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  2. HEAVY WEATHER IN THE TASMAN SEA.

    A telegram received from Wellington last evening stated that Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s steamer Burrumbeet, which left here on Saturday last, bad arrived there during the day ...

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  3. FEDERAL NOTES.

    MELBOURNE. Thursday.--Mr. Barton and Mr. Reid left for Sydney by to-night's express. Sir William Lyne, who has been kept busy in Parliament with the Property Acquisition Bill, ...

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  4. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The South African Commander-in-Chief, General Lord Kitchener, has forwarded it despatch to the War Office, dealing with the defeat inflicted ...

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  5. LORD BEAUCHAMP.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Lord Rosebery's eldest daughter, Lady Sybil Myra Caroline Primrose has been betrothed to Lord Beauchamp, formerly Governor of New South Wales. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. THE AMERICA CUP.

    LONDON, Thursday.--At Sir Thomas Lipton's request the remaining four races for the America Cup will take place dally, Sundays excepted, unless unavoidable ...

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  7. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--In the Legislative Assembly the debate was resumed on Mr. Given's motion, "That, in the opinion of this House, it is urgently necessary to place the sugar industry ...

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  8. NEWCASTLE.

    The third annual meeting of the Northers District Bowling Association was held last night at the Grand Hotel. Mr. Frank Gardner, president, was in the chair. In their report ...

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  9. TO-DAY.

    Lawn Tennis Tournament: Sydney Cricket Ground 11. Roberts-Weiss Billiard Match: Queen's-hall, 3 and Tramway 8. ...

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  10. THE STEEL TRUST.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The net earnings of the United States Steel Trust for six months totalled £11,000,000. ...

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  11. "STRANDED" CONTINGENTERS.

    Mr. See stated, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, in answer to a question by Mr. J. Fitzpatrick, that four members of one of the New Zealand contingents had been ...

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  12. ENGLISH SPORTING.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The stewards of the English Jockey Club have warned off the American Jockey Lester Reiff for suspicious riding at Manchester races. ...

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  13. PERSONAL.

    Mr. J. Euston Squier, Australian Superintendent B of the Eastern Extension, etc., Telegraph Co., Ltd., yesterday received a notification from his London office that Mr. John Denison ...

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  14. ADAPTABILITY OF COLONIALS.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A small batch of returned troopers, including 10 members of New South Wales contingents, arrived by the steamer Afric to-day. They were subsequently ...

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  15. OTHER BRITISH SUCCESSES.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Brigadier-General Flumer, commanding a mixed colonial column operating in the south -eastern part of the Orange River Colony, recently ...

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  16. NEWCASTLE JOCKEY CLUB.

    The committee of the Newcastle Jockey Club having granted the use of its course to Mr. C. H. Hannell, the president, for a race meeting on 20th November, in aid of the Newcastle ...

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  17. SIR RUPERT CLARKE.

    Sir Rupert Clarke, who went on a voyage to Europe on account of ill-health, is a passenger by the M.M. steamer Armand Behic, which arrived at Fremantle yesterday from Marseilles. ...

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  18. THE KANAKA BILL.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--Mr. Philp has received a telegram from Mr. Paget, member for Mackay, who is now in Melbourne representing the interests of the North Queensland Sugar Growers' ...

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  19. DEATH OF EX-ALDERMAN SMAIL.

    The death took place last night of ex-Alderman George Small, at his late residence, "Morgana," Osborne-road, Manly. The deceased gentleman, who was 54 years of age, had been ailing for some ...

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  20. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--A total of 38,000 carcases of frozen mutton, being the entire contents of No. 3 hold of the New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Papanui, was destroyed ...

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  21. STATE CONTROL OF LIQUOR TRAFFIC.

    The annual meeting of the Newcastle branch of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was held last night at the Y.M.C.A.-hall. Mis. H. Charleston presided, and the hall was ...

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  22. PREACHING REBELLION.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--At a meeting of the United Irish League, held in Dublin, a letter was read from Mr. W. O'Brien, M.P., in Which he declared that if the King visits Ireland ...

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  23. VICTORIA.

    There is at present in Melbourne a great demand for shipwrights, but the supply of workmen is limited. Ten or 12 vessels are laid up for repairs, and others are waiting their turn, which, ...

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  24. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--In the Legislative Assembly, the second reading of the Consolidation of the Land Acts was agreed to, and the bill passed through all its stages. Mr. M'Gregor ...

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  25. QUEENSLAND LOAN CLOSED.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The lists for the new Queensland 3 per cent, loan of £1,374,213, issued at £91 10s, have been closed. It was announced yesterday that the new scrip ...

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  26. THE RAMSAY'S BUSH OUTRAGE.

    Widespread indignation was felt yesterday when the facts connected wtih the brutal outrage committed on the little girl at Ramsay's Bush on Tuesday night became known. ...

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  27. "FOR THE GOOD OF AUSTRALIA."

    At the Diocesan Festival in the Town-hall tonight, the Governor-General, who presided, took the opportunity of bidding farewell to Bishop Goe after the latter's many years of service as Bishop ...

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  28. CARNEGIE'S MUNIFICENCE.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Mr. Andrew Carnegie has added £25,000 to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College Building Fund. ...

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  29. FIELD CORNET CAPTURED.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--A patrol of Bushveldt Carbineers has captured Field-Cornet Kielly and a party of Boers on the Portuguese frontier. ...

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  30. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The Mayoral election was declared last night, the polling giving Loton 2547. Molloy 169. The second trial of Vera Hayes was concluded this afternoon. The Jury again disagreed, and ...

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  31. THE LUCK OF A SCHOOLBOY.

    While taking a short cut to school to-day a boy named Joseph Scholes, residing near Castlemaine, fell down a shaft 100ft. deep. He wan not missed for a considerable time, and when found three ...

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  32. CONSTERNATION AT BUNDABERG.

    BUNDABERG, Thursday.--The provisions of the Kanaka Bill have caused the utmost consternation amongst sugar -growers in this district. The measure is regarded as drastic to the point ...

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  33. CONFERENCE OF LEADERS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Premier of Cape Colony, Sir J. Gordon Sprigg, and Mr. J. Rose Innes (Attorney-General) have gone to the Transvaal to confer with Lords ...

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  34. AN OPEN TRIAL DEMANDED.

    An interesting legal point was raised this morning just prior to the hearing of a charge of "felonious escape from Pentridge gaol," preferred against the convict O'Connor. The Crown had ...

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  35. WHY HE WAS SUSPENDED.

    The board appointed to inquire into the charges against George William Davies, who was suspended in August, just after his appointment as secretary to the commissioner, has furnished ...

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  36. THE "REVIEW OF REVIEWS" AND MR. SEDD0N.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. W. P. Reeves, Agent?-General for New Zealand, has written a letter to "The Times" in connection with the allegation that the Rev. Dr. W. H. Fitchett, ...

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  37. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Only the House of Assembly sat to-day. The Premier said that he knew nothing of a ring of fire insurance companies to raise rates against small insurers, but, ...

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  38. WHAT THEY SOUGHT AND WHAT THEY GOT.

    For some time past Mr. Judge Chomley has been busy in his capacity as umpire in the arbitration cases for the fixing of compensation to landowners for the acquisition of land by the ...

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  39. DEATH OF A TRAITOR.

    LONDON, Thursday. -- The Hollander Brocksma, formerly Prosecutor-General of the Transvaal, having been found guilty of treason and espionage, was sentenced to ...

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  40. SIR HECTOR MACDONALD.

    PERTH (W.A.), Thursday.--General Sir Hector MacDonald arrived at Fremantle by the R.M.S. Austral to- day. Although he refused to be interviewed during the morning, he had a short ...

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  41. ALLEGED MALICIOUS WOUNDING.

    At the Wallsend Police Court yesterday, before Mr. M. S. Love, S.M., John Richardson was charged with having maliciously wounded John William Parker at West Wallsend, on the 28th ...

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  42. VISITING WARSHIP.

    The arrival of the Italian cruiser Puglia yesterday occasioned a good deal of interest. The worship is on a cruise round the world, and has already visited West Australia, Adelaide, ...

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  43. GERMANY IN SAMOA.

    AUCKLAND, Thursday.--The "Samoa Zeltung" states that the import duty in Samoa has been raised from 2 to 10 per cent. The German coinage is gradually taking the ...

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  44. THE GERMAN TARIFF.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--There is much excitement in Austria in connection with the proposed German Customs tariff. Both the press and the public approve of the protest made ...

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  45. RE-CLASSIFICATION OF THE CIVIL SERVICE.

    The Board of Under-Secretaries which inquired into the subject of re-classification of the public service has submitted its report to the Government. The committee recommends dividing the ...

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  46. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    During the voyage of the steamer Coolgardio from Albany to Port Adelaide, a youth, Albert Victor Hearn, was washed overboard, and drowned. ...

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  47. SHIPPING MOVEMENTS.

    The barque Ivanhoe and barquentine Omega arrived at Newcastle from Melbourne yesterday. Both will load Duckenfield coal, the former for a West Coast port, and the latter ...

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  48. FRENCH PAPERS PROSECUTED.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--M. Waldeek Rousseau, the French Premier, is prosecuting a French pro-Boer paper for publishing offensive anti-British cartoons. ...

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  49. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. Philp will attend the conference of State Premiers in Melbourne to discuss the Property Acquisition Bill. He will probably leave Brisbane on Sunday morning. ...

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  50. THE COWRA SHOOTING CASE.

    YOUNG, Thursday.--Yesterday, at the Circuit Court, Mary Sulilvan was charged with, at Cowra on March 22, maliciously wounding John Sutton, with intent to do grievous bodily harm. She ...

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  51. R.M.S. AUSTRAL AT FREMANTLE.

    FREMANTLE, Thursday.--The R.M.S. Austral, of the Orient-Pacific line, arrived from London at midnight last night, with the following passengers in the saloon:-- ...

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  52. NEW ZEALAND MAIL CONTRACTS.

    WELLINGTON, Thursday.--The Wellington Chamber of Commerce is urging the Postmaster- General to make arrangements for a weekly connection with the Federal mail services by a ...

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  53. NATAL ELECTIONS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.-- The Dutch candidates have been severely beaten at the elections in Natal. ...

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  54. PAID FOR PASTORAL IMPROVEMENTS.

    Regarding Mr. Hutchison a statement in the House of Assembly that £2500 had been taken off the value of pastoral improvements on pastoral lo[?]ses taken up by Mr. W. T. Mortlock, M.H.A., ...

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  55. F.M.S. ARM AND BEHIC AT FREMANTLE.

    FREMANTLE, Thursday.--The M.M. Company's F.M.S. Armand Behic arrived from Marseilles via ports at 1 p.m., with the following saloon passengers:-- ...

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  56. ESCAPEES RECAPTURED.

    LONDON. Wednesday Afternoon.--Three of the Boers who escaped into the bush at Bermuda have been recaptured. ...

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  57. FIRE AT DARLINGTON.

    Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon a fire broke out in Messrs. Pope and Mailer's Ironworks in Shepherd -street, Darlington, but owing to the prompt arrival of the fire brigade the ...

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  58. A RECOMMENDATION TO MERCY.

    At the criminal sittings to-day, before Mr. Justice Boucaut and a jury, Edward Dingley (52) was charged with the murder of Francis Hickman, near Salisbury, on August 22. Counsel for the ...

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  59. AUSTRALASIAN SOLDIERS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The following particulars are to hand relating to Australasian soldiers on active service in South Africa:-- Lieutenants Alfred Ernest Pooley and Lachlan ...

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  60. PLAGUE IN BRISBANE.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--A man died in the hospital last night, and the doctors state that the cause of death was bubonic plague, The victim was employed at a shop in Queen-stroet, near ...

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