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  2. THE WEATHER.

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  3. SPECIAL CABLES.

    It is announced that the King and the Queen will spend sir days in Ireland in the third week of July, and that they will proceed thence to Cowes. ...

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  4. SECOND EDITION

    The residence of Mr. R. S. Kindersley, M.A., one of the masters of Eton College, was discovered to be on fire this morning, and was gutted. ...

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  5. SHIPPING DISASTERS.

    Still another addition has been made to the already long list of shipping disasters of the past few days. The steam collier Illaroo, belonging to the Wallarah Coal Company, Limited, became disabled while ...

    Article : 280 words
  6. PREFERENTIAL TRADE.

    A semi-official statement from Berlin shows that owing to the speeches of Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain, Germany will refrain from making any further [?]urtax on Canadian ...

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  7. A DERELICT SIGHTED NEAR NEWCASTLE.

    A telegram from Newcastle was yesterday received by the Superintendent of Navigation, Captain Edie, stating that the master of the steamtug Irrsistible had reported having sighted a derelict floating ...

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  8. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. H. W. Stevenson, ex-chamption billiard player of England, is a passenger by the mailboat Ormuz, which arrived from England this morning. He is going on to Melbourne, where he will play under ...

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  9. THE ALGERIAN FRONTIER.

    Owing to the brigandage of Moors on the frontier, the Governor-General of Algeria, M. Jonnart, made a tour, accompanied by a number of civilians and officers flanked ...

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  10. THE QUEENSLAND RAINFALLS.

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  11. VOTE OF CENSURE RELINQUISHED.

    Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, had given notice that he would move on the second reading of the Finance Bill:—"That ...

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  12. A KETCH ASHORE.

    The ketch Eliza ran ashore five miles north-west of Wallaroo on Saturday. The owners, Messrs. Fricker and Duet, have sent the tug Florrie and the necessary repairing gear to refloat the vissel, which ...

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  13. DISTRESS OF THE KING AND QUEEN.

    The King and the Queen were much distressed when the fire at Eton College with loss of life was reported to them. ...

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  14. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Anxiety is felt in Fremantle with regard to the overdue barque Spes, which was, up to last evening, 140 days out on the voyage from London to Fremantle. ...

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  15. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S TOUR.

    The House of Assembly of Cape Colony has unanimously recorded its high appreciation of the results of Mr. Chamberlain's visit to the colony. ...

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  16. RUMOURED CABINET DISSENSION.

    Newspaper rumours credit the Duke of Devonshire (the Lord President of the Council), the Earl of Selborue (the First Lord of the Admiralty), the Marquis of Lansdowne ...

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  17. PERTH MINT RETURNS.

    The total quantity of gold received at the PerthMint during May was 114,781oz., valued at £406,038. The issues from the Mint during the same months consisted of 410,205 sovereigns, £40,050, worth of ...

    Article : 42 words
  18. THE OFFICERS AND CREW.

    The following is a list of the officers and crew of the steam collier Illaroo:- Captain H. J. JOHNSON, 50, master. G. R. MANSON, 39, first mate. ...

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  19. UNREST IN ITALY.

    Anti-Austrian demonstrations are reported from many towns of Italy. These demonstrations, which are connected with a revival of the agitation for the restoration of Trent, ...

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  20. THE BLAKE CHANCERY FORTUNE.

    Regarding the cable message which appeared last Friday about the Blake estate in Chancery, Mr. Edward William Gleeson, the proprietor of a large clothing estalishment at Adelaide, will ...

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  21. THE OAKLAND WRECK.

    The Superintendent of Navigation held a preliminary inquiry yesterday into the circumstances connected with the wreck of the steamer Oakland. A court of inquiry will be held at an early date. ...

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  22. BARQUE FIRTH OF DORNOCH.

    The Italian barque, the Firth of Dornoch, reached Hobson's Bay on Saturday night, with one of her crew, a man named Raphael Cafrico, missing. It is surmised that Cafrico fell or was washed overboard ...

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  23. SYDNEY WATER SUPPLY.

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  24. THE BALKANS.

    The "Daily News," though disbelieving the statement, publishes the information received by its Sofia correspondent that the Macedonian revolutionary leaders in that city ...

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  25. THE GALES ON THE COAST.

    At 3 o'clock this morning a strong gale from the cast was raging at South Head, and very heavy seas were running. Thick rain squalls were experienced at frequent intervals from midnight. Owing to the ...

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  26. THE OFFICIAL REPORT.

    The official report of the wreck of the Illaroo differs from, other accounts received. The pilot at Swansea, Lake Macquarie, telegraphed to the Superintendent of Navigation yesterday as follows: ...

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  27. THE DATE OF DISSOLUTION.

    Prominent members of the Unionist party affirm that at the earliest the dissolution of Parliament will not take place till the autumn of 1904 or 1905. ...

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  28. THE PREMIER IN THE WEST.

    The Premier and every member of the party accompanying him will long remember his tour. Just now (7 o'clock in the evening) the Premier and Mr. Thompson and Mr. Meagher, Ms.L.A., are ...

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  29. THE WEEKLY PRESS.

    The "Economist" states that it is inevitable that Mr. Chamberlain's scheme for preferential trade with the colonies will be either impossible of execution or mischievous. ...

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  30. INTERVIEW WITH THE MANAGER.

    Mr. E. A. Norton, the managing agent of the Wallarah Coal Company, Limited, upon being seen at the office of the company by a representative of the "Herald" yesterday afternoon in regard to the ...

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  31. DISASTROUS FLOODS.

    Disastrous floods are reported from several of the Mississippi States. There has been heavy loss of life, especially at North Topeka, and immense destruction of property. ...

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  32. GALES AND FLOOD RAINS PREDICTED.

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  33. PRISONERS HELD TO RANSOM.

    During the disturbances at Salonika 1000 people were incarcerated. The poorest prisoners are being gradually released, while the wealthier are detained pending a settlement of ...

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  34. VISIT OF JAPANESE WARSHIPS.

    The Japanese squadron leaves the river at 8 o'clock on Tuesduy morning for Sydney, being due there on the 5th instant. They lease Sydney on the 16th, ...

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  35. AMERICAN OPPOSITION.

    Mr. G. W. Smalley, the New York correspondent of the "Times," states that United States hostility to Mr. Chamberlain's plan, as far as the opposition is based on trade ...

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  36. BOISTEROUS WEATHER AT MANLY.

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  37. FIRES AT NORTH TOPEKA.

    Burning lumber which was afloat on the River Kansas set fire to the town of North Topeka, which is separated from the mainland by floods. ...

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  38. RUSSIA THREATENS THE PRESS.

    M. Plchwe, the Russian Minister of the Interior, has informed Sir Cliarles Scott, the British Ambassador at St. Petersburg, that the "Times" correspondent has been ...

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  39. IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER.

    Mr. Charles Topp, who has been appointed to the Companionship of the Imperial Service Order, entered the Victorian Public Service as a young man. He was subsequently ...

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  40. ANOTHER RAILWAY AGITATION.

    A large and representative meeting of setllers, farmers, and residents between Forbes and Young was held at Bimbi on Saturday to consider the advisability of ...

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  41. THE SCENE OF THE DISASTER.

    Catherine Hill Bay is practically an open readstead, situated 48 miles north of Sydney, and 14 miles south of Newcastle. During heavy weather it is impossible to reach the jetty, and only masters ...

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  42. MR. J. M. REED.

    Mr. Joseph Reed has spent the whole of his official life in the Survey Department of Victoria, and steadily worked his way forward, until a couple of years ago he was appointed Surveyor-General. ...

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  43. HEAVY WEATHER AT NEWCASTLE.

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  44. THE MAIL CONTRACTS.

    Mr. A. W. Bibby, the chairman of the Pacific Steam Navigation Company, in conjunction with which the Orient Steam Navigation Company is worked, speaking at ...

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  45. MR. FRANK TATE.

    Mr[?] Frank Tate has served in the Victorian Education Department for a long term of years. He occupied responsible positions as inspector, and was later head of the Training College. When the office of Diretor ...

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  46. MR. E. C. NOWELL.

    Mr. E. C. Nowell, of Tasmania, has served for a generation in his present capacity as Clerk of the Legislative Council, and he is regarded in Tasmania as a veritable book of reference on all matters of ...

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  47. VICTORIAN RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

    Mr. Thomas Tait, Chairman of the Victorian Railway Commissioners, accompanied by Mrs. Tait and daughter, arrived by the Sydney express to-day. There was a large gathering on the Spencer-stree[?] ...

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  48. A PREVIOUS LOSS.

    The Illaroo is the second vessel lost by the Wallarah Coal Company, Limited, within a comparatively short period. It was only about 13 months ago that the steam collier Kelloe was sunk off Botany ...

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  49. ENORMOUS LOSSES.

    Owing to the floods the losses of the Kansas packing-houses are enormous. Three-fourths of the town of Armourdale is flooded. ...

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  50. MR. W. E. PARRY-OKEDEN.

    Mr. William Edward Parry-Okeden, Commissioner of Police of Queensland, was born in the Manaro district of New South Wales in 1841. At the age of 17 he was articled to Mr. Wattenborough, a Melbourne ...

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  51. QUEENSLAND.

    At the South Brisbane Police Court to-day, Hugh Sullivan, aged 48, was charged with having criminally assaulted a girl under 12 years of age on May 2. After formal evidence of the arrest had ...

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  52. DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL.

    The Illaroo was a steel, screw steamship of 515 tons gross register, and 318 tons net. She was fairly old, having been built in the year 1884 by Messrs. Wigham, Richardson, and Co., of ...

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  53. LABOUR IN RHODESIAN MINES.

    The Rhodesian gold mines are experimenting with Indians as labourers. If the experiment should prove unsatisfactory Chinese labour will be tried. ...

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  54. THE PREMIER AT WEE WAA.

    Sir John See with Mr. Collins, M.L.A., and two' other member of the party have just (8.55 p.m.) arrived, and have gone on to Narrabri without stopping. Six others of the party are stuck in the mud ...

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  55. MR. T. M. KING.

    Mr. Thomas Mulhall King, Audotor-General of Queensland, was born in London in 1842. He arrived with his parents in Melbourne in 1849. Queensland attracted his in 1862, and he entered ...

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  56. A SURVEY TO BE MADE.

    Hopes are entertained that the Illaroo will be refloated without much difficulty. According to a telegram received by the company last evening she has not received any damage, and is lying on a good ...

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  57. DISBANDMENT OF THE TEACHERS' VOLUNTEER CORPS.

    The Queensland Teachers' Volunteer Corps having been disbunded by the Federal authorities, a final parade was held on Saturday night, it taking the form of a smoke concert. There was a large ...

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  58. THE PROJECTION OF MARS.

    Professor Lowell, of Lowell Observatory, when interviewed regarding the projection of Mars reported from Harvard Observatory, Arizona, attributed the projection to a cloud ...

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  59. MR. A. V. DRURY.

    Mr. Albert Victor Drury, Clerk of the Executive Council of Queensland, first entered the service in March, 1862. Five years later, on the first day of 1867, he was appointed to his present position by ...

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  60. FEDERAL CABLE AGREEMENT.

    The Premier of New Zealand has written to Sir Edmund Barton urging that the proposed concessions be not granted under the agreement with the Federal ...

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  61. CYCLONE IN SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND.

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  62. THE INSURANCE.

    The Illaroo was insured with the South British Insurance Company for the sum of £7500, but the risk was distributed among a number of other offices. The value of the Illarro was about £9000. ...

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  63. THE GOLD BUYERS BILL.

    The Premier was interviewed at Charters Towers to-day by several deputations. One was from the mineowners, regarding the Gold Buyers Bill, introduced but not passed last session. This, it is stated, ...

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  64. THE JEWS IN RUSSIA.

    We have received the following contribution[?] 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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  65. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The King has decided that the Distinguished Service Order shall rank immediately after the Royal Victorian Order. June 1. ...

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  66. A STRANGE DISCOVERY.

    While prospecting recently in wild country between Cork and Connemarra stations, in the Winton district, a man named Cragg came across a number of ...

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  67. WOMEN'S FRANCHISE.

    A deputation from the Women's Franchise League asked MR. Philp to-day to introduce a bill to extend the franchise to women before the next State elections. Mr. Philp said that the Government ...

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  68. A MEETING IN THE QUEEN'S HALL.

    A meeting will be held in the Queen's Hall this evening to express sympathy with the Jews who are being persecuted in Russia. Archdeacon Gunther will preside. It is expected that speeches will be delivered by Prof[?] ...

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