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  2. SECOND EDITION.

    The Australians commenced a match at Edinburgh to-day against an Eleven of Scotland. The day was brilliant, but the wicket was soft. There is an attendance of 3000 ...

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  3. STOCK BOARDS' CONVENTION.

    The annual convention of delegates from the various pasture and stock boards in the State of New South Wales was inaugurated last evening at Aarons' Exchange Hotel, Gresham-street. ...

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  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    King Edward has telegraphed to the Emperor William his de[?]p regret at the death of the commander and some of the crew of the German torpedo boat in its collision ...

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  5. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Newspapers confirm the rumour that the King exercised his personal influence to secure peace in South Africa before his Coronation. The journals predict that his Majesty will ...

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  6. THE KING.

    The following bulletin regarding the King was issued at 4 p.m.:— "His Majesty is progressing in every way satisfactorily. He has less discomfort." ...

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  7. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    The formal business occupied about 10 minutes this afternoon, a large number of notices of motions and questions being handed in. Consideration of the tariff was resumed at item 74—galvanised iron. The ...

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  8. THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    It is not a pleasant thing for Australian to learn that when Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co. offered to grant land to settlers in the New Hebrides on nominal terms there was a regular rush of Australians ...

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  9. A SURRENDERING COMMANDO CHEERS THE KING.

    Golding's commando surrendered at Beaufort West in Cape Colony und gave three cheers for the King. The Transvaal and the Orange River Colony burghers in the ...

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  10. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 0¼d per ounce standard. ...

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  11. IN THE BEST OF SPIRITS.

    The King on Saturday afternoon was transferred from his bed to a wheeled couch. His Majesty remains in the best of spirits. ...

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  12. BURGHERS AT BRUSSELS.

    Many Transvaal and Orange River Colony burghers are petitioning the British Legation at Brussels to accept from them the oath of allegiance to Great Britain and to sanction ...

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  13. VICTORIAN REVENUE RETURNS.

    The State revenue returns for the financial year onded June 30, were made up at an carly [?]our on Tuesday morning. The total revenue, exclusive of money returned by the Commonwealth, was ...

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  14. GERMANY.

    The deficit shown in Germany's budget for 1901-02 is £2,000,000. ...

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  15. PROBABLE DATE OF THE CORONATION.

    Queen Alexandra, in bidding farewell to a deputation from a Danish Hussar regiment, invited the deputation to again visit England at the end of September to take part in the Coronation of the King. ...

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  16. ARGENTINE OFFERS INDUCEMENTS TO BOERS.

    An agent of the Argentine is endeavouring to persuade the Bo[?]r refugees in Portugal to found a colony in Patagonia. ...

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  17. CHINA.

    The English and American mission buildings at Tung-chao, Szechuan, have been destroyed. An Imperial edict has been published degrading a magistrate of Szechua[?], ...

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  18. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REVENUE.

    The revenue returns for the June quarter and the year were issued at midnight. The estimated revenue for the year was £2,585,758, the actual revenue was £2,421,656, showing a debit of over ...

    Article : 95 words
  19. THE HUGE FIRE IN CAPETOWN.

    A block of buildings was destroyed by the fire which occurred at Capetown on Saturday. The damage is estimated at £250,000. The origin of the outbreak was due to ...

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  20. INTERCESSORY SERVICES.

    A special service was held to-day at Marlborough House Chapel. Among those present were Queen Alexandra, the Prince and the Princess of Wales, and other ...

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  21. AUSTRALASIAN SOLDIERS' SALUTE.

    Five brakes containing Australian and New Zealand soldiers wearing khaki were driven past Buckingham Palace on Saturday. On passing the palace all the soldiers rose ...

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  22. THE FEDERAL BALANCE-SHEET.

    The Commonwealth financial year ended at 3 p.m. to-day, Sir George Turner had arranged for the returns of revenue and expenditure in each State to be telegraphed to him numediately after the close of ...

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  23. THE PHILIPPINES.

    It is reported that General Jacob Smith, who commands a division in the Philippines, has been found guilty by court-martial of having violated the rules of war, and it is ...

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  24. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    Quarter-master Albert Probert was welcomed home on Saturday. ...

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  25. VICTORIA.

    The final returns for the Gippsland East election show that Mr. James Cameron heads the poll with 703 voles. Mr. Thomas Doyle, who is second on the list, polled 628 votes. ...

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  26. QUEENSLAND'S MESSAGE ACENOWLEDGED.

    The State Governor has received the following cable message from Mr. Chamberlain:—"Your telegram of June 25 was laid before her Majesty the Queen and the Prince of Wales, who were very ...

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  27. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The Australians will commence a match at Edinburgh to-day against an eleven of Scotland. The home team will consist of R. H. Johnston, Tom Johnston, Jupan, Sharp, T. ...

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  28. DAMAGE TO THE TILIKUM.

    In the County Court to-day the hearing was concluded of the action instituted by Captain John Voss against Warr and Co., carriers, for injury to the yacht Tilikum during its removal from the ...

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  29. BALMAIN CHURCHES.

    Special services of intercession for his Majesty the King were celebrated at the majority of the churches at Balmain on Sunday. At St. John's Church, Balmain North, the rector (the Rev. W. J. Cakebread) ...

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  30. ESTATE OF THE LATE JOHN A. WALLACE, M.L.C.

    The hearing of an order nisi for the sequestration of the estate of the late John A. Wallace, M.L.C., was continued to-day before Mr. Justice Williams. At the close of the evidence tendered in support of the ...

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  31. THE UNITED STATES.

    The American Steel Corporation is raising the wages of 100,000 of its employees by 10 per cent. The incrcase will cost the corporation an annual sum of 4,000,000dol. (£800,000). ...

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  32. RAILWAY REVENUE.

    The railway earnings for the week ended Friday were £55,282, bringing the total cash paid by the Railway Department into the Treasury from July 1, 1901, up to £3,288,132, showing an increase of ...

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  33. WESLEY CHURCH, REGENT-STREET.

    On Sunday morning reference was made to the illness of the King, and special prayer was offered on his behalf. Appropriate [?]ymns were sung, and also the National Anthem. The address was delivered ...

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  34. THE ISTHMIAN CANAL.

    President Roosevelt has signed the bill passed by Congress authorising the construction of the Isthmian Canal across Panama. ...

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  35. A VISIT TO THE CORONATION REVIEW SQUADRON.

    Officers and men of the colonial contingents now in London, to the number of 1500, will embark to-day on the Bavarian for a trip round the fleet which assembled at Spithead ...

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  36. A WAGGON ACCIDENT.

    A strange accident happened this afternoon at St. Arna[?]d to Mr. James Stratton, of the firm of Noumut and Stratton, dealers in hides, &c. He was driving on the Charlton-road with a load of hides. ...

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  37. FRENCH INDO-CHINA.

    M. Beau, the French Minister at Peking, has been appointed the Governor-General of French Indo-China in succession to M. Doumer. ...

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  38. QUEENSLAND.

    In connection with Mr. Deakin's reply to the Premier about the Pacific Islanders Act, Mr. Philp has written to Mr. Woodford, Resident Commissioner for Solomon Islands, asking him to advise the ...

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  39. FALL FROM A TRAIN.

    A remarkable escape from death was reported this evening from Traralgon. Mrs. Fitch, of Bairnsdale, was travelling by train with five little children, and when between Lowyang and Traralgon a[?]boy of ...

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  40. SERVICE AT BROMPTON ORATORY.

    Monsignor Merry del Val, the Papal Envoy, conducted a notable service in the Brompton Oratory yesterday in the presence of the leading Roman Catholics of the ...

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  41. THE DESTRUCTION OF ST. PIERRE.

    The scientific mission despatched by the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society has reported that it ascribes the destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique, on May 8, ...

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  42. RETRENCHMENT IN QUEENSLAND.

    The Government Printer has received notice that the vote for extra hands, &c., has been largely [?]t down in connection with the general scheme of retrenchment. In consequence 44 hands on the ...

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  43. THE COMIC OPERA SEASON.

    Mr. George Musgrove's Comic Opera Company made a great hit to-night with "A Chinese Honeymoon," the second production of the season at the Princess Theatre. There was a splendid attendance, ...

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  44. THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MINISTRY.

    Mr. James states that he has succeeded in forming a Ministry. The Ministers are to be sworn to morrow. They are as follows:— Premier and Attorney-General, Mr. W. H. James. ...

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  45. DEPARTURE OF ROYAL GUESTS.

    Other royal guests besides those already reported have left London. King Edward personally dictated letters of regret to them that the Coronation had not ...

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  46. THE PLAGUE CASES.

    There are only three plague patients under treatment. A man named M'Kenzio died on Saturday morning after more than a month's illness. It is now a month since the last case of plague occurred. ...

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  47. THE NATIONAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALASIA.

    The half-yearly meeting of the National Mutual Life Association of Australasia was held to-day. Colonel Templeton, managing director, reported that during the past six months the company had more ...

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  48. LUNCHEON AT GRAY'S INN.

    An intercession service was held in the Gray's Inn Chapel yesterday, Afterwards Mr. Herbert Parker Reed, K.C., a bencher of Gray's Inn, gave a luncheon to half the guests, ...

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  49. CELEBRATING THE KING'S RECOVERY.

    Viscount Cranborne, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, who is chairman of the Bonfires Committee, suggests, as the King is rapidly improving, that the ...

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  50. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A large and influential meeting was held to-day to consider the question of locking the Murray. The Hon. G. Brookman, M.L.C., presided. The league was formed to co-operate with similar Associations at ...

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  51. THE REVIEW OF COLONIAL TROOPS.

    Queen Alexandra and other Royalties will attend the review of the colonial troops on the Horse Guards Parade on Tuesday. ...

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  52. NEW ZEALAND.

    The session of Parliament, which opens to-morrow, does not promise to prove very exciting in either legislation or discussion. The absence of Mr. Seddon in London necessarily tends to lessen the force of the ...

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  53. A MILLIONAIRE PEER.

    The will of Earl Fitzwilliam has been proved at £2,949,830. Practically all the estate has been bequeathed to the present Earl. ...

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  54. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Mint returns for June were 124,287oz., as against 67,810oz. for June of last year, and the issues were 207,143 sovereigns against 116,053. The gold export by the R.M.S. Ophir to-day was ...

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  55. THE LATE MR. BRUNTON STEPHENS.

    The Acting Federal Premier, Mr. Deakin, telegraphed to-day to the family of the late Mr. Brunton Stephens expressing regret at the death of one whom he regarded as Australia's Poet Laureate. ...

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  56. HAWA[?]AN VOLCANOES IN ERUPTION.

    News from Honolulu by the steamer Sierra states that the volcane Kilanca broke into cruption on June 1 at 9 in the morning. A heavy volume of smoke shot into the air to a height of several thousand feet. ...

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  57. FLOOD IN A DRAPER'S SHOP.

    A water tap burst in the shop of Messrs, Court Brothers, Queen-street, Auckland, and a torrent of water poured through, causing damage to the stock of haberdashery amounting to about £4000. ...

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  58. CHOLERA IN THE FAR EAST.

    It is reported that cholera is raging in Peking and in Tokio. At the latter capital the majority of cases are fatal. ...

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  59. TRANSVAAL FAMILIES' SYMPATHY.

    A meeting of families of Transvaalers held at Balmoral, on the Delagoa Railway, telegraphed a message of loyalty and sympathy to King Edward and Queen Alexandra. ...

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  60. CASUALTIES.

    A wharf labourer named John B[?]ll, aged 32, living in Philip-street, Bahnain, while working on the steamer Cornwall yesterday, fell down the hold and fractured his right leg. He was removed to ...

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  61. DEATH OF CANON COTTERILL.

    Canon Cotterill, a well-known Anglican minister, has died at Christchurch, aged 87 years. ...

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  62. RIFLE SHOOTING.

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  63. SWIMMING IN ENGLAND.

    At the swimming carnival of the Life Saving Society at Highgate Ponds yesterday 30,000 people were present. The International Mile race for the Prince ...

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  64. PRESENTATION OF INDIANS.

    At the command of the King the presentation of the representatives of India at the reception by the Prince of Wales at the India Office on July 4 is to be considered as ...

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  65. THE ARBITRATION COURT.

    The President of the Arbitration Court, when delivering the award this morning in the seamen's dispute, said the majority of the Court were of opinion that there had not been shown any such ...

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  66. ROBBERIES IN HYDE PARK.

    A man named Samuel Munro, having in Woolloomooloo-street, and employed at the Lyceum Theatre, was assaulted and robbed by three men in Hyde Park at about half-past 11 on Saturday night. He ...

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  67. INTER-STATE FOOTBALL.

    The following have been selected to represent Queensland in the Rugby football matches in New South Wales:—A. Dennis, D. M.'Lean, S. A. Spragg, L. Dix[?]n, N. Colton, E. Christison, L. J. Evans, E. ...

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  68. A CARPENTER INJURED.

    Yesterday afternoon a carpenter named John Williams, aged 53, living at Grove-street, Lilyfield, fell from the roof of a house and fractured a rib. He was taken to Ba[?]a[?] Hospital and treated by Dr. ...

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  69. ACCIDENT TO A TIMBER-CUTTER.

    James Halliday, aged 16, a timber-cutter living in Hornsby-street, Balmam, while working at J. Barnes' canning factory had his right hand caught in some machinery, with the result that the thumb ...

    Article : 69 words
  70. LOSSES OF THE RAILWAYS.

    It is estimated that the railways will los[?] £1,000,000 by the postponement of the Coronation. ...

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