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  2. STATE ELECTIONS

    It is expected that at the special meeting of the Cabinet summoned for to-day, the Premier will make a definate announcement as to whether he intends to resign, or ...

    Article : 419 words
  3. POLITICAL FINANCE.

    "I do not want to give you a dissertation upon the financial iniquities of the present Government," was the preliminary remark of Mr. John Hughes, M.L.C., in addressing a ...

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  4. FEDERAL POLITICAL SITUATION.

    The weekly meeting of Labour on the matter of the Ministerial party was held to-day. A communication was received from Mr. Doakin, intimating that Mr. Watson's letter ...

    Article : 304 words
  5. THE CANADIAN BUDGET.

    Mr. W. S. Fielding, Minister for Finance of Canada, delivered his budget speech in the Dominion House of Commons last night. ...

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  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Armed Moors entered the house of an Englishman in Tangier in the daytime during his absence. The Englishman's wife was compelied to surrender two ...

    Article : 335 words
  7. THE WAR.

    'According to French advices the common sense of the Czar triumphed over court intrigues, and he trusted to the Judgment of General Kuropatkin in the ...

    Article : 86 words
  8. PROTECTION OF THE RAILWAY.

    China has vainly protested against the proclamation issued in February by Admiral Alexeleff, the Russian Viceroy in the Far East, calling upon the people of ...

    Article : 49 words
  9. COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION.

    A Chinest escapee from Port Arthur gives a startling account of the state of affairs there. As the fortress is shortly to be attacked, a few enlightening points may be noted. From ...

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  10. SURRY HILLS.

    Mr. John Norton, M.L.A., opened his campaign as a candidate for Surry Hills last night. He was announced to speak at St. David's Hall, Arthur-street, but long before ...

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  11. THE INVESTMENT OF PORT ARTHUR.

    Reports have been received from Chi-fu to the effect that the Russian fleet made a [?]ortie last night, and that heavy firing was beard for several hours. ...

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  12. A THREE MILLION SURPLUS.

    The surplus of Canada at the end of June will, it is estimated, amount to £3,800,000. ...

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  13. QUEENSLAND.

    A strike has occurred at Townsville among the lifters, a small body of men who attend to the condition of the wheels and axies of rolling stock at the railway workshops. ...

    Article : 142 words
  14. CLEARING TA-LIEN-WAN BAY.

    Admiral Togo reports that he has discovered and exploded 41 mines in Ta-lienwan Bay. ...

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  15. GERMAN PACIFIC CABLE.

    A German-Dutch cable company, with a capital of £3,500,000, has been formed for the purpose of connecting the Dutch East Indies with the Pelew Islands and Guam, ...

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  16. A SEAT FOR MR. WISE.

    Rumours were current, in town to-day that Mr. Gormly had decided to retire from politics, and that the seat would be contested by the Attorney-General. ...

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  17. THE KIDNAPPING VENTURE.

    The "Daily Chronicle" publishes n thrilling account of the kidnapping of Mr. Perdicaris and his son-in-law, Mr. Varley, from the former's home near Tangier. ...

    Article : 81 words
  18. THE PORT ARTHUR SQUADRON.

    The Tokio correspondent of the "Times" reports that considering the frequent explosions in Fort Arthur and the attempts to clear the fairway of mines it is believed ...

    Article : 66 words
  19. LIBERALAND REFORM ASSOCIATION.

    The council of the Liberal and Reform Association met yesterday Mr. J. H. Carruthers presiding. The following selections of candidates were made:— ...

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  20. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. P. F. Warner, who captained the Marylebone cricket team which recently visited Australia, has been married at Marylebone Church to Miss Blythe. There ...

    Article : 132 words
  21. CHINESE AND SUGAR CULTIVATION.

    A statement was recently published to the effect that a number of Chinese had been engaged by the Proserpine Central Mill. Mr. Kidston stated to-day that inquiries he had ...

    Article : 207 words
  22. NEWCASTLE.

    The German steamer Flensburg cleared at the Customa to-day for Singapore, via Sydney, with 5500 tons of mixed coals; the steamer Kadina, for Port P[?], via Sydney, with 4000 tons; and the steamer Indrad[?], ...

    Article : 121 words
  23. MR. PERDICARIS ILL.

    Mr. Perdicaris is ill. Efforts are being made to obtain a safe conduct for a doctor to visit him. ...

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  24. THE SUNKEN GUNBOAT.

    Admiral Togo reports that the gunboat sunk by a Japanese mine off Port Arthur was of the Gremiatschy class, not of the Gilyak class. ...

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  25. THE NEW SOUTH WALES ALLIANCE.

    The council met on Tuesday at its rooms. There was a large attendance. Canon Boyce the chairman said that he had, in answer to an inquiry, been courteously informed by ...

    Article : 510 words
  26. PROPOSED AMERICAN OCCUPATION.

    The United States battleship Illinois, 11,505 tons, has been ordered to join the American squadron in European waters. Americans talk of occupying a Moroccan ...

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  27. ANOTHER ISLAND WRECK.

    The French three-masted barque Tourville. in command of Captain L. Ivon, bound, from Nagasaki, Japan, in ballast, to Th[?]o, on the eastern coast of New Caledonia, was ...

    Article : 162 words
  28. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 1½d per oz standard, a fall of [?]d since yesterday. ...

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  29. FIGHTING IN THIBET.

    A strong force of Thibetans yesterday attacked Khang-ma, south of Gyangtse, on the British communications. The Thibetans were repulsed, one Gurkha being ...

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  30. VICTORIA.

    At a meeting of the State Labour party in the Legislative Assembly yesterday evening, Mr. G. Prendergast was elected leader, vice Mr. Bromley, who is in bad health. It ...

    Article : 54 words
  31. AN ESCAPE FROM THE PORT.

    Lest the discontent of the soldiers with their rations and other facts of the actual conditions at Port Arthur should be revealed, Chinese are not allowed to quit the ...

    Article : 63 words
  32. THE TALLOW SALES.

    At the sale of Australian tallow to-day 1750 casks were offered, and 1000 were sold. Prices of all kinds were unchanged as follows:—Mutton, fine 26s, medium 23s 3d; beef, fine 25s 3d, ...

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  33. CLAIM OF A UNION.

    There was some talk last week of the Coal Trimmers' Union demanding 3s per hour for working on Friday, which, though the actual anniversary of the Prince of Wales' Birthday, ...

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  34. NEW ZEALAND.

    Dr. Pigeon, of the Pacific cable steamer Iris, has been appointed resident medical officer of Chatham Islands. The Bruce Licensing Committee has resigned. ...

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  35. ANGLO-FRENCH ENTENTE.

    Mr. Thomas Barclay, a former president of the British Chamber of Commerce in Paris, in the course of a letter to the "Matin," hopes that Great Britain and ...

    Article : 115 words
  36. THE VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    At a meeting of the supporters of the State Government held this evening at Parliament House, it was decided by 26 votes to 11 that the Speaker should be nominated from the ...

    Article : 131 words
  37. OPERATIONS IN KOREA

    The Russians at Ham-heung, on the eastern coast of Korea, are proceeding to the south-west. On their way they speared with their lances a prefect for ...

    Article : 56 words
  38. TASMANIA v VICTORIA.

    The judgment of the High Court of Australia was given to-day in the special case agreed on by the parties in the action of the State of Tasmania against the State of Victoria and ...

    Article : 586 words
  39. THE VICTORIAN REFERENDUM.

    Additional returns of the referendum on Scripture instruction in State schools bring the totals out as follow:— (1) Are you in favour of the Education Act ...

    Article : 132 words
  40. A CORRESPONDENT KILLED.

    Chinese soldiers fired at Mr. Lewis Etzel, the "Daily Telegraph's" correspondent at Tientsin, and Mr. Ernest Brindle, the "Daily Mail's" correspondent at ...

    Article : 98 words
  41. IS IT REFORM?

    Sir,—In reply to Mr. H. C. M. Garling's query, permit me to answer, "Yes, decidedly so." The programme of the Liberal and Referm Association was framed in accordance ...

    Article : 561 words
  42. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 333 words
  43. THE FRENCH ARMY.

    The French Chamber of Deputies has by a majority of 506 votes to 68 rejected a proposal to substitute a National Militia for the army. ...

    Article : 64 words
  44. WOMEN IN POLITICS.

    Miss Rose Scott has issued a manifesto to women electors, in the course of which she writes:— You are often asked, as I have been, to join ...

    Article : 611 words
  45. JAPAN AND AMERICA.

    Baron Kaneko, formerly Japanese Minister for Agriculture and Commerce, is on an unofficial mission to the United States, and is trying to promote an economic ...

    Article : 70 words
  46. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    Speaking in the debate on the Address in Reply in the Legislative Council to-day Mr. Barlow[?]referring to the statement that Mr. Balley the Colonial Botanist, had been retrenched, ...

    Article : 296 words
  47. THE SURVIVOR'S STORY.

    Mr. Ernest Brindle, the correspondent of the "Dally Mail," fired on by Chinese soldiers, has escaped. Mr. Brindle has telegraphed that the ...

    Article : 93 words
  48. A NEW STEAMER.

    The new steamer Navua, belonging to the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, has been launched at Glasgow. [The Navua has been specially designed and ...

    Article : 235 words
  49. ENGLISH LICENSING BILL.

    The House of Commons last night rejected by 98 votes the proposed amendment to the compensation clause of the Licensing Bill providing for a time limic ...

    Article : 55 words
  50. RAINS IN QUEENSLAND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 87 words
  51. GENERAL NEWS

    Russian reservists who have been largely employed in industrial enterprises have been sent to the front because if is suspected that they are more disaffected ...

    Article : 50 words
  52. BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.

    The total imports into the United Kingdom in the month of May showed an increase of £2,864,992 as compared with those of May, 1903, and the exports an increase ...

    Article : 44 words
  53. STATION REPORTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 43 words
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