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  2. IN THE GALLERY.

    When the House met yesterday afternoon a familiar figure appeared in the lobby outside the bar of the Chamber. For a couple of years that figure has been ...

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  3. THE BOER WAR.

    Further details of the capture of Commandant Lategan's laager on Sunday, 21st instant, show that ninety men of Colonel Lukin's Cape Rifles followed the track of ...

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  4. CABLE MESSAGES

    The British Antarctic ship Discovery and the vessel conveying the German South Polar expedition will respectively leave Cowes and Kiel simultaneously. They ...

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  5. THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    When the House of Representatives met this afternoon the Ministerial bench was very sparsely occupied. Mr. Barton, who had returned from Sydney, was engaged ...

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  6. GREAT BRITAIN.

    An interesting function took place at Mariborough House yesterday, when King Edward and Queen Alexandra personally presented medals to 500 soldiers who have ...

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  7. MR. MACDONALD-PATERSON'S POSITION.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon, at the conclusion of the formal business, the Hon. T. MACDONALDP[?]N, member for Br[?]e North ...

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  8. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The interstate conference of master plumbers and sanitary engineers continued its sittings to-day. A resolution was adopted affirming that plans and ...

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  9. THE VICTORIAN GOLD JUBILEE EXHIBITION.

    The committee appointed by the Premier with reference to the desirability of New South Wales being represented at the Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition presented ...

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  10. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF AUSTRALIA.

    At the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Australia to-day, a motion was adopted instructing the Theological Hall Comfmittee to draft a scheme for ...

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  11. GREAT AMERICAN STRIKE SETTLED.

    The great strike of ironworkers in Pennsylvania and the neighbouring States has now been settled. The result is regarded as being largely a victory for the S[?]eel ...

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  12. THE KING'S TITLES BILL.

    The bill introduced by Lord Salisbury to amend the King's titles passed its second reading in the House of Lords yesterday. During the discussion Lord Rosebery ...

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  13. DROUGHT IN AMERICA BROKEN.

    The Weather Bureau at Washington has announced that the heat wave [?]nd drought in the corn-growing belt of the United States have broken. ...

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  14. HEALTH OF SYDNEY.

    Dr. Kendall, medical adviser to the Water and Sewerage Board, in his quarterly report on the health of the metropolis, states that the mortality from all causes ...

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  15. REFUGEE CAMP ATTACKED.

    A report has been received, that the Boers attacked a refugee camp at Allwal North, on the north-east border of Cape Colony, but were repulsed. ...

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  16. THE LATE KING HUMBERT.

    Yesterday being the fiist anniversary of the assassination of King Humbert of Italy, King Victor Emmanuel, Queen He[?]ena, and the Queen Mother Marguerita, widow of ...

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  17. THE BARMAID SHOOTING CASE.

    John Beale was again before the Central Police Court to-day charged with shooting at Ellen Jenkins and Alice M'Carthy, barmaids at Her Majesty's Hotel, with ...

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  18. THE VICTORIA CROSS.

    Privates R. Scott and T. Pitt, of the Manchester Regiment, have been awarded the Victoria Cross for their gallantry in holding a sa[?]gar (a small fortification), ...

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  19. DISORDERLY SCENE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    A scene was created by the Irish members in the House of Commons last night. The debate on the Agricultural Rates Bill was continued up to midnight, the Irish ...

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  20. MILDER WEATHER.

    Very little snow fell throughout the State to-day, and the weather is much milder. ...

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  21. PERSONAL.

    By the Southern mail train, which reached Brisbane last evening, Sir George F. O'Brien and his daughter, Miss O'Brien, arrived here on a private visit. Sir George ...

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  22. RESUMED DUTY.

    Captain J. Watt and Lieutenant E. Langley, of the South Australian Mounted Infantry, and Veterinary Captain Melhuish, of the New South Wales Mounteds, who ...

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  23. THE BRITISH INDIA COMPANY.

    The British India Steam Navigation Company are adding ten new steamers to their fleet. Orders for the construction of the vessels have ibeeu placed on the Clyde. ...

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  24. GRANT TO EARL ROBERTS.

    The Marquis of Salisbury in the Hou[?]e of Lords, and the Right Hon. A. J. Balfour in the House of Commons, yesterday presented a message from his Majesty the ...

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  25. COLONIAL CASUALTIES.

    colonel O. A. Tunibridge, commander of the Sixth Queensland Contingent, was slightly wounded at Vereeniging on the 22nd instant, and Private Arthur Johnson, ...

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  26. A DISABLED STEAMER.

    The steamer Strathmore, which left Melbourne on the 26th May for Durban, in Natal, has been signalled at Mauritius. She is in a disabled condition, her engines ...

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  27. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

    SYDNEY, July 30.—Departures: Arawatta and Koonoowarra, steamers, for Brisbane; Innaminoka, s., for Melbourne. MELBOURNE, July 30.—Arrivals: Julias ...

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  28. SUDDEN DEATH OF MR. E. S. HOULDER.

    Mr. Edwin Savory Houlder, chairman of directors of Houlder Brothers and Co., Limited, steamship owners, whose vesse[?]s are well known in Australia, died suddenly ...

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  29. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

    Arrivals.—Aloyone, barque, from Port Pirie; Thornhill, s., from Sydney (at Antwerp). Departures.—For Sydney: Indralema, s., ...

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  30. FEDERAL MATTERS.

    The Hon. W. H. Groom, of Queensland, is confined to his room by bron[?]al catar[?]h, and it is unlikely that he will be about for a fortnight. ...

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  32. WINDSOR JULY HANDICAP.

    The race for the Windsor July Handicap on Saturday resulted as follows:— Storm Signal (late Sailor Boy [?].), b.g. by Gozo from Kathleen............ 1 ...

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  34. BOERS IN PORTUGUESE TERRITORY.

    News is to hand that a Boer commando, accompanie[?] by a number of women and children, has entered Portuguese territory near the junction of the River Pofurie with ...

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  35. CHINESE AFFAIRS.

    News from Peking stetes that the Ministers of the allied Powers have notified the Chinese peace envoys that the Powers have agreed to accept an indemnity ...

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  36. RETURNED TROOPS FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

    The troops who returned from South Africa by the troopship Britannic landed to-day, and marched to the Victoria Barracks, where they were entertained, and ...

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  37. BUSINESS IN PARLIAMENT.

    The Legislative Assembly will meet at the usual hour this afternoon. The principal business will probably be the resumption of the adjourned delbate on the ...

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  38. NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT.

    The debate on the Address-in-reply, and the motion of censure proposed by Mr. Lee, Leader of the Opposition, was resumed in the Legislative Assembly. Mr. ...

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  39. WELCOME TO PRESBYTERIAN DELEGATES.

    Arrangements have been made for some of the delegates at the recent Presbyterian General Assembly in Sydney to visit Brisbane, and on Friday evening they are to ...

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  41. CASUALTIES AMONG QUEENSLANDERS.

    Telegrams have been received by his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor from the military authorities a[?] the Cape concerning a number of casualties among members ...

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  42. THIBETAN MISSION TO RUSSIA.

    Fears are entertained in China that the welcome that has been accorded at St. Petersburg to the mission recently despatched (from Thibet is designed to ...

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  43. THE LADY BOWEN HOSPITAL.

    The thirty-sixth annual meeting of the Lady Bowen Hospital was h[?]d yesterday afternoon in the Town Hall, the chair being taken by the Hon. J. F. G. Foxton. ...

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  44. OVERLAND PASSENGERS.

    The following passengers travelled by mail train to-day:- For Brisbane: Miss Cornsey, Miss O'Brion, Mrs. I. Pearl, Mr. and Mrs. Arnott, his Excellency the ...

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  45. NEW FARM STATE SCHOOL OVER[?]DED.

    The Minister for Public Instruc[?] [?] pears [?]mewhat nonplussed with regard to the condition into which matters connect with the New Farm S[?]at Sc[?]ol ...

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  46. SOUTHERN SPORTING.

    The following are the final acceptances for the Caulfield Grand national Hurdle Race:- CAULFIELD [?]ND NATIONAL HURDLE RACE; 3½ Miles, less [?] yards; 1150 sovs., 850 ...

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  49. THE BETTING MARKET.

    Lowland Chief is first favourite for the Caulfield Grand National Hurdle Race at 7 to 1, but this price is hard to set. Rackstraw, Shoddy, and Ca[?]bine[?]r are quoted at 8 to 1. Boonal was backed ...

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  51. LATEST SCRATCHINGS.

    The following scratchings are announced:- Melbourne Cup.—Patronage. Caulfield Cup.—Sagacity, Patronage, and Diadem. ...

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