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  2. SECOND EDITION

    Applications for the New South Wales 3½ per cent. loan of £2,000,000, issued at 99½, closed to-day. The public subscribed the whole amount. ...

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  3. A SHEARER'S LIEE.

    If one tithe of the statements made yesterday to the Minister for Labour, Mr. B. B. O'Conor, by representatives from the Australian Workers' Union are true, the ...

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  4. LABOUR LEADER'S REPLY

    Mr. J. C. Watson, leader of the Federal Labour party, interviewed yesterday, replied to certain statements made by Mr. G. H. Reid in, the course of an interview published in ...

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  5. MR. COGHLAN DECLINES.

    It was announced in Saturday's issue of the "Herald," on the authority of the Premier, that there was a prospect of Mr. T. A. Coghian Acting Agent-General, retiring from the State ...

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  6. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The Labour Representation Committee in a report on the general election declares that the election of 29 of its candidates necessitates the doubling of ...

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  7. TRANSVAAL FRANCHISE.

    Mr. A. Lyttelton, formerly Secretary of State for the Colonies, in a letter to the "Times" commenting upon the reports that the Government is meditating the ...

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  8. THE NATAL RISING.

    The natives, who in the Richmond district of Natal announced their intention of not paying the poll tax and murdered Inspector Hunt and a mounted trooper, are ...

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  9. PERSONAL.

    The Governor-General visited the naval depot at Williamstown yesterday, also the Cerberus and the Protector. Referring to the learned gentlemen who ...

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  10. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 6[?]d per ounce standard, an advance of ¼d since Satiurday. ...

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  11. OVERCOME BY CYANIDE FUMES.

    The man killed at the Golden Ridge mine was Ernest Edmonds Neitezchmann. Deceased was of German extraction, and had been generally known by the surname of Edmonds. ...

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  12. THE IRISH PARTY.

    The Nationalist party of Ireland has reelected Mr. John Redmond as its leader. The party has resolved that it is unable to enter into an alliance or to support ...

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  13. THE LIQUOR ACT.

    When Mr. Wade, the Attorney-General, was introducing the Liquor Bill, which is now the law, he made it a strong point that the legislation was intended, among other things, ...

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  14. GOVERNMENT WHIP IN THE LORDS.

    Lord Ribblesdale has been appointed Government Whip in the House of Lords. ...

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  15. NEW SPIRIT IN EDUCATION.

    Mr. Augustine Birrell, the President of the Board of Education, in the course of a speech at Halifax, in referring to the Education Bill, trusted that ill-nourished ...

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  16. INTERACTION WITH NATIVE QUESTION.

    The "Times," in recalling the interaction of the Transvaal question and the native question in 1877 and 1881, states that the incident in Natal strengthens the appeal of ...

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  17. FEDERAL STATISTICIAN.

    That Mr. Coghlan has been offered the position of Federal Statistician is a piece of news that the Federal Government was not prepared to confirm to-day. "I am not in a ...

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  18. NEWTOWN TRAGEDY.

    The remains of First-class Constable J. Wallace, the victim of the tragedy at Newtown on Sunday morning, were laid to rest yesterday afternoon in the Presbyterian ...

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  19. ETHIOPIANISM.

    The attitude of Ethiopianism to the white races, as paraded in the "Voice of Missions," the accredited organ of the movement, has been published in the "Herald" ...

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  20. WHAT A CHANGE MEANS.

    In a leading article on the attitude of the Government towards the Transvaal Constitution, the "Times" says that the taking of a census of the population and ...

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  21. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    General Finn, Inspector-General of the Defence Forces, expects to be able to divide his time between New South Wales and Victoria during the progress of the Easter manoeuvres ...

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  22. OLD AGE PENSIONS.

    Members of the Federal Old Age Pensions Commission, who meet in Sydney to-morrow to consider the report of the chairman, Mr. Austin Chapman, expect to finish their work ...

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  23. RUSSIA'S TROUBLES.

    Russian troops, after a stubborn fight, captured the ringleaders of the disorders on, the Siberian railway. Arms and dynamite were seized by the troops. ...

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  24. VICTORIA.

    Thomas Moore, master of the steamer Changsha, was fined £5 for allowing Wah Yoke, a prohibited immigrant, to enter the Commonwealth on January 31 last. ...

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  25. RICHMOND AND ITS NATIVES.

    Including Zululand, the population of Natal is about a million. Of these Europeans number about 65,000, Indians and other Asiatics 75,000, with natives about 800,000. Exclusive ...

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  26. A JUDICIAL DEADLOCK.

    A Judicial deadlock is reported from Omeo. The Width of Tires Act had been brought into operation, and the day after the inspector was appointed the mail coach was caught, also ...

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  27. ANTI-CHRISTIAN RIOTS.

    Anti-Christian riots are spreading in Fo-kien, a province directly south-east of Kiang-su, where the recent outbreaks occurred. ...

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  28. MR. AUSTIN CHAPMAN.

    Mr. Austin Chapman, the Postmaster-General, addressed a large meeting of his constiuents at the Literary Institute here on Saturday evening. Mr. T. Musgrave, who ...

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  29. MILITARY UNIFORMS.

    The committee which met to consider the advisability of returning to the bright coloured costumes of the past recommended that it should be a matter of option, and ...

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  30. WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS.

    The following scholarships have been awarded at the Working Men's College:— James W. Wraidrop, council's day-course annual scholarship for best student in the ...

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  31. QUEENSLAND.

    Some dissatisfaction is expressed in local government circles at the action of the Government in cancelling the appointment ex office of the Mayor of Brisbane as a member ...

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  32. BUSH FIRES.

    A rather extensive grass fire occurred on Oura on Saturday. The fire broke out early in the morning near the homestead from some cause yet unknown, and burnt right up ...

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  33. JAPANESE BUDGET.

    The Japanese House of Representatives has passed the Budget. The only concession made by the Government was a reduction of the Defence ...

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  34. NEWCASTLE.

    The barque Beeswing arrived in ballast from Caleta Colosa, Chilf, on Saturday, after a voyago of 73 days. Captain Grifliths said that "about two weeks after leaving Piteairn, and ...

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  35. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At a largely-attended public meeting, held in the Adelaide Town Hall after the congregations had left the churches last night, the following resolution was adopted:—"That this ...

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  36. VICTORIAN RELIEF FUND.

    The Lord Mayor's fund for the bush fires relief now amounts to £2732. ...

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  37. AN ELECTION PETITION.

    A petition has been lodged against the return of Mr. A. Fell (U.) for Great Yarmouth, bribery by treating electors being alleged against him. ...

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  38. THE LIBERAL PARTY.

    A meeting of the Liberal party (formerly the Morgan party) was held to-day. These present included Messrs. Denham, Bell, and Blair. Mr. Denham was elected leader, and ...

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  39. WEI-HAI-WEI.

    It is reported at Tokio that after the conclusion of its negotiations with Russia, China will request Great Britain to evacuate Wei-hai-wei, the British naval ...

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  40. TRAIN DERAILED.

    The tender of an engine and six trucks, four of which ware loaded, left the rails at Grance's station while passing the points at the south end of the yard this morning ...

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  41. WORK AT THE COLLIERIES.

    The activity in the coal trade previously reported shows no sign of abatement, and, indeed, there are not wanting evidences that business will remain brisk throughout the ...

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  42. FRESH OUTBREAKS.

    After a period of quioscence, fires are again prominent in the district, though much further wway than formerly. A large fire was burning recently in the vicinity of Mount ...

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  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    In the international football match played on Saturday between Ireland and England the former won by 16 points (2 goals 2 tries) to 6 points (two tries). ...

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  44. TRADE COMMISSIONER.

    It is understood that Mr. Frederic Jones is to be reappointed Trade Commissioner for Queensland for the Straits Settlements, the Philippines, China and Japan. The terms of ...

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  45. R.M.S. BRITANNIA DELAYED.

    The R.M.S. Britannia, from the eastern States, arrived at Fremantle five hours late to-day. A slight breakdown of her machinery occurred on the run up the coast. It is ...

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  46. HARBOUR WORKS CONTRACT.

    In his last letter to the contractors of the Outer Harbour works last week, the Commissioner of Public Works stated that he had ordered them to proceed with the work on ...

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  47. WAGES FOR WHITE LABOUR.

    A large meeting of canegrowors was held at Mossman on Saturday, when it was decided to make the maximum wages for white labourers 7s a day, or 30s a week and found. ...

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  48. BILLIARDS.

    In a billiard match, 9000 up, between F. Weiss (receiving 2250) and Charles Dawson the former won when his opponent's score was 7834. ...

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  49. SEAT FOR MR. BALFOUR.

    Mr. Mason, the freetrade candidate for the City of London, in opposition to Mr. A. T. Balfour, will go to the poll with or without the help of the Liberal ...

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  50. THE OUTER HARBOUR CONTRACT.

    Last week the Engineer-in-chief wrote to the contractor for the Outer Harbour, stating that unless they proceeded with the work by 10 o'clock on the morning of February 12 the ...

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  51. PLAGUE IN THE WEST.

    Three cases of plague occurred in one house in Fremantle to-day. The patients are Italian—a wine saloonkeeper, and his wife and child. ...

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  52. PRICE OF CREAM IN QUEENSLAND.

    The price of cream has been reduced to 8d per lb of commercial butter. ...

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  53. ADVANCE IN WEAVERS' WAGES.

    One hundred and fifty thousand cotton weavers and winders and employees in kindred trades in Lancashire have obtained an advance in wages, placing them for the ...

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  54. EXPORTS BY SEA.

    The following were to-day's clearances:— The Wakatipu, s, for Launceston, via Sydney, with 1100 tons coal, 68 cases biscuits; Glamsi, Nor. bq, for Guayaquil, with 1580 tons Brown's ...

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  55. ENGLISH BUTTER MARKET.

    Mr. W. P. Reeves, the High Commissioner in London, cables that the butter market is steady, and the demand improving. Prospects are rather more encouraging. The ...

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  56. TYPHOID AT KALGOORLIE.

    The typhoid cases in the Government Hospital at Kalgoorlie number 33 out of 80 patients in the Institution. The perecentage is the highest during the last eight months. ...

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