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  2. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Viscount Cranborne, replying to a question in the House of Commons yesterday, stated that the Government had no information that the Russian Government had ...

    Article : 278 words
  3. GREAT BRITAIN.

    Mr. J. E. Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary party in the House of Commons, has declared that tho abstention of the Nationalist members from the debates ...

    Article : 95 words
  4. MR. REID ON FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Mr. G. H. Reid delivered an address to-night in the Town Hall on Federal politics, and replied to the speech delivered by Sir E. Barton at West Maitland. As soon as ...

    Article : 262 words
  5. AUSTRALIAN INTERESTS.

    The "Spectator," in an article discussing the office of Governor-General of Australia, declares that a salary of £10,000, with only one Government House to maintain, should ...

    Article : 67 words
  6. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Reports are to hand that a large number of Australians who went to the Transvaal, and have been unable to obtain employment at Johannesburg, have now returned to ...

    Article : 58 words
  7. THE LAND BILL.

    The sixth day of the consideration in Committee of the Land Bill was entered upon in the Legislative Assembly yesterday alternoon. ...

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  8. THE CONTINENT.

    The naval reservists and seamen who struck at Marseilles to enforce a demand for higher wages for work on shore are endeavouring to obstruct the loading' and ...

    Article : 85 words
  9. QUEENSLAND TREASURY RETURNS.

    The following is a comparative statement of the Consolidated Revenue of the State of Queensland, paid into the Treasury at Brisbane during the month and five months ...

    Article : 320 words
  10. LORD SALISBURY AND THE LOYALISTS' FUND.

    Lord Salisbury has contributed £100 to the fund now being raised to assist the loyalists in South Africa. ...

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  11. NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY COMPANY.

    The balance-sheet of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company for the past year, after payment of interest on the prior lien and second debenture ...

    Article : 59 words
  12. THE GERMAN TARIFF.

    In the German Reichstag, after the Agrarian party had succeeded in inserting a higher minimum into the clause in the new Tariff Bill dealing with agricultural ...

    Article : 77 words
  13. A NATIONALIST'S STRICTURES ON THE NATIONALISTS.

    Mr. Jasper Tully, Nationalist member of the House of Commons for South Leitrim, has described the policy of Mr. John. Redmond and Mr. W. O'Brien, the Nationalist ...

    Article : 48 words
  14. ANOTHER APPEAL BY GENERAL BOTHA.

    General Botha has published a letter in which he expresses confidence in Mr. Chamberlain and gratitude for the promises made by the latter in his letter of ...

    Article : 116 words
  15. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

    Arrivals.—Damascus, s., from Sydney, via South Africa; Nagpore, barque, from Albany. Departures.—For Sydney: Prinz Regent ...

    Article : 57 words
  16. PRAYERS FOR CHAMBERLAIN.

    The Bishop of Rochester has directed the elergy of his diocese to pray for the Divine guidance for the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain in the matter of the pacification of South ...

    Article : 40 words
  17. THE ANTI-JESUIT LAWS.

    Advices received from Breslau state that in return for the support of the Roman Catholics on the Tariff Bill the German Government intend introducing a bill to ...

    Article : 40 words
  18. ATTEMPT AT TRAIN WRECKING.

    A diabolical attempt was made to wreck the Midland Railway express yesterday at Darwen, in Lancashire. The attempt was discovered and frustrated. ...

    Article : 30 words
  19. THE WEATHER.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 79 words
  20. COMMONWEALTH MATTERS.

    The Commonwealth Treasury has [?]urnished the following returns of excise and Customs receipts for the month of November:—New South Wales, £275,023; ...

    Article : 629 words
  21. A TENDER-HEARTED ANARCHIST.

    It is reported than an Anarchist student entered the park at Euxinograd with the intention of assassinating Prince Ferdiuand of Bulgaria. However, seeing the Prince ...

    Article : 50 words
  22. THE MARTIAL LAW COMMISSION.

    The Royal Commission under the presidency of Lord Alverstone, Lord Chief Justice of England, which was appointed to inquire into the sentences passed under ...

    Article : 89 words
  23. THE SOMALILAND MULLAH.

    Mr. Bennot Burleigh, the noted war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," reports from Berbera that the Somali Mad Mullah was formerly an interpreter on a ...

    Article : 62 words
  24. COLONIAL HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY.

    The Marquis of Londonderry, President of the Board of Education, has replied in sympathetic terms to the suggestion made by the Earl of Meath for an extension of the ...

    Article : 47 words
  25. NORMAN CREEK BRIDGE BOARD.

    The monthly meeting of the Norman Creek Bridge Board was held at the South Brisbane Town Hall yesterday, there being present:—Alderman W. Stephens ...

    Article : 786 words
  26. REPORTS FROM THE COUNTRY.

    Anotner thunderstorm broke over the township on Saturday night, and the rain fell heavily till Sunday morning, when all all the creeks were again running bankers, ...

    Article : 838 words
  27. THE MORGAN SHIPPING DEAL.

    In accordance with the arrangement already announced, Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan paid over in London yesterday a sum of £4,500,000 in cash to the shareholders of the ...

    Article : 65 words
  28. ADMINISTRATION IN EUROPEAN TURKEY.

    It is announced that Huessin Helmi Pasha, who was formerly Vali of the province of Yemen, in Arabia, has been appointed inspector of the European ...

    Article : 48 words
  29. BOYCOTTING BRITISH TRADERS.

    Reuter's Agency states that a Boer Shop Company is being established at Dordrecht, in Cape Colony, on a large scale, and it is asserted that the aim of the company Is to ...

    Article : 54 words
  30. VENEZUELAN AFFAIRS.

    Reports are to hand that General Castro, President of the Republic of Venezuela, has yielded to the pressure brought to bear upon him by Great Britain and ...

    Article : 56 words
  31. BIG SALE OF LONDON LAND.

    Eighty-two acres of land owned by Lord Kensington at Earl's Court, London, all built upon with houses and residential flats, was sold by auction yesterday, and realised ...

    Article : 53 words
  32. SPEECH BY DR. JAMESON.

    Dr. Jameson, in a speech delivered at Kimberley, declared that the Premier of Cape Colony (Sir J. Gordon Sprigg) was no longer a Progressive. "Let him," he ...

    Article : 76 words
  33. THE WINTER IN AMERICA.

    The winter is already being experienced with considerable severity in America, and snow has fallen in the State of New Jersey to the depth of 1ft. ...

    Article : 63 words
  34. PUBLISHING A BETTING ADVERTISEMENT.

    The proprietors of the "Sportsman" have been fined for publishing a betting advertisement. The cane is regarded as a test one, and an appeal has been lodged. ...

    Article : 37 words
  35. EXPENDITURE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 207 words
  36. COMMONWEALTH LABOUR CONFERENCE.

    The Commonwealth Labour Conference was continued to-day. The federal pledge proposed yesterday was slightly amended and adopted. ...

    Article : 387 words
  37. WELSH COLLIERY CLOSED.

    The Hetby coalpit, at Pontypridd, in Wales, has been closed, as no arrangement with regard to the rate of wages has been arrived at, and 1000 miners are in consequence idle. ...

    Article : 39 words
  38. EVACUATION OF SHANGHAI.

    The "Standard' states that the commanders of the French and German military contingents at Shanghai, in China, have decided to evacuate that place before ...

    Article : 35 words
  39. THE ELINGAMITE INQUIRY.

    The inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Elingamite was resumed to-day. Mr. Burkett, the chief officer, was examined, principally with regard to the life-saving ...

    Article : 491 words
  40. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Sir Wm. Lyne says that the statements mude as to the probable saving in cash to the Commonwealth by putting the minimum wage clauses of the Public Service ...

    Article : 108 words
  41. PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS.

    The Board of Health to-day decided to insist upon the rigid enforcement of the regulations with reference to the admission of vessels which have touched at ...

    Article : 64 words
  42. SUMMARY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 words
  43. A.J.C. STIPENDIARY STEWARDS.

    Over 100 applications were lodged at the office of the Australian Jockey Club to-day for the positions of stipendiary stewards. ...

    Article : 23 words
  44. SELF-ACCUSATION OF MURDER.

    A young American walked into the Central Police Station about 11 o'clock last night, and stated to the ofllcer in charge that he had committed a murder in San ...

    Article : 308 words
  45. PAYMENT OF THE SECOND CONTINGENT.

    Sir John See, questioned to-day as to whether the Government intended to pay the whole of the members of the Second Contingent in the terms of the decision ...

    Article : 102 words
  46. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In all four horses were killed at Tattersall's race meeting in Adelaide on Saturday, Harry, who fell into the water, Cumbe, Rentre, and Buccleuch, who tell ...

    Article : 54 words
  47. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

    SYDNEY, (December 2.—Arrived: Darius, s., from Calcutta. Sailed: Varzin, s., for Brisbane; Orange Branah, s., for Durban; Taiyuan, s., for Queensland; Wodonga, s., ...

    Article : 57 words
  48. VICTORIA.

    About [?] a.m. to-day screams were heard at Luke Albert Park, and passers-by found a young woman standing in 3ft. of water, apparently in the first stage of exhaustion, ...

    Article : 126 words
  49. THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY.

    Recently the Premier (Mr. Jenkins) received a letter from Sir E. Barton, drawing attention to the Transcontinental Railway Act passed last session, and asking if the ...

    Article : 173 words
  50. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 55 words
  51. A HINT FOR CHRISTMAS.

    Good times or bad times, you will need a suit for Christmas. Charles Gilbert is offering special inducements in the shape of values that cannot be equalled ...

    Article : 119 words
  52. RAIN AT MITCHELL.

    The station-master at Mitchell wired on Monday as follows:—Rain fell since 9 a.m. Saturday, 1.55in.; crooks and Maranoa River running strongly. ...

    Article : 28 words
  53. OVERLAND PASSENGERS.

    The following passengers travelled by mail train to-day:- For Sydney: Mr. and Mrs. Turner, Miss 0'Grady, Messrs. Doe. Butler, Robertson, G. J. ...

    Article : 57 words
  54. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 66 words
  55. FURTHER RAINFALLS.

    To the list of rainfalls to 9 a.m. on Monday must be added the following:—Windorah, 0.25in.; Jundah, 0.35in.; Taroom, 1.14in. ...

    Article : 55 words
  56. Advertising

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    Advertising : 47 words
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