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  2. THE FEDERAL CAMPAIGN

    Mr. John Norton, M.L.A., Austral Club Hotel, Victoria— street, 7.30; Burke's Hotel, Mount and Walker streets. North Sydney, 9; Mr. Frank Cotton, corner King and Whately steets Newtown, 8; Alderman J. G. Griffin, ...

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  3. SECOND EDITION.

    Dr. Morrison, the Peking correspondent of the "Times," reports that Russia refuses to extend the time of affixing the signatures to the Manchurian agreement beyond to-day. ...

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  4. SPECIAL CABLES.

    Renter's correspondent at Tientsin reports that in an affray in that city two of the Welsh Fusiliers and one Victorian were sabred and bayonetted. ...

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  5. THE PARLIAMENT OF AUSTRALIA.

    Before Saturday next is over the first Parliament of the Australian nation will have been elected by the people. Before Friday is past the people of four States—New South Wales, Victoria, ...

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  6. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Major-General Babington and Major-General Hamilton attacked Commandant Delarey and 1500 Boers south-west of Vontersdorp. The Boers were defeated, and in the retreat ...

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  7. MILITARY FORCES' PROGRESS ASSOCIATION.

    The association met at the Queen's Hall, Pittstreet, on Monday last, Captain Pringle, P.P. Artillery, being in the chair. Captain Reid, late Bengal Artillery and Bengal Staff Corps, was appointed ...

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  8. SIR JOSIAH SYMON.

    Sir Josiah Symon was driven from local politics in South Australia some years ago because of his fidelity to freetrade principles. He is now a candidate for the Senate, and has come out as a freetrader. ...

    Article : 138 words
  9. PAYMENT OF INDEMNITIES.

    The Ministers of Great Britain Germany, Franco, and Japan at Peking will make an examination into the resources of China in relation to the payment of indemnities. ...

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  10. THE ATTACK ON LICHTENBURG.

    In the recent attack by the enemy on Lachtenburg 70 Boers were caught in a wire entanglement. Most of them were shot. ...

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  11. CAMPAIGN NOTES.

    The protectionist speakers in New South Wales are fond of declaiming against the freetraders who venture to oppose their policy by saying that as it is agreed on both sides that there must be a high tariff, ...

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  12. FISCAL DEMONSTRATIONS.

    The meeting in the Town Hall last night, held under the presidency of Mr G. H. Reid, and which was in favour of the return of freetrade members both to the Senate and to the House of ...

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  13. THE HARTEBEESTEPONTEIN ENGAGEMENT.

    In the engagement at Hartebeestefontein on Friday last, six British were killed and 20 were wounded. The losses were chiefly among the Imperial Light Horse and the ...

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  14. MURDER BY BRIGANDS.

    Brigands recently murdered Mr. Stone-house, of the London Missionary Society, 14 miles east of Tientsin. ...

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  15. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    Great Britain will compensate the Germans who have been expelled from the Transvaal, the maximum amount being £250. The expelled Germans were chiefly railway officials. ...

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  16. FAREWELL TO THE AUSTRALIANS.

    The British civilians and military at Tientsin gave the Australian naval contingents a grand send-off yesterday. Major-General Lorne Campbell publicly ...

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  17. RAIDERS IN ZULULAND.

    Numbers of Boers, led by a renegade British subject, are looting stock in Zululand. They have fortified Inblazatye Mountain. ...

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  18. DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE.

    Last night despite the counter attractions of the two large meetings in the city, a large number of people assembled at the New Masonic Hall to hear addresses by Messrs. F. Cotton, M.L.A., and S. A. ...

    Article : 195 words
  19. BOTHA'S REFUSAL OF PEACE.

    General Botha's refusal of the terms of peace is alienating many sympathisers at Brussels, and in Germany, Austria, and Holland. ...

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  20. COREA.

    In connection with the dismissal of Mr. M'Leavy Brown, the Director-General of Customs at Seoul, it is stated that Russia recently protested against Corea employing ...

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  21. RUSSIA.

    Daring the riots of students and workmen at Moscow and St. Petersburg 17 persons were killed and 30 wounded at the former city, and 11 were killed and 22 wounded at ...

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  22. CAPE DELEGATES IN ENGLAND.

    Mr. J. X. Merriman, the Treasurer, and Mr. J. W. Saner, the Minister for Works in the late Schreiner Ministry, who have been appointed by the Afrikander members of the ...

    Article : 119 words
  23. THE QUALIFICATION OF A CANDIDATE.

    A question of law has arisen a concerning the eligibility of a candidate for one of the northern federal electorates in this State. From what can be gathered concerning him it appears that he has lived for some ...

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  24. THE BRITISH BUDGET.

    Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will deliver his Budget speech on April 18. ...

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  25. DISASTROUS AVALANCHE.

    An avalanche descended upon the villages of Simplon and Senz, in the Middle Alps, Switzerland. Several persons were crashed to death, and others who were entombed were ...

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  26. LORD SALISBURY.

    Lord Salisbury has improved in health. He will shortly go to Beaulieu. ...

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  27. LIBELLING THE CHAMBERLAIN FAMILY.

    The "Star" and the "Morning Leader," for libelling Mr. Arthur Chamberlain, Chairman of Kynoch's Ammunition Company, and brother of Mr. J. Chamberlain, were cast in ...

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  28. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS.

    The newly-arrived Australian troops are strengthening Colonel De Lisle. ...

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  29. HOW, WHEN, AND WHERE TO VOTE.

    The question of how, when, and where to vote is one of interest of every elector. The following hints, therefore, may not be out of place:- Every elector is entitled to vote in the electoral ...

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  30. NEW ZEALAND CASUALTY.

    Corporal J. R. Lamont, of the New Zealand Rough Riders, has died from enteric fever at Potchefstroom. ...

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  31. THE MAD MULLAH IN SOMAHLAND.

    The report of the defeat of the mad mullah, who has been raiding the Abyssinian border, by Ras Makonnen, the Abyssinian general, is contradicted. ...

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  32. TORNADO IN ALABAMA.

    A terrible tornado has swept over Binningham, Alabama. Twenty-five people were killed and 500 were injured. ...

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  33. LAND SETTLEMENT.

    Mr. Chamberlain, in the House of Commons last night, refused at present to produce the report of the Commission on the advisability of settling reservists and others on the land in ...

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  34. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING.

    The Governor-General held an Executive Council meeting yesterday, at which the business transacted was of n routine nature. Some State papers were dealt with, and the other business referred chiefly to ...

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  35. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 3¾d per ounce standard, a fall of 1-l6d since yesterday. ...

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  36. PLAGUE ON A TRANSPORT.

    The lascar on the Cape transport Simla, who was taken from the steamer to the Southampton Hospital suffering from bubonic plague, is convalescent. ...

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  37. GENERAL NEWS.

    Colonel Thorneycroft has brought to Dewetsdorp, Orange River Colony, 3000 horses, 8000 cattle, and 17,000 sheep. March 26. ...

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  38. FREETRADE DEMONSTRATION.

    The Town Hall was crowded last night on the occasion of the demonstration organised by the executive of the Freetrade and Liberal Association. Though the doors of the building were opened to the ...

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  39. THE FISCAL QUESTION IN THE STATES.

    In New South Wales the fiscal question is the one that overshadows everything else in importance so far as the present election is concerned Candidates are chosen by freetraders aud protectionists because ...

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  40. MINING FATALITIES.

    A fatal accident occurred to-day at the Prince Edward mine, Eganstown, near Daylesford. Two miners, named Wm. Massina and Robt. Height, were working in the south drive on the course of the lode at ...

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  41. THE FRENCH NAVY.

    France has begun the construction of two ironclads, each costing £1,500,000, of 14,865 tons and 50 guns. The speed is to be 18 knots. ...

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  42. THE TRANSPORT ANTILLIAN.

    At yesterday's meeting of the Board of Health the question of the release of the transport Antillian from quarantine was considered. It was decided that to the best of the board's knowledge and belief the ...

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  43. THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY.

    The Marquis of Salisbury, the Prime Minister, is suffering from a chill. ...

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  44. WOOL SALES.

    At the wool sales to-day there was a good sale at top prices. At the sales on March 21 the price realised for Conapaira was 8[?]d and Broundoondi 8[?]d. ...

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  45. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Charlotte Mary Yonge, aged 78, author of the the "Heir of Redclyffe" and numerous other novels. Miss Charlotte Many Yonge was born in 1823. ...

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  46. CONSOLS.

    Consols are quoted at 95[?] a fall of 5/8 since Friday last. ...

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  47. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A joint paper on "The Mortality Rates of New South Wales and Victoria," written by Mr. William Day and Mr. Elphinstone Moors, of Sydney, was read before a meeting of the ...

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  48. CAPTAIN E. T1VEY.

    Captain E. Tivey, of the Victorian Bushmeu, who has been created a Companion of tho Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) for his prompt action and brave defence in preventing the occupation of ...

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  49. THE IMPERIAL DRAFT CONTINGENT.

    Work at the camp of the Imperial Draft Contingent was confined yesterday to routine drills, without any matters of special note. ...

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  50. SERIOUS BLASTING ACCIDENT.

    A middle-aged man, named Richard Ahearn, living in Gardner-street, Sydneham, received shocking injuries in a blasting accident at Balmain yesterday. [?] was engaged in blasting operations in a sewer ...

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  51. PAY TO THE CONTINGENTS.

    The Acting Premier (Mr. See) is in receipt of the following telegram from Capetown:—"The War Office has approved of war gratuities being paid to discharged members of New South Wales ...

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  52. AUSTRALIAN LIBERAL ASSOCIATION.

    Several thousand people assembled in Moore-street last evening to hear addresses by Mr. Barton and Mr. R. E. O'Connor. The gathering was under the auspices of the Australian Liberal Association. ...

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  53. BOXING.

    In a boxing match at Nice for a purse of £400 Fitzpatrick knocked Burdon out in the third round. ...

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  54. VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTORATES.

    A question has been raised as to where an elector must record his vote at the forthcoming federal elections, and the Attorney-General has given the following opinion upon the subject"—"Every elector ...

    Article : 125 words
  55. ILLNESS OF AN OFFICER.

    The Acting Premier is in receipt of a telegram from South Africa dated March 22, stating that Captain C. Brace, of the New South Wales Artillery, is seriously ill at Pretoria, suffering from enteric fever. ...

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  56. THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.

    As the result of a splendid trial by the Oxford crew, the betting on the Oxford v. Cambridge boat race is 11 to 8 on Oxford. ...

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  57. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    BLACKHEATH, Tuesday. Private M. Boyd returned to his home on Saturday from the South African war, being invalided owing to attacks of rheumatism, after having served 12 ...

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  58. THE COMMONWEALTH OFFICES.

    The Commonwealth Premer will probably vacate his offices in the Treasury building on Friday or Saturday next and take up his new premises at Marli Macquarie-street, which, it will be ...

    Article : 136 words
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