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  2. THE DISASTER IN THE WEST INDIES.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--A fresh crater has appeared on Mt. Pelee, Martinique, making the seventh in operation. A large ridge has risen on the Richmond ...

    Article : 135 words
  3. BOWLING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 109 words
  4. STATE REFORM.

    "NOW THAT AVE HAVE A FEDERAL PARLIAMENT YOU WILL HAVE TO PULL A FEW FEATHERS OUT OF THAT BIRD UP THERE IN ...

    Article : 347 words
  5. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Speaking at Waverley on Saturday night, at the local swimming club's prize presentations, Sir William, M'Millan, made passing reference to Federal politics, and announced that at a ...

    Article : 253 words
  6. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Saturday.--At a Unionist meeting, held last night in Birmingham, Mr. J. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, delivered an interesting Speech ...

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  7. MANHOOD SUFFRAGE.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The strike of Socialists in favor of the principle of manhood suffrage has become general throughout Sweden. ...

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  8. THE CRICKETERS.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The match between the Australian cricketers and Essex was advanced another stage to-day at' Leyton. By agreement play did not start till noon, and this ...

    Article : 314 words
  9. PROFITS OF THE TOUR.

    LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--The Sydney cricket correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports that it is rumored in Australia that five of the Australian cricketers now in England will only ...

    Article : 77 words
  10. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The French Government, for the benefit of trade, are encouraging the sale of alcohol instead of petrol motors. ...

    Article : 31 words
  11. MEAT RIOTS IN NEW YORK.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Meat riots have taken place in New York, in connection with which, the Jewish butchers' shops have been wrecked. ...

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  12. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 485 words
  13. FEDERAL MILITARY ESTIMATES.

    MELBOURNE, Saturday.--The Federal Cabinet sat all this morning considering the military estimates, with a view to effecting retrenchments to the extent of £130,000. The matter has not yet ...

    Article : 42 words
  14. NOTES FROM MELBOURNE.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Mr. Drake is naturally gratified at the resumption of the mall services by Cobb and Co. The departmental opinion is that those interested in these mail contracts took ...

    Article : 534 words
  15. THE VEREENIGING CONFERENCE.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The conference of Boer leaders is still proceeding at Vereeniging, on the Vaal, where the main trunk railway line enters the Transvaal from ...

    Article : 123 words
  16. HELP FOR THE SURVIVORS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--An ample supply of provisions and disinfectants is now available at Martinique. The Bank of France has opened a ...

    Article : 285 words
  17. HEAVY REDUCTIONS IN THE LARGER STATES.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--As a result of Saturday's Cabinet meeting, the Federal Government has decided to base the defence estimates on those for the year 1898-1899. General Hutton's ...

    Article : 604 words
  18. ANGLO-CHINESE AGREEMENT

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--An Anglo-Chinese agreement has been signed regarding the control of the northern railways. M. Lessar, the Russian Minister to China, ...

    Article : 95 words
  19. THIRD DAY'S PLAY.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The match between the Australian cricketers and Essex was concluded yesterday at Leyton, the result being a drawn game. The visitors, in reply to the 178 of ...

    Article : 806 words
  20. ON THE SIDE OF THE PEOPLE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 187 words
  21. REPORTED FAILURE.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Boers in Brussels and Amsterdam assert that the peace negotiations have failed. The cause of the failure is slated to be the ...

    Article : 62 words
  22. IMPERIAL POLITICS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The House of Commons has adjourned for the Whitsuntide holidays until Monday, the 26th inst. The House of Lords has also adjourned ...

    Article : 34 words
  23. THE BUSHVELDT CARBINEERS.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--In the House of Commons to-day, Sir. J. G. Swift M'Neill suggested that the murders by some of the Bushveldt Carbineers were ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. PENNSYLVANIA COAL STRIKE.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The strike among the anthracite miners in Pennsylvania, United States of America, is merely provisional. The men are awaiting the results of a ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. WORSHIPPERS ASPHYXIATED.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The worshippers who were attending a thanksgiving service in the Cathedral at St. Pierre were asphyxiated. ...

    Article : 93 words
  26. THE REMAINING FIXTURES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 180 words
  27. ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL DRIVE.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Renter's Capetown correspondent reports that 400 Boers, including 100 rebels, have been captured as the result of a drive towards the ...

    Article : 35 words
  28. THE STEAMER DEPTFORD ASHORE.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The steamer Deptford is ashore at Las Palmas (the largest of the Canary Islands), with both her fore-hold and main-hold pierced. ...

    Article : 90 words
  29. HEAVY WEATHER AT NORFOLK ISLAND.

    NORFOLK ISLAND, Sunday.--Heavy weather has been experienced here during the last few days, the sea being very rough. The steamer Mainbare, of Messrs. Burns, Philp, ...

    Article : 85 words
  30. PROGRESS OF THE CAMPAIGN.

    At the last meeting of the Balmain Council, a letter was read from the Camden Parliamentary Reform Committee forwarding resolutions recently passed by that body, and asking ...

    Article : 343 words
  31. LOOTERS AT ST. PIERRE.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Fifty looters have been captured at St. Pierre, one of them in possession of 10,000 francs in gold. They were each sentenced to five years' ...

    Article : 34 words
  32. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    At Tattersall's race meeting at Helena Vale, Arthur Eraser, an amateur rider, was thrown whilst riding in the Ladies' Bracelet, and sustained concussion of the brain. He died in the ...

    Article : 75 words
  33. COMMONWEALTH HORSE.

    Orders were issued by the State Commandant, Brigadier-General Finn, on Saturday concerning the embarkation of the remainder of the Fifth Battalion of the Commonwealth Horse on the ...

    Article : 162 words
  34. AFFAIRS IN AUSTRIA.

    LONDON, Saturday.--A sensation has been caused in Vicuna by a statement made by Coloman de Szell, President of the Hungarian Ministry. ...

    Article : 116 words
  35. TROUBLE IN RUSSIA.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--A soldier who was employed in suppressing the recent disturbances at Poltava, in Little Russia, has made the following statement: ...

    Article : 52 words
  36. OIL BY PIPE.

    Delivering fuel oil to houses and factories just as gas and water are delivered now, through pipe systems, is one of the schemes which is said to have been prompted by the latest oil discoveries ...

    Article : 197 words
  37. CHAMPION WRESTLING MATCH.

    A wrestling match for the championship of Australia and £100 took place at the Perth Town-hall yesterday, on sawdust covered by a tarpaulin, between the present champion (Pearce) and Pearn. ...

    Article : 47 words
  38. THE NEXT MATCH.

    To-day the Australians will enter upon a match at Leicester against Leicestershire; and here they should not encounter much difficulty. Last season the county was twelfth on the list ...

    Article : 535 words
  39. NEW ZEALAND.

    Sir Joseph Ward expresses satisfaction at the Commonwealth inaugurating equal terminal rates for Pacific and Eastern Extension cable messages. He says that within six months the rate to ...

    Article : 40 words
  40. QUEENSLAND CONTINGENT READY.

    BRISBANE, Saturday.--The troopship Custodian berthed at Pinkenba this morning from Sydney. The work of embarkation of the Queensland Contingent for South Africa will commence ...

    Article : 73 words
  41. WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--It is stated that when the Hispane-American treaty at the end of the war was pending, Mr. Andrew Carnegie offered President M'Kinley £4,000,000 for the ...

    Article : 67 words
  42. A ROUGH VOYAGE.

    The County of Ayr has arrived from Edithburg after a very rough passage. The deck fittings and bulwarks were damaged, and it is supposed that the cargo has been damaged. Eight ...

    Article : 58 words
  43. THE LATEST SUBMARINE.

    The latest form of submarine, invented by Mr. T. J. Moriarty, of Newport, R.I., takes the form of a boat so small that it may be propelled, guided, submerged, and controlled by a single ...

    Article : 195 words
  44. A BIG ARTILLERY BILL.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The Austrian Government are about to raise a loan of £6,400,000 for the purchase of new artillery. ...

    Article : 128 words
  45. WRECK OF A MALAY PROA.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The Premier has received the following telegram from the Government Resident of the Northern Territory regarding the wreck of the Malay proa, and the ...

    Article : 257 words
  46. THE CORONATION.

    LONDON, Saturday.--It is reported in Capetown that there is great indignation among the Commonwealth troops in South Africa at their not being represented at the ...

    Article : 62 words
  47. MEETINGS AT RYDE AND GLADESVILLE.

    A circular was read at the meeting of the Ryde Municipal Council last Friday, regarding the reduction of members. Alderman Redshaw wanted the circular to stand over, until they saw ...

    Article : 194 words
  48. THE NAVIGATION SYNDICATE.

    LONDON, Friday Evening.--In the House of Lords to-day Lord Balfour of Burleigh, stated that it would be disadvantageous, to discuss the shipping combine while the ...

    Article : 39 words
  49. COLD SNAP IN EUROPE.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Owing to the heavy falls of snow in Germany, fears are entertained that serious damage will be done to the vineyards. ...

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  50. THE KING'S COLONIALS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Prince of Wales yesterday opened the drill-hall, which has been erected for the use of the newly-raised regiment. "The King's Colonials." ...

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  51. ENTERTAINMENT FOR CHILDREN.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales have arranged to entertain 1209 school children at Marlborough House on tho 26th inst., and another 1200 on the ...

    Article : 69 words
  52. LONDON CABDRIVERS' HONESTY.

    An official report recently published is striking evidence of the honesty of London cabdrivers and the forgetfulness of the public. It gives an account of over 41,000 articles found by London ...

    Article : 203 words
  53. AT NEWTOWN.

    The political talk of the past week in Newtown has centred on the probable conduct of its member regarding State reform, especially as to a reduction of the members of the Assembly. "Well,"' said Mr. Smith, in reply to a ...

    Article : 454 words
  54. BIG FIRE IN RUSSIA.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--A big fire has occurred at Bobmisk, a fortress town in Wost Russia. It is reported that 1000 houses, business ...

    Article : 38 words
  55. THE FIRST TEST MATCH.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The constitution of the team which will represent Australia in the first test match at Birmingham on the 29th inst. Is a subject of some speculation in English crick ...

    Article : 99 words
  56. J.M.S. YAWATA MARU AT BRISBANE.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.--The Japanese mall steamer Yawata Maru arrived this evening from Japan, and anchored in Moreton Bay. She will probably come up to the wharf at Pinkenba ...

    Article : 39 words
  57. LORD PAUNCEFOTE.

    LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--Lord Pauncefote, the British Ambassador to the United States of America, is in a critical condition. ...

    Article : 26 words
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