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  2. REMARKABLE WEATHER. RAINS IN THE NORTH.

    Sensational falls of rain have occurred over a very large area of the north-eastern quarter of the State. It is many years since such heavy falls were recorded, ...

    Article : 648 words
  3. THE COMMONWEALTH. OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.

    The arrangements for the opening of Parliament on Wednesday have been completed. Members of each House will assemble at 2.30 p.m., and the proclamation calling the Houses ...

    Article : 162 words
  4. SECOND EDITION

    It now transpires that the man balled up at the Croesus South mine was Archie Learmonth, employed at the tailing dump. The story told to the police by him is that about ...

    Article : 186 words
  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The committee appointed to advise as to the method of reform of the War Office, consisting of Viscount Esher, Admiral Sir John Fisher, and Colonel Sir George ...

    Article : 367 words
  6. RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. BELLIGERENTS IN KOREA.

    Japanese infantry encountered a detachment of Russian cavalry to the north of Ping-yang, in Korea. After a sharp f[?][?]llade on both sides the Russians retired. ...

    Article : 69 words
  7. RUSSIAN RAILWAY DIFFICULTIES.

    Fugitives in Siberia are crowding all the trains for Europe. Their aspect is most pitiable. There are long stoppages en route. ...

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  8. THE NYSSHIN AND KASUGA.

    A dull grey tropical day, with a dirty-coloured sea and sky, with the streets of Singapore rocking with mud and slush which spatters the very cosmopolitan crowd who are ...

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  9. EDEN-MONARO DIVISION.

    The Chief Electoral Officer advises that Mr. Austin Chapman, in reply to a communication enclosing a letter from the Bega Vigilance Association, urging that Bega should be made ...

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  10. RUSSIANS ON PAROLE.

    Russia has agreed to the conditions for the release on parole of the survivors of the cruiser Varyag and gunboat Corcetz, rescued by H.M.S. Talbot and the French ...

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  11. TASMANIA. A PROSPECTOR LOST.

    Mr. Frank Thom, a prospector, was lost in the bush on Tuesday, and was brought into Waratah Hospital last night in a very emaciated condition, having slept in hollow logs ...

    Article : 78 words
  12. FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS FOR THE FAR EAST.

    France has warned 2000 men of her Colonial Infantry Division to be ready to start for Indo-China by March 15. [The above appeared in a portion of yesterday's issue.] ...

    Article : 39 words
  13. OFFICERS OF PARLIAMENT.

    There is absolutely no speculation as to who will probably be the Speaker in the House of Representatives, as members of all sides appear to be agreed that Sir Frederick Holder ...

    Article : 403 words
  14. FOURTH TEST MATCH. BEHAVIOUR OF THE CROWD.

    English newspapers comment upon the behaviour of the crowd at the fourth test match at Sydney on Saturday. "Sporting Life" says: "It is a pity the ...

    Article : 265 words
  15. ANOTHER BRITISH STEAMER, STOPPED.

    A Russian warship in the Red Sea, north of Perim, stopped and searched the British steamer Benalder, 3044 tons (W. Thomson and Co.), bound for Yokohama. ...

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  16. DEATH FROM ELECTRIC SHOCK.

    An inquiry into the death of Frederick Occleshaw, who was killed at the reducing works on Saturday, was held to-day, when the jury returned[?]verdict that deceased met with ...

    Article : 161 words
  17. RUSSIANS ATTACK KOREANS.

    Russians attacked Korean soldiers in the neighbourhood of Ham-heung, on the north-east coast of Korea. The Koreans were dispersed. ...

    Article : 114 words
  18. CABLE TO JAPANESE CONSUL.

    The Japanese Acting Consul-General yesterday received the following cablegram from Baron Komura, Minister for Foreign Affairs, at Tokio:—"At 9 o'clock on Sunday ...

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  19. SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A GIRL.

    The trial of the Macdonalds, who are charged of the wilful murder of Grace Macdonald, aged 15, at Longreach, commenced at the Supreme Court, Rockhampton, to-day. The ...

    Article : 341 words
  20. COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION.

    In North Korea the Russians have extended their front from sea to sea, for they are now heard of at Ham-heung, on the Pacific. Here they have mishandled some Korean troops on ...

    Article : 746 words
  21. THE INVASION OF KOREA.

    Russian and Japanese scouts in Korea have sighted each other at Sun-chen, 35 miles north of Ping-yang. [The above appeared in a portion of yesterday's issue.] ...

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  22. JAPANESE-KOREAN TREATY.

    The treaty concluded a few days ago between Japan and Korea has been published. The treaty definitely guarantees on the part of Japan the independence and ...

    Article : 83 words
  23. WICKET UNDER WATER.

    The Sydney Cricket Ground, which on Saturday was attended by 35,000 people, presented yesterday a beggarly array of empty benches. Intermittent rain fell Immediately stumps ...

    Article : 458 words
  24. THE ARMY ESTIMATES.

    The estimates of the War Office for 1904-5 were laid on the table of the House of Commons on Friday. The estimates amount to £28,900,000, and provide for ...

    Article : 241 words
  25. MAIL CONTRACTS AND PENNY POSTAGE.

    Sir Philip Fysh, in the course of conversation to-day, emphasised the fact that all idea of entering into a mail contract had been abandoned, and said that on February 1 next ...

    Article : 270 words
  26. A RUSSIAN TRAP.

    Since Friday the Russians have sent their cruisers out of Port Arthur in order to entice the Japanese fleet into shorter range, but the Japanese are too wary. The ...

    Article : 51 words
  27. HEAVIEST FALL SINCE 1893.

    The Acting Government Meteorologist (Mr. H. A. Hunt), upon being seen last evening by a "Herald" reporter, in regard to the extraordinary rainfall, explained that the excessive ...

    Article : 301 words
  28. MINING CATASTROPHE.

    A shocking accident occurred this morning at the Forest Creek Gold Reefs mine, C[?]wton, one man being killed instantly, and two others injured. A party of eight men, ...

    Article : 131 words
  29. THE FIRESHIPS' CREWS.

    The crews of the last two vessels used by the Japanese in the attempt to block Port Arthur, and sunk for that purpose, after igniting the fuses on the vessels escaped in ...

    Article : 71 words
  30. ELECTION PETITIONS AND THE HIGH COURT.

    The Chief Justice, Sir Samuel Griffith, will sit on Wednesday to hear applications in connection with the petitions against the return of members of the Federal Parliament. In ...

    Article : 217 words
  31. MR. DOWIE IN MELBOURNE.

    Some 250 persons, mostly women, attended the Rev. J. A. Dowie's meeting held in the Hibernian Hall this morning. Every care was taken to guard against the admission of any person likely to give ...

    Article : 710 words
  32. SOUTH AFRICA. THE IRRECONCILABLE BOERS.

    The Boers who were kept prisoners at Ahmednngar, India, and who refused to to take the oath of allegiance until persuaded to do so by Commandant Delarey, ...

    Article : 109 words
  33. THE DAMAGED BATTLESHIPS.

    It has transpired that the rent made in the battleship Retvizan in Port Arthur in the attack by the Japanese torpedo flotilla on February 8 is 40ft long. Patching has ...

    Article : 87 words
  34. FRANCO-SPANISH TREATY.

    M. Delcasse, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, has signed a treaty between France and Spain providing for the submission to arbitration of disputes of a ...

    Article : 36 words
  35. THE COUNTRY BENEFITED.

    An Immense extent of country has been covered by the remarkable rains recorded this morning. The monsoonal disturbance travelling south-east ...

    Article : 418 words
  36. DEFECTS OF PORT ARTHUR.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Rheinhold-Wagner, a German military expert, when originally engaged by the Chinese Government to report on Port Arthur as a naval base, pointed out what ...

    Article : 240 words
  37. THE PORT ARTHUR GARRISON.

    The "New York Herald" reports that 5000 men, by travelling day and night, have reinforced Port Arthur garrison. It is asserted that the garrison now ...

    Article : 50 words
  38. SENATE ELECTIONS.

    The Minister for Home Affairs, in support of his assertion made a few days ago that elected members of the Senate have obtained their seats by the votes of a minority of the ...

    Article : 394 words
  39. THE TRADE OF THE TRANSVAA[?],

    During 1903 the Imports of the Transvaal amounted in value to £19,500,000, against imports of the value of £13,000,000 in 1902. ...

    Article : 59 words
  40. BRITISH IN THIBET.

    The Russian reverses in the war with Japan are expected to facilitate the negotiations of Colonel Younghusband, the principal of the mission to Thibet, with ...

    Article : 48 words
  41. JAPANESE GUNBOAT SUNK.

    The Chifu correspondent of the "St. James's Gazette" reports that a Japanese gunboat was badly damaged during the bombardment of Port Arthur, and that she ...

    Article : 56 words
  42. AN ESTIMATE OF THE ENEMY.

    A Russian officer's estimate of the enemy just before matters got to an extreme tension: —"I know the Japanese well from long intercourse with them, and it is my judgment that ...

    Article : 169 words
  43. FRENCH CABINET DIFFERENCES.

    The revelations made by the "Figaro" of the part played by Russia in the Fashoda negotiations between Great Britain and France have caused differences among ...

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  44. QUEENSLAND. INTERSTATE EIGHT-OAR CHEW.

    The following 11 have been chosen to train for the interstate eight-oar race, to be rowed on the Brisbane River on May 7:—J. Deovy (Rockhampton), W. Eddy (Maryborough), D. ...

    Article : 97 words
  45. JAPANESE REFUGEES FROM PORT ARTHUR.

    The Tokio correspondent of the "Times" reports that 100 Japanese women, mostly the wives and daughters of respectable men, have arrived at Nagasaki from Port ...

    Article : 56 words
  46. COTTON-GROWING IN THE EMPIRE.

    Mr. St. John Brodrick, ' the Secretary of State for India, speaking at Manchester on Saturday, promised to stimulate cottongrowing in India. ...

    Article : 66 words
  47. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Glasgow authorities have decided that from April next they will close public-houses at 10 p.m. The late Mr. Edward Brook, sewing ...

    Article : 52 words
  48. RATE FOR WAR RISK.

    The Marine Underwriters" Association of South Australia has, in common with similar bodies in other States, adopted, on advice from the London Institute of Underwriters, a ...

    Article : 91 words
  49. SWIMMING REPRESENTATIVE.

    D. Gailey has been selected as the representative of Queensland at the Australasian swimming championships, to be decided in Sydney. F. W. Springfield will also be selected ...

    Article : 60 words
  50. THE BAIKAL RAILWAY.

    While steaming across the rails laid on the ice at Lake Baikal, Eastern Siberia, a locomotive of a train broke the ice, and fell through. ...

    Article : 30 words
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