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  2. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    Major-General Hutton has sent to the Federal Government a report on his recent visit to New Guinea. Only a portion of the report is made public. The rest is to be ...

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  3. THE FISCAL ISSUE.

    The Duke of Devonshire, in a letter to Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, has announced his willingness to accept the presidency of the Unionist Free Food League if its ...

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  4. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The following is a list of the members of the reconstructed British Ministry:— THE CABINET. Prime Minister and First Lord of the ...

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  5. LESE MAJESTE IN GERMANY.

    It transpires that Herr Leid, editor of the Vorwaerts, the chief organ of the German Socialist. Party, who had been arrested forlese majeste in the publication of an article ...

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  6. VICTORIA.

    Dr. Robert Henry Ritchie, a popular medical practitioner at Horsham, died on Thursday night, aged 33 years. At Richmond on Saturday Alexander ...

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  7. THE FAR EASTERN WAR CLOUD.

    It appears that M. Lesear, the Russian Minister at Pekin, on the 9th inst. (the day following that on which Russia was to have evacuated, among other places in ...

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  8. LORD NORTHCOTE.

    Lord Northcote, the new Governor-General, in a speech delivered at Exeter, said that when he and his wife reached Australia they would do all in their ...

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  9. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    While two men Avere digging on a vacant piece of land at Manly on Saturday they unearthed an almost complete skeleton in a well-preserved state, about 2 ft. below the ...

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  10. MELBOURNE AMUSEMENTS.

    The Orion Amateur Operatic Society gave a performance at the Princess Theatre on Saturday night, when "The Mikado" was produced in aid of the Women's Hospital. ...

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  11. DOUBLY DETERMINED.

    Michael Hoogan, of Burrawong, Cummick, committed suicide on Saturday afternoon. His head was partly severed from his body, alongside which was found a blood-stained ...

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  12. THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

    The United States Government are sending agents to South America to study the military conditions, believing that their next conflict with a European Power will ...

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  13. A PASTORALIST KILLED.

    Mr. Charles Davis, a well-known grazier, and owner of the Tryallion station, Rylstone, when leaving Rylstone yesterday afternoon, was thrown from his horse and ...

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  14. THE RANDWICK RIFLE MATCHES.

    The annual prize meeting of the National Rifle Association of New South Wales was opened on Saturday at Randwick. The shooting, however, was confined to the B ...

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  15. THE PREVALENCE OF PERJURY.

    Chief Justice Stephen, in sentencing Shad rick Gross to three Arears' imprisonment for perjury at Bathurst, said the crime of, perjury was rife right through the ...

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  16. AFTER THE WAR.

    When investigating the case of a stowaway on the steamer Victoria, who-had secured a free passage from Hobart to Melbourne, Mr. O'Brien, the, immigration ...

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  17. A MENACING OUTLOOK.

    The latest intelligence from the Far East states that a more despondent view than ever is taken here with respect to the chances of a pacific settlement. ...

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  18. THE HIGH COURT.

    A number of High Court rules are published in the Commonwealth Gazette. One of them requires that appeals from the court of a State shall be heard at the ...

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  19. THE REY. J. A. DOWIE.

    The Rev. J. A. Dowie, head of the Christian Catholic Church at Chicago, who is about to open a crusade in New York, arrived, with many of his followers, at the ...

    Article : 136 words
  20. THE EIGHT HOURS ART UNION.

    The drawing of prizes in connection with the eight hours art union took place on Saturday. The first prize goes to the holder of ticket No. 142,884; the second to ...

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  21. SERIOUS VEHICLE ACCIDENT.

    A horse attached to a buggy, in which was seated Mr and Mrs. George Bradburn, and two children, took fright this afternoon. Mr. Bradburn was thrown out, and ...

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  22. THE COMING CAMPAIGN.

    Sir John See is in communication with the other State Premiers with the view of securing an agreement with the suggestion of Mr. Deakin for the Senate elections to ...

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  23. DROWNING FATALITY.

    Two laborers were skylarking at the end of Buckles' wharf, Pyrmont, to-day, when both fell into the water. One of them, Frederick Hayward, who lived at ...

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  24. THE UNION OF THE CHURCHES.

    Archbishop Carr, at the laying of the foundation-stone of a new school at Clifton Hill yesterday, criticised the Council of Churches for endeavoring to transfer from ...

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  25. THE VICTORIAN CONVERSION LOAN.

    Sir George Turner, the Federal Treasurer, in reply to an interviewer from the Melbourne Argua, gave the following information concerning the attitude of the ...

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  26. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Copper.—Copper is quoted at £54 15/ on spot and £54 10/ at three months. Hemp.—Hemp is dull. Fair Wellington (January-March) is quoted at 31/. ...

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  27. A FRIGHTFUL FALL.

    A middle-aged man, Patrick O'connell, employed on the railway construction works at Wyalong, fell down a shaft at he True Blue mine, a distance of 660 ft. ...

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  28. THE CZAR AND ITALY.

    The Novosti, a daily paper published in St. Petersburg, states that the Czar's visit to Italy was postponed owing to the extreme offensiveness and hostile ...

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  29. THE NATAL PARLIAMENT.

    Two uncompromising members of the Afrikander Bond have been elected to the Natal Parliament by the annexed Dutch districts. ...

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  30. ILLNESS OF THE COLONIAL SECRETARY.

    The Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, is suffering from an attack of jaundice. All his engagements have been cancelled. ...

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  31. A STRIKE OF TAILORESSES.

    The employers of labor in the order tailoring trade have decided to abolish piecework in favor of weekly wages. As a result all the tailoresses in a large firm in the city ...

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  32. THE KING OF ITALY.

    King Victor Emmanuel, who is at present on a visit to Paris, spent yesterday afternoon in a shooting excursion at Rambouillet. In the evening a military tattoo ...

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  33. A SNAKE IN BED.

    Mrs. William Pettit, of Chapel-street, Maldon, had a sensational experience on Thursday evening. She went up to put a hild into bed, and on turning down the ...

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  34. TASMANIA.

    The Agent-General has informed the Premier that the director of army contracts in England has, on his application, placed the South Tasman Hardwood Saw Millers ...

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  35. NEW ZEALAND LOAN.

    The Daily Mail, referring to the projected loan of £1,000,000, for which a Bill is before the New Zealand House of Representatives, states that a fresh venture on the ...

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  36. CONSTABLE DONOVAN.

    The officer in charge of the City Watchhouse reported to the Commissioner of Police on Sunday as follows:— Foot-Constable Donovan informed me that his ...

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  37. A BOAT CAPSIZED.

    Three young men Avere out for a sail this afternoon off Williamstown when their boat apsized within 50 yards of the railway [?]. The Customs launch at once ...

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  38. AMERICAN STEEL.

    Messrs. Harland, Wolff, & Co., the great Belfast shipbuilders, have placed a large contract with the American Steel Corporation for the supply of steel for vessels they ...

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  39. RACING IN ENGLAND.

    The Middle Park Plate, a Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each for starters, with 500 added, for two-year-olds, was run to-day at the Newmarket Second October meeting, the ...

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  40. MR. ASQUITH'S PREDICTION.

    Mr. Asquith, speaking at Ladybank, Fife, yesterday, stated that no scheme could be devised for giving an equal preference to the products of all parts of the ...

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  41. A SCHOOL OF WHALES.

    Captain McDonald, of the Currie liner Euryalus, had an interesting incident to report on arrival in Hobson's Bay yesterday. When the Euryalus was approaching ...

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  42. SHOCKING SUICIDE.

    A suicide of a peculiarly horrible character occurred at Mowbrayton, a suburb of Brisbane, early this morning. The attention of the neighbors was attracted by ...

    Article : 193 words
  43. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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  44. MACEDONIA.

    The news that Colonel Sarafoff, the principal leader in the insurrection in Mace donio, was killed in a skirmish near Floroda, a town 17 miles south-east of ...

    Article : 42 words
  45. DARING JEWEL ROBBERY.

    A daring robbery was perpetrated yesterday on the auctioneering premises of Messrs. Knight & Frank Butley, in Conduit-street, London. ...

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  46. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The following are the latest quotations on the London Stock Exchange:— Associated Mines, £2 7/6. Chillagoe, 3/3. ...

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  47. BROKEN HILL.

    The coroner held an inquest at Silverton on Saturday on the body of Mr. R. H. Trezise, manager of the Evelyn mine, who was killed by a fall of earth in the shaft. ...

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  48. BIG MINING LAW SUIT.

    At Ballarat the Last Chance United Gold Mining Company a few days ago issued a writ against the Britannia United Company, claiming £20,000 for alleged trespass and ...

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  49. THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY.

    The chance of a decision favorable to the Canadian claim in the matter of the Alaskan boundary dispute is regarded at Ottawa as exceedingly remote. It is feared ...

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  50. FREEMASONRY.

    The anniversary meeting of Commercial Lodge was held on Saturday evening at the lodgeroom. Flinders-street. There was a large and representative attendance. Brother Edwin Johns was ...

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  51. LAKE VIEW CONSOLS COMPANY.

    Mr. Govett, chairman of the Lake View Consols Company, addressing the shareholders yesterday, referred to the "ingenious conspiracy" which had been ...

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  52. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    Silver is quoted at 2/4 ¼ per oz. ...

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  53. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Henry Shields, who tried to hang himself at the Government House gates on Friday night, Avas very violent when brought be fore the Perth Police Court on Saturday. ...

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  54. SUDDEN DEATH.

    A magisterial enquiry was held on Saturday on the body of Mary Stephens Dobney, aged 50, who was found dead in bed on Saturday morning. Mrs. Dobney, whose ...

    Article : 86 words
  55. Advertising

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  56. LABOR IN SCOTLAND.

    A lock-out is, threatened among the shale miners of Scotland. Four thousand of their number have refused to refer to arbitration the question of an advance in wages, and ...

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  57. VICTORIAN FINANCE.

    The Observer this week remarks that the arrangement with regard to the Victorian loan has created a favorable impression. The terms, it is pointed out, are liberal, ...

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  58. STATUE OF QUEEN VICTORIA.

    The statue of Queen Victoria, which has been presented to Perth by Mr. A. P. Stoneham, Avas unveiled in King's Park yesterday by the Governor, in the presence of ...

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  59. MARITIME MISHAP.

    The Messageries Maritimes steamer Sydney, 4,232 tons, which left Marseilles on September 3 for Australia, has been towed into Aden with a broken shaft. She was ...

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  60. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    King Edward lias dined with Sir Daniel Cooper, a leading member of the Jockey Club and Royal Yacht Squadron, at his residence, Warren Towers, Hastings. ...

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