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  2. FEDERATION.

    As soon as the holidays are over a vigorous campaign is to be undertaken against the Convention Bill. There will be six weeks within which to educate the people on the folly of ...

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  3. DEEP SEA TRAWLING.

    A compulsory residence at Lord Howe Island does not at first sight recommend itself as a pleasant experience. In spite, however, of an enforced stay of ten days on a comparatively ...

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  4. AMERICA AND SPAIN.

    LONDON, Sunday.--Renter's Agency reports that the Spanish Government have yielded to pressure brought to hear by the Pope and the Powers, and conceded an ...

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  5. THE SOUDAN WAR.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Accounts have been received from the Soudan of a great battle which took place yesterday between the joint British and Egyptian army under ...

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  6. THE EASTER ENCAMPMENT.

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  7. SECOND EDITION.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The Americans greatly appreciate the tact displayed by Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Minister, and five other European ambassadors at ...

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  8. SPANISH NAVAL ACTIVITY.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Fifteen Spanish men-of-war have been ordered to the Cape Verde Islands, about 300 miles from the West African coast. ...

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  9. ADVICE TO AN AMERICAN CAPTAIN.

    WELLINGTON, Sunday.--Before the American barquentine Abiel Abbott sailed for New York on Saturday, the captain wired for instructions in view of the strained relations existing ...

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  10. NEWCASTLE NEWS.

    A telegraph operator named Walter Williams made a murderous attack upon two of his children at Wickham on Saturday morning, and one of the little ones now lies in a dangerous condition ...

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  11. AMERICAN INTERFERENCE DISCOUNTENANCED.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Mr. Edward J. Phelps, formerly American Minister in London, states that the rebellion in Cuba would have long since ended if America had ...

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  12. IN THE EAST.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The British War Office has decided to fortify the port of Wei-hai-Wei, and is shipping large quantities of shells. ...

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  13. LABOR MEETING AT LEICHHARDT.

    An open-air meeting was held at the corner or Parramatta-road and Norton-street, Leichhardt, on Saturday evening, under the auspices of the Leichhardt Political Labor League, the executive ...

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  14. RUSSIA AND GREAT BRITAIN.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The Russian press is much less hostile to Great Britain. It is considered that the present tone of ...

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  15. THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS' ASSOCIATION.

    BRISBANE, Sunday.--At the annual conference of delegates of the United Commercial Travellers' Association, Mr. Ralph, of South Australia, moved that a special effort be made by ...

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  16. THE SOUDAN BATTLE.

    LONDON, Sunday.--In the battle which took place between the British and Egyptian forces and the Dervish army, in the Soudan, 12 important Emiras were killed, including ...

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  17. THE WALLSEND EISTEDDFOD.

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  18. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Signor Pauizzardi and Herr Schwarzkoppen, Italian and German military attaches, declare that Captain Dreyfus is innocent of the ...

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  19. (FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.)

    ROOKWOOD, Sunday.--If the present concentration of troops at Rookwood serves no other purpose, it will show to future Generals the absurdity of running such concerns on a ...

    Article : 494 words
  20. THE FINANCIAL QUESTION.

    Sir,--Your "reply" to my letter relating to tariff and the finances of the Commonwealth calls for a few remarks. By your silence on this point, I presume you ...

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  21. THE OFFICERS KIDDED.

    The late Captain Beauchamp Colclough Urquhart had seen much Egyptian service. He was with the Cameron Highlanders throughout the Egyptian war of 1882, from the landing at ...

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  22. THE COLLIERY TROUBLE.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--There is every appearance of the Welsh colliery trouble extending. Scottish miners now demand an advance ...

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  23. THE STRANDING OF THE CHINA.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Right Rev. Cecil Wilson, Bishop of Melanesia, who was one of the passengers by the steamer China, was interviewed on arrival in London with ...

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  24. BILLIARDS IN ENGLAND.

    LONDON, Sunday.--The billiard match between F. Weiss, the Australian champion, and C. Dawson, the well-known English player, was brought to a close yesterday. ...

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  25. SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICE.

    The Railway Commissioners have made ample arrangements for the carrying of passengers to and from the military encampment at Rookwood to-day. Between 8.30 a.m. and 3 p.m. a ...

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  26. THE POWERS AND CHINA.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Chinese Government have voluntarily declared Wusung, 11 miles north of Shanghai, to be a treaty port, in the hope that Great Britain ...

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  27. COLLISION IN THE HARBOR.

    On Friday night a collision took place in Newcastle Harbor between the British iron ship Four Winds, which had just arrived from Rio Janeiro, and the American wooden barque Empire, which ...

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  28. HOUSEBREAKING AT DARLINGHURST.

    An extensive robbery was effected on Friday night at the residence of Mr. Robert Henry (of Henry's Dramatic Company), at 86 Surry-street, Darlinghurst. The house was apparently ...

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  29. BIG FIRE AT COOLGARDIE.

    COOLGARDIE, Sunday.--Another disastrous fire occurred at Coolgardie this morning, doing damage estimated at £5000. At 3 o'clock flames were observed issuing from the premises of J. ...

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  30. M. ZOLA.

    LONDON, Saturday.--A court-martial was recently summoned by General Billot, the French Minister for War, to decide upon the action to be taken with reference to the ...

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  31. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The death is announced to-day of Mr. Hamar Alfred Bass, Liberal Unionist M.P. for West Staffordshire, aged 56, and a director of the famous brewing company of ...

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  32. SHIPPING ITEMS.

    Among the recent arrivals at Newcastle are the barque Four Winds, from Rio Janeiro; the barques Columbus, H. C. Richards, Woodburn, and Ancon, from Delagoa Bay, Launceston, Table ...

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  33. NEW ZEALAND.

    DUNEDIN, Sunday.--The steamer Tekoa, which has arrived at Port Chalmers from London, reports that during a heavy gale a fire was discovered in the hold. The flames were extinguished ...

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  34. DESTRUCTIVE HURRICANE IN THE WEST.

    PERTH, Sunday.--Roebourne reports that a messenger from Ballaballa brought news of the almost total destruction of that township by the hurricane which played such havoc at Cossack ...

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  35. THE QUEEN AND PRESIDENT FAURE.

    LONDON, Saturday.--The Queen, who is now on her annual visit to the south of France, has presented to President Faure a portrait of herself by Herr Angell, the well-known Austrian artist, ...

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  36. SURPLUS OF £470,000.

    WELLINGTON, Sunday.--The Minister for Lands, speaking at Invercargill, announced that the Government would have a surplus of £470,000 at least, and perhaps £195,000. The revenue ...

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  37. FIRE AT FITZROY.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A disastrous fire broke out early on Saturday morning at promises occupied by the Concentrated Milk Company in Young-street, Fitzroy. When the firemen arrived on the ...

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  38. A SUSPICIOUS DEATH.

    MUDGEE, Saturday.--Circumstances have arisen in connection with the death of James Reeves at Grattan on Thursday last, creating a strong suspicion that he was murdered. Reeves, who ...

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  39. A DISASTROUS SNOWSLIDE.

    LONDON, Saturday.--Over 100 travellers have been killed by a snowslide which occurred on the Dyea trail, one of the routes to the Klondyke goldfields. ...

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  40. LATE SHIPPING.

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  41. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.--This year, owing to the drought, the railway wool traffic totals only 260,000 bales, a diminution of 40,000 bales on the yearly average. The railway freight on these ...

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  42. MINERS' PERMANENT RELIEF FUND.

    The Mayor of Stockton has received from Mr. Sydney Smith, Minister for Mines, a letter in which he writes;--"I am in receipt of your letter of the 4th inst., inviting me to meet the Mayors ...

    Article : 127 words
  43. A MODERN SCIENCE.

    The development of the science of measuring defective vision for spectacles is evidently becoming popular, by the busy appearance of Mr. Barraclough's consulting rooms, 371 George-st.--Adv. ...

    Article : 33 words
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