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  2. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT REDFERN.

    One of the most devastating fires ever experienced in Sydney broke out on Saturday afternoon about 2.40 at Hudson's timber mill and joincry works, Rogent-street, Redfern, by which the whole of the ...

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  3. NEWCASTLE.

    Many of the principal miners' lodges of the district are taking a dispassionite view of the present situation, and the drastic proposals of the delegate board, which recently created quite a sensation in ...

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  4. SECOND EDITION.

    In consequence of the grave state of affairs in China two Japanese cruisers have been ordered to Taku, in the Gulf of Pe-chi-li. ...

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  5. THE SITUATION TN CHINA.

    The house of Kang-yu-woi, the member of the Chinese Council of State who had to flee to Hongkong to escape the plots of the Dowager Empresa, has been ...

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  6. VICTORIA.

    During the past fortnight the Department of Agriculture shipped to London 438 tons of butter, 15 cases of milk, 13,964 rabbits, and 240 hares, valued at £15,000. ...

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  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The peace negotiations between the American and Spanish Commissioners in Paris are proceeding. The question of responsibility for the Cuban public debt ...

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  8. THE GOLD YIELD.

    According to the returns of the Mines Department of Victoria, the yield of gold for Seplember was 70,605oz., bringing the total yield from January 1 to September 30 to 599,844oz., or ...

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  9. THE PARIS STRIKE.

    Owing to the coercive tacties adopted by the strikers in Paris the city is occupied by troops. The leading section of the building trade ...

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  10. POLITICAL NEWS.

    New that the political atmosphere has been cleared by the dispotal of the censure motion, the Legislative Assembly will this week resume the task of deliberating upon the federal proposals of the ...

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  11. CLEARING-HOUSE RETURNS.

    The Melbourne Clearing-house returns for the week ended October 3 were £122,964, showing a dcorease of £209,449 compared with the corresponding week of last year. ...

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  12. THE RISING IN THE UNITED STATES.

    Brigadier-General Bacon, who was despatched by the United States Government to quell the insurrection of Chippewa Indians, in Minnesota, and whose force it ...

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  13. YELLOW FEVER IN AMERICA.

    Despite the strict quarantine enforced by the Governor against travellers and goods from Louisiana, where yellow fever is raging, the dread disease has infected ...

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  14. FOREIGN TROOPS IN PEKIN.

    The Russian, British, and German detachments of troops sent to Pekin to guard the foreign legations, in consequence of the disturbed state of feeling there, ...

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  15. MURDER IN OHIO.

    Mr. George Saxton, brother of the wife of President M'Kinley, has been murdered in a street, in Canton, Ohio. A woman has been arrested on suspicion of having ...

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  16. NEWCASTLE SAILING CLUB.

    The Newcastle and Stockton Sailing Club opened the season yesterday afternoon with a handicap event for all-comere, in which a great deal of interest was manifested. There were only four starters, the ...

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  17. QUEENSLAND.

    All the Ministers, accompanied by the UnderSecretaries, took an excursion down Moreton Bay on Friday in the Government yacht Lucinda, for the purpose of transacting business connected ...

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  18. TREMENDOUS FIRE AT HANKOW.

    A great part of the city of Hankow, on the Yang-tse Kiang, has been devastated by fire. Ten thousand houses were destroyed, and 1000 lives were lost. ...

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  19. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    The "Observer," in an article this morning, states that after Major Esterhazy agreed to sell to that journal the documents proving his confession of the ...

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  20. PUTRID CONDENSED MILK.

    At the Southwark Police Court yesterday a provision merchant was fined £50 for selling six tins of putrid condensed milk. ...

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  21. FIRE BRIGADES' COMPETITION.

    The local competition, under the auspices of the Northern District Fire Brigades' Association, preparations for which have been in progress for some time past, took place under favourable auspices on ...

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  22. BRISBANE DINGY CLUB.

    The Brisbane Dingy Club held races for 10 and 12 footers on Saturday. The weather was fine and the wind light and variable. The results were: ...

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  23. THE KAISER'S VISIT TO PALESTINE.

    A few days ago it was reported that in consequence of the extensive preparations made by the Sultan for the forthcoming visit of the Kaiser to Palestine the ...

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  24. THE RING.

    The match between Corbett and M'Coy has been declared off. Corbett has challenged the world. ...

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  25. LOUIS DE ROUGEMONT.

    The " Daily Chronicle," in an article this morning, has successfully exposed the history of M. Louis de Rougemont, who in newspapers and before the British ...

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  26. NEW ZEALAND.

    For the six months ending September the export of butter amounted to £73,747, cheese to £48,006, beef £56,048, motton £441,892, lamb £248,479. In every instance except for beef there ...

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  27. THE FOUNDER OF PENNSYLVANIA.

    At miduight on Friday a daring attempt was made at Jordan's, near Chalfont, St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, to disinter the remains of William Penn, the founder of ...

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  28. OLD AGE PENSIONS.

    The third reading of the Old Age Pensions Bill was carried this morning by 41 votes to 31. The Council han yet to consider the measure. ...

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  29. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    On Saturday evening as the Blue Anchor liner Warrnambool, which arnved from London on Saturday morning, was proceeding up the river she took to the bank, and efforts made to float her ...

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  30. THE COAL EXPORT TRADE.

    The foreign coal trade promises to be exceptionally brisk during the current week. The ship Bundaneira arrived from Melbourne yesterday to load a carge of coat from the Wickham and Bullock Island ...

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  31. TASMANIA.

    Both the Stock Exchanges have passed a resolution protesting against the proposal of the Government to amalgamate the office of Commissioner for Mines in the north with any other ...

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  32. MISS ADA CROSSLEY.

    Miss Ada Crossley has been commanded to sing before the Queen at Balmoral Castle. ...

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  33. ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S. ORUBA.

    The Oruba arrived on Sunday shortly after midday A number of Roman Catholic clergymen are booked for Melbourne and Sydney, and 88 marines and bluejackets, in charge of Mr. T. ...

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  34. PATERSON, LAING, BRUCE, AND COMPANY, LTD.

    The first annual report and balancesheet of Paterson, Laing, Bruce, and Company, Limited, warehousemen, Melbourne, for the year ended July 31 last, ...

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  35. COUNTRY NEWS.

    The stables at Curry's Hotel were last night completely destroyed by fire. The alarm was given by the servants, whose rooms are at the back of the hotel delached some 40ft. from the stable. Upon ...

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  36. RAILWAY EMPLOYEES.

    The employees on the railways of the United Kingdom have rejected a proposal that they should join the Trades-union Federation. ...

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  37. THE DROWNING FATALITY.

    The city coroner (Mr. C. G. Maitin, J.P.), conducted a magisterial inquiry at wallsend yesterday on the boday of a child named Cecil Frederick Augustus Turabull, 5½ years of age, a son of Mrs. ...

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  38. VICTORIAN LEGISLATORS IN SYDNEY.

    By the express from Melbourne on Saturday armed in sydney six members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, namely the Speaker (Mr. F. C. Mason), Dr. C. Salmon (President of the A.N.A. ...

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  39. CONDEMNED MEAT.

    A manufacturer of food extracts named Geary was to-day fined £100 in a police court for having putrid liver on his premises ...

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  40. STATION HUTS BESIEGED.

    A telegram was received tins morning from Mr. Bowen, of Walli Walla station, asking for police protection, as tha huts are being rushed by about 100 men. The police have been sent out. ...

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  41. DEATH OF A BRIDEGROOM.

    A very sudden death here this week was that of Mr. Charles Leonard Hutchinson, warehouseman, of Adelaide. He expired through failure of the heart's notion. Deceased was on his wedding tour, having ...

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  42. THE CITY COURT.

    At the City Court yesterday a miner named Thomas Charleton, 21 years of age, was fined £2, with the alternative of three weeks' imprisonment, on a charge of having stolen at New Lambton two ...

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  43. AUSTRALIAN HORSES IN ENGLAND.

    In the London betting market yesterday Merman hardened a point for the Cosarewitch Stakes, the best price on offer being 7 to 1, while A[?]mena was quoted at ...

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  44. BRITISH IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

    The returns of the Board of Trade for the quarter ended September 30 show that the imports of Great Britain during that period were an increase of £425,648 ...

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  45. A CHILD FATALLY BURNED.

    A fatal accident occurred at Mangrove Creek on Saturday last, when a five-year-old child of Albert Henry Craft's got so frightfully burnt that she died that same evening. It appears that some sparks of a ...

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  46. A SEAMAN DROWNED.

    A man named Thomas Rodgerson, a sailmaker, belonging to the barque Lucknow, was drowned in the harbour last night. It appears that the deceased boarded his vessel at about 11 p.m. and went to the ...

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  47. KEMPTON PARK OCTOBER MEETING.

    At the Kempton Park October Meeting to-day the contest for the leading event on the card resulted as under:- IMPERIAL PROCUCE STAKES of 3000 sovs.; the ...

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  48. QUEENSLAND BUTTER AND CHEESE.

    Mr. Randall, immigration lecturer for Queensland in Great Britain, is showing samples of Queensland butter and cheese at the Grocers' Exhibition. ...

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  49. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    White, the everland cyclist, reached Perth on Saturday afternoon. His arrival was made the occasion of a public demonstration, 4000 people being present. He was met by a body of ...

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  50. THE WOOL SALES.

    The September series of wool sales closed to-day. Competition was dull, and prices were about on a par with July rates. ...

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  51. FATAL SHOOTING ACCIDENT.

    This morning a young man named John Webster went out shooting with a companion in a boat on Mongers Lake, near Leederville. They rowed to the bank and got out of the ...

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  52. MANSLAUGHTER IN THE WEST.

    The trial of Okomoto, a Japanese charged with the murder of a fellow-countryman, occupied the Criminal Court all Monday and Tuesday, and the jury disagreed. Recalled to-day the accused ...

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