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  2. VICTORIA.

    The Minister of Railways to-day promised a deputation that next session, he would submit to the Railway Standing Committee a proposal for the connection of Bass Valley with the Great ...

    Article : 395 words
  3. THE COAL TRADE PROBLEM.

    War and pestilence are to a certain extent obscuring an industrial problem which will soon force itself to the front, and which threatens to gravely affect the welfare of many thousands of ...

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  4. THE TRAMWAYS.

    The announcement published yesterday of the alterations in the tramway sections and fare was received with considerable, though not general, approval in tho city. The change ...

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  5. WAR NOTES FROM ENGLAND

    LONDON, February 23.--Despite the long periods of anxious waiting with which the Queen, like her subjects, has been tormented these last tow weeks, her Majesty seems well, so also is the ...

    Article : 289 words
  6. THE COUNTRY.

    WYALONG, Wednesday.--The court of Quarter Sessions was continued to-day. Thomas Conoley and wife were charged with inflicting grievous bodily harm on Constable Welnert at Yalgogrin. ...

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  7. THE WEATHER.

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  8. "ONLY A TOMMY."

    'E's only a Tommy--'e don't count for much-- And only 'is mate see 'im fall; 'E won't 'ave no paragraph all to 'isself, 'E done wot they told 'im--that's all. ...

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  9. LONDON RECEIVES NEWS SCEPTICALLY.

    In no part of the world was the relief of Kimberley as doubtfully received as in London. The official tidings, I am bound to say, seemed like Boer strategy rather than a message from "Bobs." ...

    Article : 164 words
  10. SYNOI'SIS AT 9 A.M. YESTERDAY.

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  11. R.M.S. AUSTRALIA AT ALBANY.

    ALBANY, Thursday.--The R.M.S. Australia, Commander Reeves, arrived from Colombo at 8.30 a.m. with the following passengers in the saloon;-- ...

    Article : 206 words
  12. "PLAYING 'POSSUM."

    The Australians and Canadians have (the "Sun" says) lately taken to a game which Americans call "playing 'possum." To the uninitiated I may remark this means pretending to be dead. A ...

    Article : 214 words
  13. RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 24 HOURS ENDED 9 A.M. YESTERDAY.

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  14. HOUSING THE STATE PARLIAMENT.

    The committee appointed to deal with the question of housing the Federal Parliament held a preliminary meeting this evening. It was decided to confer with the trustees of the Exhibition ...

    Article : 62 words
  15. INTERCOLONIAL FORECASTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 53 words
  16. COASTAL REPORT.

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  17. HOW KRUGER MEANS TO ESCAPE.

    The question as to what Oom Paul means to do when the game is up, and he must leave, the Transvaal, has already been freely discussed. The "Standard" correspondent repeats what it calls ...

    Article : 284 words
  18. HANDLING GRAIN IN BULK.

    The Railway Commissioner (Mr. Mathieson) had a conference with the Treasurer to-day regarding the construction of elevators for the handling of grain on the Victorian railways. As a result ...

    Article : 86 words
  19. BEWARE THIS BOER MOVE.

    Mr. Evelyn Cecil, M.P., who was lately in South Africa, and got information from "a reliable source," sends a warning to "The Times" that the Boer tactics are to retire in part to Pretoria ...

    Article : 72 words
  20. QUEENSLAND WEATHER BUREAUS FORECASTS.

    The Queensland Weather Bureau has issued the following forecasts, under date March 28:-- New South Wales.--Occasional showers along the coast and highlands, also [?]r the southern border ...

    Article : 225 words
  21. NEWCASTLE MARCH RACES.

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  22. QUEENSLAND.

    The Government is considering the appointment of a committee for the purpose of dealing with the construction of certain railways, to have reports ready for presentation when Parliament ...

    Article : 127 words
  23. PAST AND PRESENT.

    Those who have been inclined to approve of the appointment of William Watson as Poet Laureate when Mr. Alfred Austin retires or expires, may think twice of the matter after reading the ...

    Article : 99 words
  24. INNISKILLINGS AND THE APPLES.

    Some Inniskilling Dragoons on the march to the Modeler were passing a farm, and seeing the tempting fruit on the trees, they asked a woman, who was staring at the soldiers, whether she ...

    Article : 84 words
  25. IN THE COUNTRY.

    LAWSON, Wednesday.--Light showers fell this afternoon. It is now cloudy and misty. HARTLEY VALE, Wednesday.--Slight rain began to fall this afternoon, and present appearances indicate a ...

    Article : 54 words
  26. A CHILD OF TEN AS MARTIAL POET.

    Bards bombarding your Australasian editors with patriotic ballads and other war verse (excuse seemingly significant alliteration) can--if their poets resemble ours--learn a bit from the ...

    Article : 269 words
  27. ANOTHER POST-OFFICE ROBBERY.

    The Postal Department has received a telegram from Port Douglas stating that the post-office at Mosman was broken into last night. Both safes were robbed of cash, postal notes, and stamps of ...

    Article : 98 words
  28. BUGLER DUNN AT OSBORNE.

    The gallant bugler boy, Dunn, was duly conveyed to Osborne on Saturday, and had a momentous interview with her Majesty the Queen. The youngster--well up to date--avowed beforehand ...

    Article : 167 words
  29. STATION REPORT.

    The Australian Estates and Mortgage Company, Limited, reports:--We have received the following rain intelligence:--From Connulpie Downs station, Tibooburra, N.S.W., advising 18 points rain on 17th inst. and 36 points ...

    Article : 39 words
  30. THE MAYOR OF ASHFIELD.

    A meeting was held in the Ashfield-hall, Liverpool-road, Ashfield, last night, to arrange matters in connection with a proposed presentation to Alderman John Mills (Mayor of the municipality). Although a heavy ...

    Article : 298 words
  31. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A retired schoolmaster, aged 70, named Kydd, was found dead on the railway line this morning. It is believed that he died of heart disease. The by-law authorising a reduction in the ...

    Article : 287 words
  32. THE TRAGEDY OF SPIONKOP.

    The special correspondents' full written accounts of the operations which culminated in the tragedy of Spionkop arrived by Sunday's Cape mail, and are full of conflict, Mr. Bennet ...

    Article : 364 words
  33. PRESBYTERIAN FEDERAL ASSEMBLY.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Presbyterian Federal Assembly met in the Assembly-hall, Collins-street, this evening. The Rev. John Russell, New South Wales, the retiring Moderator, ...

    Article : 214 words
  34. A WOMAN'S DEATH.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The suspicious death of Sarah McLennan, of Baynton, in Kyneton Hospital, on the 10th inst., has resulted in a verdict by the coroner's jury of wilful murder ...

    Article : 425 words
  35. FIRE IN CLARENCE-STREET.

    At 7 o'clock last evening a fire was discovered at 62 Clarence-street, occupied by W. Traynor, bedding manufacturer. The city fire brigades were early on the scene, and with the assistance of the police extinguished the ...

    Article : 76 words
  36. DARLING HARBOR.

    Sir,--Considerable interest is at last being taken in the cleansing of the eastern foreshore of this harbor. I may justly say: Not before it was required; and no doubt this cleansing would not ...

    Article : 452 words
  37. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    At a largely-attended meeting of master tailors to-day, complaints were made regarding the contracts for the uniforms of the contingents being let outside the colony. It was ...

    Article : 161 words
  38. A TERRIBLE BLUNDER.

    There is no love lost, I fancy, betwixt Mr. Churchill and less fortunate correspondents. It is freely hinted that the censors favor him, but I think it is merely that he schemes his cables ...

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  39. DRUIDS' WHEEL RACE.

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  40. NEW ZEALAND.

    Mr. A. J. Park, Government Veterinarian, died to-day. He was formerly in the service of the Tasmanian Government. ...

    Article : 23 words
  41. A MANLY GERMAN UTTERANCE

    Certain French circles are strenuously endeavoring to sow the seed of discord by pointing out to us Germans the English "brutality" in seizing the Bundesrath and similar vessels. On ...

    Article : 111 words
  42. SUDDEN DEATH AT MARRICKVILLE.

    Reueen Clement Collins, five years of age, died suddenly on Tuesday afternoon at his parents' residence, Neville-street, Marrickville. The deceased was placed under chloroform for the purpose of having his tonsils ...

    Article : 102 words
  43. A SANE AUSTRIAN VIEW.

    Austria-Hungary has no reason for wishing that the South African crisis may shake the foundations of British power, and we are far from believing that there is anything to justify ...

    Article : 103 words
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    According to trustworthy information, England will within a few weeks' time have 119,415 men fighting in South Africa. This means 119,415 cartridges that the Boers will have to use, if ...

    Article : 75 words
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