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  2. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Boer Generals now assure their countrymen that it is hopeless to ask Mr. Chamberlain for fresh concessions. ...

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  3. ILLNESS OF THE KING.

    LONDON, Thursday--The King is making splendid progress. Sir Francis Laking, his Majesty's physician, reports that the period during which ...

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  4. VENEZUELA.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--in a conversation with Baron Sternberg, the newly-appointed German Ambassador to the United States, President Roosevelt ...

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  5. PERSONAL.

    Lord Tennyson arrived in Melbourne yesterday from Adelaide, to attend a meeting of the Executive. There was Very little business to do, and he returned to Adelaide by the afternoon express. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. ROUND ABOUT LONDON.

    LONDON, January 3.--"Give him air, he'll straight be well" (King Henry IV.) was the appropriate Shakespearian motto chosen by the winner of the King's [?]500 prize offered for the ...

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  7. SECOND EDITION.

    Early this morning, the night-watchman at the Union Company's Druitt-street Wharf discovered that a large stack of straw on the wharf, supposed to contain some five or six hundred bales, ...

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  8. A COMPROMISE EFFECTED.

    LONDON, Thursday.--There are indications that the blockading Powers, with the consent of the other claimants, will accept three months' preferential treatment ...

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  9. TRAM FATALITY.

    Oliver Spencer, an elderly man, who was admitted, to the Sydney Hospital on Christmas Eve, suffering from a fractured skull, the result of a tram accident, died early this ...

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  10. MR. CHAMBERLAIN POPULAR.

    LONDON, Thursday.--As a sign of Mr. Chamberlain's popularity, and the improved feeling among the burghers, it is reported that the three sections of Boers, the ...

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  11. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The references to Mr. Kingston at the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce meeting caused some surprise to the Federal Ministers who had thought that the ...

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  12. TRICE OF SILVER.

    LONDON, Thursday, Afternoon.--Dar silver is quoted to-day at 1s 10d per ounce standard. ...

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  13. MURDER IN WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Thursday.--A party of live French men and three French women went from Fremantle to Smith's mill, a distance of over 30 miles, for a picnic yesterday. They went to a vineyard kept ...

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  14. THE INSURGENTS DEFEATED.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--General Alcandra has defeated a body of Venezuelan insurgents near Camatagua, capturing 250 men and 40,000 cartridges. ...

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  15. THE MACEDONIAN TROUBLE.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The seriousness of the situation in the Balkans is Increasing. The delay in the application by the ...

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  16. CARACAS' BAKERIES CLOSED.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The bakeries at Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, have been closed, owing to the want of flour. Biscuits are not obtainable. ...

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  17. THE LABOR PROBLEM.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Prominent Rand mining men are negotiating for 25,000 Japanese laborers at a better rate of pay than Kaffirs receive. ...

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  18. THE SOMALILAND TROUBLE.

    LONDON, Thursday,--The Italian authorities have arrested Sheik Yusuf, one of the hostile chiefs, at Obbia. The prisoner is being conveyed to Aden. ...

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  19. JOHANNESBURG DRINK TRAFFIC.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Mr. Chamberlain advocates the application of the profits which would be derived from the municipalisation of the drink traffic to the ...

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  20. BULGARIA AND THE PORTE.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Bulgaria challenges international inquiry into the statement of the Porte, to the effect that seven bauds of Bulgarians intend operating in Macedonia in ...

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  21. FOREIGN JEWS NOT ALLOWED TO LAND.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--A number of foreign Jews have not been allowed to land at Capetown. ...

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  22. SHIPPING RING CRITICISED.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Speaking at a dinner given by the Chamber of Commerce at Edinburgh, the Earl of Onslow, the Parliamentary Secretary to the Colonial Office, ...

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  23. THE ELGIN COMMISSION.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Colonel John Adyc, R.A., who acted as A.A.G. for the colonial forces in South Africa, has given evidence before the Elgin Royal ...

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  24. CHINA.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The "Standard's" Tien-tsin correspondent states that the rumor of the death of the Empress Dowager is possibly true, and that the news is being ...

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  25. GOVERNMENT TAKES OVER TELEGRAPHS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The Chinese Government have assumed control of the telegraphs, in order to prevent foreigners penetrating into official secrets. ...

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  26. BRITAIN'S FOOD SUPPLY.

    LONDON, Thursday.--A,large meeting in London, presided over, by the Duke of Sutherland, appointed a deputation to wait on the Government, to urge that an inquiry bo Instituted into ...

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  27. MR. COPELAND PLEASED.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Mr. Copeland, the New South Wales Agent-General, speaking at the Edinburgh dinner, described Lord Onslow's announcement as the most ...

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  28. GERMAN AND BRITISH NAVIES.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The presentation to the Reichstag of a table prepared in the Kaiser's, own handwriting, comparing the relative strength of the British and German navies, is ...

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  29. THE QUEENSLAND ELECTORAL ROLLS.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--A deputation from the Queensland Typographical Association waited on the Treasurer to-day, and urged the advisableness of the Government having everything ...

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  30. MUNITIONS FOR AFGHANISTAN.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The "Dally Mail" states that the Indian authorities have forwarded for the Ameer of Afghanistan 12 German quick-firing guns, two howitzers, 18 field pieces, and 850 ...

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  31. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    An inquest at the Children's Hospital to-day on the body of Heinrich Johann Finck, an infant three months old, who died yesterday while under an anesthetic, a verdict was returned to the ...

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  32. OBITUARY.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The death is announced of Bishop Chas. John Abraham, D.D., formerly Bishop of Wellington. New Zealand, and Coadjutor. Bishop of Lichfield. ...

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  33. SOUTHERLY CHANGE.

    A decided fall in the temperature was noticeable yesterday, as a result of the southerly change, and light rain fell on the coast. About 2.30 p.m. Jervis Bay reported a strong southerly ...

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  34. VICTORIAN SHIPMENT OF TOBACCO.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The Victorian Commercial Agency has disposed of the balance of the Agricultural Department's shipment of 62 hogsheads of tobacco at 5d per lb. The whole ...

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  35. MISHAP TO A GOODS TRAIN.

    Last night a goods train from the city was running between-Mitcham and Blackwood, when one of the axles of a loaded truck broke, causing the truck to leave the rails. The truck ...

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  36. LAND ADMINISTRATION IN VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The charges made, against Mr. M'Kenzie, the late Minister for Lauds, of trafficking in grazing lenses at the time when, land was urgently required for starving, ...

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  37. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The January expenditure was £255,415, a saving for the month of £28,127, bringing the surplus up to £358,641. At a meeting of the Cricket Association last ...

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  38. BLIND MAN BURNED TO DEATH.

    A blind man, Joseph Nlnncs, aged 82, was burned to death at Penwortham early this morning. His youngest son assisted him to bed and left the lamp burning: At 2 o'clock he was ...

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  39. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--The United States Government is pressing Cuba for four naval coaling stations. Cuba is willing to allow two, at Bahia Honda and Guantanamo. ...

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  40. FOOD ON THE GOLDFIELDS.

    The Premier denies the accuracy of the statement made by Sir William Lyne that the expensive food on the goldfields is the outcome of preferential railway rates. The latter are Imposed ...

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  41. ADMIRALTY AUTHORITIES AT FAULT.

    At to-day's meeting of the Marine Board a letter was received from Mr. M. G. Anderson, manager of the Orient- Pacific Company, covering a letter from Captain Ruthven, of the Orontes. ...

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  42. A BIG TURTLE.

    A monster black turtle was caught in the Swan River, near North Fremantle railway bridge, yesterday afternoon. Two men noticed the animal, which got amongst the boats near the beach, and ...

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  43. DROUGHT RELIEF.

    The Lord Mayor will preside at the committee meeting of the Drought Relief Fund at the Town-hall this afternoon. As a result of a personal canvass by Messrs. G. Maiden and J. S. ...

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  44. LORD METHUEN.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Lord Methuen has declined the Governorship of Malta. ...

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  45. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    MELBOURNE, Thursday.--in the Legislative Council to-day the Seed and Fodder Advance Bill was put through all its stages. The Reform Bill was further mutilated, the ...

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  46. COASTAL SHOWERS EXPECTED.

    Strong southerly winds are predicted by Mr. Russell to-day, with showers on the coast and highlands, and thunder in the north-east. ...

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  47. AFTER FIVE YEARS.

    Waiter Duggan, for whose arrest a warrant was issued over five years ago, aud who recently surrendered to the police, was lined £5 and costs this morning for having Incited a prisoner to resist ...

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  48. INFLUENZA IN SWITZERLAND.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--There are 18.000 cases of influenza at Basle, Switzerland. ...

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  49. ARMIDALE WATER SUPPLY.

    ARMIDALE, Thursday.--At a public meeting held in the Town-hall last night, Dr. Samuelson made reference to the town water supply. He had examined the water carefully, and was ...

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  50. LORD MAYOR'S FUND.

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  51. NATIONAL LIBERAL CLUB.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Lord, Carrington has been unanimously elected president of the National Liberal Club, Whitehall, London, which presidency has been vacant since the death of ...

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  52. ENGLISH SPORTING.

    LONDON, Thursday.--The acceptances for the Great Metropolitan Include Cooce 7st., and those for the Manchester Steeplechase Levanter, 10st. 5lb. ...

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  53. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

    The racing stables owned by H. J. Saunders, and rented by George Rex, racehorse trainer, situated at Guildford, were completely destroyed by fire tills morning. Three thoroughbred horses ...

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