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  2. THE TARIFF. MR. CARRUTHERS IN REPLY TO MR. WISE.

    When seen on Saturday Mr. Carruthers said," I have read Mr. Wise's comments on my remarks. I am sorry Mr. Wise thinks I have been unfair to him I really have no intention to be so, and I have ...

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  3. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    The Duke, and the Duchess of Cornwall and York arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, yesterday. There their Royal Highnesses bade farewell to the Canadians, thanking them for ...

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  4. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. CAPE RAIDERS.

    Commandants Maritz and Theron, in the western district of Cape Colony, have burned farms belonging to many loyalists in retaliation for the execution of rebels. The ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Earl Roberts, the Commander-in-chief, speaking at the Mansion House yesterday, in reply to the toast of the "Imperial Forces," said that he doubted if ever the Army had ...

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  6. COMMONWEALTH NOTES.

    The party whips say that 25 members have yet to speak on Mr. Reid's motion of censure. For a time it looked as if Opposition members were to be allowed to carry on the debate themselves; but ...

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  7. SECOND EDITION THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Major H. G. Holmes, commanding a battalion of Mounted Infantry, has captured Commandant David Marais atRictvlei. ...

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  8. NEW ZEALAND MAIL SERVICES,

    Considerable interest is naturally being taken in the New Zealand House of Representatives in regard to mail communication with the United States of America. Messrs. ...

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  9. THE FEDERAL TARIFF.

    Sir,—The enactment of the federal tariff is having the natural result of leading to the display of much righteous indignation, mostly prompted by the ring of importers who have so long had the markets of New ...

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  10. WESTERN RAIDERS.

    On the appearance of a small commando at Saldanha Bay, on the west coast of Cape Colony, residents boarded a passing steamer and from it signalled to the British gunboat, ...

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  11. THE WAR OFFICE.

    A new War Office Board, analogous to the Board of Admrialty, has been constituted The Board consists of Earl Roberts (the Commander in Chief), Lord Raglan (the ...

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  12. THE CAPTURE OF SCHEEPEB.

    The capture of Commandant Scheeper was effected by Vogan, an Australian scout. Scheeper is recovering from his attack of appendicitis. ...

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  13. A VRYBURG COUNCILLOR SENTENCED.

    Mr. Haasbroek, a member of the Vryburg Divisional Council, has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment on a charge of inviting the Boers to invade the district. ...

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  14. IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN TRANSVAAL.

    Small bodies of General Botha's force have returned to the vicinity of Inhiazatye and Tabankulu. Dannhauser, with a commando of 70 men, is at Babanango. ...

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  15. GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.

    Reuter's Agency reports that Great Britain and Russia have completed an agreement not to intervene in Afghanistan in case of disturbances in that kingdom. ...

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  16. FRANCE.

    M. Waldeck Rousseau, the French Premier, is keeping four army corps in readiness in the event of disturbances following the threat of the Miners' Federation to bring ...

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  17. DISCONTENT AMONG THE YEO. MANRY.

    Fifty-two out of 200 Yeomanry who reenlisted have deserted from Shorncliffe, being discontented at arrears of pay. The pay sheets in connection with the ...

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  18. FRANCE.

    M. Waldeck-Rousseau, the Prime Minister of France, has informed the representatives of the Miners' Federation that a minimum wage can only be fixed by the interested ...

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  19. THE RUSSIAN LOAN DENIED.

    The report that Russia contemplated putting a loan of £25,000,000 on the market has been officially denied at Paris and at St. Petersburg. ...

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  20. A SUCCESSFUL AIRSHIP.

    Yesterday M. Santos Dumont, in his airship ascended from the Parc Prostatique and easily rounded the Eiffel Tower at a height of 250 metres from the ground. He ...

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  21. THE PAPANUI'S CARGO.

    Of its cargo of frozen mutton the steamer Papa[?] landed 34,920 carcases. The mutton was bright and hard, but had an objectionable smell. The mutton sold from 2[?]d to ...

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  22. THE NAVY.

    The Devonport Dockyard has been instructed to build a battleship having a length of 425ft., and a displacement of 16,500 tons. The largest battleships of the British navy at ...

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  23. THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

    The returns of the concentration camps for the month of September show that there were 109,418 white occupants, including 54,326 children. The deaths numbered 2411, ...

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  24. THE TOBACCO TRADE.

    The American Tobacco Trust is spending immense sums in gifts of cigarettes to English retailers of their goods. The British rival combination promises retailers a share ...

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  25. AUSTRALASIAN CASUALTIES.

    Sergeant S. J. Smith, of the 3rd Regiment of New South Wales Mounted Infantry, has died of wounds at Eseeuwkop. Private William Matthews, of the Sixth New ...

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  26. JUDICIAL CHANGES.

    Sir A. L. Smith, Master of the Rolls, has resigned that position. He is succeeded by Sir Richard Henn Collins, one of the Lord Justices of Appeal. ...

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  27. WORK AT THE CUSTOM-HOUSE.

    The description given in the " Herald " a few days age of the work of passing entries at the Customhouse has been brought officially under the notice of the Customs Department in Melbourne, and it is ...

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  28. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The British and Australasian Trust and Loan Company has declared a dividend of 5 per cent. ...

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  29. FIRE AT CAPE BRETON.

    Two-thirds of the business quarter of Sydney, Cape Breton, has been burned. ...

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  30. AUSTRALASIAN OFFICERS.

    Lieutenant R. D. Rudkin (of the New South Wales Imperial Bushmen), Captain H. Bailey, Captain H. R. Carter, and Lieutenant C. R. G. Vaughan (of the Queensland Mounted ...

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  31. WILL THEY TROUBLE TO VOTE?

    Sir,—New the electors of New South Wales feel the pinch of politics, perhaps more of them would take the trouble to walk up to the polls and vote Last election statistics show that only half the ...

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  32. H.M.S. LIZARD BACK FROM CHINA.

    "Come the 24th of this month (Thursday next) it will be just 18 months since we left Sydney, and two months of that time were taken up at practice in Jervis Bay and in cruising on the New Zealand ...

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  33. YACHT BUILDING.

    Sir Thomas Lipton, speaking at Chicago yesterday, favoured the building of safe yachts, and not dangerous racing machines. ...

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  34. THE UNITED STATES.

    A sensation has been created in the United States through President Roosevelt inviting the President (a negro) of the University at Tuskegee, Alabama, to din[?] at the White ...

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  35. CUSTOM-HOUSE DIFFICULTIES.

    Sir,—Permit me to call attention to the way in which business is conducted at the Custom-house. Before the tariff came into operation entries could be pushed through the Custom-house with very little ...

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  36. A BRIGAND BEHEADED.

    The Turks captured and beheaded Halin, a brigand who assassinated M. Stambuloff, the ex-Premier of Bulgaria, in 1895. M. Stambuloff was Premier of Bulgaria from ...

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  37. VICTORIA. DROWNING OF A BBAVE GIRL.

    "A sad drowning accident occurred at Wangaratta on Saturday afternoon. Two girls, each 7 years of age, and a boy, 4 years of age, the children of Mr. John M. Nicol, carpenter, and Mr. J. O' Brien, stole down ...

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  38. DUTIES ON SHIPS' STORES.

    The Melbourne " Argus " states that the courts are to be asked to decide whether the Commonwealth Parliament has power to enforce the clause in the Customs Bill which provides for the collection of ...

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  39. THE NEW ZEALAND COMMANDANT.

    Captain C. J. Campbell, of the 10th Lancers, has been appointed staff officer to Colonel Babington, the commandant of the New Zealand defence forces. ...

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  40. THE PHILIPPINES.

    A force of 500 Filipinos attacked 16 of the American troops at Gandari River. The latter had 10 killed and six wounded. Oct. 19. ...

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  41. ORGANISATION.

    Sir,—What are the Freetrade Executive Council doing? At a moment like this, when the whole country is waiting for their lend, they appear to be inactive. Now is the time for the party to set to ...

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  42. A BOY'S VOYAGE.

    A dingy containing a lad named William Tuchin was picked up this afternoon by' a Customs launch a mile to the eastward of Gellibrand lightship. The lad, who was quite unable to manage the boat, said ...

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  43. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.

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  44. THE WEATHER.

    Rain has fallen north and south of Sydney within the past 48 hours but only in light thunder showers. In the extremo north, on the coast, and at one or two stations on the northern highlands they have had up ...

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  45. THE KIDNAPPED MISSIONARY.

    The United States Consul, having found that the Bulgarian brigands who captured Miss Stone (the American missionary) are the tools of the Macedonian Committee, ...

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  46. NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. THE ANNUAL PRIZE MEETING.

    The 42nd prize meeting of the National Rifle Association of New South Wales commences this morning at the Randswick Rifle Range, and shooting will continue daily until next Saturday ...

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  47. A MINER'S SUICIDE.

    A magisterial inquiry was held at Beechworth relative to the death of John Egan, a young miner, whose body was found in a tunnel of the Mopoke Gully mine on October 8. The evidence showed that ...

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  48. QUEENSLAND.

    Owing to the want of time the Government has decided not to bring in the Local Government Bill this session, although a comprehensive mensure has been drafted. A short amending hill will be ...

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  49. IVORY COAST NATIVES.

    Reports from the west coast of Africa state that General Combes, with 1100 troops, has had several fights with the natives, who are in revolt on the Ivory Coast (French ...

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  50. NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.

    Australian Star, who was weighted at 8st 9lb in the Cambridgeshire Stakes, has been scratched. [Other Australian-bred horses left in the race, ...

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  51. FEELING IN THE COUNTRY.

    A very largely attended meeting of the members of the local branch of the Freetrade and Liberal Association was held in the School of Arts last night. The following resolution was unanimously carried:— ...

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  52. DEATH OF THE HON. W. ALLAN, M.L.C.

    The Hon. William Allan, M.L.C., F.R.G.S., of Braeside, Queensland, died suddenly at the Hotel Metropole on Saturday last. The deceased gentleman, who had not enjoyed good health for some time past, ...

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  53. AN ANARCHIST SENTENCED.

    Maurer, an anarchist, who is the editor of a newspaper at Berlin, has been sentenced to four months' imprisonment for justifying Czolgosz's murder of the late President ...

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  54. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    It has been found impossible to fix dates for a return cricket match between Victoria and South Australia in Adelaide this season. Two alleged totalisator shops were raided on ...

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  55. NEW ZEALAND CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE.

    The general feeling of the Chambers of Commerce throughout the colony is that the Government should not adopt retaliatory measures aganist the federal tariff. ...

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  56. TO-DAY.

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  57. PROTEST FROM FREMANTLE.

    The Fremantle Chamber of Commerce has carried a resolution condemning the tariff as oppressive, especially regards this state, and urging on the Federaln Parliament the necessity of modifying it on a ...

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  58. THE DISABLED TRANSPORT.

    The disabled steamer City of Lincola came into Port Adelaide on Saturday morning. Arrangements had been made that the carcases of the dead horses should be landed at the ocean steamers' wharf, but ...

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  59. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    In committee in the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Trade Stamp Abolition Bill was amended so as to render the operation of coupon companies illegal in this State. ...

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  60. AN AUSTRALIAN RIFLE ASSOCIATION.

    He council of the National Rifle Association of New South Wales is concerned about a certain amendment which is to be moved by Mr. Piessc (Tasmania) in the Commonwealth Defence Bill, ...

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