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  2. DROUGHT BELIEF.

    It is pleasant to be able to chronicle that subscriptions to the drought funds are becoming much more satisfactory. There have been a number of responses to the circulars ...

    Article : 836 words
  3. IMPERIAL POLITICS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The opening of Parliament by the King to-day was a splendid pageant. In addition to the measures mentioned in ...

    Article : 236 words
  4. INDIGENT OLD AGE.

    On this question of administration, referred to at length yesterday, it must now be apparent that until an Amending Pensions Act is passed the same old abuses must continue to creep into ...

    Article : 1,771 words
  5. THE WAR COMMISSION.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--General Sir Redvers Buller, V.C., gave evidence yesterday before the Royal Commission into the conduct of the late war, presided over by Lord ...

    Article : 318 words
  6. FIGHTING CONSUMPTION.

    The consumptive sanatorium at Wentworth Falls, built, equipped and maintained by the committee of the Queen Victoria Homes for Consumptives Fund was officially opened ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,964 words
  7. "THE DAILY TELEGRAPH" FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 198 words
  8. PERSONAL.

    Sir Herbert Chermside, Governor of Queensland and party yesterday inspected Goulburn weir and Waranga basin works in Victoria. Mr. Fosbery, Inspector-General of Police, will ...

    Article : 570 words
  9. LORD MAYOR'S FUND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 458 words
  10. DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--In the House of Lords yesterday, Lord Roxburghe moved and Lord Leitrim seconded, the Address-in-Reply, which was agreed to, practically ...

    Article : 84 words
  11. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. Chamberlain, who is slightly indisposed, has arrived at Capetown, where he is the guest of the Governor, Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson. ...

    Article : 113 words
  12. OPPOSITION CRITICISM.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--In opening the Debate-in-Reply, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (leader of the Opposition) said that it was curious that the King's Speech, while ...

    Article : 170 words
  13. DISTRIBUTION OF SEED WHEAT.

    Mr. Kidd, Minister for Agriculture, explained yesterday that very great care was being taken with regard to the quality of the seed wheat that was being distributed. He had noticed the ...

    Article : 431 words
  14. IRRECONCILABLE HOLLANDERS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The Hollanders at Pretoria declare that trouble is brewing between Russia and Great Britain, affording the Transvaal an early ...

    Article : 31 words
  15. WAS GERMANY OFFERED A PROTECTORATE?

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Ex-President Kruger denies that he ever offered Germany a protectorate over the Transvaal or that Prince Bismarck refused the offer. ...

    Article : 33 words
  16. MACEDONIA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--"The Times" states that it is understood in Sofia that the Powers are prepared to go beyond moral suasion in order to compel Turkey's ...

    Article : 118 words
  17. THE TYPHOID EPIDEMIC AT COONAMBLE.

    COONAMBLE, Wednesday.--The typhoid epidemic still continues. Patients are being taken to the hospital every day and there are now 107 casts. The temporary transformation of the ...

    Article : 217 words
  18. HONORING THE BRAVE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Field-Marshal Sir Henry Norman (one of the Vice-presidents of the Royal Colonial Institute) yesterday unveiled a memorial which has been erected ...

    Article : 47 words
  19. NIGERIAN AFFAIRS.

    LONDON. Wednesday.--A Blue-book dealing with affairs in Northern Nigeria, and the capture of Kano has been issued. Lord Onslow, Under-Secretary for the ...

    Article : 103 words
  20. THE BENEFIT PERFORMANCE.

    The interest taken in the matinee performance to be given by Mr. Williamson's Comic Opera Company on Friday at the Palace Theatre, is a guarantee that there will be a very large ...

    Article : 65 words
  21. ASHFIELD WILL TAKE ACTION.

    At a meeting of the Ashfield Council a letter was read from the secretaries of the Drought Relief Fund. Alderman E. C. V. Broughton moved that the request to co-operate be ...

    Article : 130 words
  22. CHINA AND THE POWERS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Yu-lien-san has resigned his position as Governor of the Province of Shan-si, west of the Imperial province of Chili, on the grounds of ill-health. The real reason is, ...

    Article : 131 words
  23. DISTRESS IN THE QUEANBEYAN DISTRICT.

    The Minister for Works is in receipt of telegrams from the Queanbeyan district notifying the existence of keen distress there, owing to the prolonged drought. The following extract from ...

    Article : 193 words
  24. ALLEGED BABY FARMING.

    LAUNCESTON, Wednesday.--What appears to be a case of baby farming came to light on Thursday and to-day. Amelia Anderson, a married woman residing at Sandy Bay was ...

    Article : 250 words
  25. THE LATE SIR CHARLES GAVAN DUFFY.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The family of the late Sir Charles Gavan Duffy has consented to the interment of his remains in Glasnevin Cemetery, outside Dublin. ...

    Article : 125 words
  26. DRUMMOYNE TO ASSIST.

    At the meeting of the Drummoyne Council on Tuesday last the Mayor, Alderman Thomas Henley, referred to the distress existing throughout the State and said the council should take the ...

    Article : 125 words
  27. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The Colonial Office at the instance of Mr. W. P. Reeves, the Agent-General for New Zealand, has called the special attention of the War Office to the ...

    Article : 58 words
  28. PACIFIC CABLE.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The Pacific Cable Board has arranged to replace the deficient land line between Grappler's Crook and Alboni with a cable. ...

    Article : 58 words
  29. ALASKAN BOUNDARY COMMISSION.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. Elihu Root, the United States Minister for War, is about to proceed to London in order to arrange the preliminaries for the Alaskan Boundary Commission. ...

    Article : 33 words
  30. AN OUTSPOKEN TRADES PRESIDENT.

    Speaking last evening to a representative of "The Daily Telegraph," Mr. W. Mugglestone (president of the Boot Clickers' Association of New South Wales) said his union, in deciding to ...

    Article : 241 words
  31. IRISH LAND PROBLEM.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--A meeting of Nationalist members of the House of Commons was held in Dublin yesterday, when it was resolved to urge the Government to give legislative ...

    Article : 48 words
  32. VENEZUELAN DUTIES RAISED.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A rise of 30 per cent, in Venezuela's import duties is reported and a considerable increase in the export duties upon coffee and cacao. ...

    Article : 29 words
  33. A SELECTOR'S EXPERIENCE.

    The following report has been received by the State Premier from the chairman of the Advances to Settlers Board with reference to the case of Allen E. Scott, whose communication to ...

    Article : 623 words
  34. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Legislative Assembly to-day passed the new Income Tax Bill through committee. Only one amendment was made. The opposition to the clause taxing ...

    Article : 88 words
  35. RELIEF CREWS FOR AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--H.M.S. Spartiate has been commissioned for March to convey relief crows to Australia., H.M.S. Spartiate, it will be remembered was ...

    Article : 113 words
  36. SALES OF TALLOW.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--At the weekly sales of tallow to-day 712 casks were offered and 322 sold. Prices showed but little change on the previous week's quotations, ...

    Article : 50 words
  37. IN REPLY TO GERMANY.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--An influential meeting of naval experts, including several members of the House of Commons was held yesterday at Westminster in favor of the creation of a ...

    Article : 61 words
  38. ISTHMIAN CANAL

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Subject to a ratification of the treaty with Colombia, the United States Government has purchased the Panama Company's property and rights for the sum of ...

    Article : 40 words
  39. PRICE OF SILVER.

    LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon.--Bar silver was quoted to-day at 1s 10 1-16d per oz standard. ...

    Article : 19 words
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