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  2. THE CORONATION.

    LONDON, Tuesday, Noon.--The Coronation of the King has been postponed. His Majesty was operated upon on Saturday last. ...

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  3. THE EMPIRE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The visiting colonial Premiers wore entertained at luncheon yesterday at Stoke-upon-Trent by the members of the North Staffordshire Chamber of ...

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  4. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Lord Kitchener has sailed for England. Prior to his departure, he received a great ovation at Capetown. The Mayor ...

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  5. THE DROUGHT.

    If Milton, instead of writing "Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war," had said "Peace hath her famines no less severe than war," how truly and sympathetically it could be ...

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  6. THIRD EDITION.

    LONDON, Tuesday, 1.2 p.m.--The King is suffering from perityphlitis. It is expected that the ceremony of his Majesty's Coronation will be postponed for ...

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  7. PRICE OF SILVER.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Bar silver is quoted to-day at 2s 0 7-16d per oz. standard. ...

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  8. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Tuesday, Midnight.--The State Premier, Mr. George Leake, died to-night of pneumonia at a quarter-past 11 o'clock. He was unconscious for some time previous to ...

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  9. A FAREWELL SPEECH.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--At a luncheon given in his honor prior to his departure from South Africa, Lord Kitchener said that he accepted the sword of honor with which he ...

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  10. CHINA.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Dr. Morrison, "The Times" correspondent at Pekin, states that the Mandarins are squeezing 230 taels from the taxpayers for every 100 ...

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  11. ANTHONY HORDERN AND SONS.

    In honor of the King's Coronation, Messrs. Anthony Hordern and Sons have doubled their usual annual contributions to the hospitals and charitable institutions of Sydney. ...

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  12. DONATION TO THE HOSPITALS.

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  13. MESSAGE FROM THE KING.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The Earl Marshal has received the King's command to express his Majesty's deep sorrow that, owing to serious illness, his Coronation must ...

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  14. THE SOVEREIGNS IN LONDON.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Their Majesties the King and Queen received a most enthusiastic reception upon their arrival yesterday in London. ...

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  15. SPREAD OF BOXERISM.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Boxerism is spreading in various parts of China, but especially in the province of Chi-li. The Methodist Chapel at Cheng-tu-fu has ...

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  16. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN DINNER.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The West Australian annual dinner was held in London last night when occasion was taken to welcome Sir John Forrest (the late Premier of the ...

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  17. PROPOSAL TO LIBERATE PRISONERS.

    On the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly last night Mr. P. Sullivan asked the Premier if he would mark the occasion of the Coronation by liberating several prisoners now undergoing ...

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  18. THE PRETORIA PLOT.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--In view of peace having been proclaimed, and owing to a want of documentary evidence, the 46 persons who were arrested at Pretoria in ...

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  19. DEPRESSING REPORTS.

    ARMIDALE, Tuesday.--The drought is beginning to play havoc amongst the stock in New England, and both cattle and sheep have fallen away in condition considerably during the past ...

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  20. CHINESE WARSHIP SUNK.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The magazine of the Chinese warship Kaiehio exploded while the vessel was in the Yangtse Kiang. The Kaiehio sank in half a minute. Two of ...

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  21. THE SECOND OPERATION.

    LONDON, Tuesday, 3.30 p.m.--An official bulletin has been issued stating that an operation has to-day been successfully performed upon the King. ...

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  22. THE BOER SURRENDER.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--An additional 276 Boers have surrendered at Kimberley. All were rebels, except seven. In the western province of Cape Colony ...

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  23. THE QUEENSLAND BUSHRANGERS.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The two Kenniffs, who were captured yesterday, were brought up at the police court at Mitchell to-day, and remanded till to-morrow for the production of the ...

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  24. SWIMMING IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--George Read, of the East Sydney Swimming Club, won the half-mile race in the Thames at Surbiton on Saturday by 50 yards, the time being 9min. 12¾sec. This ...

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  25. NEW ZEALAND LOSSES.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Private William Whetter, of the Eighth New Zealand Contingent, has died of dysentery at Klerksdorp. Private Hugh Edward Callision, of ...

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  26. THE ABYSSINIAN ENVOY.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Abyssinian Minister and General, Ras Makonnen,. who has been sent as special envoy to the Coronation, has arrived under Colonel ...

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  27. FODDER FROM VICTORIA.

    COROWA, Tuesday.--Since the break-up of the drought on the 2nd of June, 279 points of rain have fallen locally, which has placed a much improved aspect on the district. Under ...

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  28. ARRIVAL OF RETURNED SOLDIERS.

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  29. THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKET TEAM.

    LONDON, Tuesday, 3.30 p.m.--The Australians resumed their second innings to-day in the return match at Bradford against Yorkshire. The weather was oppressively warm and the ...

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  30. THE ATLANTIC TRADE.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Mr. Waddel, an American engineer, has contracted to build a cantilever bridge over the Causo Strait for the sum of 5,000,000 dollars (£1,000,000). ...

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  31. VICTORIA.

    The railway receipts last week were £46,346 a decrease of £2766 compared with the corresponding week of last year. It is expected that the barque Stratligryfe, now ...

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  32. ARRIVAL OF COLONIALS.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The transport Bavarian, with 1400 colonial troops, representing the army in South Africa, has arrived at Southampton. ...

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  33. PAY IN THE BOOT TRADE.

    The Boot Wages Board has increased the rates of pay to makers, finishers, etc., from 42s to 45s per week, and of assisting stuff-cutters etc., 36s to 40s. The apprenticeship period is ...

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  34. DISTRIBUTION OF LORD HOPETOUN'S GIFT.

    Mr. Schey has reported to the Minister that he has discussed the distribution of Lord Hopetoun's £100 with Mr. Brennan and Mr. Green, Director of Charities. They recommend that the lines of ...

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  35. INFERIOR QUALITY LAMBS EXPORTED.

    Inquiries have been made by the Director of Agriculture (Mr. Wallace) into the question of how far the department is responsible for complaints as to the condition in which ...

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  36. PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A sharp contest is in progress between President Roosevelt and the Republicans in the United States Congress in connection with the extension of trade ...

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  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--Mr. Carnegie's free library gifts last week totalled £30,000. ...

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  38. QUEENSLAND.

    An influential deputation of Brisbane merchants waited on the Comptroller-General of Customs to-day to point out a number of grievances under which they suffer in the administration of ...

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  39. DEATH OF AN ACTRESS.

    The death of an actress named Maud Evelyn Roberts, 23, was found at the inquest to-day to have been due to peritonitis. Deceased came over recently from Sydney, and was believed to ...

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  40. YORKSHIRE BATTING.

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  41. PRICE OF COPPER.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The spot quotation for copper is £53 12s 6d per ton, and for delivery in three months £53 15s. These prices are the same as ruled on Friday last. ...

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  42. LONGER HOURS FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS.

    The Irvine Government has decided to endorse the proposal of Mr. Peacock to add half an hour per day to civil servants' hours of duty, and to close the public offices (except the legal ...

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  43. GOLDSBROUGH MORT AND CO.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The ninth annual meeting of shareholders in Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited, was held to-day to receive the report and balance-sheet for the year ended ...

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  44. MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S "AT HOME."

    LONDON, Tuesday.--The visiting colonial Premiers, the colonial Agents-General, and the foremost of the notabilities attending the Coronation, have been invited to an "At ...

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  45. SHIPMENT OF WHEAT.

    LONDON, Monday.--The cargo of wheat on the ship Cromdale, which left Sydney for London on March 13, has been sold at 29s 9d per quarter. ...

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  46. CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--The Military Governor of Poltava, and 37 army officers, have been court-martialled for accepting bribes to exempt conscripts from service in the army. ...

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  47. THE DANCE.

    The Rev. George Gladstone, of Nathalia, who earned notoriety some time ago on account of his vigorous denunciation of dancing, entirely coincides with the evangelist, Dr. Torrey. He ...

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  48. QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL.

    AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--A Suva cable states that the conclusion of the period of mourning for the late Queen Victoria was signalised by a Burna-bau, in which 5000 natives participated. ...

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  49. CORONATION BALL AT ASHFIELD.

    The annual ball at Ashfield in aid of the Western Suburbs Cottage Hospital was, last night, by reason of it's association with the Coronation celebrations, more successful than ever. ...

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  50. TOWNSVILLE WATERSIDE STRIKE.

    TOWNSVILLE, Tuesday.--The waterside workers' dispute was settled, and the men returned to work to-day. The shipping companies reserve the right to employ whom they choose, but all ...

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  51. WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLDFIELDS.

    KALGOORLIE, Tuesday.--Development work on the South Kalgurli has been suspended for a few days to allow an inspection to be made of the boilers. Enough ore has been broken, ...

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  52. FROM EDINBURGH TO LONDON.

    LONDON, Monday Afternoon.--A Decauville motor car (petroleum engine) has just completed a run without stoppage from Edinburgh to London, doing the journey, a distance of over 400 ...

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  53. THE QUEENSLAND WEATHER BUREAU.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Premier has not received favorable replies from all the other States with regard to the co-operative maintenance of the Queensland Weather Bureau. The ...

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  54. KANAKAS RETURNING TO THE ISLANDS.

    BUNDABERG, Tuesday.--The deportation provisions in the Kanaka Bill are being brought into notice in all their unworkableness. The recruiter Rio Loge, under the command ...

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  55. EDUCATION IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Tuesday.--Yesterday Mr. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury, and leader of the House of Commons, stated in the House that, instead of a grant of £640,000 to voluntary ...

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  56. ENTERTAINMENT OF THE POOR.

    In the Assembly last night, Mr. Levy asked the Premier what arrangements had been made for distributing the money allotted for the poor on Coronation Day. Some people imagined that ...

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  57. A SHOCKING BURNING FATALITY.

    NOWRA, Tuesday.--A sad burning fatality occurred at Bomaderry yesterday. Mrs. Wickens, wife of the engineer of the Bomaderry Bacon Factory, went out a short distance from her ...

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  58. MILITARY TRAVELLING ALLOWANCES.

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--In the military general orders to-night the State commandants are warned that they will be held responsible to see that the least possible expenditure is entailed by ...

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