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  2. THE COUNTRY.

    PARKES, Monday.--On Saturday afternoon the body of a little boy named Stevens was found floating in an underground tank of water at Currajong. The mother ...

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  3. COOLGARDIE GOLDFIELDS.

    In bringing these articles to a conclusion perhaps it will not be considered out of place to allude to the advantages and disadvantages which West Australia offers ...

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  4. THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The political situation is the sole topic of conversation, and the lobbies at Parliament House presented quite a lively appearance all day. ...

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  5. THE SHEARING DIFFICULTY.

    Mr. Whiteley King states that the Pastoralists' Union office is now very busy arranging for the transfer of the shearers who have cut out on the Darling to second ...

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  6. OUR SPECIAL CABLES

    LONDON, Monday.--It is expected that a battle will shortly be fought before the walls of Moukden, the capital of Manchuria, between the Chinese ...

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  7. IN THE HUGHENDEN DISTRICT

    HUGHENDEN, Monday.--The union camps in this district have all been broken up, and the men have spread in different directions in search of work. ...

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  8. THE PROPOSED RAILWAY FROM COFF'S HARBOR TO GUYRA.

    FERNMOUNT, Monday.--A meeting of Coff's Harbor and Orara residents was held at Coff's Harbor on Saturday to protest against the recall of the survey party sent ...

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  9. THE COOMBEMARTIN SHOOTING CASE.

    ROCKHAMPTON, Monday.--The trial in connection with the Coombemartin shooting case was resumed to-day. John Shanklin, for the defence, deposed that when the ...

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  10. MRS. BESANT AND VEGETARIANISM.

    I have seen Mrs. Besant and talked with her. There were a number of us, all vegetarians, who to-day (Monday) welcomed her as a vegetarian to New South Wales. She ...

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  11. DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.

    GUNDAGAI, Monday.--Mr. E. Williams, a resident of the district for upwards of 50 years, and a pioneer settler, died at South Gundagai last night, at the advanced age ...

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  12. FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.

    MUDGEE, Monday.--A miner named William Henry Kingsmill accidentally shot himself yesterday at Log Paddock, dying in a few minutes. Kingsmill and four other ...

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  13. ARRIVAL OF THE MISSING CHINESE TRANSPORTS.

    LONDON, Monday.--The missing Chinese transports, which were supposed to have been sunk by the Japanese, have arrived at the Taku Forts. ...

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  14. NEW ZEALAND.

    AUCKLAND, Monday.--The Colonial Treasurer (Mr. Ward) to-day announced that the Government, after careful consideration, had decided not to assent to the ...

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  15. THE ATTITUDE OF RUSSIA.

    LONDON, Monday.--It is reported that the Russian fleet is assembled at Vladivostock, ready for immediate action. ...

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  16. RETURN OF THE BISHOP OF BATHURST.

    BATHURST, Monday.--Bishop and Mrs. Camidge, who have returned from England, arrived in the city this afternoon. They were met at the railway station and ...

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  17. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The jury in the railway libel action, Speight v. Syme, retired to-day for the purpose of deliberating upon the issues. They were provided with ...

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  18. GAS EXPLOSION AT BATHURST.

    BATHURST, Monday.--Considerable damage was caused at Caunt's drug store, William-street, on Saturday night, by an explosion of gas. Two plateglass windows ...

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  19. WAR CONTRIBUTION FROM WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH (WA.), Monday.--It is reported from Broome, where a large number of Japanese are working, that £1000 has been collected and sent to Japan as a special war ...

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  20. TAWHAIO'S TANGI.

    AUCKLAND, Monday.--On the invitation of the natives a thousand Europeans assembled at Taupiri yesterday to witness the tangi in honor of the late Maori King ...

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  21. VIOLENT BURGLARS PUNISHED.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--At the Criminal Court to-day three men, named O'Connor, Williams, and Wallace, were sentenced each to 10 years' hard labor, with ...

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  22. THE GRETA COLLIERY.

    NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Arrangements have now been made whereby the Greta colliery will be worked under the district hewing rates. To-day a number of men ...

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  23. FRANCE AND MADAGASCAR.

    LONDON, Sunday Night.--The position of affairs in Madagascar is creating a good deal of interest owing to the attitude of France. ...

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  24. THE SHEARERS' REPORTS.

    Mr. Head reports that 12 shearers who came by the Wakatipu from New Zealand yesterday joined the union on their arrival in Sydney. ...

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  25. DEATH OF A CROSS-COUNTRY RIDER.

    AUCKLAND, Monday.--Sydney Cleaver, a cross-country rider, was killed yesterday while exercising a horse on the Palmerston racecourse. ...

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  26. A UNIONIST RAID.

    WILCANNIA, Monday.--A very serious outrage on Momba station by members of the unionist shearers' camp was reported today. The police are reticent, but the ...

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  27. CONTINUED DECREASE IN RAILWAY REVENUE.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The railway traffic receipts for the week just ended amounted to £41,766, as against £45,975 for the corresponding period last year, ...

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  28. SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

    It is probable that the steamer Trident, Which sunk after striking the Moruya breakwater a few days ago, will be floated and brought to Sydney for repairs. ...

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  29. THE SUPPOSED POISONING CASES AT RICHMOND.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The trial of Martha Needle for the murder by alleged poisoning of Louis Juncker, at Richmond, was commenced at the Criminal Court, ...

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  30. DISPATCH OF FRENCH TROOPS.

    LONDON, Monday, 1 p.m.--It is reported that seven thousand French troops are being dispatched to Madagascar, including eight batteries of ...

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  31. THE SCHOONER SWORDFISH IN TROUBLE.

    The schooner Swordfish, bound from Penguin to Sydney, sprang a leak off the Tasmanian coast, and had to put back for repairs. A report received in Sydney ...

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  32. TORNADO IN AMERICA.

    LONDON, Sunday Night.--News from the United States reports that the town of Des Moines, Iowa, was yesterday visited by a terrible tornado, which ...

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  33. THE DELATITE ELECTION.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The polling in connection with the Delatite electorate was concluded to-day, and resulted in confirming Mr. Graves's victory. Mr. Graves was ...

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  34. THE F. I. AND B. COMPANY OF AUSTRALIA.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The scheme for the reconstruction of the Freehold Investment and Banking Company of Australia, Limited, is to be submitted to the ...

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  35. NINE SMALL TOWNS DESTROYED.

    LONDON, Monday, 1 p.m.--It has been ascertained that the tornado was more destructive than at first reported. In its passage the tornado almost ...

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  36. THE WYALONG GOLDFIELD.

    WYALONG, Monday.--Quite a commotion was caused to-day by the announcement that Forster and party had arrived from Gough's battery with over 50lb. weight of ...

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  37. THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND THE NOBLES.

    LONDON, Monday.--Prince Bismarck, in reply to an interviewer, stated that he strongly approved of the attitude of the Emperor William of ...

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  38. THE WEATHER.

    The southerly change which set in on Sunday night made yesterday almost cold enough for winter, and at 11 p.m. the thermometer at the Observatory was as ...

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  39. CAUGHT IN A HURRICANE.

    The ship Lord Canning, which arrived last evening from Liverpool, had a rough experience in a hurricane whilst crossing the Southern Ocean. The storm ...

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  40. IN THE BOURKE DISTRICT.

    BOURKE, Monday.--On Friday morning six unionists named Thomas Currie, Alex. Ross, John M'Donald, John Graham, Albert Belfitt, and Matthew Kelly were charged ...

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  41. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Monday.--English wheat is selling at an average of 19s 8d per quarter. The cargo of Victorian wheat by ...

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  42. FATALITIES.

    The body of a middle-aged man of eccentric habits, named W. Wagner Williamson, was found in his house, where he lived alone, at Morton-street, Waterloo, ...

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  43. A SAILOR LOST OVERBOARD.

    Captain Ferguson, of the barque Ophir, which arrived yesterday from Mauritius, reports the loss of one of the crew named Jacob Danielson during the passage. The ...

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  44. SNOW ON THE MURRUMBIDGEE RANGES.

    QUEANBEYAN, Monday.--Snow was falling on the Murrumbidgee Ranges, west of Queanbeyan, yesterday. There was a heavy frost here last night, and the ...

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  45. THE LONDON WOOL SALES.

    LONDON, Monday, 1 p.m.--At the current London wool sales good and superior clips are fully half a penny per lb. above the quotations last July. ...

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  46. IN THE RIVERINA DISTRICT.

    ALBURY, Monday.--Bulgandra station called the roll to-day and obtained a full board under conference agreement. Yarra Yarra, a large shed, which intends shearing ...

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  47. IN OTHER DISTRICTS.

    CUDAL, Monday.--Steady rain fell on Saturday night and also on Sunday, 30 points being registered. The weather has been very cold all to-day, with a high ...

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  48. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT PORTLAND.

    LONDON, Monday, 1 p.m.--A fire at Portland, Oregon, in the United States, destroyed 500,000 bushels of wheat, 200 freight cars, and a large steamer. ...

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  49. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Monday.--A shooting fatality occurred on Sunday forenoon in Fitzgerald-street, at the house of William White, an ex-constable. Mary Colo, a niece of Mrs. ...

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  50. SUDDEN DEATH AT REDFERN.

    About 2.40 p.m. yesterday a plasterer named George Allnutt, a married man, residing at Redfern, died in Prince Alfred Hospital. He was taken to the hospital ...

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  51. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    LONDON, Monday, 2 p.m.--Bar silver is quoted at 2s 5 5-16d per oz., a fall of ⅛d compared with Saturday's quotation. ...

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  52. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Marine Board inquiry into the wreck of the barque Aeolus, near Cape Banks, on September 1, was opened this afternoon, and adjourned till Wednesday. ...

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  53. IN THE MOLONG DISTRICT.

    MOLONG, Monday.--Shearing operations will be in full swing in this district in the course of a few weeks. It is anticipated that trouble will be experienced at one ...

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  54. FIRE AT CANLEY VALE.

    LIVERPOOL, Monday.--A fire occurred early on Saturday morning at Canley Vale, when a weatherboard building occupied by Mr. Page, was totally destroyed, with most ...

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  55. IN QUEENSLAND.

    WINTON, Monday.--The strike has been officially, declared off in this district, and the men are dispersing in search of work. ...

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