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    The Anglo-American Oil Company have entrusted Messrs. Scott & Co.. engineers and shipbailders, Greennock with an order to build for them an oil tank steamer. ...

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  3. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    The Bishop of Carpentaria, Right Rev Gilbert White, M.A., arrived from Quori on Saturday night. He preached on Sunday morning at St. Paul's, and at ...

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  4. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The Prime Minister, Representative Barton, when asked whether Cabinet would have the tariff schedule before it this week, observed —"I would glad if you would ...

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  5. HIGHWAY ROBBERY.

    A Highway robbery oF the old coaching days' type was committed at Hawthorn as an early hour this morning. The last Saturday night cable train from the city ...

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  6. VICTORIA.

    By way of a prelude to the opening of St. Patrick's Hall, which has just been erected at Ballarat at a cost of over £7,000 pontifical high maas was celebrated this ...

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  7. BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

    The Houses of Lords and Commons were yesterday formally prorogued until the middle of January. In the absence of the King tho Lord Chancellor read His ...

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  8. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    A message from Reuter's correspondent in the Orange River Colony states that a party of the fifth and sixth South Australian contingents, who belong to ...

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  9. GREAT HURRICANE IN THE GULF STATES.

    The Gulf states of America have been visited by a terrific hurricane, which wrought immense devastation over large areas of country, and probably also to ship ...

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  10. NEW ZEALAND.

    An improved steamer service between New Zealand and Australia is suggested. The opinion is.expressed that is would be quite feasible for steamers trading between ...

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  11. ASSESSMENT OF BROKEN HILL MINES.

    An important action, Having reference to the assessment of mines, will begin to-morrow. It is the appeal of the Broken Hill Proprietary and other leading mining ...

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  12. CLAIMS BY DEPORTED FOREIGNERS

    The commission appointed by the Marquis of Lansdowne to enquire into claims for compensation by foreigners who had been deported from South Africa as ...

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  13. MR. RHODES AND THE LIBERALS.

    The "Spectator" recently affirmed that the tender treatment which Mr. Cecil Rhodes has received during the past year at the hands of the radicals was due to ...

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  14. THE GREAT SIBERIAN RAILROAD UP TO DATE.

    FEW people realize the stupendous charactor of the enterprise undertaken by Russian in tho constructed of the great Siberian railroad. We may gain some aporehension ...

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  15. FOR GALLANTRY

    Information has been received that Sgt. H. Smith, of fifth Queensland contingent, has been specially brought under the notice of Lord Kitchener for gallantry ...

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  16. STEELWORKERS' STRIKE.

    All the iron and steel mills at McKces-port a town 11 miles south-east of Pittsburg, are closed, owing to the 10,000 em-ployes having refused to work until the ...

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  17. THE FIGHT AT KOPPIESFONTEIN.

    The "Daily Mail" publishes details of the conflict at Koppiesfontein. a village in the Fauresmith division of the Orange Rivor Colony, in which Lance-Cpl. ...

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  18. THE LOSS OF THE VIPER.

    As already reported, during the naval ma noeuvres on Saturday, August 3, the multiple screw torpedo-boat destroyer Viper, 385 tons, while travelling at the rite of 20 ...

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  19. THE FAR EAST

    Dr. Morrison informs the "Times" tha the foreign Ministers at Pekin have signed the draft of the final protocol having refer once chiefly to the revision of the Chines ...

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  20. PURSUIT OF KRUITZINGER.

    Commandant Kruitzinger and 400 Beers and rebels, who are moving north-westwards from the Cradock district, Cape colony are now being hotly pursued by a ...

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  21. THE "GLOBE'S" BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.

    As announced on Saturday, the attention of the House of Commons was directed on Thursday evening to the publication of an article in the Globe," ...

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  22. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The New Zealand Government are shipping from England in the steamer Paparoa for Lyctelton six valuable shorthorn and Ayrshire stud cattle. ...

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  23. INDIA.

    Lord George Hamilton, Secretary of State for India, addressing the House of Commons last evening, declared that the Indian budget for the past financial year was ...

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  24. FEAT BY QUEENSLANDERS.

    Mjr. F. W. Toll, of the fourth Queensland contingent, with a party of his men, surprised and captured a small Boer laager on the 9th inst. ...

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  25. QUEENSLAND RIFLE MATCHES.

    The annual rifle competitions were continued on Saturday. The revolver championship was won by Lieut.-Col. Byron, and the regulation revolver match by ...

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  26. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    The return match, between Yorkshire and Essex, at Leyton, has summarily ended in a decisive win for the northen team. Yorkshire's first innings realized only 104, owing ...

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  27. REVERSE TO .FRENCH'S SCOUTS.

    A report from Cape Town affirms that Comonandant Theron, with a much superior force, cleverly surrounded 50 of French's Scouts in country near Bethesda. in the ...

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  28. GIGANTIC COPPER TRUST.

    The "Daily Mail" states that another gigantic trust, almost equal in importance to the American steel combination, is being formed. The directors of the calumes ...

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  29. COMMONWEALTH RIFLESHOOTING.

    At a meeting of the Federal Rifle Association of Australasia on Saturday it was decided to alter the title of the association to the Commonwealth Association of ...

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  30. LORD KITCHENER'S PROCLAMATION.

    Some of the Boer leaders on learning the purport of Lord Kitchener's latest preclamation refused to receive copies of the document from the ...

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  31. PACIFIC CABLE ACT.

    The Pacific Cable Bill passed the House of Lords to-day, and now becomes law. In the House of Commons Sir Michael HickBeach explained that England's first ...

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  32. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    London, August 17. Breadstuff. —The wheat cargo of the ship Euterpe, from Newcastle July 9, has been sold for 28/6 per quarter. ...

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  33. BOXING AT KALGOORLIE.

    A boxing contest took place in the Miners' Institute on Saturday night between Tut Ryan and Tim Nolan, the best of 20 rounds for the heavy weight championship ...

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  34. A RAILWAY APPOINTMENT IN THE WEST.

    Quite a storm has arisen over the appointment by Mr. Holmes of Mr. George William Davies as secretary to the Railways Commissioner. The appointment was made on ...

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  35. SYDNEY BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP.

    The amateur billiard championship of New South Wales for a thousand up was concluded last, night. It was won by Mr. H. Rumball, who defeated Mr. W. Lyons ...

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  36. AUSTRALIAN MINING STOCKS.

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  37. ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING FATALITY.

    At Armadale this afternoon Henry Parker, aged 14 years, was shot through the heart by another boy of the same age, named Henry Hogan. They were examining ...

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  38. LITERATURE AND ROMAN CATHOLICISM.

    The annual breakfast in connection with the Australian Holy Catholic Guild was held to-day. Cardinal Moran, who presided spoke of the necessity of early ...

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  39. BURGLARY IN SYDNEY.

    At between 10 o'doek last night and noon to-day safe robbery was parpetrated at the premises of J. J. Burt & Co., pawnbrokers, George street west. The thieves ...

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  40. THE SYDNEY BAKERS' TROUBLE.

    A mass meeting of the Operative Bakers' Association was held yesterday, when the agreement arrived at by the recent conference was enthusiastically adopted. It was ...

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  41. THE CONSUMPTIVES' HOME.

    Sir—I am thankful to say that I have received over the £1000 I asked for, contributed as follows:— His Excellency Lord Teanyson, £5; Mr. J.Maslin, £500; ...

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  42. HEAVY RAINS AT THE BARRIER.

    Yesterday the sultry, oppressive weathe culminated about midnight in a thunder storm of unusual violence, and rain for : short time fell in torrents, and then in ...

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  43. THE BALLARAT TRAGEDY.

    Miss Maggie O'Reilly, who, in giving evidence at Ballarat on Friday at the trial of her parents on a charge of the murder of their daughter, made a statement tending ...

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  44. GERMAN INVESTMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS RAILWAYS.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Times" reports that Great Britain has offered to compromise with the German debentureholders in the Netherlands South Africa ...

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  45. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    The financial statement points out that the cost of old-age pensions last year was £197,000. while the estimate for this year is £215.000. There is reason to believe that ...

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  46. TO-DAY'S DIARY.

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  47. THE ALBANY COAL TROUBLE.

    The trouble with the coal-lumpers at Albany has advanced another stage. The men, having suffered a moral defeat, are now possessed with a desire to be good unionists ...

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  48. Advertising

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  49. AN INTERMENT AT ALBURY.

    An extraordinary incident occurred at the Albury Cemetery in connection with the burial of Thomas Pensley, who died in the local hospital of heart disease. A friend ...

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  50. INTERSTATE FOOTBALL.

    The New South Wales Rugby team played their first match in New Zealand yesterday against Wellington Province. A close contest resulted in the home team ...

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  51. MINING ON THE BARRIER.

    Lately something liKe a hundred men were employed at the Pinnacles Group Mine. Owing, however, to the depression the management decided to shorten the ...

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