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  2. THE RAILWAYS.

    The first batch of the annual reunions of Railway and Tramway men and their families took place yesterday, when three distinct gatherings were held, at which there was an ...

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  3. THE BROOME TRAGEDY.

    A Broome telegram states that the inquest in connection with the reported murder of Mark Liebglid has been adjourned sine die, the object being to await developments. An ...

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  4. GENERAL RAINS.

    After a remarkably long spell of dry weather steady rain set in over the metropolitan area at about 7 o'clock last erening, and was still falling at midnight. The rainfall this year as ...

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  5. GENERAL BOOTH'S SCHEME

    In Federal Departments the offer by General Booth of immigrants has not yet advanced any further. The Prime Minister stated to-day that he has had a ...

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  6. GAINS OF JAPAN.

    Mr. Denison, the legal adviser to the Japanese Foreign Office, who with Professor Maartens drafted the treaty of peace between Russia and Japan, values the ...

    Article : 95 words
  7. THE LATE TEMPEST.

    The furious gales which for several days played havoc with shipping to the southward have now subsided. Light breezes ruled yesterday, and smooth seas were ...

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  8. MOROCCO CONFERENCE.

    The "Temps" st[?]ongly complains of procrastination by Germany in the negotiations with France concerning Morocco. M. Clementel, the French Minister for the ...

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  9. CAUCASUS REVOLT.

    The Czar, in reply to a memorial from owners of oil wells in the Caucasus, has ordered the holding of a conference of representatives of the principal firms, ...

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  10. PLACES OF MEETING.

    Advices from Tangier state that the International Conference on Morocco will meet in a Spanish town at the end of January. Afterwards the representatives of the ...

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  11. EDWARD THE PEACEMAKER.

    Correspondence which is now published for the first time, with the assent of King Edward, shows that a proposal to make national recognition of the King's efforts ...

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  12. VICTORIAN CABINET'S DECISION.

    The State Cabinet gave consideration to-day to General Booth's immigration proposal, and decided that, while Ministers were anxious to give every facility for immigration on the ...

    Article : 72 words
  13. POLITICS IN JAPAN.

    The Mikado has finally accepted the resignation of Viscount Yoshikawa as Minister for the Interior, and Baron Klyoura has been appointed to succeed ...

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  14. OIL WORKERS REPATRIATED.

    One thousand unemployed at Baku have been sent back to their villages. ...

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  15. RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARIES.

    Amongst the cargo of the steamer John Grafton, sunk by an explosion near Jacobstad, was a number of bombs. Two Frenchwomen have been arrested ...

    Article : 60 words
  16. ATTITUDE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Premier to-day, in reply to the inqlury of the Prime Minister with reference to General Booth's scheme for immigration, sent the following telegram:—"The ...

    Article : 86 words
  17. SCANDINAVIAN TREATY.

    Sweden has agreed to a permanent treaty of arbitration, with Norway. ...

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  18. THE CZAR'S CRUISE.

    The Czar and the Czarina, with their children, have started on a cruise in Fin[?]sh, waters. ...

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  19. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The total number of cases of cholera in Prussia up to date is 190, of which 68 proved fatal. B. B. Kieran won the 300 yards race at ...

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  20. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Permit me, as one of General Booth's oldest personal friends, and one thoroughly familiar with his views, to assist in throwing some light on the character of his ...

    Article : 528 words
  21. FALLS OF SNOW.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 190 words
  22. CHINESE BOYCOTT OF AMERICAN GOODS.

    The Japanese have opened the Liao River to traffic from Niu-chwang inland. It is hoped that the American boycotted goods in China will find an outlet in ...

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  23. A SCHOONER AGROUND.

    The Sydney Marine Underwriters' and Salvage Association, Limited, was yesterday advised by telegram that the schooner Alma Deepel is aground inside the bar at the ...

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  24. THE KING IN EDINBURGH.

    King Edward is on a visit to Scotland. To-day he will review 38,000 volunteers at Edinburgh. ...

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  25. IRISH LEGISLATION.

    Mr. William O'Brien, M.P., in a letter read at a Land and Labour meeting at Cork, said that legislation for Ireland was only possible either by a revolutionary ...

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  26. THE WHITE PLAGUE.

    A meeting of ladies, convened by the Lady Mayoress, Mrs. Allen Taylor, was held in the vestibule of the Town Hall yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of discussing necessary ...

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  27. PEREGRINE'S ROUGH PASSAGE.

    On Sunday morning the steamer Peregrine, while on a voyage from Sydney to Melbourne, encountered near Gabo Island a terrific southwesterly gale, accompanied by such immense ...

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  28. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 4¾d per ounce standard, an advance of 1-16d since Saturday. ...

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  29. UNITED STATES NAVY.

    According to the "Morning Post" the United States has under construction 13 first-class battleships and 19 other vessels. Of the battleships, seven will be ready to ...

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  30. STORMY CONDITIONS IN QUEENSLAND.

    The dry spell which prevailed recently was broken to-night by stormy conditions. Heavy rain was experienced at Ipswich, light showers fell at Toowowoomba and Gatton, and a sprinkling of rain at ...

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  31. VICTORIA.

    James Walsh, chief accountant of the Railways Department, was presented at the City Court to-day on a charge of falsifying accounts with intent to defraud. He was ...

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  32. AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN SUPPORT.

    Fifty-five of the Irish Nationalist members of the House of Commons, at a meeting over which Mr. Redmond presided, endorsed the directorate's policy regarding ...

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  33. NEWCASTLE.

    An inquest into the circumstances attending the death of two children. Ivy May Beveridge, 5 years, and Maud Lily Beveridge, 7 years, who were severely burned through ...

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  34. THE BENDIGO BANK ROBBERY.

    In the Criminal Court to-day Mr. Justice Hodges heard an application by Mr. Gurner, Crown Prosecutor, that the second trial of Fred. H. Gray, ex-teller of the Bendigo branch ...

    Article : 91 words
  35. INCOME TAX ACT AMENDMENT.

    An amendment of the Income Tax Act is to be proposed, in order to make it clear that mining dividends are not to be taxed in the hands of the individual shareholder ...

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  36. RUSSIAN NAVAL RECONSTRUCTION.

    According to German advices from St. Petersburg a sum of £20,000,000 is about to be appropriated towards the reconstruction of the Russian navy. The new fleet ...

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  37. NEW ZEALAND.

    A commission, consisting of Sir James Prendergast, formerly Chief Justice, and Mr. Wardell, ex-magistrate, has been appointed to inquire into the suspension of four Post Office ...

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  38. LIFE ASSURANCE REVELATIONS.

    A tremendous sensation has been caused In New York by the revelations concerning the New York Life Insurance Company. During an official inquiry into the ...

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  39. VALUE OF THE STATE'S PRODUCTS.

    An estimate prepared by the Government Statist, Mr. W. M'Lean, shows that the total value of produce for the year 1904 throughout Victoria was £31,652,033, made up as ...

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  40. CLINGING TO OFFICE.

    The Marquis of Londonderry, the Lord President of the Council, speaking at Stockton-on-Tees on Saturday, said that though their opponents claimed that the ...

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  41. THE AUDIT SYSTEM.

    During the recent inquiry into charges made by the new Liberal party regarding the alleged improper payment to Captain Seddon it was practically alleged that the audit ...

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  42. A TEN-ROOMED HOUSE DESTROYED.

    A large residence at Argenton, near Cockle Creek, occupied by Mrs. Sarah Connor, was destroyed by fire on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Connor went for a walk in the afternoon, but ...

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  43. REVENUE RETURNED BY THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Some misapprehension appears to have arisen in connection with the statement by the Premier of New South Wales that Mr. Bent had agreed to accept a fixed sum from the ...

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  44. EXPERIENCES OF SHIPPING.

    Arrivals here from Sydney to-day were all delayed by the recent gales, which, however, new seem to have subsided. The chief sufferers were the tug Eagle (with the steamer ...

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  45. CONGO CRUELTY.

    According to Belgian newspapers the report of the Belgian Commission of Inquiry into the alleged practice of crucities in the Congo Free State emphasises the ...

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  46. AUSTRALIAN STATION.

    The third-class cruisers Pyramus, 2135 tons, and Pioneer, 2200 tons, drill ships for the Colonial Naval Reserve of Australia, sail for Sydney to-day. ...

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  47. THE PRICE OF BUTTER.

    The price of butter has been raised 1d per lb. Wholesale firms decided that the ruling prices were too low in view of the fact that it pays better to export all butter. ...

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  48. SUNDAY RAILWAY SERVICE.

    A drastic step in connection with the [?] ning of Sunday trains has been decided on by the State Cabinet. Hitherto about two trains have been run on suburban lines to and from ...

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  49. THE INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS BILL.

    A deputation representative of the principal business firms in the northern district waited on Mr. W. T. Dick, M.L.A., at the councilchambers, this afternoon, and pointed out ...

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  50. SUCCESSFUL CO-OPERATIVE COMPANY.

    The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operative Association pays a dividend of 6 per cent. on the paid-up capital, a bonus on paid-up capital of 3 per cent., a bonus to shareholders on their ...

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  51. A SECOND-CLASS CRUISER.

    The second-class cruiser Cambrian, 4330 tons, will be commissioned in October to relieve the screw sloops Clio and the Cadmus (1070 tons each), on the Australian ...

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  52. BUTTER COMMISSION.

    Mr. Finlayson, Crown Prosecutor, who examined the evidence taken before the Butter Commission to ascertain if it justified further procedings against some individuals whose ...

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  53. TOWN HALL OFFICIAL ARRESTED.

    Mr. Daniels, town clerk, of Marton, Raagitikel, has been arrested on a charge of misappropriating the funds of the corporation. The amount involved is alleged to be £700. ...

    Article : 121 words
  54. MISSIONARIES MURDERED.

    The report of the massacre of a party of Roman Catholic missionaries, comprising Bishop Spies and two male and two female missionaries, while travelling from ...

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  55. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Howard Smith Co.'s new cargo steamer Acon, bound from the Tyne to Melbourne, put in at Fremantle yesterday, owing to having lost two blades of her propeller. She is ...

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  56. QUEENSLAND.

    A deputation of opurative bakers waited upon the Home Secretary to-day and urged an amendment of the Health Act. It was contended that the operatives should be ...

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  57. BUSHRANGING IN VICTORIA.

    A bushranging incident was reported to-day from "Warrnambool. James Anderson employed as a groom by Mr. Atkinson, horsedealer, of Warrnambool, was instructed on ...

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  58. METROPOLITAN TRAMWAYS.

    The annual picnic of the Electrical Department of the tramways was held at Clontarf, and was attended by about 4000 persons. The steamers Lady Rawson, Lady Hampden, and ...

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  59. THE COAL EXPORT TRADE.

    At the Custom-house to-day the following vessels cleared for foreign and intersta'[?] ports:—Tweeddale, s, for Manila, with 6723 tons coal: Madagascar, bq, for Caldera, with ...

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  60. THE BOATING DISASTER.

    The Water Police resumed dragging operations at The Spit, Middle Harbour, yesterday morning, for the bodies of the three persons, Mesdames Southan and Weeks, and Arthur ...

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  61. A DIVORCE SUIT.

    The case in which John Charles Chipper, formerly a well-known city publican, sued for a dissolution of his marriage with Elizebeth Sophia Chipper, on the grounds of a[?]tery, ...

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  62. GOLD RUSH.

    With regard to the gold find near Cralglea, it has been reported that Mr. Hunter dollied 10½oz from 40lb of stone on Saturday. Yesterday a further 15oz was dollied from 20lb of ...

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  63. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY.

    The Canadian-Pacific Railway has refused £14,000,000 from a syndicate of leading capitalists of Great Britain, the United States, and Canada for the railway ...

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  64. WINDFALL FOR THE CROWN.

    In the absence of heirs the estate of Captain George Lindsay Anthony Wilson, known as the Folkestone recluse, valued at £175,000, goes to the Crown. ...

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