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  2. Advertising

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  3. NEWS BY THE MAIL. NOTES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    Mr. Chamberlain, M.P., presided on the 8th June at a dinner given by the London Chamber of Commerce, at the Holborn Restaurant, to meet the delegates to the Imperial Commercial Congress. The ...

    Article : 615 words
  4. NEWS FROM JAPAN. From recent Japanese papers to hand we take the following items of news:— COAL STRIKE IN AUSTRALIA.

    The following paragraph shows that the disastrous strike at Newcastle has been carefully noted by those in authority in Japan. A Japanese paper says:— "A despatch received by the Government on the ...

    Article : 89 words
  5. [?]ARMING JAPANESE MEN-OF-WAR.

    The Japanese naval authorities have decided to gradually replace the Nordenfeldt and Gatling gunt on men-of-war with quick firing guns of 47-m.m. (1.85in., 3 pdrs.) and smaller calibres as the ...

    Article : 77 words
  6. THE WEAVING INDUSTRY OF JAPAN.

    The authorities of the Agricultural and Commercial Department have under consideration a proposal to establish an office for experimenting in dying and colouring silk and other materials. It is ...

    Article : 65 words
  7. NEW NAVY FOR CHINA.

    The Peking and Tinetsin Times learns from Pekin that the Chinese Government now intend to make a start in the formation of a new navy, and the consequence is that Pekin is full of agents of ...

    Article : 64 words
  8. THE PLAGUE OF HONGKONG.

    Sapper Ban, of the Royal Engineers, died at Hongkong of plague on the 28th of May after two days' illness, and the four-yeal-old son of Police Inspector Hanson had developed plague symptoms on ...

    Article : 99 words
  9. JAPAN'S FOREIGN TRADE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 227 words
  10. LORD AND LADY CARRINGTON AS CYCLISTS.

    At the Wycombe Borough Sessions, on 6th June, the Earl nnd Countess Carrington were each summoned for riding a bicycle without a light in the town on 29th May. The summonses were dismissed ...

    Article : 55 words
  11. THE EVIDENCE OF PRISONERS.

    Writing from the Athen[?]um Club, London, Sir William Windeyer contributed to the Times of 6th Jun[?] a lengthy letter in favour of the bill then before the Imperial Parliament for permitting the evidence ...

    Article : 72 words
  12. THE YOKOHAMA DOCKS.

    The No. 2 dock of the Yokomama Dock Company now being constructed at Uchidacho, Yokohama, [?] 422ft. long (the length on the block is 353ft.), 61ft. wide and 26½ft. deep at high tide. The No. 1 dock ...

    Article : 85 words
  13. DIRECT CABLE COMMUNICATION.

    The first meeting of the committee appointed to consider a scheme for establishing direct cable communication between England and Australia, via the Dominion of Canada, was held at the Colonial Office ...

    Article : 253 words
  14. JAPANESE AND CHINESE WORKMEN ON THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY.

    A considerable number of Japanese labourers as well as Chinese are employed on the construction of the Siberian railways. According to the Nic[?] Nichi a despatch received from Vladivstock of the 23rd ...

    Article : 144 words
  15. THE EXPORT OF "HABUTAI."

    The Tokyo papers state that the weavers in Fukui, Ishikawa, and Toyama have discovered that it is more convenient for them to send their bautai and other silk fabrics to Kobe than to Yokohama. They ...

    Article : 102 words
  16. THE DOUBLE INCOME TAX.

    Mr. John Warrington Rogers, Q.C., of the Victorian Bar, writes to the Morning Post:—"As one who has served the Crown in a judicial office in the Australian colonies for over a quarter of a century, and ...

    Article : 246 words
  17. THE FATHER OF JAPANESE SHORTHAND.

    Mr. Tagusari Koki, who introduced shorthand writing into Japan, has been granted a life pension of 300 yen by the Government in recognition of his services. Mr. Tagusari devoted his mind solely to ...

    Article : 89 words
  18. MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES.

    During April last, 761 marriages and 113 divorces were registered in the urban districts of Tokyo. This shows a decrease of 1422 in the former and 110 in the latter. ...

    Article : 34 words
  19. WHAT A MELINITE SHELL CAN DO.

    On the morning of 9th June a mclinite shell was fired from Fort Chavaignac at a distance of 65 metres at the Galissoniere, an old armoured frigate, the bull of which had been strengthened for the ...

    Article : 103 words
  20. THE IMPERIAL ESTATES CASE AND THE PRESS.

    On 30th May Mr. Onoda, Director of the Police Affairs Bureau, summoned the representatives of various papers in Tokyo to his office and cautioned them to be careful as to what they wrote. He said ...

    Article : 250 words
  21. THE OUTLOOK IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    In his annual report upon the commercial, industrial, and financial situation in the Transvaal, M. Auburt, French Consul at Pretoria, states that during the year 1895 the Transvaal has gone ahead ...

    Article : 340 words
  22. SCHOOL OF ARTS DEBATING CLUB.

    A meeting of the School of Arts Debating Club took place last night. The president (Mr. J. Ferris) was in the chair. There was a large muster of members, 36 being present, and the hall itself was well ...

    Article : 187 words
  23. A REMARKABLE PROCESSION.

    The anniversaryl of the coronation of the Apostolic King of Hungary 1000 years ago was celebrated at Budapest on the 8th June with great pomp and ceremony. A brilliant procession of magnates and ...

    Article : 189 words
  24. RIFLE SHOOTING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 277 words
  25. MASONIC BALL.

    A ball in connection with Lodge St. George, No. 176 U.G.L., N.S.W., was held at Need's Rooms last night. There was a good attendance, about 60 couples gracing the floor. The event in every sense ...

    Article : 113 words
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