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  2. THE CONTINENT.

    News from Paris states that in accordance with the advice of the presiding magistrate in the preliminary examination of the notorious Madame Therese Humbert ...

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  3. GREAT BRITAIN.

    The Edward VII. bridge over the river Thames at Kew, which has been erected at a cost of £250,000, was formally opened yesterday by King Edward and Queen ...

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  4. CHAMBERLAIN'S SPEECH.

    With reference to Mr. Chamberlain's preferential tariff policy, the "St. James's Gazette" states that Australia's fears are groundless. She will not be asked, to ...

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  5. DISCOVERY ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.

    Sir Clements Markham, president of the Royal Geographical Society, specking at the anniversary dinner of the society, in eulogising the work of the British ...

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  6. QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL.

    A meeting of the Queen Victoria Memorial Committee was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon to consider a recommendation from the Working ...

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  7. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The schooner Herman, which was fitted out at San Francisco by a syndicate to search for treasure, said to amount to Several millions, buried for half-a-century ...

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  8. THE FAR EAST.

    Latest files received by the steamer Australian contain the following items relative to the Far East:— A severe famine exists in the province ...

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  9. TOWNSVILLE.

    The Garrison Battery at the military encampment to-day continued shell praclice. The 3rd Kennedy Regiment and the Mounted Infantry went out on the ...

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  10. THE RUSSIAN WARSHIPS AT COLOMBO.

    In the House of Lords to-day the Earl of Selborne, First Lord of the Admiralty, replying to comments by the Earl of Crewe upon the recent unrestricted admission of ...

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  11. RELIGIOUS ORDERS IN FRANCE.

    In reply to an interpellation in the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday, the Premier, M. Combes, justified the action of the Government in prohibiting ...

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  12. CHARGE OF MURDER.

    The Central Criminal Court was occupied to-day in hearing the charge against David Hanna of having murdered his wife at Paddington on the 20th March. The prisoner, ...

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  13. CONCESSIONS DUE TO AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. H. A. Grainger, State Agent for South Australia, in a letter to the "Daily Mail," mentions about 300 articles on which he declares concessions ought long ago to have ...

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  14. TARIFF QUESTIONS.

    The Right Hon. Henry Chaplin, who was supported by forty Unionist members, has given notice in the House of Commons of his intention to move, after the ...

    Article : 62 words
  15. RUSSIANS IN MANCHURIA.

    Dr. Morrison, the "Times" correspondent at Peking, has supplied many details showing how Russia is steadily securing the exclusive control of Manchuria. China, ...

    Article : 72 words
  16. CANADIAN ENDORSEMENT.

    The British Empire League at Ottawa, Canada, has by an enthusiastic resolution endorsed the policy enunciated by the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain in his recent ...

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  17. THE LONDON EDUCATION BILL.

    The Education Bill for London was further discussed in Committee in the House of Commons last night. The clause providing for the admission of twelve ...

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  18. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 747 words
  19. THE KISHINEFF OUTRAGES.

    Information is to hand that the Chief of Police at Kishineff, in Southern Russia, where the recent anti-Jewish outbreak took place, has been dismissed. ...

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  20. MA[?]RIS PREVENTED FROM LANDING.

    Three Maoris, who arrived by the steamer Moikia to-day with Fitzgerald Bros.' circus company from New Zealand, were prevented from landing by the officers charged ...

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  21. THE GERMAN PRESS.

    The "Times" correspondent in Bdrlin reports that the German newspapers are eagerly parading with all pomp and ceremony every scrap of British and colonial ...

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  22. COMMONWEALTH MATTERS.

    Mr. Smart, the Victorian Customs officer who assisted Mr. Kingston with the tariff, will probably succeed Mr. Stephens as Victorian Collector of Customs. ...

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  23. MACEDONIAN SITUATION.

    It is stated that Hilmi Pasha, the Turkish Inspector-General, has heard that 100 Bulgarian officers and 2500 men have crossed the frontier into Macedonia during the ...

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  24. UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC SPORTS.

    The annual sports meeting of the Sydney University Athletic Club, and the contest between representatives of the Sydney and Melbourne Universities took place to-day, ...

    Article : 153 words
  25. ATROCITIES IN THE CONGO FREE STATE.

    The reply given in the House of Commons by Viscount Cranborne, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, to a question with regard to the alleged atrocities by ...

    Article : 155 words
  26. FURTHER GERMAN COMMENTS.

    Mr. Chamberlain's preferential tariff policy is further commented upon by the German Press, and the Berlin "Kreaz Zeitung" declares that Germany should ...

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  27. CANADA AND GERMANY.

    The Canadian Government have extended to the 30th September the limit of time within which goods purchased in Germany prior to the 16th April will be allowed to ...

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  28. SYDNEY, MAY 21.

    At the Central Criminal Court to-day the trial of David Hanna on the charge of having, at Paddington, on 20th Mar[?]h, murdered his wife, was concluded. In summing ...

    Article : 172 words
  29. COMMENTS ON LORD ROSEBERY'S SPEECH.

    Tue "Times," in an article published this morning, states that Lord Rosebery, an his recent address, approaches Mr. Chamberlain's speech with an open mind, ...

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  30. ANOTHER CUSTOMS QUESTION.

    A Customs question has arisen in connection With Earl Crawford's steam and sail vessel Valhalla, a full-rigged ship of some 1400 tons, belonging to the Royal Yacht ...

    Article : 148 words
  31. SHREWSBURY'S SUICIDE.

    Further particulars of the suicide of Arthur Shrewsbury, the well-known Notts cricketer, show that he was suffering from melancholia after undergoing an operation. ...

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  32. GENERAL CABLE MESSAGES.

    The Transvaal Legislature was opened at Pretoria yesterday by the Lieutenant-Governor. In his opening speech Sir Arthur Lawley announced, with regard to the ...

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  33. OPINIONS OF NEW ZEALAND POLITICIANS.

    Speaking at a banquet at Rotorua, Mr. Seddon, referring to Mr. Chamberlain's preferentlal trade speech, said that during the last twenty years the trade of the ...

    Article : 179 words
  34. THE MOUNT KEMBLA COLLIERY DISASTER.

    The report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the cause of the Mount Kembla Colliery disaster throws no new light upon the catastrophe. The ...

    Article : 177 words
  35. INFECTED BLANKETS FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

    The "Daily Mail" publishes the statement that quantities of infected blankets received from South Africa went to Whitechapel, in the East End of London, ...

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  36. AN IMPORTANT CASE.

    Argument took place in the Full Court to-day upon an application by the Crown for a stay of proceedings in the case of Howarth against Walker, as nominal ...

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  37. BLIZZARDS AND SNOWSTORMS IN CANADA.

    Severe blizzards and snowstorms have been experienced in the southern portion of the province of Alberta, in Western Canada, with disastrous results. The losses ...

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  38. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Kenton Estate, of 550 acres, near Oamaru, has been purchased by the Government for settlement purposes. ...

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  39. SCOTTISH AUSTRALIAN INVESTMENT COMPANY.

    The report of the Scottish Australian Investment Company presented at a meeting of shareholders yesterday showed that the losses of the company for the half-year ...

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  40. THE DETAINED MAORIS.

    On satisfactory assurances being given this morning to the Customs authorities by Messrs. Fitzgerald Bros., the three Maoris who were detained on board the ...

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  41. GREAT HEAT IN NEW YORK.

    Intense heat has been prevailing in New York, and yesterday the temperature was the highest ever recorded in that city for the 20th May. ...

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  42. EXPORT RETURNS.

    The annual returns of the export of produce from New Zealand for the year ended 31st March last show that the export of butter increased by 13,703cwt., as ...

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  43. AUSTRALIAN FRUIT.

    The shipments of fruit by the steamers Victoria and Persic have arrived in good condition. The Tasmanian pears ex Persic realised 3s. to 7s. per quarter-box, ...

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  44. CHICAGO FRUIT FIRM FAILED.

    A firm at Chicago which has the handling of a large portion of the Californian fruit trade has failed, the liabilities being stated at 3,000,000 dollars (about £6000,000). ...

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  45. PLAGUE-INFECTED RATS.

    Two plague-infected rats have been found on one of the Woolloomooloo wharves. ...

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  46. REMARKABLE CASE OF BIGAMY.

    At the Central Criminal Court to-day, John Bolingbroke Hilareo was charged with having married Lily Gertrude Martin, at Auckland, his former wife being then ...

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  47. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Council to-night, the Railway Strike Suppression Bill was passed through all its stages without amendment. In the Legislative Assembly two financial ...

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  48. NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Quarter Sessions opened yesterday, before Judge Armstrong and Mr. Browning (Crown Prosecutor), and were concluded to-day, the calendar not being a lengthy ...

    Article : 246 words
  49. ROCKHAMPTON SUPREME COURT.

    The Supreme Court Criminal Sittings were commenced on Tuesday, and concluded to-day. John James Pacey was charged with stealing a golding. Witnesses for the ...

    Article : 316 words
  50. THE BANK DISCOUNT RATE.

    The Bank of England rate of discount was to-day reduced from 4 per cent to 3½ per cent. ...

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  51. STABBING AFFRAY AT LAIDLEY.

    A stabbing affair of a sensational nature occurred at Mount Berryman, eight miles from Laidley, at an early hour last evening, in which a young man named Robert ...

    Article : 277 words
  52. THE TWEED RAILWAY EXTENSION.

    The Premier, Sir John See, in an interview to-day concerning the prospect of New South Wales extending the Lismore Railway line to the Tweed Hepds to ...

    Article : 208 words
  53. VICTORIA.

    A second smallpox case traceable to the steamer Gracchus has been reported. The patient is Mrs. Dwan, of Ballarat, whose husband returned by the Gracchus. It ...

    Article : 54 words
  54. A SUSPICIOUS DEATH.

    The Rev. Joseph Bunbury, a Roman Catholic priest, was found dead this afternoon at the Royal Hotel. A tumbler was found in his room with a thick sediment ...

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  55. CASH AND CONFIDENCE.

    One requires only a small amount of both these useful commodities to be assured ot the fact that the premier position for best value in high-class tailoring ...

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  56. FIRST IN AUSTRALIA.

    [?] Panels by Fegan end Ruddle, Valley. Pronounced exquisite.* Unwantsum YANKEE DOODLE.* ...

    Article : 23 words
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