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  2. SECOND EDITION

    Russian torpedo-boat destroyers have sunk the Japanese transport Kinshu Maru with a landing party, which refused to surrender. ...

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  3. BOATING FATALITY. TWO MEN DROWNED OFF BONDI.

    A boating fatality, involving the loss of two lives, ocurrred off Bondi shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The names of the victims are John King and Samuel John ...

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  4. THE FEDERAL MINISTRY. COLONIAL STOCKS NOT AFFECTED.

    The accession to office of a Labour Ministry has absolutely not affected the prices of colonial stocks. ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Further particulars of the storming of Illig, on the Italian Somali coast, have been received. The Sultan's stronghold was found to be ...

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  6. THE WAR. CROSSING THE YALU.

    The preliminary crossings of the Yalu by the Japanese southward of Wiju were not seriously opposed. ...

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  7. THE COMMONWEALTH. THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE AND MR. LEAHY.

    Mr. Dawson, Minister of Dofence, has noted the remarks of Mr. Leahy in Queensland respectlng his action in connection with the sending of contingents from Queensland to ...

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  8. BRITISH PRESS OPINIONS.

    The "Chronicle" anticipates that Mr. Watson will follow a necessarily moderate policy, and says that labour, though in office, is not yet in unfettered power. ...

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  9. BOISTEROUS WEATHER.

    The stormy conditions which ruled on the seaboard throughout Wednesday moderated somewhat yesterday, although along parts of the coastline rough weather still continues. ...

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  10. RUSSIAN FIELD FORCE.

    The "Times" estimates General Kuropatkin's total force available for field operations at 135,000 men. ...

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  11. RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP DAMAGED.

    A battleship which is building on the Neva has been mysteriously and seriously damaged. (The above appeared in yesterday's second edition.) ...

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  12. THE NEILD COMMITTEE.

    The select committee of senators appointed to inquire into the matter of privilege raised by Senator Neild in connection with his disagreement with Major-General Hutton, ...

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  13. WESTERN AUSTRALIA. ELECTION OF A BISHOP.

    Dean Goldsmith was last night elected bishop of the newly-created South-western Anglican diocese, which will later on be known as the Bunbury diocese. The ...

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  14. RUSSIA CHARTERS COLLIERS.

    Russia has chartered 20 ships, chiefly British, to convey 70,000 tons of coal to neutral Chinese ports. A secret clause in the charter concedes extravagant ...

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  15. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PRIME MINISTER.

    Mr. Watson, the Prime Minister, has received shoals of congratulatory telegrams and letters from every State in the Commonwealth, and from New Zealand. He has also ...

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  16. ALIENS IN KALGOORLIE.

    Mr. Fraser, M.P., has placed before the Government reports of a meeting held at Kalgoorlie to consider the question of the employment of Italians and Austrians in the ...

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  17. THE BALTIC FLEET.

    The battleships belonging to the Baltic fleet which has been ordered to the Far East will go via Suez, and the colliers and supply ships will go under a strong ...

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  18. VICTORIAN AGENCY-GENERAL. THE BOARD OF ADVICE.

    Sir G. Sydenham Clarke, who was recently Governor of Victoria, joins the Board of Advice connected with the Victorian Agency-General. ...

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  19. SHIP'S CREW REFUSES DUTY.

    A week or so back the whole of the crew of the ship Hilbre were sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment by Mr. Fairbairn, R.M., Fremantle, on a charge of refusing duty ...

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  20. DUTY ON MAGAZINES.

    A deputation to-day waited on the Minister of Customs and asked that the decision of the late Minister to charge a duty on magazines which contained more than a certain ...

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  21. CABINET MEETING.

    M[?]sters held a Cabinet meeting this evening, but the Prime Minister on being [?]een afterwards said it was more in the nature of a preliminary meeting than anything else. ...

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  22. DIVORCE SCANDAL.

    In connection with the divorce case, Pollard v Pollard, in which the jury found that Slater's Detective Agency had caused the respondent (Thomas Pollard) to ...

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  23. INSPECTION BY COLONIAL GOVERNMENTS.

    Mr. J. W. Taverner, the Agent-General for Victoria, has represented to the War Office the desirability of accepting inspection by colonial Governments of Imperial ...

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  24. HONORING MAKAROFF.

    The captnin of a Japanese warship mustered the officers and crew, and informed them of Vice-Admiral Makaroff's death. All on board decided to forge ...

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  25. CABINET AND CAUCUS.

    The Prime Minister when seen to-day on the subject of the probable relations between the Cabinet and the caucus said: "I don't think if is likely that the Labour party will ...

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  26. THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION.

    The Premier recently received a letter from the Premier of Western Australia on the immigration question, in which he said:—"You observe that in my opinion the aid of the ...

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  27. FEDERAL POLITICS. THE RIVERINA ELECTION.

    Mr. R. C. Blackwood last night addressed one of the largest and most representative public meetings ever assembled here. He received an ovation on ...

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  28. WRECK OF THE HAI-TIEN.

    The Chinese cruiser Hai-tien, 4300 tons, which during a fog struck a rock at the Elliott Islands, off Dalny, is a total loss. The crew was saved. ...

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  29. THE DETERMINATION OF RUSSIA.

    Mr. Henry Norman, M.P. (Liberal), after having had an audience with the Czar which lasted an hour, declares that Great Britain ought to understand that Russia is ...

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  30. THE BRITISH PRESS.

    Referring to the cable message published in the press to-day concerning the publication in the "St. James's Gazette" of the programme of the Australian Labour party, Mr. ...

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  31. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    At the opening of the wool sales at Antwerp the demand was animated, but withdrawals were frequent, and sales were small. There was an average rise of five ...

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  32. EDUCATION IN GERMANY.

    The Berlin Corporation is establishing compulsory continuation schools, at which all boys will attend until they are 17 years of age. ...

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  33. COALITION.

    Sir,—Very few will dispute that public opinion is strongly in favour of a coalition against the Labour Government in the Federal Parliament. One has but to glance at the ...

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  34. THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY.

    At the instance of the Czar, Prinee Khilkoff, Russian Minister for Roads and Railways, is arranging to duplicate the TransSiberian railway within two years. ...

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  35. OUTRAGE IN POLAND.

    The deputy chief detective, the deputy police commissary, and two policemen entered a house at Warsaw (Russian Poland), when an armed gang killed both the ...

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  36. GENERAL CABLES.

    Messrs. Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, G. W. Lambert, A. J. W. Burgess, Julian Ashton, and A. H. Fullwood, of New South Wales, and Messrs. Quinn, Fox, ...

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  37. COMMENTS ON THE SITUATION.

    The secrecy which the combatants have observed from the start of the war in February continues, and this policy of silence is not likely to be departed from. The most ...

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  38. INTERVIEW WITH THE SURVIVOR.

    On the return of the police launch last evening, Henry Griffiths, the sale survivor, was interviewed by a "Herald" representative. He had then recovered considerably from the ...

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  39. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING.

    At the Newmarket First Spring Meeting to-day the contest for the principal event resulted as follows:— TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES of ...

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  40. QUEENSLAND. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL VACANCIES.

    It is believed that the Government have agreed on the names of gentlemen whe will be asked to accept seats in the Legislative Council, to fill the vacancies caused by the ...

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  41. STAMPING RECEIPTS FOR SALARIES.

    The State Treasurer looks upon the decision of the High Court in regard to stamping receipts for Federal officers' salaries as an important one, and one that may have an ...

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  42. THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

    At the adjourned annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-day Mr. A. M. Hortzberg was unanimously re-elected president. ...

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  43. WESTERN STAR DISMASTED.

    The barquentine Western Star, bound from Cairns to Sydney with a cargo of sugar, put into Townsville to-day in a dismasted condition. She left Cairns five weeks ago, and met ...

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  44. REDUCTION OF MEMBERS.

    "I observe," said Mr. Wise yesterday to a "Herald" representative, "it is stated in the 'Sydney Morning Herald' that I made a serious misstatement in declaiing that when the ...

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  45. CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE SYDNEY LABOUR COUNCIL.

    At last night's meeting of the Sydney Labour Council Mr. E. J. Riley, ex-president, moved,—"That this council offers its sincere congratulations to Mr. Watson on having attained ...

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  46. QUEENSLAND MILITARY FORCES.

    It is generally understood that Colonel Price will go on leave at the end of this month until the end of October, when his term of service will expire. Colonel Plomer ...

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  47. TASMANIA. LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR RE-ELECTED.

    Dr. Butler, the present member for the Hobart seat in the Legislative Council, who had to seek rw-election through effluxion of time, was to-day declared elected unopposed. ...

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  48. REJECTED CHINESE AT PORT DARWIN.

    Referring to the Chinese not being permitted to land at Port Darwin and in the Commonwealth, the Premier said to-day:—Mr, Hughes states that those men were brought out under ...

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  49. FATALITIES AND CASUALTIES. SUICIDE OF AN OLD MAN.

    John Mackenzie, 60 years of age, living at 68 Hill-street, Leichhardt, was found hanging from a rafter in the washhouse at his residence yesterday. A boy named William Bradley ...

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  50. NEW POST OFFICE TOWER.

    The coping stone was placed on the Hobart new post office tower to-day by the inspector of public buildings and the architect, Mr. Allan Walker. The flag hoisted was the ...

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  51. THE PLAGUE. MORE INFECTED MICE.

    Nothing fresh transpired yesterday in regard to the plague outbreak, so far as the infection of any human being was concerned. The cleansing staff of the City Council ...

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  52. VACANCIES IN THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

    Nominations for the vacant seats in the House of Assembly were received to-day. For the seat of the late Mr. William Hart the candidates are Messrs. D. H. Connolly, ...

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  53. FOUND DEAD IN HER COTTAGE.

    Mrs. G. Sheath, an old woman, who earned her living by laundry work, and lived alone in a small cottage in Cryatal-street. was found dead yesterday by some neighbours, who ...

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  54. ANOTHER DEATH IN QUEENSLAND.

    The boy who was recently found to be suffering from plague died this morning at 6 o'clock. ...

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  55. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The conference of the Operative Bakers' Federation of Australasia, which had been in session at the Trades Hall since Monday, concluded its business this morning when a draft constitution of the scheme ...

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  56. THE MOUNT KEMBLA DISASTER.

    A meeting of the MacCabe and M'Murray memorial committee was held last night. It was pointed out that an impression was abroad that the committee did not intend to place any names other than those of ...

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  57. COTTON GROWING.

    The House of Commons has carried a resolution urging the Government to encourage cotton growing within the Empire. Mr. Lyttelton, Secretary of State for the ...

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  58. FATAL TRAM ACCIDENT.

    The man John Dennis, who fell from a tram in George-street, near Goulburn-street on Wednesday night and fractured his skull, died in the Sydney Hospital yesterday ...

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  59. FATALITY AT BOAT DRILL.

    While boat drill was in progress on the steamer Mokoia at the Union Company's Wharf to-day a member of the crew named Thos. Tanner was thrown into the water through the ...

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  60. A REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE.

    Bazil Squires, an engine-driver, aged 20, employed at Messrs. Goninan and Company's engineering works at Wickham, met his death to-day under remarkable circumstances. He was in the ...

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  61. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Colonial Treasurer states that the balance from last year was £303,905, and the excess of receipts over expenditure £695,835, making a total of £999,740; transferred to the ...

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  62. TEA DUTY.

    The House of Commons, by a majority of 44, has confirmed the increase of 2d per lb in the duty on tea. ...

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  63. A SENSATIONAL ACCIDENT.

    A sensational accident occurrod this morning. Shortly after the Melbourne express left here a horse dealer named Marriott was seen to attempt to cross the line in front of ...

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  64. A RAILWAY FATALITY.

    About 8 o'clock to-night when the passenger train from Maitland had pulled up at the Hamilton station, a platform porter named Arthur Richardson, aged 17, attempted to cross the line. There was a heavy rain ...

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  65. LATE SHIPPING.

    Perth, s, 1799 tons, Captain J. T. Wilson, from Newcastle. Andrew Reid, agent. Eurimbla, s, 1055 tons, Captain J. E. Butcher, from Brisbane, via Newcastle. Burns, Philp, and Co., ...

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  66. KILLED BY A TRAIN.

    As a train was approaching South Terrace this afternoon from Glenelg an elderly man jumped from behind the signal-box in front of the engine. He was struck and killed by ...

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