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  2. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

    The first through train between Brisbane and Rockhampton will leave Brisbane on Friday night. Amid the more absorbing interest of elections and cricket, ...

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  3. QUEENSLAND FINANCES.

    The Treasurer (Hon. W. Kidston), in an interview yesterday, said there seemed to be a misunderstanding with regard to what he had stated concerning Customs ...

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  4. AUSTRALIAN INTERESTS. THE NEW GOVERNOR-GENERAL.

    Lord Northcote attended at Buckingham Palace yesterday and kissed hands on his appointment as Governor-General of Australia. ...

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  5. THE FISCAL QUESTION. THE FREE FOOD LEAGUE.

    Lord Balfour of Burleigh, Lord George Hamilton, Lord Goschen, Lord James of Hereford, and the Right Hon. C. T. Ritchie, have concurred in the advice given by the ...

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  6. THE UNITED STATES. OPPOSITION TO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

    News from New York states that a fund of £500,000, contributed to largely by American trust magnates, has been formed for the purpose of defeating ...

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  7. THE PETRIANA CASE.

    Referring to the statements in the Press, Mr. Deakin must now be sorry for having used the word "myth" in his letter defending the action of the Government in ...

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  8. FEDERAL CAMPAIGN. TO-DAY'S POLLING.

    When electors receive their ballot papers they will have to indicate for whom they vote by making a cross in the square opposite the name of the candidate. ...

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  9. MR. ROOT'S EXPLANATION.

    With reference to his statement that "the time was coming when America would have to meet a foreign Power," the Hon. Elihu Root has explained that ...

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  10. THE SHIPPING TRADE.

    Sir Christopher Furness, Liberal M.P. for Hartlepool, and a prominent shipowner and shipbuilder, speaking at West Hartlepool last night, denied that the ...

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  11. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

    Arrivals:—Warrigal and Medic, steamers, from Sydney via Australian ports and South Africa: Rostock, s., from Newcastle and Sydney via Australian ports. ...

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  12. SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS.

    The attorney to the Afrikander Bond at Capetown contradicts the report (published yesterday) that General Louis Botha and Mr. Grove had settled their ...

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  13. GALVANISED IRON AND TINPLATES.

    Sir John Jones Jenkins, addressing a meeting at Swansea, declared that the exports, of galvanised sheets and tinplates were greatly increasing. ...

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  14. THE FOOD QUESTION.

    Professor Robert Wallace (Professor of Agriculture and Rural Economy at the University of Edinburgh, and also Garton Lecturer on Colonial and Indian ...

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  15. A TRADE UNION FINED.

    A trade union at Chicago has been fined in its corporate capacity for interfering with the business or the employees of various firms. This is the ...

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  16. TRANSVAAL LABOUR QUESTION.

    An anti-Chinese mass meeting was held at Johannesburg last night, but the meeting was captured by some thousands of miners, who carried a motion hostile ...

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  17. THE LIBERAL CANDIDATES.

    What may be regarded as the last shots in the Federal campaign were fired last evening by Lieutenant-Colonel Tunbridge, Hon. J. Murray, and Mr. J. Bartholonew, ...

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  18. MR. ROCKEFELLER'S MUNIFICENCE.

    Mr. John D. Rockefeller, the American multi-millionaire, is preparing a new series of endowments for the University of Chicago, the outlay totalling ...

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  19. THE HOTTENTOT RISING.

    In connection with the Hottentot rising in German South-west Africa, information is to hand that a German patrol captured a Hottentot laager, but the natives ...

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  20. GERMAN AND ENGLISH EMIGRATION.

    A correspondent writing to the "Times" quotes official statistics which show that the emigration from Germany in 1881, the year after a protective tariff was adopted, ...

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  21. LABOUR OUTRAGES IN NEW YORK.

    Two attempts have been made to dynamite unfinished buildings in New York, but both were unsuccessful. The outrages are stated to be the outcome of a dispute ...

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  22. COTTON CULTIVATION.

    The British Cotton-growing Association have engaged Professor Stimson, of the Mississippi Agricultural College, to proceed to West Africa to instruct the natives in ...

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  23. STEPHENS RECREATION RESERVE.

    Councillors P. Marshall (president), A. M'Nab, and J. Soden (members of the Stephens Shire Council) waited upon the Hon. J. T. Bell, Minister for Lands, ...

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  24. THE OXLEY ELECTORATE.

    In the School of Arts, Kangaroo Point, last night, Mr. Richard Edwards, candidate for the Oxley Federal division, addressed a small meeting of electors. Alderman W. ...

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  25. THE FAR EAST. UNEASINESS IN TOKIO.

    Reports from Tokio state that much uncasiness is felt there owing to the impression that prevails that there is a wide difference between the Russian reply to ...

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  26. THE GERMAN COLONIES.

    The Emperor William of Germany, in a speech while receiving the office-bearers of the Reichstag yesterday, referred to the importance of cotton-growing in the ...

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  27. SOCIALISM IN GERMANY.

    A discussion on Socialism was raised in the German Reichstag yesterday by Herr Bebel, leader of the Socialist Democratic party, who affirmed that the social reform ...

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  28. JAPANESE OF MILITARY AGE RECALLED.

    The "Times" states that it is reported in Japanese circles in London that all Japanese of the age for military service have been recalled to Japan. ...

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  29. KOREAN LABOURERS' RIOT.

    A riot among Korean labourers is reported to have taken place at Masampho, but a force of Japanese marines was landed and suppressed the disturbance. ...

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  30. THE CONTINENT. RAILWAY DISASTER IN SPAIN.

    A terrible railway accident is reported from Malaga, a Spanish seaport town on the Mediterranean, sixty-five miles from Gibraltar. A train near the town left the ...

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  31. NOTES FOR ELECTORS.

    Commonwealth "Hensard," 1st July, 1903:—Senator Stewart on white women in the canefield. Extracts from his speech of 1st July: "I certainly see no ...

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  32. SOCIAL DEMOCRACY IN RUSSIA.

    A congress of fifty delegates of the Russian Social Democratic party has been held, and decided on the formation of a central committee to direct the social ...

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  33. SCOTTISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.

    The National Scottish Antarctic expedition under the leadership of Mr. W. S. Bruce, which was organised specially for occanographical and meteorological work ...

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  34. THE LABOUR PARTY.

    The Centennial Hall was filled last night when two Labour candidates, and other supporters of the party, delivered electioneering addresses. The meeting was ...

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  35. RUSSIAN MINISTER OF FINANCE.

    It is announced from St. Petersburg that M. Ruehloff has been, appointed Russian Minister of Finance in place of M. de Pleske. ...

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  36. LET THE FARMERS BEWARE.

    Agricultural workers are included in the definition clause of the Conciliation and Arbitration Bill, in which the Labour candidates are so deeply concerned. ...

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  37. GREAT BRITAIN. TARIFF REFORM LEAGUE.

    A women's branch of the Imperial Tariff Reform League has been formed, and has issued a manifesto which emphasises the bonds between the motherland and the ...

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  38. GENERAL CABLE MESSAGES.

    The Hon. Sir Frederick Borden, Minister for Militia and Defence in the Canadian Cabinet, has arranged that in future a Canadian officer shall command the ...

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  39. A RECORDING TELEPHONE.

    Trials are being made in London of a recording telephone, and the results are stated to have so far been successful. ...

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  40. SOUTH SIDE-PARK LANDS.

    Mr. R. H. A. Bennett writes, under Tuesday's date:—It was with surprise that I saw in your issue of this morning that the South Brisbane Council were about ...

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  41. TOOWOOMBA AND DISTRICT.

    Much comment has been occasioned by the publication of the tenders for supplies to the Toowoomba Hospital for the coming year, compared with present retail ...

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  42. SMALLPOX IN MACEDONIA.

    A serious outbreak of smallpox is reported in Macedonia. Eighty deaths have occurred at Kastoria, and the discase is rapidly spreading. ...

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  43. TO PREVENT ILLEGAL FISHING.

    A fast cruiser is being built in England, to be used for the purpose of preventing illegal fishing on the coasts of Newfoundland. The cruiser will also be utilised ...

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  44. HONOUR FOR LORD LAMINGTON.

    Lord Lamington, late Governor of Queensland, who has succeeded Lord Northcote as Governor of the Bombay Presidency, has been created a Knight Commander ...

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  45. COALTNG PIER AT HONGKONG.

    The British Admiralty are building a new coaling pier at Hongkong, which will be sufficiently large to accommodate the battleships on the China station. ...

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  46. INDIAN RELATIONS WITH THIBET.

    In connection with the British mission to Thibet, information is to hand that the Chinese Dalai Lama has returned the letters sent by Lord Curzon, Viceroy of ...

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  47. DEFENDING CHURCH RIGHTS.

    The Archbishop of Canterbury in a letter to Lord Ashcombe, chairman of the Church Committee, urges the various Church organisations to defend Church rights and ...

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  48. THE BOWEN HILLS FIRE.

    The serious complaints as to the supply of water at the fire at Bowen Hills on Monday afternoon were the subject of reports by the engineer and assistant engineer at a special ...

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  49. LABOUR AND TAXATION.

    The discussion on the tea duties elicited strange views from members of the Labour party. Mr. Tudor: I claim that we are not ...

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  50. TOWNSVILLE SCHOOL OF ARTS.

    The president of the Townsville School of Arts (Mr. W. Aird) had an interview with the Treasurer (Hon. W. Kidstoa) on Monday, when the request for assistance ...

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