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  2. NOTES OF THE DAY.

    "I must have liberty Withal, as large a charter as the wind, To blow on whom I please." -- AS YOU LIKE IT. ...

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  3. ALDERMAN MATTHEW HARRIS , ELECTED MAYOR OF SIDNEY.

    As was pretty generally anticipated, Alderman Harris, M.P., was unanimously re-elected Mayor of Sydney for 1899. Following the usual custom, the election was conducted in private, at which ...

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  4. WRECK OF A LINER.

    LONDON, Friday. -- The steamer Vedamore, of Liverpool, has arrived at Baltimore, with 45 persons rescued from the wreck of the liner Londonian. ...

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  5. BRITAIN AND FRANCE.

    LONDON, Thursday Night. -- Replying to the French expression of surprise and resentment, "The Times" assigns a reason for the sensational utterances of Sir Edmund ...

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  6. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    LONDON, Friday. -- In the absence of adequate documents relative to the Dreyfus case, the Court of Cassation in Paris has demanded possession of the "dossier," or ...

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  7. MR. M'MILLAN BACK.

    Mr. W. M'Millan, the late member for Burwood, returned from England yesterday. Mr. M'Millan is stouter and ruddier for the trip. When he left Sydney the country was on the ...

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  8. ISLAND NEWS.

    The Island steamer Taviuni reached Sydney early yesterday from the Islands. Samoan news by the steamer states that the chiefs supporting Mataafa had notified the Chief Justice that they had ...

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  9. WHO GETS THE FINE?

    Recently the Waverley Council has, through its officers, been particularly active in detecting those milk vendors who "break down" the rich milk produced in that salubrious district by the ...

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  10. HORSE AGAINST MAN.

    No show is so attractive as a free one. Between 1 and 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon Queen's-square was invaded and blocked by 7000 or 8000 people, pulling and pushing, objurgating ...

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  11. ADMINISTRATION OF THE HEALTH ACT.

    The Waverley Council is in a fix about the Health Act. The officers of the council have been devoting a considerable amount of their time and energies to the proper administration of the Act, ...

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  12. VINE DISEASES ACT.

    Vinegrowers are under the impression that the Agricultural Department is treating them somewhat harshly in regard to the action considered necessary to eradicate phylloxera in New South ...

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  13. MARCHAND TO MARCH.

    LONDON, Thursday Night. -- Major Marchand, together with the French officers and Sengalese troops under his command, will leave Fashoda next week. ...

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  14. THE CONTROL OF CRETE.

    LONDON, Friday. -- Great interest attaches to a Blue Book, which has just been issued by the Government. The documents thus gathered together, ...

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  15. THE MARCH OF CIVILISATION.

    An aboriginal, who has evidently made great progress in his studies of the colonial "flashman," is, according to the report of the manager of an out-station of the Aborigines' Protection Society, ...

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  16. EXPORT OF DRIED APRICOTS.

    A large surplus of apricots is now being produced in Australia. The principal supply is from Mildura, where the dried apricot industry is attaining considerable dimensions, but it is ...

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  17. BRITISH FOREIGN POLICY.

    LONDON, Friday. -- Reference to the relations between Great Britain and France was made in the course of a speech at Wakefield last night by Mr. Joseph ...

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  18. FLOATING THE HEREWARD.

    Another unsuccessful attempt was yesterday added to the many that have been made to float the stranded vessel Hereward from the beach at Maroubra Bay. For some months past efforts ...

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  19. WORK AT DARLING ISLAND.

    The work done by contract at Darling Island in connection with the railway construction branch has consisted of a cutting through Union and Murray streets, a steel and concrete bridge to ...

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  20. THE AFFRIGHTED MOSLEMS.

    LONDON, Friday. -- Sir Alfred Billotti, the British Consul-General in Crete, has refused to accept the petition in which the Moslem inhabitants ask the Queen of England to ...

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  21. THE DROUGHT AND THE CROPS.

    It is gratifying to learn from the Railway Department that reports received from officers in the northern, western, and southern districts with regard to the effect of the recent hot weather on ...

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  22. OUTRAGES IN IRELAND.

    LONDON, Thursday Night. -- A number of agrarian outrages have been perpetrated in Ireland during the past few weeks. There has been a revival of rick-burning, ...

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  23. THE CHINESE SITUATION.

    LONDON, Thursday Night. -- The Dowager Empress of China is taking every step to secure the punishment of Kang-yu-Wei, the fugitive member of the Council of State, ...

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  24. THE WEATHER.

    Fine and dry, but comparatively coot, weather prevailed throughout the colony yesterday. Temperatures were from 20 to 30 degrees lower than at the beginning of the week. Winds were ...

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  25. DAY LABOR AT THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.

    The Minister for Works is in receipt of a report giving the result to date of the alterations that are being carried out at the General Post-office by day labor. The report is satisfactory. It ...

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  26. THE WARSHIPS.

    H.M.S. Dart returned to Cooktown from a surveying cruise in Torres Straits on Thursday. She is to come cm to Sydney. News by the Island steamer Taviuni states that H.M.S. Penguin sailed ...

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  27. MILLIONAIRE TYSON.

    A number of the relatives of the late Mr. James Tyson came to Sydney yesterday. Many of them had not seen each other for a long time. In some eases it was nearly 40 years since they last met. ...

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  28. QUEENSLAND ENTERPRISE.

    LONDON, Thursday Night. -- The Queensland Government is exhibiting cereals, sugar, and dairy products at the Smithfield cattle show in the Agricultural Hall, Islington. ...

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  29. INTERNATIONAL CODE VOCABULARY.

    The new enlarged edition of the Official Code Vocabulary will shortly be ready, and promises to reach very considerable proportions. The time has arrived, therefore, to make the ...

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  30. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The Orient Company's R.M.S. Ophir arrived yesterday morning from London via ports, and moored in Neutral Bay, passengers being landed at the Quay by steam tender. Amongst the ...

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  31. COLONIAL PARLIAMENTS.

    The Council agreed to go into committee on the Export of Produce Bill, but adjourned the further consideration to see the amendments of the Select Committee in the bill. The Meat Supervision Bill ...

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  32. AMERICAN EXPANSION.

    LONDON, Thursday Night. -- Mr. Grover-Cleveland, formerly President of the United States, has been interviewed with reference to the American acquisition of Puerto Rico, ...

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  33. STOCK RETURNS.

    A deputation from the Stockowners' Association of New South Wales, consisting of Mr. G. H. Cox, M.L.C., Mr. F. B. Suttor, M.P., and Messrs. W. P. Jaques, J. B. Christian, and A. W. Pearse, ...

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  34. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    LONDON, Thursday Night. -- It is believed that the Belgica, the steamer in which the Belgian expedition sailed under Lieutenant de Gerlache sailed for the Antarctic, is ...

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  35. THE NEW UNION LINER.

    The palatial liner Mokoia, the latest addition to the Union Steamship Company's fleet, docks to-day for cleaning and painting. On Monday next she will be taken to a berth on the east side ...

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  36. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 144 words
  37. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Thursday Night. -- The Queen has subscribed the sum of £250 to the fund for the establishment of the Gordon Memorial College, at Khartoum. ...

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  38. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Friday. -- The Legislative Assembly, sat till midnight on Thursday, and completed the committee stage of the Health Bill. A long discussion took place this afternoon ...

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  39. MUNICIPAL ROLLS.

    The vague and indefinite language in which the Municipalities Act is framed has from the passing of the measure been responsible for doubts and disputes, and will apparently continue to puzzle ...

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  40. FAST PASSAGE OF THE FRENCH MAILBOAT.

    A flying trip of 35 hours from Melbourne anchorage to the Sydney anchorage brought the M. M. liner Armand Behic into port yesterday afternoon much sooner than anticipated. The ...

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  41. PATTISON'S, LIMITED.

    LONDON, Friday. -- Pattison's, Limited, the well-known Scotch whisky distillers, of Leith, who were known to be in difficulties, have suspended. ...

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  42. MATCH BETWEEN PUGILISTS.

    LONDON, Friday. -- The American pugilists Sharkey and M'Coy have been matched to fight for 1000 dollars (£200) in January. ...

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  43. PLAGUE AT MADAGASCAR.

    LONDON, Friday. -- The death of a European from plague has occurred at Tamatave, the principal seaport of Madagascar. ...

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  44. EXPORT OF BUTTER.

    The steamer Australasian, of the Aberdeen White Star line, which sailed yesterday for London and Capetown via ports, took away 1623 boxes of butter, the shippers being as follow: -- For ...

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  45. SUNDAY SERVICES.

    On Sunday evening the Rev. E. Tremayne Dunstan will deliver a special address at the Pitt-street Congregational Church on "The Cardinal as a Critic," in which he will reply to statements ...

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  46. BARON DHANIS.

    LONDON, Friday. -- It is rumored that a native in the interior of the Congo has killed Baron Dhanis, the Belgian officer who has for some years past been engaged in military expeditions against ...

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  47. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Friday. -- In the Legislative Assembly, the Estimates were further considered, and all the items of the Lands Deportment were passed. ...

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