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  2. MR. BARTON'S SPEECH. COMMENTS AND OPINIONS.

    We give below a number of the opinions of public men and of the press upon the Federal Premier's speech, attention being directed principally to the fiscal issue as ...

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  3. THE BOER WAR. INVASION OF CAPE COLONY

    Stringent measures have been taken by the authorities to cope with disloyalty in the Cape Colony. An order has been issued forbidding all ...

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  4. THE FEDERAL MINISTRY VACANCY NOT FILLED.

    Mr. Barton stated to-day that no successor had yet been appointed to Sir James Dickson in the Federal Ministry. A Queensland politician had been asked to ...

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  5. CHINA AND THE POWERS.

    Further details are published of the affixing'. the Imperial seal to the joint note presented by the powers. When the joint note was signed, Prince ...

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  6. THE TARIFF CAMPAIGN. REDUCED DUTIES. ARE POSSIBLE.

    "It is impossible to raise the revenue without a high tariff " is a cry to be used, it appears, on every platform by ultraprotection advocates. This statement is a ...

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  7. THE FARMER'S POSITION.

    Mr. A. W. Pearse writes us:— "With your kind permission, I would like to point out to the people of this country the tremendous competition we ...

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  8. THE SCOTTISH HORSE.

    A cable message was received yesterday by the Minister of Defence from the Marquis of Tullibardine regarding the enrolment of 250 Scotsmen in Australia, for ...

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  9. VICTORIAN POLITICIANS.

    Mr. Peacock, Chief Secretary, said that the programme would be generally endorsed throughout the Commonwealth. The most important subject at the present time was ...

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  10. SIR EDWARD BRADDON.

    Sir E. Braddon declares that it is difficult to judge accurately of Mr. Barton's policy from the condensed reports, but it looks as if a revenue tariff is to be ...

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  11. INDIAN TROOPS.

    MiUtary experts, writing from Peking, are enthusiastic in their praise of the Indian troops who are serving in China under Sir Alfred Caselee. ...

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  12. PRESS OPINIONS.

    The "Sydney Morning Herald" says that Mr. Barton's exposition of the policy of the Federal Ministry was not so definite as anticipated on the ...

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  13. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Some days ago Lieut.—Colonel Creagh called upon me with reference to obtaining volunteers for the Marquis of Tullibardine's scottish Horse. I refrained from taking ...

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  14. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    Mr. Alexander S. M'Kenzie, who is a candidate for the St. Kilda electorate in the room of Sir George Turner, is a resident of Balaclava, and was' first president of the ...

    Article : 59 words
  15. AFFAIRS IN IRELAND.

    The electicns for the Dublin Municipal Council have resulted in the re-election of Several loyalist members of the late council, despite the virulent opposition of Mr. ...

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  16. NEAR STEYNSBURG.

    Another unfortunate surrender is reported from the Stormberg district of the Cape Colony. A patrol of Prince Alfred's Volunteer ...

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  17. THE COMMONWEALTH. NATIONAL LIBERAL ORGANISATION PROGRAMME.

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  18. "SYDNEY DAILY TELEGRAPH."

    The "Daily Telegraph" writes:—"The ingenuity displayed in finding a way to avoid calling protection by its own name is one of the most remarkable ...

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  19. ABYSSINIAN RAILWAY,

    British capitalists have agreed to finance a French concession for the construction of a radway from Jibutd, the Flench port on the Gulf of Aden, to Adis Abeba, the ...

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  20. MR. M'LEAN.

    Mr. M'Lean said:—"I am very pleased to see that it is not the intention of the Government to make any important appointments, such as appointments to the ...

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  21. SUTHERLAND AND ABERDEEN LOOTED.

    Sutherland, cast of Clanwilliam, 160 miles north-east of Cape Town, has been looted by a Boer force of 100 men, which afterwards retreated northward. ...

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  22. THE WORLD'S TRADE.

    The Earl of Rosebery, addressing the Wolverhampton Chamber of Commerce last night, made some interesting remarks on the commercial contests of the 20th ...

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  23. FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    The Trades-hall Council, under the chairmanship of the president (Mr. F. Tudor), held a meeting in private till a late hour last night to decide on what action should ...

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  24. IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    Reports received from Lord Kitchener show that the Boers are still concentrating in the east of the Transvaal. Lord Kitchener reports that at Carolina, ...

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  25. THE QUESTION OF TRANSPORT.

    The Premier has received a telegram from Sir William Lyne, stating that he has heard nothing from the War Office in reference to a transport to take the fifth ...

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  26. THE GRAMPIANS.

    Mr. H. H. Wettenhall, formerly a member of the Legislative Council for the Nelson Province, a resident of Pomona, near Stawell. has announced himself as a ...

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  27. SYDNEY "EVENING NEWS."

    "Mr. Barton was far more definite from a fiscal point of view than he has been in anything he has said since he was appointed Prime Minister. His tariff is to ...

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  28. MR. M'KENZIE, M.L.A.

    Mr. M'Kenzie, M.L.A., leader of the Country party in the Assembly, said:—"On the whole Mr. Barton's speech was very much what I expected, and, generally ...

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  29. GENERAL CARLE NEWS.

    Alford, late cashier of the Tirst Nationail Bank, New York, who embezzled the funds of the bank to the amount of £140,000, has been convicted, and sentenced to 13 years' ...

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  30. EQUIPMENT FOR THE SIXTH CONTINGENT.

    Sir,—At a conference of Premiers held at Sydney on the 9th inst. to consider the question of despatching more troops to South Africa, a cable message was sent to ...

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  31. A RAILWAY TRAGEDY

    An extraordinary tragedy has occurred on the London and South-Western Railway line. As a train was approaching Surbiton— ...

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  32. THE STARCH ISSUE.

    We have received a letter from Mr. Robert Harper dealing with the starch controversy. We have given Mr. Harper the fullest possible opportunity of stating his ...

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  33. LORD KITCHENER'S POLICY.

    Lord Kitchener's policy of systematically collecting the Boer families in the country districts and their live stock into convenient centres, where they can be protected ...

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  34. A FALSIFICATION EXPOSED.

    High tariff orators are freely stating that in Victoria, the protectionist colony, the Customs duties levied amounted to only 10.8 per cent. of the total ...

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  35. "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN REGISTER."

    "Although Mr. Barton is evidently putting out feelers, and though he does not apparently admit it expedient to be too definate all at once, his pronouncement in ...

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  36. VENEZUELA,

    The South American Republio of Venezuela has become involved in difficulties with both Great Britain and the United States. ...

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  37. PUBLIC OPINION IN SYDNEY.

    Mr. Barton's speech formed the topic of conversation to-day among politicians and city men generally. For some reason or other nothing very definite on the fiscal ...

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  38. "SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ADVERTISER."

    "The Prime Minister's deliverance on the fiscal question was broadly in keeping with the elevated character of the other portions of his speech. It is a sorry policy ...

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  39. COLONEL COLVILLE'S COLUMN.

    The column commanded by Colonel A. E. W. Colville, of the Rifle Brigade, which has been lately operating in the vicinity of the Witwatersrand, has been successfully ...

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  40. "BRISBANE COURIER."

    The "Brisbane Courier" states:—"The first announcement of importance is that the Ministry is protectionist without reservations of any sort. We understand now why ...

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  41. THE KOWSHING CASE.

    Mr. Joseph Hodges Choato, the United States Ambassador in London, has bcou appointed arbitrator between Great Britain and China in the ease of the steamer Kow. ...

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  42. SIR ALFRED MILNER.

    The departure for Pretoria of Sir Alfred Milner, who was recently appointed Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River colonies, has been indefinitely postponed, as ...

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  43. AUSTRALIAN NAVAL CONTINGENT.

    A despatch has been received by the Lieutenant-Governor from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, enclosing a copy of a report received by the Admiralty ...

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  44. THE PRUSSIAN KINGDOM.

    The bicentenary of the Prussian mouarchy is being celebrated with great rejoicings in Berlin, and throughout Pr ussia. ...

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  45. THE PEACE MOVEMENT.

    The fighting Boers have given a further proof of their hostility to the movement in favour of peace, which is spreading among the Dutch residents of the Transvaal and ...

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  46. SHIPPING NEWS.

    The following arrivals and departures are reported:— Arrivals.—Bracadale, from Melbourne October 5; Northern Monarch, from Port ...

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  47. THEFT OF JEWELLERY FROM A DWELLING.

    Mrs. Freemnn, a resident of Victoriastreet, Flemington, has reported to the police that on Thursday evening, during her absence, her house was entered, and £50 ...

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  48. A MILLIONAIRE'S DAUGHTER,

    Tho daughter of Mr. John Davison Rockefeller, the American millionaire, has married Mr. prentice, a barrister, of Chicago. Mr. Rockefeller has settled upon his ...

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  49. EXECUTION OF JIMMY GOVERNOR.

    Jimmy Governor, tho aboriginal, who was tho chief actor in the massacro at Breelong when several members of tho Mawboy family wcia brutally murdered, and whoso ...

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  50. BRITISH PRISONERS RELEASED.

    The British prisoners who were captured by the Boers at Helvetia on December 20 and at Balfast on January 7 have been released. ...

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  51. A LUMBER SHIP DISABLED.

    The Port Ludlow, bound from Port Townsend, Puget Sound, with lumber for Sydney, has returned to part disabled. She lost her deck-load during a gale, and was ...

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  52. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    Anno Augusta Butler, of Sydnoy-road, Parkville.latelyboardinghouse-keeper. Cause of insolvency-Excpensca of bonrdinghousckeeping exceeding receipts. Liabilities, £08 ...

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  53. CRICKET IN ENGLAND.

    As the rcbnlt of a conference of captains of eounty cnckot teams reecntly held to eousider the question of whmt constitutes fair howling, the Marylebone Creket Club, ...

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  54. A NEW STEAM SERVICE.

    The Ocean Steamship Company (Mr. Alfred Holt), Liverpool, is starting a new steam service direct from Glasgow to Australia via Liverpool and London. The ...

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  55. H.M.S. SYBILLE ASHORE.

    The second-class cruiser, Sybille, 8 guns, 3,400 tons, which recently landed a force of bluejackets and some guns at Lambert Bay, north of Table Bay, has gone ashore ...

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  56. TO-DAY'S PROPERTY SALES.;

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  57. NEWFOUNDLAND.

    A special session of the Newfoundland Parliament is to be held for the purpose of agreeing to a renwai of the modus vivendi betwcen Gicat Britain and Frnce with ...

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  58. DEATHS FROM INJURIES.

    Three deaths at the Melbourno Hospital, the rcsuit of accidtnts, Were upoited to the loroner yestciday. Alex Stewart, a butcher, aged 30, living m Snuth-street. ...

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  59. POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

    Edward Savral, a ncgro, is a man of extraordlnary versatl[?]y. aceording to the story he told at the City Conrt ycstcrday. Savrnl and another coloured man, named p[?] Edards, and acensed of ...

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  60. DEMAND FOR VOLUNTEERS.

    Lord Roberts's appeal for additional volunteer regiments for service in South Africa is being cagerly responded to by the yeomanry, the volunteers, and the ...

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  61. MAIL STEAMERS.

    The P. and O. R.M.S. Victoria arrived at Colombo from Australia on the 16th inst. ...

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  62. A NEW SOUTH WALES M.L.A.

    Mr. James Ashton, M.L.A., of New South Wales, a prominent member of the National Council of the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, is at present ...

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  67. FIGHTING SCOUTS.

    Lord Kitchener has formed a corps of fighting scouts, who are being equipped in such a manner as to give them great mobility. Each man will be provided with ...

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