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  2. CHINA.

    LONDON, Thursday.--A semi-official announcement has been made in Berlin with reference to the astonishment, which was expressed in Great Britain when it became ...

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  3. SOUTH AFRICAN HEROES.

    LONDON, Thursday--In beautiful weather a brilliant pageant was witnessed yesterday at the Horse Guards' parade, when his Majesty King Edward, who was accompanied ...

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  4. STATE POLITICS.

    The humorous rally of the discredited See Government at the Town-hall on Wednesday night, when the several members of this unauthorised Administration stepped forward and testified, ...

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  5. IMPERIAL POLITICS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Mr. A. J. Balfour, Leader of the House, has announced in the Commons that the Government intends to press forward the Finance, ...

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  6. THE GOVERNMENT AND "THE DAILY TELEGRAPH."

    At the Ministerial mass meeting at the Town-hall on Wednesday night there was circulated in thousands an unprecedentedly scurrilous and libellous leaflet. It insinuated that ...

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  7. BALMAIN SOUTH LIBERAL ASSOCIATION.

    A meeting of the members of the Balmain South branch of the Liberal Association of New South Wales was held in Sterlaod's-hall, on Tuesday evening, Mr. W. Hunt (president) in ...

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  8. MR. E. W. MOLESWORTH'S CANDIDATURE.

    Mr. E. W. Molesworth, the selected Liberal candidate and late representative for Newtown-Erskine, opened the campaign by an address at the Erskineville Town-hall last evening. The ...

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  9. TRADE WITH GERMANY.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The German Federal Council has sanctioned the prolongation, until further notice, of the most favored nation treatment to all British colonies excepting ...

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  10. BLIGH DIVISION.

    Speaking last night at the corner of Palmer and William streets in support of the candidature of the Ministerial candidate, Mr. P. E. Quinn, the State Minister for Works (Mr. ...

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  11. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Wednesday Morning.--Six armed Boers, who had sworn neutrality, attempted to escape front Pretoria. When the sentry challenged them, they ...

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  12. QUEENSLAND.

    The steamer Morayshire, from Capetown, is expected to reach Brisbane next Monday, and will load 800 horses for South. Africa, probably leaving here on Saturday week. ...

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  13. THE RETURNED CONTINGENT.

    The Third Queensland Contingent, which returned by the Morayshire from South Africa, arrived in Brisbane by special train this afternoon, being met at the station by a number of ...

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  14. VICTORIA.

    The Railway Standing Committee is in favor of carrying out the Lake Lonsdale water conservation scheme, so ardently advocated by the mallee farmers recently. A report recommending its ...

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  15. ANOTHER V.C. HERO.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Sergeant Firth, of the West Riding (Yorkshire) Regiment, has been awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous gallantry in action at ...

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  16. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE EVENT.

    LONDON, Thursday.--"The Times" this morning comments upon the brilliant pageant at the Horse Guards yesterday. The significance of the event, says "The ...

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  17. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Government has purchased a further 15,000 acres at Otago and Canterbury for closer settlement. It is generally supposed that Mr. Ward will be ...

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  18. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Col. Colenbrander killed five Boers, and captured 100 at Nylstroom, 80 miles north of Pretoria. ...

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  19. SEEKING A PENSION.

    One of the applicants for Admission to the Benevolent Asylum to-day was an old man who it was found was originally the owner of 314 acres of land worth 30s per acre. He ...

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  20. IMPORTANT STATISTICS.

    Late statistics show a great growth in land settlement for the past five years. In 1885 the area under grass was 5,000,000 acres, and in 1890 10,000,000 acres, the number of sheep being ...

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  21. GOLDSBROUGH, MORT, AND COMPANY.

    All opposition by the Industrial and Agency Company, London, to the confirming by the Court of the scheme for the reduction of the capital of Goldsbrough, Mort, and Company ...

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  22. RETURNING FROM THE WAR.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The Lund liner Narrung, which arrived at Port Adelaide on Thursday morning, brought 28 soldiers from South Africa. Twenty-one are returning to New South Wales, ...

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  23. COOK DIVISION ALDERMAN GEORGE PERRY'S CANDIDATURE.

    From the balcony of Nimmo's Hotel, corner or Cooper and Holt streets, Surry-hills, Alderman George Perry, the selected Ministerial candidate, told a crowd of about 500 electors of Cook Division ...

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  24. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Government are inviting tenders for the erection of a new railway station at Port Pirie. ...

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  25. INCREASED SHIPPING FACILITIES.

    At the invitation of the Minister for Railways the representatives of the Harbor Trust and the Marine Board and a number of leading shippers met to-day and informally discussed at ...

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  26. NEW ZEALAND BOWLERS ON TOUR.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The New Zealand team of bowlers now on tour in Scotland played the first rink-match of their series against the Broomhill bowlers at Glasgow yesterday, and ...

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  27. CORNER ALLOTMENTS AT TARCOOLA.

    It is now several years since the Land Office contained so large a crowd as on Thursday morning, when 175 allotments in the town of Tarcoola were offered for sale. The bidders were composed ...

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  28. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--At the weekly sales of Australasian tallow to-day, 1750 casks were offered, and 1100 casks were sold. Prices remained unaltered as follow:--Mutton, ...

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  29. THE LOST STEAMER FEDERAL.

    A place of white pine wood was found on the 90-Mile Beach, with a message on it, apparently written by a victim of the Federal disaster. The writing, which was obliterated in parts, read as ...

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  30. WORK AND WAGES.

    The Royal Commission on the Factories and Shops Act held another sitting. A number of grocers who were examined agreed that the working hours for the week should total 56, instead of ...

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  31. VICTORIAN PRODUCE.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Since the imposition of the sugar duties, the Customs authorities are levying a tax of 7s per cwt. on all fruit pulp entering British ports. ...

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  32. FRANCE, MOROCCO, AND BRITAIN.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon. -- The Parisian journals, "Debats" and "Figaro." refer to King Edward's recent reception of the Moorish envoys, and state that the Morocco question is ...

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  33. MR. M'GOWEN AT BALMAIN.

    Mr. M'Gowen, leader of the Labor Party, addressed a crowded meeting on Wednesday night in the Oddfellows'-hall in support of the candidature of Mr. J. Storey, the selected Labor ...

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  34. THE SMALLPOX OUTBREAK.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The patient, Berry, who died at Torrens Island from smallpox, was buried to-day. It is a startling commentary on the farce being played by the health-officers ...

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  35. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    All the Ministers have been re-elected unopposed. The Fremantle water police were informal by some fishermen this morning that while coming in ...

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  36. GLASGOW UNIVERSITY.

    LONDON, Thursday.--His Majesty King Edward has congratulated the Glasgow University upon the celebration of its ninth jubilee. ...

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  37. QUEENSLAND MINING SHARES.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. P. W. Crowe states that he is placing on the Parisian and London markets large blocks of shares in Queensland properties, including the Great Northern Copper and ...

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  38. MR. I. R. COHEN'S CANDIDATURE.

    Mr. Wise, State Attorney General, found [?] impossible last night to be present at Mr. Cohen's meeting in Annandale, but the State Colonial Treasurer, Mr. Waddell, spoke in his stead. ...

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  39. SELECTED LABOR CANDIDATES.

    The action of the Sydney Labor Council last week in declining to extend financial support to the Political Labor League was under discussion at a meeting of the council last night, the ...

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  40. ENGLISH SPORTING.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--At Lincoln to-day the following event was run:-- LINDUM PLATE, the straight mile.-- Mr. Russell Monro's br m Goosander, by ...

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  41. FIVE CHILDREN MURDERED.

    A ghastly murder, involving five victims, is announced from the neighborhood of Chartres (says the Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Mail"). ...

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  42. LEAD STATISTICS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The imports of lead into the United Kingdom last month amounted to 17,553 tons, including 4848 tons from Australia. The exports were over 7841 tons. ...

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  43. AMERICAN WHEAT SUPPLIES.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The visible supply of wheat in the United States amounts to 45,610,000 bushels, as compared with 47,109,000 bushels a week ago. ...

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  44. BANK RATE AGAIN REDUCED.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Bank of England published rate of discount, which was lowered from 4½ per cent. to 4 per cent. on February 21, and again from 4 per cent. to 3½ per cent. on ...

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  45. DEATH OF A PATIENT.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The patient, W. Harris, died from smallpox at Point Nepean quarantine. His case has all along been regarded as hopeless. He was a passenger by the Ormuz ...

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  46. STRIKE OF COAL MINERS.

    HARTLEY VALE, Thursday.--All the coal miners brought out their tools this morning, owing to the refusal of the company to meet their demands for an enhanced rate of wages. As the ...

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