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  2. NEWS AND NOTES.

    Timber Industry and the Crops.—The Minister of Lands has received the following report from Mr. H. S. Brockman, Forest Ranger at Donnybrook :—"One ...

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  3. TELEGRAMS.

    At the Wesleyan Conference yesterday, it was reported that £3,400 had been collected for the Century Fund of 20,000 guineas, while of individual ...

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  4. CABLEGRAM

    It is officially stated at Shanghai that Yu-hsien, ex-Governor of the province of Shansi, was beheaded, at Lan-chau-fu, on the 22nd of last month. ...

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  5. TELEGRAMS.

    Competition for the Dowar trophy among members of t[?] Albany Bowling Club was won by J. Strother, A. Johnston being the runner-up. ...

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  6. CABLEGRAMS.

    The White Star liner Teutonic has had a remarkable experience at sea. When nearing Newfoundland, a mountainous wave, supposed to be due to some ...

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  7. CABLEGRAMS.

    The Army Estimates, which have been submitted to Parliament, provide for an expenditure of £87,915,000. and for the maintenance of a force of 450,000 men. ...

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  8. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    Mr. Kingston states that the Federal Ministers are unanimous respecting the time when the Federal tariff shall be submitted to Parliament. He had ...

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  9. CABLEGRAMS.

    Colonel Smith-Dorrien and Colonel Alderson, who have been operating in the Eastern Transvaal, report having captured large quantities of ...

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  10. LOCO PICNIC.

    Bayswater, the site chosen for the annual picnic of the Locomotive Workshops employees and friends, is one admirably suited for the purpose. There ...

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  11. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    Doctor Simpson, Professor of Hygiene in King's College, London, and formerly medical officer at Calcutta, has told the Advisory Board of Health at Capetown ...

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  12. QUEENSLAND.

    Eighteen nominations were received yesterday for the Senate as follows:—Messrs. Thynne, Ferguson, and Buzacott, members of the Council; ...

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  13. BRITISH POLITICS.

    A Parliamentary bye-election was held yesterday for Maidstone, the seat having been rendered vacant by the Liberal member, Mr. John Barker, having been ...

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  14. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Mrs. E. W. Nicholls, president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, left for Western Australia by the R.M.S. Arcadia on Thursday. ...

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  15. BUNBURY.

    A prisoner named Wark was to-day sentenced to four days on bread and water for assaulting a fellow-prisoner called Dawson. ...

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  16. THE SURBITION TRAGEDY.

    At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, the trial of the man George H. Parker, who was charged with the wilful murder of William Pearson, by ...

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  17. MINING.

    The following are the latest quotations for the undermentioned Australian mining shares:— Associated (W.A.), £2 11s. 3d.; ...

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  18. THE CORONATION OATH.

    The Canadian House of Commons, by a majority of 125 to 19, has adopted an address to the King praying for the elimination from the coronation oath of all ...

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  19. THE ROYAL VISITORS.

    The celebration committee is hard at work arranging the details of the general scheme for the reception of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York and ...

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  20. AMERICAN "COMBINES"

    A rival Steel Trust has been formed in the United States, with a capital of £10,000,000. Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, who floated ...

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  21. PERSONAL.

    The Marquis of Headfort was united in marriage yesterday with Miss Boote, a well-known variety actress of the Gaiety Theatre. ...

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  22. THE GOLDEN GATE DISASTER.

    The coroner's inquiry touching the death of those persons who were drowned as the result of the foundering, recently, of the steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, ...

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  23. THE EASTERN QUESTION

    It was stated a day or two ago that Turkey was massing large bodies of troops on the Bulgarian frontier. An explanation of this action on the ...

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  24. THE LANDING OF AFGHANS.

    On Saturday last a deputation from the Geraldton Wharf Labourers' Association waited upon Mr. R. D. Hutchison, member for Geraldton, and Mr. J. ...

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  25. TASMANIA.

    So far 15 candidates have announced themselves for the six seats in the Federal Senate. Of these, seven are pronounced revenue tariff supporet, two ...

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  26. MAMMOTH SHARE BROKING.

    Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, the American millionaire, and member of the New York banking firm of J. P. Morgan and Co., has, in his capacity of sharebroker, ...

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  27. FINANCIAL.

    Bar silver is quoted at 2s. 4 1-8d. per oz. ...

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  28. VICTORIA.

    Sir Frederick Sargood, who is a candidate for the Senate, has expressed himself favourable to an arrangement such as that instituted in South Australia, to ...

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  29. NEW HEBRIDES.

    A deputation from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church waited on Mr. Seddon with reference to the situation in the New Hebrides. The ...

    Article : 205 words
  30. COMMERCIAL.

    Tin statistics: The total stocks, including stocks in America and quantity afloat, amount to 16,065 tons. The quantity of Straits and Australian ofloat ...

    Article : 159 words
  31. COLLIE.

    The mines were closed down half a shift yesterday and the whole shift to-day in consequence of shortage of trucks. This afternoon there was not a single ...

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  32. WESLEYAN METHODIST CONFERENCE AT MELBOURNE.

    The annual conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Churches of Victoria and Tasmania was continued yesterday. The following were selected by ballot as ...

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  33. KARRIDALE.

    During the past few days Mrs. M. C. Davies has presented each child attending the schools at Karridale, Boranup and Hamelin with a beautifully-designed ...

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  34. QUEENSLAND SUGAR INDUSTRY

    Mr. Barton spent yesterday in a visit to the sugar plantations in the Bundaberg district, where the general consensus of opinion among the planters is that ...

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  35. SYDNEY RAILWAY DISASTER.

    An inquest on the body of Herbert J. Henry Darleney, who was killed in the Tempe railway disaster, was continued to-day. ...

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  36. THE CONINGHAM DIVORCE CASE.

    Another matter having some bearing on the Coningham divorce case came before the Full Court to-day. A rule nisi was asked for, on behalf of Arthur ...

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  37. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    With reference to the cablegram stating that the Pacific Cable Board disapproves of the New South Wales agreement with the Eastern Extension ...

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  38. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    A case of plague is stated to have been discovered at Pinkenba, at the mouth of the Brisbane River. ...

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  39. FATAL ACCIDENT AT COOL-GARDIE.

    An engine-driver named Rolf Holdine was killed at Burbanks Birthday Gift this afternoon. He was caught in the belting and swung round. He fell into ...

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  40. BRUTAL ASSAULTS.

    Mr. George Pearce, a commercial traveller, was found in an insensible condition in King-street early yesterday morning. A constable took him to the ...

    Article : 251 words
  41. DEATH AT SEA.

    On the arrival of the Taluns[?]from New Zealand on the 20th of February, it was reported that a second-class passenger named Philip Conway was seized with a ...

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  42. BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENT.

    Freedman's re-adjustment sale was again largely patronised on Saturday. To-day and until further notice the sale will be continued. The firm draw ...

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  43. STATE ELECTIONS.

    At the urgent request of his supporters in the district. Mr. Moran has definitely decided to contest East Coolgardie, and also to contest a local constituency, ...

    Article : 60 words
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