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  2. SURPLUS OF THE UNITED STATES.

    SAN FRANCISCO, July 11.--The fiscal year of the United States just closed has teen the most prosperous in the history, of the country. The receipts exceeded the expenditure by 77,000,000 ...

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  3. VICTORIA.

    For the week ending to-morrow there will have been shipped through the Department of Agriculture over 14,000 head of poultry and 140,000 pairs of rabbits. ...

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  4. SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SERVICE.

    Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., Limited, managing agents for the Oceanic S.S. Compuny'a A. and A. line, are in receipt of a cablegram from Auckland announcing the arrival of the ...

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  5. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Tuesday. -- At Marlborough House yesterday their Majesties the King and Queen Alexandra presented war medals to 500 returned South African and Ashanti ...

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  6. FIJI AND FEDERATION.

    Fiji is groaning under a great load. The people are tired of the autocratic Crown colony rule, and want a change. Nothing short of responsible government or federation with the ...

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  7. IMPERIAL POLITICS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The King's message recommending that a grant of £100,000 be made out of public funds in favor of Field-Marshal Earl Roberts, in recognition of his ...

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  8. THE ANARCHIST SCARE.

    PERTH, Tuesday.--It will be remembered that when the R.M.S. Ormuz arrived, at Fremantle on May 16th, it was rumored that an archists were aboard the vessel, which was ...

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  9. HEAVY LOSSES BY INSURANCE COMPANIES.

    At a general meeting of the victorian insurance Company to-day, the chairman announced that during the year there had been very heavy losses in the insurance business in New Zealand, ...

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  10. THE KING'S TITLES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The King's Titles Bill was last night road a second time in the House of Lords. Lord Rosebery suggested that the ...

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  11. THE BROWN COAL BEDS.

    In a report dealing with the brown coal industry, received from Mr. J. Stirling, Government Geologist, he feels that the necessity will be recognised of the turning to advantage the ...

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  12. TO-DAY.

    Kensington Races: First event, 2.15. Organ Recital and Concert; Town-hall, 3. Sydney Royal Exchange: Meeting of members, [?].30. ...

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  13. NEWCASTLE.

    The adjourned quarterly meeting of the Newcastle Licensing Bench was continued yesterday, Messrs. L. S. Donaldson, S.M. (chairman), M. S. Love, S.M., and G. C. Mortin, J.P., being in ...

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  14. CAPTURE OF LATIGAN'S LAAGER.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The details which have been received concerning the capture of Commandant Latigan's laager show that 90 men of the Cape Mounted ...

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  15. THE POLICE AT FAULT.

    Of the bank notes, amounting to £1500, taken from the mine manager at Rutherglen some time ago by the escaped convict Sparkes, over £800 worth have within the past few days found their ...

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  16. CHINA.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The foreign Ministers at Pekin have formally notified the Chinese Envoys (Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang) that the Powers have agreed to ...

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  17. WILL OF A BALLARAT PIONEER.

    The estate of the late Mr. Thos. Bath, who died at Ballarat yesterday, is approximately valued at from £180,000 to £200,000. This includes the well-known Ceres station and valuable ...

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  18. SOUTH AUSTRALIANS HOME AGAIN.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The men of the Fourth Contingent who returned by the Britannic were officially welcomed to-day. At the Exhibition Building the men were entertained by the ...

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  19. QUEENSLAND.

    Colonel Finn, Commandant of the Queensland Defence Forces, leaves Brisbane to-morrow morning for Sydney to confer with the other members of the Federal Committee, of which he is ...

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  20. SHIPPING MOVEMENTS.

    The steamer Hampstead, which has been chartered by Messrs. James Bell and Co. for the inter- State trade, arrived at Newcastle yesterday from Melbourne, and at once went to a berth at ...

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  21. THE TRANSPORT BRITANNIC.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The returned troops by the troopship Britannic, which came up to Port Melbourne wharf this morning, landed, and, headed by Colonel Kelly, C.B., marched ...

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  22. BOERS AND PORTUGUESE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--A Boer commando, accompanied by women and children, recently entered Portuguese territory, crossing the Transvaal frontier near the junction ...

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  23. VARIATIONS OF TEMPERATURE.

    In connection with the coin snap which passed over the southern portion of the State, the Weather Bureau reports that the minimum temperature at Brisbane this morning was 41, whilst ...

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  24. PERSONAL.

    The announcement of the death of the Right Rev. Dr. Brooke Foss Westcott, Bishop of Durham, was cabled from London on Monday. The deceased succeeded Dr. A. J. Jeremie as Professor ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  25. RUSSIA AND THIBET.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The Chinese fear that the welcome accorded at St. Petersburg to the Thibetan mission is designed to strengthen the Russian diplomatic action ...

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  26. WHOLESALE ADULTERATION OF FOODS AND DRINKS.

    An interesting report by Dr. Ham, Commissioner of Public Health was tabled in the Legislative Assembly to-day. It gives particulars of analysis of 123 samples of food, beverages, drugs, ...

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  27. REPORTED DEAD AND MOURNED FOR

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The name of Trooper M'Guire, of the 5th contingent, figures on the memorial tablet in St. Peter's Cathedral, recently unveiled by the Duke of Cornwall, as slain in ...

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  28. REFUGEE CAMP ATTACKED.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A Boar force recently attacked the refugee, or concentration, camp at Aliwal North, on the Orange River frontier, of Cape Colony, but ...

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  29. THE METAL-WORKERS' STRIKE.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The strike among the employees of the American Steel Trust has been settled, the result being largely a victory for the Trust. The latter has agreed to ...

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  30. "FOR VALOR."

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Victoria Grass has been awarded to Privates R. Scott and J. Pitt, of the Manchester Regiment, for gallantly holding a sangar and ...

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  31. ITALY IN MOURNING.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Yesterday was the first anniversary of the assassination of King Humbert of Italy by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci, at Monza, and, as such, was solemnly observed ...

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  32. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Howard Smith steamer Boveric sailed from Port Adelaide on Tuesday with 2950 tons of South Australian cargo for the eastern States. This is probably a record South ...

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  33. ENGLISH SPORTING.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--At Windsor July meeting, which finished on Saturday, the principal event resulted as under:-- JULY HANDICAP. One mile and a quarter. ...

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  34. AUSTRALASIAN SOLDIERS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The following particulars are to hand relating to Australasian soldiers on active service in South Africa:-- Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Tunbridge, C.B., officer ...

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  35. QUARTER SESSIONS.

    ARMIDALE, Tuesday.--At the Quarter Sessions, Henry Morris was convicted of perjury, and sentenced to two years' hard labor in Armidale Gaol. His Honor said that but for a ...

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  36. COMMODORE OF THE P. AND O. FLEET.

    A pleasant surprise awaited captain A. C. Loggin, R.N.R., commander of the P. and O. R.M.S. Arcadi[?], on his arrival at Colombo front Australia, en[?] route to London. Intelligence had been ...

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  37. WITHDRAWAL OF AN ASSAULT CASE.

    ORANGE, Tuesday.--A serious case of assault, preferred by a girl against a young man, was before the Police Magistrate to-day. Defendant had been arrested by a warrant last ...

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  38. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The result of the West Kimberley election has just crime to hand. It was to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Alex. Forrest. The figures are: Piggott 54, Moran 52. ...

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  39. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Discovery and the German Antarctic expedition will simultaneously leave Cowes and Kiel. Each of the vessels will proceed at a seven-knot speed. The ...

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  40. TASMANIA.

    The newGovernor, Sir Arthur E. Havelock, leaves London by the R.M.S. Omrah on Septemer 27. The War Office has approved of Captain H. C. Sheppard, Field Artillery, being appointed as his ...

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  41. PRESENTATION TO MR. T. PROBERT.

    Alderman T. Probert (Mayor of Camperdown), who unsuccessfully contested the Newtown-Camperdown sseat at the recent State elections, was on Monday night the recipient of a purse of ...

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  42. OBITUARY.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The death is announced of Mr. Edwin Savory Houlder, chairman of Messrs. Houlder Bros., Limited, which took place yesterday in the city while he was attending the ...

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  43. CONTROL OF SHIPPING.

    At a meeting of the Marine Board to-day it was resolved that one board be formed for the whole State, and that the following matters be regulated by the consolidated board:-- ...

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  44. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The British-India Steam Navigation Company has ordered the construction of ten vessels on the Clyde. ...

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  45. WELCOMED HOME.

    Lieutenant d'Apice, who was for some 18 months in the Transvaal, returned by express yesterday from Adelaide. He was met on his arrival by his family and a numerous body of friends, who had ...

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  46. THE SHEARING SEASON.

    NARRABRI, Tuesday.--Messrs. Donald MacDonell and Neil Nielsen, Ms. L.A., addressed a large meeting at the Mechanics' Institute last night, Mr. A. Hulbert, president of the Labor League, ...

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  47. THE AMERICAN HEAT WAVE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The Washington Weather Bureau, which on July 3 predicted that the heat wave would last for a month, now announces that the drought has broken over the great corn belt, ...

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  48. A DISABLED STEAMER.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The steamer Strathmore, from Melbourne for Natal, has signalled to one of the stations at Mauritius for assistance, her engines having broken down. Assistance has ...

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  49. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Mr. A. C. M'Laren must be working silently but effectively at his task of organising the team of English cricketers for Australia. Very little news regarding his ...

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  50. INHUMANITY TO ABORIGINES.

    PERTH, Tuesday.--The Perth "Herald," referring to Mr. Mahon's motion in the Federal House of Representatives to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the condition of the ...

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  51. A PREMIER ABROAD.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.--When the Premier (Mr. Seddon) went lo England to attend the Diamond Jubilee violent debates occurred in Parliament, concerning his expenses. He now ...

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  52. R.M.S VENTURA AT AUCKLAND.

    AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--The R.M.S. Ventura arrived here to-day from San Francisco. She brings the following passengers for Sydney:-- Messrs. A. Loney, J. Hayward, Tobin, Nelstone, ...

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