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  2. THE JUDICIARY BILL.

    The crowded state of the galleries in the House of Representatives showed that in the public mind peculiar interest attached to to-day's proceedings, on account ...

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  3. CANADIAN FOREST FIRES.

    News from Canada states that showers have fallen in the maritime provinces, and the danger of a further spread of the disastrous forest fires has in consequence ...

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  4. FLOODS IN AMERICA.

    Further reports of the floods in the United States state that the Congaree River, in South Carolina, was swollen to 13ft. above the danger line, and swept ...

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  5. BRITISH FISCAL POLICY.

    A Tariff League has been formed at Birmingham to support the new fiscal policy of Mr. Chamberlain. Already 1000 manufacturers in the Midland count[?]s ...

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  6. THE MAIL CONTRACTS.

    Replying to a question in the House of Commons last night, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Postmaster-General stated that it was inadvisable to appoint a Select ...

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  7. THE PREMIER'S TOUR.—II.

    It is one thing to get within view [?] the Norman Bar, but it is quite [?] to cross it, or to make your way to N[?] manton. For some reason or other as ...

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  8. PERSONAL.

    The Premier has now finally taken over the administration of the Home Department. It will be remembered that he had only commenced the supervision of the ...

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  9. LORD HAMPDEN'S VIEWS.

    Lord Hampden, late Governor of New South Wales, who has been interviewed by a representative of the "Daily News" with regard to Mr. Chamberlain's new fiscal ...

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  10. PREFERENCE FOR THE COLONIES.

    Mr. H. Allerdale Grainger, State Agent for South Australia, in a letter to the "Standard" states that the colonies ask Great Britain to make a beginning, ...

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  11. SOUTH AFRICA.

    At Johannesburg a man named Frank Goddard has been sentenced to twelve years imprisonment for waylaying and robbing two Customs officers. His ...

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  12. SOMALILAND EXPEDITION.

    According to advices received from Somaliland, the Abyssinian General assorts that there are several English prisoners in the camp of the Somali Mullah. These are ...

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  13. COMMONWEALTH MATTERS.

    A short Cabinet meeting was held to-day, despite the holiday, at which forthcoming legislation was further considered. It is improbable that the names of the ...

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  14. NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES

    Beautiful weather favoured the holiday, yesterday, and the various attractions were well patronised. A large number of people journeyed to the seaside, the trains to Byron ...

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  15. GREAT BRITAIN.

    There are at the present time seventy-three smallpox patients under treatment in London. ...

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  16. ANOTHER WALK TO BRIGHTON.

    The butchers of London organised a walking contest from Smithfield to Brighton, and the event came off yesterday, the winner beating the time made by the winner of the ...

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  17. SITUATION IN THE BALKANS.

    Reports are to hand that the Turkish troops surrounded and annihilated an insurgent band near Ristovatz, in Macedonia. ...

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  18. JAPANESE LABOUR FOR THE RAND.

    The Johannesburg Chamber of Mines is considering an offer onade by a Japanese syndicate to supply 100,000 Japanese labourers for work in the Rand mines. ...

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  19. THE JERSEY MILTIA.

    A system of universal compulsory service in the militia has been adopted in Jersey (one of the British Channel Islands). ...

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  20. TRANSVAAL MUNICIPAL FRANCHISE.

    The Transvaal Legislature has sanctioned the exclusion of all coloured persons and aliens from the municipal franchise. (A previous message stated that, owing ...

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  21. THE SALONICA OUTRAGES.

    Four Bulgarians have been convicted of having participated in the recent dynamite explosions at Salonica, and were sentenced to death. ...

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  22. HOSPITAL SUNDAY COLLECTIONS.

    The collection at the Hospital Sunday service held in St. Paul's Cathedral on Sunday morning last, at which the King and Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales were ...

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  23. AFFAIRS IN MOROCCO.

    Information has been received that a force of 3500 French troops, with ten guns, are now operating at the Figuig Oasis, in Morocco near the Algerian frontier, to ...

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  24. CONSERVATIVE PARTY AGENT.

    Captain Wells, R.N., chief officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, has been appointed chief agent of the Conservative party, in succession to Mr. R. W. E. Middleton, ...

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  25. GENERAL BEN VILJOEN.

    Although General Ben Viljoen has selected a locality in Mexico for the irreconcilables among the Boers to settle upon, he himself intends to return to South Africa and ...

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  26. THE FEDERAL LABOUR PARTY.

    Mr. Watson, the Federal Labour leader speaking here yesterday, said the Labour party supported the Barton Government because they believed it was trying to do ...

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  27. RAGGING IN THE ARMY.

    A[?] court-martial held at Dublin has convicted nine officers of the 21st (Empress of India's) Lancers, in connection with the "ragging" of Lieutenant Willows, a colonial ...

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  28. AUSTRALIAN INTERESTS.

    Sir Horace Tozer, Agent-General for Queensland, in a letter to the "Times," strongly supports the objections of the Canadian Government to the cable ...

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  29. GENERAL CABLE MESSAGES.

    M. Krukoff, who has lately been visiting Australia under instructions from the Russian Government to investigate the methods of agriculture, has now been ...

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  30. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS.

    SYDNEY, June 9.—Arrived: Wemys, barque, from New York; Chemnitz, s., from Antwerp and Hamburg. Sailed: Wodonga, s., for Melbourne; Burwah and Wyandra, ...

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  31. BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.

    The Board of Trade returns for the month of May show that the imports into Great Britain decreased to the amount of £1,438,599, as compared with the corresponding month ...

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  32. STARVING ABORIGINALS.

    The Minister for Lands, as administrator of the Aboriginals Department, is faced with a difficult problem, owing to the number of starving aboriginals in various ...

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  33. THE INFECTED BLANKETS.

    Replying to a question in the House of Commons with regard to the infected blankets recently brought to England from South Africa, Mr. Brodrick, Secretary of State for ...

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  34. THE GERMAN ANTARCTTC EXPEDITION.

    Advices received from Berlin state that the report that the Gauss, with the German antarctic expedition, which is now returning, had communicated with the British ...

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  35. DISCOVERY RELIEF EXPEDITION.

    The House of Commons has approved of the vote proposed by the Government for sending an expedition for the relief of the British Antarctic expedition in the Discovery. ...

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  36. STRIKE IN SWITZERLAND.

    Through a strike of carpenters at Berne, in Switzerland, for a slight increase in wages, 2000 men in the building trades have been thrown out of work. ...

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  37. CHARGE OF ABDUCTION.

    Captain Charles Alfred Percy Gardiner, described, as a native of Victoria and a cattle dealer at Capetown, was brought up at the Bow-street Police Court yesterday, charged ...

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  38. MELBOURNE, JUNE 9.

    Mr. Drake, Postmaster-General, has decided to give effect to the proposal recently made by the "Courier" that the public should be allowed to open deposit accounts ...

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  39. A MURDERESS RELEASED.

    Gabrielle Bompard, who was convicted on the 21st December, 1891, together with Michel Eyraud, of the murder of M. Gouffe, a process server in Paris, in 1889, and ...

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  40. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

    Arrivals.—Runic, s., from Sydney, via Australian ports and Capetown; Narrung, s., from Sydney, via Australian and South African ports; Carte Blanche, barque, from ...

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  41. AMERICAN SQUADRON' ORDERED TO CHILI.

    An American squadron has been ordered to proceed to Valparaiso, the principal port of Chili, owing to a social disturbance that has taken place there. ...

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  42. SILK BLOUSES.

    Special sale of Ladies' Silk Blouses, all one price, 9s. 11d. each; were 12s. 6d. to 17s. 6d. each. T. C. Beirne and Co., the Valley.* ...

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  43. BOYS' OVERCOATS

    At 6s. 11d. and 7s. 11d. Youths' Overcoats at 8s. 11d. and 9s. 11d. Boys' Reefer Jackets at 3s. 11d., 4s. 11d., and 6s. 11d. T. C. Beirne and Co., the Valley.* ...

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  44. A CLOSE IMITATION

    Of our celebrated Flannel is now on the market. Customers should insist on getting the genuine article, branded "Ipswich Q.W.M.Co." New stocks of Blankets. ...

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  45. SILK BLOUSES.

    Special sale of Ladies' Silk Blouses. 198 Silk Blouses, were 19s. 6d. to 35s. each, now clearing all one price, 15s. 6d. each. T. C. Beirne and Co., the Valley.* ...

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  46. FIRST IN AUSTRALIA.

    Portfolio Panels by Fegan and R[?]ddle Valley. Pronounced exquisite.* YANKEE-DOODLE, purest American.* ...

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  47. SPDENDID VALUE

    In Men's Black Hard Felt Hats, prices 4s. 6d. to 10s. 6d. T. C. Beirne and Co., the Valley.* ...

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