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  2. THE STATE SESSION.

    With the assistance of a highly-patriotic Opposition, the Government has brought the session to a close, after nearly five months of continuous work, with quite a respectable record. ...

    Article : 941 words
  3. BREAKING CUSTOMS SEALS.

    The difficulty with the Customs Department in connection with ships' stores in which the North German Lloyd mall steamer Prinz Regent Luitpold figures prominently, excited ...

    Article : 481 words
  4. CHINA.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Sir Robert Hart, the Director of Chinese Maritime Customs, stages that the receipts from the native Customs pledged for the ...

    Article : 42 words
  5. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    Sir William Lyne, who has returned from Melbourne, points out in regard to the references made in the Legislative Assembly to the question of the selection of a site for the ...

    Article : 533 words
  6. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. David Lloyd-George (Liberal member for Carnarvon) and a number of prominent pro-Boer speakers and sympathisers were announced to speak ...

    Article : 161 words
  7. SECOND EDITION.

    PERTH, Thursday.--The German steamer Neckar was berthed at Victoria Quay, Fremantle, at midnight on Wednesday. She experienced bad weather from Adelaide. ...

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  8. PROPOSED FEDERAL CONTINGENT.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Australian Federal Contingent resolution is warmly commented upon in this morning's newspapers. ...

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  9. IRISH NATIONAL POLITICS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Corporation of the City of Dublin has, by 50 votes to seven, conferred the freedom of the city upon Mr. John E. Redmond, M.P. for Waterford City, and leader of ...

    Article : 142 words
  10. TASMANIA SUPPORTS THE PROPOSAL.

    HOBART, Thursday.--The Premier (Mr. N. E. Lewis), interviewed to-day, stated that the Cabinet had held a meeting on the subject of sending a Federal contingent to South Africa, and ...

    Article : 93 words
  11. KRUITZINGER'S CAPTURE.

    LONDON, Thursday.--In connection with the capture of the Boer leader, Commandant Kruitzinger, of Rouxville, near Hauover-road, it is explained that he invaded Cape ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 172 words
  12. BRITISH REINFORCEMENTS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--A Veterans' Corps, consisting of Imperial Yeomen and colonial volunteers who have been previously at the front, is now in process of formation at ...

    Article : 78 words
  13. THE SUGAR CONFERENCE.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Sugar Conference held in Brussels has pronounced in favor of the principle of a gradual reduction of the indirect bounties established by laws passed in various ...

    Article : 74 words
  14. THE DELAGOA BAY LINE.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Delagoa Bay railway line from Pretoria to Laureuco Marques has been re-opened for civil traffic, at the rates prevailing prior to the war. ...

    Article : 60 words
  15. CUBA AND THE STATES.

    LONDON, Thursday.--President Roosevelt is anxious that the United States Congress should make tariff concessions to Cuba, with a view lo reviving the main industries of the island. ...

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  16. LORD ROSEBERY'S SPEECH.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The French and Dutch press express disappointment at the speech made by Lord Rosebery. It was expected on the Continent that Lord ...

    Article : 53 words
  17. TROOPER TASKER RELEASED.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Trooper Tasker, the New Zealander who was imprisoned for sleeping at his post, has been released from the military prison at ...

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  18. "THE LAW DEFIANTLY BROKEN."

    It was stated last night by Mr. Barton that if a permit had been given to the Prinz Regent Luitpold to unload it must have been by the authority of the Minister for Customs. A ...

    Article : 62 words
  19. MR. SEE SUBMITS RESOLUTIONS.

    To the surprise of hon. members, the State Premier, in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, came forward with a series of resolutions regarding the Federal capital site. ...

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  20. A NURSE DECORATED.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Nurse Williamson, of New Zealand, has been decorated by the King with the Royal Red Cross. ...

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  21. THE ANTI-GERMAN AGITATION.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The German authorities have decided to abandon the religious instruction in the German tongue in the schools at Wreschen. It is feared that this action will ...

    Article : 43 words
  22. DIVIDED OPINIONS IN MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Mr. Kingston to-day declined to make any statement to the prees representatives in regard to the blocking of the German mail liner Prinz Regent Luitpold, at ...

    Article : 167 words
  23. DR. KRAUSE'S TRIAL.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The trial of Dr. F. E. T. Krause, formerly. Acting Burgomaster of Johannesburg, on a charge of incitement to the murder of Mr. J. D. Foster, ...

    Article : 49 words
  24. PRICE OF SILVER.

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  25. GERMANY AND VENEZUELA.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--It is stated by the New York "Herald" that Germany has informed the United States Government that while she is about to compel Venezuela to pay the ...

    Article : 54 words
  26. PERSONAL.

    The Governor-General, Lord Hopetoun, arrived in Adelaide by the Melbourne express yesterday morning, and was met by a large number of representative citizens, and heartily welcomed. ...

    Article : 707 words
  27. A COLONIAL AIDE.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Captain Conway Mason, of the 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles, has been appointed aide-decamp to Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen. ...

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  28. MARTIAL LAW AT THE CAPE.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, considering it impossible, under marital law, to impugn the action of the Military authorities, has ...

    Article : 398 words
  29. AUSTRALASIAN SOLDIERS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The following particulars are to hand relating to Australasian soldiers on active service in South Africa:-- Private A. Woodward, of the Sixth New Zealand ...

    Article : 117 words
  30. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Derbyshire railways are blocked owing to snowdrifts 15ft. deep on the lines. The Australian Postmaster-General has ...

    Article : 46 words
  31. FEDERAL NOTES.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The first instalment of the report on the defences of the Commonwealth, prepared by Colonels Hood and Finn, after a thorough inspection of all the States, has ...

    Article : 403 words
  32. LONDON COUNCIL CONTRACTS.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Lord Avebury (better known, perhaps, as Sir John Lubbock) has denounced the works department of the London County Council for losing £78,000 upon recent ...

    Article : 36 words
  33. MORE TROOPS FOR THE FRONT.

    Mr. Morton asked the Premier in the Legislative Assembly yesterday if his attention had been called to a recent cable message from England wherein it was stated that there had appeared ...

    Article : 202 words
  34. FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. J. D. Rockefeller, the well-known American multi-millionaire, has given £250,000 to the Chicago University. ...

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  35. NATIONAL BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The directors of the National Bank of New Zealand, Limited, have declared an interim dividend of 8 per cent. ...

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  36. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Commissioner for Railways visited Mount Gambler to-day, and was asked while there to reduce the freights on hay to 15s a ton, and also to give concessions in the rates for ...

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  37. NO CONTINENTAL INTERVENTION.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The proposal that Belgium should intervene in connection with the concentration camps in South Africa, made by M. Van der Velde in ...

    Article : 68 words
  38. ARMY CONTRACTS.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Further orders for hay for South Africa have been let locally to several shippers. The aggregate orders for produce so far are large, and it is evident that the ...

    Article : 44 words
  39. R.M.S. ROME AT FREMANTLE.

    FREMANTLE, Thursday.--The P. and O. Company's R.M.S. Rome arrived from London at 6 a.m., with the following saloon passengers on board:-- ...

    Article : 188 words
  40. THE ENGLISH CRICKET TEAM.

    The members of the English cricket team, accompanied by Major Wardill, left Sydney last night by the Melbourne express for Goulburn, where, to-day and to-morrow, they will play a ...

    Article : 60 words
  41. TO SECURE RIVERINA TRADE.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The proposal to connect Tocumwal, on the New South Wales side of the River Murray, with the Victorian railway service, either at Strathmerton, Yarroweyah, or ...

    Article : 196 words
  42. FATAL BLASTING ACCIDENT.

    KALGOORLIE, Wednesday.--The Lake View Consols mine was this afternoon the scene of a dreadful blasting accident, whereby one man, Nelmes, was killed, and another, Tamblyn, was ...

    Article : 138 words
  43. THE COLONIES AND THE WAR.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Montreal "Star," replying to the statements of the German press to the effect that the colonies would not render any further ...

    Article : 94 words
  44. INTER-STATE TRADE REGULATIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 118 words
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