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  2. CITY COUNCIL.

    The ordinary meeting of the City Council was held last night, the Lord Mayor (Alder man S. E. Lees) presiding. COMMEMORATION SERVICE. ...

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  3. QUEENSLAND.

    An important declaration of the intention of the Government was made to-day by the Premier, when, as Minister for Railways, he was receiving a deputation on the question of ...

    Article : 317 words
  4. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The consumption of water from the Goldfields Water Scheme has reached nearly one million and a half gallons per day. Feeling in political circles is still very ...

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  5. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Ex-Sergeant H. J. Morrison and exTroopor Hacker, who were members of the New South Wales Bushmen South African Contingent, left Adelaide yesterday on ...

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  6. WHITAKER WRIGHT.

    The trial of Whitaker Wright was concluded to-day, and had a sensational ending, the prisoner, who was found guilty and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment, ...

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  7. THE FAR EAST.

    Mutual distrust has produced an impasse iu the course of the negotiations between Russia and Japan. Russia desires a guarantee that Japan ...

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  8. THE FISCAL CONTROVERSY.

    Mr. A. Lyttelton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, in the course of an addressat Leamington, said that if England's industries continued to be conducted upon ...

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  9. SPECIAL CABLES.

    An attempt has been made to assassinate Baron Korff, Governor of Lomza, Russian Poland. Three shots were fired at him. One traversed the cap of the Governor. ...

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  10. RESCUED FROM DROWNING.

    Captain H. Poynter, master of the launch Leveret, saved the lives of two boys at Glenelg on Monday, in one instance under somewhat peculiar circumstances. While the ...

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  11. EXPERIMENTING WITH PLAGUE CULTURES.

    The Director of the Laboratory at Fort Alexander, Kronstadt, who had been experimenting with living plague cultures, died from the plague. Two assistants ...

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  12. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Governor has received a cablegram from the Secretnry of State for the Colonies informing him that a pompom had been, awarded to New Zealand as a memento of the ...

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  13. JAPAN RESTIVE.

    Reuter's representative at Tokio reports that on Wednesday last week Japan intimated to Baron von Rosen, the Russian Minister at Tokio, that the ...

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  14. WAGES OF WHARF LABOURERS.

    The employers of labour at Port Adelaide and the Working Men's Association have completed an agreement for stevedoring work at Port Adelaide. This will he signed as from ...

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  15. THE UNITED STATES.

    The coroner's jury wich inquired into the cause of the disaster that occurred at the Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, in connection with the giving of a matinee ...

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  16. TROPHIES FROM THE TRANSVAAL WAR.

    The Deputy Governor, Sir Samuel Way, has received a message from the Secretary of Stats for the Colonies, stating that a Maxim gun has been awarded to South Australia as a ...

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  17. A COUNCIL CLERK SENTENCED.

    At the criminal sittings of the District Court to-day George H. T. Jones pleaded guilty to stealing, while clerk of the council, £568 11s 9d, the property of the Maroochy Shire ...

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  18. MANUFACTURERS FAVOUR RECIPROCAL PREFERENCE.

    The manufacturers' section of the London Chamber of Commerce has taken a vote upon the question. "Do you favour preferential trade with the Empire and ...

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  19. SUGGESTED MEDIATION.

    Dr. Morrison, the "Times" correspondent at Peking, reports that Prince Ching, at the instance of Russia, asked Sir Ernest Satow, the British) Minister, and M. ...

    Article : 169 words
  20. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    Chatting yesterday on the subject of the lecture delivered by him on Monday evening on the subject of preferential trade, Sir William Lyne referred to some of the comments ...

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  21. GREATER SYDNEY.

    A discussion was initiated at the meeting of the City Council last night on the Create Sydney question. Alderman Fitzgerald moved,—"(a) That in ...

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  22. THE FLOOD IN PENNSYLVANIA.

    The rivers in the Pittsburg district, Pennsylvania, are subsiding. [A cablegram was published on Monday to the effect that the Alleghany River, ...

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  23. GERMAN EMPEROR'S BIRTHDAY.

    In honour of the forty-fifth birthday of the German Emperor, the Consul-General for Germany (Herr von Burl) held a reception at the consulate yesterday. Between the ...

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  24. EPIDEMIC OF PNEUMONIA.

    Upwards of 300 deaths weekly fire taking place in New York from pneumonia. ...

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  25. THE PRISONER'S DEATH.

    Whitaker Wright died immediately he left the court. Death was due to heart failure. 7.30 p.m. ...

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  26. COLLIERY DISASTER.

    Mr. Taylor, an expert mining engineer, was suffocated in the Harwick Colliery, Cheswick, United States, whilst trying to rescue the miners who had been entombed ...

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  27. THE WAR PREPARATIONS.

    One hundred additional Russian naval officers are hastening to the Far East. ...

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  28. COUNT LAMSDORFF AND PEACE.

    The newspapers are hopeful that the reaseendency of Count Lomsdorff, Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, will result in peace. The newspapers condemn the ...

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  29. SIR WILLIAM LYNE ON PREFERENTIALISM.

    Senator Pulsford writes:— In his address on Monday night Sir William Lyne committed a fatal mistake. Instead of sticking to sentiment and platitude he descended to detail, ...

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  30. THE TERALBA MINERS.

    A meeting of the Northern Extended miners was held this evening at the hall attached to the Lake Macquarie Hotel, at Teralba. The press representatives were not admitted, but ...

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  31. GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA.

    Germany is negotiating with Great Britain for the right of passage of her troops through Port Nolloth, in the Namaqualand division of Cape Colony. ...

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  32. SILVER.

    The price of bar silver to-day ls 2s 1[?]d, a rise of [?]d. ...

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  33. TALLOW.

    At the sales of Australian tallow to-day 526 casks were offered and 255 sold. Prices were unchanged. ...

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  34. CASUALTIES.

    Mrs. Isabella George, 82 years of age, was taken to the Balmain Hotipital by the Civil Ambulance Brigade yesterday afternoon, suffering from a fractured thigh and arm. ...

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  35. THE COTTON" CRISIS.

    Large purchases of cotton for the Continent have been made at Liverpool, and have had the effect of raising the spot price to 8d per lb, which is the highest ...

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  36. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Sir Horace Tozer, Agent-General for Queensland, delivered a lecture before the London Institution last night upon "The National Life and Progress of Australia." ...

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  37. ROMAN CATHOLICS AND EDUCATION.

    Speaking at the opening of a Roman Catholic school, near Bunbury, yesterday. Bishop Gibney said that in the matter of education Roman Catholics in this State were nearly as ...

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  38. A GUN ACCIDENT.

    On Thursday last, George and John Bryant, 17, twin brothers, and a lad named Heath, 13, went shooting in the bush at Turramurra. At one time during their excurcion Heath was ...

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  39. CRICKET SCORES AND NEWSPAPER OFFICES.

    Alderman Meagher, who some weeks ago moved in the City Council in the direction of proventing the exhibition of the scores at certain cricket matches, brought up a further ...

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  40. TURIN LIBRARY DESTROYED.

    The famous Turiu Library has been burnt down. Many priceless ancient manuscripts have been destroyed. The ancient library of Turin, now known as ...

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  41. VICTORIA.

    Mr. Theodores V. S. Augier, head partner in the firm of Augier Brothers, steamship owners, of London, who has just completed a tour of the United States, stated in the ...

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  42. BOY DROWNED AT LONGREACH.

    A sad drowning accident occurred at Longreach yesterday. Two boys named Smith and Dent were fishing near the bridge over the river. Smith went for a swim, leaving [?] ...

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  43. THE UNEMPLOYED QUESTION.

    Mr. Price, M.L.A., leader of the Labour party in the State Parliament, speaking at a public meeting last night in connection with the unemployod question, said that the majority of ...

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  44. THE POTTERY INDUSTRY.

    Delegates appointed by the Staffordshire Potteries Company are proceeding to Australia to prospect for clay and to inquire into the coal supply, with a view of ...

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  45. BOY DROWNED IN THE MACQUARIE.

    A boy named Joseph Longobardl, aged 12, was drowned in the Macquarie at Dubbo to-day. He was bathing with two other boys, when he got out of his depth and was ...

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  46. OVERLOADING STEAMERS

    In the Summons Division of the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. L. King, D.S.M., Covers P. Hildebrand, an officer of the Navigation Department, proceeded against the Port ...

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  47. ANGLICAN BISHOP'S COMMENTS.

    In an interview to-night regarding Bishop Gibney's Bunbury speech, Bishop Riley, of the Anglican Church, said:—"I quite agree with Bishop Gibney about the striking out of the ...

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  48. TINPLATE TRADE.

    Pittsburg advices are to the effect that it has been reciprocally arranged that the Welsh tinplate makers shall buy the American Steel Trust's steel billets in ...

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  49. LABOUR PARLIAMENT.

    The annual conference of the Political Labour Longue of New South Wales was resumed at the Trades' Hall last evening. There was a large attendance, the president, Mr. H Lamond, being in the ...

    Article : 123 words
  50. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 208 words
  51. R.M.S. ARCADIA AT FREMANTLE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 114 words
  52. SIR GRAHAM BERRY'S ANNUITY.

    Six years ago, when the late Sir Graham Berry retired from public life, Parliament, led by Sir George Turner, who was then Premier, decided to purchase him an annuity of ...

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  53. OIL FUEL FOR THE NAVY.

    H.M.S. Hibernia is to be fitted for the storage of oil fuel. The Hibernia is a first-class armoured craiser of 9820 tons, and is the flagship of the ...

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  54. GERMAN VESSELS DRESSED.

    The fine German mail steamer Zieton, of the fleet of the Nord-Deutscher Lloyd, now berthed on the western side of the Circular Quay, was tastefully decorated with Hugs ...

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  55. PASTORAL MAP.

    We have received from Mr. H.E.C. Robinson a copy of his recently published "Paste at Map of New South Wales." The scale is 16 miles to an inch, and the size of the maps is 3ft 6in by 5ft. Sheep stations ([?]ying ...

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  56. THE WOOL SALES.

    At to-days sales merinos were firm. Inferior crossbreds were occasionally cheaper. Jan. 27. ...

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  57. NEWCASTLE.

    The schooner St. Kilda cleared at the Customs to-day for Gisborne with 280 tons of coal, the steamer Easby for Holbourne with 1770 tons of coal, the steamer Sapphire for Bombay with 3108 tons of Messrs. ...

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  58. STARTLING ACCIDENT AT GUNNERY PRACTICE.

    A startling accident happened at Queenseliff to-day during firing practice front Tobin's Hill battery at targets placed on Swan Island. A sortion of the breech block of a 12-pounder ...

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  59. RECEPTION IN BRISBANE.

    The German Consul in Brisbane Flerr von Ploennies, held a reception at the Consulate this morning in honour of the birthday of the German Emperor. Amongst these ...

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