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  2. CHINA.

    LONDON, Monday.--The instructions issued by his Government to Mr. W. W. Rockhill, the acting United States Minister at Pekin, are that the number of troops ...

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  3. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--General Lord Kitchener is developing a big sweeping movement with the object of driving the Boers who are still in the field into the ...

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  4. STATE POLITICS.

    Ministers sat in Cabinet for several hours yesterday. The only absentees were Mr. O'Sullivan and Mr. Perry, who have not yet returned from their North Coast tour. Mr. Hayes and Mr. ...

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  5. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    At the end of last month, as the outcome of the inquiry into the Perth Ice Co. frauds, the Commissioner for Hallways sent a communication to Messrs. Jaques and Manton, intimating ...

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  6. SECOND EDITION. 3.30 A.M.

    COLOMBO, Monday Afternoon.--Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York have just concluded what proved to be a triumphal progress over ...

    Article : 116 words
  7. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The sittings of the Federal Cabinet are now held in a room adjoining the Legislative Assembly Chamber in the State Parliament House. This is more ...

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  8. REDUCTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 97 words
  9. THE NEW GOVERNOR.

    His Excellency, the Administrator, has sent a cable message to the Governor of Ceylon, asking him to supply information as to Sir Arthur Lawley's movements. It is believed that the ...

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  10. THE PLAGUE.

    PERTH, Monday.--A fresh outbreak of plague at Perth was reported late last night, and a careful examination of the suspect placed beyond all doubts the existence af plague bacilli in large ...

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  11. TROUBLE AT THE PRINTING OFFICE.

    Just as the employees at the Government Printing Office were about to knock off work on Saturday, a great number of them received a surprise in the shape of a wholly unexpected ...

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  12. ROMANCE OF A RUFFIAN.

    LONDON, Monday.--There is an oft-reiterated report circulated in London to the effect that a notorious character, called Adam Wirth, alias Raymond, was the leader of the gang which stole ...

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  13. FOR SERVICES RENDERED.

    LONDON, Monday.--Count Lamsdorff, the Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has been promoted to the rank of Privy Councillor, in recognition of the valuable services ...

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  14. LEADERSHIP OF THE OPPOSITION.

    A whip has been issued to the members of the Opposition to meet to-day, to elect a leader. The selection seems to He between Mr. Lee, Mr. Brunker, Mr. Carruthers, and Mr. Ashton. ...

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  15. BOERS IN CEYLON.

    LONDON, Monday.--There are now 4300 Boors interned in Ceylon, representing 25 different nationalities. All the prisoners are comfortably housed, ...

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  16. BOATING FATALITY.

    PAMBULA, Monday.--A fatal boating accident happened yesterday on the Pambula River, on the part known as Broadwater Lake. Five persons, James Behl, J. Walsh, W. Bishop, and ...

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  17. FIGHTING IN EAST AFRICA.

    LONDON, Monday.--The "Mad Mullah" has largely augmented his fighting force in East Africa within the past few weeks. He is now at the head of 8000 men, and is ...

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  18. WITH THE ALLIES IN PEKIN.

    PEKIN, February 25.--At last the Powers have come to the inevitable decision--they have decided to quit fooling, and to fight. For the past two months the peace negotiations have been ...

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  19. BOER PRINTING PRESS.

    LONDON, Monday.--Mr. Bennet Burleigh, London "Daily Telegraph" special war correspondent, reports that in his advance into the northern Transvaal, Brigadier-General ...

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  20. STOCK EXCHANGE GAMBLING.

    An application was made on Saturday morning before the Registrar of the Supreme Court by the official receiver, for leave to prosecute Ferdinand Charles Held, a bankrupt, trading as F. C. Reid ...

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  21. THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL.

    LONDON, Monday.--The Canadian High Commissioner, Lord Strathcona, has given £1000 towards the Mansion House Fund for the British National Memorial, which is to be erected in ...

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  22. SOUTHERN COAL TRADE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 416 words
  23. STEYN'S HEALTH BROKEN.

    LONDON, Monday.--Mr. Steyn is among the hills of Thabaksberg, in the eastern part of the Orange River Colony. His health has broken down. ...

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  24. MR. SEE'S MACLEAN SPEECH.

    Sir William M'Millan was, last evening, interviewed by a representative of "The Daily Telegraph" regarding the assertion of the State Premier that "Sir William M'Millan was the man ...

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  25. VICTORIA.

    The Victorian railway revenue last week totalled £57,852, a decrease of £925 compared with the corresponding week of last year. The increase for the current financial year now stands ...

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  26. TROUBLE IN THE BALKANS.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The arrest of the Central Macedonian Committee, recently reported, is attributed to Turkish and Russian pressure, which has been brought to bear upon ...

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  27. MOVEMENTS OF BOER LEADERS.

    LONDON, Monday.--General Schalk Burger, the so-called acting-President of the Transvaal, and Commandant Van Totenburg are reported to be near Middleburg, ...

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  28. THE SENATE VOTING.

    The complete aggregates of the voting for the Senate elections cannot be made up, owing to the returns not having been received from Five Day Creek. This is a settlement small ...

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  29. KAISER WILHELM'S GOLD.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--It was recently reported that bars of gold to the value of £12,000 had been stolen from the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, of the North German Lloyd line, on her ...

    Article : 73 words
  30. NEW ORLEANS INCIDENT.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The injunction granted to Boer agents to prevent the shipment of mules and horses from New Orleans to Capetown has been dismissed by a ...

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  31. THE TARIFF.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--Mr. Barton stated to-night that in all probability the question of the tariff would be brought forward during the first session. That, however, may be taken for ...

    Article : 118 words
  32. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The following particulars are to hand concerning Australian soldiers:-- Private M. T. M'Donald, Victorian Mounted ...

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  33. QUEENSLAND.

    It is understood that a number of cases of alleged double voting in connection with the late Federal elections have been brought under the notice of the Home Secretary, who has been ...

    Article : 43 words
  34. NICARAGUA CANAL.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Colonel John Hay, the United States' Secretary of State, is sounding the Senators before re-opening negotiations with Great Britain in respect to the ...

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  35. CHIEF JUSTICES AS ADMINISTRATORS.

    HOBART, Monday.--In reply to an address presented by the corporation to the Administrator of the Government on the occasion of the laying of the foundation-stone of the new wing ...

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  36. THE GOVERNOR IN PERIL.

    Information has been received from Rockhampton that during the Governor's recent visit to that district he narrowly escaped a serious accident through the driver losing control of the ...

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  37. AUSTRALASIAN BOWLING TEAM.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.--The members of the Australasian bowling team who are proceeding to England arrived here to-day by the R.M.S. Omrah, and played a friendly game against a ...

    Article : 277 words
  38. MINISTERS ON THE NORTHERN RIVERS.

    CORAKI, Monday.--The Minister for Works and the Minister for Education, accompanied by Messrs. Meagher, Terry, and Pyers, Ms.L.A., arrived here to-day. The Minister for Works ...

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  39. THE ANTILLIAN.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 42 words
  40. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Dr. W. H. de Beaufort, the Premier of Holland, has notified the Powers that the Hague Permanent Court of Arbitration has been constituted. ...

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  41. STRIKE OF WHARF LABORERS.

    At Townsville the waterside workers at Howard Smith and Sons' and the Adelaide Steamship Company's wharves came out on strike this, morning in support of a claim for payment for waiting ...

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  42. THE MUDGEE TRAGEDY.

    MUDGEE, Monday.--All the three survivors or victims of the West End tragedy are exported to recover. The injured infant died on Saturday afternoon. The inquest was opened ...

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  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Monday.--Her Majesty the Queen-Consort has returned to England from the Continent, where she visited her father, King Christian IX, of Denmark, at Copenhagen, and ...

    Article : 61 words
  44. RESIGNATION OF MR. LEWIS.

    HOBART, Monday.--Mr. Lewis has received a telegram from Mr. Barton, accepting his resignation as a member of the Federal Government without portfolio. ...

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  45. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The sunken schooner Mary Webster, which collided with the steamer Investigator, on Saturday evening, is lying where she drifted between Port Adelaide Lighthouse and Largs Fort, after being ...

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  46. DEATH OF SIR EDWARD WATKIN.

    LONDON, Monday.--The death is announced of Sir Edward William Watkin, formerly a Manchester merchant, and once a well-known Liberal member, in the 82nd year of his age. ...

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  47. THE HIGH-COMMISSIONERSHIP.

    ADELAIDE, Monday.--With regard to the appointment of the High Commissioner to represent the Australian Commonwealth in London, the State Premier says that Sir John ...

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  48. ARRIVAL OF THE ROME.

    The R.M.S. Rome arrived from London about 9 to-night. Owing to a fresh outbreak of plague in Perth nobody was allowed to board the vessel. The mails were landed at a late hour to-night, ...

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  49. LOSS OF THE ARIADNE.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--The inquiry into the stranding of the yacht Ariadne was concluded to-day. The magistrate said that the Court was satisfied that the captain had no ...

    Article : 69 words
  50. BILLIARD CHAMPIONSHIP.

    LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The billiard championship, 9000 up, between Dawson and Stevenson, resulted in a victory for the former player by 3204 points. ...

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  51. THE ROSETTA MARU AT BRISBANE.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 153 words
  52. LANDLORD AND LODGERS.

    At the local court, in Port Adelaide to-day, Frederick Patey, manager of Patey's Liliputian Opera Company, sued Edward Beare, licensee of the Exchange Hotel, Port Adelaide, for £4000 ...

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  53. THE STATE ELECTIONS.

    Mr. F. A. Healy will be a candidate for the Paddington electorate in the approaching State elections. Mr. Lewis G. Abrams is to be a candidate for ...

    Article : 166 words
  54. ANOTHER DOCKERS' STRIKE.

    LONDON, Monday.--Following upon the recent abortive strike of the Marseilles dock workers it is reported that another, and similar, dockers' strike has begun at the sister-Mediterranean ...

    Article : 48 words
  55. BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON, Monday.--It is unofficially stated that the profits of the Bank of New Zealand for the year exceed these of last year by £50,000. If sc, the profits will amount to about ...

    Article : 63 words
  56. GERMANY AND AUSTRIA.

    LONDON, Monday.--Prince Friedrich Wilhelm, Crown Prince of the Gorman Empire, and of Prussia, has gone on a visit to Vienna, where he has been feted by the Austrians. ...

    Article : 33 words
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