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  2. BRITISH POLITICS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--In the course of a speech at Darwei, Lancashire, last night, Mr. H. H. Asquith, Q.C., Home Secretary in the last Liberal Administration, said that ...

    Article : 85 words
  3. NOTES OF THE DAY.

    How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless constituency. The Crookwell Progress Association, it is reported, are very indignant at the condition of "the improvement ...

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  4. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    Saturday was a busy day at Sydney among the mail steamers, no fewer than three taking their departure from the port. All started from the Quay, and as each boat had a good passenger ...

    Article : 359 words
  5. FEDERATION.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Addressing his constituents at Birmingham yesterday, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, made special reference to the ...

    Article : 79 words
  6. A NEWCASTLE HORROR.

    NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--A double drowning fatality, followed by incidents of a particularly horrible character, happened at the beach at the rear of the Newcastle Hospital this afternoon. ...

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  7. SECOND EDITION.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. When M. de Beaurepaire resigned his position as President of the Civil Chamber of the French Court of Cassation, on the ground that his ...

    Article : 124 words
  8. SITUATION IN CHINA.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Hsu-Ching-Chang, a member of the Tsung-li-Yamen, or Chinese Council of State, has replaced the director of Northern Railways, Hu Yu Fen. ...

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  9. THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE.

    The Canadian-Australian mailboat Mlowera, which sailed on Saturday for Vancouver via ports, took away 200 carcases of mutton, and the steamer Gulf of Venice, which also left on ...

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  10. EXPORT OF BUTTER.

    The R.M.S. Himalaya, which sailed on Saturday for London via ports, took away 3266 boxes of butter for the English market, the shippers being:--Berrima District Company, 100 boxes; J. ...

    Article : 93 words
  11. THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMME.

    LONDON, Sunday.--A pre-sessional address to his constituents was given by Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, at Birmingham yesterday. ...

    Article : 77 words
  12. THE PREMIERS' CONFERENCE

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Another step was taken in the way to Federal Union on Saturday, when the Premiers of Australia met to discuss the amendments which New South Wales desires ...

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  13. RIVAL COMMANDERS.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The American position in the Philippines is complicated somewhat by reports as to the existence of strong feelings of rivalry between ...

    Article : 55 words
  14. FROM THE ISLANDS.

    The barquentine Neils Ribe, which was chartered by Messrs. On Chong and Company, of this city, for a trip to the Gilbert Islands, returned to Sydney on Saturday. Messrs. On Chong and ...

    Article : 101 words
  15. MORTALITY AT PORT ARTHUR

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Owing to the impure water supply at Port Arthur the Russian garrison there is sickening. The mortality among the soldiers has been ...

    Article : 39 words
  16. EXCITABLE AUSTRIANS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Another tumultuous seene occurred yesterday in the Austrian Reichsrath. A Czech journalist in the gallery of the ...

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  17. A MESSAGE FROM THE SEA.

    The Island steamer Fiona on Saturday brought word from Fiji that Mr. George Lockington had picked up a message from the sea on the beach at the island of Kadavu. Its contents are written ...

    Article : 136 words
  18. EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--A movemnt is afoot in Edinburgh to provide residencies for Indian and Colonial students at the University. ...

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  19. A NEW RUSSIAN HARBOR.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Russia has voted 6,000,000 roubles (about £600,000) for the establishment of a coaling station at the harbor of Alexaudrovsk, in the island of ...

    Article : 86 words
  20. THE BALKANS.

    LONDON, Sunday Night.--The Government of Bulgaria, which principality has been suspected of attempting to foment trouble in the Balkans, has resigned office. ...

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  21. PEARL-SHELL FISHING INDUSTRY.

    A 10-ton cutter called the Kilcoo has arrived at Suva after a 28 days' passage from Sydney. News brought by the steamer Fiona on Saturday states that the Kilcoo is bound on a beche-de-mer and ...

    Article : 110 words
  22. THE MURDERED AUSTRALIAN MISSIONARY.

    LONDON, Saturday.--In accordance with the demand made by Sir Claude Macdonald, the British Minister at Pekin, the Chinese officials at Kweiyang, in the province of ...

    Article : 56 words
  23. PERSONAL.

    St. James' Presbyterian Church, Burwood, was specially well attended yesterday evening on the occasion of the farewell appearance in the pulpit of the Rev. J. Alwyn Ewen. Regarding his ...

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  24. THE BIG BANK ROBBERY.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Scotland Yard authorities have made an important discovery in connection with the theft of £70,000 in bank-notes from Parr's Bank, ...

    Article : 127 words
  25. RESCUE FROM DROWNING.

    A plucky rescue from drowning took place at Lavender Bay a day or two ago. It was late in the afternoon, and a number of boys were playing on the old wharf at the head of the bay, when one ...

    Article : 170 words
  26. CHURCH AND STATE.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--It is reported that a number of influential High Churchmen of Great Britain have resolved to support the Liberal party in antagonism to ...

    Article : 228 words
  27. SOAP AND WATER AT LANE COVE.

    For the convenience of residents and picnickers standpipes and drinking fountains have been erected freely in the district of Lane Cove, and it is evident that the local aldermen, in spite ...

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  28. SUBMARINE TORPEDOERS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Great interest has been aroused in naval circles generally by the decision of the French authorities to supplement their navy largely by submarine ...

    Article : 77 words
  29. AMERICAN POSSESSIONS.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--President M'Kinley has made a suggestion to overcome the opposition of a party in the American Senate to the ratification of peace with ...

    Article : 99 words
  30. THE GATTON TRAGEDY.

    BRISBANE, Saturday.--With reference to Burgess' statements as to his doings and his whereabouts at Christmas time, the police state that it may be perfectly true that he called at all the ...

    Article : 280 words
  31. THE SULTAN'S TROUBLES.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The authorities in Constantinople have discovered a plot for the assassination of the Sultan. Four persons have so far been arrested ...

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  32. A TRANS-AFRICAN RAILWAY

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--It is now stated that Mr. Joseph Chamberlain has definitely agreed to guarantee interest on the cost of construction of a railway from ...

    Article : 59 words
  33. A TERRIBLE FATALITY.

    A man named Jacob Lewis, who had resided in Bay-street, Glebe, met with a terribly tragic death at Coogee yesterday morning. Lewis had gone out to Coogee with a friend of his, Edward ...

    Article : 307 words
  34. SECRET TELEGRAMS FOR THE PHILIPPINES.

    The Postmaster-General has been notified by the manager of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company that the American Government has advised that secret language telegrams cannot be ...

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  35. WRECK OF A SHIP.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The ship Hawksdale has been wrecked on Longsands, off the coast of Essex, England. Her German pilot and two seamen were ...

    Article : 115 words
  36. FRANCE AND ITALY.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Italian Chamber of Deputies has, by a large majority, decided in favor of a ratification of the commercial treaty recently arranged with ...

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  37. BURGESS REMOVED TO BRISBANE.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.--Burgess, who was sentenced at Toowoomba to two months in Brisbane Gaol on a charge of vagrancy, was brought to Brisbane by train yesterday, and safely lodged in ...

    Article : 58 words
  38. QUEENSLAND.

    The Registrar-General estimates that the population of Queensland at the end of last year was 498,533, or a total increase for the year of 13,833. ...

    Article : 159 words
  39. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Mr. John Morley, M.P., who was entrusted with the task of writing the "Lite of Gladstone" from the papers of the dead statesman, has completed his arrangements with ...

    Article : 51 words
  40. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 131 words
  41. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Premier, speaking at Greymouth, referred to the improved condition and prospects of the colony. The surplus would enable the Government to meet the old age pension expenditure. ...

    Article : 80 words
  42. PLAGUE IN MAURITIUS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--From Mauritius it is reported that plague has broken out in the island. ...

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  43. GREAT BRITAIN IN EGYPT.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Persistent rumors are current that Great Britain intends shortly to abolish the capitulations under which foreigners in Egypt are exempt from ...

    Article : 41 words
  44. THE BOOT TRUNK TRAGEDY.

    MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Mrs. Ambrose, mother of the victim of the boot-box tragedy, has been further remanded for a week on a charge of vagrancy. ...

    Article : 32 words
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