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  2. COMMERCE AND POLITICS

    The annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held at the Royal Exchange last night. Mr. J. Barre Johnston, the president, was in the chair. The report for the year, enumerating the chief acts of the ...

    Article : 3,359 words
  3. BROKEN HILL WATER SUPPLY.

    A special meeting of the municipal council, convened by requisition, has been called for to-morrow night to deal with the water question and the distribution arrangements. ...

    Article : 197 words
  4. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency Sir Harry H. Rawson, accompanied by his private secretary, Mr. H. H. Share, yesterday called on his Grace the Coadjutor Archbishop at St. Benedict's. ...

    Article : 940 words
  5. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    The Northumberland miners held their annual picnic at Morpeth on Saturday, At the instance of Mr. T. Burt, M.P. (Labour), a meeting, which was held on the picnic ...

    Article : 75 words
  6. THE LATE POPE.

    The Cathedral of St. Peter's, Rome, was cleared at noon yesterday, when the lying in state of the remains of the late Pope Leo XIII. was concluded. ...

    Article : 317 words
  7. THE ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND.

    The King yesterday visited the Dwelling for the Poor erected by the Corporation of Dublin. Afterwards, on his own impulse, his Majesty inspected several alleys and slums ...

    Article : 191 words
  8. SPECIAL CABLES.

    In the final of the King's match at Bisley on Saturday, Mr. H. Motton (Queensland), with a score of 290, was twentieth, and secured a prize of £12 and a badge. ...

    Article : 117 words
  9. THE GERMAN CORRESPONDENCE.

    The "Cologne Gazette" publishes the text of a semi-official telegram from Berlin criticising the sharpness of the tone manifested by Mr. Chamberlain in his references ...

    Article : 71 words
  10. INSPECTION BY LORD ROBERTS.

    On Saturday Earl Roberts, the Commanderin-Chief, inspected the colonial teams at Bisley. Lord Roberts told Lieutenant-Colonel W. J. N. Oldershaw, the captain of the ...

    Article : 115 words
  11. THE PUMPING PLANT AT SILVERTON

    The pumping arrangements at Silverton are now complete and working satisfactorily. The first trainload of water from the new source arrived here yesterday morning, and was pumped into the company's ...

    Article : 444 words
  12. HIS MAJESTY'S MESSAGE.

    Before leaving Dublin the King conveyed to the Earl of Dudley, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, his deep appreciation of the loyalty and affection surrounding the King and the ...

    Article : 86 words
  13. THE WEATHER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 358 words
  14. THE LABOUR SUCCESS.

    In the election for Barnard Castle, Durham, reported by cable yesterday, a recount of the votes shows that the majority of the Labour candidate, Mr. ...

    Article : 165 words
  15. THE UNITED STATES.

    The New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports that Wall-street estimates that the recent slump in securities caused a shrinkage of 100,000,000dol. ...

    Article : 137 words
  16. THE LYING IN STATE.

    It is estimated that 350,000persons witnessed the lying in state of the late Pontiff. ...

    Article : 21 words
  17. CANDIDATES FOR THE PAPACY.

    The most prominent aspirants for the Papal chair in succession to Leo XIII. are Cardinal Rampolla, Cardinal Gotti, Cardinal Serafine Va[?]utelli, and Cardinal Agliardi. ...

    Article : 42 words
  18. MEETING AT ST. MARY'S.

    A meeting of members of the Roman Catholic laity has been called for this evening at 8 o'clock at St. Mary's Presbytery to complete the arrangements for the celebration to be held in the cathedral on ...

    Article : 81 words
  19. OPERATIONS AT THE MINES.

    On Block No. 10 productive work continues at the mill on one and a half shifts daily. Underground all the faces are in good working order, and by putting extra men on the mill can be supplied, stoping ...

    Article : 283 words
  20. TRIBUTE FROM THE BISHOP OF MELBOURNE.

    Concluding a sermon at St. Paul's Cathedral last night the Bishop of Melbourne referred to the late Pope. "Let my last words," he said, "pay a tribute of respect to the chief Bishop of the Church of Rome, ...

    Article : 168 words
  21. BLACKMAIL BY LABOUR LEADERS.

    Sensational disclosures of blackmailing by representatives of labour unions in the United States have been made. Employers and contractors allege that ...

    Article : 86 words
  22. QUEENSLAND.

    At a meeting of the Board of Waterworks to-day a recent incident between the chairman and Dr. Mailler Kendall came up. In a letter to the secretary dated July 23 Dr. Kendall said he gladly ...

    Article : 205 words
  23. THE DISCOVERY RELIEF.

    In reference to the expedition for the relief of the Antarctic exploring steamer Discovery (Captain Scott), the Admiralty is consulting Captain Colbeck, the commander of ...

    Article : 171 words
  24. THE OBSEQUIES OF POPE LEO.

    After passing five and twenty years under the shadow of the dome of St. Peter's, Pope Leo XIII. is now "folded away majestically in cathedral marble." It is the custom of the Papacy to allow the ...

    Article : 454 words
  25. THE FAR EAST.

    M. Pavloff, the Russian Minister to Korea, objected to the Korean Government to the construction of a Japanese telegraph line from Seoul to Fusan before the Russian ...

    Article : 63 words
  26. THE UMBERUMBERKA WEIR.

    Mr. L. A. B. Wade, principal engineer Water Supply and Sewerage Construction Branch Public Works Department, was further examined by the Public Works Committee yesterday on the expediency ...

    Article : 470 words
  27. SYDNEY WATER SUPPLY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 155 words
  28. CLAIM FOR £10,000 DAMAGES.

    In the Supreme Court to-day a claim for £10,000 damages was made by Frederick Crawford Cox against the Duglish, Scottish, and Australian Bank Limited, for having taken proceedings in insolvency against ...

    Article : 65 words
  29. TOOWOOMBA REFORMATORY.

    It had been decided by the Government to remove the children from the Reformatory for Girls at Toowoomba to the Immigration Barracks, Brisbane, but this plan has now been abandoned. It has ...

    Article : 79 words
  30. GUNS V. ARMOUR.

    The naval 7½in. guns built for the Chilian battleship L[?]bertad, by Vickers, Sons, and Maxim, have proved capable of perforating at a range of three and four miles the latest ...

    Article : 76 words
  31. THE ARCHDUKE LEOPOLD.

    Herr Woelfling, better known as the Archduke Leopold of Austria, brother of the divorced Crown Princess of Saxony, has married his mistress, the actress Mdlle. ...

    Article : 84 words
  32. YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAMS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 271 words
  33. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    As the result of complaints that objectionable caricatures where being exhibited in the windows of the Federal Hall, which is being lented by the Christian Catholic Church from the civic authorities ...

    Article : 91 words
  34. REWARD OF BRAVERY.

    Acting Sergeant M'Namara, who was recently shot by a burglar while attempting to arrest him, was to-day presented with a cheque for £7b 16s 6d, contributed by a number of residents of Southern ...

    Article : 47 words
  35. SUNDAY CLOSING LAW.

    A deputation numbering about 40 ladies and gentlemen representing nearly all the churches and various religious bodies and temperance unions waited on the Home Secretary to-day and asked for ...

    Article : 134 words
  36. A SOLDIERS' TRAGEDY.

    A terrible tragedy has occurred to a Hungarian regiment, 800 strong, manoeuvring in Herzegovina. The heat in the sun was 115 Fahr. Half of the regiment collapsed through ...

    Article : 75 words
  37. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Sir John Rigby, formerly a Lord Justice of Appeal, aged 69 years. Sir John Rigby was Solicitor-General in 1892 and ...

    Article : 54 words
  38. BUDGET SPEECH.

    The State Treasurer will probably deliver his Budget speech on August 13. ...

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  39. THE NEXT POPE.

    All eyes are at present turned towards Rome. For many weeks past, since the gradually waning strength of Pope Leo XIII. made it apparent that his long and ...

    Article : 1,144 words
  40. REPORTED DISCOVERY OF OIL FIELDS.

    Mr. W. A. Hargreaves, Government Analyst, has forwarded his report on the simple of coorongite discovered on the Coorong, and supposed to define the existence of oil fields. He says sufficient information ...

    Article : 124 words
  41. GOLD EXPORT.

    By the Wodonga, which a sailed from Townsville for the south to-day, 17 boxes of gold, valued at £40,676, were despatched to Sydney for transmission to London. ...

    Article : 31 words
  42. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 1 5-6d per ounce standard. ...

    Article : 16 words
  43. NEWCASTLE.

    The barque Thetis cleared at the Customs to-day for Valparaiso, with 1619 tons of Caledonian coal; the steamer Zealand, for Auckland, via Sydney, with 1030 tons of coal, 15 tons of bonedust, and a quantity of timber; and ...

    Article : 432 words
  44. LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA.

    Sir John Stokell Dodds, the Chief Justice of Tasmania, has been appointed Lieutenant-Governor of that State. ...

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  45. DISCOVERY OF COAL.

    News has been received from Rockhampton that Mr. R. D. Graham, manager of the Mammoth Coal Seam, on Friday last discovered an outcrop of a large team of coal on Blackwater Creek, five and a half ...

    Article : 43 words
  46. QUEENSLAND RAINFALL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 118 words
  47. VICTORIA.

    Among several smart passages recorded to-day was one accomplished by the steamer Innamineka, which arrived at the wharf from Sydney between 8 and 9 o'clock in the morning. She entered Port Phillip ...

    Article : 87 words
  48. THE ENGLISH MAILS.

    The inter-state mails by the R.M.S. Oruba left by special train at 8.00 p.m. ...

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  49. STEVENSON v. MEMMOTT.

    Stevenson, the English billiard player, commenced a match at Brisbane to-night with Memmott, the Austrlasian champion, who was in splendid form. The Englishman conceded Mommott 1800 in 5000. ...

    Article : 146 words
  50. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    In playing for Sussex against Leicestershire yesterday, C. B. Fry scored 99 and 127 not out. He has secured 2000 runs, he being the first batsman to accomplish this feat during ...

    Article : 181 words
  51. THE NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALLERS.

    The team to represent the visitors in the match against the metropolis to-morrow, on the University oval, was chosen last night, as follows:- Full back.—W. Wallace. ...

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  52. THE CHINGTU AT BRISBANE.

    The Chingtu arrived at Moreton Bay last night, after an uneventful voyage, and left shortly after midday to-day for Sydney. The following are passengers for Southern ports:—Mr. and Mrs. Boyd, ...

    Article : 62 words
  53. REVALUATION OF RAILWAY STORES.

    The Railway Commissioners have arranged that Mr. Davidson, Inspector-General of Public Works, Victoria, Mr. Parry, of the New South Wales Railway Department, and Mr. Fisher, of the Tasmanian ...

    Article : 72 words
  54. NEW ZEALAND.

    Several burglaries have occurred at Wellington recently. Two occurred last night, a safe being dynamited at one place, and £100 worth of jewellery stolen from another. ...

    Article : 100 words
  55. PARRAMATTA DISTRICT.

    At the Parramatta Police Court on Monday, before Mr. T. E. MacNevin, P.M., Charles Dodd, on a charge of breaking and entering the residence af Nathaniel T. Payten, and stealing therein money and jewellery, was ...

    Article : 57 words
  56. RAILWAY REVENUE.

    The railway revenue continues to suffer by comparison with last year. The amount paid into the Treasury since July 1 is £184,784, a, decrease of £13,214 compared with the corresponding period of ...

    Article : 39 words
  57. FLOOD IN THE MALLEE COUNTRY.

    For the first time in 10 years Tyrrell Creek, in the Mallee country, has come down a banker, and Tyrrell Dow[?] settlement is isolated. The report and accounts for the half-year ended ...

    Article : 64 words
  58. LATE SHIPPING.

    Barwon, s., [?] tons, Captain P. Le Neveu, from Melbourne and Geelong. Huddart, Parker, and Co., Limited, agents. Age, s., 2284 tons, Captain Jas, Ruttey, from Adelaide, ...

    Article : 57 words
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