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  2. THE WAR.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Japanese Naval Department has published an important letter, written by an officer of the Russian battleship Sevastopol, which was recently ...

    Article : 243 words
  3. MINISTERS ON HOLIDAY.

    Several of the State Ministers have taken advantage of the holidays to get away into the country. The Premier has been having a quiet time on the South Coast, mostly fishing, in ...

    Article : 147 words
  4. DEVASTATING HEAT WAVE.

    A heat wave which finds few parallels in intensity in the meteorological history of the State is at present passing over New South Wales. The weather is the hottest experienced ...

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  5. SECOND EDITION.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The fort of Sung-shu-shan, to the cast of the railway and close to Ehr-lung-shan, was stormed and captured by the Japanese at Port ...

    Article : 43 words
  6. EXCITEMENT IN TOKIO.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Admirals Togo and Kamimura were given an ovation on leaving Kure for Tokio. The Japanese capital is delirious with excitement. ...

    Article : 75 words
  7. A NEW SAND PUMP DREDGE.

    A cable was despatched to the Acting-Agent- General on Saturday, ordering a new sand pump dredge of the Antleon type, for service on the bar harbors. The vessel will be of a similar ...

    Article : 140 words
  8. SEVEN JUNKS CAPTURED.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Seven junks, which were attempting to carry provisions to Port Arthur, have recently been captured by the Japanese. ...

    Article : 94 words
  9. ORTHODOX CHURCH MONASTERIES.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--The Russian Government has invited the monasteries of the Orthodox (Greek) Church to tax themselves for the support of the war ...

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  10. THE WESTERN DIVISION.

    Under the Western Lands Act, the duty of determining the rentals of pastoral leases and the fees of occupation licenses in the Western Division had to be completed by the board ...

    Article : 266 words
  11. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 139 words
  12. THE ARMY.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Lord Roberts, after visiting the South African battlefields, writing in the "Nineteenth Century," says he is more than ever ...

    Article : 63 words
  13. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--A Bulgarian Note, couched in strong terms, has been sent to Turkey, complaining of the non-fulfilment of the engagements entered into in April last, ...

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  14. RUSSO-TURKISH AGREEMENT.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Britain and Russia have signed an agreement, similar to the Russo-American agreement, to enable British companies to sue Russian companies in Russia. ...

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  15. PERSONAL.

    Lieutenant J. D. Rogers, R.N., is a passenger by the R.M.S. Moana, which arrived in Sydney last night from Vancouver. Mr. George Curry, of Star-hill, a widely known ...

    Article : 476 words
  16. THE NEW FIELD GUN.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The new British 18½-pounder field guns will have a muzzle velocity of 1600ft. per second, be capable of firing 25 rounds per minute, and ...

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  17. HOW ERH-LUNG-SHAN WAS TAKEN.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Details continue to come to band respecting the capture of the forts at Erh-lung-shan on Wednesday last. The tunnels in which were laid the mines ...

    Article : 149 words
  18. DOGGER BANK INQUIRY.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--Some mystery attaches to the return from Paris of Admiral Kaznakoff, Russia's representative on the International Commission of ...

    Article : 70 words
  19. COMMERCE AND POLITICS.

    Speaking at Cabarita on Saturday, Mr. John Wallace, president of the Commercial Travellers' Association, said he failed to see how the present State Ministry could be considered a ...

    Article : 282 words
  20. THE COTTON MARKET.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the farmers and merchants in the Southern States propose to ...

    Article : 74 words
  21. BUSH FIRES.

    GUNDAGAI, Saturday.--Through the existence of bush fires in all directions to-day the heat eclipsed all previous records, the thermometer at 3 p.m. showing 115deg. in the shade. ...

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  22. THE SOMALILAND TROUBLE.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The "Standard" correspondent at Rome states that Italy and Great Britain are prepared to assign to the Somaliland Mullah a settled ...

    Article : 50 words
  23. A DISASTROUS GALE.

    LONDON, Saturday.--A gale, which only lasted for a few hours, has done great havoc on laud and sea. Several fatalities are reported. ...

    Article : 68 words
  24. ANOTHER TUNNEL IN PROGRESS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The "Daily Telegraph's' Shanghai correspondent states that the besiegers are making rapid progress with the tunnel towards Sung- shu-shan and ...

    Article : 46 words
  25. GERMAN ARMY REFORM.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The German Emperor has directed the commanders of regiments not to retain the services of sergeants who have been convicted for ...

    Article : 49 words
  26. TIME SIGNALS FROM WASHINGTON.

    Another set of time signals from Washington arranged for last year have been received at the Sydney Observatory during the afternoon of Sunday. January 1, 1905. The time arranged was ...

    Article : 250 words
  27. NORTH-GERMAN LLOYD COMPANY.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Six new steamers are being built by the North-German Lloyd Company--the Franken, Schwaben, Hessen, Lothringren, Westfallen, and Pommern. ...

    Article : 61 words
  28. THIRTY THOUSAND RUSSIANS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The "Daily Mail's" correspondent in Tokio states that news has been received from Newchwang to the effect that 30,000 Russian troops from ...

    Article : 63 words
  29. WOLF AT LARGE IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--A wolf which had escaped from captivity in Northumberland destroyed 100 sheep. It was chased by foxhounds over the countryside ...

    Article : 49 words
  30. FIRE IN MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--This afternoon the Holy Trinity Church, George-street, East Melbourne, was discovered to be on fire. When the brigade arrived the church was alight from ...

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  31. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The continuance of differential railway rates in some of the States has been several times used in the House of Representatives as an argument for an ...

    Article : 395 words
  32. JAPANESE MEN-OF-WAR.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Japanese warships have passed Anjer, on the west coast of Java, and are now searching the Sunda Strait. ...

    Article : 43 words
  33. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The "Morning Post" states that the term of office of Prince George of Greece as High Commissioner of Crete will be renewed. ...

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  34. LOCAL CEMENT FOR EXPORT.

    Though the qualities of the locally-manufactured cement have been regarded with well-merited approval, some doubt has been felt as to its suitability for export purpose's. The ...

    Article : 252 words
  35. RUSSIAN NAVAL OFFICERS ESCAPE.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Tokio correspondent of the "Standard" reports that a number of Russian naval officers, who were interned at Chinese ports, and even at ...

    Article : 55 words
  36. NEW AUSTRIAN PREMIER.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Baron Gartsch von Frankenthurm. President of the Supreme Court, succeeds Herr von Koerber as Premier of Austria. A recent cable announced that Herr von ...

    Article : 51 words
  37. FORGED BANK OF ENGLAND NOTES.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Three arrests have been made in London in connection with the forgery of £5-notes on the Bank of England. The notes were circulated on the Continent. ...

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  38. MOBILISATION OF RESERVES.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The mobilisation of Russian reserves in Poland is a matter of extreme difficulty. The reservists are treated like criminals for ...

    Article : 43 words
  39. A VISITING ATHLETE.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--Arthur Shrubb, the running champion, has sailed by the R.H.S. Oronto, for the purpose of competing in the Australian and New Zealand championships. ...

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  40. NEW STEAMERS' TRIAL RUNS.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The steamer Carpentaria, built for the Federal Line, and the steamer Telamon, for the Holt line, and both intended for the Australian trade, have ...

    Article : 275 words
  41. PERAMBULATING FEDERAL OFFICIAL.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--When the Central Postal Bureau is asked whether it intends to do anything in regard to some particular telephone, telegraphic, or cable matter, its stereotyped ...

    Article : 225 words
  42. MUTINY ON THE BALTIC FLEET.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Thirty-flve sailors of the Black Sea Fleet have been court-martialled for mutiny. ...

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  43. ARRIVAL OF THE CANADIAN MAIL.

    The R.M.S. Moana, of the Canadian-Australian line, from Vancouver, called at Brisbane on Saturday, and reached Sydney at 10.15 last evening, having made one of the quickest ...

    Article : 104 words
  44. JAPANESE SUCCESS ASSURED.

    BRISBANE, Saturday.--Canadian papers received by the R.M.S. Moana to-day contain an account of an interview at Vancouver with Frederick Villiers, the well-known war ...

    Article : 148 words
  45. AFFAIRS IN TONGA.

    BRISBANE, Saturday.--Files from Suva by the R.M.S. Moana give particulars concerning the arrest and deportation of the Premier and Treasurer of Tonga. They are father and son, ...

    Article : 99 words
  46. HURRICANE IN THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    Further particulars of the hurricane in the New Hebrides are given by Captain Biret, of the steamer Ne-Oblie, which arrived at Noumea on December 18. He reported that a terrific storm ...

    Article : 334 words
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