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  2. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Friday.--All residents on the Cape Peninsula (within the entrenched screen which has been thrown across the neck from False to Table Bays), with the ...

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  3. BRITISH TRADE.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Lord Rosebery, speaking last night at a meeting of the Wolverhampton Chamber of Commerce, discussed the question of the commercial contests ...

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  4. CHINA.

    LONDON, Thursday.--When the Joint Note, setting forth the proposed terms of peace, was sighed by the Chinese Envoys, Prince Ching fetched the Grand Imperial ...

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  5. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Mr. Barton, when seen by a representative of this paper yesterday, said that he had not yet completed his negotiations in connection with the portfolio for defence in the Federal Ministry. ...

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  6. VICTORIAN COMMENTS.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--The "Argus" this morning does not commit itself to a final judgment on Mr. Barton's Maitland utterances. It says that the raising of revenue through the ...

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  7. INDIAN TROOPS LAUDED.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Military writers in Pekin fare enthusiastic in their praises of the Indian troops in comparison with the Europeans now on active service in China. ...

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  8. MURDER IN A RAILWAY TRAIN.

    LONDON, Friday--A man named Hill who has been a British soldier, yesterday shot and killed an elderly farmer named Pearson in a lavatory compartment on a London ...

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  9. THE NEW ADMIRAL

    Rear-Admiral Lewis Anthony Beaumont, the new Commander-in-Chief of the Australian station, in succession to Rear-Admiral Pearson, arrived in Sydney yesterday morning by the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. POLICY REGARDED AS VAGUE.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--Without waiting for details of the Federal Government's fiscal proposals, leading protectionists, here have already rushed forward to declare it a scientific policy. ...

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  11. TROUBLESOME VENEZUELA.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Venezuela asphalt concessionaires are trying to oust the American concessionaires, and are utilising the revolutionary movement for the purpose. ...

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  12. MODERATE PROTECTION.

    "I consider the speech, on the whole, very satisfactory," said Mr. C. E. Ludowici. "It is a clear statement, and foreshadows a policy of moderate protection, which must ...

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  13. A Y.M.C.A. TENT IN CAMP.

    The Sydney Y.M.C.A. is again to the fore in a practical work among the troops that are now being enrolled for the South African Contingent. They have obtained the necessary permission' from ...

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  14. THE NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--A special session of the Newfoundland Parliament is to be held to renew the modus vivendi with France in connection with the vexed question of the ...

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  15. NATAL THREATENED.

    LONDON, Friday.--Two of the largest of the Boer commandoes are stationed at Roosenkraal, in the north-eastern Transvaal, and on the western Magaliesberg. ...

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  16. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Sixteen thousand Spanish soldiers who deserted during the war with the United States have been pardoned on the occasion of the marriage of the ...

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  17. VICTORIAN FORCE DOUBLED.

    MELBOURNE, Friday.--The whole of the officers for the Victorian contingent have now been appointed, and really good, training is going on at the camp at Longwarren. Victoria recently ...

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  18. A BIG EMBEZZLER.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Cornelius L. J. Alvord, the cashier of the First National Bank, New York, was tried yesterday. He admitted the embezzlement of 696,000 dollars. He was ...

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  19. A TASMANIAN OPINION.

    LAUNCESTON, Friday.--The Launceston "Daily Telegraph" describes Mr. Barton's speech as the announcement of a sound, safe, courageous, and liberal policy such policy in short ...

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  20. OPENING UP EAST AFRICA.

    LONDON, Friday.--British capitalists are financing a French concession for the Jibutil-Adisa-beda railway, with a right to continue it to Whitrit. ...

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  21. BOER PEACE DELEGATES.

    LONDON. Friday.--William Steyn, a Boer pence delegate, who was deputed to interview the Boers at Standerton, has been arrested and sent to Piet Relief, an important ...

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  22. IN REPLY TO MR. REID.

    HOBART, Friday.--Mr. Mauger, M.P., secretary of the Victorian Protection League, and by a peculiar coincidence, chairman of the Anti-sweating League--a body which shows how ...

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  23. DR. CREIGHTON'S FUNERAL.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Temple, conducted the service at the burial of the late Bishop of London, Dr. Creighton. ...

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  24. THE GLASGOW EXHIBITION.

    LONDON, Friday.--Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales will open the Glasgow Exhibition on May 7. Arrangements have been completed so that the ...

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  25. LABOR LEAGUE POLICY.

    BULLI, Friday.--Mr. Arthur Griffith addressed a large meeting at the Woonona Music-hall, to urge the return of a Labor League candidate to the Federal Parliament. Mr. D. Ritchie, the ...

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  26. A FREETRADE VIEW.

    Mr. F. E. M'Lean, a prominent member of the Federal Freetrade and Liberal Council, yesterday made the following statement:--"I have read the report of Mr. Barton's speech, ...

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  27. AN AMERICAN ARBITRATOR.

    LONDON, Friday.--Mr. J. H. Choale, the United States Ambassador in London, has agreed to arbitrate between Great Britain and China in the Kow-shlng case. ...

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  28. DUBLIN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Despite the virulent campaign conducted by the United Irish League, of which Mr. W. O'Brien is president, several loyalists have been re-elected for the ...

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  29. IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    LONDON, Friday.--The British troops who were recently taken prisoners by the Boers at Helvetia, and Belfast, on the Lydenburg and Delagoa Bay lines respectively, have ...

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  30. TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF MONARCHY.

    LONDON, Friday.--The kingdom of Prussia is celebrating the bi-centenary of the establishment of the Prussian monarchy. ...

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  31. TRANSPORT OF SOUTH AUSTRALIANS. ADELAIDE, Friday.--Sir William Lyne has informed Mr. Holder, that he has heard nothing

    from the imperial authorities with respect to the transport for contingent, but has advised him to wait a few days before making arrangements locally. ...

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  32. THE STEAMER ORESTES.

    LONDON, Friday.--The Ocean S.S. Company's steamer Orestes will inaugurate the new direct service between Glasgow, Australia, London, and Liverpool. She sails from Glasgow on the 31st ...

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  33. NEW ZEALANDERS SAIL NEXT WEEK.

    WELLINGTON, Friday.--The sixth contingent sails by the steamer Cornwall on the 26th inst. ...

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  34. CONTAMINATED SERUM.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Some antidiptheric scrum at the Milan Institute became contaminated during its preparation, and, occasioned several deaths from lockjaw. ...

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  35. THE YOSEMITE IN A GALE.

    LONDON, Friday.--The ship Yosemite, from Port Ludlow to Sydney, with lumber, has returned to Port Townsend, having lost her deck load in a gale. She is in a leaky condition. ...

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  36. MAJOR-GENERAL C. E. KNOX.

    Major-General Charles Edmond Knox. commanding the 13th Brigade of the South African Field Force, is one of the field officers who has done most prominent work during the past few ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  37. SIR WILLIAM LYNE'S SEAT.

    Sir William Lyne left last night for The Hume electorate, where he will stay for a couple of days, but will not address any meetings. He purposes returning on Tuesday, when he will, no ...

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  38. BOER REFUGEE CAMPS.

    LONDON, Friday.--The systematic collection of Boer families and their stock and herds into convenient centres is steadily proceeding. ...

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  39. MILITARY BALLOONISTS.

    LONDON, Thursday Afternoon.--Some German military balloonists have crossed from Berlin into Sweden. ...

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  40. SIR WILLIAM M'MILLAN'S CANDIDATURE.

    Sir William M'Millan is much improved in health. He expects to return from the Mountains towards the end of next week, and will take immediate steps to meet his committee prior ...

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  41. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    On Monday, when the schools re-assemble, the peach medals, obtained for "Peace Day," will be distributed to the children. The temperature to-day was 106.4 in the shade, ...

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  42. QUEENSLAND CRITICISMS.

    BRISBANE, Friday.--To-day's "Courier" has a strongly worded leading article on Mr. Barton's policy with regard to the colored labor question. The article protests against the terms of the ...

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  43. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Government is raising the Wages of all artisans and Workmen employed on the railways of the colony, at an extra annual expenditure of £20,000. ...

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  44. MR. F. CLARKE. M.P.

    Mr. Frank Clarke, M.P., has definitely decided to contest the Cowper Federal electorate. His friends in the Hasting-Macleay State electorate have been apprised, and he hopes to be well ...

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  45. WRECK OF A WARSHIP.

    LONDON, Friday.--H.M.S. Sybille (second-class cruiser, 3400 tons), which was recently commissioned for the Cape station, has gone ashore in Saldanha Bay, on the south-west coast of Cape ...

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  46. RECRUITING IN BRITAIN.

    LONDON, Friday.--The British Yeomanry Volunteers and militia are eagerly responding with the proportions of volunteers and artillery required for active service in South ...

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  47. LIQUOR IN A PROHIBITION AREA.

    A number of constables recently raided certain dwellings in Balclutha, the principal settlement in the only prohibition area in the colony. The result of the raid was to secure ...

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  48. MR. JOHN HAYNES.

    GULGONG, Friday.--Mr. John Haynes has announced himself as a candidate for the Federal electorate of Robertson. ...

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  49. WORKING SHIP ON SUNDAY.

    The Australasian United Steam Navigation Company was charged to-day at Port Adelaide with shipping goods for exportation from Port Adelaide on Sunday, December 2. The charge ...

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  50. A VICTORIA CROSS HERO.

    LONDON, Thursday.--Lieutenant A. G. Doxat, of the Imperial Yeomanry, has been awarded the Victoria Cross for returning under a heavy fire to rescue a trooper who ...

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  51. DALLEY ELECTORATE.

    At a meeting of the chairman and secretaries of the various State committees, connected with Mr. I. R. Cohen's candidature. Mr. C. C. Beale was unanimously elected chairman of the ...

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  52. CHARGED WITH MURDER.

    The extradition of the man Lillywhite, who is accused of being Blatch, wanted for the Colchester murder, will be granted, but Habeas Corpus proceedings are pending. The ...

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  53. A MILLIONAIRE'S DAUGHTER.

    LONDON, Friday.--The only daughter of Mr. John D. Rockefeller, of the Standard Oil Companies, has been married to a Chicago barrister named Prentice. ...

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  54. QUEENSLAND.

    The number of passengers by train yesterday was the largest in the history of the Railway Department. It is estimated that 11,000 parsons were carried into Brisbane on Thursday morning, ...

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  55. PERTH MUNICIPAL QUARREL.

    PERTH, Friday.--A caucus meeting of city councillors was held this afternoon, when a letter from the Mayor, regarding the recent dispute was considered. The purpose of the ...

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  56. TELEGRAPHING MR. BARTON'S SPEECH.

    WEST MAITLAND, Friday.--The press messages despatched last night between 8 o'clock and 1.30 o'clock this morning, in connection with Mr. Barton's address totalled 56.175 words, ...

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  57. "A HYBRID POLICY."

    MR. J. H. CARRUTHERS' OPINION. Mr. J. H. Carruthers was asked what he thought of the speech. "I think there is much generality in it, and ...

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  58. THE FEDERAL CONTINGENT.

    After the rush and excitement of the first day or two matters are now proceeding quietly, almost to the point or monotony, in connection with the enrolment of volunteers for the Federal ...

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  59. BACK FROM THE WAR.

    During the past week or two complimentary banquets and smoke concerts to returned soldiers have been held in abundance, and hearty and convivial as all of them have been, none ...

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  60. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    LONDON, Friday.--Four of the crew of a steamer from Alexandria and Algiers have died of the bubonic plague in the port of Hull. ...

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  61. TASMANIA.

    Mr. G. A. Waller has been appointed Assistant Government Geologist, and Mr. Curtin Assistant Inspector of Mines on the West Coast. The Indian troops are expected here in time for ...

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  62. THE NEW ZEALAND COMMISSION.

    WELLINGTON, Friday.--The Federal Commission appointed under a resolution of the House of Representatives commenced sitting yesterday. The first thing it decided was to ...

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  63. MR. PHILP, PREMIER OF QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Friday.--Mr. Philp, seen to-day, expressed the opinion that every leniency should be shown to Mr. Barton in carrying out his Federal policy. Mr. Philp thinks it would be ...

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  64. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    LONDON, Friday.--The English cricket counties appear willing to accept the decision arrived at recently at a meeting of the captains, respecting "throwers." ...

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  65. RELICS OF COOK.

    WELLINGTON, Friday.--Professor Morris, of Melbourne, who is gathering material for a history of Captain Cook paid a visit to Cook's Cove. Tolago Bay to-day. At a spring on a ...

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