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  2. PARRAMATTA DISTRICT.

    The following information in regard to the year's work of St. Joseph's Hospital, Auburn, has been supplied by the Mother Rectress:—During; the year 187 ...

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  3. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    In the "Commonwealth Gazette" issued this evening it is notified that examinations will be held for the entrance to the clerical and general divisions of the Commonwealth Public Service during the ...

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  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Lieutenant Lengerke, who was acting as First Officer of the German cruiser Vineta when President Castro's warships were sunk by the Germans, was summoned to Europe to ...

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  5. SHIPPING SUBSIDIES.

    The official debates of the Imperial Conference show that some time was devoted to cousrderation of the following motion tabled by the Premier of New Zealand:— ...

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  6. THE FERRIES TRAFFIC.

    The problem of rapid transit to and from the business centre is one that every city has to solva. Human nature demands some respite from the daily wearisome cares of business, and there is no simpler ...

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  7. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Rand mining companies' anxiety to secure Chinese labour leads the English newspapers to protest against the proposal, and to emphasise the fact that the new ...

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  8. MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

    Mr. Chamberlain will leave Bioemfontein on February 9. He will visit Grahamstown, Port Elizabeth, Graft Reinet, and Paarl, and will reach Capetown on the 17th proximo. ...

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  9. PARRAMATTA MEDICAL INSTITUTE.

    The annual meeting of the board of management of the Parramatta and District, United Friendly Societies' Medical Institute was held on Thursday evening, ...

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  10. DEPUTATION FROM THE NATIONAL SCOUTS.

    Replying to a deputation of ex-members of the National Scouts, Mr. Chamberlain said he regretted that the animosity towards former members of that body continued. He ...

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  11. THE VACANCY IN THE SENATE.

    At a meeting of the executive of the Protectionist Association on Thursday the question of filling the vacancy in the Senate caused by the death of Sir Frederick Sargood was discussed, and a resolution ...

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  12. ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

    Unofficial members have been added to the Legislative Council of the Orange River Colony as a preliminary to establishing an elective Council. ...

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  13. INTER-TRIBAL TROUBLES IN NEW GUINEA.

    Mr. C. A. W. Monckton, Resident Magistrate in the north-eastern division of British New Guinea, recently made a tour of inspection through his division, and in the course of a report to the Acting ...

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  14. THE NEW ADMIRAL.

    Vice-Admiral Fanshawe arrived in Sydney by the R.M.S. Ophir yesterday, and proceeding to the flagship (H.M.S. Royal Arthur) at once assumed his position as Commander-in-Chief on the Australian station. ...

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  15. MR. A. J. BALFOUR.

    The improvement in the condition, of Mr. A. J. Balfour (the Premier) noticed on Wednesday was well maintained yesterday. ...

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  16. THE WAR CONTRIBUTION.

    The Johannesburg correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that the contribution of the Orange River Colony to the war expenditure will be £5,000,000. and that a loan of a ...

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  17. A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.

    On Thursday Mr. Simouds, the headmaster of the Public school at Blacktown, met with a very painful accident. He was cutting some wood, when a ...

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  18. FIRE AT ALDERSHOT.

    The official residence at Aldershot of Lieutenant General Sir J. D. P. French, commanding the First Army Corps, was burnt yesterday. ...

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  19. TURKEY.

    Ferid Pasha, the president of the Macedonian Reformers Commission, has replaced Said Pasha as Grand Vizier of the Sultan of Turkey. It is supposed that ...

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  20. ORCHARD NOTES.

    Most of the orchard districts are now crying out for more rain, so that the fast-ripening mid-season fruit may receive some benefit. A day's rain now ...

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  21. SEVERE WEATHER IN ENGLAND.

    The frost is so severe that skating is practicable on the lakelets and ponds around London. ...

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  22. THE UNITED STATES.

    In consequence of the coal famine in the united States 60 British steamers have been chartered to take coal from Great Britain to the States. Many of the steamers are of ...

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  23. MOST FAVOURED NATION TREATMENT.

    The German Reichstag is engaged discussing a resolution urging the Government to denounce the most favoured nation clause in commercial treaties unless ...

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  24. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 1s 9?d per ounce standard. ...

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  25. VICTORIA.

    Since the early part of last year fodder for starving stock has been conveyed over the railways at one-third ordinary rates, and the reductions have been largely availed of. The stock naving now been ...

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  26. NAVAL CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMME.

    Owing to the pressure by President Roosevelt the Naval Committee of the House of Representatives has recommended the construction of three 16,000 tons battleships and ...

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  27. WENTWORTH RAILWAY EXTENSION.

    It transpires that according to the agreement between the Victorian and New South Wales representatives at the conference on Wentworth railway extension, New South Wales pays two-thirds and ...

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  28. THE UNDERMINING OF VENICE.

    In consequence of the undermining which has been noticed in Venice for some months, the Doge's palace threatens to collapse. ...

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  29. AMUSEMENTS.

    The pleasant depredations of "The Thirty Thieves " were brought to a conclusion at the Royal last night, and a crowded and [?]nthusiastic house afforded demonstrative evidence that the Christmas ...

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  30. THE MILDURA RAILWAY EXTENSION.

    The railway line which is in course of construction from Woomelang to Mildara was opened as far as Hattah on Thursday. There was no ceremonial of any kind. The Engineer-in-chief visited Huttah ...

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  31. THE FORTUNE TELLER.

    This evening Mr. George Musgrove will produce at the Theatre Royal for the first time in Australia a come opera in three acts by Victor Herbert and Harry B. Smith, entitled "The Fortune Teiler." ...

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  32. THE WRECKED BARQUE INVERLOCHY.

    The Collector of Customs at Geelong paid a visit to the wreck of the Inverl[?]hy to-day. He states that salvage operations are now carried on under the most daugerous conditions, as owing to the ...

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  33. SUICIDE BY CHARCOAL FUMES.

    A man named John Tree, aged, 35, a matchmaker, out of employment, committed suicide to-day at the residence of his brother-in-law, Windsor, by suffocating himself with charcoal fames. He appears to ...

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  34. AN EDITOR SHOT.

    Mr. Tillman, the Lieutenant-Governor of South Carolina, has shot Mr. Gonzales, the editor of a local paper, in revenge for criticisms passed upon him. ...

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  35. QUEENSLAND.

    Experiments in wireless telegraphy were recently commenced by the Naval Department between Brisbane and Moreton Island, but temporartly suspended owing to the difficulty in communication between ...

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  36. THE PALACE THEATRE.—"PAUL JONES."

    It is somewhat difficult to say anything novel or fresh as us to the production of Planquetto's comic opera. It is proving a worthy successor to "Dorothy," and the Palace Theatre is crowded every night by ...

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  37. THE WEATHER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 89 words
  38. THE POWERS OF TRADESUNIONS.

    Three committees, representativo of trade-union organisations, after meeting together, have decided to call a national conference to grant support to a bill to ...

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  39. THE ISTHMIAN CANAL.

    Sooner than submit to the exorbitant demands of Colombia for the acquisition of the Panama Canal, the United States Government will adopt the Nicaragua route for the ...

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  40. ALLEGED GAMING HOUSE.

    At the Contral Police Court to-day Harry Smith was committed for trial on a charge of being the keeper of a common guming house in Mary-street, Brisbane, where it is alleged a "two-up" school ...

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  41. SYDNEY WATER SUPPLY.

    The flow of the rivers on the Prespect catchment area for the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday was as follows:—Cataract, 1,221,000 gallons, an increase of 887,000 as compared with the previous corresponding ...

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  42. REBELLION IN MOROCCO.

    Kaid M'Lean, commander of the army of Morocco, has arrived at Fez, and is organising the defence of the capital. ...

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  43. LYCEUM THEATRE.—"THE BREAKING OF THE DROUGHT."

    What may be termed the local adaptation of Arthur Shirley's London drama, "The Breaking of the Drought," is still at the flood tide of its success at the Lyceum in Theatre, ...

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  44. THE YORKSHIRE COLLIERS' STRIKE.

    A Howden minor has sued the Yorkshire Miners' Association in the King's Bench Division to restrain it from paying strike pay to the men on strike at the Denaby ...

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  45. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The annual statistics of Ihe Adelaide police court show that in 1902 the total number of cases heard under summary juriadiction was 2413 and the total convictions 2239. Of 362 felonies. 108 were ...

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  46. QUEENSLAND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 159 words
  47. MISSIONARIES AND FANATICS.

    Fanatics on visiting Fez repeatedly cursed the lady missionaries on passing them in the streets. The departure of the missionaries to the coast was hastened owing to a secret ...

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  48. CRITERION THEATRE.—"CINDERELLA."

    Mr. Sheridan finds the patronge accorded to his amusing pantomime of, "Cinderella" so satisfactory that he has not even commenced to think of changing the bill. Last Wednesday's matinee drew ...

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  49. THE TIVOLI.—INAUDI, "THE LIGHTINING CALCULATOR."

    The attraction of an already liberal bill ought to be vastly increased by the addition to the Tivoli Company of M. Jacques In[?]di, the Lightning Calculator. whose remarkable ability in memorising ...

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  50. THE SOMALILAND EXPEDITION.

    The first part of the Boer contingent for Somaliland has sailed from Durban. The contingent, is engaged for six months, the rate of pay being 5s a day. The majority of the ...

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  51. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    At Madame Melba's second concert last night the Queen's Hall was again packed, and the street front was thronged throughout the entertainment. At the rear of the building is an old shed, facing the balcony ...

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  52. CUSTOMS DECISIONS.

    The following copy of list of Customs decisions has been issued:— Feel (preserved, &c.).—All p[?]l not in brine, acid, or water, 3d per lb.; item 21[?], p[?]l preserved, ...

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  53. FAMINE IN SWEDEN.

    Seventy thousand persons in Northern Sweden are threatened with starvation. Many are eating moss and bark. Energetic relief is being organised. ...

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  54. CASUALTIES.

    About noon yesterday a young man named Michael Farrellay, 28, in the employ of Thomas Lonford, butcher, was driving a cart along Orwell-street, Darlinghurst, when the wheel bumped into the Kerb. As ...

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  55. CENTENARY HALL FISK JUBILEE SINGERS.

    To-night the Fisk Jubilee Singers, after a successful season, will close their performances at the Centenary Hall with an entirely new programme. Next week they will commence a suburban tour, ...

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  56. THE ROYAL SCANDAL IN SAXONY.

    It has been arranged that, the Crown Princess Louise of Saxony shall receive 30,000 marks (£1500) per annum. The divorce which was sought by the Crown Prince will be ...

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  57. THE BURNS MEMORIAL CONCERT.

    At the last meeling of the Burns memorial committee the bouorary secretary announced that the subscriptions received to date amounted to £750. It was resolved to engage the services of Mr. N. J. ...

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  58. LONDON CHURCHES AND TRADE.

    Archdeacon W. M. Sinclair, of London and other persons have made numerous suggestions in order to preserve the city churches. It is noticeable that the trade of the port ...

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  59. A WHARF LABOURER INJURED.

    A wharf labourer named James A. Dunstan, in the employ of Stafford Brothers, and residing at Pitt Town, near Windsor, was working at Darling Harbour yesterday morning, when he fell from the wharf ...

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  60. THE NEXT ENGLISH ELEVEN.

    The statement of the London "Sportsman" that Mr. A. C. MacLaren had sent a cable message to Major Wardill, the secretary of the Melbourne Cricket Club, ...

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  61. TASMANIA.

    The Tasmanian Government has cabled to the Government authorities at Shanghai two tenders received from the Tasmanian saw millers for paving blocks and bridge timber. ...

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  62. FALL FROM A TRAM.

    Shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon Mrs. Elizabeth Green and a child named Herbert Green, aged 5 years, living at Abererombie-street, city, fell from a moving tram near College-street. Mrs. Green ...

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  63. FRENCH RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS.

    In the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday M. Coombes, the Premier, in replying to an interpellation, said that the Government would tolerate ...

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  64. THE CYCLORAMA.

    The attraction of the realistic representation of the Battle of Gettysburg continues to draw large numbers of visitors to the Cyclorama, George-street. ...

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  65. THE GOVERNOR OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Vice-Admiral Sir F. G. D. Bedford, who has been appointed Governor of Western Australia, and his family will join the R.M.S. China at Marseilles. ...

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  66. POLICE RAID IN THE CITY.

    A house, situated in Pitt-street, and occupied by Chinese was raided yesterday. About 11 a.m. a detachment of uniformed police, in charge of Senior-Constable Orr, boarded a tram at ...

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  67. AN OVERDUE STEAMER.

    The steamer Whangape, of the fleet of the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, which is overdue from Timaru, had not been sighted from South Head at 3 o'clock this morning. She sailed ...

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  68. THE INJURED CYCLIST.

    On inquiry at St. Vincent's Hospital at an early hour this morning it was learned that the condition of H. Gordon, who sustained a fractured skull, and other injuries in a cycle race at the Sydney Cricket ...

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  69. CRICKET.

    The Marylebone Cricket Club has decided to instruct umpires to gauge the width of bats. ...

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  70. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOUR.

    It was reported at the half-yearly meeting of the Central Methodist Mission C.E. Society, held on Thursday night, that each committee had worked well. Visits have been regularly made to one of the ...

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  71. LAW NOTICES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 59 words
  72. PURE, GOOD TEA.

    LLOYD'S 1s 3d TEA in Fresh, Pare and Good. Buy 1lb. to-day. It will please you. LLOYD'S, 109 King-st., and 594 George-st., city.—Advt. ...

    Article : 27 words
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