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  2. HIGH COMMISSIONER.

    The High Commissionar (Sir George Reid) yesterday visited the grave of Admiral Philip, the first Governor of New South Wales. Later on Sir George ...

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  3. JOHNSON JEFFRIE FIGHT. PROMOTERS INSURE ITS COMING OFF.

    The possibility of the Johnson-Jeffries fight actually coming off is still doubtful, and the promoters are becoming anxious. With the object of saving themselves in ...

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  4. CHINESE RACE RIOTS. MISSION HOUSES BURNED.

    The race riots at Chang-sha, the capital of the Chinese province of Hu-nan, which began last Wednesday, are still continuing. The foreign missions are suffering ...

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  5. ECUADOR AND PERU. AMICABLE SETTLEMENT PROBABLE.

    Matters in connection with the trouble between Ecuador and Peru have been quiet for a few days, though both countries have been in active preparation for ...

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  6. FILLING COAL

    The unionists who formerly worked at the Stockton Borehole Colliery are much put out over the low price of 10d. per ton filling coal that the mine was granted by ...

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  7. ON THE COURSE.

    "[?] down!" "Yes." "Know anything?" "Only [?] King for the Hurdles." ...

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  8. BRITISH POLITICS. CONSERVATIVE VETO AMENDMENT.

    Tu[?] scenes have occurred in the House of Commons over the Conservatives endeavoring to force an amendment to the veto resolutions, which would leave ...

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  9. MR. ROOSEVELT.

    Mr. Roosevelt's next place of call after Rome is Vienna, Austria. He has already arrived there, and has been received like a reigning sovereign at the Austrian ...

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  10. ECUADOR PRECAUTIONS.

    Despite the fact that there is a probability of peace between Ecuador and Peru, the former country is sending arms and ammunition to Machala, a town on ...

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  11. ATTEMPT TO STOP THE FIGHT.

    The coming championship contest has met with the disapproval of the City Council of Berkeley, a town of California, U.S.A., and the council clerk has been ...

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  12. PROBABLE CAUSE.

    The cause of the riots at Chang-sha is said to lie in the fact that the Chinese officials have cornered the rice market and are exporting a good deal of the grain. ...

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  13. STEAMER ASHORE.

    The steamer Wakatipu, bound from Sydney to Launceston, has gone ashore in Kelso Bay. The passengers were brought to Launceston by a river steamer ...

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  14. BOY EMIGRANTS.

    A scheme has been started by the Church Army for the purpose of assisting 5,000 poor boys to emigrate to Australia. For this purpose a fund has ...

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  15. PHILADELPHIA STRIKE.

    The strike of employes of the Rapid Transit Tram Company of Philadelphia, which began on February 19 last, was settled last night. It is understood that ...

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  16. LIBERAL NATIONALIST COALITION.

    The Nationalists, Laborites, and Radicals are delighted at Mr. Asquith's declaration of the coalition between the Liberals and Nationalists. It is said that the ...

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  17. JOHNSON BEGINS TRAINING.

    Johnson began his training at Chicago, U.S.A., with a ten-mile run in the parks yesterday. At present Jeffries is strong favorite. ...

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  18. HALLEY'S COMET SCARE.

    Many people in Peking who are acquainted with the customs of the coolies declare that the rioting is probably caused by stories which have been ...

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  19. FOREIGN OFFICE AGITATED.

    The news that factories for the manfacture of cotton spinning machinery are to be opened by Krupps, the German manufacturers, at Turkeston, a town of Asiatic ...

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  20. JAPANESE CRUISERS.

    The Japanese warships left Port Melbourne for Fremantle to-day. The departure was witnessed by a large crowd. The Secretary for Defence has denied ...

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  21. THE SUNKEN MAINE.

    In commencing on the American scheme for raining the battleship Maine, which was sunk during the Spanish-American war in Havana Harbor, the ...

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  22. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    A terrible railway accident has taken place at Hangman Creek, in the County of Spokane, Washington, U.S.A. The Northern Pacific train became derailed, ...

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  23. BOXING

    Wolgast, the American champion light-weight, has been challenged by Hester. The former in reply to the challenge says that he requires 5000 dollars and 50 per ...

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  24. GUNBOATS ARRIVE.

    Two British gunboats have arrived at Chang-Sha to quell the riots. The missionaries and other foreigners have been taken aboard a merchant steamer, and ...

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  25. JAPANESE NAVY.

    Japan is contemplating an increment to her navy, and, according to a Tokio newspaper, a Dreadnought of 23,000 tons displacement has been ordered from ...

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  26. LINEMEN'S EXAMINATION.

    The following South Australian candidates have passed the linemen's examination. The maximum attainable was 800 marks, and a pass required 400 marks:— ...

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  27. MR. FISHER AT BRISBANE.

    Mr. Andrew Fisher arrived in Brisbane last night accompanied by Messrs. Bowman and A. Hinchcliffe. At the railway station the crowd, which was a large one, ...

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  28. MONSTER AIRSHIP.

    A large airship, Clement Bayard II., has been constructed in Paris, and it is proposed to attempt a flight in her across the Channel to London. She will carry ...

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  29. ALL FOREIGN PROPERTY DESTROYED.

    Latest reports state that Chang-sha is still in the hands of the mob. Though the property of all foreigners has been destroyed the occupants escaped with ...

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  30. PRESIDENT TAFT HISSED.

    The American Women's Suffrage Association is holding a conference at Washington, U.S.A., and debates from all parts of the country are attending. At ...

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  31. GENERAL CABLES. MILLIONAIRE'S PALACE.

    It is stated that a huge palace is in course of construction on the west corner of Queen Anne's Gate, London, for John D. Rockefeller the American. The ...

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  32. THE FITZROY EXP[?]OSION.

    The Coroner yesterday concluded the enquiry into the death of John William Crabtree, who was fatally injured in the Fitzroy explosion. He found that the ...

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  33. VAUDEVILLE COMBINE.

    It is stated in London that a gigantic vaudeville combine in Britain and America is on the way. Five million pounds are to be invested in the concern, which ...

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  34. TIMBER STACKERS STRIKE. POLICE SUPERVISION OF NON-UNIONISTS.

    The timber cargoes are being discharged by non-union labor under police supervision. The strikers are quiet. ...

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  35. HUGE RAILWAY FRAUD.

    A huge system of fraud is said to have been discovered in the Illinois Central Railroad Company, U.S.A. Nothing definite is known as yet, but rumor says ...

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  36. LORD KITCHENER.

    Lord Kitchener, who recently arrived in San Francisco from New Zealand, will shortly pay a visit to the United States Military Academy at Westpoint, ...

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  37. EARTHQUAKES IN COSTA RICA.

    It is stated that the earthquakes which have been sweeping over Costa Rica and doing so much damage to property, have caused heavy lose of life in the towns to ...

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  38. MEAT TRADE STRIKE.

    A serious industrial dispute in connection with the meat trace arose on Friday, when the butchers employed at the Redbank meat works, Birts Murraree meat ...

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  39. SYMPATHY WITH THE STRIKERS.

    A mass meeting of fully 5,000 workers was held at Yarra Park to-day in connection with the strike of timber stackers. Mr. C. Gray (President of the Trades ...

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  40. NOMINATION OF CARDINALS.

    It is stated in Rome that the nomination of cardinals, which was expected to take place in May or June, has been postponed until the end of the year. ...

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  41. BLASTING ACCIDENT. TWENTY MEN BURIED.

    A horrible accident is reported from Criebee, Canada. While blasting na earth dam on the Haha Bay Railway, the man working the battery failed to give his ...

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  42. DORAKDO WINS AGAIN.

    Dorando, the Italian runner, has scored another win. In a 12-mile indoor race with Small wood the Welshman, which was held at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, ...

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  43. KOREAN RESIDENT-GENERAL.

    After Marquis Ito was assassinated in Korea, Viscount Sone succeeded him is Japanese Resident-General. Having very strong views on the administration of ...

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  45. ROBBED WHILE ASLEEP.

    While waiting in the tramway room in George street for the all-night tram, Thomas Greenlee fell asleep. When he awoke he missed all his valuabls, which included ...

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  46. "BUCKET" SHOPKEEPER SENTENCED.

    Edward Altimas, who was recently arrested at Jersey city, the capital of Hudson County, in New Jersey State, for keeping a "bucket" shop, has been ...

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  47. SLEEPING GAMP DELUGED.

    The explosion on the Haha Railway, which is being constructed in Quebec, Canada, occurred at night. Close to the scene were the tents of the workers, and ...

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  48. AMERICAN MARKETS.

    Winnipeg and Chicago wheats for April are quoted at 4/5½ per bushel, for May 4/5¾, and for July 4/7½. Butter is quoted at from 1/2 to 1/5½ per lb. Cheese, 7d. to ...

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  49. COLLIERY ACCIDNET.

    A miner named John McLean, aged 44, was killed by a fall of coal in the Pelaw Main Colliery yesterday and Peter Broomfield was seriously injured. The men ...

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  50. NICARAGUAN TROUBLE.

    The rebellion in Nicaragua is still being dragged out. Though it started some time before the present President was elected, there seems to be no more ...

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  51. AN EDITOR SENTENCED

    Mr. Coburn (manager of "Truth") has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment and fined £50 for having published and distributed obscene matter. Coburn ...

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  52. NEW ZEALAND GOVERNOR.

    Sir J. Dickson-Poynder, who is to succeed Lord Plunket as Governor of New Zealand, yesterday had a barony conferred on him by the King. ...

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  53. WHISKY POISONING.

    Twelve people died yesterday in Westerly, a town of Rhode Island, U.S.A., in suspicious circumstances. It is alleged that the cause of death was bad whisky, ...

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  54. A PICTURE SHOW ROBBED.

    The pay office of Spencer's picture show was robbed during the performance last night. The thieves got away with the sum of £140, which was a portion of ...

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  55. TYPHOID IN POLICE BARRACKS.

    A man named L. Fitzvulker, who was employed at the Melbourne Police Barracks as cook, has died from typhoid fever. Several of the constables are ...

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  56. LADY DUDLEY.

    Lady Dudley, wife of the Commonwealth Governor-General, who recently underwent a serious operation, and who is now recovered, leaves London for ...

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  57. AUSTRIAN DREADNOUGHTS.

    The Austria-Hungary Minister of Finance (Baron Stephen Burian von Rajecz) has admitted that the Government is about to build four additional ...

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  58. ALLEGED ILL TREATMENT

    Captain Larsen, of the Norwegian steamer Derwent, informed the police to-day that his seamen refused work and had threatened to break into cabin. ...

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  59. MILLIONAIRE'S OFFER

    William Waldorf Astor, the American millionaire, who is now a naturalised British subject, is following the lead of many other so-called philanthropists by ...

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  60. VICTORIA.

    A fire occurred last night at a timber yard, and damaged a number of cottages in the vicinity. The timber yard, premises were absolutely ruined, and 140 ...

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  61. MUTINY IN CHINA.

    Advices from Shanghai, C[?], [?] of a mutiny of two battalions of Chinese troops at Tsing-kiang. The mutineers from trenches in the north of the city ...

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  62. MAN'S SUDDEN DEATH.

    Last night, at Kieselbach's Coffee Palace, James Brownlee Thomson died from heart failure. The deceased, who was 60 years of age, was a storeman at ...

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  63. A WOMAN'S FATAL INJURIES.

    Mrs. Mary Smart, aged 50, married, and residing at Rozelle, while bending over a fire cooking the dinner to-day accidentally ignited her clothing. She ...

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  64. DRUIDS' ART UNION.

    The Druids' art union was drawn last night. The following are the winning tickets:—First prize, ticket numbered 194,107; second prize, No. 189,972; third ...

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