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  2. THE DROUGHT IN QUEENSLAND.

    From Saturday last Cobb's coaches have been ordered to stop running throughout the whole of Queensland. The firm spent £20,000 a year in wages and £22,000 on horse feed. The coaches ...

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  3. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The match between the Australian Eleven and Surrey was to have commenced this morning. It is raining and the wicket is soft. ...

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  4. SECOND EDITION.

    It is officially estimated that on St. Vincent, owing to the outbreak of La Soufriere volcano, 500 people perished. The damage is confined to the northern ...

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  5. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    The correspondent of Reuter at Pretoria, writing on April 19, gives an account of the progress of the peace negotiations up to that date. He says that at the first conference ...

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  6. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    It is understood that Lord Hopetoun is about to curtail his establishment to a considerable extent. Some of his Excellency's horses are to be returned to England, and a few postillions will go with them. ...

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  7. THE PEACE MOVEMENT.

    The details which the cables supply of the recent peace negotiations prepare the way for an understanding at the all-important meeting of next Thursday. Under the influence of ...

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  8. THE GREAT VOLCANIC ERUPTION.

    The following additional particulars have been received of the calamitous volcanic eruptions at the island of Martinique, West Indies. ...

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  9. GREAT STREAMS OF LAVA.

    Great streams of lava flowing from La Soufriere separate the northern from the southern parts of the island. Lakes have been converted into steaming pits, and a huge hill has ...

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  10. THE EXTRAORDINARY CONSPIRACY IN FRANCE.

    The solicitor of the brothers Crawford, the nephews of Mr. Crawford, who was alleged to have bequeathed £4,000,000 to Mme.Humbert, has been arrested. ...

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  11. ATTEMPTED ESCAPE IN BOATS.

    As soon as the crater of La Soufriere showed signs of dangerous activity numbers of people along the coast took to boats, and in this way attempted to escape. There were ...

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  12. ALSACE-LORRAINE.

    The German Emperor being desirous to give Alsace-Lorraine special proof of his goodwill has abolished the dictatorial powers of the Statthalter. ...

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  13. THE ACCIDENT TO AN AIRSHIP.

    Further particulars have now been received of the accident to M. Severo's airship this morning in Paris. An explosion occurred on the airship in mid-air, wrecking it. The ...

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  14. RELIEF EXPEDITIONS.

    The French Government, the Governments of the British West Indies, and the people of New Orleans, United States, have sent provisions and money for the relief of the ...

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  15. THE IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION ACT.

    Great indignation is expressed by the local members of the Greek Church at the treatment of the so-called gips[?]s who arrived on Friday night, and were sent back to Victoria by the customs officers. The ...

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  16. THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.

    The second ballots in the French elections have taken place. All the Ministers have been returned. ...

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  17. CABLE COMMUNICATION.

    The Postmaster-General has received the following message:—"Berne advises: Dominican land lines have been restored. The St. Lucia, St. Vincent, and Great St. Lucia cables are ...

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  18. QUEEN WILHELMINA.

    Queen Wilhelmina, who was a few days ago in a critical condition, is now recovering. ...

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  19. ACCIDENT TO AN AIRSHIP.

    M. Severo, the rival of M. Santos Dumont, the Brazilian inventor of an air-ship, with his assistant, made an experiment with an air-ship of his invention at Paris this ...

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  20. VICTORIA.

    There was an influential gathering of professional, commercial, and business men at Scott's Hotel this afternoon to bid farewell to Mr. John Clayton, town clerk of Melbourne. The Mayor (Sir Samuel Gillott) ...

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  21. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    There were no additional cases of plague yesterday. Two suspicioius cases were reported, but upon being investigated one proved not to be plague, while the symptoms in the other had not sufficiently ...

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  22. INTERVIEW WITH THE MANAGER.

    Mr. Storey, M.L.A., general manager of Cobb and Co., in the course of an interview stated that the company had no laternative but to stop. They had done everything in their power in the face of adverse ...

    Article : 446 words
  23. THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.

    Sir Clements Markham, the President of the Royal Geographical Society, urgently appeals to the public for £6000, to despatch a relief ship, the Pine, for the Antarctic ...

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  24. THE COMMONWEALTH HORSE.

    The members of the 5th Battalion, Commonwealth Horse, were drilled yesterday morning, dismounted, in the Centennial Park, in "the attack" and extended formation. further instruction was given in ...

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  25. DEATH OF CAPTAIN MACHELL.

    The death of the well-known sportsman, Captain Machell, is announced. Captain Machell has for many years been prominently associated with the national sport in ...

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  26. A NEW STEAMER.

    The Orient Steam Navigation Company's new steamer Orontes has been launched at Govan. ...

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  27. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of a cook from poisoning subsequent to eating supper at the house of Mr. Bagot, at Walkerville a fortnight ago. Several of the house party suffered at ...

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  28. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 1s 11 ll-16d per [?]unce standard. ...

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  29. CAREERS OF SQUADRON OFFICERS.

    Brief sketches of the careers of eight of the selected squadron officers were published in yesterday's "Herald." Appended are short notices of the remaining eigth who are in camp. Four more officers ...

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  30. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. Charles Arnold, of Sydney, has presented the cricket club of Derbyshire, his native county, with 500 guineas. ...

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  31. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL SITE

    The Federal Parliamentary party inspecting sites for the federal capital arrived this afternoon and was joined by Mr. M. F. Morton, the State member for the district, the Mayor (Alderman King), and ...

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  32. STATEMENT BY THE DEPUTY POSTMASTER-GENERAL.

    The Deputy Postmaster-General, interviewed late to-day, said that no alteration had been effected. His instructions were imperative. As far as he could remember no similar position had ever arisen ...

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  33. ILLNESS OF MR. STEYN.

    Reuter's Pretoria correspondent reports that Mr. Steyn is in a serious condition. He is suffering from creeping paralysis and from a malady of the eyes. ...

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  34. NORFOLK ISLAND.

    The steamer Titus arrived on Friday. She experienced heavy weather, and lost a boat out of the davits. The three sections, already completed, of the ...

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  35. THE EFFECT IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A responsible officer of the Postal Department when spoken to last night said that he was unable to state to what extent the stoppage of the coaches would affect New South Wales. The letters that ...

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  36. NATIVES ATTACK THE BOERS.

    Natives, whose kraals the Boers have burned, discovered a Boer laager at Scheepersnek. They attacked the encampment, and killed 30 Boers, a majority of the ...

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  37. SANITATION OF WOOLLAHRA.

    At the meeting of the Woollahra Borough Counci last evening the sanitary insepctor reported that since the last meeting he had inspected 290 houses and premises attached, in addition to 25 allotments of vacant land. ...

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  38. A VISIT TO ST. PIERRE.

    Landing parties at St. Pierre have found that the fire in the town is burning itself out. The site is simply a vast heap of ruins. Not one person was found alive in the town. ...

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  39. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Premier (Mr. Leake) has received a communication from Mr. Braford, the Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax in Victoria, accepting a position on the Royal Commission to inquire into the ...

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  40. THE TROUBLE ON THE STEAMER DERWENT.

    The steamer Derwent sailed to-day for Sydney with a non-union crew. No attempt was made by the owners to secure a crew during Sunday, and it was not until this morning that Captain Little, of ...

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  41. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTY.

    Sergeant William Russ, of the 5th South Australian Bushmen, has died of enteric fever at Kroonstad. ...

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  42. CASES IN THE COUNTRY.

    Bradley, who was a passenger last week to Bowra, Nambucca River, by the steamer Baden Powell, took ill after [?]nding, and Dr. Casement, Government medical officer, diagnosed the case to be true plague. ...

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  43. RETURNING TROOPS.

    The transport Aurania, which left Capetown on May 6 for Australia, has on board 1610 troops, returning from the South African War. These include 42 officers and 1324 n.c.o.'s and men of the ...

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  44. ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

    Shortly after 5 o'clock last evening a serious car[?]age accident occurred in Ocean-street, Woollahra. The vehicle, owned by Mr. W. P. Martin, of Allowrie, Edgeeliff-road, was being driven along the ...

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  45. MR. BARTON AT PERTH.

    Mr. and Mrs. Barton and Sir John and Lady Forrest reached Fremantle this evening, and immediately came on to Perth, where a civil reception was held. ...

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  46. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL AT ADELAIDE.

    This morning Lord Hopetoun, accompanied by Lord Tennyson and Major Willoughby, inspected the Art Gallery and Zoological and Botanical gardens, and at the last-named place planted some ...

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  47. THE OUTBREAK IN QUEENSLAND.

    A woman died in the hospital to-night under circumstances which indicate that death was due to plague. A girl is reported to be dying in the same ...

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  48. IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION ACT.

    An Australian-born subject 36 years of age, described as a labourer, was charged at the Fremantle Police Court yesterday with having entered the State as a pauper, and with therefore being a ...

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  49. THE DRIFTING STEAMER BOVERIC.

    The Howard Smith Company sent a letter to-day to Mr. Deakin (Acting Federal Premier) stating that two steamers had been dispatched to search for the Boveric, but the disabled vessel was in such peril ...

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  50. DEATH OF MR. G. A. MOBERLY.

    The Rev. E. G. Moberly, of this township, has received the sad news of the death of his son, Georgo Alfred Moberly, 25, at Strathrea, near Pretoria, South Africa, on March 15 last. He was a ...

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  51. THE GOVERNOR'S ERROR.

    Though the factory at Guerin was engulfed by a stream of lava on the 7th instant the Governor of Martinique issued a report in order to reassure the residents of St. Pierre ...

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  52. GOLD EXPORT.

    The gold export by the R.M.S. Home was 30,000 sovereigns for London; also gold bullion to the value of £141,990, and for Colombo gold valued at £10,008. ...

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  53. ACCIDENT ON A STEAMER.

    Charles Kielsberg, 47, a wharf labourer, was working on the steamer Macleay at Pyrmont Whar[?] yesterday, when he was struck by an iron rail. Kielsburg was conveyed by the Civil Ambulance to ...

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  54. INTERVIEW WITH MR. SAM SMITH.

    Mr. Sam Smith, the secretary of the Seamen's Union, in conversation with a "Herald" reporter at midnight, said that it appeared to him that the action of the men must have arisen out of a ...

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  55. INVERELL ELECTORATE.

    Mr. Garland has finally decided not to contest this seat. Mr. Wall will give an address to-night. Mr. G. A. Jones held a meeting on Saturday. He said if returned he would be a member of the solid labour ...

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  56. FRACTURED SKULL.

    Michael O'Reilly, a fireman, residing at 72 Kent-street, was taken to the Sydney Hospital yesterday afternoon suffering from a fracture of the skull. It was stated that O'Reilly was quarrelling with ...

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  57. TASMANIA.

    William Dougherty, who was badly hurt through a charge of rackarock exploding prematurely, while charging a hole in the stopes of No. 5 level, north drive Mount Lyell mine, on Saturday fortnight, ...

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  58. PROFOUND BRITISH SYMPATHY.

    Sir Edward Monson, the British Ambassador at Paris, has expressed to President Loubet King Edward's profound sympathy at the calamity which has overtaken Martinique. ...

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  59. QUEENSLAND.

    The Government have resolved to go on immediately with the construction of the HughendenRichmond extension. The first section is to be built by day labour. It is hoped that when the works ...

    Article : 181 words
  60. TO-DAY.

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  61. THE OUTBURST ON ST. VINCENT.

    Two craters at La Soufriere, St. Vincent, are emptying themselves and covering the northern districts with lava and ashes. It is impossible to approach the northern shore ...

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  62. AUSTRALIAN NATIVES' ASSOCIATION.

    At a meeting of the Petersham Gymea, No. 4 Branch, of the A.N.A., on Friday evening last, Bro. T. Kearne[?] gave notice of the following motion:— "That in the opinion of this branch steps should be ...

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  63. NORTH SYDNEY SCHOOL OF ARTS.

    The committee of the North Sydney School of Arts, in pursuance of a resolution carried at the last annual meeting, has decided to establish a billiard-room in connection with the institution, and a new ...

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  64. NEW ZEALAND.

    Sir J. Ward regrets the decision of the Commonwealth not to apply for uniform Australian terminal rates to messages over the eastern extension cables as the rates of both cables are not uniform. The final ...

    Article : 66 words
  65. STOCK MOVEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 63 words
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