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  2. ROYAL VISIT TO AUSTRALIA.

    The cable news that the Duke and Duchess of York will make their trip to the colonies in the Queen's new yacht Victoria and Albert has caused some interest to be taken in the vessel, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. LEGISLATIVE DEADLOCK.

    After the formal business in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, The Speaker said he had received a message, from the Legislative Council agreeing to a free ...

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  4. CHINA.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Won-Ting-Fnag, the Chinese Minister sit Washington, declares that Germany's proposals, as enunciated in the recent note to the Powers, setting forth ...

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  5. THE BOER WAR.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Ex-President Kruger has accepted the offer made him by the Netherlands Government to use one of the Dutch warships for the ...

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  6. SECOND EDITION.

    In the course of his reply in the Assembly this morning on the debate with reference to the unsatisfactory result of the conference between the Houses on the Sydney Corporation Bill, Sir ...

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  7. INVALIDED SOLDIERS.

    The Premier bus received a cable from the General of Communications, Capetown, stating that the Warrigal left Capetown for Sydney on September 14. She has on board the following ...

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  8. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Following is the full text of the cable sent by the Premier to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, regarding the proposed visit of the Duke and Duchess of York:--"The Government of New ...

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  9. A NEW ZEALAND INVITATION.

    WELLINGTON, Thursday.--Both Houses of Parliament have passed a resolution to invite the Duke of York to pay a visit to New Zealand. ...

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  10. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Nearly 50 of the prison Liberal members of Parliament are urging Lord Rosebery to make a pronouncement promising to support ...

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  11. AUSTRALIAN GALLANTRY.

    LONDON, Thursday.--An officer of Major-General R. G. Broadwood's division describes the recent defence of Elands' River by the Australian Bushmen under ...

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  12. THE FEDERAL TARIFF.

    Sir William Manning, while in London, unburdened himself to a representative of the "St. James' Gazette" of his opinions as to Federated Australia's attitude to the outer world in ...

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  13. SIR CLAUDE MACDONALD.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Sir Claude Macdonald, the British Minister at Pekin, will shortly exchange posts with Sir E. M. Satow, British Minister at Tokio, Japan. ...

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  14. DESULTORY FIGHTING.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Boxers have destroyed Chu-chou, and the Pao-ting-fu road has been found to be impracticable for the use of artillery. Hence, ...

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  15. THREE MUSKETEERS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Three members of the Canadian mounted force have been the heroes of a daring adventure. The men lost their way, and in ...

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  16. THE PRINCIPAL ISSUE.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Mr. J. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, has written a brief letter referring to the coming general election campaign, in ...

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  17. LETTERS FROM THE FRONT.

    Instances of the colonial soldiers firing on each other in mistake have been frequent during the war. Lance-Corporal Broadhurst Hill, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry, writes to ...

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  18. QUEENSLAND.

    The Governor-in-Council yesterday approved of permission being given to the Chillagoe R. and M. Company to construct a further section of 25 miles of the Mareeba to Chillagoe railway line. The ...

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  19. VICTORIA.

    A married woman, Eliz. M'Affey, fell over Lighthouse Cliff at Portland during the night, her mangled body being discovered this morning. Deceased, whose mind has been unhinged for ...

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  20. MURDERS BY BOXERS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. .T. Goodnow, American Vice-Consul at. Shanghai, estimates that the Boxers have altogether massacred 50,000 native Christians. ...

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  21. LIBERALS DISORGANISED.

    LONDON, Thursday,--It is estimated that at the forthcoming general election in the United Kingdom 187 constituencies will be without Liberal candidates. ...

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  22. MORE BOER TREACHERY.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Lord Roberts is at Nelspruit, 60 miles from the Portuguese frontier. Hw reports two gross cases of white-flag ...

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  23. THE KAISER'S PLAN.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon. -- The Kaiser's plan is intended to thwart Li Hung Chang's recent attempts to secure the surrender of mere lay figures who would ...

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  24. PROGRAMME OF THE LIBERAL PARTY.

    The sub-committee appointed at yesterdays Opposition meeting, to draft the election programme of the Liberal party, met to-day, and chatted matters over. Nothing definite was done, ...

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  25. COLLISION AT SEA.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The steamers Stormarn, from Manchester to Hamburg, and the Gordon Castle, from West Africa to Barrow-in-Furness, collided during a fog in Cardigan ...

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  26. BUNDABERG SHIPPING DISASTER.

    The schooner Lochiel will have to come here from Bundaberg for repairs. It is expected that it will be fully six weeks before she is ready to sail for the Islands. Tenders have been called ...

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  27. SOLDIER SETTLERS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--A committee, is taking expert evidence at Capetown respecting lands available for soldiers who desire to settle in South Africa. ...

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  28. THE CONFERENCE.

    Shortly after 5 o'clock the managers for the two Houses met in the back library, at Parliament Building, the Houses having, in the meantime, adjourned until a later hour. ...

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  29. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Government cyanide works at Aretunga treated 29 tons from the White Range claim, in the M'Donnell Ranges, for 67oz. of gold. The Commissioner of Police, in his annual ...

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  30. COLONIAL PARLIAMENTS.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Legislative Assembly to-night spent some time in discussing the proposal of the Minister for Works to refer the question of connecting Woolamai, San Remo, and ...

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  31. INTERCOLONIAL FRUIT PESTS CONFERENCE.

    After an inspection of a number of nurseries and orchards, the members of the Intercolonial Fruit Pests Conference settled down to work to- in Melbourne. It was agreed that it was ...

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  32. SECRET SUPPLIES.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--One hundred tons of foodstuffs and 250,000 rifle cartridges have been discovered by a British patrol in one of the Lydenburg mines. ...

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  33. HELP FOR THE DOWAGER.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Eight thousand [?]soldiers have joined the Empress Dowager. Other large contingents of Chinese are marching to her assistance. ...

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  34. THE LABOR CANDIDATES.

    The Parliamentary labor party has appointed a committee of five members to confer with the executive of the Political Labor League with reference to the conduct of the campaign in the ...

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  35. TROUBLE IN THE SAHARA.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Severe fighting has occurred between the French and native troops on the Saharan oases recently annexed by France. Two French officers and 15 men have been killed ...

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  36. THE BURGHERS' FATE.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--It has been decided that the burghers now surrendering to the British will not ho deported to Ceylon or St. Helena, except the officers. ...

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  37. COLONEL RENNY-TAILYOUR.

    The friends of Colonel Renny-Tailyour of the Royal Engineers, who held an important military appointment in Sydney a few years ago, will be interested to learn that, according to an English ...

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  38. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    In the Legislative Assembly yesterday, Mr. M'Laughlin asked the Colonial Treasurer if Mr. Oliver intended to carry out his promise to inspect the Dorrigo country as a Federal capital ...

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  39. A LIFELONG FRIENDSHIP.

    The Moloney-Wiggins assault case was before the City Police Court to-day. Herbert Wiggins was charged with assaulting Alderman James Moloney, M.P., in whose employ he was as managing ...

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  40. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--At the weekly sales of Australasian tallow to-day 2175 casks were offered, and 1550 casks were sold. Prices realised were as follow:--Mutton, fine 27s ...

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  41. COMMISSIONS FOR COLONIALS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The following members of the colonial contingents have been appointed second lieutenants in the regiments indicated:-- ...

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  42. LIFE CRUSHED OUT OF HER.

    A party of missionaries from the province of Shansi (in which some fearful massacres and barbarities have been committed) reached Shanghai on August 20th, after a journey of 50 ...

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  43. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--In the Assembly today the second reading of the Veterinary Bill was carried by 41 votes to 12. Mr. Philp introduced a bill to extend the engagement with the ...

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  44. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Full Court gave a decision this morning by which timber leases will be subject to rating by Road Boards. The appeal of the Jarrah Timber and Woodpaving Corporation against the ...

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  45. STOKE ORPHANAGE SCANDAL.

    WELLINGTON, Thursday.--As an outcome of the recent disclosures before the Royal Commission concerning the management of Stoke Industrial School, a Roman Catholic institution, two ...

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  46. THE LATE DUKE OF SAXE-COBURG.

    "M.A.P," says the late Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha was the favorite child of the Queen, and was loved by his father. The stories about his parsimony are also denied. ...

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  47. WHY THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.

    The somewhat lengthy inquiry into the railway disaster at Fairfield on the 9th of August, when three men lost their lives, was concluded to-day. The jury found that the accident was caused by ...

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  48. A HEAVY LIST TO PORT.

    The steamer Windsor, bound from Melbourne to Durban, South Africa, had a very rough passage across the Bight. During a gale she lost 60 tons of coal, and part of the deck cargo, ...

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  49. THE ROW ON THE WHARF.

    The seamen alleged to have been concerned in the row on the Australian Wharf early on Sunday morning have all been discharged. Arthur Young, the passenger by the Loch Katrine, denied in ...

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  50. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Thursday.--In the Legislative Assembly, the Premier introduced a bill for the construction of the railway from Coolgardie to Norseman. The second reading was fixed for Tuesday ...

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  51. IN THE COUNCIL.

    Upon the Council re-assembling there was a fairly full House. Although it was so late, there were 20 members in the House anxious to learn what the conference which bad lasted so long ...

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  52. COLONIAL CASUALTIES.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The following casualties arc reported to have occurred among the Australian troops engaged on active service in South Africa:-- ...

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  53. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Does a postcard bonded "Constitutional Reform league," and addressed to members of Parliament supposed to be in sympathy with reform, by an outsider, asking ...

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  54. WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.

    KALGOORLIE, Thursday.--South Kalgurli is still raising high-grade ore from the south drive on the Consols lode at the 600ft. level. The ore supplies from the various levels are more than the present treatment plant can ...

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  55. TASMANIA.

    Tin ore is quoted at 21s 6d per unit, being a fall of 1s 6d. Mrs. Margaret Davies, licensee of the Sydney Hotel, Elizabeth-street, the oldest publican in the ...

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  56. PROCEEDINGS IN THE ASSEMBLY.

    At five minutes past 11 the managers returned to the Assembly and reported that they were unable to come to an agreement with the managers of the Council. ...

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  57. THE POPE'S POSITION.

    A special message of King Humbert's murder reached the Vatican shortly,after midnight. Cardinal Rampolla, after due reflection, decided not to awaken the Pope. In the morning, Leo XIII. ...

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  58. THE WESTERN RAILWAY.

    The Premier (Mr. Lewis) has wired Sir Richard Baker, Adelaide, as follows:--"Have received the following telegram from Sir Philip Fysh to mine of the 11th instant:--'Financiers believe that it is ...

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  59. VICTORIAN TROOPS.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--An official intimation has been received from Capetown that a number of invalided Victorian soldiers left by the Warrigal for Melbourne on the 14th inst. Sir ...

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  60. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--In the Assembly today, the Premier, in reply to a question, said that the power, of the State Parliament to impose duties of Customs and excise does not cease on the ...

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  61. NARRABRI TO WALGETT RAILWAY.

    The report of the Public Works Committee on the proposed railway from Narrabri to Walgett, with a branch to Collarenebri, was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly last night. ...

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  62. SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL.

    GUNDAGAI. Thursday.--The subscribers to the soldiers' memorial which will be erected to the memory of troopers of this district who fall in the South African campaign met on Tuesday ...

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  63. A HAUL OF STOCKINGS.

    On Wednesday last Constable Corcoran noticed a man selling stockings to an Assyrian merchant in Redfern. His suspicions being aroused, the officer searched, and found in the man's ...

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  64. A CHILD'S BODY FOUND.

    Last evening as two men were returning from work along Lord's-road, Botany, they saw the body of a child floating in the water under one of the culverts. They reported the matter at once ...

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  65. FIRE IN A CHEMIST'S SHOP.

    Owing to a quantity of turpentine coming in contact with a flame and igniting, a fire broke out at 132 William-street, occupied as a chemist shop by H. J. Parker, last evening. The flames ...

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  66. SAFETY OF A MISSING TROOPER.

    Captain A. W. Wobber yesterday received a cable message stating that his son, Lance-Corporal W. J. Webber, with the Imperial Bushmen, who was reported missing, had been released, and ...

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