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  2. FEDERATION. SPEECH BY THE PREMIER.

    At the Glebe on Friday night Dr. M[?] referred to Tasmania, and said she had an "overdraft of £350,000," that is, an a[?]ted revenue [?] of that amount. The doctor ...

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  3. VICTORIA. METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS.

    Mr.E.G. Fitzgibbon's tenure of office as chairman of the Metropolitan Board of Works expires by effluxion of time at the end of the current month. His re-election is not likely to ...

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  4. THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS. THE MATCH AGAINST AN ENGLISH ELEVEN.

    The match between the Australian Eleven and an eleven of England was resumed at Eastbourne to-day. The weather was fine and bright. The wicket was ...

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  5. THE TRANSVAAL.

    The Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, in a speech at the South African dinner yesterday, said that Sir Alfred Milner, High Commissioner in ...

    Article : 128 words
  6. The Sydney Morning Herald.

    Interest in federal circles on Saturday centred in the address given by the Premier at North Sydney, marking the commencement of Mr. Reid's campaign in support of the Commonwealth ...

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  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The International Disarmament Conference, convened by the Czar, resumed its sittings at the Hague yesterday. The questions of privateering and the ...

    Article : 152 words
  8. KEROSENE v. GAS.

    When retrenchment was the order of the day in the public service in 1893, Mr. Wynne, M.L.C., who was Postmaster-General, gave instructions that [?] should be used instead of gas in the ...

    Article : 157 words
  9. FATAL TRAM ACCIDENT.

    A fatal tram accident occurred on the Sydneyroad, Brunswick, on Friday night. A lad named William Alexander M'Whinney tripped and fell in front of a tramcar. The gripman instantly ...

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  10. TRANSPORTATION TO SIBERIA.

    The Czar of Russia has authorised the appointment of a commission to report upon the abolition of transportation to Siberia, realising that the present system ...

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  11. THE MINERS' STRIKE AT CHILTERN.

    The executive officers of the Amalgamated Miners' Association and the Amalgamated Engine-drivers' Association met in conference at Bendigo on Saturday, to consider the dispute at ...

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  12. THE FAR EAST.

    Japan is suspicious that Germany is trying to acquire the town of Kulang-su, opposite Amoy, in the province of Fokien. She is prepared to forcibly resist ...

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  13. THE ALFRED GRAVING DOCK.

    Experiments have been made with the new machinery erected at a cost of £60000 at the Alfred Graving Dock. The dock [?] now be pumped out in half the time formerly occupied. The ...

    Article : 49 words
  14. THE SOUDAN.

    The Khalifa has moved his position from Shierkeleh, in Kordofan, to the Dartagalla Mountains. ...

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  15. WHEAT SHIPMENTS FROM GEELONG.

    The barque Nithsdale, which is the seventeenth vessel laden with wheat at Geelong this season, was towed to sea on Saturday. She has aboard 23,495 bags of wheat, bringing the shipments ...

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  16. PARR'S BANK ROBBERY.

    Two more of the bank notes stolen from Parr's Bank, Limited, 4 Bartholomewlane, London, in January last, have been cashed. ...

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  17. THE CHAMBER OF MANUFACTURES.

    A complimentary dinner was tendered by the Chamber of Manufactures at the Masonic Hall on Saturday evening to the president, Mr. F. T. Derham, on the occasion of his election ...

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  18. THE AMEER OF AFGHANISTAN.

    Sir Thomas Salter Pyne, chief engineer to the Government of Afghanistan, confirms the statements in regard to the illness of Abdur Rahman Khan, the ...

    Article : 79 words
  19. THE PREMIER AT NORTH SYDNEY.

    The Premier (Mr. G. H. Reid) spoke at the North Sydney School of Arts on Saturday night. There was seating accommodation on the ground floor and the platform for ahout 300 persons, but ...

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  20. THE THEATRES.

    Theatregoers were well provided for last night, fresh programmes being presented at each theatre. At the Princess "Forty Thieves " was staged in a manner which dazzled a crowded audience. ...

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  21. AUSTRALIAN APPLES.

    The apples brought by the steamer Narrung, which left Sydney on March 15, were over-ripe and wasty. ...

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  22. THE STRIKE OF FRENCH POSTMEN.

    On Thursday soldiers and women were engaged in the Paris post offices as carriers and sorters on account of 3000 postmen being on strike owing to the rejection by ...

    Article : 71 words
  23. THE P. AND O. COMPANY.

    The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company has declared a dividend at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum on the deferred stock. ...

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  24. A TIMBER COMPANY.

    The Davies' Karri and Jarrah Company, Western Australia, is issuing 5 per cent, debentures to the amount of £60,000, at par. ...

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  25. CHINA.

    The Anglo-German agreement in regard to the construction of a railway from Tientsin, the port of Pekin, to Chinkiang, on the Yang-tse-kiang, has been signed ...

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  26. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The wool sales closed to-day. The final prices were slightly in buyers' favour. May 20. ...

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  27. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Shortly before 8 o' clock on Saturday morning the be of a man was found lying on the Boulder railway between [?] station and Kalaroo station. There was not the least sign of a ...

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  28. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    Three hundred Dreyfusites stoned the Military Club at Grenoble yesterday. Three officers were injured. ...

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  29. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Brunner has returned to Wellington from her search for the [?] Nothing was seen of the missing vessel. The [?] had 800 tons of coal and 13,000ft. of timber on desk. She ...

    Article : 112 words
  30. TUBERCULOSIS.

    Dr. Cockburn, Agent-General for South Australia, and Mr. W. P. Reeves, AgentGeneral for NEw Zealand, will attend the international conference on tuberculosis to ...

    Article : 39 words
  31. CHOLERA IN INDIA.

    Cholera has broken out at Kurrachee, British India. Sixty-four deaths have taken place. ...

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  32. PASTORAL INTELLIGENCE.

    Stock passings: 1800 wethers, Burroway to Murrungundy, J. M[?] owner, J. Gillies in charge: 400 fat sheep, Gilgandra to Dubbo, H. Blake owner, Costello in charge: 50 heal fat cattle, ...

    Article : 134 words
  33. QUEENSLAND. ENCAMPMENT OF THE DEFENCE FORCES.

    The annual encampment of the Queensland defence land forces in the southern districts commenced yesterday morning under favourable weather conditions. There are already about ...

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  34. SUDDEN ATTACK ON A CONSTABLE.

    At about 4 o'clock this morning, Constable William Nichol, aged 33, while on duty at Abbotsford, noticed the figure of a man leaning against a fence at the rear of the Shamrock ...

    Article : 273 words
  35. THE PHILIPPINES.

    The Filipino Congress has appointed commissioners to arrange peace with the United States. ...

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  36. A DIVORCE SUIT.

    Mr. John Blundell Leigh, D.L., Oxon., has obtained a divorce from his wife, Lady Rose Leigh, daughter of the Marquis of Aborgavenny, on the ground ...

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  37. TO-DAY.

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  38. CULTIVATION OF TOBACCO.

    Mr. Novill, tobacco expert, attached to the Agricultural Department, finding the soil and [?]limate of the Cairns district suitable for the cultivation of light tobacco adapted for cigars, leaves ...

    Article : 92 words
  39. RESULTS' OF THE TOUR.

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  40. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 4d per ounce standard. ...

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  41. PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

    The battle between the federalists and the antibillites is being continued with undiminished vigour. Both sides recognise that there is no time, even during the Saturday afternoon, which is given up by a ...

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  42. THE WHEAT MARKET.

    The cargo of 10,500 quarters of South Australian wheat by the barque Wynnstay has been sold at 28s 7½d per qtarter. ...

    Article : 27 words
  43. TASMANIA.

    Walter Price, secretary of the Be[?] Town Board, was found lying under a table in his office yesterday, having two knives by his side. A medical examination showed that three dist[?] ...

    Article : 68 words
  44. A RUSSIAN LOAN.

    Russia is sounding the English market with a view to the placing of a large loan. ...

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