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  2. SECOND EDITION.

    LONDON. Tuesday Afternoon.--The publication of the correspondence between Mr. F. W. Reitz. once State Secretary of the Transvaal, and ex-President Steyn has ...

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  3. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

    LONDON. Tuesday.--In the House of Commons last night, on the motion of Mr. A. J. Balfour, Leader of the House, and First Lord of the Treasury, it was decided by a ...

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  4. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--During the fighting at Housing Spruit, in the Orange River Colony, where Cellier's commando was surprised by Major J. E. Pine-Collin, three ...

    Article : 266 words
  5. NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT.

    Even the driest of legislative formalities, at the beginning of a new Parliament, seem to have an indefinable attraction for some people. The swearing-in ceremony furnishes anything ...

    Article : 312 words
  6. CASUALTY LIST.

    The following telegraphic despatch has been received by the Lieutenant-Governor from the Chief Casualty Officer, Capetown:--"Referring to your telegram of 10th July, No. 1068, Private ...

    Article : 149 words
  7. THE NEW HOUSE.

    In an Assembly made up of members who do not lay claim to proprietary rights in any particular seat, or a seat on any particular bench, and who occupy something like half a dozen seats ill the course of half ail hour, It is not possible to gather much of political significance from a haphazard arrangement of the personnel. Only when the division-bell rings can one judge of the state ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 277 words
  8. ELECTION OF SPEAKER.

    Mr. HENRY CLARKE proposed that Mr. M'Court be elected Speaker. ("Hear, hear.") He did not think it was necessary for him to say much to the members of the late Parliament who had ...

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  9. IMPERIAL BUSHMEN.

    The committee which carried out the recent reception of Imperial Bushmen met on Monday night. After passing the accounts, it was found that there would be a balance of from £15 to ...

    Article : 76 words
  10. CHINA.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--In the House of Commons, last night Lord Cranborne, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, announced in connection with the payment of the Chinese ...

    Article : 108 words
  11. WELCOMED HOME.

    CONDOBOLIN, Tuesday.--The residents of the town turned out en masse to meet and welcome Trooper David Tasker, of the Imperial Bushmen, who arrived home by train yesterday. A coach ...

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  12. PERSONAL.

    When the Full Court met yesterday morning, Mr. Hugh Pollock, barrister-at-law, who acted for some time as secretary to the Attorney-General, announced that he had been appointed ...

    Article : 53 words
  13. IN THE COUNCIL.

    By 12 o'clock the usual drowsy atmosphere of the Legislative Council Chamber, before members had actually time to again take possession, was dispelled by the hum of feminine ...

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  14. DETECTIVE DONOVAN ENTERTAINED.

    Detective Donovan, who recently resigned from, the New South Wales police service with the object of returning to South Africa, was entertained at a dinner at the Trocadere Cafe, ...

    Article : 317 words
  15. MRS. KRUGER'S DEATH.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Many messages of condolence have been sent to Mr. Kruger in connection with the death of his wife at Pretoria. ...

    Article : 182 words
  16. TUBERCULOSIS CONGRESS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The Duke of Cambridge, acting on behalf of his Majesty the King, yesterday formally opened the Congress on Tuberculosis. ...

    Article : 128 words
  17. PUNISHMENT OF REBELS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Of the death sentences passed on nine rebels who were convicted at Graaf-Reinet, four were commuted to life servitude at Bermuda, and five to varying ...

    Article : 98 words
  18. POSITION OF TRADES UNIONS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The Judicial Committee of the House of Lords has decided, in the case of the Taff Vale Railway Company v. the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants and others, ...

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  19. THE LATE MR. ARNOTT.

    The remains of the late Mr. William Arnott, sen., will be interred at the Necropolis this afternoon. The funeral will move from deceased's late residence, "Arnott Holme," Albert-road, ...

    Article : 456 words
  20. IMPERIAL APPEAL COURT.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The conference of Colonial and British jurists summoned by Mr. Chamberlain to consider the establishment of an Imperial Court of Appeal, has terminated its ...

    Article : 84 words
  21. ANCHOR LINER ASHORE.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Anchor liner Numidia is ashore at Brothers Island, in the Red Sea. The Numidia belongs to the Anchor Line, ...

    Article : 78 words
  22. ORANGE RIVER POPULATION.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Out of the total population of the Orange River Colony of 75,000, 10,000 are now prisoners, 35,000 are refugees in camps, 17,000 are living in towns ...

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  23. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. J. J. S. Broadbent, a well-known resident of Adelaide, committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver this afternoon. He had keen an auctioneer's storeman, but of late had ...

    Article : 56 words
  24. QUEENSLAND.

    A man named Crittenden fell 85ft. down a shaft at Thornborough on Saturday. He was unhurt, and resumed work this morning. Mr. George Edward Jordan, son of the late Mr. ...

    Article : 42 words
  25. THE GOVERNMENT TO BE CHALLENGED.

    The Government is to be challenged to-day. The Opposition met yesterday, under the leadership of Mr. Lee, full of fighting spirit, and after an enthusiastic discussion decided unanimously that ...

    Article : 603 words
  26. VICTORIA.

    At an inquest on the body of Eugene Rostraw, who was found dying in St. Patrick's Cathedral on Saturday last, a verdict of suicide was recorded. Deceased, who was an accountant, had been ...

    Article : 214 words
  27. QUEENSLAND VOLUNTEERS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The Secretary of State for War explained last night, in the Commons, that although Lord Kitchener had accepted the offers of some ...

    Article : 177 words
  28. ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Captain Blackburn has sailed in a little boat front Gloucester, Massachusetts, to Lisbon, in 38 12 days. ...

    Article : 27 words
  29. BEYOND THE JURISDICTION OF THE COURT.

    At Thursday Island two pearl divers were charged with a breach of the regulations by obtaining shell smaller than is allowed by statute. The solicitor in one case raised the point that ...

    Article : 69 words
  30. BRAND OF CIGARS.

    An important Customs case was brought to a conclusion at the Civil Court to-day. Louis Mueller, mi Adelaide importer, received a quantity of cigars from Germany. The boxes were ...

    Article : 310 words
  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--In the race from Gibraltar to Portsmouth, the cruiser Hyacinth (fitted with Belleville boilers) burst a boiler tube. The cruiser Minerva (fitted with the Scotch ...

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  32. THE CITY SHOOTING CASE.

    Miss Ellen Jenkins, one of the victims of the sensational shooting case at Her Majesty's Hotel on Saturday night last, is making excellent progress at the Sydney Hospital. Dr. ...

    Article : 62 words
  33. NEW ZEALAND.

    The scrutiny of the votes at the by-electlon for Patea resulted in the Opposition candidate, Mr. Haselden, being elected by one vote. ...

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  34. IN THE ASSEMBLY.

    Immediately at 12 o'clock tho Clerk of the House (Mr. Webb) read the proclamation appointing Commissioners to administer the oath to members. ...

    Article : 373 words
  35. WELSH TIN PLATES.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Owing to the American strike, there have been considerable shipments of Welsh tin plates. ...

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  36. METEOR AND EARTHQUAKE.

    COOMA, Tuesday.--Three shocks of earthquake were felt this morning, the first, at 4.34, being very severe, travelling in a westerly direction; the second, at 4.35, severe; and the third, at ...

    Article : 190 words
  37. GENERAL WAR NEWS.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A Boer commando recently captured 17 men of the South African Constabulary, near Petrusberg, in the Orange River Colony. ...

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  38. THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION AND MR. O'SULLIVAN.

    Sir,--There is only one remark in Mr. Lee's letter that needs my attention. He states that I submitted the proposal tor a railway from Casino to Tenterfield last session. So I did, and I ...

    Article : 315 words
  39. MELBOURNE BYE-ELECTION.

    As the result of a bye-election to-day, the Melbourne seat in the Legislative Assembly rendered vacant through the expulsion from the House of Mr. Findley, has been recaptured by an Oppositionist, ...

    Article : 62 words
  40. GERMAN CANAL SILTING.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, between the Baltic and the North Sea, is silting up. ...

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  41. DAMAGES AGAINST THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONER.

    Actions against Hie Victorian Railway Commissioner, brought by Mrs. and Miss Lynott, of Toorak, in which compensation was claimed for injuries received in a collision at Prince's Bridge ...

    Article : 104 words
  42. KERGUELEN'S LAND.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Admiralty authorities are not sanguine of the possibility of acquiring Kerguelen's Land. ...

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  43. TO-DAY.

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  44. PROMOTIONS IN THE FIELD.

    The Federal Minister for Defence has decided that officers who have been promoted during service in South Africa shall not be required to forego such rank on their return, as has ...

    Article : 273 words
  45. THE ORMUZ PLAGUE CASES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The R.M.S. Ormuz has arrived at Plymouth. Two of the crew who were, suspected of having contracted the bubonic plague were transferred to a hospital ship. ...

    Article : 92 words
  46. EXPORT OF FROZEN POULTRY.

    Activity in exporting poultry continues, and very large quantities of fowls, ducks, and turkeys are dealt with weekly. Last week 7000 were considered class enough for export. The bulk is still ...

    Article : 69 words
  47. AN INCENDIARY AT LARGE.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The police believe that there is a lunatic at large in Melbourne, whoso mania takes the form of incendiarism. Yesterday, at Camberwell, three outbreaks of fire in as ...

    Article : 116 words
  48. CHAPLAIN-GENERAL TO THE FORCES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, has requested the Rev. Dr. John Cox. Edghill, who has been Chaplain-General to the Forces since 1885, to remain in office until the ...

    Article : 40 words
  49. ABOLITION OF TRADE COUPONS.

    The Co-operative Coupon Company has asked the Premier, Mr. Peacock, to hear Mr. Godhard, ot Sydney, who is a director of the company, before the bill relating to the abolition of coupons ...

    Article : 63 words
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