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  2. THE BRITISH ARMY.

    The War Office estimates for the year 1904-5 have been presented to the House of Commons They contemplate an expenditure of ...

    Article : 184 words
  3. THE TRANSVAAL.

    The Transvaal imports for 1903 were valued at £19,500,000. The Customs receipts amounted to £2,000,000. ...

    Article : 128 words
  4. THE WAR.

    The text has been published of a treaty recently concluded between Japan and Corea. Japan, under this treaty, definitely ...

    Article : 96 words
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    The above map shows the Asiatic section of the Trans-Siberian Railway, Almost in the centre of the map is Lake Baikal, where, according to our cables this morning, a railway locomotive fell through the ice, over which light rails have lately been laid. The total length of the Trans-Siberian Railway, from Moscow, its western terminus, to Dalny, is 5,403 miles. Before the railway was laid across the ice of Lake Baikal, trains were ferried across, but a line round the south of the lake is being built. Owing to the Trans-Siberian Railway having ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 163 words
  6. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    Rumour has again been busy during the past few days with reports of this and that coalition, but no reliable information can be obtained. The ...

    Article : 1,297 words
  7. MR. DOWIE IN MELBOURNE.

    About two hundred and fifty persons (mostly women) attended the Rev J. A. Dowie's meeting in the Hibernian Hall this morning. Every care was taken ...

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  8. DEGENERACY OF ATHLETICS.

    The English newspapers comment on the conduct of the Sydney "push" at the international test cricket match on Saturday. ...

    Article : 109 words
  9. THE ARMY REFORM COMMITTEE.

    The second progress report of the Committee appointed to advise as to the creation of a Board for the adminstrative business of the War Office, and as ...

    Article : 581 words
  10. THE BELLIGERENTS IN COREA.

    The Russian and Japanese scouts are reported to have sighted each other at Suk-Chien, about mid-way between Ping-Yang and Angu, in the northern half of ...

    Article : 42 words
  11. THE ADELAIDE TRAGEDY.

    Thomas Horton, who is alleged to be the author of the shooting tragedy that was enacted in Rundle-street last Saturday night, was captured this afternoon ...

    Article : 152 words
  12. THE SITUATION AT PORT ARTHUR.

    The sending of the Russian cruisers out of Port Arthur failed to entice the Japanese fleet to come within shorter range. ...

    Article : 49 words
  13. ALLEGED ROBBERY UNDER ARMS.

    Archibald Learmonth, a watchman employed on the tailings dump at the Croesus South mine, told an extraordinary story to the police this morning. ...

    Article : 242 words
  14. LOSS OF JAPANESE GUNBOAT.

    The "St. James's Gazette's" correspondent at Chifu reports that a Japanese gunboat, badly damaged at Port Arthur, sank outside Chifu. ...

    Article : 49 words
  15. RUSSIA, FRANCE AND ENGLAND.

    The "Figaro," by making its recent revelations regarding Russia's part in the Fashoda affair, has provided differences in the French Cabinet. ...

    Article : 48 words
  16. SINKING OF JAPANESE TRANSPORTS.

    The crews of the two last vessels sunk by the Japanese, with the object of blocking the Port Arthur channel, gnited fuses and escaped in boats. ...

    Article : 61 words
  17. INTER-STATE.

    In the Adelaide Police Court this morning Edwd. George, who was in company with McCabe immediately before the latter fired on the police, in Adelaide, ...

    Article : 40 words
  18. THE RIGHT OF SEARCH.

    A Russian warship stopped and searched the British steamer Benalder, 3,044 tons, north of Perim, in the Straits of Bab-el-Mandeb. ...

    Article : 40 words
  19. A FORTUNE FROM COTTON.

    The estate of the late Mr. Edward Brook, the well-known cotton manufacturer of Meltham, has been valued a £2,000,000. ...

    Article : 43 words
  20. VICTORIAN FATALITIES.

    A lad named Arthur Dawson (10), while jumping off a fence at Benalla about a week ago, was impaled. He was treated at home until Saturday last, but he ...

    Article : 172 words
  21. VICTORIA.

    The health authorities state that in future vessels arriving from New Zealand will not be submitted to medical inspection, unless fresh cases of small-pox ...

    Article : 194 words
  22. ACCIDENT ON LAKE BAIKAL.

    A Russian locomotive fell through the ice at Lake Baikal. The aspect of the fugitives who are crowding the trains in Siberia, seeking ...

    Article : 56 words
  23. THE PORT ARTHUR GARRISON.

    The "New York Herald" states that 5,000 troops, travelling day and night, have reinforced the Port Arthur garrison. ...

    Article : 43 words
  24. COTTON GROWING IN THE EMPIRE.

    Mr. Brodrick Secretary of State for India, speaking yesterday at Manchester, promised to stimulate cotton-growing in India. ...

    Article : 57 words
  25. PERSONAL.

    Mr. Justice Parker, who has been on a holiday visit to New Zealand, returned to this State by the R.M.S. Arcadia, which arrived at Fremantle yesterday. ...

    Article : 416 words
  26. FRENCH GARRISON IN FAR EAST.

    France has warned 2,000 troops of the Colonial Infantry Division, to be ready to start for Indo-China on March 15. ...

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  27. EARLY CLOSING.

    The Licensing Magistrates of Glasgow have decided that from April 1 next the publichouses of the city shall be closed at 10 p.m. ...

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  28. THE SURVIVORS OF CHEMUIPHO FIGHT.

    Russia has agreed to the conditions of parole imposed by Japan in respect of the survivors of the Chemulpho fight. The prisoners are not to go north or ...

    Article : 42 words
  29. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Canadian mail steamer Moana, several days overdue from Vancouver, arrived last Saturday morning. The delay was attributable to head winds and ...

    Article : 41 words
  30. SHOCKING MINING ACCIDENT

    A shocking accident occurred this morning in the Forrest Creek Gold Reefs Mine at Chewton and as a result one man was killed instantly and two others ...

    Article : 133 words
  31. LAND FIGHTING.

    The Japanese infantry encountered the Russian cavalry northwards of Pingyang. After a sharp fusilade the Russians ...

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  32. THE THIBETAN MISSION

    The Russian reverses in the Far East will, it is expected, facilitate Colonel Younghusband's negotiations with the authorities at Thibet. ...

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  33. SOCIAL NOTES.

    A Bunbury correspondent writes:— "On Wednesday afternoon last Mrs. Robt. Forrest gave a garden party at her residence, 'Grittleton Lodge.' There ...

    Article : 373 words
  34. TASMANIA.

    Heavy rains have again fallen, and on the east coast rivers are in high flood. Considerable damage has been done at the Arba mine, the races being washed ...

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  35. JAPANESE DISPERSED.

    The Russians claim to have dispersed a detachment of Japanese 40 miles south of the Yalu. The Russians are reported to have ...

    Article : 54 words
  36. FRANCE AND SPAIN.

    M. Delcasse, the French Foreign Minister for Foreign Affairs, has signed an arbitration treaty with Spain, on the lines of the recently-concluded ...

    Article : 35 words
  37. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The pitch was covered with water this morning, and as rain continued to drizzle play was postponed till 4 o'clock, at which hour the umpires made an ...

    Article : 142 words
  38. RUMOURED RUSSIAN BARBARITIES.

    The Seoul correspondent of the London "Daily Chronicle" says:—"Reports have been received here stating that the Russians in Northern Corea have killed a ...

    Article : 74 words
  39. RAIN IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    There has been a phenomenal rainfall over one-third of the State (including the Darling watershed). It was heavy on the coast between Sydney and Port ...

    Article : 114 words
  40. RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION IN SCHOOLS.

    In regard to the decision of the Government that the question of religious instruction in State schools shall be decided by a referendum, the Premier (Mr. ...

    Article : 87 words
  41. JAPANESE FUGITIVES.

    The "Times" correspondent at Tokio states that one hundred Japanese women refugees, most of them the wives and daughters of respectable men, have ...

    Article : 54 words
  42. WILD DOGS AT UPPER BLACKWOOD.

    A meeting of the settlers of the Upper Blackwood was held last Friday. Bitter complaints were made of losses occasioned by wild dogs. These are reported to be ...

    Article : 123 words
  43. FATAL ACCIDENT.

    A fatal accident happened at the Lyall Reduction Works last Saturday afternoon. An employee, named Frederick Occleshaw, was working in the sampling ...

    Article : 73 words
  44. JAPANESE MESSAGES.

    The Acting Consul-General for Japan received the following cablegram from Tokio this afternoon:—"At 9 a.m. on the 28th inst. a body of Russian cavalry ...

    Article : 328 words
  45. THE DAMAGED RUSSIAN WARSHIPS.

    The rent in the Russian battleship Retvisan is 40ft. long. The attempt to patch the vessel having failed, all hopes of raising her have been abandoned. ...

    Article : 86 words
  46. THE MRS. SPARROW RELIEF FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 65 words
  47. THE IRVINE TESTIMONIAL FUND

    The subscriptions received by the hon, secretary of the Irvine Testimonial Fund have reached a total of £2.033. ...

    Article : 26 words
  48. Advertising

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