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  2. POLITICAL NOTES.

    Considerable indignation has been expressed amongst metropolitan and country journalists at the action of the Speaker the other evening m expelling from the ...

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  3. THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    The council of the Protectionist Association is organising in readiness for the coming fight. The following circular letter has been issued to a large number of ...

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  4. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The Premier has received a communication from one of the celebrations committees expressing the view that it is not desirable, owing to Lord Hopetoun's health, ...

    Article : 298 words
  5. THE BOERS.

    Replying to criticisms in the Reichstag concerning the refusal of Germany to receive Mr. Kruger, Count von Bulow, Imperial Chancellor of Germany, has made ...

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  6. POSITION IN CHINA.

    A number of despatches of Sir Claude Macdonald, British ambassador at Pekin, during the siege of the legations, have been published by the Foreign Office. Sir Claude ...

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  7. MINISTERIAL ELECTIONS.

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  8. THE SITE FOR OUR NATIONAL MONUMENTS.

    Sir,--Your suggestion that we should erect two monuments in Melbourne, one in honor of Lord Roberts and the other in memory of the Victorians killed in the war ...

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  9. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Commons last night a stormy scene was provoked by Sir Robert Reid, Gladstonian member for Dumfries, and Professor Bryee, Liberal member for ...

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  10. WESTERN PROVINCE.

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  11. MELBOURNE SOUTH.

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  12. DISASTROUS BUSH FIRES.

    Th most disastrous fire that has ever occurred in this district broke out at Lake Rowan yesterday. It was assisted by a high wind, and travelled at the rate of about ...

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  13. A DELAGOA RAILWAY RAID.

    A revival of guerilla activity is reported in the Eastern Transvaal, on the Delagoa Bay railway. A commando of 300 Boers, with two guns, has raided the line and ...

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  14. LORD HOPETOUN'S VOYAGE TO SYDNEY.

    H.M.S. Royal Arthur, with the Governor-General on board, made a smart passage along the coast, and arrived at Jervis Bay at 10 o'clock this morning, having ...

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  15. THE VICTORIAN BUSHMEN.

    The Minister of Defence, Mr. M'Culloch, yesterday received a cablegram from Major Dobbin, officer commanding the Victorian Bushmen's contingent in South Africa, ...

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  16. THE STATE GOVERNORS.

    It seems to be settled and certain that none of the Governors of any of the Australian States will attend the inaugural Federal ceremonies in Sydney. The circumstance is ...

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  17. AMUSEMENTS.

    Three feminine enthusiasts exclaimed together, "Oh, what a lovely tea gown that would make!" But the garment would have been shockingly inappropriate, for it ...

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  18. BRANCH AT ST. KILDA.

    Arrangements are being made to form a branch of the National Liberal Association at St. Kilda on the lines of those already formed in some of the other suburbs. In ...

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  19. DEATH OF A VICTORIAN.

    Another addition has been made to the list of Victorian soldiers who have succumbed to enteric fever while on service in South Africa. The Secretary for Defence ...

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  20. A TRANSPORT DIFFICULTY.

    A difficulty has arisen about conveying 10,000 school children to Centennial Park on inauguration day, owing to the Railway Commisioners declining to guarantee any ...

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  21. MORE RETURNING SOLDIERS.

    The Premier yesterday received a cablegram from the Tasmanian Minister of Defence reporting the arrival of the Waimera at Hobart with several Victorian soldiers ...

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  22. IRISH NATIONAL PARTY.

    The convention of Irish Nationalist members of Parliament which is sitting at Dublin, yesterday resolved that landlordism should be abolished in Ireland. The Irish ...

    Article : 97 words
  23. THE VICTORIAN CONTINGENT CAMP.

    Major Watson arrived from Victoria to-day with instructions from the Victorian commandant to make arrangements for the accommodation of the Victorian Contingent of 600 infantry, with 40 officers and a detachment of 30 naval men, under command of ...

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  24. EXTENSIVE DAMAGE NEAR ECHUCA.

    Yesterday afternoon at about 1 o'clock a fire broke out on the leasehold of Mr. Joseph Ryan, of Tatalia, and aided by a strong northerly wind soon devastated a ...

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  25. THE CITIZENS' FUND AND OUTSIDE APPEALS.

    The citizens' fund is not making rapid progress. It was expected that £10,000 would be raised, but so far only £1800 has been subscribed. The telegrams sent by ...

    Article : 176 words
  26. THE MINISTERIAL ATTITUDE.

    The new Chief Secretary for Ireland, Mr. Wyndham, speaking in the House of Commons, and alluding to the Nationalist convention programme, for the abolition of ...

    Article : 98 words
  27. PROPOSED MEMORIAL AT BENDIGO.

    A preliminary meeting, convened by the mayor, for the purpose of arranging to recognise the services rendered by the local volunteers in South Africa, was held in the ...

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  28. A.N.A. LIBERAL ORGANISATION.

    A meeting to form in Toorak a branch of the National Liberal Organisation will be held at the Bush Inn, corner of Williams and Malvern roads, Toorak, to-night, at 8 ...

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  29. TWO NEW PEERS.

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  30. A BACK BLOCKS GRIEVANCE.

    Reports from various parts of the colony show that storekeepers and business people in the back block townships, who have suffered Severely from drought for the past ...

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  31. PEACE DAY.

    The local peace celebration committee has decided to abandon the idea of holding a demonstration to signalise the close of the war, and to devote the money collected to ...

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  32. A SUGGESTED REASON.

    The explanation of the decision of the various State Governors not to attend the commonwealth inaugural ceremonies in Sydney seems to be based on a cablegram ...

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  33. EAGER FOR MORE FIGHTING.

    Privates J. Hood and T. Dawson, two members of the First South Australian Contingent, have volunteered for active service in South Africa again and have been ...

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  34. THE FEDERAL TARIFF.

    Sir,--Recently at Williamstown I criticised the addresses delivered by Mr. G. H. Reid in Melbourne and Adelaide in support of a free-trade tariff for the Commonwealth. ...

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  35. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MINISTERIAL GUESTS.

    It has been decided that four Ministers shall attend the Commonwealth celebrations in Sydney. They are the Premier, the Chief Secretary, the Commissioner of Lands ...

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  36. THE RIFLE MOVEMENT.

    Sir,--On Tuesday morning a squad from the Prahran Rifle Club journeyed at a very early hour to Elwood for practice, but on getting there, they and many others, found there was no ammunition ...

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  37. FIRES IN RIVERINA.

    Bush fires are reported from Forbes and Corowa. In the former district, Mr. H. B. Cowkard, of Carrawobity Station, has lost 300 acres of stubble, 7 stacks of hay and ...

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  38. THE ROYAL VISIT.

    It is stated that the New Zealand Government will probably despatch a contingent of infantry, representative of every volunteer corps in the colony, comprising between ...

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  39. STATEMENT BY SIR WILLIAM LYNE.

    The Premier, Sir William Lyne, was seen to-night, and asked why the Governors of the various colonies were not attending the Commonwealth celebrations. Sir William ...

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  40. THE STOLEN NELSON RELICS.

    The detective police have succeeded in recovering Lord Nelson's gold watch and a miniature portrait, which were a few days ago stolen, with other Nelson relics, from ...

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  41. THE STATE GOVERNOR'S QUARTERS.

    A suite of 8 rooms on the ground floor of the Colonial Secretary's department has been set apart as the official apartments of the State Governor. They will be taken ...

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  42. THE LONDON MARKETS.

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  43. THE WILLIAMS SHAKSPEARIAN RECITALS.

    Recitals of two of Shakspeare's greatest creations are to be interpreted in the Athe[?]um Hall by Mr. and Mrs. Hannibai A. Williams, of New York. King Henry IV. (Part I.) will be given this evening, ...

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  44. QUEENSLAND PARLIAMENT.

    The Assembly to-day went into committee on the Glassford Creek Tramway Bill. Good progress was made. Several amendments moved by Labor members with a ...

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  45. SWEARING IN A GOVERNOR AFRESH

    As the Governor (Lord Tennyson) will, after 1st January, be her Majesty's representative in the "Federal State" of South Australia, instead of the "province" of ...

    Article : 56 words
  46. THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL ELECTION.

    Sir,--Incredible as it may sound, take the word of one who knows that there is actually the possibility of a revival of the Marshall-Hall question in an acute form ...

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  47. THE SYDNEY CELEBRATIONS.

    It is by no means certain that Melbourne will participate in the decoration of Sydney for the Commonwealth festivities. Mr. A. C. Mountain, the city surveyor, in a letter ...

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  48. BORROWING POWERS OF THE METROPOLITAN BOARD.

    At the meeting of the Collingwood city council on Monday evening, Cr. Colechin handed in the following notice of motion:-- That this council desires to express the necessity ...

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  49. A.N.A. ELECTIONS.

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