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  2. SOUTH AFRICAN AFFAIRS.

    Acute distress prevails in the north-west and in the north-east of Cape Colony. Sugar is fetching one shilling a pound, ...

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  3. IRELAND.

    The Irish Landowners' Convention has rejected the proposal for a conference with the tenantry by 77 votes to 14. [Capt. Shaw Taylor, a Galway ...

    Article : 118 words
  4. COUNTRY.

    The children attending the local public school gave a successful entertainment last Saturday night in the Jarrahdale Hall, in aid of the prize fund and ...

    Article : 38 words
  5. CITY LIGHTING.

    At last night's meeting of the Perth City Council the following report by the sub-committee appointed to consider the question of city lighting was adopted:— ...

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  6. PARLIAMENT.

    Both Houses of Parliament will sit at half-past 4 p.m. to-day. In the Legislative Council, the notice-paper shows that the business of the ...

    Article : 567 words
  7. THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE WATERWORKS BOARD.

    At a meeting of the City Council held last night, the following report by the special committee with reference to the Waterworks Board, was submitted:— ...

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  8. FEDERAL AFFAIRS.

    Speaking at Portland last Saturday night, Mr. G. H. Reid, Leader of the Opposition in the Federal Parliament, said that the Federal tariff would have to be ...

    Article : 664 words
  9. THE AMERICAN COAL STRIKE.

    The situation as regards the American coal strike has not improved. Mr. Meyers, President of the Western Federation of Miners, proposes to order ...

    Article : 387 words
  10. LABOUR TROUBLES.

    A rather unusual event in the labour history of the city, since the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act came into operation, occurred yesterday ...

    Article : 317 words
  11. KALGOORLIE.

    On the announcement of an application for a gold-dealer's licence in the Warden's Court this morning, the Warden stated that he would not grant any ...

    Article : 37 words
  12. NORTHAM.

    The Northam annual show, which will be held to-morrow and on Wednesday, promises to be a great success. A large number of visitors arrived by the ...

    Article : 105 words
  13. THE LIBERAL PARTY.

    Mr. A. Black, Radical M.P. for Banffishire, recently invited Lord Rosebery to give an assurance that his differencs with Sir Henry Campbell ...

    Article : 140 words
  14. THE BOER GENERALS.

    The "Cologne Gazette" remarks that the Boer generals, in a most unambiguous fashion, refused to ask Sir Frank Lascelles, the British Ambassador at ...

    Article : 54 words
  15. RETURN OF THE PRIME MINISTER

    The Prime Minister (Sir Edmund Barton), in the course of an interview here to-day, said that it had been proposed that a branch of the Royal Naval ...

    Article : 473 words
  16. SITUATION IN THE BALKANS.

    Since the departure of the Russian generals from the Shipka Pass, the Bulgarian revolutionary bands in Macedonia have been acting with great ...

    Article : 69 words
  17. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    The "Daily Telegraph" states that another ship of the same size as the first class cruiser Spartiate will proceed to the Australian naval station. The ...

    Article : 109 words
  18. THE PERTH ARTILLERY.

    The members of the Perth (No. 1) Field Battery of Artillery met at the Melbourne Hotel last night, for the purpose of welcoming back Major J. Talbot ...

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  19. CANADA.

    Mr. F. W. Borden, the Canadian Minister for Defence, speaking at Boston yesterday, stated that a fast Atlantic steam service has been practically ...

    Article : 113 words
  20. A GLADSTONE STATUE.

    At Glasgow yesterday Lord Rosebery unveiled Mr. Thornycroft's fine statue of Mr. Gladstone. In glowing terms Lord Rosebery ...

    Article : 42 words
  21. AN ANARCHIST CENTRE

    A sensational occurrence is reported from Gibraltar. The Socialists of La Linea, a small Spanish town just outside Gibraltar, ...

    Article : 80 words
  22. GERMAN COLONISATION.

    The German Colonial Congress, which is sitting at Berlin, lays much stress on the necessity of diverting German emigrants to Southern Brazil, in order to ...

    Article : 82 words
  23. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The Rev. F. W. MacDonald, senior secretary of the Wesleyan Missionary Society, and the Rev. H. A. Raynes, the British and Foreign Bible Society's Home ...

    Article : 46 words
  24. ENTERTAINMENTS.

    An audience which filled the Bijou Theatre in all parts witnessed the second production of the Western Australian drama, "Moondyne, the Convict King." ...

    Article : 591 words
  25. COMMERCIAL.

    Wheat.—The home wheat market is quiet. The Continental markets are dull, but heavy exports are maintaining prices in America. ...

    Article : 138 words
  26. THE ST. KILDA TRAGEDY.

    It has been ascertained that Constable Johnston, who was shot yesterday at St. Kilda, had previously had occasion to warn the murderer (who has not yet ...

    Article : 161 words
  27. COUNT PAUL ESTERHAZY

    Count Paul Esterhazy, who has abandoned the Roman Catholic priesthood and the Society of Jesus, claims the return of £33,000. ...

    Article : 48 words
  28. WESTMINISTER ABBEY.

    The Rev. Joseph Armitage Robinson, D.D., Canon of Westminster, has been appointed to succeed Dean Bradley as Dean of Westminster. ...

    Article : 100 words
  29. ANTI-SEMITISM.

    Several thousand anti-Semites, led by Dr. Karl Lueger, the notorious anti-Semite leader of Vienna, yesterday provoked a riot at Saint Polten, whose ...

    Article : 50 words
  30. THE VICTORIAN RAILWAYS.

    At a State Cabinet meeting which was held this evening, the following suggestions were adopted in connection with the railway retrenchment scheme:—(1) ...

    Article : 204 words
  31. PERSONAL.

    In the Karridale Hall last Saturday evening, Mr. M. C. Davies, at the request of Sir Arthur Lawley, presented John Delfs, L. C. Peterson, Carl ...

    Article : 281 words
  32. VICTORIAN POLITICS.

    It is understood that Mr. Duncan Gillies will be the only member nominated for the Speakership to-morrow. After the election of a Speaker, the ...

    Article : 128 words
  33. WOOD PAVING.

    The City Council of Westminster has accepted an offer made by Mr. H. Copeland to supply 9,000 New South Wales wood-paving blocks for the purpose of a ...

    Article : 41 words
  34. NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS.

    The result of the motion of censure in the New South Wales Parliament has been much discussed in the country centres, the view that has been taken ...

    Article : 78 words
  35. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CENSUS RETURNS.

    The census returns dealing with the [?]onjujal condition of the people of South Australia show that the female population during the ten years (1891-1901) was ...

    Article : 239 words
  36. THE UPPER YARRA BOATING FATALITY.

    The body of May Perriman, one of the victims of yesterday's boating fatality on the Upper Yarra, was recovered this morning. ...

    Article : 30 words
  37. THE LEONORA BANK ROBBERY.

    The men who were arrested in connection with the robbery of £400 from the National Bank have been discharged, as the police could not find any evidence to ...

    Article : 41 words
  38. FREEDOM OF CONTRACT.

    A largely-attended meeting of the Carpenters, Joiners, and Cabinet-makers' Industrial Union of Workers was held last night at the Bohemia Hall. ...

    Article : 105 words
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