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  2. THE RECENT RAINS.

    A great amount of damage has been done by the floods to the roads and bridges beyond here. In many places the trunk roads have been rendered impassable, either ...

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  3. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    To-day there were two more cases of plague, viz., Fredk. Price, aged 74, living at Paddington, and Jno. Rendall, aged 6, living at Manly. ...

    Article : 83 words
  4. A CHINESE REBELLION.

    Telegrams from Pekin report that the Chinese secret society known as "The Boxers," which has lately created great disturbance in the province of Shantung, ...

    Article : 93 words
  5. THE OTTAWA FIRE.

    The worst fire in the history of this district is raging at Hull. It started in a part inhabited by poor families, and owing to the high wind prevailing soon swept the ...

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  6. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A strange shooting accident has occurred at Spieer's Creek, 20 miles from Wellington. Two young men, Patrick Sullivan and Harry Hughes, were practising with a rifle, ...

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  7. THE RIFLE MOVEMENT.

    Sir,--Your strictures on the pusillanimous discouragement of enthusiastic riflemen is not a whit too severe. In fact, it rather errs on the side of undue leniency. Listen ...

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  8. THE BENDIGO MILITIA.

    The military commandant, Major General Downes, has furnished a report to the Minister of Defence in which he supports the notion taken by the officer commanding the ...

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  9. WRECK ON THE JAPAN COAST.

    The underwriters received news by the mail to-day of the wreck of the four masted barque Iranian, a fine vessel of 2958 tons, off the coast of Idzu, on 3rd April. The ...

    Article : 119 words
  10. A FRESH CASE IN BRISBANE.

    Another case of plague is reported in Brisbane, the patient being an elderly man, William Bachman, residing in a boarding house in Charlotte street. There are 11 contacts. ...

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  11. A COASTAL VESSEL IN A STORM.

    The recent gales on the coast are responsible for the loss of a large number of cattle from the steamer Anerley. When passing Jervis Bay this morning the Anerley ...

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  12. WESTRALIAN GOLD FIELDS.

    Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary for the Colonies, having announced that, in view of developments under The New Electoral Act in Western Australia, and of the colony ...

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  13. EXTENDING BORDER RAILWAYS.

    The he Queensland Government is desirous of extending the railway from Morang to the New South Wales border near Tweed, and wishes to know whether New South ...

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  14. NO FRESH OASES IN MELBOURNE.

    Inquiry into the two rumored cases mentioned in "The Age" of yesterday demonstrated that neither of them was a case of bubonic plague. Another rumor arose ...

    Article : 258 words
  15. FIENDISH CRUELTY TO A CHILD.

    At the police court to-day, before Mr. C. A. Cresswell, P.M., the child for cruelly illtreating which a woman named Groshen was recently fined £10 at Neerim, was ...

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  16. THE QUEENSTOWN MINING FATALITY.

    All doubts as to the fate of Murphy, the second of the two men buried by the fall of earth at the Lyell Tharsis mine on Sunday morning, were set at rest this ...

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  17. HOSPITAL EXTENSION.

    The Colonial Secretary was on Monday asked to provide £45,550 for the purpose of extending Prince Alfred Hospital by the' erection of ...

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  18. DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER BILL.

    Mr. Copeland, Agent General for New South Wales, has addressed a letter to the leading London newspapers, warmly advocating the adoption by the Imperial ...

    Article : 71 words
  19. THE SNOWY RIVER FLOODS.

    The second overflow of the Snowy River did more damage than the flood of the 19th inst., especially on the Newmerella fiats. A greater area of maize was submerged and ...

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  20. REVOLT IN BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.

    Another revolt has occurred in British North Borneo. News received by the steamer Eastern, dated Labuan, 3rd May, Says that Kudat was attacked by about 200 ...

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  21. SECOND READING CARRIED.

    In the House of Lords last Strathcona's bill legalising in England marriage with a deceased wife's sister was read a second time. The division was a ...

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  22. AT KENSINGTON.

    In Kensington, the uneasy feeling experienced by residents a week ago has subsided, since no further suspicious eases have occurred. Dr. Sinclair, at the Kensington ...

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  23. MRS. GLADSTONE DYING.

    Mrs. Catherine Gladstone, widow of the late Prime Minister, to whom she was married in 1839, and eldest daughter of the late Sir Stephen Glynne, bart., is so seriously ...

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  24. LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY

    The work done during the year by the Victorian auxiliary of the London Missionary Society was reviewed at the annual convention held in the Congregational Hall, ...

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  25. WORKERS AND THE MAFEKING HOLIDAY.

    Sir,--On Saturday last the employes of Messrs. Murray and Crowe, builders and joiners, Victboria parade, had a pleasant surprise. Of course, Mafeking day was kept as ...

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  26. NEW SOUTH WALES. THE MURRUMBIDGEE IN FLOOD.

    The Murrumbidgee River is in high flood at Gundagai, being 27 feet above summer level. It is three-quarters of a mile wide, and when the Cooma flood water comes ...

    Article : 154 words
  27. QUEENSLAND.

    The Crown has issued a writ against the Queensland Trustees Limited, as administrators of the estate of the late James Tyson, claiming £68,472 for succession duty on ...

    Article : 108 words
  28. CHINA TEA SEASON,1900-1901.

    The market has opened. Prices for panyongs are rather higher than last season. Only a moderate business is doing. The first steamer will be the Guthrie, ...

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  29. THE LOCAL COUNCIL'S COMPLAINTS.

    With regard to the attack upon the Health department made by the Kensington council on Monday in connection with the Larsen cases, Dr. Gresswell maintains ...

    Article : 185 words
  30. NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.

    Speaking at Riverton last night, Mr. Ward, the acting Premier, outlined the policy of the Government in railways. It is proposed to make changes amounting to a ...

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  31. TO-DAY'S FORECASTS.

    The following are to-day's forecasts:-- VICTORIA (Tuesday, 6 p.m.).--By Mr. Baracchi: Moderately fine, but cloudy inland generally, with light variable winds, clearing up at intervals. ...

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  32. SUGGESTED RIFLE RANGE AT PORT MELBOURNE.

    The Port Melbourne council has discovered that a Crown allotment situate near Fishermen's Bend possesses exceptional advantages for the establishment of a rifle range, ...

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  33. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A deputation from the Trades and Labor Council waited on the Commissioner of Public Works to-day, and asked him to see if it were possible to raise the minimum rate ...

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  34. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--I Beg to Bring under your notice the unfairness of the Railway department to its employes in regard to overtime worked during the rejoicings of Mafeking. On ...

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  35. A MOONEE PONDS GRIEVANCE.

    At the meeting of the Essendon council on Monday Cr. Mountain said it had been rumored that a case of plague had been discovered at Moonee Ponds. It appeared that ...

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  36. ALLEGED ILLEGAL OPERATION

    The second trial of Isabella Elizabeth Downey, on the charge of murdering Ellen Butler by performing an illegal operation upon her, was proceeded with at the Criminal Court yesterday. Mr. ...

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  37. YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.

    The following report has been received from the Melbourne Observatory:--Weather Chart, Tuesday, 29th May, at 9 a.m.--.An extensive urea of high atmospheric pressure ...

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  38. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--At a meeting of the Newport shops employes, held last Tuesday, it was resolved that if the Government did not grant a holiday for the Wednesday (Mafeking day), ...

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  39. NEGLECTED GOVERNMENT PREMISES.

    The mayor of Port Melbourne, at last night's meeting of the local council, drew attention to the insanitary condition of the railway pier under the Custom House ...

    Article : 55 words
  40. THE CAPE CABLE.

    The Premier, on being asked to-day what attitude the Government had assumed with regard to the Cape cable question, replied that as Mr. Warren, the representative of ...

    Article : 69 words
  41. THE CRUSADE AGAINST BATS.

    Up to date over 2500 rats have been paid for and destroyed by the Port Melbourne council. Since the price was raised to 6d. per head there has been a steady increase in ...

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  42. WAS THE GEELONG CASE PLAGUE?

    A protracted meeting of the local bubonic plague conference was held last evening at the town ball to consider matters generally in connection with the prevention of the ...

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  43. GOVERNMENT RELIEF VOTE.

    In the Dominion House of Commons today, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Premier, called attention to the Ottawa and Hull fire, which had made at least 12,000 people ...

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  44. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    On Sunday night, while Patrick Veale, a member of the Bunbury rifle volunteers, was proceeding to Bunbury for the review, he was "stuck up" by two men, who ...

    Article : 194 words
  45. FREMANTLE AS A PORT OF CALL.

    The question of substituting Fremantle for Perth as a port of call for the English mail steamers is still being discussed. The latest development is that Mr. ...

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  46. FATAL ACCIDENT TO A WOOD SPLITTER.

    A wood splitter named Joseph Hylands met with a fatal accident at Fish Creek, South Gippsland, yesterday. He was engaged in preparing timber required for mining purposes at pit[?]eld, and while ...

    Article : 163 words
  47. A QUESTION OF DRINKS.

    A carpenter nooned Alfred Clark, residing at Hanover street, Fiizroy, was plaintiff yesterday in a County Court action against J. B. M'Cubbin, police constable, of North Fitzroy. He claimed ...

    Article : 407 words
  48. RAIN IN THE COUNTRY.

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  49. STATION REPORTS.

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  50. TH E GLENFERRIE RAILWAY FATALITY.

    Mr. Morrison opened an inquest at the Morgue yesterday in the case of Thomas Fricker, aged 35, booking clerk at the Glenferrie railway station, who fell between the platform and a train in ...

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  51. AN AGED MAN DROWNED.

    The body of an elderly man named Michael O'Brien was yesterday found in Moonee Ponds Creek. Deceased was 70 years of age, and lived at 20 Robb street, Moonee Ponds. He left home at 6 ...

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  52. NEW ZEALAND.

    It is the intention of the Government to keep the telegraph offices in the principal towns open continuously day and night. A school of electric engineering is to be ...

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  53. SCALDING A DOG.

    Mrs. Martha Davies, of Marlborough street, Balaclava, was prosecuted in the St. Kilda police court yesterday on a charge of cruelty to a dog. The evidence disclosed that on 15th inst. defendant ...

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  54. LOCAL NEWS.

    A very enjoyable evening was spent at the Qeen's-bridge Hotel at a banquet tendered by the employes of Messrs. Busst and Bills Bros, to the senior partner, Mr. W. A. Busst, prior to his ...

    Article : 130 words
  55. A GRICULTURAL PROSPECTS.

    MURTOA.--The season is one of the most propitious ever known in the Wimmera district. The early sown wheat crops look splendid, and sowing operations arc being continued with all possible ...

    Article : 107 words
  56. LAW LIST. --(THIS DAY.)

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  57. Advertising

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  58. Advertising

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