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  2. THE FEDERAL TARIFF.

    As may be naturally imagined, the operation of the federal tariff has largely increased the work at the Custom-house. The institution of ad valorem duties has necessitated the organisation of what may be ...

    Article : 261 words
  3. VICTORIA. SIR HECTOR MACDONALD.

    At the invitation of the Mayor of Melbourne about 250 of the most prominent residents of Melbourne attended at the Town Hall to-day for the purpose of receiving General Sir Hector Macdonald. A crowd ...

    Article : 184 words
  4. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. GENERAL BOTHA'S RETREAT.

    General Botha has sent a force to escort his waggons eastward. Oct. 14. General Botha retreated through most ...

    Article : 321 words
  5. SPECIAL CABLES. FROM THE "HERALD'S" LONDON CORRESPONDENTS.

    An Imperial edict by the Chinese Emperor enjoins officials to strenuously enforce the currying out of the Western reforms recommended by Liu-kun-yi and Chang Chi-tung, ...

    Article : 66 words
  6. COMMONWEALTH NOTES. THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

    The leaders on either side have employed themselves to-day in active preparation for the fight to commence to-morrow. The Cabinet met this morning and planned out the defence. Mr. Barton spent ...

    Article : 1,747 words
  7. TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYERS.

    The loss of the torpedo-boat destroyer Viper was followed by the loss of a sister boat, the Cobra, and now our cablegrams inform us of the partial breakdown of three more boats of ...

    Article : 2,657 words
  8. THE KANAKA QUESTION.

    At a meeting of prominent citizens to-day a committee was formed to arrange a public meeting on Monday next to protest against the Kanaka Bill. In connection with his declaration to use " every ...

    Article : 222 words
  9. BOND FOR THE INDEMNITY.

    Prince Ching has forwarded to the representatives of the Powers at Peking a bond for 450,000,000 taels (£67,500,000), which is the amount of the indemnity agreed upon in the ...

    Article : 40 words
  10. FISHING-BOAT FATALITIES.

    A telegram received last night from Flinders reports that three foreign flshermen, named M. Sardella, A. Engestrom, and F. Didenna, who went out on Friday in a half-decked boat, had not since been ...

    Article : 169 words
  11. REMARKS BY MR. O'SULLIVAN.

    Addressing the gathering which entertained Mr. B. Hall at Riverstone on Saturday night, the Minister for Works said that he was sure that when the federation had been working for a couple of years ...

    Article : 98 words
  12. IMPORTATION OF WAR MATERIALS.

    Chinese troops at Canton are watching for the arrival from London of a vessel loaded with dynamite, arms, and ammunition, which, it is alleged, is consigned to the Reformers. The ...

    Article : 42 words
  13. ADMINISTRATION OF NEW GUINEA.

    It is understood that the financial position of New Guinea owing to the failures of the States or the Coramonwealth to come to an agreement is in an unsatisfactory condition since the British Government ...

    Article : 107 words
  14. THE NEW TARIFF.

    The new Chinese tariff comes into operation on November 11. ...

    Article : 16 words
  15. THE WOOL SALES.

    The opening sale of the Melbourne wool season will be held on Wednesday by Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Lunited, when they will offer an attractive and representative catalogue of about 3000 bales. ...

    Article : 132 words
  16. SPEECH BY DR. BEVAN.

    The Rev. Dr. Bevan, of the Independent Church, Melbourne, delivered an interesting lecture under the auspices of the Newcastle Congregational Church at the Masonic Hall to-night on the subject of ...

    Article : 699 words
  17. FRANCE AND TURKEY. THE BANKER'S CLAIM.

    Russia has not yet replied to the request of the Sultan, made through M. Zinovieff, that Count Lamsdorf, the Russian Foreign Minister, should mediate with France on the claim ...

    Article : 57 words
  18. THE WEATHER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 586 words
  19. CAPTURES BY AUSTRALASIAN TROOPS.

    Detachments of Western Australian, New Zealand, and Queensland troops, belonging to the command of Major-General F. W. Kitchener, operating against General Botha, have ...

    Article : 42 words
  20. QUEENSLAND.

    The hearing of a petition by Mr. John Linnett against the return of Mr. Henry Turner as a member of the Assembly for Rockhampton North was concluded to-day. When the case was last before the ...

    Article : 402 words
  21. TURKISH OFFICER ARRESTED AT TUNIS.

    A Turkish officer has been arrested at Tunis on a charge of swindling. The French press asserts that the Porte sent the officer to raise the Arabs of Southern ...

    Article : 46 words
  22. THE NATAL VOLUNTEERS.

    The Natal volunteers, who were called out on the recent irruption of the Boers into Natal, have been relieved of duty, and have received the thanks of Lord Kitchener. ...

    Article : 34 words
  23. RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

    M. Zinovieff, the Russian Ambassador at Constantinople, during an audience with the Sultan complained of the persecution of Armenians at Sandjak and at Mush, in Asia ...

    Article : 80 words
  24. ATTEMPTS TO CROSS THE ORANGE RIVER.

    Commandants Kruitzinger and Ackerman and others are trying to cross the Orange River southwards. The river is swollen. [On October 6 it was cabled that Kruitzinger's ...

    Article : 57 words
  25. COMMANDANT SCHEEPER.

    Commandant Scheeper, shortly before his capture, took prisoners two British coloured scouts. He forced them to draw lots, and he shot the scout which drew the shorter straw. ...

    Article : 104 words
  26. AFGHANISTAN.

    Tribal chiefs are journeying to Cabul to pay homage to the Ameer. ...

    Article : 21 words
  27. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Dr. Grattan Guinness, who is conducting a mission in connection with the Y.M.C.A., was welcomed at luncheon to-day by the members of the Y.M C.A. board and the ministers of the city and suburban ...

    Article : 53 words
  28. THE PERSIAN GULF.

    The Constantinople correspondent of the " Times " reports that the Sultan is convinced that Great Britain will not occupy Koweyt, on the Arabian shore of the Persian Gulf, nor ...

    Article : 100 words
  29. SENTENCES ON REBELS.

    Two farmers, who were convicted of having twice joined the enemy, have been hanged at Vryburg (Bechuanaland). In the case of another farmer the sentence of death was ...

    Article : 96 words
  30. A PROTEST BY COACHBUILDERS.

    A meeting of master coachbuilders and wheolwrights was held in the Queen's Hall last night to consider matters affecting their trade in connection with the Commonwealth tariff. Mr. T. J. Hoskins, ...

    Article : 1,109 words
  31. NORTHERN TEMITORY.

    The steamer Airlie, from Hongkong, arrived yesterday, and sailed to-day for southern ports, her passengers being Mrs. Martin and two children, Misses Heaslip (2), and Mr. Brown. The Airlie's ...

    Article : 127 words
  32. THE STEAMER ROSETTA MARU AT PINKENBA.

    The Rosetta Maru, from Japan and Hongkong. via ports, arrived at Moreton Bay yesterday evening, and came up to Pinkenba this morning. The voyage was uneventful, and the weather was delightfully ...

    Article : 121 words
  33. THE KIDNAPPED MISSIONARY.

    Miss Stone, who was captured by brigands in Macedonia, is now detained on the TurcoBulgarian frontier, at Dutnitza. The pursuit of the brigands by the ...

    Article : 80 words
  34. STORAGE OF SUPPLIES.

    A farmer at Worcester (South-western Cape Colony) has been fined £100 for storing above a week's supply of food. ...

    Article : 25 words
  35. GENERAL SIR ROBERT LOW.

    General Sir Robert Cunliffe, Low, G.C.B., Commandaut of the Bombay forces, is at present in Sydney on a holiday visit. He left Bombay on August 14 on 90 days' leave, and enroute to Sydney did some ...

    Article : 403 words
  36. VICTORIAN CASUALTY.

    Private A. Murray (Fifth Victorian Mounted Infantry) has been accidentally severely wounded in the head at Vryheid. ...

    Article : 23 words
  37. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    The Duke and the Duchess of Cornwall and York have visited the Niagara F[?]lls. ...

    Article : 21 words
  38. THE MIOWERA AT PINKENBA.

    The steamer Miowera from Vancouver was sighted at Cape Moreton early this morning, and berthed at Pinkenba at 9 o'clock. She was expected on Saturday, but the delay is partly accounted for by the late ...

    Article : 340 words
  39. COLONIALS RESUME DUTY.

    Captain F. Reid and Lieutenant J. Hawkins (Sixth Western Australian Mounted Infantry), Lieutenant N. Smith and Lieutenant J. H. Patterson (Fifth Victorian Mounted ...

    Article : 59 words
  40. PROFESSOR VIRCHOW.

    The German Emperor has conferred upon Professer Vir[?]how, on the occasion of his 80th birthday, the Great Gold Medal of Science. The Emperor, in doing so, eulo. ...

    Article : 89 words
  41. LIEUTENANT SWEETLAND.

    The Premier has received the following telegram from Capetown:—" Condition of Lieutenant Sweetland, October 9: Out of danger." ...

    Article : 25 words
  42. NEW ZEALAND.

    A lively and lengthy debate is expected to take place on the proposed mail service lesolutions. Messrs. Sprecke[?]s and Co. have cabled stating they would not accept the Government proposals. There is ...

    Article : 254 words
  43. AN ADVENTUROUS BALLOONIST.

    Count Vaulx has started on a voyage in a balloon across the Mediterranean from Toulon to Algiers. He expected to be four days on the voyage. Count Vaulx's balloon ...

    Article : 44 words
  44. MUNICIPAL ELECTION.

    A poll for the election of an alderman to fill an extraordinary vacaney in Phillip Ward, city, was taken yesterday. There were two candidates, Messrs. R. D Meagher, M.L.A., and John Blake. The ...

    Article : 153 words
  45. EAST GRETA MINERS.

    A meeting of the East Greta branch of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held this afternoon at the Oddfellows' Hall, West Maitland, to receive the following reply to the request made by the ...

    Article : 181 words
  46. THE AMERICA CUP.

    Sir Thomas Lipton has challenged the New York Yacht Club for the America Cup with his yacht Shamrock If. for 1903 if there is no other challenger. ...

    Article : 56 words
  47. TO-DAY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 127 words
  48. LATE SHIPPING.

    PORT ADELAIDE.—Arrival; October 14, Jupiter, barque, from Table Bay. ...

    Article : 15 words
  49. Advertising

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    Advertising : 17 words
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