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  2. POLITICAL CRISIS

    When the Legislative Assembly met yesterday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock there was a very small attendance of members, which was to be accounted for mainly by the fact that neither the members of ...

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  3. THIRD EDITION.

    When our first edition went to press the debate on the motion of censure was under discussion. Mr. JESSEP, after making a few general remarks, referred to the speech of Mr. M'Gowen ...

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  4. THE LATE M. ZOLA.

    Some of the Roman Catholic newspapers suggest that M. Zola committed suicide. Several of the deceased's friends claimed a national funeral. Fears are entertained that ...

    Article : 98 words
  5. THE BOER GENERALS.

    Reuter's Agency reports that official circles in Berlin express regret that the proposed audience of Generals Botha, do Wet, and Delarey by the German Emperor has given ...

    Article : 181 words
  6. SPECIAL CABLES.

    A convention of Mayors has been summoned to arrange for an enforced settlement of the coal strike. Oct. 2. ...

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  7. NOTES IN THE STATE PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the debate on the censure motion moved by Mr. Carruthers was continued. All formal business was dispensed with, and set speeches were indulged in from the moment ...

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  8. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The railway from Capetown to Beira, via Bulawayo, has been completed. ...

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  9. THE TREASON LAWS.

    The bill introduced into the Cape Colony House of Assembly by Dr. T. W. Smartt to increase the stringency of the Treason and Sedition laws has been negatived by 34 votes ...

    Article : 42 words
  10. CORDIALITY A FRAIL STRUCTURE.

    The Paris "Figaro" states that the cordiality between Great Britain and Germany is a frail structure. "Doubtless," it adds, "matters will be patched up, but what a ...

    Article : 52 words
  11. EX-COMMANDANT KRITZINGER.

    Ex-Commandant Kritzinger has sailed from Cape Colony for England on a few months pleasure tour. Interviewed before his departure he said that he was thoroughly ...

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  12. REASON FOR SORENESS IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    The chief soreness in Great Britain over the Boer generals is that they have not taken the British nation frankly into their confidence. This feeling is embodied in a remark of the ...

    Article : 119 words
  13. BOERS' FUND.

    Subscriptions in Switzerland for the Boers' Relief Fund suddenly decreased after the issue of the Boer Generals' manifesto. ...

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  14. THE WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales to-day competition was animated. Prices for crossbreds were fully 5 per cent. above the opening rates. Oct. 2. ...

    Article : 62 words
  15. THE BANK RATE.

    The Bank of England rate of discount has been raised from 3 per cent. to 4 per cent. ...

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  16. THE ATTITUDE OF AUSTRIA.

    The Vi[?]nna correspondent of the "Times" reports that while the Emperor Francis Joseph is a soldier heart and soul he has never manifested any inclination to see the ...

    Article : 75 words
  17. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 23 9-16d per ounce standard. ...

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  18. NATIONAL OWNERSHIP OF COAL PROPOSED.

    The platform of the State Democratic Convention at Saratoga, New York, includes the national ownership and the working of anthracite collieries, with just compensation to ...

    Article : 40 words
  19. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Marylebone corporation has declined to accept Mr. Andrew Carnegie's gift for £30,000 for a free library on the ground of incidental expense. ...

    Article : 91 words
  20. THE NEW VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    It is now definitely ascertained that the new Legislative Assembly will consist of 66 Ministerial, 15 Opposition, and 14 Labour members. Additional polling results came to hand during to-day from ...

    Article : 443 words
  21. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Premier to-day received the following telegram from Sir William Lyne:—"Many thanks for your wire re tour Commonwealth. I personally favour proposal, and certainly think it should ...

    Article : 55 words
  22. THE COAL FAMINE.

    Coal at New York realises ?d per 1b. The factories are working only half-time. Oct. 2. The scarcity of coal in New Youk is ...

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  23. JAPAN.

    The Japanese battleship Shikishima was driven ashore at the entrance to Yok[?]hama during the recent typhoon. ...

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  24. CLASSIFICATION OF GOLDFIELDS LABOUR.

    In the Arbitration Court to-day it was announced that the Chamber of Mines was preparing a scheme for classifying surface labour on the eastern goldfield. The [?] will be probably finished within a ...

    Article : 52 words
  25. TIGHTNESS OF MONEY IN NEW YORK.

    Owing to the tightness of money in New York there have been heavy sales of railroad shares. A panic being imminent, the secretary to the Treasury released 40,000,000 dollars ...

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  26. MADAME MELBA.

    The third of the series of five concerts arranged for Madame Melba was held in the Town Hall to-night, and proved in all respects as triumphantly successful as the concerts held on Saturday and Tuesday. ...

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  27. A FIVE MILLION LOAN.

    Baring Brothers and Co., Limited, are issuing at par a Japanese loan for £5,000,000. The rate of interest is 5 per cent. ...

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  28. SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITS.

    The amount to the credit of depositors in the Savings Bank at the end of September was £1,988,616, an increase for the month of £64,000. ...

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  29. VITAL STATISTICS.

    The population on September 30 was 213,464, being an increase for the month of 1001 by the excess of arrivals over departures, and 345 by excess of births over deaths. ...

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  30. THE HOUSE TAX ON FOREIGNERS.

    The claim of Japan to impose a house tax on foreigners has been referred to two members of the International Arbitration Tribunal at the Hague, one member to be named by Japan ...

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  31. CHARGES AGAINST MR. JUSTICE PARKER.

    A Royal Commission, consisting of the Chief Justice, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, and Mr. Hamilton, manager of the Boulder mine, has been appointed to inquire into the charges ...

    Article : 46 words
  32. IRELAND.

    Mr. O'Doherty, Nationalist member for North Donegal, has refused to comply with the request of the United Irish League to resign because he attended the Coronation of ...

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  33. GOLDFIELDS WATER SUPPLY.

    Mr. Illingworth will ask the Minister for Works in the Legislative Assembly next Tuesday whether there is any truth in the rumour that the Helena reservoir is likely to fail as ...

    Article : 116 words
  34. SENTENCE FOR INCITEMENTS.

    Mr. hastings, the editor of the "Western News," Ireland, has been sentenced to two months imprisonment at Ballinaslo[?] on a charge of publishing incitements to ...

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  35. DEPOSITS FORFEITED.

    Two candidates at yesterday's elections, viz., Mr. J. W. Poster Rogers (East Melbourne) and Mr. W. Constable (Villiers and Heytesbury), failed to poll a sufficient number of votes to save their deposit. ...

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  36. R.M.S. OMRAH.

    The R.M.S. Omrah took 100,000 sovereigns for Melbourne. During her voyage from London two deaths occurred among the passengers—the first between Gibraltar and Marseilles of a young man ...

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  37. CHINA.

    Prince Chun, borther of the Emperor Kwang-hsu, has married a daughter of Yung-lu, one of the Grand Secretaries, with a view to securing an heir to the Chinese ...

    Article : 96 words
  38. PERSONAL ITEMS.

    Mr. Walter James Gates died at his residence, Brighton, Cooper-street, Paddington, on Wednesday, the immediate cause of death being heart disease. The deceased gentleman was well known throughout ...

    Article : 450 words
  39. THE VENEZUELAN REVOLUTION.

    The French Consular Agent at Car[?]pano, Venezeula, who was arrested because he intervened in the arrest of French cable employees by General V[?]lutini, has been released. ...

    Article : 40 words
  40. MINERS' WAGES.

    A uniform scale of wages for surface labourers employed at the Kalgoorlie mine is now being drafted by the Chamber of Mines, which will, it is understood, fix the rate of wages for firemen, leaders ...

    Article : 70 words
  41. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In consequence of the bank note tax recently passed by the Legislative Assembly the local banks have decided not to pay out £1 notes to any institution doing business in Adelaide for the present. ...

    Article : 163 words
  42. LORD SALISBURY.

    Lord Salisbury has gone to Beaulieu, near Nice. ...

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  43. THE CUNARD COMPANY.

    A phenomenal rise has occurred in the Cunard Company's shares, owing to the announcement of its subsidy agreement with the British Government. ...

    Article : 65 words
  44. THE CANADIAN ATLANTIC LINE.

    The Canadian Pacific Railway Company's shareholders have authorised the establishment of a steamship line by purchase or lease, whether or not the fast service is ...

    Article : 133 words
  45. SYDNEY MORNING HERALD FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 123 words
  46. FIRE IN THE CITY.

    The fire brigades received a call to the premises of Messrs. M'Carron, Stewart, and Co., printers, &c., No. 41 Pitt-street, about 2 o'clock yesterday morning. A detachment of men with appliances from Circular ...

    Article : 92 words
  47. GREAT BLOW TO THE SHIPPING COMBINE.

    The "Morning Post" says that the predominant feeling on Wall-street, New York, is that the British subsidy to the Cunard Company is a severe blow to the Morgan ...

    Article : 43 words
  48. WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS

    should be in every house at all times in case of necessity. WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS.—Advt. ...

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  49. KEEP A TIN IN THE HOUSE.

    and let the children dip into it at will. ARNOTT'S Milk Arrowroots are specially prepared for the delicate digestive organs of children,—Advt. ...

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  50. HONEST IN MANUFACTURE.

    ARNOTTS Milk Arrowroot Biscuits have been tried, and found pure and wholesome, and so have the largest sale.—Advt. ...

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  51. WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS

    should be in every house at all times in case of necessity. WOLFE'S[?]SCHNAPPS.—Advt. ...

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