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  2. AMERICA AND SPAIN.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--From Puerto Rico it is reported that a Spanish unprotected cruiser, accompanied by the torpedo-boat destroyer Terror, attacked the American ...

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  3. NEW GUINEA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--In the House of Commons last night Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, furnished particulars with reference to the ...

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  4. NOTES OF THE DAY.

    I must have liberty Withal, as large a charter an the wind, To blaw on whom I please." --AS YOU LIKE IT The announcement made a few days ago that ...

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  5. WRECK OF THE SHIP GALATEA.

    The Sydney underwriters yesterday received a cable announcing the loss of the ship Galatea in the North Sea, whilst on a passage from Hamburg to Sydney. The vessel was only seven days out ...

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  6. NEWCASTLE NEWS.

    A case which had occupied tho attention of Mr. C.N. Payten, S.M., at the Newcastle Court, for eight days, and which has excited a good deal of local interest, was concluded yesterday afternoon. ...

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  7. THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

    Interest politically yesterday was centred on the speech that Mr. Barton was expected to deliver in the Legislative Council last night. By, an arrangement made before the sitting ended ...

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  8. NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--The advances to settlers' office annual report states that up to 31st March last the Board had authorised 5837 advances, amounting to £l,763,205, and declined ...

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  9. SAN JUAN BLOCKADED.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--President, M'Kinley has proclaimed the blockade of San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico. ...

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  10. THE WARSHIPS.

    H.M.S. Wallaroo arrived at Adelaide yesterday from Melbourne. The Mohawk was at the Solomon Group at last advices, the Ringdove at Samoa, tho Porpoise at Fiji, and the Penguin surveying ...

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  11. FURTHER NEWS FROM MANILA.

    From Manila it is reported that the Spanish authorities are likely to have some trouble with the volunteers there. On the latter demanding their pay they were refused, and in consequence ...

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  12. A CHAIN PIER FOR MANLY.

    The village of Manly, it would appear, is offering attractions to the English capitalist, and a syndicate with a capital, it is believed, of £45,000 is contemplating the construction of a chain pier ...

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  13. CANADA AND AMERICA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The Appropriations Committee of the United States Senate has omitted from the expenditure proposals the vote towards the commission appointed ...

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  14. THE DUDLEY COLLIERY.

    NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--The work of placing the Dudley colliery in repair is proceeding satisfactorily, but so far no developments worthy of note have taken place. Attention is principally ...

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  15. THE COASTAL MAIL CONTRACT.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The contract with the A.U.S.N. Company for the conveyance of the northern mails expires to-morrow. Although tenders have been called for the renewal of the ...

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  16. LOCAL MARINE BOARD.

    The members of the local Marine Board held their weekly meeting yesterday afternoon, Captain H.R. Cross presiding. A quantity of departmental business was transacted, and ...

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  17. THE QUEENSLAND DINNER.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--A dinner was held last night by the Queensland colonists now in London, and presided over by Sir Horace Tozer, Agent-General for the colony. ...

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  18. NORTH SHORE FERRY FARES.

    At the last meeting of the North Sydney Council it was resolved that a deputation should wait upon the directors of the North Shore Ferry Company to ask, firstly, for a reduction in fares ...

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  19. AMERICAN ATTACK ON ILOILO.

    Further details are published in Hongkong papers of the intended attack by the Americana on Iloilo. The Hongkong "Telegraph" correspondent writes that the Boston and the Concord ...

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  20. BILLS OF LADING.

    WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--The committee of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce has endorsed the provisions of the draft bill prepared by the conference of Australian Chambers of ...

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  21. THE STOCKTON FATALITY.

    The inquest on the body of Robert Ferguson, who died in the Newcastle Hospital on Sunday from injuries received at Stockton on the previous Thursday, was continued at Ralph's Hotel ...

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  22. BATHURST TECHNICAL COLLEGE.

    BATHURST, Wednesday.--The Technical College was formally opened to-day by Mr. Jacob Garrard, Minister for Education. The Minister, in company with Dr. R.N. Morris, ...

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  23. OPERATIONS AT SANTIAGO.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The latest reports received with regard to the American operations conducted by Brigadier-General W.R. Shafter in the vicinity of Santiago-de-Cuba ...

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  24. PACIFIC ISLAND IMMIGRATION.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--The annual report on the Pacific island immigration shows that last year 924 islanders, of whom 25 wore females, arrived in the colony, namely, 158 from New ...

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  25. THE RECENT MAORI TROUBLE.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--In answer to a question in the House of Commons last night, Mr. G.N. Curzon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Foreign Office, stated that ...

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  26. NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL.

    A special general meeting of subscribers to the Newcastle Hospital was held in the School of Arts last night, for the purpose of considering the amended code of rules. A sub-committee ...

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  27. THE CUBAN CABLE SERVICE.

    The following has been received by the Sydney postal authorities from Sir Charles Todd, Post- master-General of South Australia:--"Berne wires that the French Cable Company notifies the ...

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  28. DUDLEY DISASTER RELIEF FUND.

    A meeting of the general committee of the Dudley disaster relief fund was held last night. The scheme of distribution submitted by the executive committee was read and adopted, and ...

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  29. AGAINST THE JEWS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Further serious riots, have occurred, in the Austrian province of Galicia in connection with the anti-Semitic agitation. ...

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  30. PURSUING THE SPANIARDS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The Egyptian authorities have refused to permit Admiral Camara to engage stokers for his squadron at Port Said. ...

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  31. ILLNESS OF COMMANDANT BOOTH.

    ROCKHAMPTON, Wednesday.--On the arrival of the steamer from the north, Mr. Horskins stated that Commandant Booth had contracted brain fever since leaving Townsville, and therefore ...

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  32. THE BRUNNER COAL MINE.

    WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--Full work in the Brunner mine, on behalf of the debenture-holders, it is expected, will be resumed this week. The miners have agreed with the mine manager for ...

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  33. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The Marine Board held an inquiry concerning the grounding of the steamer Dawn on Ward Spit, Germein Bay, on June 10. Captain Heaney stated that the ...

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  34. THE NEW JAPANESE PREMIER.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Count Okuma, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, succeeds the Marquis Ito as Premier of Japan. ...

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  35. SHIPMENTS OF STUD SHEEP.

    WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--Mr. Coates shipped eight pedigree sheep by the Westralia for the Sydney sheep sales. The shippers who first imported Shropshires find the Australian market is ...

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  36. ADMIRAL CAMARA'S SQUADRON.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--The new torpedo- boat Andaz, which left Clydebank shortly before the commencement of the war, and is now attached to Admiral Camara's fleet, ...

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  37. TILE WELSH COLLIERS' STRIKE.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--The miners on strike in the south of Wales have appointed delegates to ask Mr. C.T. Ritchie, the President of the Board of Trade, to ...

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  38. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Mr. W.F. Wilson, who for some years past has conducted the cases for the Lands Department in the Land Court, has been appointed counsel to the department, ...

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  39. TO CHECKMATE THE AMERICANS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--In view of the American intention to extend the war to the Spanish coasts, the authorities at Madrid have called out 20,000 additional men from ...

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  40. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Madame Melba will be unable to visit Australia during the present year. (Some of the above message appeared in a second ...

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  41. INOCULATION AGAINST TICKS.

    BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Dr. Hunt, who is at Rockhampton, writes to the Chief Inspector of Stock, giving an account of experiments with cattle inoculated against tick foyer in the ...

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  42. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Wednesday.--The Supremo Court case, Lipman and Vincent against Thomas Harford, in which a claim is made for £500 damages for malicious prosecution, was continued. For the ...

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  43. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENT.

    ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--In the Assembly the Attorney-General said it was not intended to grant any Crown land in the Northern Territory either in fee simple or on lease to Japanese. They ...

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  44. CAPTAIN SLOCUM AND THE SPRAY.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Captain Joshua Slocum, who visited Australia some time ago in the yacht Spray, has now arrived at Rhodes Island, Asia Minor, on his journey round the world. ...

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  45. THE JEOPARDY OF MANILA.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Emilio Aguinaldo, the leader of the insurgents in the Philippines, has refused to comply with a request by Admiral von Diederiehs, who commands ...

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  46. THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

    LONDON, Wednesday.--Professor R. Herbert Story, D.D., the Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow, has been appointed to succeed tho Very Rev. Dr. John Caird ...

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  47. TO-DAY.

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  48. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--In the Assembly, the debate on the Address-in-Reply was continued by Sir John M'Intyre, who considered when New South Wales refused Federation, Sir George ...

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  49. TASMANIA.

    The steamer Anglian entered out to-night for Sydney, with 82 cages and 1494 loose sheep for the sheep sales. LAUNCESTON, Wednesday. Hubert J. Evans, solicitor, was committed for ...

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  50. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The annual meeting of Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co, was held today. The balance-sheet for the 12 months, published on Juno 20th, showed a credit balance of ...

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  51. A BOY SHOT DEAD.

    SUTHERLAND, Wednesday.--The afternoon some lads were out shooting wallabies near Heathcote. Mr. Dunn's soil, aged 15, saw the scrub moving, and heard the dogs barking. He ...

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  52. PERSONAL.

    At a recent meeting of the Granville branch or the Girls' Friendly Society, Mrs. E.B. Docker was presented with u writing case on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of her wedding day. ...

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  53. THE TICK PLAGUE.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.--The Board of Stock Commissioners has again recommended the release of the Cork, Llanrheldol, Woodstock,and Rosewood Stations, in the north-west, and ...

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  54. THE BLOCKADE OF CUBA.

    LONDON, Tuesday Night.--President M'Kinley has given instructions to Rear Admiral Sampson for an extension of the blockade of the southern coast of Cuba, ...

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  55. THE PROPOSED WINE CELLAR SYNDICATE.

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The scheme of an English syndicate for the formation of a company to deal in Victorian wines is not favorably regarded by the Government. The project is ...

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