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  2. QUEENSLAND. SHIPMENT OF COTTON.

    The cotton alluded to in to-day's press cablegrams as having been offered for sale in London was grown by Dr. Thomatis, of Cairns. Recently he forwarded 17 bales to London, ...

    Article : 42 words
  3. SAN FRANCISCO.

    Visitors by the R.M.S. Sierra, which arrived to-day from San Francisco, express astonishment at the improvement of the city and general conditions. The activity is amazing. ...

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  4. THE CRICKET CRISIS. ATTEMPT AT SETTLEMENT.

    The annual meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association was held at the rooms, Bull's-chambers, last night. Mr. W. J. Trickett (president), who was in ...

    Article : 608 words
  5. THE RAILWAYS.

    In accordance with a custom established by the late Mr. Eddy, Mr. J. Harper, chief traffic manager, yesterday attended the Farmers and Settlers' Conference while motions ...

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  6. FEDERAL POLITICS. MINISTERIAL SITUATION.

    Ministers cannot delay much longer the submission to Parliament of the recommendations of the Tariff Commission. Independent protectionists have made some very outspoken ...

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  7. THE SCOTS GUARDS.

    In inspecting and taking farewell of the Third Battalion of the Scots Guards King Edward, in the course of a speech, said he regretted that the battalion was shortly to ...

    Article : 141 words
  8. NEW CONSTITUTIONS. LETTER BY MR. B. R. WISE.

    Mr. B. R. Wise, in a letter to the "Times," appeals to the House of Commons to consider the Constitutions to be granted to the Transvaal and the Orange River ...

    Article : 323 words
  9. TO FORCE REFORM. RADICAL MEASURES IN RUSSIA.

    Members of the Duma predict that 60 per cent, of people in Russia who pay taxes will refuse payment, and will refuse to serve in the army until the new Duma ...

    Article : 209 words
  10. LONDON STATE OFFICES.

    The Queensland Government recently secured offices near the Bank of England in London, as it was considered the advantages of Queensland would thus be brought more ...

    Article : 107 words
  11. THE STATE ROLLS.

    A large number of names will be added to the State rolls in August. It is calculated the lists will then contain a total of 216,084 electors. ...

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  12. AN INCOME TAX QUESTION.

    Before the Full Court to-day the case of the King v M'Caughcy came on. This was a special case stated for the opinion of the Court as to whether Sir Samuel M'Caughey, of New ...

    Article : 81 words
  13. LEVYING BLACKMAIL.

    Henry Warren, a journalist and author, and Robert Elliott, a publisher, have been convicted of having blackmailed Mr. Alexis Moreton Mandeville, the owner of ...

    Article : 285 words
  14. NEWCASTLE. ESCAPE FROM DEATH.

    When the Brisbane mail train was running between Hawkesbury and Gosford last night, on its journey to Newcastle, it overtook a tricycle driven by Night-officer Dacey, ...

    Article : 140 words
  15. BLACK SEA FLEET MUTINY.

    The trial of the mutineers among the Black Sea fleet, in November last, was concluded at Sebastopol yesterday. Four sailors were sentenced to death, 33 to ...

    Article : 51 words
  16. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The final result of the Pilbarra election is Mr. Underwood (Labour), 286; M[?]. Hopkins (Ministerialist), 250. ...

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  17. KURRI DISTRICT COLLIERIES.

    The district collieries worked well during the fortnight, except the Heddon-Greta, where a strike was in progress. A large amount of development work is going on at most of ...

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  18. PRINTING DUMA'S MANIFESTO.

    An armed gang seized a printing establishment at St. Petersburg, and guarded the exits while 550,000 copies of the manifesto drawn up at Viborg by the late Duma ...

    Article : 37 words
  19. SUPPRESSION OF GAMBLING.

    A largely-attended meeting was held in Brown-street Congregational Church to-night under the auspices of the Newcastle Ministers' Association to voice protests against ...

    Article : 256 words
  20. WORKERS' PROTEST.

    As a protest against the dissolution of the Duma thousands of ironworkers at Yusovka, on the Sea of Azof, have struck work. ...

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  21. VITAL ISSUES.

    The "Times," in describing the letter as striking and significant, emphasises the narrowness of the margin on which vital issues hang. ...

    Article : 25 words
  22. MUTINY' AT POLTAVA.

    The first battalion of the Sevski regiment at Poltava, Little Russia, paraded the streets and marched to the artillery barracks, where they seized guns and tried to ...

    Article : 57 words
  23. REDUCTION OF ARMAMENTS.

    The "Temps" and the "Siecle" of Paris, in commenting upon the reduction in the British naval estimates, agree that Great Britain has decided to make the reduction ...

    Article : 56 words
  24. BARQUE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

    While the barque Stanley Jones was off the coast of Newfoundland it was struck by lightning. The whole of the crew of 16 men were killed. ...

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  25. PROPOSED CONFERENCE.

    A conference which the players thought would take place yesterday between them and representatives of the association was not held. Last night Mr. Diamond made the ...

    Article : 329 words
  26. TRAIN ROBBED OF £10,000.

    Fifty revolutionaries aboard a passenger train on the Vienna railway when it was six miles from Warsaw applied the brake, and having uncoupled the mail-van, ...

    Article : 42 words
  27. THE COMMONWEALTH. CABINET MEETING.

    A meeting of the Federal Cabinet was held to-day to deal finally with matters in connection with the budget speech to be delivered in the House of Representatives ...

    Article : 64 words
  28. DISTURBANCES IN CHINA.

    Prince Bulow, Imperial Chancellor, in a letter to the German Association at Shanghai in connection with recent disturbances in the neighbourhood, assures Germans in ...

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  29. MEETING OF RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY MEN.

    Mr. Cuthbert Brown, president of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association, and the secretary, Mr. J. H. Catts, are visiting Newcastle, with the object of ...

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  30. MAIL CONTRACT. QUESTION OF RATE-CUTTING WAR.

    The "Standard" says the pRospect of a rate-cutting war is being discussed, owing to the contract for the carriage of the Australian mails having been given to a new ...

    Article : 41 words
  31. WINDSOR-SACKVILLE RAILWAY.

    At the Sackville School of Arts last night a public meeting, presided over by Mr. C. Kaiser, revived the old agitation for railway communication between Windsor and the ...

    Article : 313 words
  32. FIGHT AGAINST SOCIALISM.

    Hagen, Prussia, which was represented in the Reichstag by Herr Eugen Richter, a Radical, Avho died on March 10, has elected another Radical as its representative. ...

    Article : 48 words
  33. FEDERALISATION OF LIGHTHOUSES.

    The federalisation of lighthouses is one of the measures that have been promised by the Government. A lighthouse Is required at Point St. Alban's, in Backstairs Passage, ...

    Article : 65 words
  34. REFRIGERATING SPACE.

    Mr. Woolf, who represented the New South Wales Government before the Butter Commission, has expressed a tear that the new mail service, in the absence of a provision ...

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  35. COAL AND OTHER EXPORTS.

    The following were to-day's clearances:— Zambesi, s, for Batavia, with 6120 tons coal; Thalatta. Nor. ship, for Caleta Colosa, with 2701 tons Wallsond coal; Ysabel, s, for New ...

    Article : 127 words
  36. IMPERIAL DEFENCE REPORT.

    The Prime Minister has cabled to the Imperial authorities in regard to the report of the Imperial Defence Committee, and promises to make public as much as the British ...

    Article : 37 words
  37. PROPERTY IN ZION.

    The District Court has ruled that the Rev. J. A. Dowie, who was the general overseer of the Christian Catholic Church in Zion, near Chicago, is not entitled to ...

    Article : 60 words
  38. BROKEN HILL SEAT.

    Alderman Marshall has been selected by the local branch of the People's Reform League to contest Broken Hill seat against Mr. Josiah Thomas at the next Federal ...

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  39. A CROFTERS' BILL.

    In the House of Commons on Saturday Mr. John Sinclair, Secretary of State for Scotland, introduced a Crofters' Act Amendment Bill, applying to all holdings ...

    Article : 166 words
  40. RACING AND BETTING.

    The Victorian Owners and Trainers' Association held a special meeting to-day, and ventilated the questions of betting and racing prizes. ...

    Article : 381 words
  41. TELEPHONE MALADIES.

    A paragraph in the "S.M. Herald" last week in regard to the investigations of Dr. Wallcaum, of Berlin, in regard to "telephone maladies"—physical evils said to be experienced ...

    Article : 72 words
  42. THE COOTAMUNDRA ELECTION.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 26 words
  43. ON THE DARLING.

    At a well-attended meeting of supporters of the anti-socialist movement held on Friday night, a branch of the Democratic Union of New South Wales was formed. Mr. W. ...

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  44. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEALS. MACINTOSH v DUN.

    The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has grauted the plaintiff's in the case Macintosh and another versus Dun special leave to appeal from the judgment ...

    Article : 173 words
  45. NEW POSTAL RATE.

    The rate upon letters from Australia to Egypt will be reduced from Wednesday next from 2½d to 2d per half-ounce. Postcards to Orange River Colony will now be taken at ...

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  46. SUMMONED TO THE BAR.

    A great rush occurred at Bendigo this morning for tickets from people who propose to travel by special train to-morrow with the Rex. H. Worrall to Melbourne It is expected ...

    Article : 280 words
  47. CASUALTIES.

    John Richard Phillips, a miner, was killed by an explosion at Lake View Consols on Saturday morning. Deceased and a mate named Knight weru working in a winze about 90ft ...

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  48. RECIPROCITY WITH SOUTH AFRICA.

    "Mr. Valder assumes that we have only to pass an Act in order to establish reciprocity," said the Prime Minister to-day in regard to the recent communication of the New ...

    Article : 76 words
  49. THE COWPER.

    A well-attended meeting was held here last evening of the friends and supporters of Mr. John Thomson, a candidate in the anti-socialist interest for the electorate of Cowper. The ...

    Article : 149 words
  50. THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    At the special request of the public questions committee of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria, the Right Rev. Dr. Cairns has written to Mr. Deakin to urge a rebate of the ...

    Article : 199 words
  51. MUTINY ON JAPANESE CRUISER.

    While the Japanese cruiser Itsukushima, one of the squadron which recently visited Australia, was at Singapore, on the homeward journey, Commander Ishikawa was ...

    Article : 55 words
  52. VICTORIA. THE SHEEP SHOW.

    The sheep show was officially opened to-day by the State Governor, Sir Reginald Talbot. The usual speeches were made, and Mr. Bowes Kelly, president of the association, said that ...

    Article : 62 words
  53. SHOCKING BURNING ACCIDENT.

    Michael Kelly's daughter, aged l8, sustained terrible injuries yesterday at Cooktown. She was preparing dinner, when her clothes ignited. The girl was fearfully burnt on the ...

    Article : 43 words
  54. COUSINS v THE COMMONWEALTH.

    In the case of Cousins versus the Commonwealth the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has refused special leave to appeal. ...

    Article : 26 words
  55. RIOT AT PHIIIPPOPOLIS.

    An anti-Greek riot occurred in Philippopolis, Bulgaria, yesterday. A Greek and a Macedonian were killed, and several Greeks were wounded. ...

    Article : 56 words
  56. THROWN FROM A HORSE.

    Whilst riding along a road near Uranquinty George Smith, aged 17, who has the misfortune to be a cripple, was thrown from his horse, breaking his leg. He lay on the ...

    Article : 253 words
  57. CLASHING LAND TAX PROPOSALS.

    A conference of representatives of Federal and State Labour parties to-night carried the following resolution:—"That the conferenc is unanimously of opinion that land ...

    Article : 127 words
  58. A NEW LIGHTHOUSE.

    The new lighthouse off Point Gellibrand Reef is now completed, and will be formally opened next Friday night. The new light will have an altitude of 50ft above the water, and ...

    Article : 43 words
  59. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Council of the Legion of Honour has rejected the proposal of the French Minister tor Fine Arts that it should decorate Mme. Sarah Bernhardt with the cross of ...

    Article : 160 words
  60. WAGGA TO HUMULA RAILWAY.

    Last night a public meeting was held in Wagga to consider the projected Wagga to Humula railway. The Mayor (Alderman Hayes) presided, and the meeting was widely ...

    Article : 230 words
  61. THE PHOENIX FOUNDRY.

    At the annual meeting to-day of the Phoenix Foundry, Ballarat, a resolution was passed asking the directors to attempt to reorganise th company or dispose of the assets ...

    Article : 75 words
  62. THE WREN CASE.

    The hearing of the appeal of John Wren and others against their conviction for conducting a betting-room at City Tattersall's Club was continued to-day before Judge ...

    Article : 208 words
  63. MR. PRICE'S SPEECH.

    Speaking at the "Men's Own Pleasant Sunday Afternoon" at Thebarton yesterday, the state Premier; Mr. Price remarked: You have heard that I am interested in Mount ...

    Article : 216 words
  64. MR. RUSSELL SAGE'S WILL.

    The late Mr. Russell Sage, of New york, left a fortune of £10,000,000. He did not make any bequests to charities, but by his will directed that the whole of his ...

    Article : 119 words
  65. DISTRICT TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

    The Interdistrict Teachers' Association held their quarterly meeting yesterday. Mr. Draffin moved,—"That for educational and hygienic reasons none but vertical writing be ...

    Article : 109 words
  66. COLLAPSE OF A WHARF.

    A number of men were engaged in coaling a tug boat at Messrs. Lockley Brothers' wharf, at the foot of Druitt-street, yesterday, when suddenly the flooring gave away. Edward ...

    Article : 122 words
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