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  2. SECOND EDITION

    New York journals state that Venezuela, agrees to accept everything contained in the arbitration proposal except territorial indemnities. ...

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  3. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Sir William Lyne arrived here this afternoon, and was met by the Mayor and aldermen and a number of prominent citizens. He was entertained at the Royal Hotel, and briefly acknowledged the cordial ...

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  4. THE EDUCATION BILL.

    The House of Commons in committee yesterday considered the amendments which the House of Lords had made in the Education Bill. ...

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  5. VENEZUELA.

    Mr. A. J. Balfour (the Premier), in the House of Commons last night, said that in the event of a blockade of the Venezuelan coast the British and the German fleets would act ...

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  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Admiralty Committee, of which the Earl of Camperdown is chairman, has prepared a report with reference to the subvention of fast merchant cruisers for use in war ...

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  7. VICTORIAN BUDGET STATEMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day, after brief preliminary business, the Treasurer (Mr. Shiels) made his financial statement in Committen of Supply Mr. Shiels said that the late Treasurer estimated ...

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  8. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    The Federal Premier has forwarded a lengthy reply to the Premier of South Australia in reference to the contention that the States, and not the Commonwealth, have power to fix times and places in ...

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  9. CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION.

    At the Port Police Court to-day William Cornell, of W. Cornell and Co., cycle importers, was charged with having through his agent made[?] an untrue statement in an entry for cycle goods landed from ...

    Article : 70 words
  10. COST OF THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MILITARY.

    While in Adeiaide Sir John Forrest inquired into various complaints which have been made regarding the local military force. He quoted from the Estimates to show that it was not correct, as had been ...

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  11. THE UNITED STATES MINISTER.

    Admiral Dewey has been ordered to send an officer to act as Assistant Minister a[?] Caracas. ...

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  12. THE STATE OF WAR.

    The virtual declaration by Mr. A. J. Balfour that the Allies are at war with Venezuela, coincident with the official announcement by the United States Government that ...

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  13. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

    The condition of the Archbishop of Canterbury remains stationary. ...

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  14. BRITISH ENTANGLEMENT WITH GERMANY.

    Great Britain's entanglement with Germany in coercing Venezuela is largely reprobated in England owing to the fear of offending the United States. ...

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  15. THE REBELLION IN MOROCCO.

    The Pretender to the throne of Morocco was not captured, no was recently reported. He has now established his Court at Teza, near where the Sultan had a narrow escape ...

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  16. PASSED BY COMMONS AND LORDS.

    The Houso of Commons last night, by 228 votes to 82, agreed in the proviso added in the House of Lords on the motion of Lord Halsbury to the Kenyon Slaney clause, defining ...

    Article : 128 words
  17. THE PROPOSAL FOR ARBITRATION.

    Mr. John Hay, the United States Secretary of State, has sounded Great Britain and Germany regarding the proposal of President Castro to proceed to arbitration over their ...

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  18. THE FEDEIIAL CAPITAL SITE COMMISSION.

    Sir William Lyne, Minister for Home Affairs, on his arrival here from Tumut this afternoon received a wire from his under-secretary at Melbourne as follows:—"I have wired the members of the Federa ...

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  19. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at is 10[?]d per ounce standard. ...

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  20. NOTES IN THE STATE PARLIAMENT.

    Shortly after the Legislative Council met yesterday Mr. Macintosh moved the adjournment of the House for the purpose of calling attention to the risk which existed of the destruction of the Parliamentary ...

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  21. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    When our first edition went to press the Legislative Assembly was discussing a motion moved by the Minister for Lands authorising the purchase of the Old Berrigan Estate for closer settlement ...

    Article : 343 words
  22. THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

    In the House of Commons on Monday night Lord Cranborne, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in the course of a speech, remarked that he country ...

    Article : 79 words
  23. THE BALKANS.

    Count Lamsdorff, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the course of his tour in South-eastern Europe, will visit Belgrade (Servia) and Sofia (Bulgaria). ...

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  24. IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION.

    The felt-hatters who arrived by the R.M.S. Oruba stated that they were all skilled workmen, and had served apprenticeships of from 5 to 7 years, ever since which they had belonged to the Amalgamated ...

    Article : 310 words
  25. SPEECH AT TUMUT.

    Sir William Lyne's address here was almost identical with the one he delivered at Adelong. He denounced what he termed theo Melbourne. press misrepresentation, giving an idea, that the Government ...

    Article : 343 words
  26. FEELING IN THE UNITED STATES.

    The New York newspapers are remarkably friendly to Great Britain and distrustful of Germany, who is suspected of a desire to weaken the union of the United States and ...

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  27. RUSSIA.

    M. Timiraseff, the Russian commercial agent at Berlin, has been appointed Assistant Minister for Finance (Commerce and Industry section) in succession to M. Kovalevsky, who ...

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  28. THE ITALIAN CLAIMS.

    Italy has presented an ultimatum to Venezuela claiming £120,000. ...

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  29. THE FEDERAL FLAG.

    In reply to a question as to whether the Australian flag had yet been officially approved of, Sir Edmund Barton stated the design forwarded by the Government to England had been approved by his Majesty ...

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  30. DEMANDS OF SPAIN AND BELGIUM.

    Spain and Belgium have sent notes to Venezuela claiming the most favoured settlement of outstanding disputes. ...

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  31. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Earl of Onslow, Parliamentary Undersecretary for the Colonies, states that the Government contemplates sending to South Africa bacteriological experts to study remedies ...

    Article : 81 words
  32. PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS.

    A deputation waited on the Federal Premier this afternoon to protest against the paragraph in an order-in-council passed last Monday having reference to the exemption from the provisions of the Public ...

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  33. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Government has approved of the recommendation of the Government Geologist, Mr. H. Y. L. Brown, that a prospecting party should be sent out to make a mineralogical examination of the country ...

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  34. THE FELT HATTERS' CASE.

    The Federal Premier has been informed that evidence will be submitted to him that will prove that the second party of English hatters under engagement to Mr. Anderson, of Sydney, are specially skilled ...

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  35. MR. J. COOK AT LITHGOW.

    Mr. J. Cook, M.P., had a successful meeting in the School of Arts last night, when he addressed a large audience. Mr. E. Ashford, miners' president, was chairman. ...

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  36. A GERMAN OFFICER KILLED.

    An officer of the German cruiser Vineta was killed during the bombardment of the forts at Puerto Cabello. ...

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  37. REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT.

    The rebel editors who were recently released at Caracas have been reimprisoned owing to the incipient revolutionary movement. [Some of the above items appeared in a portion of ...

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  38. INTER-STATE CRICKET.

    The first match in this season's Sheffield shield competition will be between New South Wales and South Australia, and will commence on the Adelaide oval to-day. ...

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  39. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The National Bank of New Zealand has declared an interim dividend of 10 per cent. Owing to protests of the Irish farmers the United Irish League has removed the ...

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  40. THE HOMEBUSH STOCK MARKET.

    The effect of the bountiful rains on the pastures in many parts of the country reacted on the values of sheep and lambs yesterday at the metropolitan fat stock saleyards. Grazers and others were in ...

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  41. THE NEWMARKET SEAT.

    Major-General Sir Hugh M'Calmont proposed to contest the Newmarket seat rendered vacant by the death of Colonel H. L. B. M'Calmont. Though Lord Roberts gave his ...

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  42. THE SUGAR CONVENTION.

    The Premier (Mr. A. J. Balfour) stated in the House of Commons last night that there was no reason for delaying the ratification of the Sugar Bounties Convention, since it did ...

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  43. COLLECTION OF SUGAR DUTIES.

    Communications continue to reach the Federal Premier from the chambers of commerce in the various States in support of the petition of the Colonial Sugar Company praying for a tribunal to ...

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  44. CONTAMINATED OYSTERS.

    Two deaths which have occurred at Winchester, including that of a doctor, have been traced to the eating of tainted oysters at a mayoral banquet. ...

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  45. DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKE.

    A severe earthquake, lasting three minutes, has occurred in Russian Turkestan. Much of the railway was destroyed. A number of persons were killed. ...

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  46. WORK FOR THE UNEMPLOYED.

    DISSATISFIED TRADES UNIONISTS. Trades unionists complain that in the work found by the Government to relieve the unemployed, they are not receiving ...

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  47. CASUALTIES.

    Shortly before 6 o'clock last night a collision occurred between a tram and a buggy, in which four people were seated, at the corner of Weatherell and Norton streets, Leichhardt. The vehicle was ...

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  48. LATE MINING.

    At the Hercules mine an important development has taken place. The manager reports that C lode of gossan, between Nos. 3 and 4 levels, has been proved another 20ft[?] or 30ft. in all, and this ...

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  49. ART INSTRUCTION.

    A misleading statement has been circulated to the effect that the Minister for Education, Mr. Perry, has received the recommendations of the joint committee organised, by him with instructions to report ...

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  50. RACE TELEGRAMS.

    The system under which any person by paying a fee could obtain from the telegraph office in Victoria a message giving the result of a race is to be stopped by order of the Postmaster-General. Recently the ...

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  51. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Signor Marconi daily has perfect wireless telegraphy communication between Cape Breton (Nova Scotia) and Cornwall. He expects soon to be able to communicate over a ...

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  52. MOUNT LYELL RETURNS.

    The Mount Lyell smelting returns from November 13 to December 10 inclusive, show that a total quantity of 21,724 tons of ore has been treated, the average assay before treatment being: Copper 2.21 ...

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  53. MURDER BY A WOMAN.

    The woman Emma (otherwise Kitty) Byron charged with murdering Arthur Reginald Baker by stabbing him, has been found guilty of murder with the strongest recommendation ...

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  54. RESCUE FROM DROWNING.

    A young man named Robert Hawkins, living at Church-street, Balmain, fell from the Mort's Dock Ferry last night, but was quickly rescued by some passengers. He was in a collapsed condition, and ...

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  55. METEOROLOGICAL TELEGRAMS.

    Sir Edmund Burton is anxious that all the meteorological departments should be served quickly with telegraphic information, and he has requested the postal authorities to give every attention to this ...

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  56. LATE ENGLISH COMMERCIAL.

    The American visible supply of wheat and flour cant of the Rockies is estimated at 80,527,000 bushels. Copper on spot is quoted at £50 11s 3d per ...

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  57. LATE SHIPPING.

    Baden Powell, s., 200 tons, Captain J. Ferguson, from Nambucca. F. Buckle, agent. ...

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  58. MOUNT LYELL MINES.

    At the Mount Lyell reduction works four furnaces are in blast treating the usual tonnage of ore. At the North Lyell the cresscut from 100ft. level of winze below No. 2 level continues to develop ...

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  59. ACCIDENT TO A BOY.

    A boy named Charles Butler, 10, residing at Eveleigh-street Eveleigh, fell from a tree at the Darlington Public School yesterday and fractured his skull. He was taken to Prince Alfred Hospital, ...

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  60. THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The Federal Premier stated to-day that he does not purpose taking any special steps to celebrate the second anniversary of the inauguration of the Comonwealth, the occasion falling on New Year's Day, ...

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  61. THE STEAMER WOLLOWRA.

    The Adelaide Company's steamer Wollowra, which was expected to reach Sydney yesterday morning, had not been signalled up to 8 o'clock this morning. She is coming here with passengers and cargo from Fremantle, Adelaide, and ...

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  62. R.M.S. ORUBA.

    The R.M.S. Oruba's mails left by the express on Wednesday. ...

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  63. "JUST AS GOOD"

    is a well worn fiction, and certainly as regards ARNOTT'S Milk Arrowroots no other biscuit is "just as good," Ask the children,—Advt. ...

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  64. ALWAYS EVEN

    and excellent in manufacture, always made with the children in view—ARNOTT'S Milk Arrowroots are the CHILDREN'S BISCUITS.—Advt. ...

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