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  2. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    Parliament made another desperate but unsuccessful effort yesterday to rid itself of the odds and ends of the sessional work. Interest was chiefly centred in two ...

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  3. INTERCOLONIAL NEWS.

    In the divorce court to-day Mr. Justice Simpson referred again to the Schofield divorce case. Addressing counsel for Mr. Schofield, who happened to be in court, he said " Mr. Whitfield, ...

    Article : 145 words
  4. FEDERAL QUARANTINE.

    The following is a copy of the resolutions passed at the Australasian Quarantine Conference, held on 28th and 29th February and 2nd and 3rd March, at the offices of the ...

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  5. CHARGES AGAINST MAGISTRATES.

    The board of inquiry appointed to investigate the charges made against certain magistrates of improper conduct in connection with the administration of justice met again yesterday ...

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  6. CABLE MESSAGES.

    The speech delivered last night by Mr. G. J. Goschen, First Lord of the Admiralty, explanatory of the policy of the Government in regard to expenditure on ...

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  7. CABLE MESSAGES.

    The United States Senate, in view of the determination shown by Spain to resist its action in proposing American interference between Spain and the Cuban rebels, has ...

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  8. CABLE MESSAGES.

    News has been received from Massowah that General Baratieri, the Italian commander in chief in Abyssinia, has made an unsuccessful attack on the Shoan forces, ...

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  9. THE SYDNEY BANK DEPOSIT RATE.

    The Sydney banks to-day agreed to reduce the deposit rates by ½ per cent. as from to-morrow. The late 3½ per cent. rate had remained in force in Sydney since 10th August, ...

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  10. ADELAIDE HOSPITAL BOARD.

    The Adelaide Hospital Board was appointed by the Executive to-day. The names of the now members are Mrs. Charles Birks, Mrs. John Darling, son., Mrs. E. W. Nicholls, Mrs. ...

    Article : 130 words
  11. DR. JAMESON'S SURRENDER.

    Documentary evidence has been produced to show that the conditions under which Dr. Jameson surrendered to the Boers have been misrepresented by the latter. ...

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  12. THE ATTACK ON BARCELONA CONSULATE.

    Though there is no abatement of the national indignation in Spain evoked by the proposal of the United States Senate that America should recognise the Cuban ...

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  13. INFANTICIDE IN SYDNEY.

    No fewer than three bodies of infants have been found in Sydney streets during the last few days. On Sunday night a Redfern constable found a body in a lane-way opposite the ...

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  14. TASMANIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION.

    The Northern Tasmanian Camera Club's intercolonial competitive exhibition was opened to-day in the Launceston town hall. Over 1300 pictures are on view. Victoria, New South ...

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  15. AN IMPUDENT ROBBERY.

    On Saturday evening Mrs. Dempsey, waitress at the Theatre Royal Hotel, employed a furniture van owner named Harris to remove her boxes from the hotel. A man whom she ...

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  16. THE AMERICAN INTERFERENCE.

    The indignation that has been aroused in Spain through the interference of the United States Senate in the Cuban revolt, and its adoption of a resolution declaring ...

    Article : 99 words
  17. CLAIM FOR MONEY LENT.

    Further evidence was heard by the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court yesterday in the action brought by Sir Matthew Henry Davies; Charles Samuel Price and James Wighton, ...

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  18. CAPTAIN COVENTRY IN ENGLAND.

    Captain the Hon. C. J. Coventry, second son of the Earl of Coventry, one of Dr. Jameson's officers, who was wounded during the fighting and was at first ...

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  19. A Q.C. FINED FOR ASSAULT.

    Mr. E. Parriss Neabit, Q.C., of Adelaide, was to-day fined 10s. and costs £2 11s. at the police court for assaulting Samuel Dalby, a clerk in the Railway department. For the ...

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  20. FRENCH PRESS URGES SPAIN TO RESIST AMERICA.

    The French press censures the United States Senate for its interference in the trouble which has arisen between Spain and Cuba, and urges the Spanish ...

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  21. A BAR MAID'S ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.

    A girl named Gibson, recently a bar maid in a hotel on the West Coast mining field, shot herself to-night in the side. The ball entered a few inches below the heart, and has not yet been ...

    Article : 89 words
  22. THE WOOL SALES.

    The February series of wool auctions have opened. The attendance is large. It is not expected that values will show any great alteration from the prices which ...

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  23. CHARGE OF FILIBUSTERING.

    The hearing of the charge brought against the captain of the British ship Bermuda and 60 persons found on board the vessel, who were all arrested ...

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  24. AUSTRALIAN LABOR FEDERATION.

    The second session of the Intercolonial General Council of Australian Labor Federation opened at the Trades Hall to-day. gates were present from the Sydney and ...

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  25. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    It was reported on 21st February that a Mrs. Rose Kemp, of Sydney, had attempted to commit suicide by swallowing, cocaine. It has since been pointed out that Mrs. Kemp did not attempt ...

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  26. QUEENSLAND MEAT EXPORT COMPANY.

    At the annual meeting of shareholders in the Queensland Meat Export Agency Company to-day, Mr. W. Forrest, the chairman, referred in glowing terms to the satisfactory position of ...

    Article : 104 words
  27. FIRE BRIGADES' DEMONSTRATION.

    The annual fire brigades' demonstration opened to-night with a torchlight procession and general march through the streets of the city and town. The pageant was one of the ...

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  28. GREAT FLOOD ON THE TIGRIS.

    A great flood has occurred in the lower course of the River Tigris, in Mesopotamia, Asiatic Turkey. A large area of country between the Euphrates and the Tigris has ...

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  29. THE LONDON MARKETS.

    TIN. The stock of tin amounts to 32,212 tons; spot and landing, 15,674 tons; afloat, 2543 tons. The deliveries during the past month amount to 2542 ...

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  30. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Thomas Duffield has been appointed secretary to the Commissioner of Crown Lands in place of Mr. G. Wright, who resigned to take the position of Inspector-General of the ...

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  31. WHOLESALE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION.

    A Wholesale Merchants' Association was formed for New South Wales to-day after two years of organising effort. The association represents about 40 firms. At the preliminary ...

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  32. JAPAN AND RUSSIA.

    Reports are in circulation that the Government of Japan is desirous of improving the relations of that country with Russia, and that ...

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  33. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    It is expected that the opening ceremony in connection with the completion of the railway to Coolgardie will take place in about four weeks time. ...

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  34. NAVIGATION ON THE DARLING.

    It is expected that the river will rise here daily in consequence of the recent succession of rains. Slight freshes have occurred already, and there is a very fair body of water. It is ...

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  35. NEW SOUTH WALES PUBLIC SERVICE BOARD.

    The Public Service Commission is already giving evidence of its existence. To-day it was announced that it had made a complete sweep of the Local Government Office. For the last ...

    Article : 156 words
  36. SHIPPING NEWS.

    Arrived. From Sydney: Brilliant, ship, sailed 22nd November; Gulf of Mexico, sailed 25th December, vid Adelaide 14th January; Porthshire, s., sailed 12th November, ...

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  37. THE LONDON DOCKS AND LIGHTER CHARGES.

    The decision of the docks committee to impose a charge of from 2s. to 3s. 6d. per ton on all goods discharged over a vessel's side into lighters has created ...

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  38. TASMANIA.

    Ernest Clark, a boy aged 13 years, who placed a sleeper across the main line of railway at Ross, was to-day remanded, with a view to sending him to the reformatory instead of for ...

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  39. PRESS COMMENTS.

    The Times this morning declares that the Ministerial programme of mammoth war ship construction and naval increases is not only justifiable but absolutely necessary in ...

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  40. THE MERCADOOL LAND CASES.

    The Mercadool land cases were continued to-day. Jas. Wilson, the witness who was undergoing cross-examination by Mr. Heydon during Monday, was in a similar ...

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  41. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The I.G. M.S. Bayern left Suez on the 2nd inst. for Australian ports. ...

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  42. EXPLOSIVE AIR IN MINES.

    Another explosion of foul air occurred to-day in the claim of the Golden Age Company, near Scarsdale, when four other miners, named John Egglestone, W. Roberts, Jas. M'Dowell and ...

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  43. PRESBYTERY OF MELBOURNE NORTH.

    A meeting of the Presbytery of Melbourne North was held yesterday morning at the Presbyterian Assembly Hall, Collins-street, the moderator, the Rev. Alexander Stewart, M.A., ...

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  44. FRANCE AND THE SOCIETY ISLANDS.

    H.M.S. Royalist, which arrived to-day from Noumea, brings full tidings of the trouble at Raiatea; but there is not much to report additional to that already published. It seems from ...

    Article : 128 words
  45. LAW REFORM IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    It is probable that during the coming session the Minister of Justice will introduce a bill to make certain reforms in law procedure. The idea is to extend the jurisdiction of district ...

    Article : 61 words
  46. BRITISH AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION.

    The commission appointed by the Imperial Parliament to inquire into the causes of the agricultural depression, and to suggest a remedy therefor, has in a ...

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  47. THREE MISSING SHIPS.

    The American mail brings word that there are missing three ships well known in Australia the [?]on Duke, from Blythe to Iquique ; the Lady Lawrence, from Newcastle to Valparaiso, ...

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  48. THE SYDNEY CONFERENCE OF PREMIERS.

    With the exception of Sir E. Braddon (Tasmania) and Mr. Duffy (Victoria), who are expected to-morrow, all the delegates to the Premiers' Conference are now in Sydney. Mr. ...

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  51. A SYDNEY LICENSING BENCH CASE.

    Before the Full Court to-day Dr. Sly, for Sub-Inspector Elliott, moved for a prohibition order against the Metropolitan Licensing, Court in the matter of a wine licence issued to James ...

    Article : 119 words
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