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  2. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    Through Mr. J. Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a message from the Queen has been received by his Excellency the Governor as follows:--"Her ...

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  3. THE NEW MAIL CONTRACT.

    The paragraph from our London correspondent published in Monday's issue as to the competition of the French boats for Australian traffic, and the determination of ...

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  4. BRITISH NEW GUINEA.

    The annual report on British New Guinea for the year ending 30th June, 1896, contains some very interesting information with regard to the condition of affairs in ...

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  5. COLONIAL PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Assembly to-day a batch of questions were put to the Acting Premier on the enforcement of the Sunday closing law with regard to shops. In replying to one question as to general ...

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  6. THE COLONIAL PREMIERS.

    In the course of the conversation which the Premiers of Canada, New South Wales and New Zealand had with Mr. Gladstone, during their visit to him at ...

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  7. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    It was lately announced that the Premiers of Canada, New Zealand and New South Wales were actively co-operating in the endeavor to expedite the laying of ...

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  8. HAWAII AND JAPAN.

    Mr. M'Kinley, President of the United States, has decided to send the American war ship Oregon to Hawaii, with instructions to land marines there in the event of ...

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  9. TIMBER FOR STREET PAVING.

    Several English timber merchants have assured Sir Edward Braddon, Premier of Tasmania, that stringybark timber is preferable to jarrah, for street paving blocks. ...

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  10. DISAPPOINTED NEW GUINEA DIGGERS.

    Several disappointed miners from New Guinea have arrived, with the intention of prospecting on the Palmer. A party is being formed to prospect the head waters of the ...

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  11. THE BOER REPUBLICS.

    The Transvaal Volksraad, has formally adopted the treaty of defensive alliance and closer union with the Orange Free State, passed some weeks ago by the ...

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  12. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Assembly, in reply to Mr. Chataway, Sir Horace Tozer said the Government objected to table the correspondence between Mr. Rand and the Imperial Government on the subject of ...

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  13. NARROW GAUGE RAILWAYS.

    The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways, which ceases to exist in the entirety of its present personnel with the termination of the current Parliament [?] ...

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  14. A RAILWAY DISASTER.

    A shocking railway disaster occurred yesterday in Denmark The Helsingors express in Zealand, near Geventofle, ran into and smashed an ordinary ...

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  15. REBELLION IN BORNEO.

    News has been received from British North Borneo of an insurrection of natives at Gaja, on the west coast. The rebels burned the town and looted the local ...

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  16. DINNER TO MR. REID.

    Mr. Reid was last night entertained at a dinner at which 200 persons were present, including the Earl of Selborne, Under- Secretary for the Colonies, who presided. ...

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  17. THE BECHUANA REVOLT.

    Further trouble with Bechuana natives is reported in the Mazoe district, north of Mashonaland. The natives being short of ammunition cut up portions of the South ...

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  18. TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE.

    Mr. J. M. Sinclair, the Government supervisor of Victorian produce in England, was to-day examined as a witness before the royal commission appointed ...

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  19. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    In the Assembly several questions were asked as to the intentions of the Government in respect to amending the Federal Enabling Act o as to prevent delegates continuing to draw ...

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  20. TASMANIA'S WEST COAST.

    Siemens Bros. and Co. Limited, the well-known electric engineers, have instructed their agent in Tasmania to inquire into the great hydraulic scheme ...

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  21. GREAT HEAT IN AMERICA.

    Telegrams from the United States report that the midsummer heat is terrifically oppressive. Since 1st July, medical men in the States have reported 2000 cases of ...

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  22. CAPE COLONY AND THE NAVY.

    The offer of the Government of Cape Colony to present a first class war ship to the British Admiralty as a free and unconditional gift, has been received with much ...

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  23. DEATH OF LORD HINDLIP.

    The death is announced of Lord Hindlip, late chairman of the well-known brewing firm of Allsopp and Sons Limited, who has lately been in a critical state of health. ...

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  24. THE LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At to-day's wool sales German purchasers competed strongly, and the highest rates of the present series ruled for all medium and good wools. ...

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  25. DISCUSSION BY THE COMMITTE

    The members of the Standing Committee on Railways yesterday dealt with a number of small matters. Some of these were devoid of public interest, but others affected ...

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  26. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr. Coghlan, Government Statistician of New South Wales, who is now in England, is investigating the working of the English income tax and the British ...

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  27. SHIPPING NEWS.

    Arrived.--Darmstadt, steamer, from Melbourne, 16th May, at Bremen. Australasian, steamer, from Melbourne, 20th May. ...

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  28. MR. REID INTERVIEWED.

    Mr. Reid was interviewed by a press representative yesterday. He stated that New South Wales under his fiscal policy had started on a ...

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  29. THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

    Mr. Alexander Sutherland requests us to announce that he intends to offer himself for the North Melbourne electorate, in opposition to Mr. Prendergast. "I shall," he ...

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  30. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    R.M.S. Occana arrived Plymouth from Australia afternoon 10th. ...

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  31. LOCAL NEWS.

    At the annual meeting of the Manufacturing Jewellers' Association held on Monday evening the president, Mr. V. Robertson, delivered his annual address. The treasurer, Mr. J. Larard, ...

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  32. TASMANIA.

    The Parliament of Tasmania was opened to-day with customary ceremony. In the Assembly Sir Philip Fysh tabled the Federation Bill, which will be taken as early as possible. ...

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  33. THE ELECTORAL ROLLS.

    Sir,--Mr. Robert Murray, of Hawthorn, in your issue of to-day, raises a question as to the compilation of the rolls--a work which every municipal clerk has now in hand--and he does ...

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  34. WEST AUSTRALIAN MINES.

    The Lady Bountiful crushing is 135 tons for 143 oz. 16 dwt. The Lady Harriet, Menzies, has crushed 223 tons for 347 oz. gold. ...

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  35. MYSTERIOUSLY DROWNED.

    An inquiry was held yesterday into the death of Mr. John Johnston, who was drowned on Sunday. He had come from Ballarat, and was 70 years of age. He left ...

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  36. FIND OF SOVEREIGNS.

    While a couple of boys were playing to-day in an unworked portion of a Chinaman's garden, at Moonlight Flat, they came upon an old kerosene tin which contained 100 sovereigns. The ...

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  37. THE QUEENSLAND PREMIER.

    Sir Hugh Nelson, Premier of Queensland, will leave London on a visit to Scotland on Saturday next. ...

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  38. SUFFOCATED IN BED.

    David Britten, a resident of Glenpatrick, was found dead in his bed at the Supreme Court Hotel (where he was stopping) this morning, having been suffocated by smoke. The landlady ...

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  39. INDIA FAMINE RELIEF FUND.

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  40. SWEATING IN LAUNDRIES.

    At the Carlton court yesterday, a claim for 7s. 6d; wages made by one Kate O'Donovan against Mrs. Ortle, who conducts a laundry in Nicholson-street, was heard. Complainant swore that she ...

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