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  2. THE WEATHER.

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  3. SECOND EDITION

    The Commissioner of Police has received a telegram from the sub-inspector in charge of the Derby distri[?] stating that Francis Alvis, diver, ownor of the lugger Ida[?]a, reported that his tender and three ...

    Article : 120 words
  4. SECTARIANISM IN FIJI.

    In view of the cable from Suva published in yesterduy's issue of the " Herald," to the effect that a number of Wesleyan Bibles had been burnt at Rowa by Sister of Mercy. a representative of this journal ...

    Article : 449 words
  5. STATE OF THE COUNTRY.

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  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    At the instance of Admiral Dewey and Captain Mahan, the United States Senate, in considering the naval construction programme forwarded from the House of ...

    Article : 120 words
  7. THE GALES IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    The ga[?]es in Great Britain have moderated, though the tale of losses is still incomplete. At the Isle of Man great damage was done. Houses and churches were w[?]eeled, ...

    Article : 179 words
  8. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Earl Spencer, the leader of the Liberal party in the House of Lords, in the course of a pessimist speech at Birmingham on Saturday, referred to the recent divergences of the ...

    Article : 108 words
  9. THE SUSPICIOUS DEATH NEAR CLARE.

    At the inquest at Clare to day on the body of the old man Ninnes, deceased's son. Joseph Ninnes, continuing his evidence, said that his father remarked that be had turned over £600 to his wife ...

    Article : 192 words
  10. GOVERNMENT'S IRISH POLICY.

    The " Daily Chronicle ' believes that the Government, after its Irish Land Purchase Bill has been disposed of by Parliament, will introduce a bill for establishing a Roman ...

    Article : 88 words
  11. THE ANARCHISTS.

    Hitzel, the anarchist, who was arrested at New York, has been discharged. Accuse [?] was severely reprimanded by the Bench. He had been selected by several American ...

    Article : 49 words
  12. THE PEACE OF EUROPE.

    The Paris correspondent of the " Times " states that the peace of Europe suffers at least as much risk from the state of affairs in the Far East ...

    Article : 107 words
  13. THE DAMAGE TO THE H.M.S. RESOLUTION.

    The battleship Resolution steamed from Ho[?]yhead to Plymouth in the teeth of the gale. Her rudder, weighing 12 tons, was wrenched away and was l[?]st, and the fact was ...

    Article : 83 words
  14. LECTURE BY THE REV. H. H. NOLAN.

    Last evening there was a crowded audience in the Congregational Schoolroom, M[?]rrickville, to hear a lecture by the Rev. H. H. Nolan, missionary from Fiji, respecting the reported burning of Bibles at ...

    Article : 1,142 words
  15. PERSONAL.

    Sir Harry Rawson, the Governer, will opon a bazaar at Moss Vale to-morrow in aid of a[?]d the funds of St. Paul's Roman Catholic presbytery, and on Thursday will opon the Moss Vule Agricultural Show ...

    Article : 525 words
  16. LOUISIANA EXPOSITION.

    The people of the United States are delighted at King Edward sending Queen Victoria's Jubilee gifts to the Louisiana Exposition. ...

    Article : 30 words
  17. TYPHOID IN A UNIVERSITY.

    Eighteen students of the Cornell University have recently died of typhoid fever. ...

    Article : 19 words
  18. H.M.S. COLLINGWOOD SPRINGS A LEAK.

    During the storm the battleship Collingwood, Captain William Stokes R[?]es, coastguard ship at Bantry, sprang a leak. She put into Plymouth, and she then had 300 tons ...

    Article : 42 words
  19. STANDARDISATION OF ENGINEERING SECTIONS.

    The Committee on Engineering Standards reports that there is a hope that British standard sections will be in operation within 12 months. By means of standardisation it is ...

    Article : 105 words
  20. THE REFORMS IN MACEDONIA.

    The foreign Consuls in Macedonia have been ordered to keep watch that the reforms undertaken by the Turkish authorities are strictly executed. ...

    Article : 104 words
  21. THE RAINFALL FOR FEBRUARY.

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  22. SHIPPING ACCIDENTS.

    Ten more bodies from the collier Ottercaps, which was wrecked on Cape Finist[?]rre, have been recovered. ...

    Article : 27 words
  23. VISIT OF THE TREASURER TO BOURKE.

    The Treasurer, Mr. T. Waddell, left last evening on a visit to Bourka. His object is to inquire, personally into the condition of the country in that portion of the State. Mr. Waddell was ...

    Article : 64 words
  24. RAINFALLS IN QUEENSLAND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 620 words
  25. THE GOVERNMENT AND DROUGHT RELIEF.

    Sir,—Sir John See's remarks made to a deputation as reported in the "Herald" under the heading "Australian Finances," and your comments thereon in the same issue (26th ultimo), ...

    Article : 358 words
  26. RELIFE WORKS AT COONAMBLE.

    In view of the fact that thore are a number of unemployed men m and around Coonamble, the Minister for Works has arranged to provide a certain amourt of relief by starting waterworks. These ...

    Article : 96 words
  27. THE ETRURIA AGROUND.

    The C[?]nard liner Et[?]ria soon after leaving New York grounded. She was subsequently refloated and returned to New York. Her machinery is disabled. ...

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  28. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL'S EXPENDITURE.

    The Bank of England, being alarmed at the London County Council's expenditure, declined to make an advance of £5,000,000 to the council. The bank offered £2,000,000. The ...

    Article : 54 words
  29. THE WIDENING OF THE SPHERE.

    The Vienna correspondent of the " Times " says that the Sultan's widening of the sphere of reforms so as to include all the Ro[?]melian [?]ilayets is interpreted in some quarters as an ...

    Article : 60 words
  30. THE WAR COMMISSION.

    Major-General Bruce Hamilton, in testifying before the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the conduct of the late war, said he did not think that the British regulars ...

    Article : 63 words
  31. SERVICE OF INTERCESSION.

    A special service of intercession was held at St. Andrew's Cathedral yesterday at 1.20 p.m. in connection with the drought and the consequent distress. The precentor conducted the ...

    Article : 54 words
  32. THE GOVERNMENT SEED WHEAT.

    The first co[?]ment of Government seem w[?] arrived here to-day for farmers. The wheat is described as a first-class sample, being clean and free from smut. ...

    Article : 37 words
  33. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE.

    Mr.John Holmes, a well-known merchant of Wellington, N.Z. who has been on an extended visit to Great Britain, is at present in Sydney on his ruturn home. In conversation with a representative ...

    Article : 473 words
  34. GOVERNOR OF SALONICA.

    The Powers having assented to the proposal, Hassan Fehmi Pasha has been reappointed Governor of Salonica for a period of three years. ...

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  35. PROSPECTS IN NEW ENGLAND.

    The drought is being keenly felt in this district. Not in the memory of the white man has the ramfall for January and February been so low as in this year. Up to the present only 68 points have been recorded, ...

    Article : 131 words
  36. BOER CONTINGENTS OF THE FUTURE.

    Lieutenant-General Sir Ian Hamilton, in a speech at a dinner in commemoration of the relief of Ladysmith (February 28, 1900), commented upon the Boer contingent for ...

    Article : 56 words
  37. INTER-STATE CRICKET.

    The cricket match Victoria v. South Australia was resumed to-day in sultry weather. When play closed on Saturday the scores were: Victoria 291; South Australia, four for 216. Giffen 68, ...

    Article : 673 words
  38. VICTORIA.

    Another drop in the revenue is shown in the receipts for the month of February. The total receipts for February this year amounted to £516,966, as against £626,194 for the same month last year. ...

    Article : 150 words
  39. HEALTH OF THE POPE.

    The Pope has been somewhat fatigued by the receptions given in connection with the celebration of his jubilee. At an audience of 42 Cardinals on Saturday ...

    Article : 89 words
  40. WORK AT BALRANALD.

    Snagging operations have commenced here. About 30 men applied for the work. Married men were picked out, and then a ballot was taken for 11. It is considered that as the work is late in being ...

    Article : 84 words
  41. GIGANTIC CANAL SCHEME.

    It is reported at [?]ssa that an An[?]Russian syndicate has been formed to construct a canal from the Baltic to the Black Sea large enough to admit of the passage of ...

    Article : 353 words
  42. MEETING AT KIAMA.

    At a public meeting held at Jamberoo School of Arts on Saturday evening, presided over by the Mayor of the borough, resolutions co-operating with the movement initiated by the Lord Mayor of ...

    Article : 122 words
  43. METHODISTS OPPOSE THE TOTALISATOR.

    At the Methodist Conference to-day a resolution was carried.—" That this conference regrets to learn that a Totalisator Bill has been read a first time in the Legislative Assembly, and resolves to strenuously ...

    Article : 152 words
  44. THE CONFERENCE ON UNEMPLOYED.

    The National Conference on the unemployed held at the Guildhall on Friday, in addition to the resolutions reported in Saturday's cable, passed a resolution recommending the ...

    Article : 44 words
  45. UNEMPLOYED DEPUTATION.

    A deputation of Cooma unemployed again mterviewed Mr. G. T. C. Miller, M. L. A., on Saturday night, stating that a month had [?]lapsed since relief work was promised by the Government, yet there ...

    Article : 50 words
  46. REMARKS AT NOWRA.

    The Rev. H. Wheen, in the course of a sermon at the Methodist Church last night referred to the burning of Bibles at Fiji. and said the incident should show the necessity of persons of true ...

    Article : 64 words
  47. TYPHOID FEVER.

    The Railway Commissioners have been approached with a view of running daily trains to Coonamble during the typhoid fever epidemic. At the present time they are run twice a week. It was ...

    Article : 328 words
  48. THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    The " Morning Post," in commenting upon [?] petition to the French S[?]nate and the Chamber of Deputies from Frenchmen in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides, ...

    Article : 83 words
  49. MITTAGONG WATER SUPPLY.

    Owing to a delay in the construction of the waterworks by the executors of the late G. A. Murray, who refuse to allow pipes to pass through their property, and who have raised an additional objection ...

    Article : 111 words
  50. HELP FROM BATHURST.

    At a meeting of ladies to-day in connection with the Drought Relief Fund convened by the Mayoress (Mrs. Scotford), it was decided to form a committee of ladies to work in conjunction with the drought ...

    Article : 80 words
  51. MELBOURNE METHODISTS CONGRATULATED.

    At a meeting of the Methodist Conference to-day a letter was read from the secretary of the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Ge[?]long congratulating the conference on the stand it had taken in ...

    Article : 48 words
  52. FEDERAL PREMIER'S TASMANIAN STATEMENTS.

    Mr. John Henry is in receipt or the [?] telegram from Mr. G.H. Reid:—" In reply to your telegram I hasten to state 1 hope to visit Tusmani[?] within a short time—probably in April. The ...

    Article : 63 words
  53. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Rear-Admiral the Hon. Hedworth Lambton has been appointed second in command of the Channel Squadron under Vice-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. ...

    Article : 145 words
  54. QUEENSLAND.

    The Queensland revenue for February was £194,867, a decrease of £5[?],322 compared with February of last year. Direct taxation shows an increase of £3312 due to the income tax. Ra[?]ways show a ...

    Article : 111 words
  55. THE SEED AND FODDER QUESTIONS.

    The Farmers and Settlers' Association has resolved to ask the Minister for Agriculture to state definitely whether the Government is prepared to supply fodder to necessitous farmers—if so, what ...

    Article : 151 words
  56. LORD HAWKE'S CRICKET TEAM.

    The New Zealand eleven, in its second innings against Lord Hawke's team, scored 214, Tucker obtaining 67. The Englishmen won by seven wickets. Lord Hawke's team play South Australia on ...

    Article : 72 words
  57. THE PLAGUE.

    the question of plague precautions came before the City Council to-day. It was decided that the suburban and local boards of health be written to with a view of taking joint action in the dest[?]cation ...

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  58. THE SOMALILAND OPERATIONS.

    Colonel E. J. E. Swayne, with a force, is at Damu, Somali[?]and, 40 miles north of Boh[?]tle. He operates in conjunction with Brigadier-General Manning, who has set out from ...

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  59. VICTORIAN RAILWAY SERVANTS.

    The question of the affiliation of the Railway Societies with the Trades Hall remains unsettled. The Acting Commissioner, having received no reply to his earlier letter, wrote again last week asking for a ...

    Article : 88 words
  60. ACTION AGAINST A BANK.

    Mr. Justice Power to-day delivered judgment on a motion by James Thompson, of T[?]lbury, trustee in the estate of F. G. Morgan, for a declaration that certain hills and mortgages made by a debtor in ...

    Article : 92 words
  61. RUN ON A BOHEMIAN BANK.

    A Czech party move has caused a serious run on the Bohemian Savings Bank, which the Czech alleged was a German institution [?]n two days £780,000 was withdrawn. ...

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  62. MILITARY.

    A military officers' camp is to be formed at Sutherland on Thursday evening. The party will manœuvre between Sutherland, Audley, Waterford, and Cronulla, returning to the metropolis on ...

    Article : 38 words
  63. ADVANCES TO SETTLERS.

    Mr. W. Webster, M. L. A., writes as follows:— Amongst the regulations recently issued for the guidance of the Advance to Settlers Board is one having for its object the limitation of the advance to ...

    Article : 1,000 words
  64. DIPHTHERIA AT NARRABR[?].

    Several cases of diphtheria in the worst form have been reported. All available beds are taken up at the hospital with typhoid patients, besides which many cases are being treated privately. ...

    Article : 41 words
  65. LATE SHIPPING.

    ADELAIDE,—Arr.: March 2. Orestes, s., from Melbourne, Coolgardie s., from Western Australia: Enryalus.s., from Calontta; Pilbarra, s., from Melbourne; Kalgoorlie, s., from Melbourne. Dep.: March 2. ...

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