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  2. THE COMMONWEALTH PARLIAMENT.

    The Senate chamber was crowded in the parts specially reserved for members, and, as is usual on such occasions, there were more ladies than gentlemen. The advance guard ...

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  3. SECOND EDITION

    Shortly before 3 o'clock this morning a fire broke out in J. H. Patey's joinery workshop in Bolton-street, Newcastle. The outbreak originated at the rear of the premises, and the ...

    Article : 101 words
  4. THE ENGLISH MAIL STEAMERS.

    Mr. GLYNN (S.A.), in the House of Representatives this morning directed attention to the cabled announcement that the P. and O. Company was thinking of dropping its mail ...

    Article : 498 words
  5. RUSSIA.

    The "Temps," of Paris, affirms that Prince Sviatopolk-Mirski, the Russian Minister of the Interior, has been given a free hand for awhile in the introduction of his ...

    Article : 183 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The "Daily Chronicle" asks after the avowal of Mr. J. C. Watson, the leader of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament, that he is not inclined to reduce the duties ...

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  7. THE WAR.

    The St. Petersburg correspondent, of the "Temps," of Paris, reports that it is stated in official circles that the news from the Far East is unsatisfactory. It is ...

    Article : 169 words
  8. OPINIONS IN COMMERCIAL CIRCLES.

    The step contemplated by the Orient Steam Navigation Company of omitting Port Adolaide as a place of call by their steamers, failing the acceptance of their mail tender ...

    Article : 104 words
  9. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    The Legislative Assembly continued to sit after our first edition went to press. On the vote for the railways. Mr. M'GOWEN moved "that the vote be ...

    Article : 341 words
  10. CLOSER SETTLEMENT.

    Shortly after the Legislative Council met yesterday the order of the day for the second roading of the Closer Settlement Bill was called. ...

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  11. SPEECH BY SIR EDWARD GREY.

    Sir Edward Grey, M.P. (Liberal), addressing his constituents at Kendall, Westmoreland, last evening, said that Mr. Balfour's colonial conference was foredoomed ...

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  12. SENTENCED FOR SACRILEGE.

    A Russian named Stojan, who stole the famous ikon, "Our Lady of Kazan," has been convicted and sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment. He had an accomplice, who ...

    Article : 240 words
  13. AT PORT ARTHUR.

    It is officially announced at Tokio that on Tuesday the bombardment by the Japanese at Port Arthur was principally aimed at Tiger's Tail. The torpedo depot and ...

    Article : 199 words
  14. TAXATION OF RAW MATERIAL.

    Mr. St. John Brodrick, the Secretary of State for India, speaking at Windsor yesterday, reminded Mr. H. H. Asquith, who had made the statement in his Preston ...

    Article : 79 words
  15. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 3 15-16d per ounce standard, a fall of 1-16d since Tuesday. ...

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  16. FEDERAL CAPITAL SITE.

    Mr. Watson, M.P., made a statement to-day on the subject, of the action of the New South Wales Parliament in striking Dalgety out of the list of sites which are to be offered ...

    Article : 512 words
  17. SUBJECTS FOR THE CONFERENCE.

    The "Daily Telegraph" in a leading article suggests that the matter of the Australian malls would be a good subject for the colonial conference, together with the ...

    Article : 43 words
  18. DISCUSSION IN THE SENATE.

    When the Senate met at noon Senator NEILD (N.S.W.) moved the adjournment in order to direct attention to the threatened discontinuance of the regular transmission ...

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  19. LORD GEORGE HAMILTON.

    Lord George Hamilton, who has represented the Ealing-Division of Middlesex in the Conservative interest since 1885, wil not contest the constituency at the next ...

    Article : 56 words
  20. THE REVIVAL IN WALES.

    The religious revival in Wales has lulled the revolt against the Education Act. The chapels are crowded night and day by, extraordinarily fervent congregations. ...

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  21. EASTERN FLEET'S END.

    Despite the action of the Russian censors, news of the destruction of the Port Arthur fleet is spreading in Russia, and there is general indignation at its inglorious ...

    Article : 57 words
  22. MISSION TO AFGHANISTAN.

    Mr. Louis Dune, who heads the Indian mission to Afghanistan, has had everywhere on his journey a cordial welcome. He has arrived at Kabul. ...

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  23. THE ARMY.

    The "Times" contains a long article on the rearming of the Royal Artillery. The article deals with the refusal of the Treasury to find money for the new quickfirers ...

    Article : 131 words
  24. THE BALTIC FLEET.

    Vice-Admiral Rozhdestvensky, with the main squadron of the Baltic Fleet, is at Angra Pequena, on the coast of Portuguese West Africa. He is coaling from colliers. ...

    Article : 99 words
  25. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The British India steamer Satara arrived in the roadstead unexpectedly this afternoon. She left Fromantle on December it for Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, and Queensland ...

    Article : 125 words
  26. DINNER TO LONDON WAIFS.

    One hundred and twenty-five pounds has been contributed by members and friends oil the Children's Sunbeam Society for the tenth annual dinner to London waifs. ...

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  27. RUSSIAN NAVAL INTENTIONS.

    The Black Sea fleet will be on a war footing in two months. The crews are being given extra gun drills. The Russian cruiser Askold, 5905 tons, ...

    Article : 77 words
  28. THE QUALITY OF THE TROOPS.

    Mr. Arnold Forster, the Secretary of State for War, in a letter to the "Times," writes that both in men and material the army reaches extremes of quality, good ...

    Article : 121 words
  29. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    At the Criminal Court Charles H. Spargo was sentenced to three years' gaol on a charge of obtaining valuable securites from Thomas Hooper by personal violence. Spargo took ...

    Article : 84 words
  30. VICTORIA.

    When passing sentence at Bendigo to-day on a youth convicted of porjury, the Chief Justice said never a sitting of the Court passed at which the statute under which accused ...

    Article : 128 words
  31. WORK OF THE SESSION.

    The Federal Parliament closed yesterday, afternoon, and one of the most unprofitable sessions which has been known in Australia ended. If a lot of work had not been crowded ...

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  32. CABLE TO THE CONSUL.

    Mr. K. Iwasaki, Acting Consul-General for Japan, yesterday received the following cablegram from Baron Komura, the Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs:— ...

    Article : 193 words
  33. DEATH FOLLOWING AN ARREST.

    On December 5 John Murphy, a sailor from the British ship Caradoc, was arrested at Fremantie by Constables Hughes and Harris for disorderly conduct in the street. While ...

    Article : 145 words
  34. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A destructive fire has occurred in the retail district of Minneapolis, in the United States. Three men were killed, and property valued at £600,000 was destroyed. ...

    Article : 131 words
  35. NEW ZEALAND.

    Important decisions were given in the Magistrates' Court to-day affacting the status of a bona fide traveller, which has been somewhat dubious since the Licensing Act ...

    Article : 148 words
  36. BUTTER COMMISSION.

    Evidence as to the value of the co-oporative system as applied to the production and marketing of butter was given at to-day's sitting of the Butter Commission by Mr. R. P. ...

    Article : 278 words
  37. BUSH FIRES.

    Yesterday's excessive heat was responsible for a number of bush and grass fires in the suburbs. The fire brigades were kept busy, no fewer than eight calls being received. In ...

    Article : 199 words
  38. A MILLIONAIRE'S GIFT.

    Mr. J. D. Rockefeller, the multi-millionaire, as a Christmas gift to Chicago University, has presented £500,000 to the School of Engineering. ...

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  39. COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION.

    The interesting impressions of an Italian critic which were given yesterday in this column threw a strong light upon the personnel of the Russian General Staff. It is ...

    Article : 1,504 words
  40. LATE MINING.

    The directors of the Hainault Company have doclared a dividend of is a share free of income tax, payable on December 30, to shareholders registered on the 16th inst. Both ...

    Article : 192 words
  41. AUSTRALIAN WINE TRADE.

    "Statistician," writing in "St. James's Gazette," states that the British imports of Australian wine during the first 11 months of 1904 increased by 31,732 gallons, ...

    Article : 75 words
  42. NAVAL REDISTRIBUTION.

    The Admiralty is withdrawing from the Mediterranean fleet the battleships Albemarle, Cornwallis, Duncan, and Montagu (each of 14,000 tons), and adding ...

    Article : 33 words
  43. IT IS JUST BECAUSE

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

    Article : 27 words
  44. MORE OF ARNOTT'S

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

    Article : 23 words
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