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  2. VICTORIA

    The Chief Secretary this afternoon de- cided on the allocation of the reward of £550 offered by the Government in con- nection with the Varra tragedy. Mr. Pea ...

    Article : 234 words
  3. THE FEDERAL QUESTION

    The second reading debate on the Federal Enabling BiD -was continued in the Legislative Council this afternoon. Mr. Hughes, the Government representative, ...

    Article : 427 words
  4. CABLE MESSAGES. THE FAR EAST.

    In the Italian Chamber of Deputies yesterday. Court Canevaro, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, explained the situation in reference to China. The Powers, he ...

    Article : 185 words
  5. CABLE MESSAGES. BETTING ENCLOSURES.

    The House of Lords, sitting as a Court of Appeal, has decided that tie bookmakers* enclosure at Kempton Park racecourse Is not a public place within the meaning of ...

    Article : 46 words
  6. THE WEATHER.

    "Although my report this morning must still be that it is of South Australia and Victoria i am glad to be able to my there is at last a ...

    Article : 314 words
  7. NEWCASTLE TRAGEDY.

    The inquest on the bodies of Thomas William Miller and Elizabeth Allardyce,' who were found dead in a bedroom at the Great Northern Hotel, Newcastle, on ...

    Article : 828 words
  8. CABLE MESSAGES. AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION

    Dr. J. A. Cockburn, Agent -General for South Australia, in an address on "South Australia as a Federal Unit." at the Royal Colonial Institute last night, ...

    Article : 365 words
  9. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The expediency of constructing a railway line between Cobar and Wilcannia was considered by the Public Works Committee to-day. Mr. Hickson, Under ...

    Article : 161 words
  10. THE PHILIPPINES.

    The American troops under BrigadierGeneral Otis have stormed the Filipino position at Pasig, a stronghold on the river of the same name, in the – Island of ...

    Article : 54 words
  11. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    This afternoon the R.M.S. Oceana will tail from Largs Bay for Londcon. She has a, large cargo from the various colonies, and every berth is occupied. Before she ...

    Article : 1,164 words
  12. CYANIDE PLANT.

    Messrs. Jerome, Dwyer, & Cornish arc urging Sir Answer Clarke, Agent-General for Victoria, and Sir Horace Tozer, Agent-General for Quessland to recommend to ...

    Article : 119 words
  13. LOCKING THE DARLING.

    Mr. C. M. Darley, Engineer-in-Chief, gave the Public Works Committee this afternoon a lot of information with regard to the locking of the River Darling. It ...

    Article : 155 words
  14. CHINA YIELDING.

    The Tsung-li-Yamen, or Chinese Council of Ministers, has intimated its willingness to negotiate with Italy in reference to her claims in the Che-Kiang province. ...

    Article : 31 words
  15. PORTHCOOMING ROWING EVENTS.

    The great University boat race will be' rowed on Saturday, March 25. when the question is to be decided whether Cambridge is to stem the tide of Oxford ...

    Article : 322 words
  16. ILLEGAL TOTALIZATORS.

    The hearing of the "tote" prosecutions, arising out of the raid on Wren's, was partly concluded to-day. Schutt was fined £50, or in default three months' ...

    Article : 87 words
  17. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    The trial of 31. Urbain Gohier, a Dreyfusard, on a charge of insulting the army in a book called "The Army Against the Nation," which purported to expose the ...

    Article : 131 words
  18. A TELEPHONE METER.

    Mr. Baird has submitted to the Lords of tike Treasury and to the directors of the National Telephone Company proposals for the adoption in connection -Kith their ...

    Article : 44 words
  19. A MINER KILLED.

    At Yalgogrin two brothers, George and Robert Carr. were working in the Black Coon claim, when a fall of earth occurred, and George was badly injured. He died ...

    Article : 39 words
  20. LOST OVERBOARD.

    During the passage of the ship Muncaster Castle, from London to Melbourne, the second mate, Mr. G. Banthorp, was lost overboard on the evening of January ...

    Article : 73 words
  21. A TITLED ACTRESS.

    The' Countess of Russell (who is a daughter of Sir Claude Scott) has made a. successful appearance at Plymouth in The Runaway Girl." She has been ...

    Article : 46 words
  22. A TRUCK OF CHAFF BURNT.

    On the Carcoar line yesterday a truck ofchaff attached to a mixed train caught on fire, and the truck and contents were destroyed.- Tie train was delayed a consifer ...

    Article : 68 words
  23. THE SAMOAN QUESTION.

    The "North German Gazette" in an arti- cle, officially inspired, dealing with tie Samoan question, declares that Mr. Chambets, the American . Chief Justice of ...

    Article : 117 words
  24. PURCHASE OF DWELLINGS.

    In the House of Commons yesterday ; Mr. Chamberlain introduced the Bill promised in the Queen's Speech to enable local authorities to assist the occupiers of ...

    Article : 79 words
  25. GENERAL BOOTH.

    express this morning, and left the train at North Melbourne to avoid a demonstration toy his followers, who assembled in ...

    Article : 125 words
  26. SYDNEY, March 15.

    The steamer Mariposa took' for San Francisco to-day £200,000 in specie, half on account of the Bank of Australasia, and £50,000 each for the E. S. & A. Bank ...

    Article : 45 words
  27. THE PLAGUE.

    The bubonic plague, which lias been raging for many months in India, has made its appearance at: Mecca, and also at ...

    Article : 31 words
  28. TASMANIA.

    To-day was observed as a close holiday in connection with the Drinds' sports' meeting, which proved an unqualified success, the weather being beautifully ...

    Article : 126 words
  29. THE PRICE OF COPPER.

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  30. THE POWERS IN AFRICA.

    Mr. Cecil Rhodes has notified to an interviewer his complete satisfaction with the result of bis mission to the Continent. By agreement with the Berlin authorities ...

    Article : 94 words
  31. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The London wool sale, which was to have been held to-day, has been postponed in consequence of the prevailing fog. ...

    Article : 30 words
  32. FREMANTLE SHIPPING TROUBLE.

    Considerable excitement was occasioned at Fremantle to-day when the peaceable methods hitherto adopted by the strikers were departed' from, ami the jetty rusted. ...

    Article : 413 words
  33. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    BreadstnSs.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,146,000 qrs, as against 3,019,000 qrs. last week, or an increase of 127,000 qrs. The ...

    Article : 57 words
  34. MELBOURNE BOARD OF WORKS.

    unless the loan of one million pounds to be placed upon the London market by the Metropolitan Board of Works it floated at something near 3 per cent, the ...

    Article : 86 words
  35. SILVER COINAGE.

    With regard to the proposal for the establishemnt of silver mints in Australia the Treasury 'authorities suggest that .the Agents-General should submit a ...

    Article : 62 words
  36. QUEENSLAND HURRICANE.

    The White Star visited ' the pelican, Hauna, and Birkett Islands, and found the schooner Meg Merriles-a total wreck,'with four of her loggers gone, nine lives being ...

    Article : 300 words
  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Sir Horace Tozer, the Agent-General for Queensland, is suffering from an attack of influenza, I ...

    Article : 69 words
  38. TINNED FISH POISONING.

    On Sunday, after partaking of a tin of fresh herrings for dinner, Mrs. Goldsworthy and her five children, who live at New Chum, near Benk[?]igo, developed signs ...

    Article : 56 words
  39. THE COPPER MARKET.

    It appers that the consuption fo copper has of the been bisilty outstripping produtions In February alone done, accoring trade circulars,, stocks ...

    Article : 80 words
  40. THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACE.

    The latest betting on the Oxford and Cambridge University boat race is 6 to 1 on Oxford. ...

    Article : 26 words
  41. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    The Agents-General are urging Mr. Charmberlain to come to a speedy decision in to the question of a cubsidy "for die projected Pacific cable, it ...

    Article : 70 words
  42. DRCSK ILL-HEAUTH, AND SUICIDE.

    Franhlyn Arden, a sheepfarmer, who was' in comfortable circumstances, and resided at Tahara, committed suicide on Monday. Deceased had not enjo[?]ved good ...

    Article : 66 words
  43. GERMAN POLITICS.

    The Kaiser threatens the German Reichstag with immediate dissdflution if the contre Fatty succeeds in reducing the Military Estimates by tie amount necessary ...

    Article : 44 words
  44. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Lady Ridleywife of Sir Matthew White Ridley, the Home Secretary. Tie Queen has sent a message of condolence to the bereaved ...

    Article : 35 words
  45. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The following are the present average quotations for shares of the Union Mortgage and Agency Company, 14} per cent, debentures, £78 10s. ...

    Article : 106 words
  46. SHOOTTNG FATALITY.

    James Powell, an enginedriver, has died in the Alfred Hospital from an accidental gun explosion at Paken[?]am. The charge from the gun entered his right breast, and ...

    Article : 246 words
  47. AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    Although the thirteenth man in the Australian Eleven has not yet been definitely picked, for reasons best known to the selectors, it is generally understood that Layer ...

    Article : 291 words
  48. ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION.

    The annula celebration to perpetuate the mines to be a great to be a great session that years a procession fo the city and and suburban ...

    Article : 277 words
  49. THE REICHSTAG ANTAGONISTIC.

    In the German Reichstag yesterday the debate on the second reading of tine Army Bill -eras resumed. The House rejected by 509 in 141 the Goverments proposal ...

    Article : 68 words
  50. QUEENSLAND.

    The enquiry into the. Gatton murders was resumed to-day. William ArelL sergeant of police, gave evidence as to William McNeill calling a ...

    Article : 67 words
  51. NEW ZEALAND.

    A skeleton of 'a human being has been found near Auckland. It is believed to be the remains of a man named Bowden, who disappeared in 1879. ...

    Article : 36 words
  52. WELLINGTON, March 15.

    The Wellington Rugby Union has decided to recommend the New Zealand Union to send a team to Sydney to meet the Englishmen when they visit that city, ...

    Article : 109 words
  53. TRAIN DELAYED BY GRASSHOPPERS.

    A mail train was delayed 80 minutes while travelling through four miles of grasshoppers, near Capella, on the Central Queensland railway. ...

    Article : 132 words
  54. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The smelting works at Fn[?] started to-day on ore from the Associated Mines, Kalgoorlie. The smelter worked ...

    Article : 22 words
  55. THE TEST MATCHES.

    Messers Giffen, Jones, Reedman, and. HOI, who have been playing in the test matches between the Australian Eleven and the Rest of Austalins in Sydney and Melbourne, returned to Adelided by Wed nesday morning train. Mr. Darling remained in Malboune for the banquet ten ...

    Article : 153 words
  56. Advertising

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    Advertising : 630 words
  57. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 58 words
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