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  2. DECLINING BIRTH-RATE. MORTALITY IN INFANTS.

    "The fact of the birth-rate in New South Wales having been reduced by so large a proportion as 30 per cent. during the 15 years 1886 to 1901, and the fact that a still further ...

    Article : 2,082 words
  3. WRECK OE THE ELBA.

    The treacherous coral reefs which abound in the South Seas have been responsible for the loss of another fine steamship, news having been brought to Sydney late on Saturday night ...

    Article : 2,126 words
  4. SECOND EDITION THE WAR.

    The Russians at Hsin-min-tin, 40 miles west of Mukuen, are sorely harassing the people. At Niu-chwang the Russians are ...

    Article : 89 words
  5. IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION.

    Sir F. A. Swettenham, formerly Governor of the Straits Settlements, makes a rejoinder in a letter to the "Times" to Mr. H. Copeland's reply to his statements ...

    Article : 183 words
  6. BUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. JAPANESE PLANS.

    The Russians profess to interpret the japanese attacks upon Port Arthur as a stratagem to divert attention from their designe upon the Yalu. ...

    Article : 68 words
  7. WORK OF A REDCROSS SOCIETY.

    The Russian Redcross Society proposes to collect a reserve of 540,000 quintals of wheat, a six months' supply, in the northeastern part of the theatre of war. ...

    Article : 37 words
  8. THE VLADIVOSTOCK SQUADRON.

    The Russian cruiser squadron left Vladiyostock on February 29, and is now cruising in northern waters in the hope of tatching merchantmen. ...

    Article : 35 words
  9. CHINESE FOR THE RAND. A TEMPORARY EXPERIMENT.

    Mr. A. Lyttelton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, in a letter to a correspondent, says that if additional native African labour is obtainable for the Rand mines ...

    Article : 47 words
  10. THE JAPANESE ELECTIONS.

    The result of the Japanese elections to the Diet has largely increased the number of non-party members, who are a great improvement upon their immediate ...

    Article : 54 words
  11. AMERICAN INTERESTS.

    Reuter's Agency reports that 60 American troops have been sent to guard the mines worked by American capital at Unsan, 30 miles north of Anju. ...

    Article : 36 words
  12. COLONIAL SECRETARY AND MR. COPELAND.

    Mr. A. Lyttelton, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has assured Mr. H. Copeland, the Agent-General for New South Wales, that the Government viewed the ...

    Article : 80 words
  13. PROFESSIONAL JEALOUSY AMONG RUSSIANS.

    Major-General Gilinski has been appointed Chief of Staff to Admiral Alexeieff. He is really the intermediary between Admiral Alexeieff and General ...

    Article : 45 words
  14. JAPANESE SQUADRON.

    The Japanese squadron has not been sighted from Port Arthur for a week. ...

    Article : 19 words
  15. ABANDONMENT OF NIU-CHWANG.

    Expecting the Japanese fleet as soon as the Liao River opens, the Russo-Chinese Bank at Niu-chwang, Manchuria, is being removed to Mukden. ...

    Article : 59 words
  16. ARTILLERY FOR CHINA.

    China has purchased two Krupps' field batteries. ...

    Article : 14 words
  17. DIPLOMATIC CHANGES.

    It is officially announced that the Hon. Charles Hardinge, C.B., Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, has been appointed Ambassador at St. Petersburg in ...

    Article : 199 words
  18. A SISTER'S CRIME.

    In order to prevent a long illness, Josephine Littich, a widow, shot dead, at Limburg, Belgium, a younger sister, who was suffering from an incurable disease. ...

    Article : 56 words
  19. AUSTRALIAN COAL FOR RUSSIANS.

    Advices from Tokio received at New York are to the effect that two vessels carrying Australian coal, also British, Norwegian, and German vessels with coal and ...

    Article : 61 words
  20. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    The Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation, at Paris, has declared the demand of ex-Captain Dreyfus for a revision of his case to be admissible, and ...

    Article : 50 words
  21. JAPANESE AS MARTYRS.

    Cardinal Moran, in an address at Surry Hills yesterday, referred to the Japanese as martyrs. Their heroism for the faith of Holy Church, he said, had passed that o[?]ny ...

    Article : 280 words
  22. THE OFFICERS AND CREW.

    The officers of the ill-fated vessel who arrived here by the Windsor are as follow:— Captain Reimer, First Mate Haeske, Second Officer Jobsen, Third Officer Miller, Chief ...

    Article : 105 words
  23. SMOKELESS COAL FOR JAPAN.

    The Welsh smokeless steam coal now owned by Japan is sufficient for the torpedo-boat destroyers for 12 months. ...

    Article : 29 words
  24. CAPE POLITICS.

    A bill for the redistribution of seats of Parliament has been read the first time in the Cape House of Assembly. March 6. ...

    Article : 136 words
  25. JAPAN-KOREA ALLIANCE.

    The minority party at Seoul, capital of Korea, being dissatisfied with the Japan-Korea alliance, vainly tried to blow up the house of the Korean Minister for Foreign ...

    Article : 39 words
  26. RUSSIANISATION OF FINLAND.

    The Russians are hurriedly putting in readiness for war, Sveaborg fortress, near Helsingsfors, the capital of Finland. The wooden houses and the barracks have ...

    Article : 37 words
  27. SCENE OF THE DISASTER.

    Ocean Island, the property of the Pacific Islands Company, Limited, lies to the southwest of the Gilbert Group, and was discovered just 100 years ago. The guano deposits are ...

    Article : 141 words
  28. JAPANESE WAR LOAN COVERED SIXFOLD.

    The Japanese war loan of £10,000,000 has been covered sixfold. ...

    Article : 19 words
  29. THE KING.

    The King, who is suffering from a slight chill, is progressing. ...

    Article : 16 words
  30. RUSSIAN SUBMARINES.

    The Newsky shipbuilding yards, Russia, are hurriedly building 10 submarines on the English pattern. ...

    Article : 19 words
  31. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT.

    The Duke of Connaught, who has been appointed Inspector-General of the Forces and President of the Army Selection Board, will retain his command in Ireland ...

    Article : 120 words
  32. HONOURS FOR AUSTRALIANS.

    Lord Northcote, the Governor-General of Australia, has been created a Knight of Grace, and Lady Northcote a Lady of Grace of the Order of the Hospital of St. ...

    Article : 45 words
  33. A MENACE TO AUSTRALASIA.

    In a speech at Invercargill, Mr. Seddon, Premier of New Zealand, referring to the naval agreement, said it would be a menace to Australia and New Zealand if Russia got a ...

    Article : 89 words
  34. DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL.

    The Elba was a steel screw steamship of 4036 tons gross and 2634 tons net. She was a comparatively new vessel, having been built as recently as 1901 by Messrs. Ropner and ...

    Article : 99 words
  35. FINNISH SOLDIERS.

    The Governor-General of Finland, General Bobrikoff, in addressing the garrison at Sveaborg, eulogised the self-sacrifice of the army, and invited volunteers for the ...

    Article : 102 words
  36. IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER.

    Mr. G. T. Allen, Secretary to the Treasury of the Commonwealth, and Mr. John G. Anderson, M.A., Under Secretary for Education, Queensland, have been created ...

    Article : 37 words
  37. DOMINICAN INSURRECTION.

    Admiral Dowey, in the cruiser Mayflower, with Mr. F. B. Loomis, an Assistant Secretary of State of the United States, is proceeding to investigate the situation ...

    Article : 47 words
  38. DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE.

    The Duke of Cambridge, who is in his 85th year, is again ill. ...

    Article : 19 words
  39. RUSSIA AND THIBET.

    Russia has directed the Thibetan mission, which is expected to arrive at St. Petersburg in May, to remain at Chita, in Trans-Baikalla, until a more opportune ...

    Article : 34 words
  40. AMERICAN COALMINERS.

    The miners of bituminous coal of the United States have refused to assent to a reduction of 5½ per cent, in their wages. A strike is threatened. ...

    Article : 36 words
  41. INDO-EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH LINE.

    The Russian press is urging the Government to seize the Russian portion of the Indo-European telegraph line, contending that it is being used to assist Japan. ...

    Article : 33 words
  42. MURDER BY A GERMAN PRINCE.

    On the ground of insanity a court-martial has declared Prince Charles Prosper of Arenburg not guilty of the murder of which he was found guilty in October, ...

    Article : 147 words
  43. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Field-Marshal Count von Waldorsee, who was Commander-in-Chief of the Allies in China in 1900. Count von Waldersee was aged 74 ...

    Article : 309 words
  44. THE SOMALILAND CAMPAIGN.

    A new Mullah has arisen among the Ogaden tribe of Somaliland, and has begun a revolt against the British protectorate in the Webbi Shebeyll region. ...

    Article : 35 words
  45. RUSSIAN BOYCOTT OF AMERICANS.

    Marchants of Moscow are boycotting American goods on account of the sympathy shown in the United States for Japan. ...

    Article : 27 words
  46. BRITISH EXPORTS.

    Mr. Gerald Balfour, the President of the Board of Trade, in answer to a question in the House of Commons yesterday, stated that the value of British manufactures and ...

    Article : 49 words
  47. COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION.

    Apparently Rear-Admiral Shtakelberg does not intend to be trapped in Vladivostock, for we hear that he has left that place, and has gone north, and hopes to pick up a ...

    Article : 872 words
  48. THE ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    The Antwerp wool sales closed yesterday. There was more animation in the biddings than on the opening day for crossbreds, but Thursday's fall in prices was ...

    Article : 56 words
  49. RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARIES.

    Numbers of proclamations issued by revolutionaries are circulating through the cities of Russia, exhorting the public to promote popular risings while the majority ...

    Article : 44 words
  50. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    M. Vaudoin, the Public Prosecutor of France, in addressing the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation, yesterday, on the appeal of ex-Captnin Dreyfus for a ...

    Article : 100 words
  51. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 157 words
  52. SIR JULIAN SALOMONS.

    Sir Julian Salomons, K.C., leaves London for Australia, by the R.M.S. Omrah, which sails on the 11th instant. ...

    Article : 24 words
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