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  2. METROPOLITAN POLICE SYSTEM.

    Social development has proceeded so rapidly in the Australian colonies that it is difficult to find absent from them any one of the pronounced characteristics of old world society. And in the midst of our ...

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  3. NEW YEAR'S EVE IN SYDNEY.

    The streets of the city were thronged last evening, though not perhaps to the same extent as on last New Year's Eve. The greatest concourse of people was in the vicinity of King-street, the arcades, and ...

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  4. VICTORIA.

    The heat wave which has hung over Melbourne since Sunday shifted this afternoon. The change was heralded by a dust storm and peals of thunder, and was followed by an appreciable ...

    Article : 121 words
  5. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The revenue returns for the December quarter show total receipts of £608,329, or an increase of £4000 on the figures for last December. Taxation provided £178,731, a small decrease as ...

    Article : 181 words
  6. THE POWERS AND CHINA.

    The Canadian Pacific Railway Company is unaware of its steamers (the Empress line) having been requisitioned by the British Admiralty for service as armed ...

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  7. SPECIAL CABLES.

    The Employers' Federation has informed the representatives of the men on strike that the truce agreed upon during the conference has ended. ...

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  8. HYDE PARK AND OXFORD-STREET.

    Hyde Park had attractions for a large number of pedestrians, and the ample supply of seats provided therein was much appreciated. But even here there was plenty of that noise which is particularly ...

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  9. THE REPORTED OCCUPATION OF HAINAN.

    Reuter's correspondent in Paris states that nothing is known there of the reported occupation of the Island of Hainan by a French force. ...

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  10. ORDERS GOING TO AMERICA.

    Owing to the strike of engineers in England, the Russian Government has given orders to American firms for 200 engines for the Siberian railway. ...

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  11. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. J. B. Cameron, Government Surveyor in New Guinea, died last night at Phillips's Grand Hotel. He was last spoken to about 11 o'clock, when he was sitting at the table writing a note. ...

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  12. WATCHNIGHT SERVICES.

    Midnight services were held in numerous places of worship last night. At St. Andrew's Cathedral, where there was a very large congregation, a shortened form of evening prayer was given. The ...

    Article : 470 words
  13. GEORGE-STREET.

    George-street being the principal thoroughfare of the city and having a monopoly of the retail shops in which so many things are displayed possessing an attractive and novel beauty appropriate to the ...

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  14. TASMANIA.

    The yearly revenue returns show an excess of £55,000; and the deficiency, which in January last was £442,000, has been reduced to £340,000. ...

    Article : 27 words
  15. THE EMPLOYERS' TERMS.

    Colonel Dyer, the chairman of the Employers' Federation, invites the representatives of the engineers to withdraw their demand for a reduction in the hours of ...

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  16. ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S. OROYA.

    The R.M.S. Oroya (F. Lavington, commander) arrived from Colombo at 2.15 p.m. The following are the passengers in the saloon:- For Albany: Messrs. Carter, Charleton, Webb, ...

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  17. THE CUSTOMS RETURNS.

    The Customs returns for Queensland for December amounted to £60,893, as compared with £58,210 for December last year. For the quarter ending to-day the amount was £187,118, ...

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  18. GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.

    Reports from Singapore state that eight British men-of-war and four torpedo-boats have arrived at Chomulpo, the port of Seoul, the capital of Corea, to prevent ...

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  19. THE INDIAN FRONTIER.

    News from the north-western frontier of India states that the telegraph wires passing through the Khyber Pass are continually being cut by the tribesmen. ...

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  20. THE RAINFALL.

    Light to heavy rain has fallen over a very large area of the colony. It is still falling at many places and threatening at others. The rainfall has been steady generally all over the colony, ...

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  21. SIR HAVELOCK-ALLAN KILLED.

    Major-General Sir H. M. Havelock-Allan, K.C.B, while riding through the Khyber Pass on Wednesday left his escort, and has not been seen since. ...

    Article : 179 words
  22. NEWCASTLE.

    The quantity of coal exported to intercolonial and foreign ports daring the week ended this afternoon totalled 39,403 tons, as compared with 3[?],921 tons last week—an increase of 482 tons. The distribution ...

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  23. FAREWELL 1897—WELCOME 1898.

    Although streams of people poured out of the city to the various suburbs before the last trams and 'buses had gone, the streets continued to be a scene of life until an early hour in the morning. A ...

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  24. THE HOLIDAY.

    New Year's Eve was celebrated in a very orderly manner to-night. The streets of the city were crowded from an early hour in the evening until after midnight, and New Year was ushered in amid ...

    Article : 311 words
  25. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    Sir Sandford Fleming, one of the directors of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, is urging upon Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Premier of Canada, the ...

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  26. NEW ZEALAND.

    In the M'Callum case the coroner's jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Dr. Orpen, and also added a rider expressing the opinion that Dr. C. Purchas and Mr. Justice ...

    Article : 126 words
  27. INTERCOLONIAL SAILING.

    The intercolonial championship for 22-footers was sailed to-day. A lightsouth-easterly was blowing, with light rain all day. The contest was limited to three boats each from New South Wales and Queensland. ...

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  28. THE SITUATION IN CRETE.

    The Ambassadors at Constantinople have informed the Porte that the proposal to send 5000 Turkish troops to Crete to relieve the garrisons at present in the ...

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  29. GALE IN THE CHANNEL.

    A great gale is sweeping over the English Channel. The steamboat services are suspended. ...

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  30. THE GREAT FIRE IN LONDON.

    The coroner's inquiry into the circumstances of the recent great fire in Cripplegate, London, has concluded. An open verdict was returned. ...

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  31. THE SOUDAN CAMPAIGN.

    Twenty British officers are to embark for service in Egypt forthwith. ...

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  32. THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.

    Naturally when the light of the sun goes out in the daytime the circumstances is one which ranks amongst the queer experiences of people—and animals, too—on this planet. And to the astronomer the ...

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  33. TERRIBLE BUSH FIRES IN TASMANIA.

    The bush fires in the vicinity of Hobart are causing much discomfort and disquietude. The city is overhung with smoke, and the river is invisible. A strong north-west wind ...

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  34. SPAIN AND THE UNITED STATES.

    General Weyler, who was lately recalled from Cuba, has protested to the Queen Regent of Spain against President M'Kinley's references to himself and the ...

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  35. THE YEAR'S WRECKS.

    During the year just expired a number of wrecks have occurred. Happily the loss of life has been small only occurring in one wreck, where three persons were lost. The Marine Board supply the ...

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  36. THE PANAMA CANAL FRAUDS.

    The trial of M.M. Arton, St. Martin, Moret, and Planteau, charged with complicity in the Panama Canal frauds, has concluded. The defendants were acquitted. ...

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  37. KING-STREET.

    "I think I'll buy a squeaker," said one resident of Sydney to another as the two walked together down King-street. The time as 8 p.m. and the scene the entrance to the Sydney Arcade. The ...

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  38. THE SEALING DIFFICULTY.

    President M'Kinley has signed the bill passed by Congress to prohibit pelagic fishing in Behring Sea, and the import of pelagic skins into the United States. ...

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  39. A BRUTAL ASSAULT UPON A MAN.

    At about a quarter to 2 o'clock this morning a bootmaker named Joseph O'Neill, who resides in Engine-street, was attacked by two men in Hyde Park, near the end of Bathurst-street. It ...

    Article : 115 words
  40. ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.

    The "Times" states that Lord Salisbury has under favourable consideration the Antarctic expedition projected by the Royal Geographical Society. ...

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  41. PRESBYTERIAN JUBILEE IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The Rev. Dr. R. F. Duff, convener of the colonial committee of the Free Church of Scotland, and pastor of St. George's Presbyterian Church, Glasgow, ...

    Article : 63 words
  42. THE POLYTECHNIC.

    The Polytechnic in King-street continues to present its large audiences a very attractive programme of electrical inventions, including the X rays. The collection of pictures which are shown with the aid ...

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  43. PASSENGERS PER R.M.S. ROME.

    List of passengers booked per Rome, leaving Sydney on Monday, 3rd instant, at 1 p.m., in the P. and O. Line:- For London: Mr. W. Cockburn, Mr. G. H. Malcolm, Mr. J. W. Johnson, Mr. J. Jones, Miss Ferguson, Miss E. ...

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  44. MR. WRAGGE'S NEW OBSERVING SYSTEM.

    Mr. Clement L. Wragge yesterday telegraphed from Merimbula as follows:—We have now completed the observatory at Mor[?]ula, thus the entire Kosciusko observing system is in full working ...

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  45. ALONG THE TRAMLINE.

    Upon the eve of a battle signs of preparation are in the air. The warriors that are to enter the fray burnish their armour and see to their weapons. They are determined not only to look gorgeous but to act ...

    Article : 293 words
  46. THE RING.

    James Corbett, the ex-champion of America, has posted 1000dol. for a match in the spring with "Bob" Fitzsimmons, who lately retired from the championship ...

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