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  2. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Governor, accompanied by Lady Rawson and Miss Rawson, and attended by Mr. H. H. Share, R.N., Private Secretary, left by special train for Manilla last ...

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  3. THE FEDERAL CRISIS.

    A meeting of the Labour party was held to-day, at which the situation caused by the Arbitration Bill was discussed. Mr. Watson presided, and after a long discussion it was ...

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  4. THE BRITISH IN THIBET. DISCUSSION IN THE COMMONS.

    In the House of Commons last night a debate took place on the motion to sanction the employment of Indian troops in Thibet. Sir Henry Cnmpbell-Bannerman, the ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    A terrible disaster occurred to the United States battleship Missouri, 12,230 tons, yesterday. One of the 121n guns in the afterturret burst while engaged at target ...

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  6. THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. THE RUSSIAN DISASTER.

    An official account has been published in St. Petersburg of the disaster to the Petropavlovsk, the flagship of ViceAdmiral Makaroff, in Port Arthur ...

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  7. COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION.

    Our cablegrams this morning give some details, from the Russian point of view, of the awful disaster briefly reportad in our late editions of yesterday. It was first announced ...

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  8. A NAVAL BATTLE.

    H.M. sloop Espiegle, which has arrived at Wei-hai-wei from Niu-chwang, witnessed a naval battle between the Japanese fleet and a portion of the Russian squadron. ...

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  9. ARRIVAL AT GYANGTSE.

    The correspondent of the "Times" with the mission in Thibet reports that the escort of the British mission under Brigadier-General Macdonald, in its advance ...

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  10. THE PETROPAVLOVSK.

    The Petropavlovsk, with which Admiral Makaroff went down, was one of the largest vessels of the Russian fleet, and was launched at St. Petersburg on November 9, 1898. She was ...

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  11. THE ANGLO-FRENCH CONVENTION.

    In connection with the Anglo-French convention it is officially announced that Great Britain and France undertake without modifying the status ...

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  12. THE AUSTRALIAN STATION. H.M.S. CADMUS COMMISSIONED.

    Commander Herbert Du Cane Luard has commissioned H.M. sloop Cudmus, 1070 tons, for the Australian station. The Cadmus is a sister vessel to the Clio,, ...

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  13. BRITAIN'S POSITION IN EGYPT.

    The Marquis of Lansdowne, the British Minister for Foreign Affairs, in his explanatory despatch to Sir Edmund Monson, the British Ambassador at Paris, lays ...

    Article : 85 words
  14. AUSTRALIAN OFFICER FOR THE EAST.

    In the House of Representatives to-night the Minister for Defence, in reply to Mr. Kelly (N.S.W.), sold that it was not at prosent considered advisable to lay on the table ...

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  15. H.M.S. CLIO AT THURSDAY ISLAND.

    The new sloop Clio, which has been selected to replace H.M.S. Sparrow (now out of commission) on the Australian station, arrived at Thursday Island yesterday, on her way from ...

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  16. EARLY ACCOUNTS.

    A semi-official telegram which has been received at St. Petersburg reports that the battleship Petropavlovsk, 10,960 tons, flagship of Vice-Admiral Makaroff, has ...

    Article : 113 words
  17. STRANGE RUSSIAN SILENCE.

    Reuter's correspondent states that heavy firing was heard from 5 to 7 o'clock this morning between Tengchau, the most northerly point of Shantung, and Port ...

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  18. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Mr. W. T. Stead greatly gratified a meeting of Dutch at Johannesburg by stating that South Africa, like Australia, was entitled to have her own flag. ...

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  19. QUEENSLAND. THE INCREASING REVENUE.

    Mr. Durham, Home Secretary, speaking at a luncheon at Parliament House to-day to delegates of the local authorities at present attending the conference in Brisbane, said ...

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  20. BRITISH IN NEW HEBRIDES.

    That Commander Rolleston has a busy time supervising British interest in the New Hebrides is shown by a white book which has been issued by Vice-Admiral Fanshawe, in ...

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  21. THE BANK RATE.

    The Bank of England rate of discount is quoted at 34 per cent, an increase of 10s per cent on last Thursday's rate. ...

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  22. BRITISH NAVAL MANŒUVRES.

    The torpedo-boat destroyer Teazor, during naval manoeuvres off Portsmouth, took the ground. She will possibly become a wreck. There were no casualties. ...

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  23. ACCIDENT THEORY QUESTIONED.

    The ethergrams received by the "Times" from its despatch boat Haimun do not mention the sinking of the Petropavlovsk. The "Times" suggests that the disaster ...

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  24. BOMBARDMENT OF PORT ARTHUR.

    The "Times" has received by ethergram from its despatch boat Haimun, off Port Arthur, an account of the bombardment yesterday. ...

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  25. NAVIGATION AND SHIPPING BILL.

    The Central Council of Employers of Australia, representing several interstate bodies, has held two long sittings in Melbourne lately in connection with the Navigation Bill. ...

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  26. ALLEGED COUNTERFEIT COINING.

    Frank Appelham was committed for trial at Townsville Police Court to-day on suspicion of being concerned in counterfeiting coins. Several spurious coins were found in his ...

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  27. MR. BROWNE'S PROBABLE SUCCESSOR.

    It is generally believed that Mr. George Jackson, member for Kenedny, will succeed the late Mr. Browne in the Ministry. Mr. Jackson possesses the necessary qualifications, ...

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  28. THE CZAR DEEPLY MOVED.

    The Czar and the Court were deeply moved when the news of the disaster reached them. The Czar has sent a message of condolence to the widow, of ...

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  29. BRITISH NAVAL CONSTRUCTION.

    During the debate in the House of Commons on the Naval Estimates to-day Sir Charles Dilke (Liberal) said that it was impossible to retrench our naval construction ...

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  30. ALLEGED CYANIDE POISONING.

    Andrew Every, owner ot the wood depot at Charters Towers, preparod a glass of whisky egg flip this morning. He thought it tasted bitter, and suddenly became ill. A ...

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  31. STUPEFACTION IN ST. PETERSBURG.

    The disaster to the Russian squadron in Fort Arthur caused a profound stupefaction in naval circles in St. Petersburg. A painful sensation was produced in the ...

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  32. HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT PROPOSALS.

    A conference of the committee of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce and wharfingers was held to-day for the purpose of discussing the Treasurer's harbour improvement ...

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  33. WAGING A MERCILESS WAR.

    Major-General Mishtchcnko, who is commanding Russians troops on the line of the Yalu, on being informed that surprise had been expressed that nothing had been ...

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  34. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. FROM STEAM TO ELECTRICITY.

    Arrangements have been made by the Governments of South Australia land Victoria to jointly engage an expert to report upon the conversion of steam lines to electric traction. ...

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  35. IMPERIAL PENSION TO AN AUSTRALIAN.

    Some time ago Private Hood, who went to South Africa with the 2nd Contingent, and developed phthisis, was recommended by the local military authorities for a pension. The ...

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  36. FEDERAL ARBITRATION BILL.

    The following is a copy of the letter sent to Mr. Hume Cook, M.P., by Mr. Wise, Acting Premier of New South Wales, and referred to during the discussion in the House of ...

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  37. VICE-ADMIRAL MAKAROFF.

    Vice-Admiral Makaroff, the commander of the Russian Fleet in the Far East, whose untimely end is referred to in our cables, was a very popular officer in Russia, and was also ...

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  38. THE COMMAND OF THE RUSSIAN FLEET.

    It is anticipated that Rear-Admiral Bozhdestvensky, the commander of the Baltic fleet, will succeed Vice-Admiral Makaroff in command of the Port Arthur ...

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  39. THE SKIRMISH ON THE YALU.

    Vice-Admiral Togo reports, respecting the skirmish that took place on the Yalu, that Lieutenant Yamagichl with five Japanese scouts was returning on Sunday ...

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  40. FRIARS IN THE PHILIPPINES.

    It is announced that the Dominican friars in the Philippines have been transferred. ...

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  41. BENEFACTIONS TO ROCKHAMPTON CHARITIES.

    Mrs. Thomas Skarratt-Hall has presented the following sums as a memorial to her late husband:—Mount Morgan Hospital £2000, Mount Morgan Benevolent Society £500, ...

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  42. CHARGE OF WIFE MURDER.

    At the criminal sittings to-day Thomas Horton, 24 years of age, was placed on trial on a charge of having murdered his wife, Florrie Horton, at Adelaide, on February 27. ...

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  43. ANTARCTIC RESEARCH.

    The Belgian Government intends to award a gold medal to the explorer making the most successful geographical researches in the Antarctic. ...

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  44. THE TASMANIAN PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legisiative Assemby the Occupancy Rate Bill was read the third time and passen. The totalisator tax resolution was agreen to and a bill was brought in to give it effect. It ...

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  45. GERMAN EMPEROR'S TELEGRAM.

    The German Emperor, on being informed of the disaster, sent the following telegram to the Czar:—"Russia's mourning is Germany's. The death of Admiral ...

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  46. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL LOAN.

    The London County Council loan of £5,000,000, at 3 per cent., issued at 90, has been covered fifteenfold. ...

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  47. BULGANDRAMINE TRAGEDY.

    At the Circuit Court this morning, Ah Chick was found guilty of the murder of William Tregaskis, at Bulgandramine, on February 17 last, and was sentenced to death. ...

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  48. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Gardiner will retire from the Treasurership on Monday or Thursday next. In the Crinimal Court to-day John Jas. Clarke was sentenced to seven years' ...

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  49. RUSSIAN STUDENTS DISAPPROVE OF THE WAR.

    Three hundred students at the University of Kharkoff (one of the chief towns of ...

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  50. UNIVERSAL SYMPATHY.

    Universal sympathy is expressed in Great Britain, France, and America with the families of men who went down in the Petropavlovsk. ...

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  51. SILVER.

    Bar sliver is quoted to-day at 2s Old per oz. standard, a fall ol 3-16d since yesterday. ...

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