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  2. SECOND EDITION

    At the weekly auctions of Australasian tallow to-day 605 casks were offered and 397 casks were sold. Prices were unchanged as follow:—Fin[?] mutton 36s 6d, medium mutton 32s 6d; fine bee[?] ...

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  3. THE KEMBLA DISASTER.

    The Royal Commission appointed by the Government to inquire into the cause of the explosion which occurred at Mount Kembla Colliery on July 31 last continued its sittings at the court-house to-day. ...

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  4. VICTORIA.

    At a meeting of the executive committee of the Victorian Employers' Federation consideration was given to the Treasurer's now taxation proposals, and after some discussion the following resolution was ...

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  5. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Mining experts inform Mr. Chamberlain that the market valuation of all Transvaal mining companies amounts to £226,000,000. The people of Great Britain hold 81 per cent, ...

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  6. EMPIRE TRADE.

    The Premier of New Zealand tabled resolutions at the Imperial Conference in connection with the most important matters of debate. Thus Mr. Seddon, after giving the lead to his colleagues in respect to ...

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  7. MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

    Mr. Chamberlain has had discussions with leading citizens of Johannesburg with the following results:— An agreement has been made for the ...

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  8. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The coal famine in the United States, combined with the bitter cold, is causing much suffering among all classes. Seven poeple have been frozen to death in ...

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  9. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 1s 10 1-16d per ounce standard. ...

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  10. THE STIRLING WEST TRAGEDY.

    The inquest on the body of the murdered man George Cullen was resumed to-day, when most of the members of the family and some neighbours gave evidence regarding Cullen's movements. Nothing ...

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  11. MILDURA RAISINS FOR THE NAVY.

    Victorian raisins are to be given a trial in the British Navy. Some time ago representations were at the instigation of the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Taverner), made to the Imperial authorities that ...

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  12. POLITICAL SITUATION IN NATAL.

    The Opposition party in the Natal Parliament has refused the offer of Sir Albert Hime, the Premier, to form a coalition Government. ...

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  13. CONGRATULATIONS OF THE PEESS.

    The "Times," in referring to the settlement of South African questions announced this morning, heartily congratulates Mr. Chamberlain in arranging a voluntary war ...

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  14. THE EXPORT OF BUTTER.

    In writing on the butter trade to the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Taverner), Mr. Sinclair, the agent for the department in London, states that unfortunately for Victoria through a shortage in shipments ...

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  15. CAPE PARLIAMENT PROROGUED.

    The Parliament of Cape Colony has been prorogued till April 16. ...

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  16. THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

    The ceremony of enthroning Dr. Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, will take place on February 12. ...

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  17. SERIOUS SHOOTING ACCIDENT.

    News was received at Marble Bar yesterday of a serious shooting accident which occurred on the New Kimberley stock route, 160 miles from Nullagine. Henry Kent, employed on the route, was out turkey ...

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  18. THE EX-QUEEN OF HAWAIL.

    A Special Committee of the United States Senate has awarded ex-Queen Liliuokalani, of Hawaii, £88,475 as compensation for personal damages sustained by the annexation of ...

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  19. THE VISIT TO POTCHEFSTROOM.

    Mr. Chamberlain, when he makes his visit to Potchefstroom, will be accompanied by General Botha. ...

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  20. SEPARATE REPRESENTATION FOR CIVIL SERVANTS.

    At the half-yearly meeting of the Sixth-class Teachers' Association, held to-day, the proposal of the State Government to give the Public Service separate representation in Parliament was condemned, ...

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  21. BANK NOTE FORGERIES.

    A man named Hermanus Bernstein, who is implicated in the Bank of England note forgeries, was arrested at Capetown. He had many forged notes in his possession. An ...

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  22. MR. A. J. BALFOUR.

    Mr. A. J. Balfour, who was yesterday reported to have contracted a feverish chill, is now confined to his bed, there having been a slight rise in his temperature. ...

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  23. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Last night there was a good attendance of the electors of the Balmain Division of the Dalley Electorate at the Central Hall, Darling-street, Balmain, to hear an address on federal politics by Mr. W. H. ...

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  24. WE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY.

    Dr. von. Holleben, late German Ambassador at Washington, now on his way to Germany, informed an American friend prior to his departure that every step taken by the ...

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  25. QUEENSLAND.

    The Treasurer is now in communication with the Bank of England, through the Agent-General, regarding the flotation of a loan of £1,000,000. Advices to float the loan may be received at any time ...

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  26. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A robbery surrounded with mysterious circumstances was perpetrated on Sunday at the residence of Mr. Cummins, Burt-street, Boulder. It appears that Mrs. Cummins went to bed, and awake on ...

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  27. CASUALTIES.

    A singular case of blood poisoning is under treatment in the hospital at Ararat. A young man named Hurstfield while cleaning out a dog kennel ran a splinter into one hand. Blood poisoning set in and ...

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  28. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT.

    The Duke and the Duchess of Connaught have visited the Khyber Pass, on the north-west frontier of India. Three thousand troops lined the pass. Headmen of the Afridi tribes ...

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  29. NORTHERN MISSIONARY WORK.

    The Bishop of North Queensland, who is at present in Brisbane, was interviewed to-day. He said he was so impressed with the degraded condition of the bulk of the alien population in the north that he ...

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  30. IRELAND.

    Mr. Michael Davitt, in discussing the prospects of a settlement of the land question in Ireland, contends that before the State assists in the transfer of land from the landowner to ...

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  31. MADAME MELBA.

    Madame Melba's opening concert, notwithstanding the intensely hot night, was a tremendous success. The Queen's Hall was filled in every part. The diva was received with immense enthusiasm. Great ...

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  32. THE PASSAGE OF THE DARDANELLES.

    In consequence of the Porte withholding a privilege granted to other shipping companies, Sir N. R. O'Conor, the British Ambassador at Constantinople, ordered a steamer ...

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  33. THE DEATH OF A RICH SWAGSMAN.

    The body of the swagsman found near Dandenong on Monday evening has been identified as that of Patrick Dinan. A telegram was received from John Dinan, of Adelaide, stating that he believed the body ...

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  34. HOT WEATHER AT PERTH.

    For the past week the temperature at Perth has ranged about the neighbourhood of 100[?] To-day the maximum reading of the thermometer was 106[?]. ...

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  35. THE COSME COLONY.

    Mr. Ernest H. Lane, who for a number of years has been associated with socialist movements in Brisbane, left by the Leura to-day en route for Cosme, Paraguay. He was one of the founders of the social ...

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  36. RUSSIA.

    Pressure by the Russian Government stopped the negotiations for the transfer of four 20-knot cruisers of the Volunteer Fleet to a foreign company. Henceforth they and ...

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  37. TAIT v. ARMSTRONG.

    The action brought by John F. Tait, musical director and advance agent, against Nellie Porter Armstrong, professionally known as Madame Melba, in which plaintiff claims £23 7s 6d for money alleged ...

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  38. THE COOLGARDIE WATER SCHEME.

    On Tuesday evening next a civic banquet will be given to distinguished visitors to the State in connection with the opening of the water scheme. The differences between the goldfields people and ...

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  39. THE REBELLION IN MOROCCO.

    The Pretender Buhamura is preparing to surround and starve Fez, the capital of Morocco. Most of the Europeans have left the city. ...

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  40. THE BUDGET.

    The Russian Budget shows that the revenue of the Empire amounts to £200,000,000. There is a small surplus. Large additional provision is made for ...

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  41. NEWCASTLE.

    A man named Jonathan Davis, aged 45, residing with his wife and family in Alfred-street, died suddenly this morning. Deceased returned by boat from Sydney about 5 a.m., and, in company with some ...

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  42. THE CHINESE INDEMNITY.

    China suggests that she will pay the indemnity on a gold basis if she is allowed to collect import duties in gold. The United States has refused to agree to ...

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  43. TASMANIA.

    The steamer Australian from Melbourne, arrived safely last night. She fell in with a heavy S.W. gale and sea at 9 a.m. on Sunday, and in consequence of the vessel having 800 sheep and six horses ...

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  44. FRANCE.

    M. Bourgeois has been elected president of the French Chamber of Deputies. ...

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  45. THE COAL EXPORT TRADE.

    The following vessels cleared at the Customs today:—The steamer Warrimo, for Wellington, via Sydney, with 1650 tons of coal; and the steamer Tancoola, for Fremantle, via Port Kembla and ...

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  46. THE RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS.

    M. Combes, the Premier of France, has refused authorisation to 947 religious congregations. ...

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  47. NEW ZEALAND.

    In order to prevent a recurrence of anthrax in Southland, the Government has decided to erect a plant at the Bluff for sterilising imported bonedust. ...

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  48. PUNISHMENT OF BOYS.

    Three boys named Frank Elliott, Joseph Wood, and James Cummins were charged at the Warragal Police Court, before Mr. C. Cresswell, P.M., with behaving in an indecent manner on New Year's Eve. ...

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  49. BRITISH NAVY AND ARMY.

    Apart from the war charges Great Britain's expenditure on the Navy has increased by £17,000,000, and that upon the Army by £12,000,000, in the last 10 years. ...

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  50. LAUNCH OF A CHILIAN BATTLESHIP.

    The Chilian battleship Constitution has been launched from the yards of Armstrong, Whitworth, and Company, Elswick. The battleship, which was built in record speed, ...

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  51. NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL.

    The monthly meeting of the committee of Newcastle Hospital was held to-night, Mr. O. H. Hannell presiding. A letter was read from Sir John See, expressing the hope that the opportunity would ...

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  52. STRANGE DISCOVERY.

    About 1 p.m. yesterday the Waverley police were informed that the dead body of a woman had been seen among the rocks at the foot of the cliffs to the north of Bondi Beach. The body was first noticed ...

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  53. RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN STATE SCHOOLS.

    Steps are beiug taken in the Ballarat district for the revival of voluntary religious instruction in State schools. At a meeting held last evening a resolution was carried to form an association in Ballarat ...

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  54. THE SAXONY SCANDAL.

    The newspapers publish accounts of former escapades with women of M. Giron, the French tutor and paramour of the Crown Princess Louise of Saxony. ...

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  55. DRAWBACK OF WHARFAGE REPEALED.

    At a special meeting of the Melbourne Harbour Trust Commissioners to day it was resolved to repeal as from March 31 next regulation No. 91, relating to the drawback of wharfage. Mr. W. ...

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  56. THE REPORTED ROYAL SEPARATION DENIED.

    The report that Count Lonyay has left his wife, the Princess Stephanie, is denied. ...

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  57. NEWCASTLE AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

    A meeting of the Newcastle Agricultural Association was held to-night, Dr. Beeston presiding. A letter was read from Mr. J. Noble, secretary of the Sydney Pigeon Club, suggesting an alteration in the ...

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  58. SEVERE WEATHER IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE.

    Snow is several inches deep at Sheerness and elsewhere in England. The racing at Birmingham was stopped by the severe weather. ...

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  59. AUSTRALIAN AND FRENCH WINES.

    Mr. B. P. Burgoyne, of Messrs. B. P. Burgoyne and Co., wine merchants, London and Adelaide, in a letter to the "Daily Telegraph," states that the imports into the ...

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  60. THE WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales to-day the catalogue comprised clips from the south-east of South Australia, the Western and Gippsland districts of Victoria, and greater part of the Riverina. There were also large ...

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  61. THE NAVAL AGREEMENT.

    Mr. G. H. Reid, in discussing the proposed new naval agreement, expressed his disapproval of anything in the shape of a make-believe Australian squadron. He would not object to some flexibility in the ...

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  62. A BULL-FIGHTER'S DEATH.

    Senor Francesco Matillera, a famous bullfighter, slipped in a bull-fight at Juarez, Mexico, and was gored to death in the presence of 5000 persons. ...

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  63. VICE-REGAL VISIT OT PRAHRAN.

    Sir George Clarke paid an official visit this evening to Prahran, and was welcomed by the Mayor. His Excellency, in the course of a speech, said that he considered municipal institutions in Victoria were ...

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  64. BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH BEQUEST.

    Mr. Frederick Quick, a London merchant, bequeathed to the Cambridge University a sum of £60,000 for biological research. ...

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  65. R.M.S. ARCADIA AT FREMANTLE.

    The R.M.S Arcadia arrived at 9 a.m. to-day, and was to sail at 4 p.m. Her saloon passengers are:— For Fremantle: Messrs. F. W. Irvine. B. Stewart Irwin, Miss Irwin, Messrs. L. Cohen, J. W. ...

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  66. LAND ASSESSMENTS FOR TAXATION PURPOSES.

    At a public meeting held at Savernake to discuss the increase in the ummproved value of land theo following resolutions were unanimously adopted:— 1. "That this meeting views with indignation the ...

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  67. MOTOR PACED CYCLE RACING.

    Another interesting display of motor-paced bicycle racing was given on the Exhibition track to night, in the presence of about 6000 persons. The champion stayer, Robl, was matched to race Forbes, ...

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  68. THE SARDINE INDUSTRY.

    Forty thousand fishermen in Britanny, France, have lost their occupation owing to the disappearance of the sardines. Great distress prevails in consequence. ...

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  69. CASUALTIES.

    A coal lumper named Julias Norberberg, 34, residing in Cumberland-street, Miller's Point, was working on board the collier Mount Kembla at the P. and O Wharf yesterday, when he fell down ...

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  70. LATE SHIPPING.

    The Adelaide Company's steamer Allinga, which arrived early this morning from Queensland ports, experienced off Cape Noreton a ferrifle thunderstorm, accompanied by continuous and vivid lightning, and followed by a fresh ...

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  71. THE UNION BANK.

    The report of the Union Bank of Australia recommends the payment of a dividend of 8 per cent. A sum of £50,000 is carried to the reserve, and £20,000 is carried forward. ...

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  72. ANOTHER SHIPPING TRUST.

    Mr. Pierpont Morgan is forming a trust combining the British, German, French, Italian liners trading between Europe and South America. The headquarters is to be [?] ...

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  73. A PROSPECTUS WITHDRAWN.

    The prospectus of the Federal Supply and Cold Storage Company has been withdrawn owing to a dispute. ...

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  74. ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

    The monthly meeting of the Royal Authropological Society of Australia was held last evening. Mr. Walter R. Harper spoke of "Some Toys of the Aborigines." Dr. Carroll addressed the ...

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  75. KICKED BY HORSE.

    A mail cart driver named J. Gillespie was taken to Sydney Hospital yesterday suffering from a severe cut on one of his legs, the result of a kick from a horse. Eleven stiches were put in the ...

    Article : 52 words
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