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  2. SECOND EDITION.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day 1-16d lower at 2s 1½d per ounce standard. ...

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  3. THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    The debate on the Address in Reply to the Speech from the Threne was resumed in the House of Commons last night. Mr. John Redmond, the leader of the ...

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  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Emperor Kwang-hsu received the Foreign Ministers at Peking at an audience yesterday. This Ministers were much struck with the Emperor's pathetic appearance, his ...

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  5. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    In the Senate this morning Senator R. E. O'Connor declined to answer a question as to the right of the coloured races at present in Australia to migrate from one State to another, on the ground ...

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  6. OUR RAILWAYS.

    Crausher Bailey had an engine, A pullin' and a blowin'; When she come into the station She was frighten all the nation. ...

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  7. THE EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN.

    A committee of representatives of the Home Office, of the Board of Education and of the Board of Trade was appointed some time ago to inquire into the employment of ...

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  8. FIRE AT NEWCASTLE.

    At an early hour this morning three detached weatherboard buildings, situated in Maitland-street, Newcastle, were destroyed by fire. The outbreak originated at the rear of a four-roomed weatherboard ...

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  9. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    A report from Dr. Tidswell (acting president of the Board of Health) was received by the Premier yesterday. No further cases of plague had been brought under his notice. The medical officer in charge ...

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  10. A GERMAIN OFFICER ATTACKED.

    Robbers attacked and wounded a German officer who was patrolling in the vicinity of Chunstian Cheng, 20 miles south south-east of Tientsin. ...

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  11. THE PORT ADELAIDE ROBBERY.

    To-night three more arrests were made in connection with the Port Adelaide robbery. The men will be taken to Port Adelaide to-morrow, and will be placed before the persons who saw the suspects on ...

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  12. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    There was no preliminary business when the House of Representatives met this morning, and the tariff was immediately taken up in Committee of Ways and Means. Members had been consoling ...

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  13. ATTACKS ON MISSIONS FEARED.

    The Rev. A. Favier, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Peking, is apprehensive that attacks mil be made on missions and converts in Mongolia, as the result of the incitement ...

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  14. THE INFECTED AREA.

    With a view of giving readers some particulars concerning the quarantined area at Paddington, a "Herald" reportor visited the locality yesterday. Geographically the infected area is situated at what ...

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  15. AN EXCITING ARREST.

    As Constable Roser, of No. 2 Police Station, was on duty in Bay-street about midnight, he was led to peer into the yard of a shop, No. 100, kept by a Chinese named Tart Sun. He noticed some men in ...

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  16. GERMANY.

    The German Imperial loan has been covered 60 fold [In the Budget issued last December a loan of £9,000,000 for the Empire was provided for, and this ...

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  17. PROSECUTION OF PRO-BOERS TO BE URGED.

    In the House of Commons Mr. James Wanklyn (Unionist) will shortly move, and Mr. John C. Wason (Unionist) will second, an amendment to the Address in Reply, calling ...

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  18. VICTORIA.

    At the Women's Hospital committee meeting to-day Mr. Templeton, the hon. solicitor of the institution, advised that the committee had absolute discretion in the matter of closing the hospital, and ...

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  19. THE PRUSSIAN LOAN.

    The Prussian loan has been covered forty-four fold. [A cable published on the 15th stated:—' A Prussian syndicate has taken 3 per cent, loans, amounting ...

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  20. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Mr. Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, stated in the House of Commons yesterday that Commandant Scheeper, who was executed last week, had been guilty of the cold-blooded ...

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  21. ROUGH EXPERIENCE OF THE STEAMER BRISBANE.

    The steamer Brisbane, laden with coal from Port Kembla, had a sensational experience in the storm in the early part of the week. She left Kembla at midnight on Monday, and on Wednesday met the ...

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  22. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    Mr. Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in reply to a question in the House of Commons yesterday, stated that the recommendation of the Conference of Trades' ...

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  23. THE UNEMPLOYED PROBLEM.

    The German Emperor is greatly distressed at the number of unemployed in Berlin. He has ordered the Public Works Department and has requested the municipality to devote ...

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  24. AMERICAN MOTION FOR INTERVENTION WITHDRAWN.

    In the United States Senate yesterday Senator Teller, after a violent speech accusing Great Britain of having assassinated Commandant Scheeper, withdrew his motion that ...

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  25. THE PORT PATRICK.

    The Marshal of the Vice-Admiralty Court to-day released from custody the ship Port Patrick in respect of the claim of salvage of Messrs. J. and A. Brown, of Sydney, the owners of the tug Champion. ...

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  26. THE SPANISH WAR.

    Semi-official newspapers on the Continent are trying to discredit the statement by Viscount Cranborne as to the frendly attitude of Great Britain to the United States during ...

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  27. GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES.

    Senater Depew declares that the German Emperor is sending Prince Henry of Prussia to the United States to sound President Roosevelt and his Cabinet as to how far the ...

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  28. STATEMENT BY THE MAYOR OF PADDINGTON.

    Since the outbreak of plague at Ruehcutter Bay the Mayor of Paddington (Alderman R. W. Usher) has received numerous letters, mostly of an anonymous nature, making reference to the condition of ...

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  29. NO PEACE PROPOSALS SINCE JULY.

    Mr. A. J. Balfour, the First Lord of the Treasury, stated in the House of Commons last night that no peace proposals had reached the Government since July from anyone able ...

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  30. MR. KRUGER.

    Mr. Kruger, in a note to the Dutch press, in reply to Mr. Chamberlain's recent speech in the House of Commons, says that the Boer leaders claim complete independence, and that ...

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  31. FEDERAL CONTINGENT.

    No steps have yet been taken towards the enrolment of the Second Federal Contingent. Mr. Barton explains that it is desirable to get the contingent now being raised out of the way first, so as ...

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  32. SPAIN.

    The " Daily Express " reports that King Alfonso of Spain will be crowned in Madrid on May 17, and that the Prince of Wales will attend the ceremony as representing King ...

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  33. THE UNITED STATES.

    Mr. William Redmond, M.P., Nationalist, will visit America in order to continue the Irish campaign which his brother began in that country. ...

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  34. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Pilharra elections returns are:—Mr. Kings mill, Minister for Railways, 159; Mr. Montgomeric, 68. ...

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  35. THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

    One hundred and fifty Boers surprised Yeomanry escorting 35 natives at Lindiquespruit cutting grass. After a gallant resistance the British were overpowered. The ...

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  36. BRITISH SUBMARINE BOAT.

    The British submarine boat at Barrow-in-Furness has done a satisfactory trial, Her speed averaged 10 knots per hour. ...

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  37. INDIA.

    Several meetings have been held in India to protest against additional taxation on tea. ...

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  38. TASMANIA.

    The statisticians of the various States are now in conference here and are progressing with the scheme for securing uniformity throughout the States in the preparation of the statistical returns. It is unlikely ...

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  39. MOROCCO.

    Two French officers have been murdered on the frontier of Algeria and Morocco. The French battleship Charlemagne has accordingly been ordered to Tangier. ...

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  40. EXTENSION OF BLOCKHOUSES.

    The blockhouses in the Western Transvaal have been extended and are completed from Johannesburg to Klerksdorp, thence to Ventersdorp, and thence to Zeerust. The line is ...

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  41. FIRE AT CAPETOWN.

    The fire at Capetown reported yesterday to be raging in the heart of the city has done damage to the amount of £40,000. ...

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  42. ANNIVERSARY DAY.

    If the weather proves favourable on Monday next (Anniversary Day) holiday makers should not find themselves at a loss in discovering places where they can find amusement. The feature of the day's ...

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  43. THE OFFENBACH FLOATED.

    The German-Australian liner Offenbach, which went ashore at Amsterdam, has been floated, and has been towed to Ymuiden. ...

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  44. ITALIAN RECRUITS FOR THE BOERS.

    The Rome correspondent of the " Daily Chronicle" reports that Colonel Ricciardi is returning to the Transvaal with a number of volunteers to serve in the Boer ranks. ...

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  45. THE "NO RENT" CAMPAIGN IN IRELAND.

    The " no rent " campaign on the De Freyne Estate, Ireland, is collapsing. Rents have been paid by the bulk of the tenants. The De Froyne Estate consists of about 39,000 ...

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  46. THE OSWESTRY GRANGE.

    Houlder Brothers', Limited, new steamer Oswestry Grange, of 10,000 tons, was launched yesterday at Belfast. She is for the Australian service. ...

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  47. MISS HOBHOUSE.

    The War Office has declined to assist Miss Hobhouse to litigate against her deportation from South Africa. [It was recently reported that Lord Hobhouse, a ...

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  48. TRAGEDY IN SERVIA.

    A party of 18 persons proceeding homewards from a wedding at Usicsa, Servia, was overtaken by wolves, and all its members were devoured by the beasts. ...

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  49. LONDON MINING MARKET.

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  50. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    Farrier-sergeant Arthur Lisley, of the 2nd New South Wales Mounted Rifles, died at Middleburg of enteric fever. Private J. M'Corkell, of the 5th Victorian ...

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  51. THE MARQUIS OF DUFFERIN.

    The Marquis of Dufferin and Ava is in a critical condition. ...

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  52. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. Wallace, the Director of Agriculture for Victoria, will sail for Melbourne in the R.M.S. Ortona. Professor Zidlitz, professor of modern ...

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  53. BOROUGH OF WOOLLAHRA.

    Alderman Latimer, M.L.A.(Mayor of Woollabra), with a view to assist in the destruction of rats, announces that the rat depot previously used and situated on the Quarty Reserve at the rear of ...

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  54. THE MISSING SHIP CONDOR.

    As the Moana, which arrived at Vancouver yesterday, has brought no news of H.M.S. Condor reported missing on the voyage from Esquimault to Honolulu it is feared that the ...

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  55. THE FALL IN COPPER.

    The whole of the furnaces have been working during the week at the Cobar Copper Refining Works. The water-jacket was started on Tuesday. Yesterday notice to terminate on Saturday was ...

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  56. DEATH OF MR. E. B. L. DICKENS.

    Mr. Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickons formerly the member for Wilcannia in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, who has been ill for some months, died at the Criterion Hotel last night. The ...

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  57. THE WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales to-day there was a brisk sale. Best wools showed an upward tendency. Jan. 24. ...

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  58. TO-DAY.

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  59. DEATH OF AN OLD COLONIST.

    Mrs. Sarah Ann Whitehead, a very old colonist, died at her residence, 67 Fitzroy-street, Surry Hills, on Thursday. The late Mrs. Whitehead was 82 years of age, and had resided in Surry Hills for ...

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