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  2. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    Three miners, Patrick Doherty, Michael Higgins and Grogan were killed by a fall of earth in the Westralia Mount Morgan mine to-day. Mr. William Forrest, eldest brother of the ...

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  3. VICTORIA.

    The City Council authorities have decided to turn all persons carrying on the business of palmists and similar lines from the Eastern Markets and no further tents of that description ...

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  4. THE COUNTRY.

    ALBURY, Thursday.--In the Bankruptcy Court to-day Thomas Allan of Sydney, late of Albury, bankrupt made an extraordinary claim to an extensive property in Albury, Bankrupt, who ...

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  5. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The R.M.S. Arcadia of the P. and O. line, bound from London to Sydney, arrived at Albany, at 6.45 a.m. yesterday. She resumed her voyage at noon, and should reach Adelaide on Sunday. ...

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  6. PERSONAL.

    A telegram from West Australia in yesterday's "Daily Telegraph" announced the death of Mr. Robert Cairns, brother of Mrs. Robert Amos, of Sydney by a railway accident at ...

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  7. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Colonel Freystaetts, who was a member of the court-martial which convicted Captain Dreyfus, declares that although Dreyfus was ostensibly ...

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  8. SAMOA.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The German Government has formally inquired as to the attitude of Great Britain in connection with the Berlin Treaty for the tripartite control ...

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  9. AN ABORIGINAL BELLE.

    At yesterday's sitting of the Aborigines Board a well-written and almost grammatically correct application was received from an aboriginal lady at present residing in Sydney stating that ...

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  10. THE CLAREMONT TRAGEDY.

    The trial of Fox, who is charged with the murder of his wife at Dalkeith, near Claremont was continued to-day. The Crown Prosecutor closed the case without calling accused's children, ...

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  11. ACCIDENT TO THE HON. MRS. FREEMAN-THOMAS.

    The mail brings news of an accident in the hunting-field to the Hon. Mrs, Freeman-Thomas, a daughter of Lord Brassey, the Governor of Victoria. Mrs. Freeman-Thomas, it will be ...

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  12. THE VICTORIAN UNEMPLOYED.

    Mr. R. W. Best, Minister for Lands, left Melbourne by express train for Sydney on his way to New Zealand, to make inquiries on behalf of his Government. Mr. Trenwith is joining in the ...

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  13. CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW AT ORANGE.

    ORANGE, Thursday.--A chrysanthemum show and promenade concert were held in the Australian-hall last night and to-night. In aid of the Holy Trinity Church and Cook Park. The ...

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  14. NEW ZEALAND.

    Carter, who is charged with manslaughter in connection with the Rakaia railway accident has been committed for trial. Bail was renewed. The month's yield of the Auckland gold field ...

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  15. ENGLISH LIQUOR LAWS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Viscount Peel (formerly Speaker of the House of Commons) has resigned the position of chairman of the Royal Commission on the Liquor Licensing ...

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  16. THE TOTE PROSECUTIONS.

    In the case of William Henry Porter, appealing against the decision of the Collingwood Bench fining him £100 for assisting at Wren's tote, an application was made to-day at the General ...

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  17. EQUIPMENT OF CALLIOPE DOCK.

    The Auckland Harbor Board has received a cable message from Mr. Brigham in reference to the negotiations for the equipment of the Calliope Dock. The contents have not been ...

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  18. FATAL CASE OF SNAKEBITE.

    KIAMA, Thursday.--On Wednesday morning, while walking through a paddock, Miss B. A. O'Kecfe (21), daughter of Mr. C. O'Keefe, of Wallaby-hill, Jaraberoo was bitten 2in. above the ...

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  19. THE LOSS OF THE QUEENIE.

    An Inquest on the late Captain Clark and the other victims of the wreck of the yacht Queenie was held to-day. A great deal of expert evidence was taken. It showed that the yacht was ...

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  20. THE WARSHIPS.

    The rumors circulated with reference to the intended departure of warships from Sydney to support those engaged at Samoa have proved incorrect. Yesterday the departures from port ...

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  21. THE COAL TRADE.

    BELLAMBI, Wednesday.--Shipments of coal at this port last week only totalled 1650 tons, 790 tens being for Victoria and the balance for Sydney. The Bellambi colliery is working well, ...

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  22. CONVICTION OF SMUGGLED CHINESE.

    ALBURY, Thursday.--Four Chinese, who were apprehended a week ago for attempting to evade the poll tax, were brought up at the police court to-day. Evidence was given that the men were ...

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  23. HOOLEY'S BANKRUPTCY.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Ernest Terah Hooley yesterday applied to Mr. Justice Wright of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice to hear his application for a ...

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  24. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    James Deed, who was thrown from his horse at Plympton, near the city and taken to the hospital, died there this morning. The body of the man killed in the train accident ...

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  25. NEW ZEALAND PREPARATIONS.

    WELLINGTON, Thursday.--The Government has received no word as to the intentions of the Imperial Government with regard to Samoa. The Government steamer Tutanekai is expected ...

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  26. DEATH OF MR. H. W. G. INNES.

    CONDOBOLIN, Wednesday.--The funeral of the late Mr. H. W. G. Innes was conducted to-day and was the largest ever seen in Condobolin. The deceased had been a resident in the town ...

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  27. NEW UPPER HOUSE MEMBERS.

    The last new member of the Legislative Council to arrive in Sydney is Mr. N. J. Buzacott of Broken-hill. Mr. Buzacott is a native of Burra, South Australia is 33 years of age and a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  28. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The bill providing for co-operation with Great Britain and the Australasian colonies in the establishment of a Pacific cable system meets with ...

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  29. THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The ratifications of the peace treaty have been exchanged between the representatives of the Governments of Spain, and the United ...

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  30. A RAILWAY COLLISION.

    Last night, as the Melbourne express was entering Wolseley station, it collided with a train being shunted on the narrow gauge line leading south-east. Fortunately the express was within ...

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  31. MOUNT KEMBLA COLLIERY NEW RATES.

    WOLLONGONG, Thursday.--The new hewing rate has been agreed to at Mount Kembla colliery, to continue in force for three mouths with the object of ascertaining the effect on trade. The ...

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  32. BOURKE UNEMPLOYED REQUIRE RELIEF.

    BOURKE, Thursday.--A mass meeting of unemployed was held last night, when a resolution was carried asking the Minister for Works to alleviate the prevailing distress in this district ...

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  33. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. Wilson, Postmaster-General, leaves on Saturday next for Townsville and Charters Towers on an official visit. The Cabinet has decided to appoint a ...

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  34. THE AWAKENING OF IRELAND.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde, M.P. for West Kerry has asked the Irish County Councils each to send two delegates to a conference which will be ...

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  35. SUBDUING THE PHILIPPINES.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The American forces have captured the towns of Lumban and Pogsajan in the Philipines from the insurgent forces. ...

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  36. CIRCUIT COURTS.

    TAMWORTH, Thursday.--Mr. Justice Owen presided at the Circuit Court, which opened this morning. Mr. Louis Whitfield was Crown Prosecutor. Charles Payne was charged with ...

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  37. R.M.S. ARCADIA AT ALBANY.

    ALBANY, Thursday.--The P. and O. steamer Arcadia, A. P. Loggin commander, arrived from Colombo at 6.40 a.m., with the following passengers in the saloon:-- ...

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  38. PLAGUE AT HONGKONG.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Forty- three deaths from the plague have occurred at Hongkong. ...

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  39. THE WINTER RAILWAY TIMETABLE.

    ALTERATIONS TO BEGIN NEXT MONDAY. Now that the summer tourist traffic to the Mountains has practically ceased, the commissioners announce the introduction of the winter ...

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  40. MOTION TO REINSTATE EVICTED TENANTS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The motion by Mr. W. O'Malley, M.P. for Galway, providing for the compulsory re-instatement of Irish tenants evicted during agrarian troubles has ...

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  41. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--A syndicate is seeking to acquire a monopoly of the rights of Signor Marconi's system of wireless telegraphy for England and Africa. ...

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  42. VESTRY MEETINGS.

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  43. CIRCUIT COURTS AND QUARTER SESSIONS.

    TAMWORTH, Thursday.--The Circuit Court was continued to-day. The hearing of the charge against Richard Stark at Yetman occupied the whole afternoon, the jury eventually bringing in ...

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  44. A SHIP SUNK.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The British steamer Kingswell collided recently with the Turkish ship Marie in the Mediterranean. ...

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  45. THE LATE MR. JAMES SERVICE.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The leading London newspapers refer in appreciative terms to the career of the late Mr. James Service, M.L.C., of Victoria. ...

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  46. CLARENCE AGRICULTURAL SHOW.

    GRAFTON, Thursday.--The annual exhibition of the Clarence P. and A. Society was opened today, the attendance being large. Taken on the whole, the exhibition is up to the average of ...

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  47. THE OXLEY MURDER.

    E. L. C. Wilson, on remand again appeared before the police court, South Brisbane, to-day, charged with the murder of the boy Hill at Oxley. Evidence similar to that adduced at the ...

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  48. THE GENERAL ELECTIONS.

    Messrs. Forrest and Campbell, Members for North Brisbane and Moreton respectively, have decided to resign and seek re-election with a view to overcome the doubt as to the validity of ...

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  49. DISCOVERY OF THE CANCER MICROBE.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Dr. Ramsay Smith, senior physician of Adelaide Hospital was interviewed to-day with reference to a cablegram in the press stating that Dr. Brae, of Paris, had ...

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  50. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON. Wednesday Afternoon.--Her Majesty the Queen will return from the south of France to England on May 6. ...

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  51. TASMANIA.

    The barque Beechholm commenced to load 45,000 bags of wheat for London. Other shipments follow. The steamer Tekapo took 134 stud ewes for ...

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  52. TO-DAY.

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  53. CONDOLENCE FROM SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Sir R. C. Baker, President of the Legislative Council of South Australia, forwarded the following telegram to Sir William Zeal. President of the Legislative ...

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  54. A NEW ABERDEEN LINER.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The steamer Salamis, built for Messrs. G. Thompson and Company's Aberdeen line has been launched. ...

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  55. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Bar silver quoted to-day at 2s 3 7-16d per ounce. ...

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  56. SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS IN THE SUBURBS.

    Shortly after 12 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Becks of the public school, Illawarra-road, Marrickville, disturbed by hearing a noise in his yard and upon going to see what was the matter found two men in the act of ...

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  57. NEW ZEALAND CREDIT.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Mr. W. P. Reeves, Agent-General for New Zealand in a letter to "The Times" states that he does not believe that the London Stock ...

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  58. THE AUSTRALIAN WINE INDUSTRY.

    LONDON, Wednesday. Afternoon.--Mr. E. H. Wittenoom, Agent-General for West Australia, speaking at a banquet in Paris, invited the wine-growers of France to introduce their ...

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  59. THE BARRACK TRAGEDY.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Alexander Pollock, the Queenscliffe gunner who shot the gunner Thomas Briner, under circumstances recently reported was placed on trial at Ballarat Criminal ...

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  60. ROBBERY IN THE CITY.

    The warehouse of Messsrs. [?]tto John and Ellington, indent merchants, 131 Clarence-street, was burglariously broken into [?] between Wednesday night and Thursday morning and ...

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  61. A GAOLED BLACK WITH A TOOTHACHE.

    DUBBO, Thursday.--At the Circuit Court today Jimmy Solomon, an aboriginal was arraigned on a charge of escaping from lawful custody at Dandaloo, while under remand on March ...

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  62. SALES OF TALLOW.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--At the weekly sales of tallow, 569 casks were offered and 66 were sold. Prices for all kinds remained unchanged. ...

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  63. THE CHURCHES.

    An informal conference was held yesterday of representatives of the Australian Church in Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle and Lucknow at which a resolution was passed expressing the opinion that a union of the ...

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  64. A SPEEDY VESSEL.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The torpedo boat destroyer Albatross, built for the British Navy by Messrs. J. I. Thornycroft and Co., has attained a speed ...

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  65. A DEFAULTER SENTENCED.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The trial has concluded at the Old Bailey, of Claude Vautin, the well-known consulting metallurgist and director of a number of West Australian and other mining ...

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