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  2. VICTORIA.

    The R.M.S. Ophir took £8500 in gold, all on private account. A dividend of 10s in the £ has been paid in the assigned estate of Hawthorn, Rhodes, and ...

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  3. THE PLAGUE.

    The week has begun badly. Yesterday three more cases were reported. The patients are:-- David Perkins (29), living at Redfern; unemployed for some months. ...

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  4. FIJI.

    SUVA, June 13.--The A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Birksgate came into port on the afternoon of the 8th inst., with the news of the relief of Matching. The whole township turned out, ...

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  5. NEWCASTLE.

    At yesterday's meeting of the Hunter District Water Supply and Sewerage Board, the engineer submitted a lengthy report on the various properties of the department under his control, ...

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  6. RUSSIA AT THE GATES OF PEKIN.

    Only yesterday news reached Sydney of a report from Pekin, circulated in Japan, that Russia has obtained the right to extend the transSiberian railway as far as the Chinese capital. ...

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  7. THE BOER WAR.

    LONDON, Monday.--General Sir Redvers Buller, commanding the Natal Field Forces, arrived at Standerton, on the railway line, 55 miles north-west of Laing's Nek, and 110 ...

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  8. FEDERATION.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--In the House of Commons last night the Commonwealth Bill passed the third rending amid cheers. ...

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  9. THE LATE PRIVATE HILL.

    A memorial service in connection with the death of Private Leslie Hill of enteric fever at Capetown will be held at St. John's, Parramatta, on Sunday afternoon. Hill was a member of "H" ...

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  10. QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day. Mr. Cohen will ask the Colonial Treasurer, "In view of the approaching accomplishment of Federation, is it his intention to introduce a bill ...

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  11. A RETURNING SOLDIER.

    The Governor has received an official message that Private Bird, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry has been invalided home. Bird left Capetown for Sydney on June 20 by the ...

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  12. WITH THE NEW SOUTH WALES FORCES.

    The Premier has received from Major-General Hutton a letter in which, speaking of the New South Wales troops under his command, he says:-- ...

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  13. THE MASSACRE OF MISSIONARIES AND NATIVE CHRISTIANS.

    Sir.--Will you kindly permit me to specially call the attention of the public to the advertisement in your columns announcing a prayer meeting to be held in the Centenary-hall, York-street, ...

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  14. AN INSPECTOR OF SCAFFOLDING.

    Representatives of the Builders, Laborers, and Bricklayers' Union this afternoon asked the Minister for Public Works to appoint an inspector of scaffolding. They pointed ...

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  15. NEWCASTLE SCHOOL OF ARTS.

    The library of the Newcastle School of Arts, which was closed for a fortnight pending its removal to the former lecture-room, was reopened yesterday afternoon by the president, ...

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  16. MR. BARTON'S EMOLUMENTS.

    The anxiety of members of the Legislative Assembly for more light with regard to Mr. Barton's mission to England was again manifested when the House met yesterday. Mr. Rose ...

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  17. REMUNERATION OF NURSES.

    The Premier (Sir William Lyne) stated in the Legislative Assembly last night, in reply to Mr. A. Griffith, that authority had been given for the nurses attending quarantine patients to receive ...

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  18. ADULTERATION OF FOODS.

    The Board of Health has determined to inform the Premier that it is desirable a bill to prohibit tho adulteration of foods should be submitted to Parliament. The Customs Department having ...

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  19. COLONIAL PARLIAMENTS.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Parliament opens tomorrow afternoon with the customary formalities. A caucus of Opposition members was held at Parliament House this afternoon, at which ...

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  20. ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

    LONDON, Monday.--General De Wet, commanding a large force of ex-President Steyn's followers, is displaying a great deal of activity to the east of the railway line ...

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  21. ANOTHER CASE IN BRISBANE.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.--Another case of plague was discovered in Brisbane to-night. The patient is James Gourlay (35), residing in Hargrave-road, West End. He is married and has ...

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  22. Y.M.C.A. CONFERENCE.

    At the intercolonial conference of the Young Men's Christian Association to-day, Mr. J. J. Virgoe was unanimously appointed Australia's first representative to the British and colonial ...

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  23. SHIPPING ITEMS.

    Work in the harbor in the way of removing vessels from and to the cranes has during the past two days been attended with some risk, owing to the prevalence of a very strong westerly ...

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  24. AN AUCKLAND CASE.

    AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The Government bacteriologist is of opinion that the Auckland case is undoubtedly one of plague. ...

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  25. RAILWAY DISASTER.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A terrible railway catastrophe is reported from the United States. It appears that a portion of the railway line ...

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  26. PERSONAL.

    Yesterday morning his Excellency, attended by Captain Clark, A.D.C., opened the, Public School Teachers' Annual Conference. Janet, Lady Clarke and Miss Clarke arrived at Government ...

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  27. RAILWAYS STANDING COMMITTEE.

    The eighth general report of the Railways Standing Commutes was issued to-night, and contains a summary of the work done by the committee for the last twelve months. Since 1890 ...

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  28. SITE OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL

    GOULBURN, Tuesday.--A meeting of the Federal capital site committee was held to-night, Mr. A. M. Belts in the chair, to deal with a letter from Mr. Oliver, Commissioner, asking that ...

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  29. THE CAPTURED YEOMANRY.

    LONDON, Monday.--The battalion of Irish Yeomanry, commanded by Colonel F. B.. Spragge, and captured by the Boers at Lindley, on May 31, as well as ...

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  30. SIR JOSEPH ABBOTT'S RETIREMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon the Speaker (Mr. M'Court) announced that he had sent a letter to the ex-Speaker (Sir Joseph Abbott), enclosing the resolution of appreciation ...

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  31. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Some warmth was imparted to the preliminary examination of the Ministers in the Assembly to-day by a series of informal questions relative to the despatch of ...

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  32. DUTY AND PATRIOTISM.

    Owing to thousands of miniature Union Jacks being imported during the patriotic fever, the Customs Department classed them as fancy goods, and levied a duty of 10 per cent. If they had ...

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  33. RAINS IN INDIA.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Abundant monsoonal rains have fallen in India, thereby breaking up the drought. ...

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  34. TRAMWAY EXTENSIONS.

    Several tramway works, mainly extensions and changes from the steam to electric traction, are in progress. The line from St. Peters to Cook's River will ...

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  35. TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND LAND SETTLEMENT.

    Speaking at the annual demonstration of the Working Men's College to-night. Archbishop Carrstated that the only fear he had in regard to technical education in Victoria was that ...

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  36. THE ORIENT LINERS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The Orient Steam Navigation Company intend to shortly make Fremantle a port of call for their mall steamers. ...

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  37. PORTRAIT OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE.

    Mr. John Longstaff, the artist, has received a commission, the "Argus" states, to paint a fulllength portrait of Sir Frederick Darley, Chief Justice and Lieutenant-Governor of New South ...

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  38. LONDON WHEAT MARKET.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The wheat market is very strong, and in Mark-lane prices have advanced 40 per quarter on the week, owing to the failure of the American spring crop. ...

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  39. FARMERS' UNION.

    TEMORA, Tuesday.--The Grogan and Narraburra Farmers' Union has carried resolutions disapproving of selectors being obliged, after having obtained re-appraisement of holdings, to fulfil ...

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  40. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    In the Supreme Court to-day, judgment was given in a case which occupied the attention of the Court last week. The ease was W. G. Brookman and C. H. Derose v. H. C. Armstrong ...

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  41. ANOTHER BOER DEFEAT.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--It is officially stated by the War Office that Major-General R. A. P. Clements, while transporting supplies and heavy guns from Winburg, preparatory to ...

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  42. THE PATRIOTIC FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 333 words
  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. Donald M'Intosh, the Victorian pigeon shot, has won the Prix Centenaire, in Paris, the stake being 5000 francs and a medal. ...

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  44. BECHUANALAND BOERS.

    LONDON, Monday.--The De Villiers commando of Bechuanaland and other Boers, 220 strong, including 16 leading rebels, with their horses, waggons, and rifles, have ...

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  45. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Customs revenue from July 1, 1899, to June 26 of this year amounted to £563,481, being an increase of £15,339. At a meeting of policyholders in the A.M.P. ...

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  46. THE YACHT NORNA.

    The leading members of the tea trade and a number of merchants, numbering about 50, were the guests of Messrs. Gerber, Michaut, and Co. on board the yacht Norna, off Elizabeth Bay, ...

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  47. THE KHEDIVE.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Khedive, who is suffering from a septic sore throat, and is still at Port Victoria, is now reported to be nearly convalescent. ...

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  48. NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON, Tuesday.--The debate on the Address-in-Reply was commenced in Parliament to-day. The discussion was only noteworthy for a violent attack on the British policy in South ...

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  49. ARRIVAL OF THE AIRLIE.

    The E. and A. Company's steamer Alrife arrived yesterday from Hongkong via ports. Flies by the steamer give particulars of a serious disaster outside Khanpur city gate in India. A large ...

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  50. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Bar silver is quoted at 2s 4d per oz. standard, a higher figure then has been reached for many months past. ...

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  51. QUEENSLAND.

    Bishop Stretch will probably leave for his new residence, Newcastle, New South Wales, on Friday next. A presentation to him will take place at Bishopsbourne to-morrow afternoon. ...

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  52. A HEAVY LANDSLIP.

    QUEENSTOWN (TAS.), Tuesday.--About 10.30 o'clock last night a heavy landslip occurred in a suburb of Queenstown known as Little Raggedy, and it is most fortunate that it did not result ...

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  53. IN NORTH CAPE COLONY.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Warren, Administrator of Griqualand West, reports, by telegraph, that the rebellion in the north of Cape Colony ...

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  54. THE LATE LORD LOCH.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The remains of the late Lord Loch were interred in the church at Stokeby-Clare, Suffolk. Queen Victoria, the Prince of Wales, and Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State ...

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  55. INDEX TO NEWS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 170 words
  56. REMOVAL OF POSTAGE STAMPS.

    Mr. Crick (Postmaster-General), in reply to Mr. J. Fitzpatrick in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, said that only two complaints had been received regarding the removal of stamps from ...

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  57. LARGE AREAS FOR GRAZING FARMS.

    At Rockhampton to-day Mr. De Little, of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, asked the Premier to consider the question of extension of pastoral leases. Mr. Philp replied ...

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  58. FIRE BRIGADE AND CONSTABULARY.

    ORANGE, Tuesday.--A case was heard in the Police Court to-day, by the police magistrate, in which the relative status of a sergeant of police and a captain of a fire brigade was the ...

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  59. CABLES TO ST. HELENA.

    The Postmaster-General has received the following: "Borne notifies: The British Government has found it necessary, in virtue of the International Convention, to suspend at Saint Helena ...

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  60. ADDITIONS TO THE CHINA SQUADRON.

    H.M.S. Rosario, 980 tons displacement, commanded by Claud A. W. Hamilton, is one of the latest additions to the China squadron. She is a twin-screw steel-sheathed sloop, and is taking ...

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  61. SKIRMISH NEAR PRETORIA.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--It is reported that Major-General Hutton's Mounted Infantry (Colonial Brigade) has been successful in a skirmish with the enemy at a point a little ...

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  62. INSURANCE POLICIES.

    Yesterday the Mutual Life Association of Australasia paid over to the trustees of the Lancers' Insurance Fund the sum of £200 in connection with tho deaths of Troopers Fetting and Tunks, ...

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  63. SOUTH BULLI COLLIERY DISPUTE.

    BULLI, Tuesday.--The South Bulli Arbitration Court was continued this morning, before Judge Murray. Messrs. Thomas Druary, Joseph Hope, Andrew ...

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  64. WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.

    KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--Mr. Bloxsome, the new manager of the Associated Southern, hopes to resume sinking the Boulder Consolidated shaft in another 10 days. In addition to the new poppet legs which now adorn ...

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  65. ALLEGED EXAGGERATED STATEMENTS.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.--In connection with the statement made in Melbourne by Trooper Bothamley, who returned invalided, as to the extraordinary incident at the battle of Driefontein, in ...

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  66. THE FOREIGN ATTACHES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The foreign attaches who accompanied the British army under Lord Roberts, and watched the progress of the campaign on behalf of their several ...

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  67. THE PLAGUE IN INDIA.

    The plague returns from India for the week ending May 26 show only 746 deaths against 975 in the week preceding. Bombay city returned 205 deaths against 267, Bombay Presidency 112 ...

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  68. THE BIBLE S INFLUENCE ON LITERATURE.

    There wan a large gathering at St. Stephen's Church, Phillip-street last night, when the Rev. J. B. Meharry, B.A., delivered a lecture on "The influence of the Bible on Literature." The lecture was under the auspices of the Presbyterian Fellowship Union. The ex-Moderator ...

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  69. COLONIAL CASUALTIES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The following losses have been sustained by the Australasian troops engaged on active service in South Africa:-- ...

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  70. NEW ZEALAND

    Mr. Dalgloish, one of the proprietors of the Timaru Woollen Mills, while travelling by mail train near Dunedin, attempted to pass from one carriage to a dining car, and fell between the ...

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  71. LOSS OF AN AUSTRALIAN LINER.

    The Hongkong agents of the Chinese Eastern Railway Company has received information that the steamer Ussuri, belonging to the Russian com pany they represent, is reported to have been ...

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  72. TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

    Dr. R. S. Morris, superintendent, of Technical College, lectured last night to the Teachers' Conference delegates in the Elite-hall, on "Technical Education in Public Schools." Mr. Bent (president of the Teachers' ...

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  73. MINISTER FOR LANDS RESIGNS.

    Mr. John M'Kenzie, who for the past nine years has been Minister for Lands, has resigned hie portfolio, owing to continued ill-health. ...

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