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  2. ELECTION CAMPAIGN.

    The executive of the Liberal and Reform Association will to-day consider the party's position in some of the metropolitan electorates, including King, Philip, and Leichhardt. ...

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  3. PRINCE OF WALES' BIRTHDAY.

    Although it can scarcely be admitted that the citizens of Sydney and its environs indulged in general festivity yesterday to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of the ...

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  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Reuter's correspondent at St. Petersburg says that Russia, in the course of correspondence, has received from Great Britain satisfactory assurances regarding the scope ...

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  5. THE WAR.

    It is announced at Tokio that a Russian gunboat of the Gilyak type was torpedoed and destroyed on Saturday at Port Arthur. [The Gilyak (of which the destroyed vessel ...

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  6. AN OUTPOST SKIRMISH.

    General Kuroki reports that a detachment from Ai-yang, whilst reconnoitring towards Samachi (20 miles east of the Motien-ling) had a brisk fight with 600 ...

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  7. AT VLADIVOSTOCK.

    The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Matin" (Paris) gives particulars of the circumstances connected with the stranding of the protected cruiser Bogatyr, which ...

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  8. AMONG THE SHIPPING.

    The whole of the warships in port, as well as a large number of merchantmen, were yesterday gaily dressed with bunting in honour of the Prince of Wales. Fort Denison and ...

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  9. THE BALKANS.

    Whilst a train was approaching Salonika, Macedonia, an explosion of an infernal machine took place, wrecking the conductor's car. ...

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  10. TRAM AND TRAIN TRAFFIC.

    The railway traffic yesterday was heavy, and showed an increase on that of the same holiday last year. The total number of passengers who travelled over the different ...

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  11. THE INVESTMENT.

    The Japanese base has been transferred to Dainy and Talienwan. Troops landed at Dainy are proceeding along both coasts (east and west of the ...

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  12. MOROCCO.

    Two Spanish battleships and cruisers have gone to Tangiers, Morocco. ...

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  13. OPERATIONS IN KOREA.

    Japanese scouts intercepted Cossacks approaching Gen-san, on the east coast of Korea, and compelled them to retire after killing five. ...

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  14. COBDEN CELEBRATIONS.

    The "Times" says that the Cobden centenary celebrations were transformed into a great party demonstration, and from this standpoint they were weak, because they ...

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  15. IN THE COUNTRY.

    ALSTONVILLE.—The Alstonville Athletic Club held a day's sports. There was a large attendance of spectators. The principal events were:—Opening handicap, won by Taylor; the Alsonville handicap, Bradley; the ...

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  16. QUEENSLAND.

    Delegates to the Builders' Conference, which will commence to-morrow, arrived from the southern States by mail train to-night. They were met by Mr. Rees (Mayor of Brisbane), ...

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  17. CAMPAIGN INCIDENTS.

    The "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Nagasaki wires:—"A wounded Japanese officer has informed me that a party o. Russians at Nan-shan were ...

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  18. DISASTROUS EXPLOSION.

    An explosion has taken place at the Caining Distillery at Peoria, Illinois said to be the second largest distillery in the world—burying and ...

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  19. TRAIN, TRAM, AND STEAMER EXCURSIONS.

    For a winter holiday, the number of persons who visited the harbour resorts was estimated to be well up to the average. The bright and calm weather which prevailed caused several ...

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  20. GOOD TEMPLAR SELECTIONS.

    A special meeting of the political council and electoral representatives of the Independent Order of Good Templars was held on Saturday evening, to take into ...

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  21. ATTEMPTS AT RELIEF.

    Advices from Tokio state that large bodies of Russians are advancing south towards Kaiping (on the railway in the northern portion of the Laio-tung). ...

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  22. ATTACK ON COUNT LAMSDORFF.

    The "Times" says that the assailant of Count Lamsdorff was not Prince Dalgorouki, who was married in England, but another of the same name. ...

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  23. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    This morning, in the presence of a large concourse of people, the State Governor, Sir George Le Hunte, unveiled a national memorial to the South Australians who fell in the ...

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  24. COMPETITIVE ATLANTIC RATES.

    It is stated at Buda Pesth that the Cunard Company, which entered into an agreement with the Hungarian Government to convey emigrants to the United ...

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  25. CABLE TO THE CONSUL.

    Mr. K. Iwasaki, Acting Consul-General in Australia for Japan, received the following cable last night from Baron Komura, Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs:— ...

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  26. ROBBERY OF £12,000.

    George Marshall, a solicitor, from whom it was alleged bank notes of the value of £12,000, the property of the Duke of Newcastle, had been stolen, has been ...

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  27. NEWCASTLE.

    Owing to the holiday the collieries were all idle to-day and there was no work at the cranes. During the fortnight ended on Saturday about one-half of the collieries worked half-time, but for the ...

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  28. THE NORTHERN SUBURBS.

    Large crowds of holiday-makers visited the numerous holiday resorts on the north shore of the harbour yesterday. The train and tramway traffic was unusually large, but the extra ...

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  29. THE CAMPERDOWN ELECTORATE.

    Mr. Carruthers says that Mr. John Salmon has mistaken the situation in the way he puts it. The facts are that the local branch selected Mr. Clegg some time in April (early), ...

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  30. MURDER OF A WOMAN.

    Victorine Girlaut and her lover, Henri Bassot, have been found guilty of the murder of the mistress of the former, Madame Eugenie Fougere, at Aix-les ...

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  31. COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION.

    The plans of Kuropatkin are presented in a light to-day which outrivals the glamour that has hitherto concentrated attention almost entirely upon the development of the strategic ...

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  32. MINERS' DELEGATE BOARD.

    The Miners' Delegate Board has carried a resolution to the effect that a ballot shall be taken throughout the district before the proposed new agreement is signed. This is the district agreement which was ...

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  33. IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS.

    The pleasant weather conditions were largely availed of for outdoor amusements, picnics and the like, in the Western suburbs. Coursing at Belmore attracted a good ...

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  34. PERSONAL.

    Their Excellencies Lord and Lady Northcote will this evening attend the reception given by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress at the Town Hall. ...

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  35. MESSAGES FROM THE FORTRESS.

    A Japanese cruiser reports that four masts, one bearing wireless telegraphic instruments and a sentry-box at the top, are at Liao-ti-shan, at the bead of Korea ...

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  36. THE COTTON MARKET.

    There have been heavy sales of cotton in New York under continued "bear" pressure. Sales closed from 26 to 45 points lower. ...

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  37. FATALITY AT MINMI.

    About 4.30 p.m. to-day a man named Jas. M'Whinny, employed on the Richmond Vale. Minmi railway, was killed whilst at work in Keldy's cutting, which is about three miles from Minmi. It appears that a mass ...

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  38. THEATRES AND CONCERTS.

    The holiday evening was a great theatregoing night. The national exchequer may be comparatively empty, but the people's privy purse always seems to have a few coins left ...

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  39. TATTERSALL'S CLUB.

    Members of Tatterall's Club moved to-day from their old premises in King-street to the new club rooms in Market-street, adjoining the Central Hotel erected by Tooth and Co. Ltd. The event was celebrated ...

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  40. CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

    The match at the Old Trafford Ground, Manchester, between Lancashire and Surrey, resulted in the defeat of the latter in a single innings. ...

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  41. REMARKABLE DEATH AT CALLAN PARK.

    There was a remarkable occurrence at Callan Park Asylum on Saturday evening, when an inmate named Johanna Fitzgerald met her death under most peculiar circumstances. The ...

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  42. THE HOLIDAY.

    To-day was generally observed as a holiday, but the weather was too cold to permit of the usual outdoor amusements, and the trams and trains were only moderately patronised. The steamer Namoi made ...

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  43. AN OFFENSIVE CAMPAIGN.

    There is growing uneasiness in Russia. French adivces from St. Petersburg are to the effect that the Grand Council of the General Staff has resolved upon ...

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  44. BOTANY.

    A correspondent complains about the delay of the selection executive in dealing with the appeal of Mr. Fallick, M.L.A., against the selection of Mr. Anderson. ...

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  45. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. Rupert Bunny, the Victorian artist, has been elected an associate of the Champ de Mars. ...

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  46. ISLAND NEWS.

    The Melanesian mission steamer Southern Cross arrived from the islands this afternoon, having visited all the stations. She brings a fair report. Her passengers are the Revs. ...

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  47. PARRAMATTA.

    A meeting of the Parramatta branch of the Liberal and Reform League was held in the local School of Arts on Friday evening, Alderman Champion presiding. A long discuss on ...

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  48. CHARITY IN FUN'S DISGUISE.

    For the purpose of assisting the funds of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, the members of the Victoria Park Club arranged a fancy dress match, which took place yesterday ...

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  49. VICTORIA.

    Mr. W. H. Irvine's election committee at Nhill have received a cable message from Mr. Irvine as follows:—"Convey to electors my gratitude for continued confidence." ...

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