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  2. THE WEATHER.

    The welcome news that rain has fallen over a large area in the interior of the State was flashed across the wires last night. The storm, Mr. Russell says, is of a monsoonal character, ...

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  3. SECOND EDITION

    At Liverpool to-day after the dismissal of MacLaren, Hallows joined Tyldesley and the two made a stand, the score rising to 89. Then Tyldesley was caught by Armstrong off ...

    Article : 489 words
  4. THE THEATRICAL OUTLOOK.

    Last night the Brough Company took farewell of the Australian stage and its departure leaves a decided gap in the theatrical ranks. During its long career it has presented a series ...

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  5. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    The Senate met at 11.30 this morning—an hour later than usual on Fridays. No time was lost in dealing with the Customs Tariff Bill. On ordinary occasions the drafting of a message to the other ...

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  6. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The Australians commenced a match at Liverpool to-day against an eleven of Lancashire. The county team consists of A. C. MacLaren, J. Stanning, H. G. Garnett, A. M. ...

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  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The "Neue Freie Presse," the Vienna journal, considers President Roosevelt's speech, expounding the Monroe doctrine, to be a menace directed against Great Britain and ...

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  8. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The Cape House of Assembly was occupied yesterday in debating the General Indemnity Bill. Mr. J. W. Sauer, member for Aliwal North, ...

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  9. THE KING.

    To-day the King went deerstalking in the island of Arran. The island of Arran is situated in the Forth of Clyde. It is noted for its picturesque beauty and for ...

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  10. THE BOER LEADERS.

    General Botha and Commandants de Wet and Dolarey will return to london on Saturday. ...

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  11. RIOT IN VIRGINIA.

    Miners on strike at Teamaqua, Bluefield, Virginia, resenting the protection given to non-unionists by troops, stoned the soldiers, killing two of them. The soldiers in ...

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  12. INTERNATIONAL MILITARY RIDE.

    Lieutenant Madamet, a Frenchman, won the international military ride from Brussels to Ostend. He accomplished the journey in 12 hours 54 minutes. ...

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  13. ATTEMPTS TO SWIM THE CHANNEL.

    Holbein, who started from Gris Nez yesterday in an attempt to swim across the English Channel, was taken out of the water within a mile of the Dover Parade. He had been ...

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  14. GERMANY.

    The King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III., accompanied by the Emperor William, made a great state entry into Berlin to-day, and was accorded an enthusiastic reception. ...

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  15. THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE.

    The Emperor William entertained King Victor Emmanuel at a banquet yesterday. The Emperor, in the course of a speech, said, "The Triple Alliance lives, thrives, and ...

    Article : 36 words
  16. ROBBERIES AT JOHANNESBURG.

    Many ingenious robberies have been committed at Johannesburg. A bag containing 500 sovereigns was stolen from a safe in the National Bank, and was replaced by a bag ...

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  17. THE CATCHMENT AREA.

    News of further falls of rain on the catchment area was received yesterday. Up to 9 a.m. Prospect had had 10 points, Cataract 19, Robertson 35. and Mittagong 41. At the hour mentioned it was ...

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  18. ROBBING DISCHARGED SOLDIERS.

    A gang of thieves is infesting the trains between Ladysmith and Pictermaritzburg and robbing discharged soldiers. ...

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  19. THE PHILIPPINES.

    Major-General Chaffee, Commander-inChief of the United States forces in the Philippines, reports that 400 shocks of earthquake were felt in the island of Mindanoa ...

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  20. THANKSGIVING FOR RAIN.

    The State Premier yesterday said that he had received the following telegram from Mr. Deakin, Acting Federal Premier:—"The Victorian Council of the Churches has forwarded me a resolution passed ...

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  21. IMMIGRATION IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Stringent immigration restrictions are being enforced at Beira. A party of Greeks and Austrians numbering 50, who were on their way to Rhodesia, were not allowed to ...

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  22. VICTORIA.

    The committee of the Women's Hospital sat to-day for over an hour and a half, and after an interesting discussion decided to ask that a County Court Judge should investigate the ...

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  23. AFGHANISTAN.

    The "Novoe Vremya, a St. Petersburg journal, states that Russia in 1900 formally suggested a modification of the Anglo-Russian Transcaspian agreement of 1873. Russia, the ...

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  24. CABINET MEETING.

    Ministers met in Cabinet this afternoon, consideration being mainly devoted to the Estimates. Sir William Lyne submitted revised military estimates, showing a reduction of abott £160,000 on the ...

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  25. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS.

    The general order issued from military headquarters to night contains the following extracts from the London "Gazette" of April 25:—Officers mentioned in connection with a desaptch ...

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  26. FRIDAY'S PLAY.

    The match between Australia and Lancashire was resumed at Liverpool to-day. The weather was fine and there was a large attendance. Littlewood and Tyldesley went to the ...

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  27. A THEATRICAL CASE.

    The hearing in the District Court to-day of two cases arising out of the production at the Bijou Theatre of the play "Cyrano De Bergerac" was put on end to by the refusal of the Bench to ...

    Article : 208 words
  28. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 24½d per ounce standard. ...

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  29. ARABIA.

    It is reported from Stamboul that the Emir of Nejd has reoccupied the town of El Riad, in Central Arabia, and has expelled the Wahabis, who are supported by the Sheik of ...

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  30. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Supreme Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Cooper, an application was made for letters of administration in the goods of George Doyle, alleged deceased, who with Mr. Dahike was missing. The ...

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  31. RAILWAY TICKETS.

    The Minister for Railways has decided to abolish the system of issuing suburban railway day tickets available for one week. It has been found that the privilege has been grossly abused, and it has ...

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  32. RELIGIOUS MANIA IN MANITOBA.

    Reuter's correspondent reports that there is an outbreak of religious mania among the Russian immigrants of the Doukhobortsy sect in Manitoba. The members of the sect ...

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  33. THE FEDERAL TARIFF.

    Each House of the Federal Legislature has now had the tariff twice before it. First the House of Representatives passed it, and sent it to the Senate. That Chamber considered the items, and sent back a ...

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  34. SILVERTON TRAMWAY COMPANY.

    The half yearly meeting of the Silverton Tramway Company was held to-day. The proceedings were formal. The chairman, Mr. M'Bryde, stated that the low price of metals and the consequent ...

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  35. BACK FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

    The following N.S.W. soldiers returned from South Africa in the steamer Aberdeen on Thursday:—Major W. E. O'Brien and Captain Everett (5th Battalion Commonwealth Horse); Lieutenants ...

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  36. SYDNEY MORNING HERALD FUND.

    We shall be pleased to receive and acknowledge contributions to the "Sydney Morning Herald" Fund for the relief of the sufferers by the Mount Kembla disaster. All moneys received by us will be ...

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  37. COLONIAL NAVAL RESERVE.

    Speaking at a meeting of the Melbourne Steamship Company, Limited, to-day Mr. H. R. Reid, the chairman, said that it would be patriotic as well as politic for the associated shipowners of Australia and ...

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  38. THE KENNIFFS.

    At the criminal sittings of the Supreme Court at Rockhampton yesterday James Kenniff, sen., Thomas Keniff, and John Kenniff were charged with having stolen a pack saddle, a halter, a whip, and a ...

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  39. NOTES.

    Alexander Kermode, the Lancashire bowler, resided before going to England at Pyrmont, and played first for a club in the Moore Park Junior Association. Then he joined the Tramway ...

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  40. A TRANS-ASIA RAILWAY.

    Lord George Hamilton, the Secretary of State for India, has sanctioned the construction of a railway from Quetta, on the northwestern boundary of India, to Nushki, in ...

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  41. RETURNED TROOPER.

    Corporal Brodie, on his return from South Africa, after 15 months' service, was heartily welcomed home at Jerangle, at a banquet and social. He was presented with a handsome gold pendant, suitably ...

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  42. SQUATTING INVESTMENT COMPANY.

    The half-yearly meeting of the Squatting Investment Company was held yesterday. The directors reported that though there had been no rainfall of any value on the company's property during the ...

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  43. NEW ZEALAND AND THE TRANSPORT SERVICE.

    Sir J. G. Ward has stated in Parliament that there is not a man in the colony who would not keenly and bitterly resent anything in the shape of improper treatment of our men ...

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  44. CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION.

    Inquiries made among leading mercantile firms with reference to Mr. Kingston's administration of the Customs Department show that the general complaints are that the Minister is too ready to ...

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  45. THE WAGES BOARD.

    Mr. John Perry, a well known Melbourne manufacturer of coachbuilders' materials, has removed a portion of his plant and some of his workmen to Bateman's Bay, New South Wales, mainly in order to ...

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  46. THE DANDENONG MURDER.

    The inquest concerning the death of Edward Christopher Sangal, market gardener, whose body was found in the well at the year of his promises, was concluded at Dandenong to-day. The jury ...

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  47. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A distressing case of drowning occurred at Glenelg baths to-day. The Rev. Father Alfred, C.P., with three other priests, visited the baths, but as he was the only one who could swim he ventured into the ...

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  48. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL NOMINATIONS.

    Nominations for 14 seats in the Legislative Council, rendered vacant by the effluxion of time of the present members, closed yesterday, but in no single instance was a contest necessary, all the retiring ...

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  49. THE REVOLUTION IN HAYTI.

    The troops of the Provisional Government in Hayti have captured and burned the village of Limbe. In the fighting many people were killed on both sides. ...

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  50. RAILWAY FATALITY.

    A shocking accident occurred at the Redfern railway station yesterday morning, whereby a truck examiner named John Allen Belshaw, 45 years of age, lost his life Belshaw, who resided at 7 ...

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  51. TO-DAY.

    Kennel Club of N.S.W.: Annual Show, Exhibition Building, 10 a.m. Christian Endeavour Conference: Town Hall, afternoon; Y.M.C.A. Hall, night. ...

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  52. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Bishop of Perth will return by the R.M.S. Rome. Aug. 29. Messrs. J. D. Spreckels and Bros. have ...

    Article : 71 words
  53. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXAMINATIONS.

    The distribution of prices in connection with the examination for junior commercial certificates, held under the auspices of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce, took place in the boardroom of the Chamber ...

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