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  2. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    When the House of Representatives met to-day, the Speaker said:—"It is my painful duty to inform you that intelligence has been received of the death of the ...

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  3. CABLE MESSAGES.

    His Royal Highness the Duke of Cornwall and York laid the first stone in connection with the statue of Queen Victoria at Port Louis, the capital of Mauritius, yesterday. ...

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  4. THE BOER WAR.

    The 18th Hussars, under Colonel Walter Kitchener, have had an engagement with the Boers at Oliphants River. The enemy, who were under Commandant Viljoen, ...

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  5. FEDERAL MATTERS.

    Mrs. Groom, wife of the Hon. W. H. Groom, who was met on her arrival at the railway station by the Hon. J. G. Drake, Sir William Lyne, Mr. R. Edwards, ...

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  6. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Lady Lackey, wife of Sir John Lackey, President of the Legislative Council, died to-day at Petersham. ...

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  7. THE TOOWOOMBA SHOW

    The forty-first annual show of the Royal Agricultural Society of Queensland commenced at Toowoomba to-day. The weather during the afternoon was ...

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  8. REDUCING THE NUMBER OF MM.L.A.

    Most of to-day's sitting of, the Legislative Assembly was devoted to an academic debate on the matter of a reduction in the number of members. ...

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  9. TRISH HARVESTERS FOR CANADA.

    In view of the unprecedented wheat crop in Canada and the North-west Provinces, and the consequent great demand for labour for harvesting, a large number of ...

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  10. LETTER TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir,—When the greatest Empire of modern times was to the great grief of the people of every land plunged unexpectedly into the profoundest grief by the demise of ...

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  11. SESSION OF THE ANGLICAN SYNOD.

    The annual session of the Provincial Synod of New South Wales was opened to-day. The Primate, in the course of his address, said that the great ferment which ...

    Article : 141 words
  12. ILLNESS OF MR. DAWSON.

    Senator A. Dawson, who has been very ill, is now somewhat better. ...

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  13. THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    Mr. Barton on Friday will make an important statement relative to the Northern Territory, to the effect that the Government is very desirous of taking over ...

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  14. THE CANADIAN WHEAT HARVEST.

    It is estimated that there will be 35,000,000 bushels of wheat in the Northwest Provinces of Canada available for export during the present autumn. The ...

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  15. RETURNED TROOPS.

    The Queensland Government steamer Lucinda left the Queen's Wharf for the Bay at 7 o'clock yesterday morning to bring on shore the officers and men of the ...

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  16. ADMINISTRATION OF NEW GUINEA.

    Mr. Barton stated that the Ministry were desirous of taking over Queensland's responsibilities with regard to New Guinea, and this would mean, that the expenditure ...

    Article : 97 words
  17. THE SAN FRANCISCO DOCK STRIKE.

    In connection with the general strike of dock workers at San Francisco, which is paralysing the shipping industry, Mr. Lyman, Secretary to the Treasury in the ...

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  18. GOLD YIELD OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The gold yield for July was 27,321oz., crude, as compared with 53,464oz. for the corresponding month of last year. The yield for the seven months was 158,687oz., ...

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  19. THE DEATH OF OTTO CRIBB.

    Michael Dunn, who recently contested the middle-weight championship of Australia with Otto Cribb, and the other ten men who were the principals in the affair, were ...

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  20. GERMAN OFFICIALS SUSPENDED.

    News comes from Berlin that two Government officials in that city have been suspended for having sold to a German newspaper information regarding the new tariff, ...

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  21. SPECIAL SALES OF LAND.

    In his estimate of ways and means for 1901-1902, the State Treasurer sets down the land revenue at £700,000. The anticipations are based upon the experience of ...

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  22. THE SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    Dr. Maxwell's report on the sugar industry is expected at the end of this week. Mr. Barton repeated that he has given orders for the circulation of the report ...

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  23. FURTHER CAPTURES.

    Seventy waggons and a number of additional Boer prisoners have been captured at Bohof, near the western border of the Orange River Colony. ...

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  24. ENLISTMENT FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    No communication has been received by the Defence Department from Queensland with regard to enlistment, but the Premier states that if the enlistment of members ...

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  25. FIGHTING IN VENEZUELA.

    A serious conflict between an insurgent force and the Government troops has taken place in the Republic of Venezuela. The insurgents, who numbered 8000, and ...

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  26. TREATMENT OF MARAUDING BANDS.

    There is a general consensus of opinion in Cape Colony that the marauding bands of Boers now in the colony should he declared outlaws. ...

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  27. SUPPRESSION OF BETTING-HOUSES.

    The 135 persons who were arrested on Friday night last in the premises occupied by John Dalveen and H. Oxenham, in Pitt-street, were before the Central Police ...

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  28. THE SOUTHERN STATES.

    The news of the death of the Empress Dowager of Germany was received with deep regret throughout the State by German residents, and also by all classes of ...

    Article : 269 words
  29. EFFECTS OF LABOUR LEGISLATION.

    At a conference held to-day of the Employers' Union, in view of the approaching establishment of interstate free-trade, a resolution was adopted to the effect that ...

    Article : 125 words
  30. OTHER ITEMS.

    The police in eight large towns in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony are now working under the civil administration, which has replaced the ...

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  31. NEW CHINESE TARIFF.

    The representatives of the allied Powers in China have completed arrangements for the new Chinese tariff to come into operation on the 1st October next. ...

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  32. ATTEMPT TO STICK UP A BANK.

    An unsuccessful attempt to stick up the Bank of New South Wales at Henty, in the Wagga district, is reported. It is stated that at half-post 7 to-night two men, who ...

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  33. CHINESE TROOPS NEAR PEKING.

    The allied Powers have sanctioned the presence of 3000 Chinese regular troops at a distance of twenty 11 from Peking. (A li represents a distance of about 600 yards.) ...

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  34. LARGE FIND OF MONEY.

    A British patrol is reported to have found concealed under the floor of a Boer farmhouse at Heidelberg, about forty miles south-east of Johannesburg, a sum of £7000 ...

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  35. LORD HOPETOUN'S JOURNEY.

    To-morrow afternoon the Governor-General will preside at a meeting of the Executive Council, after which he will catch the Sydney express train en route ...

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  36. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

    Departures.—For Sydney: Gulf of Taranto, s., from Liverpool; Macquarie, ship, from London; Antenor, s., from Glasgow; Inverule. For Newcastle: Corunna, barque, ...

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  37. THE PRESS ON MR. KRUGER'S ATTITUDE.

    Many English and Continental newspapers, in their comments upon the statements made by ex-President Kruger to a representative of the Paris "Figaro," ...

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  38. A SUSPICIOUS DEATH.

    The death of a man yesterday has been brought under the notice of the health authorities. It was that of Edward J. Fury, a railway labourer, aged 28, and the ...

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  39. GREAT BRITAIN.

    In the House of Lords yesterday, the Marquis of Salisbury, in moving the third reading of the bill amending the declaration to be made by the King on his accession, ...

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  40. NEW ZEALAND.

    Replying to a deputation from the Labour unions to-day, the Premier expressed his anxiety regarding the future of the Conciliation and Arbitration Act. He ...

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  41. MR. STEYN'S LETTER.

    The "Times," commenting upon the report that a letter from ex-President Steyn has been brought to Kroonstad by two Boers under a flag of truce, surmises that ...

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  42. THE LATE EMPRESS FREDERICK.

    Seven months have hardly gone by since the passing away of good Queen Victoria, and now her first-born child, beloved by the English in the days of her maidenhood, ...

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  43. THE SUGAR INDUSTRY.

    Mr. Cranston and Mr. MacDonald, the visiting journalists, who have just completed a tour in the Lower (Burdekin district, were interviewed to-day. They ...

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  44. PEACE MOVEMENT AMONG THE BOERS.

    Lord Kitchener has reported that the movement in favour of peace is spreading fast among the Boers in all the refugee camps. The male refugees in the camp at ...

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  45. THE ANTARCTIC SHIP DISCOVERY.

    The ship Discovery, which is about to start on her voyage to the South Polar regions with the British Antarctic expedition, was inspected by his Majesty King ...

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  46. FAMILIES SENT TO A REFUGEE CAMP.

    Forty Boer families in the Waterkloof district have been sent to a refugee camp. This action has been taken as a precaution against their harbouring Boer raiders. ...

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  47. THE FINANCIAL POSITION.

    The Financial Statement will be delivered next week, and it is believed the statement will prove unsatisfactory. Speaking to a deputation on the West ...

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  48. CLOSE OF THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES.

    The Admiralty authorities have brought the British naval manoeuvres to a termination a day earlier than was originally intended, and have issued a notification ...

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  50. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    The old-age pensions claims have proved to be much more numerous than was anticipated. ...

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  51. SIR J. MACKENZIE DYING.

    Sir John Mackenzie is reported to be dying. ...

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  52. OVERLAND P ASSENGERS.

    The following passengers travelled by mail train to-day:- For Brisbane: Mrs. S. Stewart, Mrs. Hutchison, Miss Symonds, Miss Adams, Messrs. J. G. Hunter, ...

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  53. STATE COAL MINE.

    The Premier states tnat the site of the proposed State coal mine is being selected. ...

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