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  2. PARLIAMENT.

    The Speaker took the chair at 4.30. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. In reply to Mr. Norton, the COLONIAL SECRETARY said that Mr. Clibborn, ...

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  3. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    Consideration in committee this afternoon was resumed on the Miners Accident Relief Bill. Mr. WANT explained that since the ...

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  4. DISTRICT NEWS.

    At the Mission Hall on Tuesday night there was an excellent attendance. The following programme was gone through:—Banjo solo, Mr. ...

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  5. CHINA AND THE POWERS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Violent robberies and piracy are increasing in Canton. Reports state that anti-dynastic ...

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  6. THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Five hundred thieving Boers are hurrying the Free State near Standerton. Colonial troops are closely chasing ...

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  7. MEREWETHER COUNCIL.

    The fortnightly meeting of the above council was held last Tuesday evening. Present: The Mayor (Alderman D. Lloyd), Aldermen Wilson, Robson, Lingard, ...

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  8. VICTORIA.

    David Wilkins to-day pleaded guilty to recent burglaries at Cranbourne, and William Humphreys, who was with him, was found guilty of receiving. ...

    Article : 296 words
  9. NETHERLANDS RAILWAY CO.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The Netherlands Railway Co, at Mr. Reitz's instigation, heavily subsidised several pro-Boer journalists, including £5000 to ...

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  10. THE PROPOSED NEGOTIATIONS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The Ambassadors in Pekin have unanimously approved Mr. Delcasse's basis of peace negotiations. ...

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  11. A BUSHMEN PATROL SKIRMISH

    LONDON, Wednesday.—A patrol of Australian Bushmen encountered 70 Boers at Ottoshoop on the 12th. One Bushmen was killed, two wounded, ...

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  12. QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—It is officially announced that Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, has been betrothed to Prince Henry of ...

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  13. MEREWETHER.

    The members of the above club held an enjoyable smoke concert in Blackburn's Hotel on Tuesday evening, Mr. Geo. Perham occupied the chair, and ...

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  14. PAOTING-FU OCCUPIED.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Colonel Ballando occupied Paoting-fu unopposed, and found it almost deserted. ...

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  15. BUSHMEN'S CASUALTIES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The follow-casualties occurred at Molopole on the 12th:—T. G. Cooper, killed; A. Beaumont, wounded and missing; A. Perot, ...

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  16. QUEENSLAND.

    It is rumoured en good authority that a warrant has been issued at the instance of a well-known firm of city solicitors for the arrest of a trusted employee, who recently ...

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  17. THE EMPEROR AT SINGAN-FU.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The Emperor has arrived at Singan-fu, in the province of Honan, far to the south-west of Pekin. ...

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  18. AUSTRALIANS REVIEWED.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Lord Roberts reviewed the West Australians, Victorians, Tasmanians, South Australians, and Queensland troops at ...

    Article : 71 words
  19. THE NEW LORD CHIEF JUSTICE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Lord Alverstone (formerly Sir Richard Webster), Master of the Rolls, has been appointed Lord Chief Justice of England, in ...

    Article : 46 words
  20. LONDON WOOL SALES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 34 words
  21. BRITISH OPERATIONS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—General French and Colonel Mahon are clearing the country between Machadodorp and Heidelburg. ...

    Article : 74 words
  22. INTERNATIONAL NEWS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Of the 670 seats in the House of Commons, all have been filled except that for Orkney. England returned 339 Unionists, ...

    Article : 92 words
  23. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A motion for the erection of a public battery and cyanide plant at Tarcoola was carried in the Assembly to-day. The Government have purchased at Algebuckina a ...

    Article : 157 words
  24. KRUGER'S LUGGAGE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Kruger's luggage aboard the Gelderland, a Portuguese steamer, was carefully searched. ...

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  25. LAMBTON.

    The members of the Debating Club held a meeting in the reading-room of the above Institute on Tuesday night, Mr. Joseph Oldham presiding. Mr. ...

    Article : 273 words
  26. ADVANCES TO AUSTRALIAN INVALIDS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Sir A. Clarke, Agent-General for Victoria, has found it necessary to make advances to twelve Victorians who were ...

    Article : 30 words
  27. CITY COUNCIL v. GOVERNMENT.

    The adjourned hearing of the proceedings taken by Mr. Blackwell, inspector of nuisances for the City Council, against Mr. Austin (as nominal defendant for the ...

    Article : 324 words
  28. A TRAM DRIVER ON TRIAL.

    At the Central Criminal Court this morning, before Mr. Justice Cohen and a jury of 12, Walter Millington, an electric tram driver, was charges that he did ...

    Article : 615 words
  29. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    His Excellency the Governor has received the following telegraphic despatches from the High Commissioner for South Africa:—"October 4.—No. 60, Private B. A. ...

    Article : 205 words
  30. U.S. PRESIDENTAL ELECTIONS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Mr. Bryan, Major M'Kinley's opponent, received a great reception in New York. He addressed huge meetings under ...

    Article : 24 words
  31. THE SOUTHERN COLLIERIES.

    The Hill end district of Bulli colliery is now at a standstill, says the Illawarra "Mercury." This is the district affected by the deficient place ...

    Article : 442 words
  32. SUSPECTED PLAGUE CASE IN LONDON.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—There is a suspected case of plague at Limehouse, London. The patient is a carman, who had slept on straw imported from ...

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  33. CRITERION DRAMATIC COMPANY.

    An excellent finale to the holiday programme was provided in the Victoria Theatre last evening, when the Criterion Dramatic Company opened a short season ...

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  34. BACK FROM THE WAR.

    The steamer Moravian, of the Aberdeen line, arrived direct from Capetown to-day, bringing six officers and forty-nine invalided soldiers, with Colonel Gordon, of South ...

    Article : 117 words
  35. THE FEDERAL ELECTORATES.

    Nearly all the returns have reached the Federal Commissioners, showing the number of persons entitled to vote in the Federal elections. The ...

    Article : 225 words
  36. THE FUGITIVE BLACKS.

    Many and varied theories are propounded concerning the disappearance of the Governors, the most startling perhaps being that Jimmy, finding ...

    Article : 219 words
  37. STRIKE OF PAINTERS.

    Inquiry at the Trades Hall to-day elicited the fact that the roll of men on strike was reduced, a considerable number of men having gone to work at ...

    Article : 116 words
  38. Advertising

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