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  2. INTER-STATE CRICKET.

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  3. COUNTRY NEWS.

    William Woods, selector on Uardry run, was fouud dead under a culvert on the railway line yesterday. In the opinion of the local police he died in a fit. The body was taken to Carrathool, where ...

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  4. VICTORIA.

    The case in which two respectable girls were wrongfully arrested by a constable at the Victoria Markets on Wednesday last is to be fully investigated. The father of one of the girls, a city ...

    Article : 75 words
  5. QUEENSLAND.

    The inquiry into the recent railway accident at the Park-road station has concluded, and the evidence has been submitted to the heads of the department for report. Another lady has notified that she received ...

    Article : 55 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Powers are preparing a protocol defining the points upon which the arbitration between Great Britain, Germany, and Italy on the one hand, and Venezuela on the other, ...

    Article : 91 words
  7. THE DELHI DURBAR.

    The rehearsals for the Durbar at Delhi on January 1 indicate that the function will be an amazing and dazzlingly brilliant pageant. Those present will include 100 ruling chiefs, ...

    Article : 171 words
  8. MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

    The grasp of detail shown by Mr. Chamberlain, and his impressive speeches, have taken Natal by storm. While Mr. Chamberlain was attending the ...

    Article : 162 words
  9. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    The Federal Premier has not yet received the letter which our Adelaide correspondent announced on Friday had been despatched from that capital by Mr. Jenkins, Premier of South Australia, with a ...

    Article : 281 words
  10. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

    Parliament has been prorogued to February 10. ...

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  11. THE WRECK OF THE INVERLOCHY.

    Captain Wymark, surveyor to the Marine Salvage Association of Victoria, who is carrying out the salvage operations at the atranded barque Inveriochy, reported this evening that the weather ...

    Article : 71 words
  12. THE RAINFALL.

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  13. THE OUTTRIM HOWITT COLLIERY.

    The directors of the Outtrim Howitt Coal-mining Company have decided to review the working conditions of the mine. Employees will be asked to sign on under a new set of rules on January 19. An ...

    Article : 59 words
  14. THE FASSIFERN VACANCY.

    The following nominations were received to-day for the vacancy in the Fassifern Electorate:—Mr. J. L. Bowman, Independent; Mr. C. M. Jenkinson, Independent Oppositionist; Mr. E. Kretschmer de ...

    Article : 52 words
  15. DECREASE IN THE RAILWAY REVENUE.

    The railway revenue since July 1 shows a falling off of £43,613 compared with the corresponding period of last year. ...

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  16. TERRIBLE RAILWAY COLLISION.

    A signalman failing to detain the Chicago Grand Trunk express, which was crowded with returning Christmas excursionists, the train came into collision with a goods train ...

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  17. FIRES.

    A two-roomed wood and iron dwelling in Crystal-street, owned by Mr. John T. Wilson, and occupied by J. W. Saunders, a blind man, was destroyed by fire yesterday afternoon. Saunders is a familiar ...

    Article : 147 words
  18. TASMANIA.

    Robert Easton, printer and publisher of the Mount Lyell "Standard," Archibald Douglass and James Robertson, the sureties for the paper, remained in custody to-day in consequence of the failure of the ...

    Article : 161 words
  19. SUPPOSED INCENDIARISM.

    Another attempt to set fire to the Club Hotel at Thargomindah was made on Sunday morning. A bag well saturated with kerosene was forced through the window into the bar and then set on fire. ...

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  20. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT.

    The Duke of Connaught, who will represent the King at the Delhi Durbar, and the Duchess of Connaught, have arrived at Bombay. ...

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  21. AMENDMENTS IN THE CUSTOMS ACT.

    The attention of the Federal Premier was directed yesterday to a statement that a communication had reached Melbourne from the Imperial Government to the effect that several minor amendments should be ...

    Article : 81 words
  22. CUSTOMS AND RAILWAY UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA.

    In the course of his reply to deputations at Durban Mr. Chamberlain said that he intended to advise Lord Milner to summon a conference to discuss the union of the Customs ...

    Article : 123 words
  23. FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT.

    A fetal shooting accident is reported from Mackay. Mr. J. H. Thornber (the town clerk of Mackay) was returning driving from a four days' holiday. With him were his son, two daughters, and a friend. ...

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  24. SLAVES EMANCIPATED.

    A Blue Book on East Africa states that on the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba 13,246 slaves have been emancipated in the last five years. ...

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  25. CHINESE IMMIGRATION.

    A deputation consisting of Messrs. W. R. Lee (of On Yik and Lee, representing the L[?] Yik Tong), Sun Johnson, Charles Dat (of Quong, Wing, Ching, and Co.), and H. Kong (of Quong, Mow, On, and Co.) was ...

    Article : 533 words
  26. THE UNITED STATES.

    The Michigan Central Railway Company is suing the State of Michigan for 6,000,000dols. (£1,200,000) for the revocation of its charter, whereby the charge of 3 cents per mile was ...

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  27. THE CHURCHES.

    The Rev. R. H. D. Kelly has received the plans of the new Church of England. It provides for a brick edifice, and will cost about £600 or £700. The foundation stone is to be laid by the Bishop in ...

    Article : 85 words
  28. THE NEW STEAMER EMPIRE.

    The new E. and A. line steamer Empire arrived in Moreton Bay this afternoon from Japan. The health authorities were unable to board the vessel owing to the roughness of the sea. It is expected ...

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  29. THE LONDON AND GLOBE FINANCE CORPORATION.

    The "Times" says that the Public Prosecutor has incurred a grave responsibility in refusing to prosecute directors of the London and Globe Finance Corporation. ...

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  30. PERSONAL.

    Mr. Edmond Alfred Tindale, of Barraga[?], near Mudgee, who died in Sydney on Christmas Eve, was a well-known squatter of the district in which he had resided for about 40 years. He was very ...

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  31. A RAILWAY FATALITY.

    Mr. J. H. M'Gurrin, aged 70 years, who had resided for 40 years in Queensland, was run over by an engine in the railway yards at Rockhampton this afternoon. He died in a few minutes. His skull ...

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  32. GERMANY.

    Germany and the Vatican have arranged to create a faculty of Roman Catholic theology at the University of Strasburg. The faculty is intended to counteract the Francophilism of the ...

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  33. AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL.

    Dairying is rapidly on the mercase, and the pasturage is now magnificent, while most of the dairymen are going in for the cultivation of artificial grasses, paspalum in particular, which se[?]ms to thrive ...

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  34. THE WEATHER.

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  35. THE ROYAL SCANDAL IN SAXONY.

    M. Giron, who is the lover of the Crown Princess Louise of Saxony, and who is with her at Geneva, av[?]ws the paternity of the child to which the Princess expects to give ...

    Article : 116 words
  36. THE KENNIFFS' APPEAL.

    A concert was held in the Centennial Hall to-night by members of the KEnniff family, assisted by local talent, the object being to raise funds in connection with the appeal to the Privy Council. The hall was ...

    Article : 128 words
  37. THE FRENCH NAVY.

    M. Pelletan, the French Minister for Marine, in an interview, sharply criticised the Budget committee of the Chamber of Deputies for giving him 10,000,000 francs ...

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  38. THE LATE MRS. D. B. HUGHES.

    The remains of the late Mrs. D. B. Hughes, who passed away at the residence of her sister. Mrs. W. Grahame, Strathearn, Carrington-road, Waverley, on Sunday afternoon, were interred at the ...

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  39. HOTEL BURNT DOWN.

    The Railway Hotel, Dalby, was destroyed by fire to-day. Some furniture and goods were saved. The building was owned by Mr. E. M. O'Keefe, and was insured in the Sun office for £450. ...

    Article : 36 words
  40. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A boring party sent out in connection with the trans-Australian railway project has discovered what is described as a good stock of water 60 miles north of the coast, about 80 miles from Eyre, and ...

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  41. THE REBELLION IN MOROCCO.

    Although the Sultan of Morocco asserts that the reverse at Teza suffered at the hands of the Pretender is a mere check, owing to the desertion among his troops, other accounts ...

    Article : 138 words
  42. SOUTH COAST.

    At the coroner's inquiry to-day concerning the origin of the fire which recently destroyed the Illawarra S.N. Company's shipping stores and their contents the jury returned an open verdict. ...

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  43. SYDNEY WATER SUPPLY.

    The flow of the rivers on the Prospect catchment area for the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. on Sunday was as follows:—Cataract, 7,254,000 gallons, being a falling-off of 7,206,000 gallons as compared with the ...

    Article : 205 words
  44. RUSSIAN CUSTOMS IN CHINA.

    Russia is establishing a Customs bureau at the port of Da[?]ny, in Ta-lien-wan Bay, near Port Arthur, despite the opposition offered by China. ...

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  45. PRESENTATION AT MEADOWBANK.

    The resident train travellers of Meadowbank made a presentation at Christmas to Mr. George Perkins, the stationmaster there, in recognition of his services as an officer, It took the form of a silver tea ...

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  46. SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT A POLO MEETING.

    At the Fremantle Polo Club meeting to-day on Canning Park course a serious accident happened in the final flutter, a two furlongs event, which had to be won twice. In the second heat the pony Lady ...

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  47. PURCHASE OF AMMUNITIN.

    An important departure is contemplated by the Defence Department. In the past supplies of smallarms ammunition for the military forces in other States have been imported through the agency of the ...

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  48. MR. G. H. REID, M.P.

    Mr. G. H. Reid, M.P., who, with Mrs. Reid, is staying at Eden, has accepted in invitation to visit Bombala. He will leave here on Sunday for Kameruka en route for Southern Monaro. On the ...

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  49. RAID ON ALLEGED GAMBLERS.

    Late last evening a raid was made by the police on an alleged Chinese gambling den in King-street. Fifty Celestials were arrested. At the police court this morning two of the men, who were accused of ...

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  50. SOLDIERS' WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.

    Queen Alexandra entertained yesterday at dinner 2000 orphans and widows of soldiers who fell in South Africa at the Alexandra Trust Dining Rooms, City-road. ...

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  51. THANKSGIVING FOR RAIN.

    Special thanksgiving services for rain were conducted at the local churches yesterday. Canon Martin, of Goulburn, preached at both services at St. Paul's Anglican Church. The Rev. J. H. Craig, ...

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  52. THE HAGUE ARBITRATION TRIBUNAL.

    Baron D'Estournelles d[?] Constant, one of the representatives of France on the Hague International Arbitration Tribunal, has communicated with President ...

    Article : 112 words
  53. THE BISHOP OF BENDIGO.

    The Bishop of Bendigo (the Rev. H. A. Langley) has arranged to leave in a few days to spend a lengthened holiday with his relatives in New South Wales. He intends to return to take part in the ...

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  54. A CHARGE OF MURDER.

    At the Coroner's inquest to-day touching the death of the Chinese, Ah Ping, the victim of the recent tragedy in King-street, the jury found that death was due to the; wound inflicted by the Manila man, ...

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  55. THE HOLIDAYS.

    Friday next has not been proclaimed a public holiday, but it is to be observed as a bank holiday. The Federal Public Service Act, which comes into force on Thursday, says, "Where any day is ...

    Article : 117 words
  56. THE R.M.S. ORONTES.

    The Orient Company to-day entertained a large party on the R.M.S. Orontes, including Sir John Forrest, Mr. James (the Premier), other Ministers and members of the Legislature, and other ...

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  57. DEATH OF DR. EMMA CONSTANCE STONE.

    Dr. Emma Constance Stone, the pioneer lady physician of Australia, died this morning at the residence of her sister, Miss Clara Stone, M.B., St. Kilda, after a lingering illness. The news of her ...

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  58. THE ACHIN RISING IN SUMATRA.

    The Dutch troops in their operations against the Achin rebels in Sumatra have captured the family of the Sultan in their hiding place in the mountains. ...

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  59. NEW SOUTH WALES v. VICTORIA.

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  60. NO NEW YEAR HONOURS.

    It is stated that several leading citizens of the States expect to be recipients of new year honours at the hands of his Majesty. It is rumoured in federal circles, however, that no distinctions are to ...

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  61. A TUG FOUNDERS.

    The tug Tiger, in a trial trip at Greenock, listed, and lurching she shipped water, which caused her boiler to explode. The vessel foundered, and six persons were drowned. ...

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  62. IMPORTATION OF SALMON OVA.

    Half a million quinnat salmon ova from America were successfully placed in the [?]atcheries at Plenty River to-day. The ova arrived by the steamer Oonah from Sydney ...

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  63. THE BRITISH PREMIER.

    The Premier, Mr. A. J. Balfour, who last week was suffering from influenza, is convalescent. ...

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  64. THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL.

    Senator Drake left this morning for Melbourne to attend a meeting of the Cabinet. He will probably return at the and of the week. His trip to the Northern rivers of New South Wales this week has ...

    Article : 64 words
  65. THE LATE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

    Touching references to the late Dr. Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, were made in all the churches throughout the kingdom yesterday. ...

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  66. RETRENCHMENT ON THE VICTORIAN RAILWAYS.

    The Minister for Railways met the heads of the various railway departments in conference to-day to cousider the question of devising some further means of reducing the working expenses of the ...

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  67. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Dr. J. W. Festing, Bishop of St. Albans, aged 65 years. [The Rev. John Wogan Festing, D.D., Bishop of St. Albans since 1890, was born in 1837. He was ...

    Article : 119 words
  68. FINANCES OF THE CITY.

    The Lord Mayor (Alderman Thomas Hughes), in speaking yesterday to a representative of the "Herald," expressed his extreme gratification at the present condition of the finances of the city. With ...

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  69. BOATING FATALITY AT PORT ADELAIDE.

    A boating fatality, which involved loss of the lives of William Parsons, aged 26, a publican, and Alexander M'Gor[?], aged 22, occurred on the Port Adelaide River at 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. Parsons and ...

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  70. A TRIBUTE FROM RECHABITES.

    At a meeting of the district officers of the Rechabite Order held to-day the following resolution was unanimously carried:—"that this meeting of district officers places on record its high appreciation of ...

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  71. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The sixty sixth anniversary of the foundation of the colony on December 28 was celebrated to-day in delightful weather. The only gathering of importance was at Glenelg, where the pioneers landed in ...

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  72. MR. S. W. HIGGINBOTTOM, M.P.

    The death is announced of Mr. Samuel Wasse Higgmbottom, M.P. (Conservative) for West Derby division of Liverpool. Mr. Higginbottom was aged 49 years. ...

    Article : 106 words
  73. LATE SHIPPING.

    Coomonderry (s.), 147 tons, Captain S. Canty, from Moruya. J. Aubin, agent. ...

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  74. ONE LADY TELLS ANOTHER

    Use Siren Soap if you want white clothes.—Advt. ...

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  75. DEPARTURES.—Dec. 29.

    Anglian, s., for Newcastle. Harwon, s., for Newcastle. Kamona, s., for Newcastle. ...

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