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  2. SECOND EDITION THE WAR.

    There are persistent reports in Tokio that the Valdivostock squadron of Russian cruisers has engaged the Japanese fleet of five battleships, two armoured cruisers, and ...

    Article : 72 words
  3. ANGLO-FRENCH ENTENTE.

    King Edward, in the course of an audience which he granted to Baron d'Estournelles de Constant, the leader of the International Arbitration Group in the ...

    Article : 179 words
  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Earl of Selborne, the First Lord of the Admiralty, replying to Lord Brassey in the House of Lords last night, said that the naval reserve three years ago ...

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  5. RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. BUSSIANS ON THE DEFENSIVE.

    The Russians are entrenched on the hills of Antung, at the mouth of the Yalu, in Manchuria. The position is parallel to the river, and is similar to that held by the ...

    Article : 122 words
  6. REMOVAL OF JAPANESE.

    Owing to the impossibility of sending Japanese residents at Port Arthur and Viadivostock home by steamer, the Viceroy, Admiral Alexeieff, has directed their ...

    Article : 42 words
  7. INFORMATION FOR THE CZAR.

    The Czar is in daily conference with Admiral Alexeieff, the Viceroy in the Far East, by means of a special telegraph line. ...

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  8. BOARD OF WATER SUPPLY. THE NEW PRESIDENT.

    On several occasions recently it was rumoured that a change was contemplated with regard to the position of President of the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage. ...

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  9. THE BISMARCK OF JAPAN.

    It was lately permitted me (observes Sir Edwin Arnold in the London "Daily Telegraph") to sketch in light and respectful outline his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of ...

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  10. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Lord Augustus Loftus, who was Governor of New South Wales from 1879 to 1885, aged 86 years. ...

    Article : 30 words
  11. RITUALISM IN THE CHURCH.

    Mr. A. J. Balfour has promised to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the practice of Ritualism in the Church of England. ...

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  12. EXODUS FROM VLADIVOSTOCK.

    There has been a great exodus of families from Vladivostock. ...

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  13. FEDERAL POLITICAL SITUATION.

    The political history of the present session is not yet being written in the House, but it is being prepared outside, and it is not unlikely that in a few weeks at most some ...

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  14. PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLEON.

    Major-General Prince Louis Napoleon will proceed to the Far East in charge of a brigade of Cossacks. Prince Louis Bonaparte is a Major-General ...

    Article : 91 words
  15. SOUTH AFRICA. CHINESE FOR THE RAND.

    Mr. A. Lyttelton, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in acknowledging the protest of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, against the importation of ...

    Article : 72 words
  16. MR. KRUGER.

    Mr. Kruger, who Commandant Ben Viljoen said was dying at Mentone, is improving. He anticipates leaving the Riviera in May. ...

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  17. JAPANESE IN KOREA.

    The Japanese are landing at Wonsan (Gensen), on the west coast of Korea. The work of disembarkation is proceeding night and day. The troops are proceeding ...

    Article : 40 words
  18. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    The Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation at Paris has opened the Dreyfus inquiry in camera, and has taken the evidence of Captain Targe, who conducted ...

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  19. RUSSIAN STUDENTS CONDEMN THE GOVERNMENT.

    The students of the Institute of Mining Engineers, St. Petersburg, by 215 votes to 40, passed a resolution condemning the Russian Government for "embarking in a ...

    Article : 60 words
  20. MISSION TO THE EMPEROR.

    The Marquis Ito, the President of the Privy Council of Japan, is a special Ambassador from the Mikado to the Emperor of Korea, and bears to the Emperor an ...

    Article : 113 words
  21. MR. KEELE'S CAREER.

    The new President has had a long and varied experience in the public works of this State, having entered the Harbours and Rivers Department in 1868 as an engineering cadet under ...

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  22. SUSPENSION OF RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

    Work on four railways under construction in the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony has been suspended. ...

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  23. A REVENGEFUL CROWD.

    A negro was arrested at Springfield, Ohio, U.S.A., for shooting a policeman and a woman. A crowd of 800 persons broke into the gaol where the negro was confined ...

    Article : 54 words
  24. PARIS MUNICIPALITY'S SYMPATHY.

    The municipality of Paris has passed a motion of sympathy with Russia in regard to the war, and expressing the hope that Russia will be victorious. It also voted ...

    Article : 51 words
  25. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

    The majority of the Government in the House of Commons last night on the resolution for going into Committee of Supply to consider the Army Estimates was ...

    Article : 42 words
  26. AID FOR JAPANESE SUFFERERS.

    The movement initiated recently by the Sydney branch of the Chinese Reform Association to collect funds from the local Chinese in aid of the Japanese sufferers in the war has ...

    Article : 309 words
  27. THE TEST MATCH.

    "St. James's Gazette," in referring to H. Trumble's performance of taking seven wickets for 28 and doing the hat trick in the fifth test match, congratulates him ...

    Article : 47 words
  28. JAPANESE LOAN.

    M. Kaneko and a vice-president of the Bank of Japan have gone to the United States respecting a war loan. ...

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  29. BRITISH TRADE.

    The increase in the imports of raw material into the United Kingdom in February amounted to nearly £2,000,000. The increase in the imports of flour and ...

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  30. THE NORTHERN RAILWAY.

    The construction of the raliway from Seoul to Wiju has begun. The construction of a railway from Wiju to Seoul was originally granted to a French ...

    Article : 72 words
  31. COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION.

    The events in Korea are slowly but surely leading up to a crisis on the Yalu, The Russians are establishing themselves on the Manchurian side of that river, while the ...

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  32. OXFORD-CAMBRIDGE BOAT RACE.

    The Oxford-Cambridge boat race will take place on March 26. Mr. S. M. Bruce, of Melbourne, and' Mr. H. D. Gillies, of New Zealand, will row with the ...

    Article : 37 words
  33. EXPLOSION ON A FRENCH CRUISER.

    The French second-class cruiser D'Assas, 4000 metric tons, was leaving Algiers yesterday for the Far East, when a boiler tube burst. Four men were severely ...

    Article : 78 words
  34. SHOULD CHINA RISE.

    Best informed Russians at St. Petersburg are afraid that the Chinese will rise. This prospect is viewed more seriously than intervention in the war by a European ...

    Article : 57 words
  35. NEW ZEALAND DEBENTURES.

    The holders of New Zealand debentures of £250,000 have been asked to renew in April the debentures for four years on the basis of 4 per cent., receiving at the same ...

    Article : 68 words
  36. THE NAVY SENSATION.

    The "Daily Express" reports that the signal book which was missing from the battleship Prince George at Lisbon has been found in a floating wooden box in ...

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  37. STRONG JAPANESE SQUADRON.

    Advices from Chifu are to the effect that a squadron of 15 Japanese warships and four torpedo boats has been seen proceeding in the direction of Niu-chwang. ...

    Article : 37 words
  38. IN ENGLAND.

    There is an electric feeling in the air to-day in connection with the situation in the Far East. We are expecting to hear every hour, if not that war has been declared, that ...

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  39. THE WOOL SALES.

    The second series of wool sales opened to-day. There was brisk competition. In crossbreds prices were from par to 5 per cent higher, while in merinos prices were ...

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  40. AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE TRUST.

    The United States Locomotive Trust has acquired the locomotive and machine works built in opposition to it at Montreal. The Trust will now transfer to the works ...

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  41. THE JAPANESE CAMPAIGN.

    The Japanese intend subdividing their forces into four armies to operate in Manchuria and Korea. ...

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  42. THE RUSSIAN CRUISER SQUADRON.

    The whereabouts of the Russian squadron which some days ago left Vladivostock is a mystery. Some people represent the squadron as trying to intercept transports, ...

    Article : 123 words
  43. ARSENIC IN BEER.

    In the arsenical beer case, Bostock versus Nicholson and Sons, chemical manufacturers, Mr. Justice Bruce, in the King's Bench Division of the High Court of ...

    Article : 125 words
  44. MR. O'SULLIVAN TO MR. GARRARD.

    The following letter was sent by Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan) to the retiring president, intimating the decision of the Government:— "Dear Mr. Garrard,—When in Cabinet ...

    Article : 293 words
  45. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 2 7-16d per ounce standard, a fall of 1/4d since Monday. ...

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  46. FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS FOR RUSSIA.

    The "Lokal Anzeiger," of Berlin, announces that Russia is accepting foreign volunteers for her forces. Fifty Boers have arrived at Samara, on ...

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  47. THE TALLOW SALES.

    At the tallow sales to-day 599 casks were offered and 106 sold. Prices were unchanged as follows:—Mutton, fine 28s 9d, medium 27s; beef, fine 28s 6d, medium 26s 6d per owt. ...

    Article : 38 words
  48. INTERSTATE CRICKET.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 156 words
  49. DEPARTMENTAL ARRANGEMENTS.

    It is understood that the position at present occupied by Mr. Keelo in the Public Works Department will not be filled up. The work will be performed by Mr. J. Davis, ...

    Article : 117 words
  50. RUSSIAN NAVAL COMMANDER.

    Vice-Admiral Makaroff, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Naval Forces in the Far East, has arrived at Dalny from Port Arthur. ...

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  51. NEW BATTLESHIPS FOR JAPAN.

    Messrs. Vickers, Sons, and Maxim and Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co. received on January 29 formal orders to proceed as quickly as possible with the ...

    Article : 236 words
  52. ABANDONMENT OF MUKDEN.

    Advices from Mukden are to the effect that the Tartar General in command of the Chinese troops there has refused to withdraw from the town, and that ...

    Article : 61 words
  53. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

    When the Adelaide authorities saw that the fifth test match had ended so early in the week they endeavoured to get the return match. South Australia against England, ...

    Article : 62 words
  54. TASMANIA.

    The Commercial Bank of Tasmania's half-yearly report shows a profit of £23,333. A 10 per cent. dividend has been declared, and £1000 bonus to be tendered to Mr. C. J. ...

    Article : 60 words
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