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  2. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    Monsieur Abaza, consul of Russia in Australia and New Zealand, and the consul-general for China were received at Government House yesterday morning by his ...

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  3. THE LAND TAXES.

    Some land owners are still under the impression that they can solve the difficulties of their position under the Commonwealth Land Tax by throwing on to the ...

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  4. DEFENCE OF BRITAIN.

    Referring to the defence of Britain, Mr. Haidane, Secretary of State for War, speaking at London, said that Britain had by far the largest long range oversea force ...

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  5. AMERICA AND CANADA.

    The "Evening Mail," commenting on the tariff reciprocity agreement between America and Canada, says--"The details of the schedule of the Canadian agreement ...

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  6. SYDNEY GAS.

    At to-day's meeting of the electrical lighting committee of the city council consideration was given to a suggestion for acquiring the Australian Gas Light Co.'s ...

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  7. THE MONSOONAL THUNDERSTORM

    One point Mr. H. A. Hunt, the Government Meteorologist, seemed quite certain of last evening when he spoke about Sunday's storm, and that was that there was ...

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  8. AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE.

    The annual report of Surgeon-General Williams on the Australian Army Medical Corps, which was issued by the Minister of Defence yesterday, records the ...

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  9. DESPERATE CONVICTS.

    A tragic and futile dash for liberty has been made by three convicts. Pretending that he required some material with which to work, a convict, ...

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  10. APPEAL FOR IMPERIAL PREFERENCE.

    In an article the "Daily Mail" says:--"The United States offers the Canadian farmers 2½d. a bushel on their wheat more than they can obtain in Canada. The ...

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  11. HORRORS OF THE PLAGUE

    Awful scenes are witnessed wherever the plague abounds. The bodies of 2000 victims of plague have been cremated at Fuch-iatien, an 4000 more await cremation. ...

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  12. FESTIVAL OF EMPIRE.

    A series of carnivals will be arranged in connection with the Festival of Empire, which is to be held at the time of the Coronation. The City of London has voted ...

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  13. BASIS OF VALUATION.

    A meeting convened by the Middle Creek Farmers' League, on Saturday, to consider the best means of complying with the Federal and State land tax ...

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  14. HEROIC EFFORTS OF DOCTORS.

    The English and other volunteer doctors are making heroic efforts to combat the plague in Manchuria. They are working 16 hours daily, installing isolation hospitals ...

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  15. SHACKLETON'S HEROISM.

    Professor David, of Sydney University, who is on a visit to England, delivered a lecture on the Antarctic at Oxford University on Saturday. He dwelt at length ...

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  16. GAS PROFITS AT AUCKLAND.

    The Auckland Gas Company shows a profit of £19,878 for the year, and pays a dividend of 9½ per cent. ...

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  17. THE REFERENDUM.

    Federal Ministers do not view with either approval or pleasure the proposal of the New South Wales Attorney-General to throw the constitution into the melting pot ...

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  18. FIRE AT CONSTANTINOPLE.

    The centre building of the administrative offices of the Sublime Porte (the Turkish Government) was destroyed by fire yesterday. The offices of the Grand Vizier ...

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  19. KEW ASYLUM.

    The discovery in the Kew Asylum of a third patient with fractured ribs further emphasises the need for a thorough inquiry into the management of that institution. ...

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  20. GAS V. ELECTRICITY.

    A canvass is at present being made of the town for the purpose of ascertaining the number of residents who are prepared to have electric light installed in their ...

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  21. CLAIMS AGAINST COLLINGWOOD COUNCIL.

    At the meeting of the Collingwood council last night a letter, was read from G. Stubbs, of 135 Keele-street, making a claim against the council for £15, as the amount ...

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  22. THE REVOLT IN MEXICO.

    The rebels and the Federal troops have come to close quarters south of Ciudad Juarez. Entrenched in a ditch, the rebels fired upon a train ...

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  23. R.A.A. REORGANISED.

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  24. SWEET OUT TO SEA.

    A remarkable disaster has occurred off the Finnish coast, an entire fishing settlement being swept out to sea. The village had been established on the ice that had ...

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  25. NEW SETTLERS.

    There will be a lull for a few days in the arrival of immigrants. The next steamer will be the Sussex, due on 14th February, with 35 immigrants. The ...

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  26. GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY

    An Anglo-German deputation, including Dr. Adolf Harnack, Professor of Theology and General Director of the Royal Library, Berlin, was received yesterday by his ...

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  27. MEDITERRANEAN STORM.

    During the storm which recently swept the Mediterranean six fishing boats were sunk off Peniscola, on the Spanish coast, and 19 fishermen were drowned. Fifty boats ...

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  28. A SAD CASE.

    A sad case has been under the consideration of the Immigration department. A short while ago an immigrant named Goddard, with a young wife and infant, left ...

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  29. MURDERED BY GERMS.

    The trial of Dr. Pantchenko, O'Brien de Lacy and Madame Muravieff for the murder of Captain Burtulin and for conspiring to murder General Burtulin, the ...

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  30. LABOR CONFERENCE IN SYDNEY.

    The conference of the Australian Workers' Union met to-day, and carried the following motions:-- That this conference of the Australian workers' ...

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  31. FRENCH RAILWAY SMASH.

    The trial of the driver of an express train that dashed into the rear end of another train at Villepreux les Clayes, near Versailles, on 18th June last, causing the ...

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  32. REPURCHASE OF LAND.

    The Closer Settlement Board has acquired the properties of Messrs. Robert Allan Llewellyn and Joseph Johnson, in the shire of Deakin, situated from two to ...

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  33. OFFICIAL VISITORS' REPORT.

    Drs. Morrison, Springthorpe and Joske, the three official visitors to the asylum, who at the request of the Inspector-General of Insane made a special investigation into ...

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  34. IN OTHER STATES.

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  35. WILLS AND ESTATES

    Catherine Logan Campbell Ainslie, late of Erin-street, Richmond, widow, who died on 1st January last, left by will dated 21st December, 1899, estate of the value of £600 realty and £8993 ...

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  36. ENROLMENT OF CADETS.

    The Defence department still needs more instructional officers under the new compulsory training system. Some 40 will be selected at the conclusion of a camp school ...

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  37. QUEENSLAND PREMIER.

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  38. OUTRAGES BY NATIVES.

    The epidemic of outrages by natives against white women continues. The criticisms of Lord Gladstone's action in commuting the death sentence passed on a ...

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  39. DAMAGE AT MALVERN.

    As a result of the monsoonal downpour on Sunday, the firm of Hattam and Hattam, drapers, of Glenferrie-road. Malvern suffered severely. The pressure of the ...

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  40. RECKLESS MINERS.

    Vigorous steps are being taken by the authorities to ensure the safety of coal miners underground. At Coventry six miners were fined 20- and costs each for entering a ...

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  41. MUNICIPAL AMALGAMATION.

    The report of the sub-committee of the Prahran and St. Kilda councils recommending a basis for the amalgamation of the two cities was before the latter body ...

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  42. IN THE COUNTRY.

    Up to the present the returns compiled of the number of registrations made by youths under the new Defence Force Act in the foul local districts aggregate about ...

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  43. PROTEST AGAINST ASSESSMENT.

    The outcome of numerous public meetings held throughout South Australia to protest against the new assessment for a State land tax was a large deputation, ...

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  44. THE RUSSIAN NAVY.

    The Budget Committee of the Duma has voted £2,800,000 as a year's instalment towards the cost of four battleships. This vote had been withheld pending the ...

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  45. A MAMMOTH STEAMER.

    An order has been placed with a local ship building firm by a foreign company for the construction of a mammoth steamer, of 50,000 tons. The vessel will be ...

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  46. DEBRIS IN SOUTH YARRA.

    Residents of River-street, South Yarra, the scene of the greatest damage by Sunday's flood in Prahran district, were busily engaged yesterday in cleaning up ...

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  47. CUSTOMS LEAKAGE COMMISSION

    The Royal Commission on Customs Leakage resumed its sitting to-day. Mr. Wm. Williams, president of the chamber of commerce, said he was a large importer, ...

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  48. TRAGIC SUPPER PARTY.

    At Dalkeith, in Scotland, a resident named Hutchinson entertained sixteen guests at supper. Alter coffee was served all present became seriously ill, and ...

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  49. SOAP FOR THE NAVY.

    Following closely upon the increased price of tobacco issued to the navy, the price of soap for the service has now been raised a halfpenny a pound. ...

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  50. CLAIM MADE AT ST. KILDA.

    A letter from Emily Brinnal, of 7 Lyall-street, we read at the St. Kilda council meeting last night complaining of damage inflicted by Sunday's flood, water having ...

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  51. TRAGIC STREET FIGHT.

    A youth named James Lindon Watson was committed for trial at Forbes to-day on a charge of manslaughter, arising out of the death of the youth Robert Burns ...

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  52. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--Taxpaying even to the enthusiastic patriot, is a disagreeable obligation. It should be accompanied by the minimum amount of friction and trouble in the ...

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  53. SOCIALIST LEADER'S FUNERAL.

    There was an impressive demonstration yesterday at the funeral of the late Herr Singer, an influential member of the Socialist party in the Reichstag. Fifty ...

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  54. GENERAL CABLES.

    The Privy Council has refused to add the red dragon to the Royal Standard and coinage of Wales. The Paris correspondent of the "Times" ...

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  55. Advertising

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  56. IN OTHER STATES.

    The total number of cadets registered to date for compulsory, service in Western Australia is 5683. They are enrolled in two brigades. ...

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  57. POISONED BY MARGARINE.

    A family of eight children has been poisoned through eating bad margarine. Three of the children have died, and two are dangerously ill. ...

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  58. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A MEDICAL MAN.

    A criminal summons was yesterday served upon Dr. E. G. Leger Erson, of 14 Droop-street, Footscray, charging him with having assaulted a girl ...

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  59. WHALE BOAT CAPSIZES.

    The whale boat belonging to the British cruiser Glasgow capsized during a regatta at Villagarcia, on the west-coast of Spain, and four bluejackets were drowned. ...

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  60. Advertising

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  61. BENEFIT CONCERT AT PRAHRAN.

    By permission of the mayor and councillors of Prahran, a special evening gardens concert will be given in the Victoria Gardens, High-street, Prahran, on Thursday. ...

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  62. Advertising

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