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  2. EXECUTED OFFICERS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—In the House of Commons last night several questions were put to the Government with regard to the court martial held upon ...

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  3. AUSTRALASIAN NEWS.

    At Nowra this morning, a girl named Ethel Stevenson died from phosphorous poisoning. It is believed that she dissolved the heads of two boxes of matches ...

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  4. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The correspondent of the "Standard" at Klerksdorp reports that the reverse sustained by General De in Rey at Brakspruit, in ...

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  5. BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.

    The seventeenth annual meeting of the Newcastle and Northumberland Benevolent Society was held at the Newcastle Council Chamber last night. The Mayor, ...

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  6. FIRE AT SEA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The story of a terrible shipping disaster in the Pacific Ocean is contained in a brief message receive to-day from San ...

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  7. THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT

    The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE (Sir Richard Baker) took the chair at half past two o'clock to-day. Senator O'CONNOR, the Vice-President ...

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  8. SIR HARRY RAWSON.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Vice-Admiral Sir H. H. Rawson, the new Governor, of New South Wales, has sailed for America. ...

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  9. LORD DUNDONALD.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Major-General Lord Dundonald, who lead the relieving force into Ladysmith, and who distinguished himself throughout the war in ...

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  10. MURDER OF SEAPOYS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Outlaws on the Mahsud border, on the north-west frontier of India, have waylaid and killed eight Scpoys. The Mahsuds repudiate the ...

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  11. GLASGOW DISASTER.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—King Edward has expressed his grief at the recent disaster at a football match in Glasgow, and is sympathy with the sufferers. ...

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  12. HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The House of Commons has adopted a rule to sit on Fridays from noon until 6 o'clock. An amendment that private members' Bills ...

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  13. ERA-MAELGWYN COLLISION.

    A question of considerable interest to nautical assessors cropped up in the Marine Court to-day, which drew from judge Backhouse some comments as to ...

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  14. RUSSIA AND PERSIA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The "Novoe Vremya" a leading journal in St. Petersburg, expresses alarm at the important concession granted by the Persian ...

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  15. DEATH OF LORD KIMBERLEY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The death is announced of the Earl of Kimberley, aged 76. [The Right Hon. John Wodehouse, Earl ...

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  16. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The SPEAKER of the House of Representatives (Mr. F. W. Holder) took the Chair at half-past two o'clock to-day. Mr. DEAKIN, the Attorney-General, in ...

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  17. IMPERIAL BUDGET.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir M. Hicks-Beach, will make his Budget statement in the House of Commons to-morrow. ...

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  18. VICTORIA

    The Federal Government have not yet decided to stop the Eight-hours and Druids' art union. Mr. Deakin, the Attorney-General, will ...

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  19. SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    Marion Henderson was fined £1 and costs at the police court to-day, for assaulting a little girl named Lucy Thornett, who desisted her in a shop in King ...

    Article : 143 words
  20. A PERSIAN LOAN.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The loan of 10,000,000 roubles, granted by Russia to Persia has been arranged on the same conditions as those attached to the loan of ...

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  21. CANADIAN TROOPS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Canada is prepared to send four regiments, each 1000 strong, to South Africa. ...

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  22. LEYDS' INVENTIONS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The letter published by Dr. Leyds, purporting to have been written by General De la Rey, contains interpolations repeating ...

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  23. TROUBLE IN MONGOLIA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Several villages in Mongolia are being fortified by the villagers with the object of resisting payment of the taxation imposed by the ...

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  24. SACRED CANTATA.

    At the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church last night the Cantata, "Esther, the Beautiful Queen," was rendered by the New Lambton Methodist Church Choir, ...

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  25. QUEENSLAND

    The Commissioner of Police has received no further information from the scene of the supposed bushranging outrage. He is getting somewhat anxious in ...

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  26. MANCHURIAN CONVENTION.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—M. Lessar, the Russian Minister at Pekin, Prince Ching, and Wang-wen-Shao, Second Grand Secretary, have signed the amended ...

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  27. METHUEN'S TROOPS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—A returned Imperial Yeoman declares that Dutchmen chiefly constituted the mounted troops who deserted Lord Methuen. ...

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  28. A BEEF COMBINE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The American Beef Trust is limiting the exports of live cattle in the hope of increasing the prices in Britain. ...

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  29. MEAT FOR THE TROOPS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The War Office is inviting tenders for 9000,000lb of corned compressed beef and 300,000 lb, of corned mutton, the period of ...

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  30. DIAMOND ROBBERY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Threee workmen have been arrested at Antwerp, Belgium, on a charge of stealing 500 stones of great value from a diamond workshop at ...

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  31. RHODES' BEQUESTS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—It is believed that Mr. Cecil Rhodes left Lord Rosebery, Earl Grey, Lord Milner, Mr. Alfred Beit, Dr. Jameson, Mr. L. Mitchell, ...

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  32. BULGARIAN MURDERS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Four Bulgarians have killed and mutilated three Mussulman peasants and a boy at Kirk-Killisia, in Turkey, a town 104 miles to the ...

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  33. THE PLAGUE.

    A case of plague was reported to-day, the patient being Mrs. Maria Fisher, living in Bourke-street. ...

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  34. CLAIM FOR SALVAGE.

    In the Vice-Admiralty Court to-day, the case in which Messrs J. Fenwick and Co., tugboat proprietors, sued the owners of the steamer Dovedule for services ...

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  35. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Licensing Bill was read a second time in House of Commons yesterday. The attorney Patrick, who was ...

    Article : 173 words
  36. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

    A meeting or the Newcastle Agricultural Society was held at the Chamber of Conference to-night Dr. J. L. Beeston presided, and there were also present: Messrs. ...

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  37. DISLOYALTY IN CORK.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—At the Cork Theatre, during a performance of the military comic opera "The Dandy Fifth," the occupants of the gallery, ...

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  38. ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—An attempt was made to blow up the Banque National de Belgique at Brussels with an infernal machine. Some injury was ...

    Article : 38 words
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