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  2. VICTORIA.

    The railway revenue for the past week was £41,005, a decrease as compared with the same week last year of £1681. The increase for the present financial year to date is £3685. ...

    Article : 132 words
  3. THE BOER WAR.

    LONDON, Monday.--Lieutenant-General Hunter has, at Fouriesburg, liberated 100 British soldiers, who had been taken prisoners by the Boers. ...

    Article : 145 words
  4. THE MONARCH'S CAREER.

    The late King--Reiner, Charles Emmanuel Jean Marie Ferdinand Eugene Humbert--lived in an eventful time in his country's history. The beginning of the century was marked by a period ...

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  5. THE INDIAN FAMINE FUND.

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  6. AN APPEAL.

    Hear! man of wealth, of happiness and case-- Fortune on merit is not always baaed; Then deign your fellows' sufferings to appease; Your gold at worthier interest ne'er was placed, ...

    Article : 140 words
  7. THE NEW KING.

    "The King is dead; long live the King!" Victor Emmanuel Ferdinand Mario Januarius, Prince of Naples, who succeeds his murdered father to the Throne of Italy, had his title bestowed upon ...

    Article : 143 words
  8. PROBATE APPLIED FOR.

    The National Trustees Company is applying for probate of the will or William Thackrah, late of South Geelong, gentleman, whose Victorian estate to valued at £15,096, the whole of which goes ...

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  9. IN THE COUNTRY.

    ARMIDALE, Monday.--A monster demonstration was hold at Armidale yesterday on behalf of the Indian Famine Fund. The weather was beautifully fine. The people turned out, and ...

    Article : 301 words
  10. MUSICIANS AND SWEATING.

    At a meeting of the Anti-swesting League tonight, the secretary reported that professional musicians had asked if they could be brought under the Factories Act. The reason they gave ...

    Article : 70 words
  11. THE GENERAL COMMITTEE'S LIST.

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  12. VOTED AT THE REFERENDUM.

    A gentleman who wishes only to be known as a member of the A.N.A. and M.P., has offered to defray the cost of the compiling of a list of electors who recorded their votes at the last Federal ...

    Article : 73 words
  13. ASSASSINATIONS OF THE CENTURY.

    The Sultan Abdul Aziz was murdered by Midhat Pacha and others in 1881, the actual assassin being Mustapha Fahri Bey and Harji Mehmed. The Ameer of Afghanistan, Abdurrahman, was ...

    Article : 621 words
  14. TRADES-HALL POLITICS.

    At a special meeting of the Trades-hall Council the Voting by Post Bill was unanimously condemned by the Parliamentary committee, as dangerous in character and subversive of the spirit ...

    Article : 114 words
  15. AID FROM THE PATRIOTIC FUND.

    The secretary (Mr. H. C. Mitchell) of the New South Wales Patriotic Fund went on board the s.s. Oonah at 7.30 a.m. yesterday morning to welcome the returned invalids from South Africa. ...

    Article : 123 words
  16. THE BRITISH LINES.

    LONDON, Monday.--Field-Marshal Lord Roberts, who is now at Pretoria, explains that only one train was captured recently (at Roodeval, north of Kroonstad), with 100 ...

    Article : 47 words
  17. COAL MINING CRISIS.

    NEWCASTLE, Monday.--A special meeting of the delegate board of the Colliery Employees' Federation was held to-day'at the Trades-hall, for the purpose of considering matters in ...

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  18. REVIEW OF THE MINING INDUSTRY.

    The Victorian Chamber of Mines held its annual meeting this afternoon. Mr. W. Knox, M.L.C., president, reviewed at length the work of the chamber for the year. He indicated that the ...

    Article : 190 words
  19. THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE.

    WELLINGTON, Monday.--Regarding Mr. Seddon's message to prevent New Zealanders in South Africa from leaving contingents in order to join the police, Lord Robert s says that no men ...

    Article : 79 words
  20. WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The Imperial Government proposes to ask Parliament to vote small pensions to all widows and orphans of soldiers who are killed in action, or die from ...

    Article : 46 words
  21. THE INVALIDED VICTORIANS.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The invalided soldiers from South Africa were inspected by the Premier and the Minister for Defence, and afterwards entertained at luncheon at the Victoria ...

    Article : 120 words
  22. THE BRITISH VOLUNTEERS.

    LONDON, Sunday, Noon.--Out of a total available force of 240,000 British volunteers, 150,000 will undergo a fortnight's training in camp. ...

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  23. NORTH BROKEN-HILL MINE.

    At a meeting of the shareholders in the North Broken-hill Silver-mining Company to-day, the chairman, Mr. William Hyndman, congratulated them on the future prospects of the mine. There ...

    Article : 124 words
  24. A TREACHEROUS MAGISTRATE.

    LONDON, Monday.--Lerorix, a Boer magistrate at Vredefort, who submitted to the British, and was reinstated in his office by them, has been found guilty of since ...

    Article : 43 words
  25. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The R.M.S. Omrah arrived at Large Bay from Loudon between 6 and 7 this morning. Mails for the eastern colonies were sent on by the Melbourne express this afternoon. ...

    Article : 115 words
  26. COMMISSIONS FOR COLONIALS.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Corporal H. J. Kirkpatrick, of the 1st Australian Horse, and Trooper B. Armytage, of the Victorian Mounted Infantry, have received ...

    Article : 72 words
  27. LONG TUNNEL EXTENDED G.M. COMPANY.

    Shareholders in the Long Tunnel Extended Gold-mining Company, at their half-yearly meeting to-day, were told that the yield of the mine during the past six months had been satisfactory, ...

    Article : 86 words
  28. SPEECH BY KING HUMBERT.

    King Humbert, on June 16 last, opened the new Italian Parliament in Rome with a brief speech, in which he said:-- "Much progress has been made during the last ...

    Article : 282 words
  29. A VICTORIA CROSS HERO.

    LONDON, Monday.--Captain Conwyn Mansel Jones, of the Prince of Wales' Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), lately serving with the British Central African Rifles, has ...

    Article : 43 words
  30. QUEENSLAND.

    At Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company's annual meeting, at Rockhampton, to-day, Messrs. W. Hall and J. Hall were re-elected directors, and Mr. Dowling chairman of directors. ...

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  31. ELDER, SMITH, AND CO.

    At the annual meeting of Elder, Smith, and Co. to-day, the report stated that during the past year two dividends had been paid, aggregating £11,400. The volume and result of the company's ...

    Article : 87 words
  32. ENGINEERS' CERTIFICATES.

    A deputation, representing the marine engineers and amalgamated engineers, waited on the Premier to protest against the number of men who are securing limited second-class certificates, ...

    Article : 80 words
  33. COLONIAL CASUALTIES.

    The Premier has received the following information from the High Commissioner for South Africa as to men at the seat of war:--"Trooper F. Clarke, N.S.W., Mounted Infantry, silghtly ...

    Article : 78 words
  34. ADELAIDE STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

    At the annual meeting of the Adelaide Steamship Company to-day, the directors' report stated that the balance to the credit of profit and loss after providing for depreciation, bad debts, etc., ...

    Article : 263 words
  35. COMPULSORY ARBITRATION PROPOSED.

    A deputation, representing the industrial unions of Queensland, waited on the Premier to-day to ask for the early introduction of a bill for compulsory arbitration and conciliation. Mr. ...

    Article : 207 words
  36. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--Sir Alfred Milner telegraphed to the Governor, under date July 28:-- "Regret to report that Sergeant H. C. Prosser was severely wounded, and Trooper W. S. Sayers ...

    Article : 209 words
  37. REFERENCE AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

    At the annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce last night the president, Mr. A. F. Robinson, said; "On coming Into town to-night I heard the news of the assassination of the King of Italy. ...

    Article : 94 words
  38. WHERE THE DEED WAS DONE.

    Monza, where King Humbert was assassinated, is a town with a population of about 17,100 persons, is situated in Lombardy, and 10 miles north-east of Milan. It was the ...

    Article : 116 words
  39. NEW ZEALAND.

    News has been received of the death in England of Colonel Russell, at one time Minister for Native Affairs. He was father of the leader of the Opposition in the New Zealand Parliament. ...

    Article : 38 words
  40. GOLD FROM THE MINE.

    PERTH, Monday.--At 3 o'clock this morning, Mr. C. M. Harris, manager of Hannan's Proprietary Company, was awakened at his residence at Boulder by three masked men. They were armed ...

    Article : 202 words
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  42. INDEX TO NEWS.

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  43. THE ITALIAN CONSUL INTERVIEWED.

    Dr. Marano, the Italian Consul for New South Wales, expressed himself as greatly shocked at the news when seen last night. "It is a serious thing for Italy," he observed, "especially coming ...

    Article : 445 words
  44. WORK AND WAGES.

    The Arbitration Court gave awards to-day in the bakors', coachbuilders', and butchers' industrial disputes. Generally speaking the wages are fixed at 10s a day for competent Journeyman, and ...

    Article : 77 words
  45. BACK FROM SOUTH AFRICA.

    Receptions of the maimed and fever-stricken soldiers are apparently all cast in the same mould. The reception of the third detachment of invalids from South Africa, whose arrival was ...

    Article : 623 words
  46. TASMANIA.

    The Perpetual Trustees' Company declared a dividend for the half-year at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum, and carried £500 to the reserve fund, which is now £4000. The purchase of new ...

    Article : 99 words
  47. FETE AT BEECROFT.

    The pretty grounds of "Sheen" wore an animated appearance on Saturday afternoon at Beecroft, the occasion being a garden fete in aid of the Indian Famine Fund. Stalls were ...

    Article : 152 words
  48. BEXLEY MUNICIPALITY.

    The nominations of candidates for the new municipality of Bexley will take place at Carlton-hall, Carlton, on August 7. There are already upwards of 20 aspirants in the field, among them being Mr. J. G. Grillin, who for ...

    Article : 78 words
  49. ASHFIELD BRASS BAND.

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