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  2. DOMESTIC TRAGEDY AT ROCKDALE.

    A shocking domestic tragedy occurred at Rockdale yesterday afternoon. Nicholas Birch attempted to shoot his wife, and subsequently fatally shot his brother-in-law, Augustine ...

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  3. THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon--There are no less than 2500 candidates for the general elections in France. LONDON, Monday.--The French elections ...

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  4. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--After meeting, and, presumably, discussing the situation with the members of his commando in the western Transvaal, General J. H. De ...

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  5. THE CORONATION.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Their Majesties the King and Queen will lunch at the Guild-hall during the week following the coronation. ...

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  6. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

    LONDON, Monday.--Mr. A. C. Shaw, who recently succeeded Mr. Lyman J. Gage as Secretary of the Treasury in the United States Ministry, has delivered a remarkable ...

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  7. SERIOUS SITUATION IN RUSSIA.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--A famine in tile Pultava and Charkoff districts of Russia drove the local peasants to forcibly seize a quantity of seed corn. ...

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  8. PUNISHMENT OF REBELS.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Eight Cape rebels who were captured in the Midland District at Aliwal North have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying ...

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  9. CORONATION CONTINGENT.

    The New South Wales portion of the Commonwealth Coronation Contingent, consisting of 50 officers, N.C.O.'s, and men from various parts of the State, and including four Norfolk Islanders, ...

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  10. THE DEVON AT DURBAN.

    LONDON, Monday.--The transport Devon has arrived at Durban, with the New Zealand troops on board for active service at the front. ...

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  11. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Lieutenant A. Nyulasy, of the Australian Medical Corps, has been slightly injured at Klerksdorp. ...

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  12. MORGAN'S SHIPPING COMBINE.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, on behalf of the shipping combination of which he is manager, is trying to purchase the Canadian-Yukon steamship ...

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  13. POSITION AT MOSCOW.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The workmen of Moscow have asked M. de Plehve, the newly-appointed Russian Minister of the Interior, to permit organisations on the lines ...

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  14. REVIEW OF THE SITUATION.

    Surely, out of our charity, we should pity poor France just now, being, as she is, in the throes of a general election, with two thousand five hundred patriots clanging in her car their ...

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  15. VICTORIA.

    The railway receipts last week were £60,544, an increase of £9849 over the corresponding week of last year. George Barber (17), residing in Richmond, fell ...

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  16. CELEBRATION AT BURWOOD.

    The Mayor of Burwood (Alderman M. Sheppard) informed the council last night, in reply to a question by Alderman Dash, that he had already taken the necessary steps to see that Coronation ...

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  17. THE WHITE STAR LINE.

    LONDON, Monday.--Mr., T. Bruce Ismay, of Ismay, Imrie. and Co., denies that the White Star line has sold or, in fact, has had any deal whatsoever with Mr. J. Pierpont ...

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  18. COMMONWEALTH HORSE.

    There are now about 450 men in camp at the Agricultural Ground, and it is generally conceded that so far the territorial system of selection has worked fairly well, and there is an adequate ...

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  19. CUSTOMS PROSECUTIONS.

    The reserved decision in the customs prosecution case against Alfred Abrahams, who was charged with being concerned in the presentation of a certain invoice regarding goods landed from ...

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  20. QUEENSLANDERS COMMENCE THEIR JOURNEY.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--Eighteen men, in charge of Lieutenant Stodart, left Brisbane by the mail train to-day to join the Coronation contingent in Sydney, prior to leaving for England at the ...

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  21. "FOREIGN DEVILS" NOT WANTED.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Russian labor agitators are urging the peasants in the disturbed districts to rid the country of all "foreign devils," whether capitalists, ...

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  22. AMERICA IN THE PHILIPPINES.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The admissions made in evidence before the Philippines Atrocities Commission at Manila by Major-General Jacob Smith with regard to ...

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  23. CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Monday.--Since the return of MacLaren's cricket team to England from Australia, remarks made by the Gloucestershire amateur, G. L. Jessop, reflecting on ...

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  24. MAY DAY CELEBRATION PROCESSION.

    The Mayor, Sir Samuel Gillott, to-day refused permission to the May Day celebration committee to march in procession through the streets on Sunday next. Neither he nor his predecessors ...

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  25. THE MURDERED MINISTER.

    LONDON, Monday.--The inquiry into the death of M. Sipiaguine, the Russian Minister of the Interior, who was recently murdered by the Kieff student, Balschadt, at St. ...

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  26. REDUCTION OF MEMBERS.

    On Saturday night at Mr. Barton's banquet, Mr. B. R. Wise, Attorney-General, made some reference to the necessity of economising in the matter of Government administration as a result of ...

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  27. SAFEGUARDS AGAINST FIRE.

    The proposal of the Board of Health to enforce stringent regulations to ensure safeguards being provided against fire in hotels and boarding-houses drew a protest from nearly 200 ...

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  28. GERMAN INTRIGUES IN HAYTI.

    LONDON, Monday.--The "New York Herald" states that the President of the Republic of Hayti (Tiresias Augustin Simon Sam) has, in return for an advance of 300,000 ...

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  29. CLAIM AGAINST THE RAILWAY COMMISSIONERS.

    An action for £1500 damages was started today against the Railway Commissioners as compensation for injuries sustained in the Jolimont collision in September last by Mrs. Mary ...

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  30. RUSSOFICATION OF FINLAND.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The whole of the population of Finland offers a firm resistance to the attempted military Russofication of tho Finns. ...

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  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Buda-Pester Bank-Verein has failed, owing to unfortunate industrial speculations. ...

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  32. THE ARMY.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon. -- Major-General J. K. Trotter, of the Military Intelligence Department, inspected the King's Colonials at the Horse Guards on Sunday, ...

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  33. PRICE OF SILVER.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Bar silver is quoted to-day at 1s 11¾d per ounce standard. ...

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  34. FEDERAL NOTES.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--To-morrow the Representatives will have under consideration the estimates of the Departments of External Affairs and Defence, and it is expected that the ...

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  35. THE CONFERENCE OF PREMIERS.

    The State Premier is willing to fall in with the suggestion made by Mr. See that the Premiers' conference should be held in Sydney on May 15. He is also inclined to favor a ...

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  36. THE ROCKS RESUMPTIONS.

    "Mr. Lee's evasion won't do." said Mr. B. R. Wise yesterday afternoon in reply to the letter front the leader of the Opposition published in our columns. ...

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  37. THE KING AT LORDS.

    LONDON, Monthly.--King Edward, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Wales, was present on Saturday at Lords to witness a lacrosse match. ...

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  38. EMPLOYMENT OF GIRLS AT STARVATION WAGES.

    A meeting of the council of the Anti-Sweating League was held to-night, Professor Gosman presiding. A communication received by the secretary drew attention to the employment by leading ...

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  39. TIMOROUS MELBOURNE RESIDENTS.

    The alarm has been raised in Melbourne that a number of 'buses now being used in the city have been imported direct from Sydney, and in their pristine state of neglect. The Board of ...

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  40. THE POPE.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Pope has received Cardinal Moran, Archbishop of Sydney, in audience at the Vatican. The Cardinal presented his Holiness with a gift ...

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  41. THE EIGHT-HOURS' ART UNION.

    The Eight-hours' art union was drawn to-night, the following numbers winning the first six prizes:--1st, 189,180; 2nd, 42,493; 3rd, 128,266; 4th, 64,367; 5th, 53.595; 6th. 84,086. ...

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  42. WILL OF THE LATE MR. J. A. WALLACE.

    Probate is being applied for in the will of the late Mr. J. A. Wallace. Deceased left £6350 realty and £115,600 personalty. The residue of the estate, after large annuities are granted to ...

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  43. QUEENSLAND.

    The Treasurer has received applications for £100,000 worth more than the £530,000 of Treasury bills recently placed on the market. The Commissioner for Police says that there is ...

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  44. FRUIT FOR LONDON.

    In order to retrieve the damaged reputation of Victorian fruit in London, caused by recent failures of shipments, the Agricultural Department has decided to place 100 cases of ...

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  45. EXPANSION OF ITALY.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Italy is steadily preparing for the occupation of Tripoli. On the other hand, the Italian Government has assured the Powers that it is not intended to ...

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  46. ENLISTMENT OF QUEENSLANDERS.

    BRISBANE, Monday.--There are 137 men, portion of the Queensland battalion of the Commonwealth Horse, now in camp at Wilston. Sixty others arrive from the western districts to-day. ...

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  47. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Cabinet has decided to place £1000 on the Estimates towards the equipment of the Antarctic expedition relief ship Morning, also to instruct the Agent-General to sign the contract with the ...

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  48. THE ENGLISH CORN TAX.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--A meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held to-day to consider a cable received from London, inquiring as to the feeling in Australia regarding the proposed grain ...

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  49. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    At the inquest on Archibald Dryburgh, who was killed on the railway near Cottesloe station, on the 18th, the evidence showed that deceased, while under the influence of liquor, was crossing ...

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  50. GERMAN NAVAL MANOEUVRES.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--A powerful German squadron, commanded by Prince Henry of Prussia, will manoeuvre during May off the Irish coast. ...

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  51. VICTORIANS IN CAMP.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--With the arrival from Ballarat to-day of D Squadron of the A.C.H., numbering 114, the total in camp at Langwarrin is now 412. Lieutenant-Colonel Irving is being ...

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  52. THE LOCAL MEMBER.

    CONDOBOLIN, Monday.--Complaints are made by various persons having business with the Government departments that letters of inquiry sent direct to the departments, and not through ...

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