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  2. THE NAVY ESTIMATES

    The tone of the debate on the Navy Estimates in the House of Commons has greatly pleased the French nation, as every allusion made in the debate to the ...

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  3. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The commission appointed by the Tariff Reform League has issued a very striking statistical memorandum of the relative decline of the trade of Great Britain as ...

    Article : 64 words
  4. RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. BLOCKADE OF VLADIVOSTOCK.

    The Japanese do not anticipate that there will be any important engagement south of the Yalu. There are indications that the Russians ...

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  5. THE COMMONWEALTH. THE FEDERAL SESSION.

    Senator Trenwith was very quietly received when he rose in the Senate to move the adoption of the Address in Reply, after preliminary business. Including sessional orders, ...

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  6. CRUISER DMITRI DONSKOI.

    The Russian armourea cruiser Dmitri Donskoi, 5882 tons, which asked for permission to stay a fortnight at Suez to allow of repairs being effected, has been allowed five ...

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  7. THE CRISIS IN THE EAST.

    The long-looked-for declaration of war has come at last, and from Japan. Yesterday news was received here that the Japanese Government had formally declared war ...

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  8. CONTRABAND OF WAR.

    The United States press hints there will be trouble if Russia enforces the principle of contraband of war in the harsh spirit of her declaration, especially regarding ...

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  9. BRITISH FINANCE.

    Mr. Austin Chamberlain, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, replying to a deputation from the Licensed Victuallers' Association yesterday, said that it was not intended ...

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  10. RUSSIA'S COMPLAINT.

    Japan, in an argumentative reply to the Circular Note sent to the Powers by Count Lamsdorff, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, alleging treachery on the part ...

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  11. SLAVE RAIDERS CAPTURED.

    Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. Gorringe, Governor of the Sennar province of the Soudan, with a small force of Soudanese, has pursued and captured 30 slave raiders ...

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  12. VICTORIA. GENERAL HUTTON'S VISIT TO TASMANIA.

    A general order issued from military headquarters to-day contains a reference to Major-General Hutton's recent visit to Tasmania. General Hutton expresses extreme ...

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  13. A RUSSIAN APOLOGY.

    Russia has apologised to the United States for stating that the commander of the American cruiser Vicksburg refused succour to the crew of the Russian cruiser ...

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  14. PLACATING THE KOREANS.

    The Japanese are paying liberally for everything in Korea, and are behaving with great orderliness. They are thus winning golden opinions from the ...

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  15. SIR F. HOLDER'S POSITION.

    Followiug up the point he raised yesterday in the House of Representatives, Mr. Mahon (W.A.) gave notice to move to-morrow,— "That in the opinion of this House Sir ...

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  16. FRENCH PREMIER'S POLICY.

    M. Combes, the Premier of France, in the course of an interview, expressed his determination to pursue his anti-clerical policy without separating Church and State. ...

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  17. PERSONAL.

    Bishop Reville, of Bendigo, is a passenger for Melbourne on the R.M.S. Ortona, which arrived at Fremantle yesterday. The funeral of the late Mr. W. Crispin, ...

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  18. COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION.

    According to Dr. Ernest Morrison, matters are beginning to move at Vladivostock. The indefatigable Admiral Togo is going to beat up the Lord of the East, which is the meaning ...

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  19. THE EDUCATION REFERENDUM.

    The Bishop of Melbourne suggests that at the proposed referendum on religious instruction in State schools the question should be stated as follows:"Are you in favour if ...

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  20. RUSSIANS ON THE YALU.

    The Russian forces at Antung, on the Manchurian shore of the mouth of the Yalu, number 2000 men. [Antung was reported by cable to be the ...

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  21. MR. DEAKIN'S POLICY.

    The "Times," in commenting upon the opening of the'Federal Parliament says that the fact of the Commonwealth Ministry placing preference to British trade in ...

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  22. BOARD OF WORKS LOAN.

    It is understood that the Metropolitan Board of Works will, at an early date, place a half million loan on the local market. ...

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  23. POSITION AT VLADIVOSTOCK.

    Dr. Morrison, the Peking correspondent of the "Times," reports that the garrison at Vladivostock numbers 7200 men, with four months provisions. Merchants and ...

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  24. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. GOVERNMENT PURCHASE OF TRAMWAYS.

    The Government has decided to take the necessary action to purchase various tram lines according to its legal powers, and if found necessary will introduce a measure to ...

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  25. TRANSFERRED SERVANTS.

    The Prime Minister, replying to Mr. Poynton (S.A.), in the House of Representatives to-day, said he hoped to be soon in a position to make a statement on the course to be ...

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  26. THE MALTA GARRISON.

    Two thousand troops have been ordered to join the garrison at Malta, thus bringing the forces there up to their effective strength. ...

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  27. RETURN OF KANAKAS.

    In the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Bamford (Q.), asked whether, taking into consideration the fact that recruiting Polynesians for Queensland had ceased, and that ...

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  28. THE INVESTMENT OF PORT ARTHUR.

    Advices from Washington state that the Japanese are preparing to land on the Liaotung Peninsula, and that they will begin the investment of Port Arthur in a ...

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  29. THE WINE DEPOT.

    The Treasurer received a cablegram from the Agent-General to-day stating that the syndicate which had been negotiating to purchase the London Wine Depot had paid in ...

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  30. TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION.

    A terrible explosion occurred yesterday on the works of a twenty-story building now in course of construction in New York. ...

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  31. EXPORT OF FRUIT.

    To-day the mail steamer Oroya took away 26,577 cases of apples. The Holt liner Hector, which also sailed during the day, had on board 15,000 cases. ...

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  32. RECONNAISANCE FROM THE PORT.

    Admiral Alexeieff, the Russian Viceroy, has telegraphed to St. Petersburg that the cruisers and torpedo boats in Port Arthur made reconnaissance over a radius of 60 ...

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  33. PLAGUE RESTRICTIONS.

    The Premier of Queensland a few days ago wrote to the Prime Minister, protesting against the precautions insisted on by the New South Wales Department of Health on ...

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  34. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. HOTELKEEPERS v WORKERS.

    A few days ago Mr. T. W. Hardwick, manager of the Swan Brewery, announced his intention of donating £100 to the political fighting fund of the Licensed Victuallers' ...

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  35. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    Some debate on the proposal that the House neet on four days in the week was initiated by Mr. Conroy when the sessional orders were under consideration. He wished that three ...

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  36. JAPANESE LOSSES.

    The bodies of 50 Japanese have been washed ashore near Wei-hai-wei, on the Shantung coast. They are supposed to have belonged to the Japanese gunboat ...

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  37. CHINESE ON THE RAND.

    In October last Mr. J. H. Creswell, manager of one of the Rand gold-mining companies, giving evidence before the Labour Commission of the Transvaal, ...

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  38. TRANSVAAL FINANCES.

    Lord Milner, High Commissioner of South Africa, states that of the £30,000,000 works loan £13,500,000 has been spent in the acquisition of railways, £5,800,000 in ...

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  39. STRENGTH OF UNIONIST MINERS.

    The ballot taken by members of the Kalgoorlie Boulder branch of the A.W.A to decide whether or not the union should reject the industrial agreement made between the ...

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  40. FORTIFICATIONS IN MANCHURIA.

    The Tientsin correspondent of the "Standard" reports that the Russians are strongly fortifying places south of Mukden, Manchuria. ...

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  41. PRIVY COUNCIL APPEAL.

    The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, in its reserved judgment in the case of Attorney-General of New South Wales versus Dickson and others, has ...

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  42. BANDITS IN MANCHURIA.

    Advices received from Ying-kow, the port of Niu-chwang, are to the effect that 500 Chun-chuses, armed with Mannlicher rifles, attacked the Russian post of 50 men ...

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  43. OPPOSITION CAUCUS.

    Members of the Opposition met in caucus this afternoon, Mr. Reid occupying the chair. It was tacitly agreed that he should continue as leader, and Mr. Dugald Thomson was ...

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  44. NEW ZEALAND.

    The New Zealand Alliance has retained Sir Robort Reid, K.C., in connection with the Newtown publicans' appeal to the Privy Council against the New Zealand Appeal Court's ...

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  45. ASTONISHMENT OF EXPERTS.

    French naval experts are astonished at the inactivity of the Russian torpedo-boats and torpedo-boat destroyers. ...

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  46. THE CAPITAL SITE SURVEY.

    The Minister for Home Affairs has received a progress report from Mr. Serivener, who was deputed to make the contour survey of the Bombala sites for the Federal capital. ...

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  47. TASMANIA. THE MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.

    The Tasmanian Parliament has been summoned to meet on March 15. ...

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  48. SILVER.

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

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  49. RUSSIAN SUBMARINES.

    The foundries of St. Petersburg have been ordered to construct immediately six Djewetaki submarine torpedo boats. The Russians declare that beats of this ...

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  50. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    In the first round of the Amateur Billiard Championship, 1000 up, Good (exchampion) beat P. L. Sum (of New Zealand) by 786. ...

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  51. LATE BISHOP TORREGGIANI.

    At St. Mary'e Cathedral to-day "Month's Mind" commonies in connection with the death of the late Bishop Torreggiam took place. Masses for the repose of the late bishop were celebrated, ...

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  52. BURNIE FORESHORE APPEAL CASE.

    Information has been received that the Burnie foreshore appeal case, V.D.L. Company against the Government will come on before the Privy Council on June 1. The ...

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  53. SOUTH AFRICAN WAR TROPHY.

    The Premier has been informed that a pompom gun has been awarded to Tasmania as a trophy of the South African war, in commemoration of the part played by Tasmanians ...

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  54. RUSSIANS IN EUROPEAN WATERS.

    The Russian armoured cruiser General Admiral, 4722 tons, is at The Azores, waiting to intercept Japanese colliers. Other Russian cruisers are hovering ...

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  55. A PAINTER COMMITS SUICIDE.

    A painter named Alfred Aubrey, aged [?] living in Jamleson-street, Balmain, was found in his bedroom last night hanging by a strat to a bedpost. Dr. Finlay was called in, and ...

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