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  2. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    On Saturday the Prime Minister, Mr. Barton, the Home Secretary, Sir William Lyne, and the Vice-President of the Federal Executive Council, Mr. It. E. O'Connor, arrived in Sydney on the ...

    Article : 384 words
  3. SOUTH AFRICA. THE CASUALTY-LIST.

    LONDON, Saturday.--'The official monthly report shows that from the inception of hostilities in October, 1899, up to the end of June of the present, year the British army in ...

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  4. THE NAVY.

    LONDON. Saturday.--Important pronouncements were made yesterday in both Houses of Parliament, the naval policy of the Government being expounded In the Lords by Earl ...

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  5. PERSONAL.

    Lord and Lady Hopeton and Mrs. Koppel arrived at Melbourne last night from Hobart by tho steamer Monowai, ...

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  6. SOME MEMBERS OF THE NEW STATE PARLAMENT.

    Mr. Thomas 'Latimer, the elect of Woollahra, is a native of Ireland, and has lived in this State for the past 20 years. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. STATE POLITICS.

    The latest returns from the country give an alteration in the position of parties, as on the latest count Mr. Clara, the selected Labor candidate for Condobolin, is leading Mr. Stewart, the ...

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  8. CHINA.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--'The Paris journal. "Le Matin," condemns the horrible excesses of the French soldiers in China, and demands that an inquiry should be held ...

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  9. THE LATE PROFESSOR TAIT.

    Professor P. G. Tait, whose death has been announced by cable, was one of the greatest authorities on natural philosophy. He was born at Dalkeith in 1831, and educated at Edinburgh ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. GENERAL BOTHA'S CAMP.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.--Command- and General Louis Botha is encamped on the high veldt east of Springs, and about 30 miles south of Middleburg. ...

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  11. AMERICAN EXPRESS STUCK UP.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Three masked men stopped the Great Northern express at Wagner, Montana, United States. They exploded the safe, and stole 40,000 dollars in cash ...

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  12. A TRAIN DERAILED.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.--The Boers wrecked a train at Naboomspruit, killing one officer and nine men of the Gordon Highlanders, and five men belonging to other ...

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  13. MR. R. J. WALSH (TAMWORTH).

    Mr. Raymond Joseph Walsh was born at Ella- long, near Maitland, in 1862, and is therefore 38 years of age. 110 has lived in Tam ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. AUSTRALIAN BOWLERS ON TOUR.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Australian howlers, now on tour in Scotland, played the 16th rink- match of their British series against the Grass- hill (Glasgow) team yesterday, and sustained ...

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  15. ACKERMANN'S COMMANDO.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Acker- mann's commando is in the neighborhood of Reddersburg, in the south of the Orange River Colony. The men are ragged and ...

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  16. THE LATE CAPTAIN JENKINS.

    The funeral of the late Captain Benjamin Jon- kins took place on Saturday afternoon at St; Thomas' Church of England Cemetery, West- street, North Sydney, and, in spite of the ...

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  17. ADULT SUFFRAGE FOR ELECTIONS.

    MELBOURNE; Sunday.--The Electoral Bill will provide for single electorates for the House of Representatives and adult suffrage for both Houses throughout the Commonwealth. There ...

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  18. CAPE COLONY REBELS.

    LONDON. Friday, Afternoon.--Hundreds of burghers in the Barkly East district of North-cast Cape Colony have been "disfranchised for treason. ...

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  19. MORE BOER PRISONERS.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Major-General Grenfell, who is operating in the Northern Transvaal, has encountered the enemy at Hopewell. He captured 93 Boers and ...

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  20. DEFEAT OF THE NEW ZEALANDERS.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The New Zealand bowlers who are touring in Scotland, played the 12th rink-match of their series in Edinburgh yesterday against the Sutton-place Club, ...

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  21. MR. R. DAVIDSON (HASTINGS AND.

    Mr. R. Davidson has boon a resident of Port Macquarie for the last seventeen years, having. [?] there as Presby ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  22. AUSTRALASIAN SOLDIERS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The following particulars are to hand relating to Australasian soldiers on active service in South Africa:-- Lieutenant Stanley Reid, of the Sixth Contingent ...

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  23. AUSTRALIAN ARTISTES IN LONDON.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Australian artistes, Miss Maggie Stirling, the Victorian singer, Miss Maud MacGarthy, violinist (New South Wales), and the three Misses Griffiths (New South ...

    Article : 87 words
  24. FRENCH SUBMARINES.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Commenting on the success of the submarine boat, Gustave Zede, at the naval manoeuvres, the French newspapers declare that their submarine vessels will make ...

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  25. THE DEBATE IN THE COMMONS.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--During yesterday's debate upon the new naval programme mine, as outlined in the House of Com- mons by the Parliamentary Secretary to the ...

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  26. MR. J. F.' SMITH (NEWTOWN-CAMPER- DOWN.)

    Few persons are better known in the district of Newtown than Alderman James Francis- Smith, the representative of Newtown-Camper- down. He is a native of Now South Wales, ...

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  27. RETURNED SOLDIERS.

    The troopship Orient, with a number of returned troops from South Africa on board, arrived at Albany on Saturday last. The Aberdeen liner Damascus, which arrived ...

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  28. HEAT WAVE IN AMERICA.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Although the Washington Weather Bureau foretold a month of terrific hot weather and Increased mortality along the eastern seaboard of the United States, ...

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  29. STRIKE AMONGST THE JAPANESE.

    It was expected some months' ago That the dearth of labor in Now Caledonia would bo met by the importation of Japanese. Accordingly a large number were brought out under ...

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  30. OBITUARY.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The death is announced of Prince Hohenlohe-- Schillingsfurst, the ex- German Chancellor, in the 83rd year of his age. The late Prince Hohenlohe (as bo was ...

    Article : 520 words
  31. VICTORIA.

    The Savings Bank Commissioners have decided to call tenders for another £100,060 at 3 per cent., repayable in 10 years'. The Government has guaranteed the debentures at a minimum of 96. ...

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  32. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    HOBART, Sunday.--The proceedings in connection with the Royal visit terminated yesterday. The weather was beautifully fine. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall in the morning drove along ...

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  33. SIR WILLIAM LYNE ON THE ELECTIONS.

    Sir William, Lyne, the Federal Homo Score- tary, and the late head of the State Government, gave his impressions on the elections to a representative of this paper last night. He said, ...

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  34. SCULLING CHAMPIONSHIP.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Jacob Gaudaur and George Towns will row at Rat Portage, Canada, in the third week in August, for the sculling championship of the world. ...

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  35. SUICIDE OF A GIRL.

    The body of a young unmarried woman named Loveday Mankey (22) was found on St. Kilda Beach on Friday morning. Deceased, who recently arrived from Sydney, had been staying ...

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  36. MR. JENKINS BANQUETED.

    A farewell was taken at the Federal Parliament on Saturday of Mr. G. H. Jenkins, who has been acting as Clerk of tho House of Representatives. Mr. Jenkins' health was cordially toasted by the ...

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  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Thirty thousand ' dollars have disappeared from tho mint at San Francisco. ...

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  38. WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.

    KALGOORLIE, Sunday.--Hannan's Star crushed 1385 tons for 997oz. Mount Charlotte crushed 214 tons for 334oz., cyanided 1862 tons for 278oz., and 810 tons concentrated yielded 58oz., total ...

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  39. THE ESCAPED CONVICTS.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The escaped convicts, O'Connor and Sparks, arc still at large, nor has anything been seen of them since they broke away from Pentridge Gaol several days age. An ...

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  40. KILLED ON THE RAILWAY.

    The terribly mutilated body of Mr. Thos. Douglas Smith, 48, late architectural draughtsman to the Railway Department, was found on the up line from St. Kilda to Melbourne this ...

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  41. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 135 words
  42. THE ADULTERATION OF BUTTER.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The Board of Agriculture has appointed a departmental committee to determine what deficiency of normal constituents or what additional extraneous matter would ...

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  43. WATCHING THE BORDER.

    ALBURY, Sunday.--The police on both sides of the Murray are keeping a sharp look-out for Sparks and O Connor, I he felons who escaped recently from Pentridge. as it is likely that they ...

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  44. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The Board of Trade returns of the trade of the United Kingdom for the month of Juno shows that the imports have decreased in value by £305,269, and the exports ...

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  45. AT THE THEATRES.

    "Pagliacci" and "Cavallaria Rusticana" were again presented by Williamson's Italian Opera Company at Her Majesty's last night. Commen- dater Larizza for the first time assumed the ...

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  46. FEELING IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--Public fooling in England has for some time past been considerably excited on questions of naval administration. Latterly, -something ...

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  47. FATAL FOUNDRY ACCIDENT.

    LONDON, Saturday.--A converter containing several tons of steel exploded in a steel and iron foundry at Bilston (Stafford) yesterday, with fatal results. The molten metal flew, In all directions ...

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  48. NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT.

    WELLINGTON, Sunday.--The House of Representatives carried the Address-in-Reply by 32 votes to 4. There was very little criticism on the Government policy during the debate. ...

    Article : 31 words
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