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  2. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    The Duke and Duche[?]s of Cornwall and York left Christchurch this morning at 10 o'clock for Dunedin by special train. They were heartily cheered as they drove to the ...

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  3. AN AMERICAN DISASTER.

    Later news regarding the disaster at Pocahontas, in Virginia, shows that the bursting of the dam, which caused great dovastation and heavy loss of life, was due ...

    Article : 165 words
  4. THE BOER WAR.

    Lord Kitchener, in a report to the War Office, states that since his last report a few days ago the operations of the various British columns have resulted in ...

    Article : 118 words
  5. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    In the House of Representatives a message was brought down from the Senate with reference to the Supply Bill, agreeing to the modifications of their amendments. ...

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  6. THE ABORIGINALS.

    In the North-west of Queensland there is probably no better known man that Mr. Alexander Gordon, who for many years has been engaged in station work, chiefly ...

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  7. AFFAIRS IN CHINA.

    With regard to the proposals made by the foreign Ministers at Peking with a view to enabling China to pay off the indemnity demanded by the Powers, Sir Ernest Satow, ...

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  8. AUSTRALASIAN INTERESTS.

    The movement for forming an Australian Chamber of Commerce in London is meeting with great success, the representatives of seventy banks and leading firms having ...

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  9. THE KING LIBELLED.

    The Legislative Assembly galleries were crowded to-day, in anticipation of reference to the seditious libel on the King recently published in a newspaper called the ...

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  10. A NEW ZEALAND STUDENT.

    Mr. Traversi, of Wellington, New Zealand, has passed his examination in Part I., class 1, at the Institute of Actuaries. ...

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  11. THE FRENCH CLAIMS.

    The indemnity claimed by France from China is stated to amount to £11,460,000, and this sum includes £3,720,000 for compensation to the Roman Catholic Missions ...

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  12. THE NEW ZEALAND BOWLERS.

    The New Zealand bowlers defeated a local team at Perth in a match played yesterday, the scores being:—New Zealand, 47; Perth, 42. ...

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  13. SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

    The ship Star of Italy, which left Newcastle (New South Wales) on the 22nd April for San Francisco, has arrived at the latter port. She met with heavy weather, and ...

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  14. GREAT BRITAIN.

    The Finance Bill, embodying the new taxation proposals of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, is still being discussed in Committee in the House of Commons. The ...

    Article : 63 words
  15. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A Chinese hawker named Lee Poo, who resided at Temora, and travelled the district selling vegetables and fruit, was found dead about three miles and a-half ...

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  16. KRUITZINGER STILL ACTIVE.

    With reference to the fight at Waterkloof, in Cape Colony, on Thursday last, in which a detachment of the Midland Mounted Rifles were captured by the Boers ...

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  17. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

    Arrivals.—H.M.S. Blake; Samaritan, barque, from Adelaide; Luke, barque, from Geelong; Welmar, s., from Sydney, via ports (at Bremen); Pelous, ship, from ...

    Article : 160 words
  18. ALLIED VILLAGERS IN CHINA.

    A movement conducted by an organisation called the Allied Villagers, is reported to be spreading in China. This is said to be the Boxer movement under another ...

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  19. VICTORIA DAY HOLIDAY.

    A suggestion has been made by the Council of the Royal Colonial Institute that the Bank Holidays Act should be amended by the substitution of a bank holiday, to ...

    Article : 77 words
  20. SHEEPBREEDERS' SHOW.

    The annual snow of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association will be opened on Thursday in the Agricultural Society's grounds. The entries on the ...

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  21. HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

    Vincent Wallace's tuneful opera, "Maritana," is an English classic, and is a work to conjure with, at all events with Australian audiences. Much of the opera was ...

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  22. NEW ZEALANDER WOUNDED.

    Private J. Ewart, of the New Zealand Mounted Infantry, has been accidentally wounded at Paarde[?]laats. ...

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  23. AN AUSTRALIAN OFFICER.

    Captain A. Fitzpatrick, of the New South Wales Field Artillery, who had previously been serving with the Imperial troops, has received orders to rejoin the Royal ...

    Article : 43 words
  24. THE COLCHESTER MURDER CASE.

    It is understood that the man Charles Lilywhlte (alleged to be Arthur Blatch), who is under arrest for the murder of Alfred Welch at Colchester in 1893, is to ...

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  25. SUPPOSED NEW CALEDONIAN ESCAPEES.

    The steamer Omba, which passed the port on Saturday morning last, reported that a number of men, supposed to be New Caledonian escapees, were at Cape ...

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  26. VICTORIA.

    The elections to fill the five vacancies in the Legislative Council in place of the members who were elected to the Federal Parliament took place to-day, and resulted ...

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  27. CABLE MESSAGES.

    At the launching of a now German cruiser at the port of Kiel, in Schleswig-Holstein, Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of the Emperor William of Germany, in the ...

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  28. KRUGER AND THE DUTCH GOVERNMENT.

    The Government of the Netherlands is reported to be exercising pressure upon ex-President Kruger, urging him to come to terms with the British Government. ...

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  29. QUEENSLAND CASUALTIES.

    Telegrams have just been received at the Chief Secretary's Office, through his Excellency the Lieuteuant-Governor, giving particulars of some casualties in South Africa. ...

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  30. CLAIM BY THE EXHIBITION TRUSTEES.

    A very lively interview took place to-day between the Federal Prime Minister and the Exhibition trustees, when the latter waited on him to ask for a refund of ...

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  31. FRENCH INVITATION TO THE KAISER.

    Several prominent newspapers in Paris are supporting the suggestion that the Emperor William of Germany should be invited to be present at the forthcoming ...

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  32. THE GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE.

    Bethnal, who was a strong fancy for the V.R.C. Grand National Steeplechase, is suffering from lameness. ...

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  33. PRO-BOER MEETINGS CANCELLED.

    Several pro-Boer meetings which were arranged to be held in London have been cancelled, the lessees of the various halls having refused to let them for the ...

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  34. FEDERAL MATTERS.

    Sir John Forrest, Commonwealth Minister for Defences, states that he will leave for Western Australia on the 10th July, but he hopes to introduce the New Defence ...

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  35. NEW ZEALAND.

    The market for potatoes is hardening in consequence of the demand from Australia and the shortage of the crops. The official returns show that this year's yield was ...

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  36. FIRE IN THE SULTAN'S HAREM.

    Reports have been received of a fire having taken place in the Sultan's harem in Constantinople. The Sultan himself was sleeping in the room adjoining that in ...

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  37. DECREASING BIRTH RATE IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    The Dean of Ripon, Very Rev., the Hon. W. H. Fremantle, D.D., has addressed a letter to the London "Times," directing attention to the fact that the birth rate in ...

    Article : 69 words
  38. THE DEFEAT OF THE MAD MULLAH.

    Further information regarding the operations against the Mad Mullah, whose defeat by the British expeditionary force has already been reported, states that the Mullah ...

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  39. AGRICULTURAL RETURNS.

    The official agricultural returns show that last season's wheat crop gave an average yield of 31.61 bushels to the acre; cats, 42.45 bushels; and barley, 33.33 ...

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  40. THE SOMERVILLE-RUSSELL DIVORCE CASE.

    The order nisi for a dissolution of the marriage between Mr. Somerville, an American engineer, and his wife, Mrs. Mollie Somerville, on the ground of her ...

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  41. OVERLAND PASSENGERS.

    The following passengers travelled by mail train to-day:- For Brisbane: Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wall, Mr. and Mrs. Henry, Mrs. J. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. John ...

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  42. LARGE SURRENDER OF FILIPINOS.

    News received from Manila states that General Ciillos (who has been the principal leader of the Philippine insurgents since Aguinaldo was captured in March ...

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  43. ENGLISH COUNTY CRICKET.

    In county cricket during the present season, Yorkshire is displaying wonderfully brilliant form. The record to the present is ten matches won and two drawn out of ...

    Article : 37 words
  44. ACTION OF THE AUSTRALIAN NATIVES' ASSOCIATION.

    The hoard of directors of the Australian Natives' Association of New South Wales, after considering the statements published in the Press a few weeks ago relative to ...

    Article : 141 words
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  46. PURCHASE OF A RACEHORSE.

    Mr. W. C. Whitney has purchased from Mr. W. A. Chandler the chestnut colt Nasturtium, by the American sire Watercress from Margerique, for 50,000 dollars. ...

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  47. THE RAILWAY ROBBERY.

    At the City Police Court yesterday morning, before Messrs. R. A. Ranking, P.M., W. C. Whitehill, E. F. Morgan, A. Atkinson, T. Logan, and J. H. Pleace, JJ.P. ...

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  51. TRAGEDY IN MELBOURNE.

    A tragedy occurred early this morning on board the German steamer Asia. A quarrel arose between two firemen. William Schoner, a German, and Charles Howe, a ...

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