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  2. THE SCRAMBLE FOR CHINA. BRITISH FLEET AT PORT HAMILTON.

    It is reported at Shanghai that the British fleet has anchored at Port Hamilton. This is a harbour formed by three small ...

    Article : 72 words
  3. INDIAN FRONTIER WAR.

    Brigadier-General Hammond, who recently proceeded to the Khyber-Pass, which he found had been deserted by the tribesmen, has arrived at Fort Lundi Kotal, near ...

    Article : 128 words
  4. THE SOUTH YARRA CATASTROPHE.

    The position of affairs at the No. 1 Richmond main sewerage contract, the scene of the dreadful calamity on Tuesday morning, when four men lost their lives in the ...

    Article : 4,645 words
  5. THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS.

    The annual Indian National Congress is now being held, under the chairmanship of Mr. Nayar. In his opening address, the chairman ...

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  6. THURSDAY DECEMBER 30, 1897.

    The article on "Scalpers" and their arts which we publish elsewhere will be read with an interest flavoured partly by amusement and party by ...

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  7. THE QUEEN.

    Her Majesty the Queen is paying her annual visit to Cimiez, near Nice. The trouble in connection with the drainage of the Hotel Victoria Regina, at which ...

    Article : 300 words
  8. THE ENGINEERS' STRIKE.

    Mr. G. W. Barnes, the secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, asserts that the society has still a fighting fund of £110,000. ...

    Article : 171 words
  9. COMPLAINT BY THE "STANDARD."

    The "Standard" this morning publishes an article commenting on the situation in China arising out of the seizure of territory by Germany and Russia. ...

    Article : 93 words
  10. SOUTH AFRICA.

    President Kruger, who is offering himself for re-election as President of the South African Republic, has made a statement with respect to the question of the extension ...

    Article : 79 words
  11. THE POLITICAL LIBEL CASE.

    The criminal libel case, in which the Minister of Lands is prosecuting George Lonsdale and John Norton for an alleged libel, contained in certain letters published ...

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  12. CRETE., A TURKISH REQUEST.

    The Porte has requested the permission of the Powers to send 5,000 troops to Crete to relieve the Turkish garrisons in the island. The admirals in command of the foreign ...

    Article : 47 words
  13. THE GREEK ARMY.

    The Greek Government is engaging Austrian officers to reorganise the army, which completely collapsed in the late war with Turkey. ...

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  14. THE CRISIS IN JAPAN.

    The attempts which have been made to reconstruct the Japanese Cabinet, consequent on the resiguatiion of Count Matsoukata, the Premier, and Admiral the ...

    Article : 72 words
  15. A RUSSIAN PROPOSAL.

    Russia has proposed that Prince Georgo of Greece be appointed Governor of Crete. The ambassadors of the other powers are ...

    Article : 38 words
  16. THE BEHRING FISHERIES.

    Last month a treaty was agreed to by a conference of representatives of the United States, Russia, and Japan with respect to the Bohring seal fisheries. It recommended ...

    Article : 116 words
  17. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A few days ago the Turks at Prevesa, on the Gulf of Arta, fired on a Greek gunboat, at Actium, on the Greek side of the strait. Prince Mavrocordato, the Greek Minister ...

    Article : 83 words
  18. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Wheat and Flour.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,820,000 quarters, as against 2,750,000 quarters last week, and ...

    Article : 61 words
  19. A COALITION CABINET PROBABLE.

    The latest advices from Japan state that the Maiqms Ito, late Premier, and Count Okuma, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the Matsoukata Cabinet, are likely to form ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. THE DISASTER AT MORT'S DOCK.

    An inquest on the victims of the Mort's Dock fatality was commenced to-day at Balmain. Mr. J. P. Franki, the manager of the Mort's Dock and Engineering Company, ...

    Article : 133 words
  21. WEST AFRICA.

    A body of Haussa police from Lagos has occupied Ilesha, a town in the Yoruba country, 155 miles north-east of Lagos, the natives of which recently defeated a French ...

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  22. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS, LONDON, Dec. 28. AUSTRALASIAN SHARES, &c.

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  23. GERMANY AT KIAO OHAU.

    It is stated that the withdrawal of Germany from Kaio Chau is conditional on her obtaining a suitable naval station in some other part of China. ...

    Article : 38 words
  24. CHAMPION SCULLING.

    In July last James Wray, the Australian sculler, who defeated William Haines, of Windsor, on the Thames on May 3, challenged Jacob Gundaur, the American ...

    Article : 91 words
  25. DESPATCH OF RUSSIAN CRUISERS.

    The Russian cruisers Rossiya, 12,300 tons, which was present at the Jubilee review at Spithend, on June 26, and the Vladimir Monomach, 5,700 tons, both vessels of the ...

    Article : 52 words
  26. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A selector named G. B. Kennedy, who took up a homestead lease near Billilla Station, in the Wilcannia district, has been lost from his home since Friday. Black ...

    Article : 227 words
  27. BAR SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted at 26?d. per ounce standard, being a decline of 1/8d. since Friday last. [Published in yesterday's Second Edition.] ...

    Article : 47 words
  28. ACTION BY THE UNITED STATES.

    In view of the situation in the Far East, the United States Government is preparing to despatch five additional cruisers to reinforce the American squadron in Chinese ...

    Article : 41 words
  29. THE BENNETT DIVORCE CASE.

    Mr. Justice Simpson concluded his summing up in the divorce suit, Bennett v. Bennett, this afternoon. The jury were then locked up until 9 ...

    Article : 117 words
  30. CRIME IN COOLGARDIE.

    Shortly after 11 o'clock last night a desperate attempt at murder was made at the junction of Lefroy and King streets. Mr. and Mrs. Fiddis, Mr. Maybury, and ...

    Article : 272 words
  31. QUEENSLAND.

    The cricket match between New South Wales and fifteen of the National Cricket Union Juniors has been postponed till tomorrow. Owing to the pain of last night ...

    Article : 434 words
  32. THE TOMB OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP.

    The mayor of Sydney (Alderman Ives) has received a letter from the Rev. L. J. Fish, of Bathampton Vicarage, Bath, giving particulars of the discovery of the tomp of ...

    Article : 454 words
  33. TASMANIA.

    Mr. H. Dobson, M.H.A., was knocked down by a bull and badly hurt last evening at Ferntree, and has since been unable to leave his bed. The animal is generally ...

    Article : 102 words
  34. QUEENSLAND.

    A boy named Johnston, living at Toowoomba, while endeavouring to get a hare out of a hollow log, was bitten in the hand by a black snake, and died before medical ...

    Article : 93 words
  35. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    A huge bush fire is raging near Echunga, some miles south of Adelaide. Several wattle plantations have been swept away, and the township is in danger. ...

    Article : 73 words
  36. MAIL STEAMERS.

    The R.M.S. Valetta arrived at Suez from Australia on the morning of the 28th inst., the R.M.S. Britannia left Colombo for Australia on the evening of the 27th inst.; the ...

    Article : 146 words
  37. ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S. MARIPOSA.

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  38. WATER STRUCK AT CHARLEVILLE.

    Water has been struck at the Charleville Meat Works at a depth of 1,400ft. The supply is estimated at one and a half million gallons per day. Boring is being ...

    Article : 50 words
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  40. QUEENSLAND MEAT FOR VICTORIA.

    The Government indicated to-day that it is quite prepared to stand by its offer made to the deputation of cattle-owners of the central districts that it would subsidies the ...

    Article : 123 words
  41. Advertising

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  42. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    Thomas Henman, of 241 Johnston-street, Abbotsford, butcher, Cases of insolvency— Depreciation in value of property, sickness in family, and falling off in business. ...

    Article : 39 words
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