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  2. STORMY CONDITIONS.

    Very heavy seas are [?]unning along the coast northwards of Sydney, and last night quite a fleet of veasels was sheltering. Port Stephens reported that at 8 o'clock last night ...

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  3. TROTTING AT SHOWS.

    The Attorney-General, Mr. Wade, had something to say yesterday in reply to his critics respecting the question of the Gaming and Betting Act, and its application to trotting ...

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  4. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The central postal administration is calling for a report from the Deputy Postmaster-General at Sydney upon various complaints that have been made through the press in ...

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  5. THE SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    The sugar conference was opened yesterday. Mr. Pritchard, the chairman, welcomed the dolegates, and dealt with the sugar industry. He said that present difficulties were fully ...

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  6. MEAT FOE THE ARMY.

    Mr. R. B. Haldane, in reply to a question by Mr. Rowland Hunt, in the House of Commons last night, said that 26,500,000 lb of colonial preserved meat and 31,500,000 ...

    Article : 102 words
  7. NEW AMY SCHEME.

    Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, in submitting the Army Estimates to the Committee of Supply in the House of Commons last night, explained his scheme ...

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  8. ANGLO-FRENCH EXHIBITION.

    With regard to the Federal representation at the forthcoming Anglo-French exhibition, the Prime Minister, Mr. Deakin, to-day said he understood that proposals in regard to the ...

    Article : 82 words
  9. IMMIGRATION.

    In addressing the Victorian division of the Immigration League of Australia last night, Mr. Deakin said that a few weeks after the Federal Parliament had voted £5000 for ...

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  10. WRECK OF THE BERLIN.

    In the work of rescue from the wrecked steamer Berlin on Voorne Island, Holland, Captain Sperling, a Dutchman, was the hero. ...

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  11. AUSTRALASIAN MEAT-CANNING.

    At the time of the Chicago meat-packing exposure, the Imperial authorities were asked by the Federal Government whether they would send a representative to Australia to ...

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  12. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    Several South Australian members of the Federal Parliament had an interview with the Prime Minister to-day in connection with the Northern Territory. The interview, ...

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  13. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Government steamer Penguin left Fremantle early this morning to convey Captain Jones and other survivors from the burned ship Carnarvon Castle from Cape Naturaliste ...

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  14. THE BISHOP OF BENDIGO.

    Last night, at the Y.M.C.A Hall, the Bishop of Bendigo, the Right Rev. J. D. Langley, formerly incumbent of St. Phillp'a Chureh, Sydney, was presented with an address, episcopal ...

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  15. EXPLOSION ON A DESTROYER.

    A tube of the boiler on the torpedo-boat destroyer Dragon exploded while the vessel was lying at Corfu. Six stokers were injured, three seriously. ...

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  16. RUSSIA.

    Tingle, a British subject, a locksmith, was court-martialled at Warsaw and hanged at the Citadel on a charge of robbing the conductor of a tramcar. ...

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  17. CHINESE ASSASSINATION SOCIETY.

    In the City Police Court to-day a Chinaman was fined £75 with costs for having kept a gaming house. The assistant keeper of the house was fined £5. During the hearing of ...

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  18. VICTORIA.

    The gold shipments from Melbourne by the R.M.S. Orontes, which left to-day for London, consisted of £10,600 shipped by the Orient S.N. Company. Shipments from Melbourne ...

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  19. BLACK HUNDRED MURDER.

    The murder of M. Hertzcnstein, a wealthy and prominent member of the late Duma, who was shot last August while walking on the beach at Terioki, ...

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  20. THE WOOL SALES.

    After a fortnight's interval the wool sales were resumed to-day, when 2702 bales were offered. Competition was keen, and prices were equal to the highest of the season, in ...

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  21. A TURKISH MYSTERY.

    Grave suspicion has been aroused at Constantinople by the sudden death of Admiral Sami Pacha, who was conducting an inquiry into a steamship swindle, ...

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  22. TASMANIA.

    Mr. Haine, who, with Sir Alexander Peacock, is associated with the London Tram Building Company, arrived by the Loongana to-day, and had a private conference with the City Council ...

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  23. WOMEN'S WORK EXHIBITION.

    At a meeting to-day of ladies of the Victorian committee of the forthcoming exhibition of women's work to be held at Govornment House, Lady Northcote read a message ...

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  24. ROBBERIES ON THE RIVIERA.

    A thief entered a bedroom in an hotel at Cannes and stole jewels worth £10,000, belonging to the wife of a London banker. Feb. 22. ...

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  25. STRONG FEELING AT BEGA.

    The A. H. and P. Society's committee interviewed Mr. W. H. Wood, M.L.A., at Pambula to-day relative to the inclusion among the competitive items at the show of the usual ...

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  26. SALMON OVA FROM AMERICA.

    Mr. Chas. Harrison, secretary of the Northern Tasmania Fisheries Association, left by the Loongana to-day, en route for Sydney, to receive a consignment of salmon ova for the ...

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  27. A GAMING ACT PROSECUTION.

    The Cabinet to-day decided that a prosocution should be instituted against the "Evenins Horald" for publishing bolting odds on forthcoming races. ...

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  28. Y.M.C.A. BUILDING FUND.

    A large and representative gathering of business men was invited by the Hobart Y.M.C.A. to attond a dinner in the Mayor's court-room, to meet Mr. Lyman Pierce, ...

    Article : 129 words
  29. CRITICESM.

    Mr. 'Arnold Forster, a former Secretary of State for War, severely criticised Mr. Haldane for not delaying the work of destruction until the work of construction is ...

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  30. LOSS OF THE IMPERATRIX.

    In the wreck of the Austrian Lloyd steamer Imperatrix, off South-west Crete, 40 members of the crow were drowned. All the passengers were saved. ...

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  31. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The case of William Frewin, charged at the Criminal Sessions with embezzling £36 from Harris, Scarfe, and Co., by the nonpayment of the full amount of Customs duty, ...

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  32. NEGOTIATIONS WITH STATE GOVERNMENT.

    At the conference at Townsville, Dr Maxwell was supplied with full information regarding the telegrams which passed between the Premier and the Prime Minister. ...

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  33. CASUALTIES.

    Harry Brooks, 36, a sugar boiler, residing in Mansfield-street, Balmain, and working at Poolman'a sugar works, White's Bay, was walking along a plank at the works ...

    Article : 81 words
  34. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION.

    A committee, of which Lord Farrer is chairman, has been appointed to inquire into tile practicability and desirability of the Post Office providing in connection with ...

    Article : 55 words
  35. IN THE PRESS.

    Several newspapers emphasise their belief that the voluntary system of recruitment is on its last trial. The "Daily Telegraph" (Conservative) ...

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  36. CAPITAL FOR AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Hoover, well known in Western Australian mining circles in London, said that in so-called mining and financial circles there were only two classes of people. First and ...

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  37. A COMMON-SENSE RULE.

    A new practice, which has for its object the saving of unnecessary expense, was introduced into the Banco Court on Tuesday. An old rule under the Matrimonial Causes Act, ...

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  38. FALL OFF A TRAM.

    While a tram was proceeding along Goorge-street North yesterday afternoon a boy named Frank Thompson, residing in Palmer-street, Balmain, fell off and was severely ...

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  39. WRECK OF THE MARGUERITE MIRABAUD.

    A Dunedin telegram says that the latest advices from Akatono Beach state that the mainmast and maintopmast of the wrocked barque Marguerite Mirabaud have been swept ...

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  40. FIGHTING IN CENTRAI AMERICA.

    After six hours' fighting the Nicaraguans captured San Bernardo, Honduras, Many of the defenders were killed and wounded. ...

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  41. FALL THROUGH A SKYLIGHT.

    George Plunkett, 9, residing at Castlereagh-street, Redfern, fell from a window on to the skylight of a room at the rear of the house, thence through to the floor, last night. In ...

    Article : 64 words
  42. INTERVIEW WITH MR. KIDSTON.

    The Premier, in the course of an interview to-day, referred to his immigration proposal. He pointed out that while he was asking ...

    Article : 253 words
  43. STRIKES IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The position with regard to the strike of slaughtermen is interesting. The men at Gisborne knocked off yesterday, the company having suspended work on the ground that ...

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  44. WOMANHOOD SUFFRAGE IN ITALY.

    One hundred thousand women in Italy have petitioned Parliament to grant them the suffrage. ...

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  45. SUICIDE OF A FARMER.

    An inquest was held at Nimitybelle yesterday by the Deputy Coroner, Mr. J. H. Montague, touching the death of John Jamon Manning, farmer, aged 35, who was found dead on ...

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  46. ABERMAIN COLLIERY DISPUTE.

    An important conference was held at Abermain to-day between Messrs. Chapman, Fairley, and Fletcher, representing the proprietors of Abermain Colliery, and Messrs. Peter ...

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  47. CHICAGO TREASURY ROBBED.

    The sum of £40,000 has been stolen from the Treasury at Chicago. There is no clue to the perpetrators. ...

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  48. UNDESIRABLE IMMIGRANTS.

    The Immigration Board at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, has warned German shipowners that drastic action will be taken if they persist in bringing Russian ...

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  49. STATE POLITICS.

    Last night's meeting of the local branch of the Liberal Reform Association was characterised by some lively scenes. Several speakers criticised the action of Mr. T. Rose, who is ...

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  50. PEA RIFLE MISHAPS.

    At Back Creek, Wolumla, last night, James Read was sitting down nt the kitchen table after tea, when a little boy, son of the person for whom Read was working, picked up a ...

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  51. LITHGOW COLLIERIES' DISPUTE.

    At a miners' aggregate meeting the modified conditions offored by the Lithgew Coal Association were discussed. It was decided that the men would not work under anything but ...

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  52. GENERAL CABLES:

    A fatal case of cerebro-spinal meningitis has occurred at Stepney, London. OBITUARY. The death is announced of Mr. Otto ...

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  53. TEST OF AUSTRALIAN LABOUR.

    As an outcome of the representations by the deputation of Queensland members of Parliment the Prime Minister is issuing instructions to have printed the contracts ...

    Article : 145 words
  54. A BURNING ACCIDENT.

    Miss Stewart, probationer at the Lithgow Hospital, waa the victim of a serious burning aecident this morning, when her dross caught fire from a lighted candle which she had ...

    Article : 146 words
  55. THE CLYDE RIVER TRAGEDY.

    Mary Wray, aged 75, died at her son's residence, Clyde River, to-day, from the effects of injuries inflicted by her husband, Goorge Wray, while temporarily insane. ...

    Article : 83 words
  56. RIFLE TEAM FOR BISLEY.

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  57. THE QUEENSLAND ELECTIONS.

    Questioned on the subject of the date of the elections this morning, Mr. Kidston said the exact date had not been fixed, but the elections would probably be held at the end ...

    Article : 63 words
  58. INCREASED PRODUCTION.

    The sugar production export and import return compiled by the Customs Department shows that last year 840,478 cwt of sugar was imported, into Australia. This was against ...

    Article : 158 words
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    Advertising : 23 words
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