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  2. INDIAN FRONTIER WAR

    In the House of Commons last night Mr. John Lawson Walton, Liberal member for South Leeds, moved the amendment on the Address in Reply to Queen's Speech of ...

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  3. THE CRISIS IN CHINA. THE SUPPLIES OF COAL.

    In reference to the statements recently published that England had command of the principal coal supplies in the Far East, a remarkable telegram has been received ...

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  4. SPAIN AND AMERICA.

    General Woodford, the United States Minister at Madrid, has requested the Spanish Government to disavow the unfavourable references to President ...

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  5. THE SOCIETY SCANDAL.

    Lord William Nevill, who a fortnight ago was committed for trial on charges of fraud and forgery, was brought up to-day to be finally dealt with. ...

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  6. ATTEMPTED WIFE MURDER.

    At the Central Criminal Court to-day, the charge against Frank Adam Benjamin Holmes of attempting to murder his wife, Alice Maria Holmes, was heard. The ...

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  7. MADAME ALBANI.

    "Ah, yes," said Madame Albani, speaking with the faintest possible French accent —just enough to touch with southern music the harsher English syllables—"I have been ...

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  8. THE SHIPPING FATALITIES.

    The body found on the beach yesterday afternoon, and supposed to be that of Winchman, on the brig Amy, still remains unidentified, but the general belief is that ...

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  9. THE RAINFALL. AREAS AFFECTED IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Mr. Russell has compiled a map showing the rainfall in the colony from the 10th to the 15th inst. inclusive. It is a most interesting document, as it proves that the colony ...

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  10. THE PRIVY COUNCIL.

    By the draft Commonwealth Bill which is now before the Federal Convention it is proposed that the right of appeal to the Privy Council, which is now enjoyed by ...

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  11. NEGOTIATIONS WITH TURKEY.

    Russia is negotiating with the Porte for permission to send from the Black Sea through the Bosphorus an ironclad intended for service in Chinese waters. ...

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  12. STRAINED RELATIONS.

    Mr. G. W. Smalley, the Washington correspondent of "The Times," states that the relations between Canada and the United States are strained in connection with the ...

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  13. H.M.S. VICTORIOUS. ASHORE AT PORT SAID.

    A Reuter's telegram gives further particulars respecting the disaster to H.M.S. Victorious which has gone aground at Port Said. The Victorious, a battle-ship of ...

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  14. THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE.

    The final outpourings of the rain were shown on the weather chart issued to-day. The farthest-out records were 25 points at Nyngan, 42 points at Dandaloo, on the ...

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  15. THE ARARAT MYSTERY.

    A reward of £100 is being offered by the Government for such information as will lead to the arrest and conviction of the person who murdered Joseph M'Donald, the ...

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  16. THIS SUMMER'S HEAT.

    The following figures and facts connected with the temperature of the summer months for Melbourne are based on the official records of the last 39 years, as ...

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  17. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.

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  18. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The under-secretary for Mines to-day received a telegram stating that Mr. C. A. Copper, the mining registrar at Yangemal, in the Gascoyne district, had been found ...

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  19. ASSISTANCE DESPATCHED.

    The battle-slip Revenge, 14,150 tons, the flagship of the Rear-Admiral on the Mediterranean station, and the cruiser Venus, 5,600 tons, sailed yesterday from Malta for ...

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  20. THE NIGER DIFFICULTY.

    The Paris journal "Le Matin" publishes a semi-official statement with regard to the negotiations between Great Britain and France with respect to their conflicting ...

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  21. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

    Wheat and Flour.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 3,030,000 quarters, as against 2,970,000 quarters last week, and ...

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  22. THE FACTORIES ACT.

    Further prosecutions under the Factories and Shops Act came before Mr. Nicolson, P.M., at the District Court yesterday, when Mr. Lewis Cohen, clothing manufacturer, 371 and 373 Bourke-street ...

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  23. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The election of a member of the House of Commons to [?]ill the vacancy for the Edgbaston division of Birmingham, caused by the death of Mr. George Dixon (Unionist ...

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  24. NYASSALAND.

    Futher news has been received from Nyassaland, in Central Africa, where a revolt of the Angoni Zulus his occurred. Colonel Manning, who was sent from Fort ...

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  25. ENGLAND ON THE NIGER.

    A report was recently received from Bonny that the Niger force winch is operating against the native tribes at Edibo, on the Cross River, had been engaged in severe ...

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  26. QUEENSLAND.

    Negotiations are proceeding for the introduction of a number of Scottish families desirous of taking up land in Queensland. The Government is determined to give every ...

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  27. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    At a meeting of the New South Wales Council of the Australian Labour Federation, held to-day, it was decided to endorse the action of the Newcastle miners in ...

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  28. ABYSSINIA.

    Lieutenant J. L. Harrington, of the Indian Staff Corps, has been appointed British agent in Abyssinia. ...

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  29. TRANSVAAL AFFAIRS.

    President Kruger, who was recently reelected as head of the Transvaal Republic, has delivered an important speech at Johannesburg, outlining the policy of the ...

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  30. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    BOURKE, Feb. 16.—Since the late rains the weather has been most oppressive. To-day it was 98deg. in the shade. The navigability of the river is now assured for some time. ...

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  31. BULGARIA'S GRIEVANCE.

    In accordence with the Sultan's promise, to Bulgaria that a thorough inquiry should be made into the outrages committed at Uskub, where 33 persons were tortured, the ...

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  32. CADETS FOR THE MERCANTILE MARINE.

    The well-known cadet ship [?]esperus, which leaves Port Melbourne for London this afternoon, was visited yesterday by Lord and Lady Brassey, who were received ...

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  33. THE PRICE OF WHEAT.

    Thrashing operations are now drawing to a close, but very little wheat is brought to the local marked. The prices on offer, 3/9 to 3/0½, is not considered sufficient for ...

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  34. QUEENSLAND.

    BRISBANE, Feb.16—A telegram from Charleville reports that the Warrego has come down at Augathella. Grass has sprung up all over the district. Hughenden reports that the prospects are ...

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  35. THE PARCELS POST.

    It is stated that the claim by the Queensland Postal authorities for sea-postage on foreign postal matter conveyed between Brisbane and Sydney is delaying the ...

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  36. METROPOLITAN LICENSING COURT.

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  37. THE PARIS EXHIBITION.

    In the House of Commons last night, Mr. George Curzon, the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, intimated that the Government was prepared to expend £75,000 for ...

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  38. TASMANIA.

    The Equitable Building Society, at Launceston, after paying interest to depositors and the usual allotment to shareholders, carries forward £2,420. ...

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  39. BRITISH NAVY.

    Further additions are to be made immediately to the British navy. The Lords of the Admiralty are inviting tenders for the construction of four ...

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  40. A COASTING STEAMER MISSING.

    No mails have reached Bega since Sunday, and the mouth of the Bega River is now a mile wide. Rain is still falling incessantly at Pambula. ...

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  41. DISASTER AT SEA.

    The steamer Clara Nevada, hound for Seattle, in the state of Washington, has foundered off the coast of Alaska. The passengers, a large numbers of whom ...

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  42. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Nautical Court has found that the Collision of the Stella and the barquentine Waitemata was due to the negligent navigation of the former vessel, and cancelled the ...

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  43. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    Arthur Herbert Coppock appeared at the City Police Court to-day on a charge of forging and counterfeiting certain writing, purporting to be a document signed by ...

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  44. NEGLECTING AND INFANT.

    Before Messrs. Eade, Tait, and [?]anslow, J.P.'s, at the Collingwood Court yesterday, Florence Paproth, residing in Stanley-street, was charged, under the infant Life Protection Act, with having ...

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  45. COLLISION AT SEA.

    The iron serew steamer Bravo has been towed into Southampton in a water-logged condition. She reports that while on her voyage to ...

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  46. LAW NOTICES (This Day).

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  47. MORE DIRTY STREET CHANNELS.

    Sir,—I would like to ask you if there is any governing body controlling the streetcleaning of Moonee Ponds? If so, they must be like Rip Van Winkle, as some of ...

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  48. MINING FATALITY.

    A mining accident has occurred at the Kalgoorlie mine, which resulted in the death of a miner named Widdop. It appears that the shift going off last night, after firing, ...

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  49. SHIPPING NEWS.

    Arrived.—George Fleming, steamer, from Sydney; Star of New Zealand and Mutatua, steamers, from Wellington, N.Z.; Augsberg, steamer, from Sydney. ...

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