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  2. THE BUSH FIRES.

    The charred, blackened, smoking, burning area of the State is increasing. Since yesterday's pitiful tale of the devastation of a rich part of the productive ...

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  3. ENGLAND'S UNEMPLOYED.

    LONDON, Monday.--The "Daily Telegraph" has assigned the sum of £5000 out of the total received in connection with the relief fund it started in aid of the ...

    Article : 89 words
  4. SURRENDER OF PORT ARTHUR.

    LONDON, Monday.--It is officially announced that General Stoessel, Commandant of Port Arthur, has written to General Nogi, commanding the Japanese, with reference to the question of surrender. Hostilities have been suspended. ...

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  5. DEVASTATION AT BINALONG.

    BINALONG, Monday.--A disastrous bush fire, sweeping everything before it, passed through the town yesterday afternoon. The fire travelled at a terrific rate. Women and children fled ...

    Article : 103 words
  6. POLITICS IN AMERICA.

    LONDON, Monday.--Mr. Binger Hermann, a member of the United States Congress, and Senator John H. Mitchell, have been indicted in connection with big land frauds ...

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  7. DISASTROUS OUTBREAK NEAR LISMORE.

    LISMORE, Monday.--To-day, at noon, one of the most disastrous fires in the history of this district occurred, when the Lismore Convent, which consisted of two buildings containing 40 ...

    Article : 512 words
  8. BIG BLAZE AT BATHURST.

    BATHURST, Monday.--The beginning of the year 1905 will long be remembered by residents of Bathurst and surrounding districts on account of the enormous damage done by bush ...

    Article : 403 words
  9. FRANCE AND MOROCCO.

    LONDON, Monday.--"Le Temps," the Paris journal, states that the Sultan of Morocco has agreed to accept the counsels and help of France. ...

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  10. THREE MORE FORTS CAPTURED.

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

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  11. THE CZAR TO HIS TROOPS.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Czar, who is undertaking an inspection of troops in the large towns in the south-east and centre of Russia, will be occupied a fortnight. ...

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  12. THE SIBERIAN RAILWAY.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--During transit on the Trans-Siberian line, 125 Russian Red Cross waggons have been lost. In consequence of public dissatisfaction, ...

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  13. BRITISH REVENUE RETURNS.

    LONDON, Monday.--The revenue of the United Kingdom for the quarter ended December 31 amounted to £34,879,336. Customs duties yielded £9,677,021, excise ...

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  14. GUNDAGAI DISTRICT RUINED.

    GUNDAGAI, Monday.--Latest particulars regarding the bush fires fully support all previously wired. As the details come to hand they show that much more stock and crops and many ...

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  15. MOSS VALE AND MITTAGONG.

    MOSS VALE, Monday Afternoon.--Bush fires are still burning in many parts. Farmers in the direction of Yurrunga and Manchester-square were almost without exception burned out, the ...

    Article : 536 words
  16. RUSSIANS SEEKING COAL

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Russian agents are endeavoring to purchase 100,000 tons of coal at Bombay. ...

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  17. ARMY RE-ORGANISATION.

    LONDON, Monday.--The "Standard" predicts that there will be an important modification of the army organisation scheme submitted by Mr. H. O. Arnold-Forster, ...

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  18. THE SHANGHAI MURDER.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--China has intimated that she will be unable to protect the Russians interned at Shanghai if the Russian Consul at that town ignores the ...

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  19. THE BOWRAL OUTBREAK.

    BOWRAL, Monday.--Appalling accounts of the destruction wrought by the bush fires are coming in from all quarters of the Berrima district, the greater portion of which is now nothing but ...

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  20. VICEROY OF INDIA.

    LONDON, Monday.--Speaking at the Indian National Congress at Bombay, the Gaekwnr (Maharaja) of Baroda advocated the abolition of caste distinctions and the ...

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  21. SERIOUS OUTBREAK AT CANDELO.

    CANDELO, Monday.--Great fires are raging in this district. This afternoon an outbreak occurred in the vicinity of the burial ground, the fence surrounding it being totally destroyed, and ...

    Article : 239 words
  22. TRIAL BEFORE THE RUSSIAN CONSUL.

    LONDON, Monday.--The sailors charged with the murder of the Chinaman at Shanghai belong to the Russian cruiser Askold. They will be tried before the Russian ...

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  23. HONORS FOR TWO DIPLOMATS.

    LONDON, Monday.--A baronetcy has been conferred upon Sir Edmund John Monson, British Ambassador in Paris; while the Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George ...

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  24. RUSSIA'S SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMME.

    LONDON, Monday.--"The Times" states that the Russian shipbuilding programme contemplates the construction within four years of a minimum of eight first-class ...

    Article : 56 words
  25. CABLE TO THE CONSUL.

    The Acting-Consul-General for Australia, Mr. K. Iwasaki, has received the following cable messages from the Japanese Foreign Minister (Baron Komura):-- ...

    Article : 195 words
  26. TRANSVAAL MINING DIVIDENDS.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--During 1904 the gold-mining companies of the Transvaal distributed the sum of £3,908,670 in dividends to the shareholders. ...

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  27. BLOCKADE RUNNERS FAIL.

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

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  28. IN THE YASS DISTRICT.

    YASS, Monday.--The whole country for the past few days has been ablaze. The visitation is the most serious in the history of the district, and the damage to and loss of property will be ...

    Article : 175 words
  29. ALBURY DISTRICT ABLAZE.

    ALBURY, Monday Afternoon.--The great heat which has prevailed during the past week continues. Last night the whole country was one fierce glare, arising from bush fires in ...

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  30. SCANDAL IN HUNGARY.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--M. Franz Kossuth, the leader of the Independence party in Hungary, accuses the Hungarian Government of adding 7,000,000 kronen ...

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  31. GREAT DAMAGE AT MAITLAND.

    WEST MAITLAND, Monday.--Since Friday, bush fires have been raging along the ridge in the vicinity of Maitland and on towards Cessnock and Lamb's Valley. On Saturday and ...

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  32. THE BLOCKADE DIMINISHED.

    LONDON, Monday.--Admiral Togo has considerably diminished the extent of the Port Arthur blockade, and intends to open Dalny to foreign shipping. ...

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  33. RUSSIAN MILITARY OVERCOATS.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Many supplies of Russian military overcoats at Moscow have been rejected as being useless. Others have been rejected because of their ...

    Article : 38 words
  34. DESTRUCTION OF THE FLEET.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--A telegram from Che-foo states that heavy storms at Port Arthur have completed the destruction of the battleship Sevastopol. ...

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  35. QUEENSLAND.

    Captain Lenz, of the G.M.S. Prinz Sigismund, in the course of a chat with a "Daily Telegraph" representative this morning, said that everything was exceedingly quiet in the East, ...

    Article : 307 words
  36. 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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  37. ROUND ABOUT BULLI.

    BULLI, Monday.--The bush fire which swept the mountain side on Saturday, extended from Broker's Nose, overlooking Corrimal, to Clifton, on the north, and along the outskirts of ...

    Article : 439 words
  38. ESCAPE OF A RUSSIAN DESTROYER.

    LONDON, Monday.--A large Russian torpedo-boat destroyer reached Che-foo at daybreak on Monday. It was chased by the Japanese, but succeeded in ending the ...

    Article : 61 words
  39. ANGLO-RUSSIAN 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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  40. HURRICANE AT THE TONGAN GROUP.

    SUVA, Monday.--The Fiji Government steamer Ranadi has arrived from Tonga. She reports that a severe hurricane recently swept over Vavau. The extent of the damage is not ...

    Article : 89 words
  41. FIGHTING ON THE SHA-HO.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--General Kuropatkin has reported the dispersal of two Japanese outposts on the Sha-ho on ...

    Article : 51 words
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