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  2. HURRICANE AND WRECKS.

    At Port Douglas a gale has been raging for the past few days. A number of buildings were partially unroofed, and there was a fall of 22[?] inches of rain in three days. ...

    Article : 499 words
  3. TORPEDO BOAT FIGHT.

    Vice-Admiral Makaroff, in command of the Russian naval forces at Port Arthur, reports by telegraph that on Thursday last, 10th inst., a naval engagement took place outside Port Arthur. His despatch states:-- "At 3 o' clock in the morning six Russian torpedo boats went out of the ...

    Article : 345 words
  4. MR. BENT'S POLICY.

    Mr. Bent, the Premier, arrived here by train yesterday morning, accompanied by Mr. Hutchinson, M.L.A. Mr. Bent was acting as substitute for Mr. Murray, the ...

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  5. BLINDED BY VITRIOL.

    A sensational crime was committed yesterday by a young girl at Capetown. The victim was Mr. Piet Marais, a South African millionaire, and the perpetrator was ...

    Article : 174 words
  6. THE PETRIANA MYTH.

    It is a commonplace amongst lawyers that if only a prevaricating witness is allowed latitude enough he will sooner or later contradict himself or his friends. This ...

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  7. CHINESE FOR THE RAND.

    The Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce has, by 61 votes to 11, passed a resolution urging the Imperial Government to immediately ratify the ordinance passed by the ...

    Article : 203 words
  8. THE FEELING IN ENGLAND.

    While the English press has been steadily counselling a well-bred restraint as the proper attitude to observe on the subject of the Russian naval reverses, the English people ...

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  9. OFFICIAL ACCOUNTS.

    The Telegraph department has received advices notifying the stranding of the A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Aramac as follows:-- ...

    Article : 223 words
  10. CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

    The committee of the Sussex County Cricket Club has requested Mr. C. B. Fry, the famous cricketer, who at Oxford captained both the University Cricket Club ...

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  11. LORD MILNER CONCURS.

    Lord Milner, Governor of the Transvaal, in forwarding to the Colonial Office the resolution presented to him on Thursday by the Johannesburg deputation in favor of ...

    Article : 49 words
  12. NATAL STRONGLY SUPPORTS.

    The Government of the colony of Natal has cabled to Mr. Lyttelton, Secretary for the Colonics, that unless the tension due to the shortness of labor in the Transvaal ...

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  13. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Reuter's correspondent at Rome reports that Italy is negotiating with England for the possession of a strip of coast country near Kismayu, south of the River Juba, ...

    Article : 130 words
  14. FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS.

    Mr. Antonio Basto, junior, of Antonio's Hotel, Flinders-street, fell from the head of an iron staircase early yesterday morning, and was killed. Nobody saw the ...

    Article : 185 words
  15. THE KING AND CHINESE LABOR.

    The Secretary for the Colonies, Mr. Lyttelton, has cabled Lord Milner that King Edward's pleasure is not to disallow the labor importation ordinance, but that it ...

    Article : 106 words
  16. ANGLO-FRENCH ENTENTE.

    The French newspapers hotly repel the efforts which the German press is making to sow discord between France and England. The French newspapers consider that ...

    Article : 68 words
  17. RUSSIA IN TURKESTAN

    The "Daily Mail" publishes a statement that Russia is mobilising two army corps in Turkestan, for what immediate purpose is not yet known. ...

    Article : 32 words
  18. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    At yesterday's wool sales prices for me[?]noes were without change, and good cross-breds had a hardening tendency. The following rates were realised for Australasian ...

    Article : 133 words
  19. A QUAKER MEMORIAL.

    The Society of Friends (Quakers) has forwarded to the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, Secretary for the Colonies, a memorial protesting, on humanitarian grounds, against ...

    Article : 101 words
  20. A COACH CAPSIZED.

    A sensational bolt, fortunately unattended with serious consequences, occurred at Coppermine yesterday. A four-horse coach, driven by William Bain, containing ...

    Article : 170 words
  21. ANOTHER WRECK.

    News has been received of another shipping disaster on the coast, the A.U.S.N. Co.'s steamer Aramac having struck Break-sea Spit early this morning, and, according ...

    Article : 873 words
  22. NOTES ON THE CABLES.

    Vice-Admiral Makaroff, the new naval Commander in Chief of the Pacific squadron, who has just arrived at his station, reports a severe torpedo destroyer action ...

    Article : 409 words
  23. BOER VOLUNTEERS FOR RUSSIA

    Following on the report that Russia is accepting foreign volunteers for service with her troops against Japan, Russian newspapers state that 100 young Boers have ...

    Article : 57 words
  24. THE LONDON MARKETS.

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  25. SIDE WALKS NOT FOR BLACKS.

    Yielding to the pressure of public opinion in Johannesburg, the Commissioner of Police has revived the old Boer street regulation, and prohibited colored people ...

    Article : 62 words
  26. FIRE BRIGADES DEMONSTRATION.

    The New Zealand firemen, who became very popular during their sojourn in Geelong, left on Saturday afternoon for Ballarat, where they will be the guests of the ...

    Article : 98 words
  27. A FATAL SCUFFLE.

    John Masters, chief mate of the New Zealand Shipping Company's Waiwera, has been committed for trial for the manslaughter of the steamer's boatswain. ...

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  28. KOREAN-JAPANESE TREATY.

    The Japanese-Korean treaty, by which Korea is debarred from making an alliance with any other power than Japan, annuls all the concessionary rights which Russia ...

    Article : 91 words
  29. LIEUTENANT WITTON'S CASE.

    The Durban correspondent of the "Standard" declares that the refusal of the Imperial Government to release Lieutenant Witton, of the Bushveldt Carbineers, a ...

    Article : 109 words
  30. A LUCKY ESCAPE.

    A young man named Toomey had a narrow escape from serious injury whilst driving a horse and creamery cart near the North Shepparton Hotel on Friday night. ...

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  31. THE CHAMPION BRIGADE.

    The members of the Eaglehawk brigade, which won the Champion Shield at Geelong demonstration, on returning to Bendigo on Saturday evening were heartily cheered by ...

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  32. A PAINFUL ACCIDENT.

    A young man named Charles Davies, living at Fryerstown, while cutting timber in the bush on Friday met with a painful accident. His axe caught in the limb of a tree, ...

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  33. THE OSLABAYA SQUADRON.

    Admiral Virenius, commanding the Russian squadron which was recalled when in the Red Sea en route for the Far East, after the Japanese successes at Port Arthur, has ...

    Article : 54 words
  34. THE BOOT INDUSTRY.

    Discussion is proceeding here concerning the condition of the boot trade. It is generally admitted that the trade is flourishing under the Federal tariff, but manufacturers ...

    Article : 300 words
  35. BURNT TO DEATH.

    An elderly woman named Isabella Stewart, employed as housekeeper to Mr. W. Curtis, of Dale-street, Port Adelaide, was discovered on the floor of her bedroom on ...

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  36. THE ANGLICAN CHURCH AND DIVORCE LAWS.

    At. St. Paul's Cathedral last night the Bishop of Melbourne preached the third of a special course of Lenten addresses on the Sermon on the Mount. There was a very ...

    Article : 210 words
  37. A NEUTRAL PORT'S SHELTER.

    The Russian gunboat Mandjur, which was at Shanghai when the outbreak of war occurred, still remains in that Chinese port, with Japanese war ships waiting for ...

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  38. GOEK TEPE AND PORT ARTHUR.

    It is hardly a fair thing to be always recalling the unhappy incident of 1804-95 at Port Arthur against the Japanese. Such unfortunate incidents as the Storm of Badajos ...

    Article : 513 words
  39. LOSING A LIMB LEADS TO SUICIDE.

    A pathetic case of suicide on the part of a woman who had suffered great distress of mind through losing a limb has been reported to the authorities. Mrs. Wheeler, ...

    Article : 97 words
  40. NEWS FROM JAPAN BY STEAMER

    An officer of the steamer Empire, which arrived on Friday night from Japan, states that everything was tranquil at Kobe when the steamer left. The people were quiet, ...

    Article : 374 words
  41. A FATAL BOLT.

    Dennis Martin, who was thrown from a butcher's cart in Chapel-street, St. Kilda, on Thursday, died in the Alfred Hospital yesterday from severe head injuries. The ...

    Article : 71 words
  42. RUSSIAN ANTI-SEMITISM.

    The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Paris newspaper "L'Aurore" reports a new development of anti-Semitism in Russia. The correspondent states that an enormous ...

    Article : 84 words
  43. FEDERAL CAPITAL SITE.

    Both Sir William Lyne and Mr. Chapman to-day stated that the question of the Federal capital site would be treated as an individual one, and not as one for ...

    Article : 172 words
  44. BOTH HANDS CUT OFF.

    A man named Thompson, in the employ of Mr. David Mitchell, met with an unfortunate accident on Saturday afternoon, whereby both of his hands were cut off. He ...

    Article : 182 words
  45. VICTORIAN COAL STRIKE.

    The coal miners' demonstration at West Maitland yesterday was a great success. In the course of speeches, Mr. J. Curley, the miners' general secretary, stated that the ...

    Article : 175 words
  46. VICTORIAN PRODUCE EXPORTS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 238 words
  47. FIRES IN THE COUNTRY.

    ALLANDALE.--A fire occurred at Kingston on Saturday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, when a two storied brick dwelling, with six wooden rooms attached, the property of Mrs. Mary Saville, was ...

    Article : 319 words
  48. JAPAN'S PATRIOTIC LOAN.

    The Japanese internal loan of £10,000,000 for war purposes has, it is officially announced, been covered fourfold by the subscriptions received. ...

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  49. GUN ACCIDENTS.

    Two accidental shooting accidents are reported, one from Channel and the other from New Norfolk, and in both instances the people concerned did not know the gun ...

    Article : 75 words
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