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  2. A FEDERAL REFORM LEAGUE.

    A conference of inter-State delegates, convened by invitation of the Victorian National Citizens' Reform League, was held yesterday afternoon in the breakfast room ...

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  3. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Lord Milner has appointed a special commission at Pretoria, under article 10 of the Vereeniging surrender terms, to assess claims made by burghers against the late ...

    Article : 208 words
  4. BALL AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

    The Cup week ball at Government House may always be depended on to furnish all the elements of an interesting spectacular entertainment. Last night's gathering ...

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  5. A FATAL COLLISION.

    A disastrous collision occurred yesterday in the English Channel, off Dungeness, between the Russian steam collier Regulus and the Spanish steamer Enero. The ...

    Article : 198 words
  6. THE DROUGHT STRICKEN MALLEE.

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  7. THE CHEN-CHAU MURDERS.

    The firmness of Sir Ernest Satow, British ambassador at Perkin, in insisting upon genuine and thorough retribution for the murder, at Chen-Chau, in Honan, of the ...

    Article : 140 words
  8. THE RACING CARNIVAL.

    Flemington promises to be crowded in all parts to-day, when the Spring meeting of the Victoria Racing Club, which was so successfully commenced on Saturday, will ...

    Article : 187 words
  9. LET THERE BE RAIN.

    Sir,--In support of Mr. Phillips's letter I venture the following presentation of the case. To my mind there is no more important question before the public of ...

    Article : 340 words
  10. THE BETTING MARKET.

    The market, was not so active yesterday as might have been expected, considering that it was the eve of the Cup, and it is evident that,betting before the post is ...

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  11. THE RED SEA PIRATES.

    Recently Italian gunboats sent out from Massowah, in the Italian Abyssinian colony of Erythrea, bombarded the Turkish port on the Red Sea, Island of Midi, into which ...

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  12. SIR JOHN GORST PENSIONED.

    A political services pension of £1209 per annum has been granted to the Right Hon. Sir John Eldon Gorst, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S., K.C., M.P. for Cambridge ...

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  13. THE CUP HORSES.

    The final gallops of the Cup horses attracted another large crowd yesterday morning, when the state of the ground and atmosphere favored time making. The ...

    Article : 432 words
  14. LOCAL OPTION ORDINANCE.

    A new ordinance has been issued for the Transvaal by Lord Milner and his Executive Council, dealing with the liquor trade. The ordinance provides that local option ...

    Article : 78 words
  15. STARVING STOCK.

    The local agricultural society has decided to urge the Government to suspend the provisions of the Travelling Stock Acts, which specify that stock shall not travel less than ...

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  16. MADAME MELBA'S APPEAL.

    At a special meeting of the council of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce held yesterday morning tho action reported to have been taken by Madame ...

    Article : 171 words
  17. SHIP BUILDING ON THE TEES.

    At the ship building yards on the Teesat West Hartlepool, Middlesborough and Stockton--trade has been so dull of late that 4000 workmen have been idle. The ...

    Article : 109 words
  18. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S TOUR.

    Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary for the Colonies, who leaves England towards the end of the present month to pay an official visit to South Africa, is making ...

    Article : 158 words
  19. THE EDUCATION BILL.

    In the House of Commons on Saturday, the Prime Minister, Mr. Balfour, accepted in committee another important amendment to the Education Bill. Colonel W. ...

    Article : 104 words
  20. EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY.

    Another political triumph in the Scotch University rectorship elections was gained by the Balfour Government. Sir Edward Grey, M.P. for Berwick-upon-Tweed,who ...

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  21. SIR EDMUND BARTON'S RESPONSE.

    Sir Edmund Barton has telegraphed through Reuter to the English newspapers as follows:--"Australians applaud the generous ...

    Article : 141 words
  22. TO LAND AT DURBAN.

    Mr. Chamberlain, it is announced, will sail in the first class new cruiser Good Hope for South Africa via the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal, and will land ...

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  23. MR. BARACCHI'S WEATHER FORECAST.

    On one day of the year, at any rate, the weather is to all sections of the public a matter of much more than mere conventional importance. Wet Cup days have ...

    Article : 178 words
  24. THE DOUKHOBORS.

    The trouble caused in Manitoba by the crazy sect of Russian animal worshippers known as the Doukhobors, continues unabated. Two thousand of these people, ...

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  25. CHOLERA IN PALESTINE.

    A serious outbreak of Asiatic cholera has occurred in Palestine. At Gaza and Jaffa on the coast, and at Lydda a few miles inland, great distress prevails, the ravages of ...

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  26. SCARCITY OF TRUCKS.

    Sir,--Allow me to suggest to the Railway department to unload all trucks for the present at the commencement of the green pasture, say, at Ararat. Clunes. Kyneton ...

    Article : 75 words
  27. EX-GENERAL VILJOEN.

    Ex-General Ben Viljoen, who is on a lecturing tour in England and Ireland, and who has accepted British supremacy in a manful and honest way, has written to the ...

    Article : 88 words
  28. RUSSIAN LANDED ESTATES.

    The landed nobility of Russia are steadily giving place to middle class people, who are thrifty enough to buy up tho encumbered estates. A great number of the ...

    Article : 113 words
  29. COLLECTION AT FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE.

    The V.R.C. stewards have made arrangements, whereby an opportunity will be given to visitors to the racecourse to contribute to the fund in aid of the suffering ...

    Article : 114 words
  30. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The Federal Treasurer has now received the complete totals for the month of October of the Federal customs and excise revenue. They show that, apart from ...

    Article : 316 words
  31. UNIVERSITY RETRENCHMENT.

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  32. ANTICIPATIONS BY HUON.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 746 words
  33. A BURGLAR CAPTURED.

    The residence of Mr. Herbert Vivian, at 124 Power-street, Hawthorn, was the scene of an exciting adventure with, and the subsequent capture of, a powerfully built ...

    Article : 521 words
  34. TROOPS IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    The number of British troops now on garrison duty in South Africa is 50,000, and Lieutenant-General the Hon. N. G. Lyttelton, who succeeded Lord Kichener as ...

    Article : 115 words
  35. MUNICIPAL ACTION.

    Cr. Edgar, at the Malvern council, moved that the council take the initiative, and endeavor to secure the services of the band and the friendly societies for the ...

    Article : 53 words
  36. RUSSIA IN COREA.

    Russia is steadily pushing her influence in Corea, as well as in Manchuria. The latest illustration of this steady advance is afforded by the introduction into the ...

    Article : 62 words
  37. THE RELIEF MOVEMENT AT BENDIGO.

    A meeting of the committee appointed to arrange for a demonstration to raise funds for the relief of drought stricken farmers was held this evening at the town hall, the ...

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  38. OUTTRIM COLLIERY STRIKE.

    The Outtrim branch of the Victorian Coal Miners' Association wrote to the directors of the Outtrim Coal Company last week asking for a conference, for the purpose of ...

    Article : 158 words
  39. BRITISH COAL FIELDS.

    Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, the American millionaire "trust" organiser, is now endeavoring to secure a controlling influence over the output of the rich and extensive ...

    Article : 69 words
  40. THE VICTORIA MEMORIAL.

    In the Legislative Assembly of Cape Colony on Saturday, the vote of £20,000 as the Cape contribution to the London memorial of the late Queen Victoria was ...

    Article : 60 words
  41. HOBART CALCUTTA SWEEP.

    A Calcutta sweep was settled to-night for the Melbourne Cup. The result was:--Abundance equal to 5 to 1, Patronage 6 to 1, The Persian 7 to 1, Flagship 12 to 1, ...

    Article : 55 words
  42. THE RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS.

    At the usual meeting of the University Council yesterday, the following regulations, suggested by the professorial board, for the governance of the candidates and ...

    Article : 329 words
  43. THE DAY'S PROGRAMME.

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  44. WEST AUSTRALIAN MINES.

    Tho council of the Western Australian Miners' Association in London has forwarded to Mr. Leroy, Agent-General for Western Australia, a strong protest against ...

    Article : 103 words
  45. FEDERAL VISIT TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Communications have passed between Sir John Forrest and Mr. James, the Premier of Western Australia, with reference to the impending inauguration of the working of ...

    Article : 103 words
  46. THE RECENT PROSECUTION.

    An order to review the decision of the magistrates in the recent proceedings taken by the mine owners against George Gregory was obtained yesterday from Mr. Justice ...

    Article : 174 words
  47. NON-PUBLICATION OF RIVER HEIGHTS.

    The discontinuance of the publication of river heights here causes inconvenience, especially at a critical time like the present, when, owing to the early closing of the ...

    Article : 118 words
  48. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Canadian telegrams report that the investment of United States capital in Dominion land and industries is proceeding at a rate and to an extent hitherto ...

    Article : 126 words
  49. SYDNEY CYCLING CARNIVAL.

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  51. A POLITICAL SMOKE NIGHT.

    Mr. E. Wilkins, M.[?] A., entertained the committee which supported him at the last Parliamentary election in the Collingwood town hall last evening. There were 480 present. Mr. W. ...

    Article : 163 words
  52. NORTHERN TERRITORY NEWS.

    The steamer Airlie, from Hong Kong, arrived on Sunday with eight Chinese passengers, and sailed this morning with four Japanese and seven Chinese aboard. She ...

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