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  2. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Friday.--Mr. George wyndham, Chief Secretary for Ireland (who from 1898 to 1900 was Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War), delivered a stirring ...

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  3. CHINA.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Japanese newspapers are unanimous in holding that Japan cannot allow Manchuria to become a Russian possession. ...

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  4. THE WILSON BARRETT COMPANY.

    Mr. Wilson Barrett and his English Company, which is to commence a season at Her Majesty's Theatre to-night in the latest of Mr. Barrett's plays, "The Christian King, or Alfred, of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. NOTES OF THE DAY.

    When the quiet suburban resident has succeeded in repulsing the army of book canvassers, "tea travellers," "et hoc genus," which every day makes frontal attacks on his ...

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  6. THE MONOWAL

    WELLINGTON, Friday.--The Union Company's steamer Monowai was towed into Port Chalmers by the Mokoia this morning, when the nature of the accident to the vessel became known. ...

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  7. SMART SALVAGE WORK.

    A smart piece of salvage work was completed yesterday by the arrival at Sydney of the steamer Oakland, of the North Coast Company's line. This vessel, it will be remembered, went ...

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  8. TROUBLE IN PERSIA.

    LONDON, Friday.--The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports that a plot has been discovered against the the of Muzaffer-ed-din Mirza, the Shah, or ...

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  9. THE TARIFF.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--The debate was resumed at 10.30 this morning in the House of Representatives on Mr. Reid's motion condemning the financial and tariff proposals of the ...

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  10. THE EMPEROR'S PLIGHT.

    LONDON, Friday.--The progressive southern viceroys, headed by Liu-kun-yi (Nankiu) and Chang-chi-tung (Hankow), of the Yangtse region, having protested to the Emperor, ...

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  11. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 147 words
  12. FIVE DAYS DRIFTING.

    DUNEDIN, Friday.--The steamer Mokoia arrived off Otago Heads, with the Monowai in tow, at 6 o'clock this morning, and both vessels were berthed four hours later. ...

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  13. VOLUNTEERS CALLED OUT.

    LONDON, Friday.--Owing to a mistake on the part of the local authorities, a War Office order, which had been printed and held in readiness to summon every volunteer in the country, was ...

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  14. CLEARING THE COUNTRY.

    LONDON, Friday--The British column commanded by Colonel F. C. Benson, and operating in the eastern Transvaal, has captured 37 Boers at a place some distance ...

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  15. THE POWER BEHIND THE THRONE.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Shanghai correspondent of the "Standard" states that it is reported that Yunng-li (the Empress-Dowager's favorite, and, formerly? the Chinese ...

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  16. VICTORIA.

    The will of Mr. Thomas Crawford, late of East Kew, draper, has been lodged for probate. Deceased left real estate valued at £2500, and personal at £14,600, for the benefit of his widow and ...

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  17. SUNDAY SERVICES.

    "Alfred the Great--a Christian King," is the subject chosen by the Rev. E. Tremayne Dunstan for the evening service at the Pitt-street Congregational Church. The Rev. W. I. Carr Smith, at ...

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  18. BOTHA AT PIETERSDORP.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--It is reported that Commandant-General Louis Botha is at Pietersdorp in the western Transvaal, 40 miles north of Vryheid. ...

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  19. "NO CONFIDENCE" IN THE PEACOCK MINISTRY.

    A "no confidence" motion against the Peacock Government is threatened by Mr. Outtrim, M.L.A., who is rallying a party of malcontents in both the Ministerial ranks and the Opposition. ...

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  20. CAPTURED GUNS RECOVERED.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Major-General Campbell's column has recovered, at Slangapiesberg, in the Eastern Transvaal, the two guns captured from Colonel Gough ...

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  21. FOREIGN CONCESSIONS AT SHANGHAI.

    LONON, Friday.--Russia and Japan are negotiating with the Chinese peace envoys, Prince Ching and Li Hung Chang, for concessions adjoining those of the British and ...

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  22. AMMUNITION FOR RIFLEMEN.

    At a meeting of tho Rifle Association, the reduction in the ammunition allowances to rifle clubs recently announced by the Minister of Defence, was very strongly opposed. It was argued ...

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  23. MESSAGES TO THE COMPANY.

    Mr. F. W. Jackson, manager of the Union Steamship Company has received the following cable from Dunedin:--"Monowai arrived at Dunedin at 6 this morning. Picked up by Mokoia, on ...

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  24. PERSONAL.

    A meeting was held at the Australia Hotel yesterday afternoon for the purpose of making arrangements for the reception of Archbishop Kelly. Mr J. T. Toohey, M.L.C., occupied the chair. ...

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  25. REBELS AND RAIDERS.

    LONDON, Friday.--A prominent Boor raider named Steinberg has been banished for life, having been found guilty of treason and murder. He participated in the ...

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  26. MOTHER AND BABY BURNT TO DEATH.

    A hut at Tallangatta occupied by Mrs. Rollings, wife of a miner, and five children, was burnt to the ground early on Wednesday morning through a candle setting fire to some clothing. One of the ...

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  27. THE HON. R. W. F. CECIL.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Hon. R. W. F. Cecil, the wealthy minor, who recently got married (in Scotland) against his mother's wishes, and despite an injunction of the Court of Chancery, ...

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  28. FEDERAL NOTES.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--Mr. Thomas did not got a chance of moving his amendment to Mr. Reid's no-confidence motion to-day, expressing regret that direct taxation in the shape of a land ...

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  29. BALLARAT BAND CONTEST.

    The band contests of South-street (Ballarat) Debating Society were continued to-day. Of the 18 bands competing 11 have been heard by the adjudicator, and the remainder will be heard ...

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  30. AUSTRALIA AT THE FRONT.

    LONDON, Friday--A prominent Australian soldier, in the person of Sergeant M'Ewan, of the Natal Imperial Light Horse, has arrived at Southampton from the front. ...

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  31. QUEENSLAND.

    Mr. Philp, who intended to leave by the Sydney mall train this morning in order to reach Melbourne in time to take part in the conference with the Federal Premier, was unable to ...

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  32. TOBACCO TRADERS' FIGHT.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Mr. Duke, the leader of the American Tobacco Trust, declares that he and his associates are willing to lose £1,000,000 in order to capture the English ...

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  33. SMUGGLING CIGARS IN A COFFIN.

    Ten Chinese arrived by the steamer Airlie from Hongkong yesterday. Of these it is alleged that five presented false permits. They were, therefore, detained pending investigations. The ...

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  34. PURCHASE OF REMOUNTS.

    LONDON, Friday.--Great Britain has purchased 16,000 horses in Russia. Although the foregoing cable message does not definitely state for what purpose the horses have ...

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  35. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Twelve torpedo-boat destroyers entered the Tyne in a fog. As the result of a collision, three of them were seriously injured. ...

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  36. THE STATE PARLIAMENT.

    In the Legislative Assembly, the Public Service Act Amendment Bill was read a third time. The Prickly Pear Selections Bill passed through the committee stage. During the debate Mr. Browne ...

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  37. HERR JOHANN MOST.

    Herr Most is a notorious German anarchist, who has resided for many years in America. He was arrested for the publication of a seditious article in his anarchist paper "Freiheit," shortly before ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  38. RETURNING SOLDIERS.

    A telegram in the following terms has reached Mr. See from the Federal Premier:--"The following cablegram has been received by the Governor-General from the General of ...

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  39. COMMONWEALTH LEGISLATION.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The Liverpool Shipowners' Association has asked Mr. Chamberlain to request the Commonwealth Government not to legislate in regard to British ...

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  40. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Bishop of Adelaide has received a letter from Mr. Barton, stating that the objections of the Church of England in South Australia to certain provisions of Senator Dobson's Divorce Bill ...

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  41. BIG GERMAN FAILURE.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The liabilities of the Treber, Trocknung Company of Cassel, which recently failed, amount to £8,687,500. The creditors will receive one per cent of their ...

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  42. NORTH AGAINST SOUTH.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Owing to the Southern denunciation of President Roosevelt's action in entertaining Mr. Booker, the negro President of the University of Tuskegel ...

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  43. THE ALLEGED BETTING SHOP CASES.

    Considerable interest was taken in a prosecution in the police court to-day, which arose out of the recent police raid on an alleged tote shop. David Green was charged with being the person in ...

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  44. THE QUEANBEYAN OUTRAGE.

    QUEANBEYAN, Friday.--The brutal assault on a little girl yesterday took place about 11.30 a.m., on the coat side of the town, close to the Monaro-road, or Bungendore-road, as it is commonly ...

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  45. THE SHEARING SEASON.

    NYMAGEE, Friday.--The wool clip la reported to average better than last year in proportion to the number of sheep shorn. UNGARIE, Friday.--Ungarie South finished ...

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  46. USE OF BORACIC ACID.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The Recorder of Folkestone has quashed the conviction against Messrs. Pearks. Gunston and Tee, Limited, for selling butter containing 3 per cent of boracic ...

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  47. AN OUTER HARBOR SCHEME.

    At the half-yearly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-day, Mr. W. F. Stock stated that, as representative of some London capitalists, he had approached the Government with a view of ...

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  48. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Mr. Pierport Morgan, the American millionaire, has bought Raphael's Colonna "Madonna" at an enormous price. ...

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  49. BIG MACHINERY ACCIDENT.

    LITHGOW, Friday.--A serious accident, fortunately unaccompanied by loss of life, occurred yesterday at the ironworks, through the flywheel of the merchant mill suddenly breaking ...

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  50. ENGLISH SPORTING.

    LONDON, Friday.--At the Sandown Park autumn meeting yesterday, the principal event resulted as under:-- THE SANDOWN FOAL STAKES, of 2000 sovs. ...

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  51. WRECK OF A TRAWLER.

    LONDON, Friday.--The trawler Saint Bernard, of the Humber Steam Trawling Company, Ltd., Hull, has been wrecked on the Faroe Islands, in the North Atlantic. Her crew of 12 persons were ...

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  52. MINE ACCIDENTS AT COBAR.

    COBAR, Friday.--An accident occurred yesterday in the Cobar copper mine, by which one man was killed and two hurt, though not seriously. An inquest is being held to-day. ...

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  53. NEW ZEALAND.

    The cost for twelve months of the Conciliation Boards was £l890, and of the Arbitration Boards £1659. The Government has introduced an ...

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  54. THE RAMSAY BUSH AFFAIR.

    Detective Walker has for some time suspected a certain man of being the perpetrator of the Ramsay Bush outrage, and has been strenuously endeavoring to trace him. Although other ...

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  55. MAJOR-GENERAL BABINGTON.

    LONDON, Friday.--Colonel J. M. Babington, who has been serving in command of a brigade in South Africa, has been permitted to retain the local rank of major-general while serving as ...

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  56. SEVEN TIMES STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

    ALBURY, Friday.--An extraordinary incident occurred at Billabong, Upper Murray, during the progress of a recent thunderstorm. Twice during the storm a house was struck by lightning. On ...

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