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  2. CABLE MESSAGES. THE COREAN WAR.

    A telegram from Shanghai states that thousands of Chinese wounded in the late engagement with the Japanese in their endeavor to repulse the attack on their stronghold of ...

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  3. MR. W. GRIFFITHS IN THE TERRITORY.

    Mr. W. Griffiths, M.P., who arrived safely at Port Darwin after a very rough trip, had a talk with his colleague, Mr. V. L. Solomon, on the telegraph line on Sunday last upon ...

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  4. LONDON TABLE TALK.

    This time last year we were all sadly anticipating Mr, Gladstone's immediate demise. It could not be long delayed, said the doctors solemnly. The magnificent constitution had ...

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  5. CABLE MESSAGES. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE.

    Mr. H. C. Gardner, President of the Board of Agriculture, in reply to a deputation which waited on him to-day, declined to relax the roles in force in respect to the importation of ...

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  6. CABLE MESSAGES. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    The Ottawa Legislature are considering a proposal for the appointment of a joint Commission for the discussion of matters relating to the Pacific cable. It is suggested that ...

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  7. CABLE MESSAGES. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The Lord Mayor of Dublin, on behalf of his own and other municipal corporations, attended at the bar of the House of Commons to-day to present a petition asking for the ...

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  8. THE WEATHER.

    The meteorological department is a human institution, but can hardly be considered humane. Being human it is liable to err. but the tantalising forecasts it has issued during ...

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  9. LAKE BONNEY SCHEME.

    A letter has been received by the Commissioner of Public Works (the Hon. J.G. Jenkins) asking whether settlers in the south-east who intend becoming working settlers at Lake ...

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  10. THE BUTTER MARKET.

    Australian batter is now quoted at from 100s. to 102s. per cwt A portion of die butter shipped by the mail steamer Massilia has arrived in excellent ...

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  11. THE WEATHER ABROAD.

    During the heavy weather prevalent along the coast daring the last week a fishing vessel from Hull went ashore near Wigton, in the extreme south-west of Scotland, and became a ...

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  12. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    Silver has risen another [?]d., and is now quoted at 27[?]d. ...

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  13. PAYMENT OF MEMBERS.

    Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, in reply to a question in the House of Commons to-day, stated that the Government did not intend to include the Bill ...

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  14. THE JUNCTION SMELTERS.

    The supply of ore at the Broken Hill Junction Silver Mining Company's works at Port Adelaide being exhausted, and no fresh ma ...

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  15. FRENCH ARMY SUPPLIES.

    Owing to the complaints of local merchants against the competition of foreign tenderers for the supply of tinned meat to the army, M. Ribot, the Premier, has summoned a special ...

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  16. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    It is understood that the Marquis of Ripon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has privately shown to members of the House of Commons interested in the subject the corre ...

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  17. SIR SAMUEL DAVENPORT.

    The portrait of Sir Samuel Davenport, late president of the South Australian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, which has been presented to the ...

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  18. AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION

    Mr. William Redmond, Nationalist member for East Clare, in the House of Commons today enquired whether, in the event of the Australasian colonies determining on the basis ...

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  19. THE BALTIC CANAL.

    The contractors are hopeful of completing the North Sea and Baltic Canal in the course of a few months. The canal, which is designed to save the dangerous passage around ...

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  20. AFFAIRS IN FRANCE.

    The trial of seven leading pressmen charged with assailing the reputation of several influential companies and prominent politicians with a view to extorting blackmail has commenced ...

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  21. THE GIFFEN TESTIMONIAL.

    Mr. C. R. Hawkes, the hon. secretary of the Giffen testimonial fund, states that the amount received up to date exceeds '£250, and the committee think that amount will be con ...

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  22. AMUSEMENTS.

    Miss Maggie Moore will inaugurate a short dramatic season at the Theatre Royal on Saturday evening, when she will appear in her original creation of Lizzie Stofel in the favorite ...

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  23. NEW AUSTRALIA.

    The Rev. J. W. Fleming, minister of the Scotch Church, Buenos Ayres, has written to the Rev. A. Marshall, of Scots Church, Melbourne, on the subject of the New Australia ...

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  24. VICTORIAN DEFENCE FORCES.

    little progress has been made in elucidating the possibilities of retrenchment in the Defence Department. At a meeting of the Ministerial Retrenchment Committee to-day ...

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  25. GOLDFIELDS OF THE WEST.

    The Commissioner of Police received a wire yesterday from Sub – Inspector O'Connell, stationed at Coolgardie, stating that David Moore, a prospector, had reported that him ...

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  26. WOOL SALES.

    The February series of wool Gales opened at Antwerp yesterday. Two thousand three hundred bake were offered, including 200 hales from Australia. Prices ranged from ...

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  27. INTERCOLONIAL ITEMS.

    The weather was again very hot to-day, and the thermometer registered 99? in the shade. A large bush fire is raging along the coast, and I ...

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  28. FIRES IN THE HILLS.

    The weather during the past few days has been extremely hot and close, and to add to the general unpleasantness several bush fires have been raging in the Mount Lofty Ranges. The ...

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  29. COMMERCIAL.

    Quotations for shares in Australian banks or companies are:— Bank of Mew Sooth Wales, £35. Broken Hill Proprietary Company, 37s. 6d. ...

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  30. SHORTAGE OF WATER AT HOBART.

    Owing to the hot weather prevailing and the large number of visitors to Hobart the Hobart Corporation to-day decided that it will be necessary to curtail the water supply. The ...

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  31. THE MOUNT CATHERINE FIND.

    A statement was wired from Coolgardie yesterday to the Perth police, signed by three members of Fitzgerald's party, denying the doubts and allegations which have been pub ...

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  32. CANADA AND AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Larke, the Canadian Trade Commissioner, has returned to Sydney after a trip to Melbourne and Hobart. He looks upon the paroels post between Canada and Aus ...

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  33. BIJOU THEATRE.

    "Laughter for a month" seems to he the motto of the merry minstrel company at the Bijou Theatre, and crowded audiences willing ...

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  34. METALS.

    Best Australian tin, present delivery, is £59 10s. to £60. Chilian bar copper, present delivery, is £39 to [?]39 10s., and forward delivery £37 10s. ...

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  35. TASMANIAN INCOME TAX.

    The Treasurer is determined to have correct income tax returns sent in, and intends to consult the Commissioner of Taxes to endeavor to sheet home alleged fraudulent returns. He ...

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  36. NEW SOUTH WALES COLLIERIES.

    The Duckenfield and Back Creek miners have received notice of a reduction of wages. Williams and Laws, Unionist miners, were committed for trial to-day on a change of ...

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  37. THE "CONTINENTALS."

    It is little wonder that, enervated by "fantastic summer's heat" Adelaide amusement-seekers hail with pleasure the opportunity of escaping from their homes, and amid ...

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  38. VICTORIAN POLITICS.

    Mr. McCulloch, M.L.C., was sworn in as Minister of Defence at a meeting of the Executive .Council to-day, and Mr. T. F. Webb has been gazetted Commissioner of Taxes under ...

    Article : 42 words
  39. THE EXPORT TRADE.

    The half-yearly meeting of the Sydney Meat Preserving Company was held to-day. The report showed that during the half-year 532,649 sheep and 5,080 cattle Lad been killed. ...

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  40. THE MURCHISON FIELD.

    The recent crashing of Day Dawn South from 100 tons yielded 97 oz. The tailings averaged 16 dwt. The Emperor mine, situated at Day Dawn, ...

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  41. DAMAGE AT A VILLAGE SETTLEMENT.

    The Protestant Unity Group Village Settlement has lost considerably by the recent gales. Fifty acres of maize were partially destroyed, and 20 acres wholly devastated. Twelve ...

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  42. A CLEVER FRAUD.

    Arthur James, a young man, was to-day sentenced to six months imprisonment for perpetrating a smart fraud. He called at the private residence of Mr. Edwin Barker, a ...

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  43. A TERRIBLE DEATH.

    At 5 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, near Arnold's dam, Yarley Station, Mr. John Wylde, a boundary-rider, found a swagman in a dying condition at the side of the Euro Bluff ...

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  44. HOBART UNEMPLOYED.

    A deputation of the aged unemployed of Hobart waited on the Minister of Lands today and asked for work. The sympathised with them, but said many of the ...

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  45. TASMANIAN RAILWAYS.

    The General Manager of Railways has issued his annual report, which is of a very satisfactory nature. The receipts show a net increase of £6,000 over last year. The work ...

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  46. CRICKET.

    A special meeting of the committee of the Melbourne Cricket Club was held this afternoon to consider a suggestion from Mr. H. Byron Moore, secretary of the Victoria Racing ...

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  47. ALLEGED ATTEMPTED MURDER.

    Joseph Swann was arrested to-day on a charge of attempting to murder Hugh Campbell, a leading solicitor. Swann, it is alleged, went to Campbell's office to confer on a matter, ...

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  48. VICTORIAN TARIFF BOARD.

    The beer and wine duties were under the notice of the Tariff Board to-day. Witnesses representing importing firms saw no justification for the duty of 3s. per dozen on imported ...

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  49. THE CYCLING PARADE.

    On Wednesday evening about 100 members of the various associated bicycle clubs in Adelaide and the suburbs paraded the principal streets of the city on illuminated machines in ...

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  50. SOUTH MELBOURNE TRAGEDY.

    At an inquest held to-day on the bodies of Jane and Jessie Perkins, who were found dead in a house in Sooth Melbourne, the jury found that Mrs. Perkins had died from heart disease ...

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  51. CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER.

    John Williams was tried at the Central Criminal Court to-day for the murder of fellow-prisoner at the Bathurst Gaol. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter. ...

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  52. THE TASMANIAN PARLIAMENT.

    Sir Edward Braddon, Premier of Tasmania, has sent the following circular to each of the legislators of that colony:—" During the Parliamentary session of 1894 the Government ...

    Article : 286 words
  53. SOOTH AUSTRALIA V. VICTORIA.

    The members of the South Australian Eleven, who commence a match against Victoria on Friday, arrived this morning by the Adelaide express. They were met and welcomed by the reception committee of the ...

    Article : 99 words
  54. LASCAR SEAMEN.

    In connection with the question of the employment of Lascars on mail steamers the managers of the P. & O. and British-India companies affirm that Lascar seamen are far ...

    Article : 50 words
  55. Advertising

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  56. SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND PAINTING.

    A comprehensive list of the classes which are to be held at the School of Design and Painting, North-terrace, is given in another column. There are classes for freehand. ...

    Article : 141 words
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