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  2. PERSONAL.

    The Governor-General will leave Melbourne on Wednesday on a trip to Queensland, which will last some weeks. His Excellency's health is slowly improving, and it is expected that the ...

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  3. FEDERAL NOTES.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--After the Prime Minister's valiant declaration yesterday that he would not draw allowances, and would pay back those he had drawn, members arc now asking will the ...

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  4. OUR FUTURE ARMY.

    The debate on the new Defence Bill in the Federal Parliament has not yet reached tho stage at which one goes into detailed questions of pay and allowances, and, in any case, these ...

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  5. CHINA.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- The Boxers have placarded Canton with proclamations, threatening rebellion, owing to the house-tax, which has been imposed in ...

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  6. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Friday.--In the House of Commons last night the Loan Bill for £80,000,000 towards defraying the expenses of the war in South Africa passed through Committee. ...

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  7. DARING ROBBERY AT A HOTEL

    A daring robbery occurred at Fitzgerald's Crystal Palace Hotel, George-street, last night. Shortly after 9 o'clock a young man entered the bar, and after waiting some time, suddenly ...

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  8. VICTORIA.

    At Creswick to-day Richard Craze, a miner, was lying dangerously ill, when his wife was seized with ah apoplectic fit. The shock accelerated the miner's death, which was ...

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  9. MILITARY COURTESIES.

    Warrant Officer Miles, New South Wales Army Service Corps, has received a letter from the president of the Sergeants' Mess, Army Service Corps, Aldershot, dated May 14, 1901, convoying ...

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  10. EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN.

    LONDON, Friday.--Sir William E. Garstin, Under-Secretary of State for Public Works in Egypt (and formerly Inspector-General of Irrigation), has submitted to Lord Cromer, the ...

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  11. ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.

    Shortly before 1 o'clock this morning, a foreigner, Who gave his name to the police as Lund, was assaulted by five men in Pitt-street, and robbed of a gold chain, valued at £5. ...

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  12. FIELD-MARSHAL LORD ROBERTS.

    LONDON, Friday.--The House of Lords last night concurred with the recommendation that a grant of £100,000 be made out of public funds to Field- Marshal Lord Roberts, ...

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  13. PRESENTATION TO CAPTAIN CHATFIELD.

    While the Royal yacht Ophir was at anchor at Port Adelaide, and just prior to the embarkation of the party for the South Australian capital, their Royal Highnesses invited Captain H. ...

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  14. QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL.

    LONDON, Friday.--The delegates from the New York Chamber of Commerce, who recently visited England and took part in the International Commercial Congress, have given £5000 to the ...

    Article : 75 words
  15. THE CASE OF PILOT EMMERSON.

    At a meeting of the Marine Board to-day a letter was read from the solicitor to Pilot Emmerson, whose certificate was suspended in connection with the collision between the Ormuz ...

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  16. NEWCASTLE.

    A meeting of the committee of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday afternoon. Mr. W. B. Sharp, president, was in the chair, and Messrs. A. Fenwick, J. M. Hyde, T. ...

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  17. BOERS IN PORTUGESE TERRITORY.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Lacking provisions, a Boer commando, with two guns, entered Portugese territory at Guanetz. A force of 800 Portugese is demanding their ...

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  18. DEATH OF LIEUTENANT RUNDLE.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Lieutenant W. J. S. Bundle, of the 6th Dragoon Guards, and late of the New South Wales Lancers, has died from wounds received at Beaufort. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. MANLY COUNCIL CLERK.

    Mr. D. Hogan, who has been appointed council clerk at Manly, has for some years been a prominent figure in football, cricket, and baseball circles. He represents the Eastern Suburbs ...

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  20. AMENDING THE EDUCATION SYSTEM.

    The Education Amending Bill to be dealt with by the Legislative Assembly this session contains, amongst other important provisions, a scheme of registration of teachers, so thai the ...

    Article : 117 words
  21. ENGLISH RACING.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--At Goo dwood to-day the principal event resulted as under:-- THE GOOD WOOD CUP, of 2000 sovs. (a cup, value £200, and the remainder in specie), by ...

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  22. SURRENDERERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A Boer commandant, near Krugersdorp, offered to send to the British camps the female relatives of Boers who had surrendered recently. ...

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  23. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The twenty-seventh annual show of the South Australian Poultry and Dog Society was opened at the Jubilee Exhibition Buildings to-day. There were nearly 700 entries of poultry. The Governor ...

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  24. INQUIRIES ANSWERED.

    The following is a copy of a cable message received yesterday from the Chief Casualty Officer, Capetown, through, the Lieutenant-Governor:-- "Following casualties reported near Hellbron, ...

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  25. RETURNING SOLDIERS BY THE BRITANNIC.

    The transport Britannic arrived in Port Jackson yesterday afternoon, and berthed at No. 1 Jetty, Woolloomooloo Bay. She brought from South Africa a number of Now South Wales ...

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  26. OLD AGE PENSIONS BOARD.

    The report of Mr. G. P. Lock, executive member of the Newcastle Old Age Pensions Board, for the month of July was adopted at a meeting of the beard on Thursday night. It stated that Mr. W. ...

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  27. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The death has occurred of Lady St. John Brodrick, wife of the Minister for War, from blood poisoning. Lady Brodrick. nee Hilda Charteris, was the ...

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  28. CONSOLIDATION OF THE EMPIRE.

    At a meeting of citizens in the Town-hall today the following motion was carried, on the proposition of the Premier, seconded by Mr. G. Brookman, M.L.C.:--"That it is desirable that ...

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  29. AN ALLEGED INFAMOUS CONSPIRACY.

    When John Dempsey, who had been committed for trial on a charge of assault on a female, appeared before Mr. Justice Bouchat at the Gladstone Circuit Court to-day, the Crown Prosecutor ...

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  30. SHIPPING MOVEMENTS.

    The Isel Holme, str., from Sydney, will take Lambton coal as cargo to Java. The Norwegian steamer Hermes, of 849 tons, arrived at Newcastle yesterday afternoon from ...

    Article : 139 words
  31. THE DECLARATION BILL.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--There is a growing impression that the Government will postpone the King's Declaration Bill until next session owing to the number of amendments ...

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  32. ANOTHER PATERSON ANARCHIST.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--An Anarchist emissary named Galliotti, from Paterson, New Jersey, has been arrested in Switzerland. He was a friend of Bresci, who murdered King ...

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  33. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Arbitration Court, comprising the Mayors of Perth and Fremantle, sat at the port to-day to inquire into the demand from the lumpers for increased pay from a shilling to 1s 3d per hour. ...

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  34. QUEENSLAND.

    The reception and smoke concert to the Fourth Contingent will take place on Friday next. The Government have granted a small sum for the manufacture of a Stiger-vortex cannon, which ...

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  35. QUARTER SESSIONS AND DISTRICT COURT.

    GUNDAGAI, Friday.--No cases were set down for the Quarter Sessions, and Acting-Judgo Armstrong was presented with a pair of kid gloves by Mr. M. S. Machen. Deputy-Sheriff. His Honor ...

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  36. THE RUSTENBURG VALLEYS.

    LONDON, Friday.--While scouring the fertile country between Rustenburg and Zee- rust, a British column under Major-General Featherstonhaugh found hundreds of Boor ...

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  37. ROUND THE WORLD IN 63 DAYS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Gaston Stingier, a representative of the Paris journal "Le Matin," has completed a journey round the world in 63 days. ...

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  38. COADJUTOR ARCHBISHOP OF SYDNEY.

    MONSIGNOR KELLY. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  39. ENGAGED FOR AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Friday.--Mr. George Musgrove has engaged the Perman trio, well-known music-hall artists, for a season in Australia. ...

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  40. AUSTRALIAN SHEEPBREEDERS' SHOW.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--The judging of exhibits at the annual exhibition of the Australian Sheepbreeders' Association was resumed to-day, with the fine merino class. The judges, Messrs. J. F. ...

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  41. ABORIGINES IN THE WEST.

    With regard to a recent statement concerning the condition of aboriginals in the far western districts, the Home Secretary has received a telegram from the manager of the Glonormiston ...

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  42. TASMANIA.

    The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Richardson, is proceeding to Brisbane as a delegate for the Tasmanian Rifle Association, to attend the conference of State rifle associations. ...

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  43. WELCOMED HOME.

    NOWRA, Friday.--Last night Troopers Thomson, Bice, Bartlett, Smith, Pestell, and A. Smith, all Shoalhaven men and members of the Bushmen's Contingent, recently returned from South ...

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  44. MURDER OF NATIVE SCOUTS.

    LONDON, Friday.--Lord Kitchener reports that 200 Boers surrounded, captured, and subsequently released a patrol of 20 Imperial Yeomanry at Doom River, in the Orange ...

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  45. RETRENCHMENT OF CIVIL SERVANTS.

    The Government, for reasons of economy, have arranged that Mr. Dickens (secretary to the Queensland Agency-General in London) and Mr. Dick (engineer to the same office) retire at the ...

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  46. BOER PRISONERS IN INDIA.

    Miss Mary M'Lean, Zenana missionary, stationed at Sholinghur, India, in a letter to her parents gives the following description of the Boer prison camp at Trichinopoly, India:--"I was so pleased ...

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  47. SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.

    Treasury returns for the month of July show that the total revenue was £291,809. Territorial revenue shows an increase for the month of £3000, and other receipts an increase of £3000. ...

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  48. G.M.S. PRINZ REGENT LUITPOLD AT FREMANTLE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 153 words
  49. A DOCTOR FROM GERMANY.

    ALBURY, Friday.--Residents of Walla Walla farming settlement, 25 miles from here, which is composed almost entirely of Germans, recently erected a residence for a doctor, and called for ...

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  50. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Premier has announced his intention of prohibiting the use of all discount tickets and coupons except those issued by the Government, which have a cash value. ...

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  51. RAPID PROMOTION.

    Trooper C. Middleton, who originally belonged to the Parramatta Squadron Lancers, went through the first twelve months of the South African campaign with the Lancers, and returned ...

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  52. REBELS AND MURDERERS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A Boer named Du Plessis has been arrested on a charge of having murdered Lieutenant meyer, of tho British forces, in the ...

    Article : 218 words
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    At a meeting of the Board for Exports yesterday a resolution was unanimously carried recording their deep sense of the loss that they and the country have sustained by the sad death of Mr. ...

    Article : 39 words
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