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  2. INTER-STATE CRICKET.

    The weather was bright and warm to-day for cricket, and New South Wales began their second innings against South Australia on the AdelaideOval under the best of conditions for run getting. ...

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  3. QUEENSLAND.

    Owing to the rains the concessions By the Railway Department in charging half rates for fodder sent to inland districts for starving stock will be discontinued after the end of this month. ...

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  4. SECOND EDITION

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at is 10 7-16d per ounce standard. ...

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  5. LORD MILNER.

    The Durban correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that Mr. Chamberiain, after examining the immensity of the work accomplished in South Africa by ...

    Article : 121 words
  6. VENEZUELA.

    Advices from Caracas state that the proposal of Great Britain and Germany that President Roosevelt should act as arbitrator with Venezuela has been received at Caracas, ...

    Article : 146 words
  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Durban correspondent of the "Daily Express," in his message relating to Lord Milner reported elsewhere, adds: "Mr. Chamberlain's chief concern is to unify South ...

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  8. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    Acting on a request from the Premier of the Commonwealth, the Minister for Works has approved of Mr. Henry Deane, M.A., M.Inst., C.E.(Engineer-inChief for Railway Construction in this State), ...

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  9. FATAL STABBING CASE AT PERTH.

    A serious affray, attended with fatal consequences occurred this afternoon. A Malay named Ballantyne, a ticket-of-leave man, fell foul of several Chinese residing in King-street. The ...

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  10. THE MURRAY RIVER COMMISSION'S REPORT.

    The Minister for Home Affairs has always taken a great interest in the question of water conservation, and he is, therefore, going to spena a portion of his holidays studying the report of the recent Interstate ...

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  11. THE VOYAGE RESUMED.

    Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain arrived at Zanzibar yesterday, and resumed their voyage to Durban in the cruiser Good Hope. ...

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  12. PUBLIC SERVICE REGULATIONS.

    The Public Service Commissioner has prepared an index to the voluminous regulations framed under the Public Service Act, Fifteen thousand copies of the latter will be issued, and they will be printed in ...

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  13. THE ARMY PROMOTIONS.

    Lord Roberts in addressing the cadets at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; said it was nonsense to say that influence was necessary for promotion. Almost all the ...

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  14. CHINA.

    Reports received at Shanghai state that Tung-fa-hsiang is in the province of Kan-sa mobilising 10,000 well-equipped mon, including a disbanded garrison of 4000 men. The ...

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  15. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Parliament was prorogued on Saturday with the usual ormalitics. The Administrator's speech declared that the prospects of the State were still buoyant, though temporary difficulties were being experienced ...

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  16. THE BLOCKADE.

    The opinion at Trinidad is unfavourable to the blockade. It is considered that Venezuela will be able to exist on her own resources for many months. The stoppage of trade is more ...

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  17. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL SITE COMMISSION.

    The Minister for Home Affairs is trying to arrange that members of the Capital Site Inquiry Commission shall hold a preliminary meeting on Wednesday. Sir William Lyne is anxious that the board ...

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  18. AUDACIOUS ROBBERY AT KALGOORLIE.

    One of the most audacious robberies that has ever been committed at Kalgoorlie was carried out successfully shortly after noon to-day, in the very heart of the business portion of Hannan-street. ...

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  19. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Gustav Adolph Fachrmann, 19, son of Mr. A. O. Faehrmann, on Saturday was leading two horses, the property of Mr. Young, schoolteacher out to graze, and was riding one of his own, and when about ...

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  20. THE WRECK OF THE INVERLOCHY.

    A telegram received from Geolong at an early hour this morning states that the barque Inverlochy still remains fast, about half a mile from the beach, calmly resting between two reefs in the channel. ...

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  21. TASMANIA.

    The Metropolitan Drainage Board estimates the cost of the drainage scheme at £79,341, and the necessary race at 6d in the £. The engineer's report will be on the lable for three weeks. Meanwhile the ...

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  22. CAPTURE OF VENEZUELAN VESSELS.

    British warships have captured under the blockade three Venezuelan schooners which were leaving La Guayra. The German cruiser Falke, at Maracaibo, ...

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  23. EVACUATION OF SHANGHAI.

    Great Britain and Germany have began the evacuation of Shanghai. ...

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  24. NEW ZEALAND.

    A presentation purse of 872 sovereigns enclosed in a silver casket was made to the Premier, Mr. Seddon, to-day. This amount constitutes the Wellington portion of the national purse. Other ...

    Article : 128 words
  25. A BANKING ASSIGNMENT.

    The private banking firm of J. and J. W. Pease, of Darlington, has executed a deed of assignment for the benefit of its creditors. The uncovered liabilities amount to £250,000. ...

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  26. A BRITISH SLOOP AGROUND.

    The British war sloop Fantome is aground at Barrancas, or the Orinoco. It is feared that she will remain aground some time, as the river is falling. ...

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  27. THE COOLGARDIE WATER SUPPLY.

    Water through the long line of pipes is now flowing into Coolgardie. ...

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  28. PERSONAL.

    Leading members of the congregation of the Woollabra Presbylerian Church, Ocean-street, having decided to present the Right Rev. John Walker, Moderator of the Presbyterian Assembly, ...

    Article : 150 words
  29. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Great Eastern Collieries have struck at a depth of 235ft. a seam of good coal 35ft, thick at Grootvlei, Transvaal. ...

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  30. VICTORIA.

    At an inquest held to-day concerning the death of a wharf labourer named George M'Gregor, statements were made that death was probably due to drinking Tasmanian mineralised water taken on ...

    Article : 176 words
  31. HER POSITION PRECARIOUS.

    The position of the stranded barque Inverlochy is reported to be unchanged. The sea continues calm. The four men who boarded the vessel on Sunday have returned ashore. They said that after they had ...

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  32. ARCHBISHOP KELLY AT RICHMOND.

    Archbishop Kelly visited Richmond on Saturday, and remained until to-day. On Sunday morning he preached at St. Monica's Church, taking for his subject the Gospel of the day. ...

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  33. EXPLOSION ON A MAIL STEAMER.

    When the Hamburg-American liner Deutschland, 16,500 tons, was nearing the Scillies, south-cast of Land's End, on her voyage from New York, a cylinder exploded. ...

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  34. THE HUMBERT FRAUDS.

    All of the Humberts when arrested at Madid submitted quietly, with the exception of Mdile. Eve d'Aurignae, who had a fit of hysteria. The Humberts offered the ...

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  35. MR. T. E. MACNEVIN'S PROMOTION.

    At the Parramatta Police Court on Monday. Mr. T. E. MacNuvin, P.M., received the congratulations of the magistrates, the legal profession, the press, and the police officials, on his promotion to the ...

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  36. SLIGHT HOPES OF SAVING THE VESSEL.

    Whatever hopes may have been entertained that the stranded barque Inveriochy would be ultimately saved were almost if not completely destroyed to-day. Captain Kendrick, of the ill-fated vessel, ...

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  37. THE PROBATE DUTIES.

    It has been arranged that when the Legislative Council passes the new scheme of probate duties to-morrow the Act embodying them shall immediately receive the Royal assent at the hands of the ...

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  38. RETURN OF MR. ADAM FORSYTH.

    Mr. Adam Forsyth, general manager, end one of the board of directors, of Messrs, Burns, Philp, and Co., returned to Sydney on Sunday after an enjoyable holiday trip extending over eight months. He ...

    Article : 133 words
  39. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES.

    The Earl of Minto, the Governor-General of Canada, has sent from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to Cornwall, a message by wireless telegraphy to King Edward. ...

    Article : 55 words
  40. DECREASE IN RAILWAY EARNINGS.

    The railway earnings continue to show a falling off. The receipts since July 1 show a decrease of £32,930 compared with the corresponding period of last year. ...

    Article : 152 words
  41. THE BANK-NOTE FORGERIES.

    At the Central Criminal Court on Saturday sentences were passed upon prisoners concerned in the forgeries of Bank of England notes. Bernsteia was sentenced to 20 years' ...

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  42. PRESENTATION TO MR. W. J. MARSDEN.

    Last night there was a large gathering in the Mayor's room at the Ashfield Town Hall, when a handsome illuminated address was presented by the residents of the borough to Mr. W. J. Marsden, ...

    Article : 67 words
  43. THE FIRST PRESS MESSAGES.

    The "Times" has received the first press messages by wireless telegraphy. The messages, which were sent from Glace Bay, Cape Breton, to Poldhu, Cornwall, embody ...

    Article : 45 words
  44. AN IMPORTANT JUDGMENT.

    In the Supreme Court to-day Mr. Justice Holroyd delivered his reserved decision in the case of the Montgomerio Brewery Company, Limited, against Messrs. John Blyth and W. T. Jones, in which the ...

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  45. THE LATE MR. JAMES CLIFFORD.

    Mr. James Clifford, an ex-Mayor and alderman of the city of Goulburn, died at the residence of his son (Mr. D. Clifford, council clerk of Petersham), Waratab, Greenbank-street, Marrickville, on the ...

    Article : 164 words
  46. THE WATERS OF THE NILE.

    The treaty between Great Britain and Abyssinia, announced in June last, includes an engagement on the part of the Emperor Menelik not to allow the construction of any ...

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  47. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING.

    The Federal Premier has arranged to hold an Executive Council meeting in Sydney on New Year's Eve. Senator R. E. O'Connor, as Vice-President of the Executive Council, will preside, and in addition ...

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  48. THE WEATHER.

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  49. POST OFFICE NOMENCLATURE.

    Some weeks ago a deputation was introduced to the Deputy Postmaster-General by Mr. F. E. M'Lean, M.P., from the Rockdale Municipal Council, asking that the name of the ...

    Article : 177 words
  50. THE VICTORIAN TEAM.

    following upon the strong representations made to the Victorian Cricket Association by members of the Australian Eleven, who consider that they have been greatly aggrieved by J. Worrall, it was announced ...

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  51. SMOKE NIGHT GIVEN BY THE LORD MAYOR.

    The Lord Mayor of Sydney (Alderman Hughes) entertained last night the members of his election committee, the principal officers of the Town Hall, and some other friends at a smoke night. The ...

    Article : 167 words
  52. HOMEBUSH STOCK MARKET.

    Yesterday was the only sale day this week at the metropolitan fat stock yards, and a large number of respresentatives of the grazing industry were present, in addition to the usual attendance of the butchering ...

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  53. SYDNEY WATER SUPPLY.

    The flow of the rivers on the Prospect catchment area during the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. yesterday was as follows:—Cataract 40,619,000, and Nepean 97,000,000 gallons. Both rivers on the preceding day ...

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  54. CAPTAIN WALLINGTON.

    At the invitation of the Lord Mayor a number of leading citizens met in the Town Hall to-day to bid farewell to Captain Wallington, who is proceeding to England. The company included Sir William ...

    Article : 151 words
  55. CONVERSION OF STATE LOANS.

    Since the Federal Ministry moved in the matter of State loan conversions it has been taken for granted that the Commonwealth would be asked to convert the Victorian loan of £5,400,000 which falls due in ...

    Article : 168 words
  56. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

    The Archbishop of Canterbury is sinking slowly and painlessly. ...

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  57. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The family of Sir Thomas Glen-Coats, of Paisley, Scotland, have given £10,000 to the London Cancer Research Fund. Christmas Presents, Card Cases, Blotters, Purses, ...

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  58. HERR LOUIS ARENS.

    Herr Louis Arens, whoso engagement with Madame Melba has terminated, leaves for Europe by the Barbarossa on Wednesday. ADELAIDE, Monday. ...

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  59. DEMAND SURE TO BE LARGE.

    Don't Delay. ORDER AT ONCE. CHRISTMAS NUMBER THE SYDNEY MAIL Now Ready. ...

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  60. XMAS NUMBER THE SYDNEY MAIL.

    Better than ever. BEAUTIFUL PICTURES. Exciting Stories. 80 pages for 6d. ...

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  61. APPOINTMENT OF OFFICIALS.

    The Minister for Home Affairs has offered to retain Mr. G. Lewis as acting Chief Electoral Officer of the Commonwealth with a salary of £300 per annum from January 1. It is understood that Mr. ...

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  62. LATE SHIPPING.

    Anglian, s., 2159 tons, Captain Sheriff, from Hobart. Huddart, Parker, and Co., agents. ...

    Article : 22 words
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