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  2. SOMALILAND.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—A private letter from an officer of Colonel Swayne's staff in Somaliland, written at Paio during the recent retreat, indicates ...

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  3. AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

    A prisoner named Hall escaped from the Wilcannia to Cobar coach last night. While the police escort were struggling with a lunatic, who was being conveyed ...

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  4. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Generals Botha, De Wet, and De la Rey have arrived at The Hague from Berlin. In the Cape House of Assembly ...

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  5. VICTORIA

    An unusual case arose in the County Court to-day, when a widow named Harriette Edmonds commenced an action for £1000 damages against the Railway ...

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  6. THE HOLIDAY.

    The weather, which plays an important part in so many of life's affairs, and is an essential ingredient in successful holiday-making, was ideal yesterday, and the ...

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  7. THE STATE PARLIAMENT.

    The DEPUTY-PRESIDENT, Mr. W. J. Trickett, took the chair at half-past four o'clock. On the motion of Dr. CULLEN, leave ...

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  8. COAL MINING.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Dr. Ross asked the Minister for Mines—(1) Can he furnish this House with any information as to the present selling rate ...

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  9. RUSSIA IN MANCHURIA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Dr. Morrison, "The Times" correspondent in China, has returned to Pekin after a two months' tour through Manchuria. ...

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  10. MORE REINFORCEMENTS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The Second Bombay Native Grenadiers, stationed at Mhow, in Central India, numbering 6 officers and 420 men, and the Third ...

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  11. SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    The House of Assembly to-day passed the proposed increases of the tax on incomes over £400 by allowing no exemption, the exception in other cases being ...

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  12. THE QUEEN'S RETURN.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Queen Alexandra, during her journey from Denmark, where she has been on a visit to her father, the King, received great ...

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  13. OCEAN EXCURSION.

    Among the most enjoyable and successful events on the holiday programme was the Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co's steamer Newcastle's excursion to Port ...

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  14. NATAL CUSTOMS DUTY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The suspension of the Customs duty in the Colony of Natal on imported flour and meal has been extended until 1904. ...

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  15. THE CZAR AND BULGARIA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The Czar has sent the following telegram to General Ignatieff at Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria:—"I thank you sincerely for ...

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  16. QUEENSLAND

    At a meeting of the Executive to-day, the death sentences passed on the aboriginals Billy and Joe, at Normanton, for the murder of an aboriginal tracker ...

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  17. ARAB PIRATES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Arab pirates attacked an Italian merchant vessel off Massowah, the Italian port on the west bank of the Red Sea. ...

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  18. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day, in moving the second reading of a Bill to reduce the remuneration paid to Ministers, members of Parliament and Public Officers, ...

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  19. THE IRISH NATIONALISTS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The Irish Nationalist Convention, sitting at Boston (U.S.), has passed a resolution pledging the members to raise, in six ...

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  20. TO FERN BAY.

    A successful and pleasant excursion was made to Fern Bay in connection with the Manchester Unity Oddfellows' Lodge. The excursion was well attended by officers ...

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  21. THE BRITISH UNIFORM.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, threatens legal proceedings if managers of theatres refuse to recognise ...

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  22. GERMANY AND CHINA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—It is officially announced in Berlin that Germany proposed that China should not concede to any Power any military or ...

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  23. A NEW DEPARTURE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Mr. Nursey, formerly Minister of Agriculture in Manitoba, is establishing a Canadian Food Supply Company to retail in ...

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  24. QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT.

    A few days ago the Home Secretary (Mr. Foxton) refused to see Mr. M'Donnell, the member for Fortitude Valley when that gentleman sought to introduce ...

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  25. THE SPIRIT OF UNION.

    Nearly sixty ministerial and lay representatives of the Presbyterian Methodist, Baptist, Congregational, and Lutheran Churches, are now meeting in conference ...

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  26. JESMOND'S JOY.

    Croudace paddock is fast getting into favour as a holiday resort. There were no less than five parties of picnickers on the ground and the immediate vicinity ...

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  27. NEW BRITISH CRUISERS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—The Admiralty has invited from Clyde shipbuilding firms tenders for the construction of a first-class cruiser of the new Duke ...

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  28. MOROCCO.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Mr. Cooper, an English missionary, has been assassinated at Fez, the capital of Morocco. The murderer sought refuge in a ...

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  29. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    The SPEAKER, Mr. W. M'Court, took the chair at half-past four o'clock. QUESTIONS. The MINISTER FOR WORKS, Mr. ...

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  30. MAYFIELD METHODIST S.S. PICNIC.

    The scholars and teachers of the Methodist Sunday School, Mayfield, held their annual picnic yesterday at the Mill Paddock. The paddock is an ideal place for ...

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  31. THE DARDANELLES.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—In answer to a question in the House of Commons last night in regard to the rumoured opening of the Dardanelles ...

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  32. TRAFALGAR DAY.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—Trafalgar Day is being celebrated in London and Portsmouth. Nelson's Column, which stands in Trafalgar Square, is ...

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  33. HARBOUR CONCERT.

    The harbour concert, promoted by the ladies of St. Mary's Altar Society, was held last evening on board the fine British ship Sutlej. There was a large ...

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  34. MINERS' STRIKE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.—President Roosevelt's Commission of Inquiry into the miners' strike and its causes, has been unanimously approved amid ...

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  35. BRITAIN'S NEW DUTIES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—During the past half-year the new corn duty yielded £1,183,337; sugar, £1,991,852; and coal, £963,365. ...

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  36. CONGREGATIONAL UNION.

    The annual meeting of the Congregational Union was continued to-day, under the presidency of the Rev. Dr. Roseby, in the school hall, Pitt-street. Mr. J. ...

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  37. THE EDUCATION BILL.

    LONDON, Tuesday.—In the House of Commons last night, the Education Bill was further discussed in committee. ...

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  38. VICTORIA THEATRE

    A large holiday audience at the Victoria Theatre last evening witnessed the Leigh-Douglas Company's second performance of the one-act drama. "The ...

    Article : 85 words
  39. AN APOSTLE OF TRUTH.

    The trial of Arthur B[?]ully Worthington, formerly minister of the Unitarian Church, Sydney, on a charge of obtaining £1086 by false pretences from Miranda ...

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  40. HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS.

    Three accidents were reported as having occurred yesterday. At the Flemington Handicap Races at Waratah, a youth named Morris was riding Little Noll when ...

    Article : 300 words
  41. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Queen Alexandra is returning homewards from Copenhagen. Mr. Spencer, the English acronout, has made a successful trip from ...

    Article : 103 words
  42. A DRUNKEN BRAWL.

    As the result of a drunken brawl; two young men, said to be residents of Maitland, were locked up from the railway station premises shortly before 11 o'clock ...

    Article : 238 words
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