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  2. CABLE MESSAGES. IMPERIALISM.

    The annual dinner in connection with the, Royal Colonial Institute was held last night, under the presidency of the Earl of Aberdeen. The guests, numbering 250, ...

    Article : 292 words
  3. CABLE MESSAGES. ENGLISH CHANNEL SQUADRON.

    The English Channel squadron consisting of 16 men-of-war, under the command of Vice-Admiral Sir Henry F. Stephenson, K.C.B., whose flagship is H.M.S. Majestic, ...

    Article : 96 words
  4. CABLE MESSAGES. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Further experiments have been made in connection with M. Marconi's system of wireless telegraphy. Communication has been established between French warships ...

    Article : 250 words
  5. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Greenbushes tin field continues to attract many people. It if stated that the field will support 3,000 to 4,000 men. Several new discoveries are reported. The ...

    Article : 75 words
  6. THE PREMIER.

    The Premier was accorded another enthusiastic reception on Thursday night, when he addressed the electors of West Adelaide at the Draper Memorial ...

    Article : 432 words
  7. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A board to carry out the provisions of the Advances to Settlers Act has been appointed. It comprises Mr. C. J. McMaster, chairman of the local land ...

    Article : 125 words
  8. VICTORIA.

    Mary Osborne, a young woman, convicted of the concealment of the birth of her child, which was suffocated and left on the steps of the Shamrock Brewery, was to-day ...

    Article : 119 words
  9. A RAILWAY CONFERENCE.

    A conference of the heads of railway subdepartments will open in Brisbane on Tuesday next. South Australia will be represented by the Engineer-in-Chief (Mr. A. ...

    Article : 79 words
  10. WEST AUSTRALIAN SPORTING.

    The West Australian Turf Club has prepared a liberal programme for the Birthday meeting. Sir. C. N. Kidman, owner of Blackwood and others, will leave for ...

    Article : 69 words
  11. SCHOOL HOURS.

    The Minister of Education has made the following new regulation, which will come into force on the same day as the Standard Time Act:—"On and after May 1, 1899, all ...

    Article : 111 words
  12. PREMIER PERMANENT BLILDING SOCIETY.

    A meeting of the creditors of the Premier Permanent Building Society, convened by the official liquidator, was held to-day. There was a large attendance, and ...

    Article : 383 words
  13. THE PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Council this afternoon most of the sitting was taken up on the second reading and committee stage of the Arbitration and Conciliation Bill, ...

    Article : 134 words
  14. NEW ZEALAND.

    In connection with the marine scandal cases, the Premier admits having telegraphed to the Minister of Marine, asking that the matter of a certificate should he settled. ...

    Article : 126 words
  15. SEQUEL TO A DIVORCE.

    Mrs. Marian McKay, who was divorced from her husband, the well-known American millionaire, has been married to Count Bruneim, who is attached to the German ...

    Article : 62 words
  16. A BUSY PORT.

    The steam launch Asteroid, with the boarding officers, had a busy time at the anchorage on Wednesday night, steamer after steamer being signalled in rapid sue ...

    Article : 202 words
  17. GENERAL BOOTH.

    General Booth arrived in Sydney this evening from Brisbane, and left again by the southern express for Melbourne. ...

    Article : 188 words
  18. COMPANY MONGERING.

    Louis Henry Goodman and H.J. Squier, who, with Sir Edward Lee and Hugh Bernard, were committed for trial on a charge of fraudulent conspiracy, in connection ...

    Article : 73 words
  19. THE STUTTGART'S PASSENGERS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 172 words
  20. AMERICAN POLITICS.

    Mr. Thomas Brackett Reed, who for the past two years has been Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, is retiring from that position, and from ...

    Article : 48 words
  21. THE BUDGET DUTIES.

    There is much doubt in city circles about the exact working of the new stamp duties. The bankers and brokers generally consider that the duties will affect the ...

    Article : 102 words
  22. THE PHILIPPINES.

    President , McKinley, of the United States, has resolved to call out no more volunteers for service in the Philippines. Those already serving in the islands are ...

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  23. THE TOULON EXPLOSION.

    Vice-Admiral Delajaille, in acknowledging the receipt of 32,000 francs, subscribed by British residents in the Riviera for the relief of the sufferers by the Toulon ...

    Article : 72 words
  24. THE WEATHER.

    The weather continues. to be disturbed over the south-western corner of the continent," said .Mr. Griffiths, on Thursday. "The chart still shows low-pressure waves ...

    Article : 84 words
  25. QUEENSLAND.

    Some time since the Postmaster-General made arrangements with the A.U.S.N. Company for a weekly steam service to the Gulf ports. This service was only of a ...

    Article : 234 words
  26. SUICIDE BY POISONING

    The inquest on the young woman, Jessie Bentley, who died under peculiar circumstances at South Melbourne on April 10, was concluded to-day. An analysis of the ...

    Article : 160 words
  27. THE ADELAIDE HOSPITAL.

    The report of the board of management of the Adelaide Hospital for the year ended December 31, 1899, is published in this Week's "Government Gazette," and ...

    Article : 188 words
  28. AMUSEMENTS.

    Hudson's Surprise Party entertained another large and appreciative audience at the Bijou Theatre on Tuesday evening, when the last performance but one of the ...

    Article : 145 words
  29. RACING IN ENGLAND.

    Mr. W. Cooper's Newhaven II to-day won the City and Suburban Handicap, in connection with the Epsom Spring meeting. In the latest betting Newhaven was ...

    Article : 493 words
  30. INDIA.

    The Government of India has placed orders with American manufacturers for the construction of 45 locomotives intended for use on the Indian railways. ...

    Article : 31 words
  31. THE GRIMES ACT.

    The House of Commons yesterday rejected a Bill, introduced by Mr. John Dillon, providing for the repeal of the Irish Crimes' Act. The voting was 200 ...

    Article : 39 words
  32. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The mail steamer Austral, which left Largs Bay for London on Thursday, had on board 300 men, consisting of sailors and marines, the time-expired crew of H.M.S. ...

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  33. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Sir Edward Austin Stewart-Richardson, Bart, who is a lieutenant in the Royal Highlanders, has been appointed. aide-decamp to Lord Lamington, Governor of ...

    Article : 30 words
  34. THE CHINESE QUESTION.

    The Duke of Devonshire, speaking last night at a dinner in connection with the London Chamber of Commerce, referred in a tone of misgiving to the Far Eastern ...

    Article : 116 words
  35. THE MANSFIELD MURDER.

    The Superintendent of Police to-day received a telegram from the detectives investigating the murder of David Butler at Mansfield, to the effect that they had a ...

    Article : 103 words
  36. THE JUBILEE WAXWORKS.

    The Jubilee Waxworks Exhibition in Hindley-street attracted large attendances at all sessions on Thursday, when the large and comprehensive nature of the collection ...

    Article : 79 words
  37. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Wheat.—The visible supply of wheat is estimated at 51,161,000) bushels. Metals.—Copper continues strong at £76 5s. Tin is quoted at £115 10s. ...

    Article : 86 words
  38. RAILWAY CONFERENCE.

    The conference of railway officers to be held in Brisbane next week is the outcome of a decision of the last Commissioners' Conference. At the conference of ...

    Article : 132 words
  39. THE INSPECTOR OF EXPLOSIVES.

    Mr. William Arthur [?], M.A., who has been appointed to fill the position formerly held by the late Mr. E. F. Turner as inspector of explosives and ...

    Article : 303 words
  40. A SAD CASE.

    A delicate-looking woman, Sarah Robertson, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment at Carlton to-day, for abandoning her infant. Her present position was ...

    Article : 92 words
  41. FREMANTLE SHIPPING TROUBLE.

    In accordance with the decision arrived at at a meeting of the Lumpers' Union last night the men struck work this morning, and all vessels in port were idle. The ...

    Article : 278 words
  42. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    Mr. Balfour, addressing a large gathering in the Albert Hall, yesterday, under the auspices of the Primrose League, declared that the capacity, of Great Britain ...

    Article : 65 words
  43. THE REV. HECTOR FERGUSON.

    The Rev. Hector Ferguson, who has been cited to appear before the Presbytery to reply to the charge of heresy, has decided to resign as a Presbyterian [?] ...

    Article : 71 words
  44. WRECK OF THE AUSTRALIA.

    Late last night the steamer Kia Ora, trading between Strahan and Kelly's Basin, left for the scene of the wreck of the Australia to render assistance. Further ...

    Article : 174 words
  45. AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION.

    When the Legislative Assembly met this afternoon the Federal Enabling Bill, with the amendment, was received from the Council. Mr. Reid proposed to accept the ...

    Article : 76 words
  46. SUCCESSFUL HOSPITAL TREATMENT.

    The appendices to the annual report of the Adelaide Hospital Board give a vast amount of information in detail concerning the cases treated in 1898, and at the ...

    Article : 221 words
  47. NATIONAL BANK OF AUSTRALASIA.

    The half-yearly report and balance-sheet of, The National Bank of Australasia shows that the gross profits amounted to £67,854 against £71,398 in the previous six months, ...

    Article : 107 words
  48. BROKEN HILL.

    At the annual smoke social of the Firemen's Association last night Mr. E.J. Polkinghorne, the president of the Amalgamated Miners' Association, in proposing ...

    Article : 209 words
  49. MESSAGES OF CONGRATULATION.

    Sir George Turner has received a telegram from Mr. Reid announcing the safe passage of the Federal Enabling Bill through the New South Wales Legislative ...

    Article : 325 words
  50. CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL BUREAU

    The Central Agricultural Bureau met on Wednesday morning, when there were present:—Hon. A. W. Sandford (in the chair). Messrs. S. Good. W.C. Grasby, ...

    Article : 161 words
  51. DEATH UNDER ETHER.

    A young girl, Violet Canavan, whose parents live in Market-street, South Melbourne, died on the operating table at the Homoeopathic Hospital to-day. She was ...

    Article : 230 words
  52. THE OBOTAVA AT ALBANY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 199 words
  53. THE BUNDALEER PIPE CONTRACT.

    Owing to the late arrival of the steamer Ribston from New York, with a large shipment of steel plates and locking bars for Mr. Mephan Ferguson's pipe works at ...

    Article : 123 words
  54. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 82 words
  55. POPULATION STATISTICS.

    During February there were 690 births in the colony, irrespective of the Northern Territory, compared with an average of 721 during the same month of the previous ...

    Article : 137 words
  56. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 450 words
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