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  2. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS.

    A little preliminary business having been transacted in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, and the report of the select committee on the advance to Mr. Neild having been presented and read, the ...

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  3. THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

    The debate on the want-of-confidence motion moved by Mr. Lyne in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, will, it is generally believed, go over into next week. It is indeed, thought that the ...

    Article : 491 words
  4. STREET FLOWER-SELLERS FINED.

    The City Council has at last been obliged to take stops to abate the nuisance which has grown up in connection with street flower-selling. The Mayor some time ago gave the vendors an ...

    Article : 288 words
  5. THE TRANSVAAL.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Afrikanders in Cape Colony are organising a women's petition to the Queen, praying her to exert her influence in favor of peace. ...

    Article : 172 words
  6. THE DREYFUS TRIAL.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Colonel Cordler, formerly Chief of the Intelligence Department of the French War Office, has given evidence strongly in favor of Dreyfus before the ...

    Article : 125 words
  7. SECOND EDITION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 274 words
  8. THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 402 words
  9. NEW JAPANESE CUSTOMS LAW.

    The new Japanese Customs law, which has recently been brought into operation, is another instance of the advancement of the Jap. The revision has followed closely on the lines of ...

    Article : 232 words
  10. GORE HILL TRAMWAY.

    The long-deferred work of extending the North Shore electric tramway system from Crow's Nest to Gore-hill was put in hand a day or two ago, a large gang of men making a start at the Gore-hill ...

    Article : 177 words
  11. FOREIGN MONEY FOR DREYFUS.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Acting under the direction of the Government, the Public Prosecutor at the Rennes trial has asked the Court to examine Colonel de Paty de Clam, who has so ...

    Article : 213 words
  12. A NEW CITY POST-OFFICE.

    The Postal Department notifies that from the 1st proximo a branch post, telegraph, money order, and Government Savings Bank office will be established, in Queen Victoria Markets, corner ...

    Article : 117 words
  13. LADIES AND CHURCH GOING.

    Preaching the other evening at a special service at St. Thomas' Church of England, North Sydney, the Rev. W. I. Carr-Smith said that during the recent period of wet weather the churches had ...

    Article : 549 words
  14. AT DELAGOA BAY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The British third-class cruiser Tartar, Commander John T. White, lies in Delagoa Bay, near the detained cargoes of arms and ammunition. ...

    Article : 73 words
  15. UNIFORM MINING REPORTS.

    The Minister for Mines has been looking into the various forms of reports and others matters in connection with the working of coal mines under the Coal Minos Regulation Act of 1896, ...

    Article : 122 words
  16. VICTORIA.

    Mr. Sherrard, secretary of the Victorian commission, Greater Britain Exhibition, returned to Melbourne this morning. He states that the display at Earl's Court would greatly benefit the ...

    Article : 446 words
  17. ATTITUDE OF GERMANY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Several of the semiofficial German newspapers publish inspired articles dealing with the Transvaal difficulty. The writers scornfully describe President Kruger's ...

    Article : 95 words
  18. TRAIN SERVICE ON THE COOMA LINE.

    Mr. Henry Clarke, M.P., wailed upon the Railway Commissioners yesterday morning and asked that the train service on the Cooma line might be accelerated. He suggested that the Cooma train ...

    Article : 152 words
  19. FEDERATION.

    Mr. Barton left for Brisbane last evening in fulfilment of a promise made a little time ago to speak on the Federal question. He will deliver an address in Brisbane to-morrow night, ...

    Article : 353 words
  20. COLLAPSE OF A ROOF.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The girders of an unfinished roof of the Colosseum building, Chicago, fell yesterday. Fifteen persons were killed, and 12 others ...

    Article : 35 words
  21. NOTES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 494 words
  22. A SYDNEY HARBOR BRIDGE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Messrs. Punchard, M'Taggart, Lowther, and Co., engineers and contractors for public works, of Cannon-street, London, have entered into negotiations for the ...

    Article : 37 words
  23. THE WEATHER.

    The bright, pleasant weather continued throughout the colony yesterday. Temperatures show a steady rise, and at some of the northern stations readings as high as 86 degrees have been ...

    Article : 52 words
  24. MR. REITZ'S REPLY.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The declaration made by Mr. Reitz, the Boer Secretary of State, in reply to Mr. Chamberlain's mailed dispatch to the effect that the Transvaal would make ...

    Article : 47 words
  25. QUEENSLAND.

    The Chief Secretary has received information from the New South Wales Government that the members of the Royal Commission on tuberculosis are about to visit Queensland. ...

    Article : 114 words
  26. THE WARSHIPS.

    H.M.S. Mildura left Wellington yesterday for Harelock, with his Excellency the Governor of New Zealand on board. She returns to Wellington to-morrow. The Ringdove is still on the New ...

    Article : 79 words
  27. THE TEKOA WRECK.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--A vessel reports having passed the Tekos's lifeboat. The boat was empty. ...

    Article : 24 words
  28. TO-DAY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 116 words
  29. THE MAIL STEAMERS

    The Qrient Company's R.M.S. Orotava left Melbourne yesterday afternoon for Sydney, clearing Port Phillip Heads at 6.15 p.m. She is due here to-morrow morning, and will be ...

    Article : 340 words
  30. THE INSURANCES.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--It is roughly calculated that the insurances on the Tekoa's cargo amount to £70,000. The practice has grown up recently amongst a certain section ...

    Article : 67 words
  31. INSPECTORS OF MEAT.

    The Government intend to extend the operations of inspectors of meat to Ipswich, Toowoomba, Maryborough, Bundaberg, Gympie, Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Clermont, Charters ...

    Article : 87 words
  32. A DEMOCRATIC ADVANCE.

    Ono man one vote became law in Victoria today, but does not come into actual operation till the end of the present Parliament. The Federal elections will be conducted under this Act. ...

    Article : 36 words
  33. THE WEST AUSTRALIAN INQUIRY.

    PERTH, Wednesday.--Before the Select Federal Committee, Mr. Pearee, boot manufacturer, and Mr. Ross, jam manufacturer, both stated that intercolonial freetrade would be injurious to the ...

    Article : 49 words
  34. RUSSIA AND BRITAIN.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--For some time correspondence has been proceeding between the British and Russian Governments with regard to the long- standing claim of Messrs. Jardine ...

    Article : 69 words
  35. PERSONAL.

    The Rev. P. F. Mackenzie, of Annandale, writes pointing out that the statue erected in Wynyard-square to the memory of the late Dr. Lang was unveiled by Mrs. Lang, and not by Lord ...

    Article : 147 words
  36. THE STEAMER DARIUS.

    The agents for the steamer Darius, about which anxiety was felt, received tho following cable to-night:--"Darius has been spoken in latitude 4deg. north, long. 80deg. east, about 180 miles ...

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  37. REBATE ON CIGARS.

    A deputation of cigar manufacturers waited on the treasurer to-day to ask for a reduction of the excise on cigars manufactured in the colony. Mr. Philp said he would allow a rebate on stocks ...

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  38. MDLLE. TREBELLI.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Mdlle. Trebelli arrived to-day from Tasmania, looking extremely well. Three years' hard work in America has not dimmed her powers of song, but ...

    Article : 361 words
  39. THE RIGHTS OF WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Wednesday.--The "Herald" suggests that after the Federal Committee puts into concrete form the amendments, if any, which are considered desirable, a meeting of Premiers ...

    Article : 103 words
  40. THE SHEEPBREEDERS' ASSOCIATION.

    At a meeting of the Sheepbreeders' Association to-night, in order that New South Wales exhibitors might have a fair chance, it was decided that the shearing date for fed classed be ...

    Article : 78 words
  41. THE SIEGE OF M. GUERIN.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The siege of M. Guerin and his band of anti-Semites continues. The garrison has secured a new supply of fresh water, owing to a recent heavy fall of rain. ...

    Article : 94 words
  42. TASMANIA.

    At the Criminal Sittings held to-day before Mr. Justice Clark, William Henry Wade, alias Thomas Walter, pleaded guilty to a charge of forgery and uttering, and was sentenced to 12 ...

    Article : 51 words
  43. QUEENSLAND FEELING.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Big federal and Anti-Bill demonstrations respectively take place on Friday night. It is generally expected that North Queensland wilt poll heavily for ...

    Article : 58 words
  44. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Governor will leave the colony for a few weeks after the session for the purpose of visiting his property in Australia. He expects to get away during November. There is no truth in the ...

    Article : 138 words
  45. ENGLISH CHURCH UNION.

    The annual meeting of the New South Wales branch of the English Church Union was held lost night in St. James' Parish-hall, Phillip-street, the chairman (Mr. H. Tennent Donaldson) ...

    Article : 455 words
  46. THE NEW ZEALAND MOVEMENT.

    WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--At an Invercargill meeting a branch of the Australasian Federation League was formed. It was resolved to take vigorous steps to disseminate information and ...

    Article : 53 words
  47. EXPORT OF SPECIE.

    The R.M.S. Mariposa, which sailed yesterday for San Francisco, took away £180,000 in specie shipments, as under:--Bank of Australasia, £100,000; Queensland National Bank, £50,000; ...

    Article : 35 words
  48. PROPOSED GUYRA TO COFF'S HARBOR RAILWAY.

    BELLINGEN, Wednesday.--A largely-signed petition has been forwarded to Mr. M'Laughlln, M.P., with regard to the proposed inland railway from Guyra to Coif's Harbor and South ...

    Article : 189 words
  49. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Spain has demanded from Portugal compensation because a Spanish soldier, who was engaged on the frontier in forming a sanitary cordon to prevent ...

    Article : 42 words
  50. TRADE WITH JAPAN.

    That trade with Japan is increasing was shown yesterday by the large cargo taken away by the Japanese mail steamer Yawata Maru. Included in the manifest were 40 tons sugar, 50 tons flour, ...

    Article : 77 words
  51. FILIPINOS FOR QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The Government has received information that the steamer Changsha, from Hongkong, landed at Thursday Island on Saturday last 72 Fillppinos, who were under ...

    Article : 92 words
  52. ACCIDENTS TO WORKMEN.

    A press cable from London was published recently, stating that since the Workers Compensation for Accident Act had been in force in England there bad been a marked increase in the number ...

    Article : 132 words
  53. SHIPPING CASUALTIES.

    The Archer yesterday brought news of the loss of the mission schooner Logan at the Caroline Islands. No lives were lost. The Victorian Government steamer Lady Loch returned to ...

    Article : 96 words
  54. ACCIDENT TO THE ARMADALE.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The barque Armadale has put into Capetown on account of her cargo shifting. The Armadale left Baltimore (U.S.A.) on July ...

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  55. AN IMPORTANT LAND CASE.

    TENTERFIELD, Wednesday.--The Land Board held a day's sitting yesterday, before Messrs. F. G. Finley, J. Whereat, Fitzhardinge, when 22 applications were dealt with. In the case of ...

    Article : 151 words
  56. LITHGOW MINERS' STRIKE.

    LITHGOW, Wednesday.--A further sum of over £50 was received to-day in aid of the miners' strike fund, the principal portion coming from Sydney, including a contribution from the United ...

    Article : 165 words
  57. NERVOUS ABOUT MICROBES.

    A Parisian who was lately travelling by train refused to show his ticket to a travelling inspector of tho company. The passenger was summoned by the company. He argued, however, ...

    Article : 151 words
  58. ADELAIDE ART GALLERY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Miss Mary Gow has been commissioned to paint a picture for the Adelaide National Art Gallery. ...

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  59. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    This morning early a constable found a China[?]aian under Morphett-street bridge with his throat cut. He was removed to the hospital, but was unable to give particulars as to how the wound ...

    Article : 71 words
  60. FROM THE ISLANDS.

    After a three-months' cruise among the Pacific Islands, the steamer Archer returned to Sydney yesterday morning, and reported an uneventful trip. The Archer proceeded from Sydney on May ...

    Article : 139 words
  61. SALES OF TALLOW.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--At the weekly sales of Australasian tallow to-day, 1225 casks wore offered and 950 casks sold. Prices of all kinds remain unchanged. ...

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  62. THE PRICE OF SILVER.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Bar silver is now quoted at 2s 3 3-16d per ounce standard. ...

    Article : 18 words
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