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  2. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    At the Criminal Court to-day Edward Dingley, aged 52, was charged with having murdered Francis Hickman at Stansbury on August 22. The evidence for the prosecution was to the effect that accused ...

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  3. VICTORIA. THE GOVERNOR.

    The Premier is in receipt of a cable from the AgentGeneral stating that Sir George S. Clarke, the Governor of Victoria, will sail for Melbourne on October 31. ...

    Article : 37 words
  4. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. THE ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

    Brigadier-General Plumer has prevented Commandant Brand from crossing the Caledon River in the south-east of the Orange River Colony. ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    King Edward has accepted photographs of the Duke and the Duchess of Cornwall and York presented by Mr. J. Hubert Newman, of Sydney. ...

    Article : 38 words
  6. NOTES IN THE STATE PARLIAMENT.

    As soon as the formal business was disposed of in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, the Premier moved that it was expedient to bring in a bill to make provision for the salary of the Governor of ...

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  7. COMMONWEALTH NOTES. THE SENATE.

    The petition against the return of Senator Matheson, which has not been heard of for some time, was mentioned incidentally in the Senate this afternoon, when Senator Sir J. Downer obtained permission to ...

    Article : 356 words
  8. EXPORT OF PRODUCE.

    Mr. R. Crowe, Government dairy expert, has furnished the Department of Agriculture with the following particulars of the produce exported through the Government cool stores for the month of ...

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  9. A TITLED ENGAGEMENT.

    Lady Sybil Myra Caroline Primrose, the elder daughter of Lord Rosebery, is betrothed to Earl Beauchamp, ex-Governor of New South Wales. ...

    Article : 77 words
  10. A SOLDIER'S FAMILY.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Premier stated, in answer to a question asked by Mr. W. W. Young, that Peter Joseph Hancock, who left with the Mounted Infantry second contingent, was ...

    Article : 85 words
  11. THE BISHOPRIC OF MELBOURNE.

    A suggestion has been offered to an influential churchman in Melbourne by a Bishop in another State that the Right Rev. James Edward Cowell Welldon, Bishop of Calcutta, should be elected to ...

    Article : 89 words
  12. AUSTRALASIAN CASUALTIES.

    The War Office reports the following casualties among Australian and New Zealand troops at Mokari Drift, on the Caledon River, on September 27:— ...

    Article : 127 words
  13. RETURNING TROOPS IN MELBOURNE.

    The troops who returned last night by the Afric landed to-day, and were entertained at lunch by the Defence Department. Sergeant-major Fitzhardinge, who went out to the war as a trooper in one of the ...

    Article : 90 words
  14. A SHEARING STRIKE.

    A shearing strike has occurred at Barwon Leigh, in the Winchelsen district, owned by Dr. Atkinson. A board of 20 men had been engaged, but wh[?]n the roll was called this morning the men refused to work ...

    Article : 139 words
  15. UNITED IRISH LEAGUE.

    The United League, at a meeting at Dublin, has applauded Mr. William O'Brien for a letter in which he stated:—"If the English King visits Ireland the United ...

    Article : 76 words
  16. LESTER REIFF WARNED OFF.

    The English Jockey Club has warned off Lester Reiff for suspicious riding at Manchester. The public also accuse him of holding Volodyovski in the St. Leger. ...

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  17. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    In the Perth Mayoral election yesterday Mr. W. T. Loton was elected, defeating Mr. T. G. Molloy by a majority of 1478 votes. R.M.S. Himalaya took from Fremantle, for ...

    Article : 58 words
  18. THE RAMSAY'S BUSH OUTRAGE.

    Much activity is being displayed by the police in endeavouring to arrest the person who is reported to have cruelly outraged a little girl on Tuesday night. A search of Ramsay's ...

    Article : 177 words
  19. THE GERMAN TARIFF.

    There is excitement in Austria in regard to the proposed German tariff. The press and public approve of the Government's protest against the tariff proposals. ...

    Article : 32 words
  20. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    A petition from South Australian electors praying that the Federal Government should retain the control of the liquor traffic in the federal capital was presented to the House of Representatives this ...

    Article : 464 words
  21. THE ZULULAND BORDER FIGHTING.

    Lord Kitchener confirms the report that the Boers suffered heavy losses while attacking Forts Itala and Prospect on the Zululand Border. ...

    Article : 42 words
  22. TASMANIA.

    The annual agricultural show was opened yesterday in fine weather. There were 10,000 people present. The gate receipts totalled over £323, being £30 more than the corresponding day last year. The ...

    Article : 91 words
  23. MR. CARNEGIE'S BENEFACTIONS.

    Mr. Andrew Carnegie has added £25,000 to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College Building Fund. ...

    Article : 27 words
  24. REVENUE FROM THE COMMON[?] WEALTH GOVERNMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr. Carruthers asked the Colonial Treasurer, in reference to the item of £2,200,000 estimated revenue from the Commonwealth Government on page 12, Ways and ...

    Article : 523 words
  25. LOST GUNS RECAPTURED.

    Lord Kitchener reports that the two guns of "[?]T" Battery of Royal Horse Artillery, captured by the Boers at Vlakfontein, 15 miles south of the Bloemfontein Waterworks, have ...

    Article : 36 words
  26. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day l-16d lower at 2s 2 13-146d per ounce standard. ...

    Article : 18 words
  27. THE NATAL ELECTIONS.

    The Natal general elections have concluded. The Dutch candidates were severely beaton. ...

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  28. SIR HECTOR MACDONALD.

    Among the passengers by the R.M.S. Austral, which arrived at Fremantle from Colombo to-day, is Brigadier-General Sir Hector Macdonald, who is on his way to New Zealand. Sir Hector Macdonald ...

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  29. THE TRADES HALL. SYDNEY LABOUR COUNCIL.

    A meeting of the Sydney Labour Council was held at the Trades Hall last night. The secretary (Mr. Thrower) submitted a report from the Parliamentary committee relative to the clauses in the Industrial ...

    Article : 220 words
  30. NEW ZEALAND. THE MAIL SERVICES.

    In connection with the San Francisco service Sir J. G. Ward told the House of Representatives that Messrs. Spreckels and Co. submitted proposals for a five years' contract for £26,562 per annum, but the ...

    Article : 122 words
  31. THE FIRE ON THE PAPANUI.

    It has now been learned that the entire contents (38,000 carcases of sheep) of No. 3 hold of the Papanui, which put into Vigo with that hold on fire, were destroyed. ...

    Article : 63 words
  32. A COMMANDANT CAPTURED.

    Lieutenant-Colonel Cole has captured Commandant Dreyer, a Transvaaler. ...

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  33. ELECTIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS COMMITTEE.

    The Elections and Qualifications Committee met yesterday at Parliament House for the purpose of hearing further evidence in connection with the petition lodged by Mr. Andrew Stewart, of Woollahra, ...

    Article : 262 words
  34. THE ATTACK ON MOEDWILL.

    Further particulars have been received of the attack which Commandants Delarey and Kemp made on Colonel Kekewich at Moedwill, in the Western Transvaal. ...

    Article : 129 words
  35. THE WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales to-day prices for good merinos were very firm. Faulty descriptions were slow of sale. Crossbreds were unchanged. ...

    Article : 62 words
  36. CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION BILL.

    During the discussion on the Conciliation and Arbitration Bill in committee Mr. Seddon said that he was certain that the legislation of the Government on this subject would stand the test of a depression ...

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  37. TINSMITHS' UNION.

    The Tinsmiths' Union held a social evening at the Trades Hall last night to celebrate the unfurling of the new banner, which is to replace the old one, torn on Commonwealth Day. The banner was unfurled ...

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  38. STATE PARLIAMENTS. VICTORIA.

    In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday the Premier said that 16,224 old-age pensions had been granted The payments aggregated £311,750 per annum; 4334 persons were receiving the maximum amount of 10s ...

    Article : 617 words
  39. CUSTOMS LAWS IN COOK GROUP.

    It is officially announced that New Zealand customs laws are to be adhered to in the Cook group. The second reading of the Royal Visit Expenses Bill was carried in the House of Representatives by ...

    Article : 52 words
  40. THE EDUCATION QUESTION.

    The monthly meeting of the Waverley branch of the Protestant Defence Association was held at the Presbyterian Lecture Hall, Charing Cross, last evening. Mr. G. Stevenson presided over a large ...

    Article : 379 words
  41. THE STEEL TRUST'S EARNINGS.

    The net earnings of the Great Steel Trust of America (the Billion Dollar Trust) for the first six months of its existence, amounted to 55,000,000dol. (£11,000,000). ...

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  42. OUR LOAN INDEBTEDNESS.

    A return was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon by the Treasurer on the subject of Government loans. It was promised on the 21th ultimo, in answer to a number of ...

    Article : 297 words
  43. ARRIVAL OF THE ITALIAN WARSHIP PUGLIA.

    The Italian cruiser Puglia arrived in Port Jackson yesterday from Hobart, and anchored in Farm Cove. After exchanging the usual salutes Captain Canale visited Admiralty House, this courtesy being returned ...

    Article : 320 words
  44. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

    The nucleus of a Federal Public Works Department has been formed by the transfer of Mr. J. Blackbourn, Engineer for Defence in Victoria, and his staff to the Department of Home Affairs. Mr. ...

    Article : 286 words
  45. CAPTURE OF BOERS.

    A patrol of the Bushveldt Carbineers captured Field-Cornet Kielly and a party of Boers on the Portuguese frontier. ...

    Article : 24 words
  46. THE QUEENSLAND LOAN.

    Subscriptions for the Queensland 3 per cent, loan of £1,374,213, which has a fixed price of 91½, have closed. ...

    Article : 25 words
  47. THE JOHANNESBURG CONSPIRACY.

    The finding of the court martial in the trial of Bro[?]cksma, a Hollander charged with treason and treachery, has been contained by Lord Kitchener. ...

    Article : 161 words
  48. THE AMERICA CUP.

    At the request of Sir Thomas Lipton, the owner of Shamrock II., in the remaining four contests of the present series for the America Cup a race will be sailed each day ...

    Article : 52 words
  49. F.M.S. ARMAND BEHIC AT FREMANTLE.

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  50. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Commenting upon a letter from Mr. W. P. Reeves, the Agent-General of New Zealand, regarding the action of the Government of that colony in taking it certain number of ...

    Article : 86 words
  51. SYDNEY HOSPITAL.

    The monthly meeting of the board of directors of the Sydney Hospital was held at the boardroom, Macquarie-street, on Tuesday. There were present:—The Hon. Sir Arthur Renwick (president), ...

    Article : 230 words
  52. MOORE-STREET IMPROVEMENTS.

    Judge Murray, who has been appointed a Royal Commission to inquire into the operations of the Moore-street Improvement Act, and to report as to the direction (if any) in which it should be amended, ...

    Article : 287 words
  53. THE R.M.S. AUSTRAL AT FREMANTLE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 247 words
  54. ANGLICAN CHURCH ASSEMBLY OF VICTORIA.

    The Anglican Church Assembly continued its sittings to-day. The Dean of Melbourne presided. The bill providing, as amended in committee, for the creation of three new dioceses—of Bendigo, ...

    Article : 388 words
  55. LORD MILNER AND CAPE MINISTERS IN CONFERENCE.

    Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, the Premier of Cape Colony, and Sir J. Rose Innes, the Attorney General, have gone to the Transvaal to confer with Lord Kitchener and Lord Milner. ...

    Article : 87 words
  56. PACIFIC ISLANDS LABOURERS BILL.

    Adverting to Mr. Philp's strong protest against the Pacific Islands Labourers Bill the Federal Premier said to-day, "Before receiving Mr. Philp's telegram I had written to him suggesting that he ...

    Article : 117 words
  57. FIJI.

    News from Fiji states that the schooner Eastward Ho, owned by Krafft, of Levuka, was wrecked on the Horseshoe Reef. The crew was saved. According to the "Samoanische Zeitung," the ...

    Article : 92 words
  58. ESCAPED PRISONERS RECAPTURED.

    A nephew of the late General Joubert and two other Boer prisoners, who over a week ago escaped into the bush at Bermuda, have been recaptured. ...

    Article : 54 words
  59. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the Assembly yesterday Mr. Tucker brought forward the claims of Victor Harbour as a suitable place for mail steamers to call, and asked for a select committee to obtain evidence on the ...

    Article : 318 words
  60. DISCUSSION IN THE QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day a debate occurred on Mr. Given's motion affirming the desirableness of the Government erecting a State sugar refinery. The motion had hitherto been opposed by ...

    Article : 774 words
  61. BUTCHERS AND LIVE STOCK BUYERS' ASSOCIATION.

    The first annual meeting of the Master Butchers and the Stock Buyers' Association of New South Wales was held last evening at Roberts's Hotel, Market and George streets. There was a fair ...

    Article : 262 words
  62. TO-DAY.

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  63. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Following are the stock passings to date:—33 fat bullocks, Tenterfield to Flemington, H. Bates owner; 30 fat bullocks, Maidenhead to Glen Innes, William Hodges; 120 store bullocks, Bromford to Somerton, ...

    Article : 191 words
  64. A FRENCH PAPER PROSECUTED.

    The French Premier, M. Waldeck-Rousseau, is prosecuting a French pro-Boer paper for publishing offensive anti-British cartoons. ...

    Article : 75 words
  65. LATE MINING.

    Our Launceston correspondent telegraphed last night that the Mount Bischoff Company's London cable quoted tin at £112 10s; market quiet. Last sales, £ll3 10s. ...

    Article : 195 words
  66. THE STRANDED NEW ZEALAND SOLDIERS.

    Whilst questions were being asked in the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon the Premier rose and said that on the previous day he had, in answering a question by Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick, promised ...

    Article : 247 words
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