERIOUS POISONING CASE.

    A mysterious poisoning case, which has resulted in one death and caused the serous illness of four other persons, occurred a week ago, and is now being ...

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  6. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    Mr. A. C. MacLaren, in the course of a press interview, said he thinks the visiting Australian cricketers are no stronger than any of the teams which have preceded ...

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  7. THE PHILIPPINES.

    Mr. Elihu Root, the United States Secretary for War, recently cabled instructions to Mjr.-Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, commanding the American troops in the Philippine ...

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  8. THE BOER CAMPAIGN.

    The latest intelligence from Pretoria is to the effect that Mr. Steyn, Mr. Schalk Burgen and the other Boer leader are still busily engaged visiting the commandos in ...

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  9. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford has been elected to the House of Commons unopposed for Woolwich, in succession to Col. Hughes. Lord Charles stood in the ...

    Article : 83 words
  10. ENGLAND'S PREPAREDNESS.

    Mr. Brodrick, Secretary for War, speaking yesterday as a guest of one of the London trade guilds, said the Government hoped that peace would result from the ...

    Article : 117 words
  11. IRISH AFFAIRS.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. George Wyndham, Secretary for Ireland, in reply to a question by Col. J. M. McCalmont, Conservative member for East ...

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  12. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The New Zealand Shipping Company's new steamer Turakina has been launched ai Newcastle-on-Tyne. Houlder Brothers & Co., Limited, the ...

    Article : 107 words
  13. DEATH OF THERON.

    An advice from Capetown announces the death at Montelbosch Kop of Commandant Theron, who for more than a year past has been one of the most ...

    Article : 41 words
  14. CHINA.

    The Imperial troops have been victorous in a fight against the rebel forces which recently surrounded the city of NanningFu, on the Sikiang. The latter were ...

    Article : 56 words
  15. "SLIM" CATTLE RAIDERS.

    A party of Boers, under the pretext of desiring to enquire what terms would be offered them in the event of surrender, approached near to Kimberley under a ...

    Article : 65 words
  16. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 283 words
  17. THE STRIKE IN BELGIUM.

    The great strike among the miners and artisan classes in Belgium has entirely fizzled out, and work has been resumed. This speedy termination of the ...

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  18. BRIG.-GEN. PLUMER.

    Brig.-Gen, Herbert C. O. Plumer, who performed excellent work in the Transvaal and Rhodesia, especially in trying to relieve Wafeking, has arrived in London. ...

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  19. A NEW REPUBLIC DESIRED.

    Pro-Boers in America are circulating a statement to the effect that large/numbers of Boers are deserting their commandos and trekking to Langenburg, a ...

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  20. THE SHIPPING TRUST.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Gerald Balfour stated that the Board of Trade was carefully considering the effect which Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan's ...

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  21. THE AUSTRALASIANS.

    The following officers of mounted troops are convalescent and have resumed duty:—Lieut. W. Wilson, of the 7th New Zealanders; Lieut. S. Symonds, of the 3rd ...

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  22. VICTORIA.

    Richard Molloy, a well-known, resident of Daylesford was watering a pony at a dam on Friday evening when he fell into the water and was drowned. The deceased ...

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  23. POSTAGE TO THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Much confusion has arisen in the United Kingdom in consequence of the receipt of a cable message announcing that the Commonwealth had agreed to penny ...

    Article : 67 words
  24. AUSTRALASIAN TROOPS.

    In recent posted despatches to the War Office Lord Kitchener brings the following Australasian soldiers into favourable notice for conspicuous and good services ...

    Article : 299 words
  25. AUSTRALASIAN MINING STOCKS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 136 words
  26. THE BISLEY TEAM.

    A meeting of the council of the National Rifle Association of New South Wales was held yesterday, at which a telegram was read from Mjr.-Gen. Hutton to the effect ...

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  27. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    An accident occurred yesterday at Hackney Downs, London, on the Great Eastern railway. One of the axles of a locomotive engine broke, and the train ...

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  28. THE WEATHER.

    Mr. Griffiths on Friday and Saturday gave no hope of a general useful fall of mill, but when the sky became heavily overcast on Saturday it was hoped that the ...

    Article : 551 words
  29. SWISS BANK FAILURE.

    The Daily Mail announces the failure of the Basler Credit Gesellschaft, one of the principal banks of Basle, the richest of the towns of Switzerland, having a ...

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  30. RETURNED SOLDIERS

    The troopship Custodian landed about 500 Victorian troops on Saturday morning. The men were carried by train to Flinders street station, and after a march through ...

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  31. FATAL ACCIDENT IN A MINING SHAFT.

    A magisterial enquiry was held at Carisbrook on Saturday concerning the death of W. J. Rowe, aged 14. The lad went down an abandoned shaft, and while taking out ...

    Article : 150 words
  32. FLOODED MINES.

    Some fear appears to be felt by the miners in the Creswick district as to their safety from bursts of water from old alluvial workings. The subject was discussed at ...

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  33. NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS.

    The steamer Norfolk, with the South Island Battalion of the 10th New Zealand Contingent, cleared the Heads for Durban this morning. Of 19 stowaways discovered ...

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  34. THE QUEENSLAND BUSHRANGERS.

    There has been no definite news of the brothers Kenniff since April 18, but there are many indications that on that day they were not more than 200 miles from ...

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  35. FATAL BLASTING ACCIDENT.

    An accident occurred at the Mount Lyell Mine at 10.30 last night. Three men, named Kelly, O'Shea, and O'Docherty, were working in No. 5 stopes of the north drive. ...

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  36. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    The child May Gordon, who was admitted to the plague hospital on Wednesday last, died yesterday. This is the first death for the month. Five patients have ...

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  37. WAR HONOURS.

    Brig.-Gen. Firm, Military Commandant, having been deputed by the Lieutenant-Governor to present the decorations conferred by the King to five officers of the ...

    Article : 127 words
  38. A TRADES HALL DEFICIENCY.

    For some time it has been known that there were irregularities in connection with the Bendigo branch of the Trades Hall Council, and a Statement has been prepared ...

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  39. HIGHER EDUCATION IN QUEENSLAND.

    The Chief Justice, as President of the University Extension Society, complains bitterly of the apathy of the Government towards higher education. He states that ...

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  40. QUEENSLAND TREASURY BILLS.

    Practically the whole of the issue of Queensland Treasury bills has been taken up, £510,000 worth being applied for out of a total of £530,000. Tenders are still ...

    Article : 38 words
  41. A MINER BURNT TO DEATH.

    John Douglas, a miner, living in a hut at Hollybush, was burnt to death early this morning. Two brothers named Scott passing Douglas's hut saw flames creeping ...

    Article : 74 words
  42. HARBOUR CHARGES.

    Sir—In reading your account of the remarks of Mr. W. H. Phillipps at the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting I observe he states that 2/6 per ton ...

    Article : 329 words
  43. FATAL EXPLOSION OF ACETYLENE GAS.

    Charles Walter Madden, a youth, was killed on Saturday evening through an explosion of acetylene gas. Deceased, with a companion named A. McKay, procured a ...

    Article : 90 words
  44. THE MILITARY SPIRIT.

    Professor MacCallum, speaking on Saturday night at a smoke concert in connection with the Sydney University Rifle Corps, referred to recent comments upon the growth ...

    Article : 74 words
  45. SUICIDE OF A SHAREBROKER.

    Mr. James Ancell, a member of the Charters Towers Stock Exchange, who was known to be involved, committed suicide to-day by taking cyanide. ...

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  46. A HEAVY SENTENCE.

    Cornelius Peera, Cingalese, who was the other day acquitted at the Grafton Circuit Court of the murder of Ah Won, who did at Yamba, and whose body ...

    Article : 152 words
  47. THE QUEENSLAND HARVEST.

    Statistics regarding the wheat harvest of 1901 have been prepared. The area reaped for grain was 87,232 acres, and it yielded 1,692,222 bushels, an average for the whole ...

    Article : 63 words
  48. BRUTAL ASSAULT.

    A woman named Margaret Curie reported to the Bendigo police on Saturday night that a man with whom she had been living for some years had reached home in a ...

    Article : 100 words
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