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  2. THE SCARCITY OF SKILLED LABOR.

    Investigation into the conditions of any trade which demands skilled journeymen--other, perhaps, than a section of the ironworkers and stonemasons--elicits, endorsement of the ...

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  3. A BISHOP AMONG CANNIBALS.

    Few modern Bishops have more unpromising material to work upon than the Bishop of New Guinea, the Rev. Stone-Wigg, who contributes to the December "Pearson's Magazine" some ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  4. VICTORIA.

    Mr. Jacob Marks, the justice of the peace who was chairman yesterday of the District Police Court, was accused by Mr. Nolan, an attorney for the defence, with having attended yesterday ...

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  5. MR. CHAMBERLAIN IN SOUTH AFRICA

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Speaking at the Pretoria banquet, Mr. Chamberlain in said it was not intended to unduly increase taxation or to hamper a prompt and ...

    Article : 129 words
  6. NOTES OF THE DAY.

    The official proclamation issued by the New South Wales Government declaring "the drought off" is resented out hack as a high-handed proceeding, calculated to raise the question whether ...

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  7. VENEZUELA AND THE POWERS.

    LONDON, Friday.--President Castro has accepted the offer of the Allies to submit the points at issue to the Hague International Arbitration Tribunal. ...

    Article : 76 words
  8. THE DARDANELLES.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The inspired German organs are reticent concerning the Dardanelles question. The other German newspapers are jubilant ...

    Article : 55 words
  9. THE AGE OF POLICEMEN.

    The alteration of tile age limit for candidates for the police force by the Chief Commissioner has caused heart-burning among the members of the Victorian contingents. These men were ...

    Article : 138 words
  10. FURTHER GERMAN VIEWS.

    LONDON, Friday.--Out of four Russian torpedo boat destroyers which were intended to pass through the Straits of Dardanelles, two have already passed, in addition ...

    Article : 116 words
  11. IRRITATING GERMAN DEMANDS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon. -- The Venezuelans complain of what they refer to as Germany's contradictory demands, maintaining that they are designedly irritating, ...

    Article : 57 words
  12. SALE OF POSTAGE STAMPS IN HOTELS.

    A meeting of the temperance committee of the Methodist Church discussed the question of issuing licenses to public-bouses for the sale of postage stamps. It was stated that several licenses had ...

    Article : 108 words
  13. STRAIGHT TALKING TO A BOER DELEGATION.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Boer Conference, which recently met at Pretoria under the presidency of Mr. Schalk W. Burger (formerly Acting-President of the Transvaal ...

    Article : 182 words
  14. KILLED THROUGH FALLING DOWNSTAIRS.

    In the evidence at the inquest in the case of Joseph Shallard, hotelkeeper at Ballarat, who died from injuries to his head, it was shown that the quarrel had nothing to do with the cause of ...

    Article : 53 words
  15. ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Right Rev. Dr. Davidson, Bishop of Winchester, has succeeded the late Dr. Temple as Archbishop of Canterbury. No surprise will be felt over this appointment, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 424 words
  16. THE BALKAN DIFFICULTY.

    LONDON, Friday.--It Is semi-officially announced in the "Tribuna," of Rome, that Russia considers the passage of the Dardanelles as compensation due to her by ...

    Article : 42 words
  17. THE OLD AGE PENSIONS ACT.

    The State Treasurer, Mr. Shiels, hopes to effect a saving on the old age pensions this year of £60,000 by a more discriminating administration of the Act. ...

    Article : 32 words
  18. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The police and detectives are working hard in connection with the Stirling murder. No arrest has yet been made. The inquest will he resumed on Tuesday. ...

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  19. GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES.

    LONDON, Friday.--Baron Speck Sternburg has been appointed the German Charge d'Affairs at Washington, in the absence, on indefinite leave, of the Ambassador, Dr. de ...

    Article : 188 words
  20. SPURIOUS HALF-CROWNS.

    A number of spurious half-crowns, believed to have been manufactured by the three men now committed for trial on a charge of coining, are in circulation. One was innocently tendered to a ...

    Article : 61 words
  21. THE ARMY MEAT CONTRACT.

    The question of preventing the loss to Australasia of participation in the contract for the supply of meat to the South African military forces is apparently engaging the serious ...

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  22. MEAT FOR THE MILITARY.

    The Premier has received a telegram from Sir John See stating that he had communicated with the New South Wales Agent-General in reference to asking the Imperial Government to obtain meat ...

    Article : 73 words
  23. THE BOER RELIEF FUND.

    LONDON, Friday.--Commandant-General Louis Botha reports that the total amount of the collection made to date in Europe for the assistance of distressed Boers is ...

    Article : 34 words
  24. THE RIVER MURRAY COMMISSION.

    A deputation from the River Murray League had a conference to-day with the Premier, respecting the report of the River Murray Commission. The deputation handed the Premier a set of ...

    Article : 122 words
  25. HOW TRADE IS LOST.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Orders for 14 now ships have gone to Germany, owing to the shipbuilders' joiners' strike at Newcastle. ...

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  26. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    A private cablegram has been received to the effect that Messrs. T. Horn and F. Hamilton have been elected to the vacant seats on the board of directors of the Great Fingall mine. ...

    Article : 112 words
  27. NEW YORK TRAGEDY.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A shocking affair is reported from New York. It appears that a coachman, being discharged, cut the throat of the four-year-old daughter of his employer, ...

    Article : 48 words
  28. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The Foreign Affairs Committee of the United States Senate has reported favorably in regard to the suggested general international arbitration treaty ...

    Article : 52 words
  29. END OF THE UNEMPLOYED DIFFICULTY.

    Mr. Longmore, superintendent of the Government Labor Bureau, in an interview says that the unemployed difficulty is practically over. Recently he had experienced great difficulty in ...

    Article : 79 words
  30. BRITISH ARMY SUPPLIES.

    LONDON, Friday.--Mr. Henry Copeland, Agent-General for New South Wales, has-addressed a letter to the War Office, in the course of which he mentions that the Secretary of State ...

    Article : 86 words
  31. SOMALILAND.

    LONDON, Friday.--The attitude of the local Sheikhs at Obbia, in Italian Somaliland, is not satisfactory. The suspects are sending their transport ...

    Article : 49 words
  32. COOLGARDIE WATER SCHEME.

    Owing to the dissatisfaction among people on the goldfields regarding the arrangements made for the Federal visitors in connection with the opening of the Coolgardie water scheme, the ...

    Article : 55 words
  33. THE COURT.

    LONDON, Friday.--Their Majesties the King and Queen Alexandra will start during March next upon a five weeks' cruise between Mediterranean ports on board the Royal yacht Victoria and ...

    Article : 37 words
  34. NEW ZEALAND.

    The New Zealand Government inspector of produce in London reports that the exports of cheese during the past season from Ontario and Quebec amounted in value to £3,700,000, and the ...

    Article : 87 words
  35. BELFAST ORANGEMEN.

    LONDON, Friday.--Colonel Saundenson, M.P., has resigned his position as Grand Master of the Belfast Loyal Orange Lodges. He alleges that he has not been properly ...

    Article : 37 words
  36. MOROCCO.

    LONDON, Friday.--A message which has been received from Tangiers, in Morocco, denies that the Sultan has appointed his brother Muley Mohammed, Commander-in-Chief of the Moorish ...

    Article : 45 words
  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Chapman, the Southwark publican, who is accused of poisoning a barmaid, Maud Marsh, and is also suspected of numerous other murders by poisoning, has been ...

    Article : 41 words
  38. A RUSSIAN'S VIEWS ON AUSTRALIA.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--M. Krukoff, the Russian agricultural officer, has been spending a portion of his time regaling an interviewer with his views on Australian politics. Accustomed to ...

    Article : 379 words
  39. THE KENNIFFS.

    BRISBANE, Friday.--A deputation consisting of Alderman Trapp (chairman of the meeting held at Toowoomba last night), Messrs. M'Grath (solicitor for the Kenni[?]'s), Lesina, ...

    Article : 283 words
  40. IRISH LAND AFFAIRS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Mr. T. M. Healy, M.P., speaking as an Independent Irish Nationalist, trusts that the Government, landlords, and Conservative party will recognise the ...

    Article : 61 words
  41. DEPUTY MASTER OF THE MINT.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Mr. W. G. Ellison Macartney, P.C., Unionist member for South Antrim, has been appointed Deputy Master of the Mint. ...

    Article : 28 words
  42. THE ARTICLE CLUB.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The Article Club which was founded by Mr. Cowan, whose libel action against London "Truth" recently failed, has been wound up voluntarily. ...

    Article : 29 words
  43. WAR OFFICE CONTRACTS.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--Representatives of the firm which the War Office complained against as having forwarded short-weight jam under its contract to supply the troops in South Africa, ...

    Article : 243 words
  44. AMERICAN RAILROADS.

    LONDON, Friday.--The directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company propose to increase the capital of the company to £80,000,000, and to construct tunnels under the Hudson and East ...

    Article : 82 words
  45. MOUNT KEMBLA DISASTER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 190 words
  46. LAST OF THE DURBAR.

    LONDON, Friday.--A brilliant review of troops has concluded the Delhi Durbar. ...

    Article : 16 words
  47. KING OF SAXONY'S HEALTH.

    LONDON, Friday.--The health of the King of Saxony, about which grave fears have been entertained of late, has considerably improved. ...

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  48. THE HYDROPHOBIA MICROBE.

    LONDON, Friday.--Professor Sormagui, of Pavia, claims to have discovered tho hydrophobia microbe. ...

    Article : 16 words
  49. A CLAIM AGAINST MADAME MELBA.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--John Henry Tait, concert promoter, has issued a writ against Nellie Porter Armstrong (professionally known as Madame Melba). Plaintiff claims payment of £23 ...

    Article : 82 words
  50. A SUPERSEDED VICEROY.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Chinese officials say that Chang-chi-tung, who was recently superseded, is not returning to his post as Viceroy of Hankow, but becomes a member of the Grand ...

    Article : 36 words
  51. DEATHS FROM THIRST.

    BREWARRINA, Friday.--Word was received by the local police this morning to the effect that two men had been found dead about 18 miles from Gongolgon. They had evidently perished ...

    Article : 45 words
  52. SOUTH AFRICAN RAILWAYS.

    LONDON, Friday.--Railway servants in South Africa to the number of 3000 have organised and formed a union. ...

    Article : 21 words
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