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  2. THE FEDERAL CAMPAIGN

    Sir William Manning, Colonel Waddell, and Mr. John Kidd, M.L.A., Paddington Town Hall, on behalf of the selected Ministerial Candidates 8 p.m.; Mr. John Norton, M.L.A., Parkes, 8 p.m.; Alderman E. Lindsay ...

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  3. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Premier, delivered a remarkable speech in the Canadian House of Commons last night. He declared that the Boers had appealed to ...

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  4. THIRD EDITION.

    A collision which resulted in the ketch Day Dawn being beached on Glebe Island occurred in Rozello Bay lost night. It appears that the harbour steamer Guthray was procooding up the ...

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  5. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Duke of Abercorn, the Earl of MountEdgeumbe, Earl Carrington, and Viscount Wolseley have been appointed special ambassadors to announce to foreign courts the ...

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  6. THE FISCAL FIGHT.

    We have often been assured that "Romans were like brothers in the brace days of old," and that in those days the rich man loved the poor man, and all constituted one happy family. The ...

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  7. THE COAL TRADE.

    Mattera in connection with the discharging of coal at Sydney, which have been in a somewhat unsatisfactory state for a considerable time past, have during the past few days become more serious, and ...

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  8. COLLISION OFF THE HEADS.

    Early this morning word was received from South Head that is collusion has occured about 9 miles off the Heads, between the Ecuconer Silver Cloud and the steamer Dovedale. The Silver Cloud, which was ...

    Article : 451 words
  9. THE CIVIL LIST.

    The Government proposes that the King should be granted a Civil List of £470,000. The chief increase over the Civil List granted to the late Queen Victoria is a sum of ...

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  10. CLOSING OF SENATE NOMINATIONS.

    The nominations for the Senate closed at 6 o'clock last night, by which hour 50 nominations had, come to the hands of Mr. Critcholt Walker, the returning officer for the State. The last was received about ...

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  11. EXPECTED SURRENDER.

    The British Cabinet was suddenly convened yesterday. It is believed that Ministers discussed the surrender of General Botha. An announcement is expected to-day. ...

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  12. MR. REID'S QUEENSLAND TRIP.

    It has been already announced that Mr. Reid will leave for Brisbane by the express this afternoon. He will arrive at Toowoomba to-morrow, and a telegram from the local Chamber of Commerce received in ...

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  13. THE ROYAL VISIT TO AUSTRALIA.

    Tho Italian squadron will greet tho Duke and the Duchess of Cornwall and York on their arrival in the Ophir at Malta. The civilian engineers of the Ophir have ...

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  14. A FREETRADER FOR NEWCASTLE.

    In the list of candidates this morning the name of Mr. Owen Gilbert is mentioned as a freetrade candidate for Newcastle. Mr. Gilbert is a schoolmaster at Hamilton, is very highly respected throughout the ...

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  15. BOER EXILES IN CONFERENCE.

    Mr. K[?]ger, Dr. Leyds, and other Boer envoys in Europe have had a conference at Utrecht. Some news which was then received much upset Mr. Kruger. ...

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  16. A COMMON WEALTH DINNER.

    The dinner of the National Liberal Club to celebrate the inauguration of the Commonwealth of Australia was held last night. Earl Spencer presided, and among those present ...

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  17. POSITION OF DE WET.

    Commandant do Wet on the 11th instant was located between Brandfort and Ensgevonden. The pursuing columns aro refitting prior ...

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  18. THE FREETRADE COMMITTEE.

    A meeting of the executive of the Federal Freetrade and Liberal Committee was hold yesterday afternoon, when it was decided to select Mr. W. G. O. Lucas as the freetrade candulate for the Bland ...

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  19. THE AUSTRALIAN LIBERAL ASSOCIATION.

    The executive of the Australian Liberal Association yesterday selected Mr. J. T. Gaunou as the [?] didate to contest Wentworth in the protectionist [?] torest. ...

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  20. MURDER OF MR. MORGENDAAL.

    Details of the official report of the flogging and shooting of Mr. Morgendaal, a peace delegate, who lingored for eleven days, show that Commandants de Wet and Froneman ...

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  21. ELECTORS' RIGHTS.

    It seems inseparable from our system of compiling electoral rolls that a large proportion of mistakes in the spelling of electors' names or that other errors of description should creep in. In 1894, when the rolls ...

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  22. THE FEDERAL CAMPAIGN.

    The following additional nominations have been received for the House of Representatives:- Wannon: L. F. B. Cussen, S. Winter Cook, M.L.C., Louis Horwitz. ...

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  23. CHASE OF CAPE RAIDERS.

    Colonol De Lisle, with whom is the New South Wales Mounted Infantry,is close upon the heels of Commandant Kruitzinger, who was recently cost of Sheldon, Capo Colony, ...

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  24. THE PLAGUE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Two fresh cases of plague are confirmed. One case is that of a young man named Charles Findlay, a boot-finisher, residing in a boarding-house. The patient took ill on Sunday night. The case was ...

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  25. THE BUDGET.

    There is an increased belief that in the Budget statement Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will propose a tax on sugar, since an impost of [?]d per 1b, ...

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  26. THE RETIREMENT OF SIR H. E. COLVILLE.

    The division in the House of Commons last night, when the House by 262 votes to 148 refused to appoint a committee to hold an inquiry into the retirement of Major ...

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  27. THE PLAGUE.

    A second case of sickness has been reported on heard the troopship Autillian. Drs. Armstrong and Milliard have diagnosed the disease as a true case of plague. The victum is a man named William 3. ...

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  28. CAMPAIGN NOTES.

    In all the centres of the Wentworth electorate very strong committees have been formed to secure the return of sir William M'Millan to the House of Representativen. The member of the State Parhament ...

    Article : 426 words
  29. CHINA.

    Mr.C. Kinder, the manager of the ChinkiangShanhaikwan line, is consturcting a railway siding at Tientsin. General Wogack (Russia) claimed that the ...

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  30. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The following is a list of the candidates who have declared themselves for the House of Represntatives in the different electorates of the State. These selected by [?] the [?] or the protectionist ...

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  31. THE NAVY.

    The committee appointed by Lord Goschen, at the time he was First Lord of the Treasury, to inquire into the Belleville boilers, now largely used on warships, has presented ...

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  32. THE IMPERIAL DRAFT CONTINGENT.

    There was great activity at the camps yesterday in preparation for the embarkation of a portion of the Imperial Draft Contingent to-day per the transports Custodian and Maplemore. The arrangements in ...

    Article : 429 words
  33. RUSSO-CHINESE BANK MONOPOLY.

    The agency of the Chartered Bank at Port Arthur has been compelled to close owing to Russia declaring that the Russo-Chinese Bank enjoyed a monopoly. ...

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  34. BRITISH TRADE.

    At the dinner of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Great Britain last night, among the guests were the Marquis of Salisbury, the Prime Minister, and Mr. Gerald ...

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  35. MR. WILLIAM O'BRIEN.

    Mr. William O'Brien, M.P., for North Cork, is ill, and desires to apply for the Chiltern Hundreds (vacate his seat). His constitucets, however, refuse to allow him to do so. ...

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  36. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST RATS.

    Certain statements have been made from time to time to the effect that shipping agents were not observing the regulatiosn framed by the Harbour Trust Commissioners, providing that metal discs shall be ...

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  37. NEW ZEALAND.

    Upon being interviewed to-day Mr. J. G. Ward, the Postmaster-General said the Agent-General had advised the Government that the cost of a cable New Zealand to Australia would be £220,000. The ...

    Article : 156 words
  38. THE VICTORIAN LOAN.

    The Victorian loan of £3,000,000, to bear interest at the rate of 3 per cent., will be issued to-morrow. The fixed price is 93[?]. March 14. ...

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  39. MR. BARTON'S VISIT TO HIS ELECTORATE.

    Mr. Barton, the Federal Promier, who left Sydney this morning, arrived at Singleton at half-past 3 o'clock this afternoon. He was met at the station by Mr, C. H. Dight, M.L.A., Mr. H. M'Fadden (Mayor), ...

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  40. THE SHEMARA.

    The steam yacht Shermara, which was recently purchased for the New South Wales Government, left the Azores to-day, all well. ...

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  41. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Mr. Benjamin Harrison, ex-President of the United States, aged 68 years. Death was due to pneumonia. ...

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  42. PRECAUTIONS AT ASHFIELD.

    The Mayor of Ashfield (Alderman E. C. V. Broughton), having [?]pard to the necessity of maintaining the cleanliness of the borough, in view of the threatened recurrence of the plague, has authorised ...

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  43. FAREWELLS TO VOLUNTEERS.

    Bugler W. A. Brees and Trooper S. Baraby were accorded an ovation by their fellow officers of the Water and Sewerage Board Service Association at a smoke concert held in the New Masonic Hall on the ...

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  44. LATE MINING.

    another patch of extremely rich are has been [?]truck at the bottom of the winze going down the boundary lode between Nos. 1 and 5 levels. in the Golden Horsehoe stone studded with lumps of ...

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  45. THE WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales to day there was a good sale. Yesterday's prices were fully maintained. March 14. ...

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  46. OPPOSITION FOR MR. BARTON.

    There is at last a freetrade caudidate announced for the Hunter in opposition to Mr. Barton. Mr. B. B. Higgins, a barrister, is the man announced. On the subject of ...

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  47. WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.

    The Government has ordered the erection of a legue hospital at Dunedin. His Excellency the Governor General has appointed Major S. C. philson, R. A. M. C., to be sargeon ...

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  48. LATE SHIPPING.

    Tomki, s., 590 tons, Captain L. Paulsen, from Richmond River. Passengers—Mesdames Gubbay, Pickles, Dargle, Taylor, Mackay, Olive, Jackson, Jordan, Denny, Misses M'Fadden, Bovard, L. Bymes, Messrs. A. C. Barry, ...

    Article : 73 words
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  50. IMPORTS.—March 14.

    Tomki, s., from Richmond River: 49 bags maize, 5 bags hidos, 10 bags cysters, 60 cases eggs, 7 cases 37 bags bacon, 6 cases fish, 1 coop poultry, 1 boat 17 hides, 3 pianos, 1080 boxes butter, 12 logs pine, 12 logs cedur, [?] hardwood, ...

    Article : 91 words
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