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  2. PERSONAL.

    At Brisbane the death of Mr. Walter Hill was announced yesterday. The deceased was the originator and curator of the first Botanical Gardens in Brisbane. He resigned in 1882. The ...

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  3. THE CONFERENCE OF TREASURERS.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--However strong our wishes may be for the successful issue of the proposals of Sir George Turner for the transfer of the debts to the Commonwealth, it ...

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  4. THE FAR EAST.

    LONDON, Friday.--The St. Petersburg correspondent of "The Times" states that it is almost impossible to believe that war can be averted, inasmuch as Russia will make ...

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  5. THE LOCOMOTIVE TENDERS.

    A caucus of the Parliamentary labor party was held yesterday to consider the matter of the tenders for the manufacture of locomotives in the State. The meeting, however, was ...

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  6. IMPERIAL POLITICS.

    LONDON, Friday.--During the debate on the Address-in-Reply to the Speech from the Throne, Earl Percy, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, emphasised the ...

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  7. UP-TO-DATE ADVERTISING.

    LONDON, Friday.--The "Weekly Dispatch," a London newspaper, in the hope of increasing its circulation, hit upon a novel and, as it proved, a somewhat expensive, idea. ...

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  8. THE COMMONWEALTH

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Federal Government is creating so many new departments, making so many appointments, and extending so widely its operations, that it is crying out ...

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  9. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN CANADA.

    LONDON, Friday.--An intercolonial train has been wrecked near Halifax (Canada), the eastern terminus of the Canadian-Pacific Railway and the Grand Trunk systems. ...

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  10. RUSSIAN TROOPS FOR SEOUL.

    LONDON, Friday.--The "New York Herald" states that Russia is sending troops to Seoul, the capital of Korea, and that, according to an unconfirmed allegation, Japan ...

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  11. ICE CARNIVAL.

    LONDON, Friday.--King Edward gave a supper to 50 persons at the National Skating Palace last night, on the occasion of the Ice Carnival, in aid of the Union Jack Club. ...

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  12. MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

    LONDON, Friday.--Mr. Chamberlain will leave on a trip abroad on the 11th inst. The ex-Colonial Secretary is feeling the strain of his compaign on the fiscal question, ...

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  13. JAPANESE AT VLADIVOSTOCK.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Russia has informed the Japanese residents at Vladivostock that they must be prepared for the sudden proclamation of a state of ...

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  14. THE GOVERNMENT CHALLENGED.

    LONDON, Friday.--Mr. W. S. Robson, Liberal member for South Shields, in moving his amendment, challenging the Government in connection with its policy on the ...

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  15. VICTORIA.

    A conference was held at the Equitable Building between representatives of the Broken-hill Proprietary Company and the Silverton Tramway Company. The latter put forward a ...

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  16. THE RUSSIAN SQUADRON.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Japan is aware that all the Russian ships at Port Arthur, except one which is repairing, left on Wednesday for an unknown destination, ...

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  17. BUSINESS PROPOSALS.

    It is stated that the competition in the coal business of Melbourne of J. and A. Brown will probably be extended to the inter-State coastal trade. It is probable that at an early date ...

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  18. AUSTRALIAN WIDOWS' FUND.

    At the 32nd annual meeting of the members of the Australian Widows Fund, held to-day, the Rev. Dr. Marshall, chairman, stated that notwithstanding the increasing rates of business ...

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  19. BRITISH REPRESENTATIONS.

    LONDON, Friday.--Earl Percy, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, stated, in the House of Commons, that frequent representations had been made to ...

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  20. IF PREFERENCE PROVES A FAILURE.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The Duke of Argyll, in a letter to "The Times," states that it would be unwise lo minimise the efforts of the colonies to promote ...

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  21. THOSE ISLANDS OFF BORNEO.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Mr. E. W. Birch, Governor of British North Borneo, has returned to London owing to the Chartered Company resenting his advice at the time the ...

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  22. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The steamer Dumbarton cleared for South Africa to-day, with the largest cargo of breadstuffs and fodder shipped by one vessel from Port Adelaide this season. The cargo, which ...

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  23. NEWS FROM PORT DARWIN.

    PORT DARWIN, Friday.--The Customs returns for the year ended December 31 show a revenue of £24,678, imports amounting to £125,244, and exports to £189,911. ...

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  24. A ROYAL COMMISSION.

    LONDON, Friday.--Lord Wemyss, in the House of Lords, has given notice of a motion in favor of a Royal Commission to inquire into the condition and prospects of ...

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  25. LABOR FOR SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Replying to a protest made in the Transvaal Legislative Council against the Imperial Parliament's intervention in the matter of the Imported Labor ...

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  26. SIR WILLIAM LYNE IN SYDNEY.

    The Minister for Customs, Sir William Lyne, was in Sydney yesterday attending to departmental matters. He will leave for Melbourne to-day in the R.M.S. Moldavia. ...

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  27. SIR GEORGE TURNER SUBMITS HIS PROPOSALS.

    After the Treasurers had lunched to-day with Sir George Turner, they met in the library of the Federal Parliament Buildings at 2.30 p.m., and naturally the press were excluded. Sir ...

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  28. SUPPORT FROM CANADA.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Premier of the Manitoba Legislature, Canada (Mr. Redmond P. Roblin), has moved a resolution strongly endorsing Mr. Chamberlain's fiscal policy. ...

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  29. BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON, Friday.--At the half-yearly, meeting of the Bank of New Zealand, the chairman said that the business of the institution had continued to increase satisfactorily. He ...

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  30. DEVASTATING TIDAL WAVE.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A tidal wave has done great damage on the French and Portuguese coasts. The villagers fled inland, and a number were drowned. ...

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  31. THE TARIFF COMMISSION.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Tariff Commission will begin the examination of witnesses in a fortnight's time. ...

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  32. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN LOAN.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Treasurer of West Australia, Mr. James Gardiner, who is now in Melbourne, states that subscriptions for the £500,000 loan for that State have been received ...

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  33. THE HARVEST.

    The January exports of breadstuffs were 1,274,648 bushels of wheat and 4140 tons flour. The total already exported from the new crop is 70,386 tons of wheat. It is estimated that ...

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  34. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Friday.--Though Mr. Balfour is recovering from his attack of influenza, the cough is proving troublesome. There is, however, a diminution in his temperature. ...

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  35. QUARTER SESSIONS.

    ARMIDALE, Friday.--At the Quarter Sessions to-day, before Judge Armstrong, E. Murray, 19, was charged with assault at Uralla. Prosecutrix said she did not wish to proceed against ...

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  36. BEQUEST TO LONDON HOSPITALS.

    LONDON, Friday.--The late Mr. Edmond Dresden, of 36 Curzon-street, Mayfair (Westminster), has bequeathed £250,000 to London hospitals. ...

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  37. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    News has been received by the Oroya that two Italians, well-known members of Mafia, were among the intending passengers from Naples for Australia, but were refused permission to ...

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  38. HENDERSON V. DANIELL.

    LONDON, Friday.--In the Privy Council appeal case of Henderson versus Daniell, judgment has been reserved. ...

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  39. THE COTTON MARKET.

    LONDON, Friday.--Another serious decline in the price of cotton has taken place in New York. A decline has simultaneously occurred in New ...

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  40. NEW BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED.

    LONDON, Friday.--The battleship New Zealand has been launched at Portsmouth. The construction of the Britannia is to be afterwards commenced. ...

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  41. QUEENSLAND.

    The Chief Engineer for Railways, Mr. Pagan, loaves Brisbane to-night for Rockhampton district to take over the remaining portion of the Gladstone- Rockhampton line from the ...

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  42. CANNING RABBITS.

    GERMANTON, Friday.--Negotiations are being entered into with a Melbourne firm for the erection of canning works in this district, as it is felt desirable that means of that kind, as ...

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  43. MILK-BLENDED BUTTER BILL.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Lord Onslow, President of the Board of Agriculture, has informed a deputation that the Government will re-introduce the Milk-blended Butter Bill. ...

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  44. DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--There is widepread organisation in Lancashire to relieve the distress occasioned by the cotton famine. ...

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