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  2. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The inquest into the death of an infant whose body was found in Mulwarree River on October 28 was concluded this afternoon. The jury found that death was caused by ...

    Article : 91 words
  3. TAXATION OF FEDERAL OFFICERS.

    In the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. HUTCHISON (S.A.) moved,—"That, in order that all citizens of the Commonwealth may be placed upon an equal footing with ...

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  4. THE COAL TRIMMERS' STRIKE.

    At 6 o'clock this morning the "holiday," claimed as the King's Birthday by the Coal Trimmers' Union, ended. Although the legal holiday enacted by Parliament is to be ...

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  5. ROOSEVELT'S VICTORY.

    The voting of the Electoral College of the United States for the Presidency is:— Theodore Roosevelt (Republican)................ 343 ...

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  6. FOREIGN RELATIONS.

    At the Guild Hall banquet last night to celebrate the assumption of office by the new Lord Mayor of London, Alderman John Pound, the Marquis of Lansdowne, ...

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  7. THE WAR.

    A Japanese shell has exploded the mines laid in Itzu-shan, three miles north-west of the entrance of Port Arthur, by the Russians ...

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  8. THE RUSSIAN OUTRAGE.

    The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Standard" reports that Russia is offering handsome rewards for information of the presence of suspicious vessels in the North ...

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  9. TRADING BOAT SUNK.

    The trading boat Hatte met with an accident at 1 o'clock this morning. Whilst steaming up Mangrove Creek at high tide her steering gear failed to answer the wheel, and the ...

    Article : 72 words
  10. THE DALAI-LAMA'S FLIGHT.

    M. Lessar, the Russian Minister at Peking, has expressed a hope that the Dalai Lama of Thibet would not be prevented from proceeding to Russian territory. ...

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  11. COMPETITION WITH THE RAILWAYS.

    This morning a traction engine drawing two waggons, and carrying 23 tons of goods, passed through Bathurst on route to Orange, having travelled from Sydney. The journey took 10 ...

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  12. TWO FORTS SILENCED.

    Citizen volunteers and police are now reinforcing the garrison at Port Arthur. Dogs have been expelled from the town because they had begun to eat the corpses. ...

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  13. A RECORD JUMP.

    The high jump nego[?]llated by Rattler and All Fours at the local sports held yesterday was officially measured this morning. It was 6ft 9½in, establishing a record for Moree. ...

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  14. THE ADEN HINTERLAND.

    The Sultan of Turkey has asked for a modification of the Aden Hinterland boundary. Great Britain insists upon acceptance of ...

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  15. CUMMERUNGA MISSION STATION.

    At the Moama police court yesterday, George Harris, manager of the Cummerungs Mission Station, was proceeded against by the rabbit inspector for neglecting to destroy ...

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  16. THE CHURCHES.

    The net result of the spring festival in aid of the Methodist Church funds was over £41. The work of enlarging the church is approaching completion. ...

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  17. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    M. Fleischer, Superintendent of the Ameer of Afghanistan's arms factory, the only European in Afghanistan, has been murdered at Dakka by the chief of ...

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  18. THE RUSSIAN STRENGTH.

    The disinclination of reservists to join the colours is general throughout Russia. It is believed that 20,000 reservists have escaped from service. ...

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  19. FATAL ELECTION RIOTS.

    Three persons were killed in election riots in Kentucky, and seven persons were killed in election riots in various other States. ...

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  20. THE HOSPITALS.

    At the last meeting of the hospital committee a letter was read from Mr. R. H. Landale, offering a donation of £200 towards the funds of the institution, conditionally ...

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  21. CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES.

    John Creighton, 19, was drowned in the Hunter River near Belmore Bridge this afternoon. Together with three others he had tramped from Sydney looking for ...

    Article : 79 words
  22. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

    Last night the Oddfellows held a large procession, a public meeting, and a social, presided over by Provincial Grandmaster Connors. Brothers Walter Bowd and Edward ...

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  23. KILLED BY A FALL OF EARTH.

    Adolph Croning, a miner, employed at the New Chum Mine, Croydon, was killed on Tuesday by a fall of earth. ...

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  24. ALEXEIEFF'S RETURN.

    Admiral Alexeleff, the Russian Viceroy, Who is returning to St. Petersburg from Manchuria, passed through Siberia in the seclusion of a special saloon carriage. He ...

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  25. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day the amendments to the Closer Settlement Bill made in the Council were dealt with. The bill was returned to the Council. The ...

    Article : 443 words
  26. BOY KILLED BY A TRAIN.

    The express train from Port Adelaide to the city last evening cut a boy named Michael Seawood M'Manus to pieces. He was crossing the line with two other boys, in the rear of ...

    Article : 209 words
  27. GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.

    M. Nemirovitch Dantchenko is a Russian war correspondent, and he has written many picturesque impressions of the war in the East. General Kuropatkin evidently ...

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  28. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    There are nine Russian colliers at Dakar, Senegal, French West Africa, ready to coal that section of the Baltic fleet proceeding to the Far East by the Cape route. ...

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  29. VICTORIA.

    Actuarles have reported that in order to properly maintain the widows' and orphans' fund of the Presbyterian Church, an increased rate will be necessary, and accordingly at the ...

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  30. THE WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales to-day the catalogue, though not large, contained one or two notably good clips, and competition was extremely brisk, the market being very firm ...

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  31. SYDNEY CITY MISSION.

    Picturesque sketches and an excellent description of the Russo-Japanese war by aid of the limelight lantern and a large number of beautifully coloured views were given in ...

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  32. TASMANIA.

    The brig Edward, 281 tons, from Melbourne, which some months ago put back to port here badly leaking, and was sold in July for £65, came off the slip to-day. thoroughly ...

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  33. A CUSTOMS APPEAL CASE.

    The Full Bench of the High Court yesterday decided against the Customs Department in an appeal against the action of Mr. Murphy, P.M., in dismissing a charge against ...

    Article : 65 words
  34. COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION.

    The news from Manchuria throws little light upon the situation. It was unquestionable recently that the Japanese had carried their trenches well forward to It-shan ...

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  35. A SATISFACTORY STATEMENT.

    The "Times" says that the statement of the Marquis of Lansdowne is satisfactory. ...

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  36. MINERS' HOMES.

    The Stanford-Merthyr Progress Committee has complained of the action of the East Greta Coal Company in making a charge of 6d per week to employees of Stanford-Merthyr ...

    Article : 255 words
  37. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH.

    Mrs. Annie Corrigan, Middle Northcote, had a narrow escape from death this morning. She was crossing the Preston line when a train coming from Preston was approaching. ...

    Article : 82 words
  38. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MINES.

    A good deal of prospecting work is now being done at the bottom levels of the Boulder Main Root with, on the whole, very encouraging results. The drive travelling north on ...

    Article : 486 words
  39. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 210 words
  40. NEWCASTLE.

    In the Small Debts Court to-day John Eiff[?] sued the Newcastle Stevedoring Tug and Lighterage Company, Ltd., for the sum of 2s 6d, alleged to be due for working part of a ...

    Article : 425 words
  41. QUEENSLAND.

    The success of the Austral festival at Toowoomba reached its culminating point at the evening session, when the Austral Hall was filled. It is estimated that nearly 7000 ...

    Article : 166 words
  42. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Legislative Council to-day, the Queensland National Bank Agreement Bill was read the third time. The Mining Companies Bill passed its second reading. ...

    Article : 106 words
  43. DESTRUCTIVE HAILSTORM.

    There was an immense fall of large hail and heavy rain during a thunderstorm this afternoon. It is feared that great destruction will result to the fruit crops. ...

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  44. R.M.S. ORONTES AT FREMANTLE.

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  45. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the Legislative Council yesterday, a bill to provide that a certain proportion of a testator's estate must be left to the family was rejected. The Iron Blow Private Railway Bill ...

    Article : 276 words
  46. THE BIRTH-RATE PROBLEM

    Mr. W. M'Lean, the Victorian Government Statist, does not agree with the conclusion arrived at by the New South Wales Commission as to the cause of the decline in the ...

    Article : 282 words
  47. IMMIGRATION.

    The Chief Secretary's Department has received information from the Agent-General that the steamer Ninev[?]eh sailed from London on October 25 with 48 immigrants foi ...

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  48. TRADES AND LABOUR.

    Some time ago the Coal Lumpers' Union filed certain claims in the Arbitration Court against the Coal Stevedores' Association, among them being a demand for payment at ...

    Article : 108 words
  49. MELBOURNE FRUIT MARKET.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 57 words
  50. THE COAL EXPORT TRADE.

    The steamer Lady Mildred cleared at the Customs to-day for Adelaide with 3500 tons of coal; the steamer [?] for Wellington, via Sydney, with 1500 tons of coal and a ...

    Article : 106 words
  51. IT IS JUST BECAUSE

    they are so incomparably pure and wholesome that ARNOTT'S Milk Arrow[?] Biscuits are the recognised food for infants and children. —Advt. ...

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  52. LATE SHIPPING.

    Tyrian, s, [?] tons, Captain J. D. Joy, [?] Townsville, via ports, Howard Smith Company, Ltd., agents. Marrickville Cottage Hospital matron's report for ...

    Article : 44 words
  53. MORE OF ARNOTT'S.

    MILK ARROWROOT BISCUITS are sold in New South Wales than the total output of all other factories.—Advt. ...

    Article : 24 words
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