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  2. TYPHOID AT BALMAIN.

    More cases and an additional death were reported yesterday in connection with the outbreak of typhoid fever at Balmain. The locality where the outbreak is raging is situated on the highest portion of the ...

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  3. A WINTRY GALE.

    As though anxious to start the approaching winter with a sensation, the weather with which we were afflicted yesterday was as unpleasant as it well[?]gh could be. A cold south-west wind, which during the ...

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  4. THIRD EDITION.

    In the House of Commons this afternoon Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated in reply to Sir John Leng (Liberal) that there had been no negotiations ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    It is reported at Rome that King Victor Emmanuel III, will visit President Loubet at Paris on July 3, and King Edward at London on July 8. ...

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  6. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the leader of the Opposition, gave notice that he would move on the second ...

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  7. IN FEDERAL SESSION.

    The Postmaster-General, who is leading in the Senate in the absence of Senator O'Connor, laid upon the table this afternoon a large batch of papers. They related to such matters as the six batters, the three ...

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  8. THE COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION.

    Although every possible effort by the local council has been put forward in the matter of disinfection, &c., the outbreak continues to gain ground, and with the object of going into the matter more fully in an ...

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  9. VICTORIA.

    At the Great Western Colliery, Dean's Marsh, on Monday afternoon an engine drawing a number of trucks got beyond control, and rushed down the incline at a terriffic pace. As the engine neared a curve ...

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  10. THE UNITED STATES.

    On Monday night the Society of Pilgrims of New York gave a banquet in honour of Sir Michael Herbert, the British Ambassador. ...

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  11. THE KISHINEFF MASSACRES.

    Russia officially denies that Lieutenant-General de Raaben, the Governor of Bessarabia, encouraged the disturbances which led to the massacre of Jews at Kishineff. ...

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  12. AUSTRALIA'S OPPOSITION.

    The Berlin correspondent of the "Morning Post" states that the opposition of Australia to the proposals for preferential trade within the British Empire has ...

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  13. ATTEMPTED BRIBERY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

    Colonel E. G. Prior, the Premier of British Columbia, has demanded that Mr. W. C. Wells and Mr. Eberts, members of the Legislative Assembly, shall resign owing to the ...

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  14. PRESENTATION OF WAR MEDALS.

    The presentation of medals to the Victorian naval forces who formed the China war contingent was made in the Town Hall to-night by the State Governor in the presence of a large gathering of ...

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  15. FORCE SPENT IN VICTORIA.

    A welcome change occurred in the weather this forenoon, when the long series of south-west gales expended their strength. Several steamers which had been lying at anchor inside the Heads proceeded on ...

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  16. CANADIAN SOCIETY.

    A Canadian society with 400 members has been formed in London to promote trade relations with the motherland and the colonies on a preferential basis and to promote ...

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  17. WORK AT OUTTRIM COAL MINE.

    Work at the Outtrim-Howitt Colliery is proceeding steadily, and a start was made of sending coal to Melbourne yesterday. Ninety tons were railed, and to-day a load of 74 tons waa sent forward. ...

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  18. IRISH INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE.

    An Irish industrial league has been incorporated at New York to assist farmers in Ireland. The league hopes to raise 1,000,000 dollars (£200,000) during 1903. ...

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  19. MOTOR-CAR RACING.

    Owing to the accidents caused during the motor-car race on Sunday between Paris and Bordeaux extra precautions have been taken for the Gordon Bennett cup race to be held in ...

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  20. STRIKE THREATENED IN PHILADELPHIA.

    The textile manufacturers of Philadelphia have refused the request of the workers that a working week shall consist of 55 hours. It is expected that ...

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  21. THE ENGLISH DERBY.

    At the Epsom Summer Meeting to-day the race for the blue ribbon of the turf resulted as under:- The Derby Stakes of 6500 sovs., by subscription of ...

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  22. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Agricultural Department has framed an amended Bill providing for the licensing of stallions for the improvement of the breed of horses. The measure will be introduced next session. ...

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  23. COST OF THE FRENCH COLLAPSE.

    It is estimated that the collapse of the motor car race from Paris to Madrid will cost France £2,000,000. [Apparently the loss referred to is largely made ...

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  24. THE JAPANESE FLEET.

    In honour of the visit of the Japanese squadron, commanded by Rear-Admiral Kumimura, a grand review, in which the Royal Navy, the Naval Brigade, and the metropolitan military forces are to take ...

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  25. FRANCE.

    During the celebration of a wedding at Arras, France, a fire occurred in the ballroom Four ladies were burried to death and 20 others were terribly injured. ...

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  26. MR. THOMAS TAIT.

    Mr. Thomas Tait, the recently appointed Commissioner of the Victorian railways, arrived in the Miowera at Moroton Bay last night. Interviewed this morning, Mr. Tait is, perhaps, a little over 40 ...

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  27. THE JEWS JN RUSSIA.

    The Jews in St. Petersburg dread an outbreak of anti-Jewish excesses on the 29th instant, when the bi-centenary of the foundation of the city will be celebrated. ...

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  28. STATEMENT BY DR. ASHBURTON THOMPSON.

    The President of the Board of Health, Dr. Ashburton Thompson, speaking yesterday to a "Herald" representative respecting the report of Dr. Stokes, assistant medical officer of health of ...

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  29. THE TALLOW SALES.

    At the weekly sales of Australian tallow to-day 1166 casks were offered and 959 were sold. Prime mutton realised 30s per ewt.; medium mutton, 28s. Fine beef, 31s 6d; medium beef, ...

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  30. POLITICS AND YACHTSMEN.

    Despite the rules forbidding reference to politics, the aristocratie french Yacht Club vote[?] against M. Waldeck-Roussean, the ex-Premier of France, being elected a member ...

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  31. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The first business in the House of Representatives was the presentation of a potition from the Colonial Sugar Company asking for an inquiry into the facts connected with the imposition of duties on sugar in their ...

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  32. "S. M. HERALD" RELIEF FUND.

    We have received the following contributions towards the "S. M. Herald" Fund for the relief of persons who have suffered by the persecution of Jews in Kishineff, Southern Russia: ...

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  33. SILVER

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 0[?]d per ounce standard. ...

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  34. CROSSING THE HEADS.

    The sou[?]-westerly gale struck Manly with full force on Tuesday night, and a strange uneasy roaring noise which preceded it, gave cause for some alarm to the villagers. No damage, however, was ...

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  35. THE FAR EAST.

    German advices state that it is intended at Tokio, the capital of Japan, that every mail steamer leaving Japan for Korea shall carry 150 male and 75 female Japanese colonists to ...

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  36. THE MELBOURNE TRAGEDY.

    The child Claude Stott, one of the victims of the South Yarra tragedy, died in the Alfred Hospital to-night. The police were advised late to-night that a man ...

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  37. SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

    A new Peruvian gunboat, which was built at Birkenhead, sprung a leak and foundered. The crew was rescued. ...

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  38. THE BALKANS.

    M. Natchevi[?]s, the Bulgarian Minister for Finance, will shortly visit Constantinople in order to arrange a rapprochement between Bulgaria and Turkey, and to dissipate ...

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  39. A BARQUE SEEKS SHELTER.

    The barque Helen, bound from Kaipara to Launceston, put into Port Jackson yesterday morning quite unexpectedly. Captain Reid states that he is seeking shelter here owing to the state of ...

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  40. DR. STOKES'S REPORT.

    Dr. Stokes, the assistant city medical health officer, who recently visited Balmain to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the outbreak, concluded a lengthy report by making a series of ...

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  41. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    In the House of Commons last night Mr. A. J. Balfour, the Prime Minister, stated that the Government was prepared to contribute to the relief of the Antarctic exploring ...

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  42. A COOLIE SHIP WRECKED.

    The steamer Umona, 2081 tons, carrying 500 Indian coolies to Natal, was wrecked on the Maldives on the 15th instant. All the passengers and the crew ...

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  43. THE STEAMER TAMBO OVERDUE.

    Owing to the severiety of the weather, the steamer Tumbo, which was due here from the South Sea Islands on Sunday, has not yet arrived. She is now three days overdue, but no anxiety is felt for the ...

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  44. SEVERE FIGHTING.

    One hundred Macedonians at Smardesh, Kastoria district, using dynamite bombs, had a severe fight with Turkish troops. The Turkish artillery destroyed the ...

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  45. GALE ON THE COAST.

    A terrific sea was yesterday running at the Heads. Yesterday Gabo Island reported a heavy south-west gale, and the wind hasswept northward, considerably hampering shipping, which has been forced to ...

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  46. MILITARISM AND MURDER IN GERMANY.

    The German Naval Cadet Huessner, who killed a lifelong friend, Hartman, at the time performing compulsory military service, because the latter, in private ...

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  47. DR. NORDENSKJOLD'S EXPEDITION.

    "Le Matin," of Paris, has opened a fund to finish the equipment of M. Charcot's expedition in search of Dr. Otto Nordenskjold. [The Antarctica, with tidings of Dr. Nordenskjold, ...

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  48. SUICIDE OF A BANK MANAGER.

    The townspeople were shocked yesterday morning when it became known that Mr. L. Willis, for 26 years manager of the local branch of the Bank of New South Wales, had shot himself through the ...

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  49. THE INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH CONFERENCE.

    The International Telegraphic Conference was opened at London yesterday by Mr. Austen Chamberlain, the Postmaster-General. Mr. John Cameron Lamb, the ...

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  50. SOUTH YARRA TRAGEDY.

    The post-mortem examination of Mrs. Stott, one of the victims of the South Yarra tragedy, showed that her throat was deeply cut with a knife and there were eight distinct wounds on the head, ...

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  51. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The battleship Audacious, 6010 tons, will shortly be stationed at Felixstowe, Suffolk, the now [?]e of the torpedo-boat destroyer instruction flotilla. ...

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  52. THE LONDON EDUCATION BILL.

    The London Education Bill has passed through Committee in the House of Commons. The Government accepted amendments which will have the effect of ...

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  53. EIGHT-HOUR SPORTS.

    The first eight-hour demonstration ever held in this district took place to-day on the Narabri racecourse, the object being to devote the whole of the proceeds of the day's outing to the local hospital. ...

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  54. THE SEWERAGE SYSTEM BLAMED.

    Alderman G. C. Murdoch freely explained his views on the outbreak to a "Herald" reporter yesterday. He blamed the sewerage system as being the cause of the trouble. He said that long before any of the ...

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  55. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At the Port Adelaide Police Court to-day John Rogers was sentenced to six weeks in goal on a charge of having no lawful visible means of support. It was stated in evidence that Port Adelaide at ...

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  56. QUEENSLAND.

    The mill building and the plant of Taylor's saw mills at Maryborough, also a large quantity of timber, were destroyed by fire last night. The mill and plant were owned by the Queensland National ...

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  57. STRIKE ON RAILWAY WORKS.

    Owing to the threatened reduction of wages of men who are working horses on the Burre[?]-Collarendabri railway they refused to work to-day. Consequently all hands were compelled to knock off, ...

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  58. THE "STANDARD'S" CAUSTIC COMMENTS.

    The "Standard," in [?]ommentin upon the Government's acceptance of amendments in the London Education Bill, says that the Government has virtually ...

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  59. A SUGGESTED INTER-STATE CONFERENCE.

    Sir Arthur Rutledge (Acting Chief Secretary), at the suggestion of the Minister for Agriculture, has forwarded a communication to the Premier of each State of the Commonwealth and also the colony ofd ...

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  60. BREAKWATERS DAMAGED.

    The surface of the outer end of the breakwater at Port Kembla has been washed away for 150 yards. WOLLONGONG, Wednesday. To-day's gale has naturally had considerable effect ...

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  61. LORD MAYORS DROUGHT RELIEF FUND.

    The fund is controlled by a committee of citizens. The honorary treasurers are Messrs. George Maiden, Frank Grimley, and J. Randal Carey, and the honorary secretaries are Messrs. Thomas Neshitt ...

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  62. TRANSVAAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    The standing orders of the Transvaal Legislative Council require that all speeches in Dutch delivered in the Council shall be made through an interpreter. ...

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  63. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The services of Warden Hicks, of Cue, have been dispensed with by the Mines Department. ...

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  64. INCREASED FERRY TOLLS.

    A large meeting of residents held at the Oddfellow's Hall to-day protested strongly against the increase in the ferry tolls. Several speakers pointed out that owing to the isolated position of Brushgrove ...

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  65. INCOME TAX.

    The total amount received by the Income Tax Commissioner up to to-day has considerably exceeded £100,000. Mr. Philp, replying to a deputation at Cairns ...

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  66. WRECK OF A BARQUE.

    The Norwegian barque Lotos ia a total wreck on the island of Kandavu. The crew were saved. The barque Lotos was on a voyage from Dover ...

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  67. A CONSTABLE MURDERED.

    Two men, named Porter and Preston, have been arrested at Sileby, Leicestershire, on a charge of shooting a constable named Wilkinson dead at midnight. ...

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  68. HEAVY WEATHER AT NEWCASTLE.

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  69. THE SMALLPOX OUTBREAK.

    A lascar seaman employed on the steamer Grac[?]hus has been taken ill at Lyttelton. It is not known whether he is suffering from smallpox. The doctors are uncertain as to whether the patient ...

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