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  2. PORT ARTHUR SIEGE.

    LONDON, 16th August. 11.35 a.m. A report from Chi-fu, in the Shantung peninsula, to which there is wireless telegraphic communication, states that the ...

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  3. BREEZE IN PARLIAMENT.

    When the Mines Bill was under discussion in the Legislative Assembly last evening a strongly worded and lengthy speech by Mr. Anstey, in which he attacked the ...

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  4. THE RUSSIAN RAIDERS.

    Russia's reply to the protest and claims made by the Marquis of Lansdowne, British Foreign Secretary, in respect to the sinking of the British steamer Knight ...

    Article : 124 words
  5. THE FEDERAL CRISIS.

    The seven paid portfolios which constitute the Federal Government were virtually allotted yesterday. The office of Vice-President of the Executive Council, which ...

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  6. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    Yesterday the Imperial Parliament was prorogued till 3rd November, by commission, King Edward being at Marienbad, in Bohemia. ...

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  7. THE FLAGS HAULED DOWN.

    The disabled Russian battleship Czarevitch, which took refuge from the Japanese fleet in the German port of Kiao-chau, in Shantung, hauled down her flag, as a ...

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  8. THE LAND SIEGE.

    It is announced that the Japanese, who have already warned all non-combatants to leave, Port Arthur, would commence what they characterise as "the final assault" ...

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  9. KING'S SPEECH REFERENCE.

    The King's Speech, road at the prorogation of Parliament yesterday, contains the following clause referring to the Russian raids on British merchant shipping: -- ...

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  10. THE CHI-FU SEIZURE.

    The Japanese consul at Chi-fu states that, notwithstanding the vehement protests against, the cutting out of the Retshitelny as a "breach of neutrality," Japan has no ...

    Article : 267 words
  11. DEMAND FOR ACTION.

    The "Standard," commenting on the mention made in the King's Speech of the Russian interference with British shipping, observes that for the next few months ...

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  12. THE GOVERNMENT'S NARROW MAJORITY.

    During the greater part of yesterday afternoon a distantly changing group of members sto[?]d near the front Ministerial corner benel. and discussed the seat near ...

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  13. FAVOR TO GERMANY.

    The evident favor with which German merchant ships are treated by Russian raiders, in respect to stoppage and capture on charges of contraband, is ...

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  14. PROTECTIONIST PARTY TO MEET.

    A meeting of members of the Liberal Protectionist party desirous of maintaining the integrity of their party, and opposed to the establishment of a Government under ...

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  15. MISSING RUSSIAN CRUISERS.

    Reports from Tokio state that it is believed there that the cruiser Novik, which recoaled at Kiao-chau after the Port Arthur squadron's defeat, and the missing cruiser ...

    Article : 133 words
  16. THE INVERKIP DISASTER.

    Further details of the sinking of the barque Inverkip, bound from Melbourne to the United Kingdom, by collision with the ship Loch Carron, show that the disaster ...

    Article : 159 words
  17. MORE RAIDERS OUT.

    The Aden correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports that a Russian steamer, supposed to be the volunteer cruiser St. Petersburg, lately called at Hodeida, a Turkish ...

    Article : 133 words
  18. THE LABOR WING.

    The members of the Labor wing of the Opposition will meet in caucus this morning and consider the preliminary negotiations which will be opened later in the day ...

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  19. BATTLE OF TSU-SHIMA.

    The official Japanese report of the naval battle off the island of Tsu-shima, in the Strait of Korea, in which the Russian Vladivostock squadron was shattered and the ...

    Article : 337 words
  20. RUSSIAN WAR LOAN.

    The Moscow correspondent of the "Standard" reports' that Russia has arranged to raise in France a loan of 100,000,000 roubles £10,000,000. The, loan will bear interest ...

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  21. THE INVERKIP'S CREW.

    Definite particulars regarding the crew of the barque Inverkip were not ascertainable yesterday, as the usual complete list of those on board which is made when a ...

    Article : 187 words
  22. "PEGGING OUT" SEATS.

    The "pegging out" of seats in the House at the time if a crisis is a matter of considerable interest. In the present situation, when parties are so closely divided, ...

    Article : 538 words
  23. MISSING HOSPITAL SHIP.

    Fears are now expressed for the fate of the Russian hospital ship Mongolia, which came out of Port Arthur with a number of women and children refugees along with ...

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  24. THE SINKING OF THE THEA.

    The Japanese crew of the German steamer Thea, sunk by the Vladivostock raiders because she carried a cargo of fish for Japan, report that after the Russians ...

    Article : 59 words
  25. COMBINED OPPOSITION MEETING.

    At 7 o'clock this evening a meeting of both wings of the Opposition will be held a Parliament House, at which means will be taken to secure unity of action in ...

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  26. THE SOMALI TROUBLE.

    The British Government has decided oh a new method of dealing with the evasive Mollah of Somaliland by furnishing the friendly tribes with arms and ammunition ...

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  27. CHUNCHU BANDS ACTIVE.

    It is reported from Mukden, near which Russian detachments have suffered severely from the raids of Chunchuses (Manchurian brigands) that three large bands of ...

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  28. A SOUTH AUSTRALIAN VIEW.

    The "Advertiser" to-day, referring to the Federal crisis, says: -- "When the electors of Australia declined to accept the policy on which Mr. Reid staked the interests of his ...

    Article : 260 words
  29. BRITISH WEST INDIAN INTERESTS.

    H.M.S. Tribune, second class cruiser, of 3400 tons, attached to the West India squadron, has hoisted the British flag on Aves Island, a little islet in the Caribbean ...

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  30. MRS. MAYBRICK'S RELEASE.

    Mrs. Florence Maybrick, convicted of poisoning her husband some years ago, and released from prison last month under special conditions by the Home Secretary; ...

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  31. COMMENTS ON CABLE NEWS.

    We are not yet in a position to give the strength of the Russians in the recent notion off Shantung promontory. In February the Russians had seven battleships at ...

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  32. THE MACEDONIA TROUBLE.

    An insurrectionary movement in Macedonia has followed quickly on the recent disbandment of Turkish redifs. Colonel Bitch off, a noted Bulgarian, promoter of ...

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  33. CONSULAR REPORTS.

    The following cablegram from Baron Komura has been received by the Consul-General for Japan: -- Admiral Kamimura reports as follows: -- ...

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  34. A TITIAN PORTRAIT.

    The trustees of the British National Gallery have purchased the portrait of Ariosto, the great Italian poet, painted by Titian, and formerly in the Earl of Darnley's ...

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  35. THE CRIPPLED CRUISERS.

    The German Governor of Kiao-chau, Captain Truppal, has promised the Japanese authorities that the Russian destroyers which are refuging in Kiao-chau Bay shall ...

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  36. NEW SOUTH WALES PROTECTIONIST PARTY.

    The local Protectionist Association has held a meeting and discussed the Federal situation. Although no definite resolution wan arrived at, it was tacitly understood ...

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  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Antarctic expedition, relief ship Terra Nova, which went out with the Morning to assist the Discovery, and on returning left Lyttelton, New Zealand, on ...

    Article : 108 words
  38. THE OPPOSITION.

    Mr. Mauger, M.P., speaking to a representative of "The Age" yesterday on the political situation, said it was to his mind "most interesting and complicated." "It is ...

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  39. A MONT BLANC RAILWAY.

    The scheme for the construction of a railway line from St. Gervais, in the Haut Savoie department of Franco, to the summit of the Aiguille Gouter. on Mont ...

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  40. WAIPARA AT THURSDAY ISLAND.

    The Waipara (Captain Rose), which was stuck-up in the Red Sea by the Russians, arrived here yesterday. The captain states that the vessel was boarded by officers of ...

    Article : 210 words
  41. MR. M'LEAN'S POSITION.

    Mr. A. M'Lean, who takes up the portfolio of Minister of Customs in the Reid Cabinet, was waited upon last night by a representative of "The Age," and was ...

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  42. OBITUARIES.

    The Rev. Dr. Henry Palin Gurney, M.A., D.C.L., F.G.S., principal oft,Durham College of Science, Newcastle, was yesterday killed by a fall, while making an Alpine ...

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  43. THE LONDON MARKETS.

    Copper. -- Yesterday's quotations were: -- Spot, £57; forward delivery, £57 13. ...

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  44. SOUTH AFRICA AND FROZEN MEAT.

    At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-day a letter was received from the Department of Alines and Agriculture with a copy of reports by the Commercial Agent ...

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  45. THE RAILWAYS.

    A deputation, organised by the Geelong Citizens' Railway League Will proceed to Melbourne to-morrow to interview the Chief Commissioner of Railways relative to some ...

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  46. SHIPPING NEWS.

    Arrived. -- Nagport, barque, from Hamelin 19th March; King Malcolm, barque, from Port Victoria 8th March; Buccleuch, ship, from Melbourne 7th May; Severn Bank, ...

    Article : 126 words
  47. HOUSE TO MEET TO-DAY.

    The House of Representatives will meet to-day. By arrangement with Mr. Reid, Mr. Watson will ask for a month's supply in order to curry on the services of the ...

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  48. FAVOR TO RUSSIA.

    The German Socialist newspapers, supported by the international law arguments of Professor Smit, are protesting against the favored treatment shown to the Russian ...

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  49. DISINHERITED SONS.

    At Flemington court yesterday Albert and Eugene [?]iroud, brothers, proceeded against William Chubb for £9, due for board and residence on account of their late father, Auguste [?]iroud, ...

    Article : 154 words
  50. THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME

    Mr. Reid will not follow the old custom of announcing the policy of his Government in his own constituency. On Thursday, after communicating the constitution ...

    Article : 118 words
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  54. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    R.M.S. Ormuz, homeward, arrived at London on 15th inst. R.M.S. Oroya, for Australia, sailed from London on 12th inst. ...

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