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  2. THE VICTORIAN DISASTER

    No further official report has been received with respect to the disaster which befell two companies of the Victorian Fifth Contingent, near Wilmansrust, on the ...

    Article : 346 words
  3. FEDERAL POLITICAL NOTES.

    The uncouth words of Mr. Beat in the State Legislative Assembly regarding the occupancy of Parliament House by the federal Parliament naturally attracted the ...

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  4. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    To-day their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York spent quietly, the only function being a State dinner in the evening. They, however, paid a quiet visit to ...

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  5. MASSACRE IN COREA.

    Reuter's Corean correspondent reports that in the recent auti-Christian outbreak at Quelport, an Island south of Corea, 500 native Christians, as well as several ...

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  6. AMERICAN TRADE AGGRESSION

    Attention has been temporarily diverted from the possible effects of American commercial competition in England by the greater present interest of the fight against the ...

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  7. DEATH OF MR. A. FORREST.

    Mr. A. Forrest, C.M.G., younger brother of Sir J. Forrest, Federal Minister for Defence, died shortly after noon to-day from Bright's disease, aged 52. General regret is expressed ...

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  8. CHINA AND TURKEY.

    The Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid, has despatched a telegram to Shanghai recalling to Constantinople the Turkish delegates who lately arrived there on a mission of ...

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  9. SELECT COMMITTEE ON COINAGE.

    The select committee of the House of Representatives appointed to consider the question of coinage held a preliminary meeting at Parliament; House, Spring-street, ...

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  10. PRO-BOERS AND PATRIOTS.

    A great but carefully safeguarded demonstration of pro-Boerism was made last night at the Queen's Hall, Langham-place, engaged for the occasion by the more rabid ...

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  11. CUBA AND AMERICA.

    Strong dissatisfaction has been manifested by the Cuban Nationalists at Havana, who are compiling an autonomous constitution for the Island, owing to the ...

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  12. IN THE SENATE.

    After a few mild pleasantries by Senator M'Gregor on the subject of "carpet baggers" and discontented members of the State Parliament, the Senate addressed ...

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  13. KING HUMBERT'S ASSASSINS.

    At Meissen, in Saxony, three working men have been arrested at the instance of the Italian Government, and have been extradited on a charge of complicity in the ...

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  14. THE IRON WORKERS' STRIKE.

    The iron workers' assistants' strike took a startling turn to-day, when 700 more men came out from Mort's dock to strengthen the hands of the strikers. The shipwrights, ...

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  15. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    The Antwerp wool sales commence on 25th and close on 28th inst. The number of bales of wool to he offered is 8705, of which only 270 are Australian wool. ...

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  16. BOERS TIRED OF FIGHTING.

    Several fresh instances of Boer commandants surrendering have recently occurred. The latest instance is that of the well known Free State leader, Commandant Piet ...

    Article : 133 words
  17. ENTHUSIASM AT THE CAPE.

    Great preparations are being made in Cape Colony for the reception of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, who will arrive at ...

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  18. THE LONDON MARKETS.

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  19. PRINCIPALITY OF WALES.

    A joint committee of members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons was some time ago formed to support the request of the people of Wales for the ...

    Article : 224 words
  20. WESTRALIAN POLITICS.

    The Premier states that Dr. Jamieson will be appointed a member of the Cabinet without a portfolio. It is understood that when the Ministers return from the fields there ...

    Article : 102 words
  21. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The borough council has received a communication from Sir W. J. Lyne in reply to a letter asking for information as to the steps to be taken to bring the claims of ...

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  22. CLEARING ORANGE COLONY.

    The work of clearing the eastern districts of the Orange River Colony of the cattle and horses and grain from which the Boer commandos were supplied, and of removing ...

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  23. "THE BRITISH BARBARITY."

    At a gathering of the election agents of the Conservative party at the Holborn Restaurant last night, Mr. A. T. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, referred pointedly to ...

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  24. RETURNING CONTINGENTS.

    Two vessels convoying troopers returning from the war are on their way to Australia. The Damascus, which left the Cape on 8th June, carries a party of twenty, including ...

    Article : 92 words
  25. THE ENGLISH MAIL.

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  26. THE STATE ELECTIONS.

    Mr. W. L. Baillieu, a candidate for the representation of South Yarra province in the Legislative Council, addressed a meeting of some 200 electors at Honeybone's ...

    Article : 105 words
  27. NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS.

    G. H. Reld re-entered the State political arena to-night, and delivered a speech in support of the State Opposition. He accused the present State Government of ...

    Article : 126 words
  28. A PRIVATE PRAISED.

    In the London "Gazette" of 16th April the name of No. 67, Private H. J. Cooke, who went out under the late Major Eddy with the First Contingent to South Africa, is ...

    Article : 63 words
  29. STATE POLITICS.

    When the Legislative Assembly met yesterday afternoon, Mr. E. Cameron, as the member who had obtained tin adjournment of the debate on the Address in Reply, sat ...

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  30. A WESTERN CAPTURE.

    In the Western Transvaal Colonel Scott's Railway Guards have captured at Haartebeestopan a quantity of Boer stock and two, waggons laden with rifles and ammunition. ...

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  31. VICTORIAN RIFLES IN ACTION.

    Writing from Bronkhurst Spruit, Transvaal, on 11th May, Trooper F. J, Dalgarno (orderly to Adjutant Anderson), a member of the Fifth Victorian Mounted Rifles, the ...

    Article : 549 words
  32. THE PLAGUE AT THE CAPE.

    Capetown telegrams report that the number of cases of bubonic plague reported in South Africa up to date of Sunday last was 714, and the number of deaths 338. ...

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  33. TO-NIGHT'S MEETINGS.

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  34. RETURNING NEW ZEALANDERS

    The British transport steamer Tagus left Capetown on 31st inst, with the time-expired 4th and 5th New Zealand Contingents, comprising 638 officers and men, and also ...

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  35. GERMANY'S FUTURE.

    The Emperor William of Germany, who lately in public speeches eulogised the Czar for his cordial support of Field Marshal von Woldersee as generalissimo of the allies, ...

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  36. HOW TO REAR INFANTS.

    The first lecture of a series to he delivered in the Collingwood town hall by Dr. D. T. MacGillcuddy was given yesterday afternoon, in the presence of a large number of ...

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  37. NORTH GIPPSLAND ELECTION.

    Sir,--I was much surprised to rend in your paper this evening that Mr. Keogh is a Ministerial supporter. I wish to correct this statement, as he (Mr. Keogh). when asked ...

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  38. RACING IN ENGLAND.

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  39. A DEPARTING GOVERNOR.

    A levee was held at Government House this morning, when a large number of citizens called to bid farewell to Lord Lamington. The function was of an informal ...

    Article : 155 words
  40. COLONIAL OFFICERS.

    Lieut. A. A. Holdsworth, of the Victorian Mounted Rifles, Second Contingent, has sailed from Capetown for England. Sergeant-Major Eyre, of the 5th New ...

    Article : 44 words
  41. AUSTRALASIAN CASUALTIES.

    The War Office reports the following casualties to colonial troops:--New Zealand Mounted Rifles.--Private J. M. Cotter, killed: Private D. Manley, ...

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  42. DECLINE OF LITIGATION.

    Sir,--In the letter on this subject published in "The Age" of 18th inst., "leave was reserved" to me to offer some further comment on matters therein untouched. What ...

    Article : 381 words
  43. HANDLING GRAIN IN BULK.

    A scheme is being completed by the Minister of Agriculture, in conjunction with the Railway Commissioners, to remedy the condition of affairs with regard to the export ...

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  44. PRESBYTERIAN "UNION."

    A suit has been commenced against the United Free Church of Scotland by that section of the old Free Church of Scotland which dissented from its union, ...

    Article : 195 words
  45. THE TALUNE POISONING CASE.

    The third trial of Mrs. Jane Smith, charged with the murder of Patrick Conway on the high seas, was continued to-day. The accused made a statement declaring her ...

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  46. THE BOOT INDUSTRY.

    Sir,--The question which many would desire to see definitely settled in connection with the boot industry is--Are the statistics furnished in the Victorian official statement ...

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  47. AMERICAN REMOUNTS.

    The War Office, which two months ago directed its remount agents in the United States to purchase no more horses in that country, has resumed buying operations. ...

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  48. DEATH FROM LOCKJAW.

    A girl named Emma Gardner, who was admitted to the Alfred Hospital on Wednesday afternoon suffering from an inflamed wound on the forefinger of the left hand, sustained whilst handling and ...

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  49. ABBOTSFORD CONVENT FAIR.

    A meeting of ladies was held in the North Melbourne town hall on Wednesday afternoon for the purpose of forming a local stall in connection with the World's Fair to be held in the Exhibition ...

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  50. TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION.

    At the meeting of the council of the Working Men's College held on Monday evening, Mr. F. H. Bromley. M.L.A., in the chair, a communication was read from the ...

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  51. THE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER.

    From a variety of causes false impressions have been created with respect to two of the unfortunate troopers who fell at Wilmansru[?]t Owing to the fact that our ...

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  52. COLONEL KELLY IN LONDON.

    Merry as a cricket, with a face bespeaking health and high spirits, was LieutenantColonel N. W. Kelly, of the Victorian Bushmen, when I encountered him in Fleet-street ...

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  54. A SERIOUS CHARGE.

    A young man named George Gillespie, aged nineteen, was arrested yesterday at Mordialloc, and lodged in the local watch house, by Constable Curtain, on a charge of assaulting a girl named ...

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