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  2. STRANGE DIVORCE CASE.

    A peculiar development arose to-day in a suit brought by Vera Dall, formerly Tidbury, for divorce from Richard Dall, on the grounds of desertion and adultery. ...

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  3. THE ELINGAMITE.

    The official enquiry into the cause of the wreck of the steamer Elingamite was continued to-day. Frank Peterson, who acted as look-out ...

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  4. VICTORIA.

    The railway revenue last week showed a decrease of £3,572, as compared with the corresponding period of last year. CHARITIES AND OLD AGE PENSIONS. ...

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  5. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    The Prime Minister stated to-day with reference to the exclusion of six British workmen who came out to Sydney by the R.M.S. Orontes under contract to a local ...

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  6. SEED WHEAT FUND.

    The first meeting of the sub-committee appointed by the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce to arrange for raising funds to purchase seed for distressed farmers in the ...

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  7. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The energy displayed by Viscount Milner, Governor of the Transvaal and High Commissioner for South Africa, in connection with his present tour throughout the ...

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  8. THE MAD MULLAH.

    The Berbera correspondent of the London "Morning Post" states that the Mad Mullah, who Recently inflicted a severe reverse on the British expedition under ...

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  9. CENTRAL ASIA.

    M. Sven Anders Hedin, the celebrated Swedish geographer and traveller, who recently returned from an exploring expedition in Central Asia, has arrived in ...

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  10. SPANISH POLITICS.

    Senor Sagasta, the Spanish Premier, who succeeded in forming a Ministry in November, has placed his resignation in the hands of King Alfonso XIII. He complains of ...

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  11. TAXING THE RAND MINES.

    Mr. Fitzpatrick, speaking at a meeting of the Chamber of Mines in Johannesburg, denied the statement that the leaders of the capitalists on the Rand are ...

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  12. THE CHIEF FEDERAL ELECTORAL OFFICER.

    The appointment of Mr. Martin (exsecretary of the Sydney Harbor Trust) to the position of Chief Federal Electoral Officer is under consideration. The position ...

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  13. A DISPUTED LIFE POLICY.

    The hearing of the action brought by the Perpetual Executors and Trustees Association of Australia against the New Zealand Accident Insurance Company to recover ...

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  14. THE MULLAH'S FORCES.

    Latest advices with reference to the situation in Somaliland state that although the Mad Mullah's'forces are being largely increased, it is believed that only half of ...

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  15. ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

    The prolonged drought in the Orange River Colony is causing the greatest concern. The agricultural land is so hard from ...

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  16. MARQUIS OF LINLITHGOW.

    The health of the Marquis of Linlithgow (Lord Hopetoun) is still very indifferent, and he has been forbidden by his medical advisers to engage in hunting. ...

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  17. A SERIOUS ALLEGATION.

    Summonses have been issued against Wil liam McNabb, John Rash, and Lawrence Henry Rash, charging them with conspiring to defraud the Numurkah Agricultural So ...

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  18. THE KING AND IRELAND.

    Alderman Sir Daniel Dixon, Lord Mayor of Belfast, has announced that King Edward and Queen Alexandra have intimated their intention of visiting Ireland early in ...

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  19. RAILWAY FATALITY IN CANADA.

    Intelligence has been received of a terrible railway fatality in the Dominion of Canada. It is stated that an express train, while travelling from Halifax to Montreal, ...

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  20. THE INSPECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

    It has been a matter of some comment that the position of chief inspector of Federal public works has been so long vacant. Many names have been mentioned [?]n ...

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  21. SUFFERERS BY THE WAR.

    Viscount Milner, in the course of a speech delivered at Bloemfontein, the capital of the Orange River Colony, informed the burghers that all receipts received by ...

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  22. QUEENSLAND.

    The party of supposed prison escapees who landed near Teawantin last week have been arrested on the North Coast railway. ...

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  23. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT

    The Khedive of Egypt officially received the Duke and Duchess of Connaught[?] at Cairo on Saturday. Their Royal Highnesses are on their way to India, where the ...

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  24. POLITICAL AND LABOR CONGRESSES.

    The Political and Labor Congresses, which were held in Sydney recently, attracted much notice, for both were thoroughly representative of the democracy, ...

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  25. CANNIBALISM IN NEW GUINEA.

    Private advices from New Guinea state that there are very few diggers at Mambare, and all report very little doing. The blacks are dangerous, and only recently ...

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  26. THE SHAH OF PERSIA.

    It is announced that the Shah of Persia, who recently returned from a visit to England, has discarded 1,640 of his wives, and purposes retaining only 60. ...

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  27. THE SMALLPOX CASES.

    The recurrence of smallpox on the Ville de la Ciotat during the journey from Melbourne to Sydney will cause as lengthening of the term of detention of the passengers, ...

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  28. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL BOARD OF EXPERTS.

    The list of experts selected to form the Federal Capital Sites Board is not yet complete, as the South Australian nominee has not finally agreed to serve. It is ...

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  29. GIRDLING THE WORLD.

    The Postmaster-General has received a cable message from Ottawa advising that in order to test the speed of transmission around the world, Sir S[?]ndford Fleming ...

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  30. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S MISSION.

    Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain, who on their way to South Africa have been staying with Lord Cromer in Egypt, yesterday visited the famous Sphinx, and will resume ...

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  31. IRISH NATIONALISM.

    The delegates of the Irish Nationalist Party, who are now touring the United States of America on a begging tour, have obtained subscriptions to the amount of ...

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  32. SEVERE WEATHER IN EUROPE.

    The severe weather now being experienced in London has thrown numbers of people out of employment, and the Right Rev. Dr. A. F. Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of ...

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  33. A DEMENTED MOTHER.

    An inquest was held to-day into the circumstances of the death of the little girl, Bessie Code, whose mother was found standing up to her waist in water in the ...

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  34. SPLENDID RAINS.

    Rain fell yesterday over almost the whole or eastern Queensland. Reports of rain were received in the northern division from 15 stations, central division 30 stations, ...

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  35. SOJOURN IN NATAL.

    It is stated that in connection with his visit to Natal, Mr. Chamberlain will remain at Durban from the 21st to the 24th inst., and thence will proceed to ...

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  36. TEMPORARY PUBLIC SERVANTS.

    As part of the preliminary work which has to be gone through before the Federal Public Service Act is proclaimed as operating from January 1 next, the Federal ...

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  37. VENEZUELA.

    The indemnity claims of Great Britain against the Republican Government of Venezuela are based on the seizure by the President's orders of a railway and certain ...

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  38. PECULIAR FATAL ACCIDENT.

    At Lake Lonsdale yesterday, John Thorne, aged 29 years, climbed a tree for the purpose of securing a hive of wild bees, and cut a limb, which fell on him and ...

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  39. LAND IN QUEBEC.

    The Hon. Simon N[?]poleon Parent, Premier of Quebec, has refused the offer of an Anglo-American syndicate to purchase 25,000,000 acres of virgin agricultural and in ...

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  40. A STEAMER IN TROUBLE.

    The Government steamer, Premier, broke, down near Keppel Bay yesterday. She was conveying railway passengers to Gladstone. The cook also fell overboard, and is ...

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  41. AMERICA'AND JAPAN.

    The Hon. John Barrett, formerly United States Minister to Siam, and now Commissioner-General to Asia and Australasia, on behalf of the Louisiana Purchase ...

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  42. THE CASE OF MRS. SANGAL.

    This afternoon Mrs. Sangal was informed that the death sentence originally passed upon her had been commuted to imprisonment for life. She has not been informed ...

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  43. THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION

    The British Association, which was formed for the purpose of stimulating scientific enquiry and for promoting the intercourse of scientific men, has accepted the ...

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  44. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    On November 13 a Salvation Army officer visited a one-roomed house at Subiaco, and found a woman lying on the floor paralysed in her lower limbs. Her husband was ...

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  45. LONDON WATER BILL.

    Mr. W. H. Long, President of the Local Government Board, has promised that in the revised Bill, dealing with the London Water Supply, provision will be made for a ...

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  46. ELECTORAL ROLLS.

    The following statement, showing adult males, voters on the roll, and the number who voted at the last general elections in the following States, will be found of ...

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  47. FRANCE AND SIAM.

    M. Delcasse, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, has induced Siam to add another clause to the Franco-Siamese Convention, engaging not to fortify the towns ...

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  48. A BIG LAWSUIT.

    A rough draft of the judgment in the case of Buckland v. Ibbotson and others was made by Mr. Justice a'Beckett in the law court to-day. The hearing of the suit ...

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  49. STRIKE IN HOLLAND.

    A general strike of dock laborers has occurred at Amsterdam, consequent on the refusal by the masters to grant the demands of the men for better conditions of ...

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  50. THE LATE HERR KRUPP.

    As a result of the remarkable address delivered by the German Emperor after the funeral of the late Herr Friedrich Krupp to the directors and the workmen ...

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  51. SIR [?] C. BAKER.

    Sir R. C. Baker (President of the Senate) arrived at Fremantle this morning by the mail steamer Australia, and proceeded to Perth. He was met in Perth by Sir George ...

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  52. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Complete returns received this morning show that the central and eastern districts have been much benefited by the rain which fell during Saturday and Sunday. ...

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  53. A MODERN ELOPEMENT.

    A great sensation has been created in Paris in consequence of the abduction of a daughter of ex-Senator Le Play by Dr. Marcelle. ...

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  54. A PROTECTIONIST DEMONSTRATION[?]

    At a protectionist demonstration at Williamstown to-night, Representative Mauger (secretary of the Protectionist Association) declared that his party were ...

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  55. RUSSIAN WORKERS[?]

    At the first officially authorised meeting of workers which has yet been held in St. Petersburgh a motion was carried thanking M. Plehive, the Minister of ...

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  56. SHIPMENTS OF GOLD[?]

    The R.M.S. Australia, which sailed at 4 o'clock to-day, took away a valuable shipment of gold, consisting of £200,000 for Colombo, six boxes bar gold, valued at ...

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  57. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced at the age of 63 of Mr. Thomas Brackett Reed, who was Speaker of the 51st, 54th, and 55th American Congresses. ...

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  58. A SERIOUS CHARGE[?]

    Alfred Power was charged at the City Court this morning, with having indecently assaulted a little girl, 6½ years of age, at Russell-square, on Saturday evening. He ...

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  59. A NEW ZEALAND SOLDIER.

    Cecil Wallis, who claims to have been a lieutenant in the Otago Hussars in 1894, has pleaded guilty in London to charges of bigamy and fraud, and has been committed ...

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  60. THE [?]OOLGARDIE WATER SCHEME.

    The Premier states that it has been definitely decided that the ceremony of officially declaring the goldfields water scheme open will take place on January 26. ...

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  61. FRAUDULENT MERCHANTS

    After a trill lasting for 14 days, two out of eight London merchants and produce brokers who were charged with having fraudulently obtained credit ...

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  62. A BOATING FATALITY.

    Two men, named Shea and Anderson, went out for a sail at Geraldton, and when nearly half a mile from shore the boat overturned, and the occupants were ...

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  63. SORE MUSCLES.

    The correct treatment of sore muscles is very simple. First take a good warm bath before going to bed, and be sure to rub yourself dry. This opens the pores. Then ...

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  64. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    Silver is now quoted at 1/10 per oz. ...

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  65. NEW ZEALAND.

    The barquentine Handaish, 32 days out from Auckland to Kaipara, has arrived. Her long passage had caused much anxiety. ...

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  66. THE UNEMPLOYED.

    An influential deputation from Fremantle waited on the Minister for Works this morning, to urge that certain public works, which had been authorised to be carried ...

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  67. TASMANIA.

    The weather is showery and unsettled, which will be of much advantage to the country generally. ...

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  68. Advertising

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  69. THR FACTORIES ACT[?]

    A deputation of small shopkeepers waited on the Premier this morning to see what he could do in regard to the rejection of the Factories and Shops Act by the ...

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