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  2. ANGLO-FRENCH ENTENTE

    The attempt being made in Germany to make mischief between Great Britain and Japan, and to lessen the good understanding between France and England, is the ...

    Article : 184 words
  3. EXTENSIVE BUSH FIRES.

    All day on Friday grass and timber fires were burning in every direction in this district, and on Saturday morning the town and the country round about were enveloped ...

    Article : 317 words
  4. PORT ARTHUR.

    The Japanese besiegers continue steadily to press their successful attack on the western defences of Port Arthur. On Saturday last the Japanese occupied ...

    Article : 190 words
  5. COAL FOR BALTIC FLEET.

    It has been ascertained that portion of a consignment of 10,000 tons of coal which was unloaded from the British colliers Yeddo and Claverley at the Port Said ...

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  6. FRANCE AND MOROCCO.

    The report by the Tangier correspondent of the "Times" that serious complications have arisen between the French legation at Fez and the Sultan's Government has been ...

    Article : 185 words
  7. THE HOLIDAYS.

    Christmas day is essentially a day of devotion in the lives of a Christian community, and, falling as it did this year on a Sunday, the dual sacredness of the day ...

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  8. CONSULAR REPORT.

    The acting consul-general for Japan received the following cable messages yesterday from Baron Komura, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Japan:-- ...

    Article : 88 words
  9. UNREST IN RUSSIA.

    An indication of the popular unrest in Russian Poland, where feverish excitement has been caused by the placarding of mobilisation orders, has been afforded at ...

    Article : 163 words
  10. NOTES ON CABLE NEWS.

    The Japanese authorities now make an official announcement of the utmost importance--that all the outlying and supplementary forts, &c., on their right front, ...

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  11. THE HERER0 REVOLT.

    General von Trotha, in command of the forces in German South-West Africa, reports that after a fight lasting for ten hours the German troops dispersed a force ...

    Article : 119 words
  12. TWO RAILWAY DISASTERS

    A sensational railway disaster took place near Paris yesterday. The Boulogne express, which had a number of London passengers on board, was ...

    Article : 156 words
  13. THE KEEKWAN FIGHT.

    Further graphic details have been received regarding the desperate fight which preceded the capture of the north fort at East Keekwan-shan on Sunday, 18th inst. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. A COBRAM CONFLAGRATION.

    A bush fire broke out about noon on Saturday near the flood gate on a farm at Koonoomoo, and, aided by a strong north-east wind, it spread with great rapidity ...

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  15. ENGLAND AND AMERICA.

    With a view to avoiding the large increase in the United States navy which is involved in President Roosevelt's policy of naval expansion, the New York "Sun" ...

    Article : 71 words
  16. THE OCEAN MAILS.

    The "Economist," in an article dealing with the Australian mail service question, ridicules what it terms the "quibble" which permits the supporters of the "white ...

    Article : 125 words
  17. GERMANY IN THE PACIFIC

    The German press generally is inclined to regard the desire of German traders to monopolise the trade of the German islands in the Pacific as a question better settled ...

    Article : 119 words
  18. THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

    Speaking at the annual dinner of the New England Society, Mr. Elihu Root, ex-Secretary for War in the United States Government, while emphasising the principle ...

    Article : 133 words
  19. REBATES ON SUGAR FREIGHTS.

    The British Government has instituted an inquiry into the matter of rebates which are alleged to be made on sugar freights by one Continental country, and ...

    Article : 77 words
  20. NATIVITY PLAY IN IRELAND.

    The Right Rev. Abraham Brownrigg. Roman Catholic Bishop of Ossery, in Kilkenny, has denounced the production at a Kilkenny theatre of a play representing the ...

    Article : 78 words
  21. BOXING DAY.

    Although Boxing clay is one of Australia's most closely observed holidays, it is doubtful if many young Australians known how the day originated. The custom ...

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  22. TROUBLE IN VENEZUELA.

    The position of affairs in Venezuela is again disturbed. President Castro has taken the precaution to place guns in position at La ...

    Article : 177 words
  23. THE KING AT SANDRINGHAM.

    Their Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra left London on Friday, and are now at Sandringham, their Norfolk residence. ...

    Article : 33 words
  24. UNEMPLOYED IN LONDON.

    Mr. James Buchanan, the head of the well-known whisky distillers' company which bears his name, has forwarded a subscription of £1000 towards the "Daily Mail" ...

    Article : 100 words
  25. FIRES IN WANDIN DISTRICT.

    Several bush fires have been raging through the district. Mr. Quayle had a large portion of his orchard scorched by fire on Saturday, doing considerable damage. ...

    Article : 661 words
  26. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Prime Minister. Mr. Balfour, has been confined to his house by a severe cold, but is now better. The returns of British ship building for ...

    Article : 118 words
  27. THE LONDON MARKETS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 316 words
  28. THE TARIFF COMMISSION.

    The following circular was issued by the Controller of Customs, yesterday in connection with the work of the tariff commission:-- ...

    Article : 491 words
  29. A FILIPPIN0 AMBUSH.

    A recrudescence of the trouble with the natives in the Philippine Islands is reported. At Dolores Island, near Samar Island, a successful ambush was prepared by ...

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  30. EUROPEAN REINFORCEMENTS

    The correspondent of the "Standard" with the Japanese army on the Sha River front, states that the Japanese officers describe the recent reinforcements of troops ...

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  31. A THRICE TRIED MURDERER

    Joseph Fec, a pig butcher, who, after three trials, was recently convicted at Belfast of the murder of John Flanagan, a produce dealer of Clones, was executed ...

    Article : 136 words
  32. CONTRABAND IN CHINA.

    A discovery of contraband smuggling on a large scale has been made by the Chinese customs authorities at Feng-tai, 40 miles north of Tien-tsin. ...

    Article : 111 words
  33. FLEET PARTIALLY WITHDRAWN

    Reuter's correspondent at Tokio reports that Admiral Togo announces the withdrawal of the majority of the Japanese fleet from Port Arthur. ...

    Article : 98 words
  34. PARLIAMENTARY PENSIONS.

    A pension fund for ex-Parliamentarians has been established by the members of the French Chamber of Deputies. The members have agreed to pay the sum ...

    Article : 92 words
  35. OCCUPATION OF WEI-HA1-WEI.

    In new of the expected fall of Port Arthur, the terms on which Great Britain occupies Wei-hai-wei, formerly China's chief naval port in Shantung, have engaged the ...

    Article : 98 words
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  37. A GIRL'S GALLANT ACT.

    A noteworthy act of gallantry was performed by Miss Dora Chadler, a young lady of 17 years, at a fire which occurred in Northumberland last night. The house ...

    Article : 86 words
  38. THE MANCHURIAN CAMPAIGN.

    General Kuropatkin reports that on the night of 22nd inst. several Russian, detachments expelled the Japanese from Bentsie-pu-tse, the right extension of the ...

    Article : 320 words
  39. AT THE SEASIDE.

    The shores of the Bay form a great popular resort of the Melbourne people on summer holidays, and especially on Boxing Day. The inland hills, with their thinner ...

    Article : 538 words
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