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  3. THE HEAT WAVE.

    During yesterday the weather was again very oppressive, but, being cloudy, the sun's rays were not nearly so severe, as on the three preceding ...

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  4. CABLE MESSAGES.

    Lancashire and Hampshire have decided not to support the proposal for the adoption of a wider wicket. ...

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  5. INLAND WIRES.

    In consequence of the misrepresentations at Capetown as to the character of Tasmanian timber, the Premier (Sir Elliott Lewis) called for reports ...

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  6. INTER-STATE CABLES.

    Andrew West, a c[?]bman, was found hanging by his neck in a stable at South Melbourne to-day. He had been drinking to excess during the spell ...

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  7. CABLE MESSAGES.

    At Kimberley the Secretary of State for the Colonies (Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain) was very outspoken regarding the ingratitude of the ...

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  8. CABLE MESSAGES.

    News has reached the United States that German agents at Santiago propose the immediate purchase of the battleship Captain Pratt and the ...

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  9. ON THE WEST COAST.

    The heat during the last three days has been extremely oppressive. The reading was 105 in the shade to-day. For the first time bush fires ...

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  10. THE DARDANELLES.

    It is believed that five Russian torpedo-boats have passed through the Dardanelles. ...

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  11. THE VICTORIAN REVENUE.

    The state revenue for January, exclusive of that returned by the Commonwealth, shows a decrease of £48,879, and a decline of £129,633 from ...

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  12. TESTAMENTARY.

    The following have been granted:— Probates. — George Thomas Rumley to Jane Rumley, £522; Eleanor Headlam to Esther Ann Parker, Charles ...

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  13. INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES

    A Royal Commission is enquiring into the question of Civil Service pensions. Amongst the witnesses called was ...

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  14. NAVAL DISASTER.

    While twelve torpedo-boat destroyers, with lights extinguished, were pursuing the cruiser Pioneer during the manoeuvres in Corfu Channel, the ...

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  15. DROWNING FATALITIES.

    George Hankin, a bootmaker, 21 years of age, was drowned while boating in the Saltwater river at Maribyrnong on Saturday. A youth named ...

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  16. EDUCATIONAL.

    The Minister for Education has called for plans for the erection of a school at Crotty. The following school appointments ...

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  17. AFFAIRS IN VENEZUELA.

    The German residents of Puerto Cabello refused the request of the captain of the cruiser Gazelle to celebrate Kaiser William's birthday aboard the ...

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  18. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Melbourne wheat sold at up to 6s 3d. Algerian oats, 2s 11d to 3s 3d; half-seed, 3s 9d to 3s 10d. Chaff was firm at £5 to £5 5s, and extra prime ...

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  19. FANCY FAIR.

    The Commonwealth fancy fair in aid of the funds of St. Joseph's Presbytery was opened to-day by the Mayor, and was largely attended. ...

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  20. FIGHTING IN MOROCCO.

    The Pretender has suspended the advance of his troops on Fez, and has retreated to his old positions. This course has been rendered ...

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  21. IN THE SOUTH.

    The weather was close to-day, but a pleasant breeze sprang up this afternoon. Bush fires are very prevalent. ...

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  22. ROYALIST FUND CLOSED.

    The fund in aid of the Royalists in South Africa, started some time ago by the "Globe," has been closed. The total amount received was £13,877. ...

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  23. TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYERS

    The torpedo-boat destroyers Teazar and Starfish collided in the Portsmouth dockyard, and the former vessel was badly damaged about the bows. Slight ...

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  24. JUSTICE CLARK.

    Mr. Justice Clark arrived to-day by the s. Oonah. He is in excellent health. ...

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  25. NIAGARA GENERATING PLANT.

    The great electric generating plant of Niagara Falls has been destroyed by fire, lightning having exploded the big transformer at the power house. ...

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  26. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    The intense heat which prevailed during the past few days has given place to cooler weather. ...

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  27. A PLEASURE BOAT CAPSIZED

    A pleasure boat, containing eight persons, was upset during a squall in the Challenger Passage, between Garden Island and the mainland, on ...

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  28. WARNING BY FRANCE.

    Mulal Arafa, uncle of the Sultan, is trying to stem the anti-Christian movement in the direction of Algeria, owing to the warning given by M. ...

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  29. DISASTROUS BUSH FIRES.

    The weather has been very hot here for the last few days, Saturday being the warmest day here for many years. There are a great number of bush fires ...

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  30. DROWNING FATALITY.

    A young man named A. C. G. Smith, aged 19, was bathing this morning off Risby's jetty, and after getting out of the water stood on a beam. Whilst ...

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  31. AMERICA AND FRANCE.

    Baron Sternburg, the new German Ambassador at Washington, in a gushing interview said the Monroe doctrine was understood as well in Germany ...

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  32. INCREASE OF BRIGANDAGE.

    There is an alarming increase of brigandage in Caucasia, and even the garrisons in towns pay regular tribute to the bands. Attacks on the ...

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  33. THE NILE.

    The past three days have been most oppressive, Saturday particularly so, when 100deg. in the shade was recorded. This was the hottest day ...

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  34. BRITISH POLICY.

    It is understood that the policies of the Marquis of Lansdowne and M. Del[?]casse are identical, with a view of securing quiet in Tangier and the ...

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  35. A CAPTAIN'S CERTIFICATE SUSPENDED.

    The court appointed to make enquiry concerning the loss of the steamer Coirloch held that Captain Austin committed an error of judgment ...

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  36. "GAZETTE" NOTIFICATIONS

    The following "Gazette" appointments are announced:— Mr. Frank A. Fox is to be a trustee of the Waratah Recreation Ground. ...

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  37. THE PRETENDER SURPRISED.

    Monebhir, surprising, rushed the Pre-tender's camp at dawn, routing him, and effecting a great slaughter. Provisions and ammunition were ...

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  38. LIFEBOAT LOST.

    A lifeboat from Mumbles Head, in Glamorganshire, capsized in Port Talbot in a heavy sea. Six of the gallant crew were drowned. ...

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  39. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Sir George Gabriel Stokes. [Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Bt.; or. 1889; M.A., LL.D., Sc.D., D.C.L., ...

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  40. A BARQUE DETAINED.

    The barque Gladys, bound from Gisborne to London with wool, which went ashore soon after leaving the harbour, has been detained, pending a survey ...

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  41. A SETTLEMENT SURROUNDED BY FLAMES.

    The intense heat of Saturday and Sunday was accompanied with bush fires, which raged furiously all day yesterday up till early this morning, ...

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  42. ANGLO-FRENCH AGREEMENT.

    According to the correspondent of "The Times" at Madrid, the assurances given by Lord Lansdowne and M. Delcasse to the Duke of Abarzuza that an ...

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  43. RAINFALL IN SCOTLAND.

    Rain has fallen for 50 hours in Scotland, causing unprecedented floods. Great losses of cattle and other stock are reported from northern ...

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  44. CITY COUNCIL.

    The ordinary fortnightly meeting of the City Council was held yesterday, the Mayor (Alderman D. Storrer, M.H.A.) presiding. There were also ...

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  45. MAHARAJAH OF INDORE.

    The Maharajah (Holkar) of Indore has abdicated on the ground of ill-health. He has enjoined his son Tukoji, aged 12 years, to continue to ...

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  46. ZEEHAN LICENSING BENCH.

    At a meeting of the licensing bench at Zeehan yesterday morning Mr. H. Field Marsh was appointed chairman for the year. In accordance with the ...

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  47. METALS.

    Tin Statistics.—The total stocks at the end of January, including stocks in America and quantity afloat, amount to 16,101 tons. The quantity of Straits ...

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  48. THE BEST WORKGIRLS IN THE WORLD.

    There has long existed in Paris a foundation for the annual distribution of prizes to well-conducted young women who are employed in shops, offices, ...

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  49. BRITAIN AND JAPAN.

    A miniature photograph of King Edward, set in diamonds, was recently handed to the Mikado of Japan, with an autograph letter, in terms of ...

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  50. PERTH.

    Perth, Breadalbane, and Evandale Junction residents were battling with a bush fire all day on Sunday. Turmine's house was again in great ...

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  51. WOOL MARKET.

    For the sales there were catalogued 122,339 bales, of which 110,895 sold. There was a spirited sale yesterday, and prices were unchanged. There ...

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  52. FOOD SUPPLY IN WAR TIME.

    An association has been formed to promote an official enquiry into the security of the food supply, in wartime. The Duke of Sutherland is ...

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  53. YORKSHIRE STRIKE.

    The executive of the Yorkshire Miners' Association, having made a thorough enquiry into the circumstances of the strike at Denaby, near ...

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  54. WILMOT.

    The air is thick with smoke from the bush fires. A hundred acres, nearly scrubbed, accidentally caught fire, and the scrubbers, being burnt out, ...

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  55. CATTLE DISEASE AT SISTERS' CREEK.

    Chatting with a representative of the "Advocate" and "Times" on Saturday at Penguin, Mr. J. Lade, of Sulphur Creek, ridiculed the statement of the ...

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  56. SUGAR CONVENTION.

    Italy has now adopted the Sugar Convention, which was recommended by the conference recently, held at Brussels. ...

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  57. STOCK EXCHANGE.

    The following sales are reported on the London Stock Exchange:— Briseis, 10s. Mount Lyell, 50s. ...

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  58. TRAIN DELAYED.

    The Emu Bay train arrived and left about an hour and a half late to-day, through trees being across the line near Ring river, caused by bush ...

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  59. EDUCATION ACT.

    A special committee of the Wesleyan Conference of Great Britain has completed a review of the provisions of the education measure. The report ...

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  60. UNITED STATES NAVY YARD

    Three shifts have been engaged in the construction of the new gun carriages, plans of which were recently shown at Washington and adopted by ...

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  61. FISH IN THE THAMES.

    Dr. William Collingridge, Medical Officer of Health for the City of London, has made a report regarding the sewage contamination of the [?]sh in the ...

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