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  2. THE ROYAL VISIT.

    Now that the programme for the stay of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in Melbourne has been fixed it should be possible for the authorities to ...

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  3. APPALLING SHIPWRECK.

    A lamentable shipwreck, involving an appalling loss of life, is reported from San Francisco. The ill-fated vessel was the iron screw ...

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  4. MR. MATHIESON.

    It will be learned with regret that Victoria is likely soon to lose the services of Mr. John Mathieson, Commissioner of Railways. No definite official announcement ...

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  5. THE BOER WAR. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    The list of casualties in connection with Lord Methuen's successful march on Klerksdorp is very heavy, and includes a number of Victorians. Fighting took place ...

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  6. THE NEW GOVERNOR.

    It has been understood for some time that as soon as practicable after the inauguration of the Commonwealth the Secretary of State for the Colonies would ...

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  7. FIFTEEN PER CENTS.

    Duties amounting approximately to 15 per cent, on ordinary imports will be best for Australia, for the following reasons:— ...

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  8. NEW SOUTH WALES CONTINGENT.

    Four chaplains are to accompany the contingent of 2,000 men to South Africa. They are the Rev. H. R. A. Wilson, Church of England; the Rev. Ignatius Le Messuir, ...

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  9. BADEN-POWELL'S POLICE.

    In answer to inquiries in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Chamberlain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, admitted that Sir Alfred Milner, the High ...

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  10. ST. ARNAUD LADIES' MEMORIAL.

    The ladies of the St. Arnaud district are raising funds to erect a fountain to commemorate the deeds of the St. Arnaud soldiers in South Africa. There is about £51 in hand. A concert will be ...

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  11. RETURNED TROOPS.

    A banquet was held in the Mechanics' Institute, Narre Warren, last night, to welcome Privates A. J. Robinson, son of Mr. George W. Robinson, C.E., and Arnold Davies, son of Sir Matti[?]w Davies, ...

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  12. KAISER AS ARBITRATOR.

    A rumour has gained currency in England of late to the effect that the Emperor William of Germany when in London recently had offered his services as mediator ...

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  13. NATURAL PROTECTION.

    If there were a country so situated that it could not be reached from any other country, chat isolated place should be, according to high-tariff notions, the most ...

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  14. PERSONAL.

    Unpleasant news is contained in our cable messages this morning concerning some of the Victorian troops in South africa. In an engagement with the Boers ...

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  15. AFFAIRS IN CHINA. THE COURT'S RETURN.

    An edict has been issued ordering the palaces in the Forbidden City to be prepared for the return of the Court at the end of March. ...

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  16. THE COST OF THE WAR.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was questioned regarding the issue of the new war loan of £11,000,000 ...

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  17. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    It has been decided that the Australian landing place of the Pacific cable shall be at Southport, the popular watering place, 50 miles south of Brisbane, and 20 miles north ...

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  18. THE NAVAL CONTINGENT.

    Preparations have been completed to relieve the Australian naval contingent, which, in accordance with arrangements made some time ago, are to return next ...

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  19. NEW SOUTH WALES CASUALTIES.

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  20. PORTUGAL AND THE BOERS.

    The Portuguese Government, which has been considerably harassed by the action of those Boers who, in breach of the rules of international neutrality, cross into ...

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  21. WORKING OF RAILWAYS.

    The Germans have begun the work of transferring to the British the Peking to Shanhaikwan railway. The British have already assumed control of the section ...

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  22. NEW SOUTH WALES FINANCE.

    The New South Wales Government has placed Treasury bills for £1,000,000 on the London market. The bills have a currency of four years, and the rate of interest is ...

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  23. KING EDWARD.

    His Majesty King Edward left on his Continental tour to-day. He boarded the yacht Victoria and Albert last night at Sheerness, and sailed shortly after ...

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  24. ACTION BY AMERICA.

    At the instance of the United States, the allied powers acting in China have agreed to accept and be bound by the principle that no single power shall seek to obtain ...

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  25. DE' WET IN THE CAPE.

    The pursuit by Colonel Plumer has forced part of General De Wet's force into an extremely awkward position in the Cape Colony. Finding the chase too hot, the ...

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  26. GENERAL COLVILLE.

    Mr. St. John Brodrick, the Secretary for War, has made a statement in the House of Commons regarding the position of General Colville, who was sent back to ...

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  27. THE WEATHER. CONTINUANCE OF OPPRESSIVE HEAT.

    Although the highest shade temperature on Saturday was only 89.4deg., and yesterday 95.4deg., the heat was made very oppressive by the presence of a ...

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  28. THE COLD IN EUROPE.

    The cold in Europe and America has this year been phenomenal. In Russia, as already recorded, trains have been snowed up for days, and enormous loss ...

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  29. COURSING IN ENGLAND.

    The running in connection with the Waterloo Cup was concluded at Altear to-day, and resulted as under:— WATERLOO CUP. ...

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  30. OVER 104DEG. IN ADELAIDE.

    The heat yesterday and to-day was intense, the maximum temperature in the shade to-day being 104.6deg., and in the sun 158.7deg. There is no immediate ...

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  31. PUNISHING THE GUILTY.

    Li Hung Chang has informed the foreign Ministers that Prince Chuang, one of the prominent Boxer leaders, and Yu-Hsion, who was one of the principals in ...

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  32. LORD METHUEN'S WORK.

    Lord Methuen, who has fought some brisk engagements in the Western Transvaal, including the engagement at Hartebeestfontein, where the Victorians ...

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  33. QUEEN'S STATUE FUND. "THE ARGUS" FUND.

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  34. MORE RAIN IN QUEENSLAND.

    Further good rains have fallen in the Hughenden district and in the Georgetown district. There is every indication that the wet senson has set in. ...

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  35. ANOTHER OUTRAGEOUS ACT.

    The frequent story of De Wet's cruelty to his own men and to others has received undoubted confirmation from a British officer, who was captured at Zand Drift, ...

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  36. WRECK OF THE STEAMER MUNCHEN.

    The New South Wales agents for Norddeutscher Lloyd have received a cable message from Hong Kong containing the information that the steamer Munchen, ...

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  37. QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL.

    A meeting of the executive committee of the women's memorial to Queen Victoria, in aid of the Queen Victoria Hospital, was held on Tuesday. In the Independent-hall, Russell-street, Mrs. ...

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  38. IRISH LAND QUESTION.

    The Irish Nationalist press to-day devote much space to the debate which took place in the Commons last night, when Mr. J. E. Redmond moved as an amendment on the ...

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  39. KITCHENER'S PROCLAMATION.

    Much hope is derived from the fact that Lord Kitchener's proclamation promising generous treatment to the Boers is only now finding its way amongst many of the ...

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  40. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS. MINING SHARES.

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  41. VICTORIAN OR METROPOLITAN— WHICH?

    Sir,—It is to be hoped that your appeal to-day in reference to the Queen Victoria memorial will have the effect of arousing that enthusiastic interest in the proposal ...

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  42. CONCILIATION EFFORTS.

    Some scandal has been created in London by an attack made by the "Daily Chronicle" on the South African conciliation committee—a body formed, largely ...

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  43. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted at 28 5-16d. per oz. standard, or a decline of 1-16d. since the 21st inst. ...

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  44. THE QUEEN'S CHOCOLATE.

    The difficulties and delays of transport in South Africa are illustrated by the announcement now made that the "Queen's chocolate" has just reached Mafeking. ...

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  45. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS

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  46. THE INCOME TAX TEST.

    Coghlan says that people spend more in New South Wales because they have more to spend. The disclosures made bofore the Trades-hall Council of the [?]mentably low ...

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  47. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL.

    The London County Council, ever netive in new schemes of a semi-socialistic character, is now maturing an extensive plan for providing better house accommodation for ...

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  48. LAW NOTICES (This Day).

    At half-past 10 a.m.—Palmer v. Ford (part heard), Staughton v. Anderson, Dougall v. [?]ef[?]rnan, The Queen v. Austin, S.S. Boveric Co. v. W. Howard Smith and Son. ...

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  49. THE TREASURY BILLS.

    The Announcement was made a few days ago that the Government intended to issue Treasury bills to the amount of £3,000,000. The issue was made at once, and some ...

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  50. THE IMPERIAL AND INDIAN TROOPS.

    Roth the Imperial and the ladian troops are here. Rain marred their progress through the colony after leaving Auckland. ...

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  52. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    An action for salvage was tried yesterday in the Admiralty Court, before Sir Francis Jeune. It arose out of the salving of the ship Chiltonford, owned by Mr. C. ...

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  56. REEURNISHING THE CONTINGENTS.

    The War Office has accepted the offer of the South Australian Government to despatch enough men to South Africa to fill up the contingents to their original ...

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  57. KRUGER AND KING EDWARD.

    Mr. Kruger, the ex-President of the Transvaal Republic, who is still a somewhat unwelcome guest of the Dutch Government at the Hague, announced his ...

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