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  2. PERSONAL.

    The many Sydney friends of Mr. D. B. L. Hopkins, who acted as secretary to Rear-Admiral Bridge during his recent tenure of office in command of the Australian Auxiliary Squadron, will ...

    Article : 219 words
  3. THE SAMOAN TROUBLE.

    The German warship Falke, which returned to Sydney yesterday, brings the latest news of affairs at Samoa. The Falke was at Samoa for eight And a half months; in fact, daring the whole of ...

    Article : 848 words
  4. THE TRANSVAAL.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Replying to questions in the House of Commons as to the nature of the franchise concessions proposed by the Volks-read, Mr. Chamberlain said that it was ...

    Article : 242 words
  5. A TRAITOR PUNISHED.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The trial of Captain Decrion has been, concluded at the Paris Civil Tribunal. Decrion was charged with having denounced ...

    Article : 144 words
  6. THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 988 words
  7. COLONIAL PARLIAMENTS.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--In the Assembly this afternoon, the Treasurer stated that the Government are at present considering the advisability of erecting a lighthouse somewhere ...

    Article : 316 words
  8. SECOND EDITION.

    The G.P.O. authorities report the receipt of advice from Adelaide, dated Thursday, 2.50 a.m., stating that the overland wire from Part Darwin is interrupted at a point north of Powell Creek. ...

    Article : 38 words
  9. VICTORIA.

    At the City Court to-day, Anastasia Butler, on remand on a charge of having murdered her father at Mansfield, on April 2nd, was remanded to appear at the Mansfield Police Court on ...

    Article : 120 words
  10. FUNERAL OF MR. JOHN HUGHES JONES.

    The funeral of Mr. John Hughes Jones, lately foreman of Messrs. G. and C. Hoskins' foundry at Ultimo, and who died very suddenly, took place on Tuesday afternoon at the Church ...

    Article : 477 words
  11. BELGIAN NEUTRALITY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--General Briatmont, the eminent Belgian military engineer, and formerly Inspector-General of Fortifications, has declared that Great Britain's guarantee of the ...

    Article : 102 words
  12. GRAIN FREIGHTS.

    About thirty members of Parliament, constituting what is known as the country party, waited on the Premier to-day, with a request for the reduction of the railway grain freights. Mr. ...

    Article : 517 words
  13. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Wednesday.--The Legislative Assembly presented the Address-in-Reply, adopted tho previous night, to the Governor. Mr. James moved that early provision be made ...

    Article : 178 words
  14. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--There was a good demand at to-day's colonial wool sales, and all descriptions were firm. LONDON, Wednesday.--The following prices ...

    Article : 52 words
  15. SOUTH AFRICAN PRESS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Public opinion throughout South 'Africa continues to be strongly in favor of the Uitlanders' claims. All the newspapers published in South Africa ...

    Article : 76 words
  16. THE NEW JAGERSFONTEIN MINING DISASTER.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--It was reported recently that by a mining accident at the New Jagersfontein diamond mine. Orange Free State, Mr. Forsyth and ten Australians were ...

    Article : 48 words
  17. TASMANIA.

    HOBART, Wednesday.--Sir Edward Braddon delivered his financial statement in the House of Assembly to-night. There was almost a full attendance of members, and a large number of ...

    Article : 333 words
  18. PREPARING FOR WAR.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Immense quantities of warlike stores are being dispatched by the War Office to South Africa. The Admiralty has arranged to secure, it need ...

    Article : 140 words
  19. UGANDA.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, K.C.B., has been appointed British Commissioner for Uganda. Sir Harry Johnston has a brilliant record of ...

    Article : 42 words
  20. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    A table has been compiled by tho officers of the Postal Department showing the estimated cost, annual revenue, and other particulars of the proposed Pacific cable, and how the various ...

    Article : 402 words
  21. THE RAND GOLD OUTPUT.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The gold output from the Witwatersrand' for June was 445,763oz., a record for the field. ...

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  22. SALE OF WHEAT.

    LONDON. Wednesday.--The cargo of wheat by the Alexander Black has been sold at 29s 3d per quarter. ...

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  23. NEW SOUTH WALES FOOTBALLERS.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The New South Wales team to-day played the next fifteen of Queensland. The weather was showery, and the attendance small. Queensland won the toss, and ...

    Article : 423 words
  24. THE LINER PARIS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The American liner Paris, which recently went ashore at the Manacle Rooks, off the Cornwall coast, has been successfully refloated, the rocks having been blasted. ...

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  25. THE ORANGE DEMONSTRATION.

    The annual demonstration of Orangemen was held in the Town-hall to-night. Mr. S. Fraser, the grandmaster, presided, and the hall was crowded. Vigorous addresses in support of the ...

    Article : 79 words
  26. THE NEXT MATCH.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 772 words
  27. BRITISH SYMPATHY WITH THE BOERS

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--At a meeting of the "Liberal Forwards" in London, addressed by Mr. George W. E. Russell, late Liberal M.P. for North Beds, and formerly Under-Secretary ...

    Article : 60 words
  28. UNION BANK OF AUSTRALIA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Union Bank of Australia, Limited, has declared a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, the sum of £26,800 being carried forward. ...

    Article : 33 words
  29. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The steamlaunch Leveret has visited the wreck of the Loch Sloy, on the south-west coast of Kangaroo Island, on behalf of a salvage syndicate. A boat from the launch was rowed ...

    Article : 235 words
  30. TOD SLOAN AND THE PRINCE.

    Mr. James Todhunter Sloan, who may or may not ride the winner of the Derby--I am writing two days before the event--shares with his lively compatriot, "The Belle of New York," the ...

    Article : 623 words
  31. SHOP ASSISTANTS BILL.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The House of Lords, by 73 to 28, has passed the second reading of the Shop Assistants Bill. Lord Salisbury opposed the measure. ...

    Article : 31 words
  32. OBITUARY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The death is announced of the Duchess of Rutland. The Duchess of Rutland was the daughter of Mr. Thomas Hughan, of Airds, N.B., and was ...

    Article : 48 words
  33. CAPE LEADERS CONFER.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Mr. Schreiner, Premier of Cape Colony, and Mr. Hofmeyr, leaders of the Afrikander Bund, have had an interview with Sir Alfred Milner, the High ...

    Article : 37 words
  34. A POWDER MAGAZINE EXPLODES.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--An explosion has occurred in a powder magazine at Magato-land, Transvaal. Five Boer artillerymen were killed by the ...

    Article : 34 words
  35. STATEMENT BY THE VICTORIAN POSTMASTER-GENERAL.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Mr. Duffy (Post-master-General) to-night stated, in regard to the Pacific cable, that he quite agreed with Mr. Varney Parkes (New South Wales ...

    Article : 190 words
  36. AGENTS-GENERAL TO VISIT AMERICA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Dr. Cockburn (Agent-General for South Australia) and Mr. W. P. Reeves (Agent-General for New Zealand) have been instructed by their respective Governments to attend ...

    Article : 76 words
  37. AUSTRALIAN VOLUNTEERS.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--In connection with the offer of the Government to send 250 mounted infantry to the Transvaal, Lord Lamington has received the following cable from Mr. Chamberlain: ...

    Article : 142 words
  38. G.M.S. DARMSTADT AT FREMANTLE.

    FREMANTLE, Wednesday.--The German mail, steamer Darmstadt arrived here from Bremen via ports, last night, shortly before midnight. She was 24 hours late, being delayed by heavy ...

    Article : 189 words
  39. THE EDINA-EXCELSIOR COLLISION.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--So far as the Edina-Excelsior collision is concerned, the most seriously injured passengers are progressing favorably. It transpires that Dr. Wilson's injuries are ...

    Article : 201 words
  40. QUEENSLAND.

    The writ for the South Brisbane election has been issued. The polling will be on Saturday week. Mr. Pilcher arrived to-day from Sydney. He ...

    Article : 142 words
  41. REPRESENTATION ON THE BOARD.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Mr. Dickson has received a wire from the New South Wales Premier, announcing the result of the recent Pacific Cable Conference. Mr. Dickson replied to Mr. Reid ...

    Article : 68 words
  42. NOTES.

    Some interesting comments on the first test match appear in the London "Morning Leader" of June 5. "I have no hesitation," observes the writer, in saying that in the first test match ...

    Article : 1,493 words
  43. M. PAUL DEROULEDE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--M. Paul Doroulede, the Anti-Revisionist, and loader of the League of Patriots, denies that he is a Royalist agent. It was stated by the Prefect of Police in Paris ...

    Article : 53 words
  44. TO THE EDITOR.

    Sir,--In your issue of the 12th inst. appears a statement by the Postmaster-General, the Hon. Varney Parkes, re the Pacific cable, in which he estimates the annual charges at £253,000, and that ...

    Article : 241 words
  45. WEST AUSTRALIAN GOLD-FIELDS.

    KALGOORLIE, Wednesday.--The official figures are not yet available for the Kalgoorlie output, but it is estimated that the return will be oven 80.000oz. for the mouth. It is estimated that it ...

    Article : 252 words
  46. BANQUET TO MR. AND MRS. BARTON.

    HAY, Wednesday.--Mr. Edmund Barton and Mrs. Barton were entertained last night by the Hay Federal Association and the Hay Women's Federal League at a banquet at Tattersall's Hotel, ...

    Article : 202 words
  47. CONDITION OF THE INJURED.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday Night.--Latest developments in the case of Dr. Wilson, headmaster of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Brighton who was injured on the Elcelsior yesterday, are of ...

    Article : 215 words
  48. THE SERVIAN CRISIS

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Searching investigations are being made by the Servian police into the circumstances attending the recent attempt to assassinate ex-King Milan of Servia. ...

    Article : 63 words
  49. SAILS FOR WARSHIPS.

    Who would have dared to prophesy (says the "Sketch") that torpedo boat destroyers--those "ugly and devilish craft," as Mr. Goschen called them the other day--would ever be provided with ...

    Article : 189 words
  50. THE WESTERN COLLIERIES STRIKE.

    LITHGOW, Wednesday.--No word has yet been received here regarding the proposed conference to deal with the miners' strike. The men have selected delegates for the conference, consisting ...

    Article : 131 words
  51. THE AUSTRALIAN BOWLERS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Australian bowlers, who are at present visiting England, played a match yesterday on the Southampton green against the Hampshire County Club. The home team ...

    Article : 40 words
  52. NEW ZEALAND.

    About 31,000 rainbow trout have been shipped to Sydney, to the order of the Fisheries Department of New South Wales. The well-known racehorse Fabulist is dead. ...

    Article : 31 words
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