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  2. THE FISCAL CAMPAIGN. CANADA AND ENGLAND.

    The Earl of Aberdeen, formerly Governor-General of Canada a Liberal peer, speaking at Edinburgh yesterday, said that the Boer war was the opportunity for, but not the ...

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  3. THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL DEPARTURE THIS AFTERNOON

    His Excellency the Governor-General will sever his official connection with Melbourne to-day. The commission which His Excellency holds will expire next month, when ...

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  4. THE FAR EAST. WARLIKE FEELING IN CHINA.

    The Tientsin correspondent of the "Standard," after commenting on the comicality of China even dreaming at this juncture of fighting Russia, declares that the cry in ...

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  5. THE EMPEROR WILLIAM. ALARMIST RUMOURS.

    A painful sensation was caused in Austria yesterday by the publication in Vienna of a semi-official statement that a regency will be appointed in Germany, in the event of ...

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  6. THE SHIPWRECKED SAILORS. LETTER FROM MR. DEAKIN.

    Sir,—The manufacture of a myth has rarely been better exhibited than in your columns in the case of the Petriana. As apparently its object is to furnish material ...

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  7. THE TEST MATCH.

    Ever since Mr. R. H. Campbell asked the question, "Who is to represent Australia in the first test match?" is "The Argus" some weeks ago, thousands of ...

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  8. POINTS FOR TRADERS.

    Australia has had experience of Mr. Kingston as Minister of Customs. His return to office would be a "staggerer" to traders; yet it is a possibility of the near ...

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  9. SENATE ELECTION.

    The candidates named have agreed to the following brief statement of the views upon which they seek the votes of electors:— ...

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  10. IRON AND STEEL.

    American steel ballets are being offered in Lanarkshire at 76/ per ton, being 20/ below the minimum home quotation. Iron merchants on the Clyde are making ...

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  11. OPENING THE CZAR'S EYES.

    The Berlin "National Zeitung" publishes a remarkable statement from St. Petersburg. It is to the effect that the Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch, who is ...

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  12. A MEDICAL STATEMENT.

    The "British Medical Journal" states, on authority that it declares to be absolutely trustworthy, that the Kaiser's medical advisers consider the cure of the local affection ...

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  13. CANADA AND GERMANY.

    Canada has decided to impose a surlax on all imported German goods finished in Great Britain or elsewhere, if upwards of half the selling value of the article ...

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  14. RUSSIA AND JAPAN.

    The Japanese Minister at Washington has expressed his belief that the basis of a settlement of the difficulty between Russia and Japan has been practically agreed to. ...

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  15. TURKEY AND MACEDONIA. WAR WITH BULGARIA FEARED.

    "The Times" to-day publishes an alarmist message from its correspondent at Constantinople. The correspondent states that there is a ...

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  16. THE WOOLLEN TRADE.

    Messrs. Benson, woollen yarn spinners, of Bradford, have sent the following letter to the newspapers:— "The Americans have made such vast ...

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  17. THE FIFTY POUNDS CASE. SIR ALEXANDER PEACOCK RETICENT.

    The peculiar disclosures made on Thursday last in the Legislative Assembly as to the offer by Dr. Montague, of the Independent Order of Foresters, to pay £50 ...

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  18. LORD MAYOR'S RECEPTION.

    The Lord Mayor of Melbourne and Lady M'Eacharn entertained a large number of guests on Saturday evening in the Town-hall, the occasion being the farewell and ...

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  19. THE PERSIAN GULF.

    A correspondent of the "Daly Mail" states that Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India has left the Persian Gulf without having landed on Persia. ...

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  20. THE REFORM SCHEME.

    It is announced that in pursuance of the Austro-Russian scheme of reform for Macedonia, 56 foreign officers will be engaged to command the gendarmeric, and that 300 ...

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  21. SOUTH AFRICA. COAST-FEVER AMONG CATTLE.

    Professor Koch, of Berlin, the eminent bacteriologist, who is visiting South Africa, has attended a veterinary conference at Bloemfontein. He expressed an opinion ...

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  22. TOLEDO CATHEDRAL.

    A serious disaster has befallen the Cathedral of Toledo, the metropolitan church of Spain. The roof has fallen, and grave fears are entertained for the safety ...

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  23. THE COTTON PANIC.

    The panic on the New York Cotton Exchange, caused by the receipt of an official estimate that the American ctton crop is only 9,962,039 bales, being 600,000 bales ...

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  24. THE "PAID-UP" POLICY.

    Though Sir Alexander Peacock would say nothing as to the main question on Saturday, he repeated the denial that he had ever received a paid-up policy from the ...

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  25. COMMENTS ON THE LETTER.

    The Petriana case is not a myth. No one has either said or suggested that the Crew were in danger, so that Mr. Deakin's attempt to emphasise that point appears to ...

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  26. ANOTHER WARNING.

    Dr. Jameson, ex-Minister for Lands in this state and now Commissioner for Lands in the Transvall, in a letter to the Premier (Mr. James) says:—"A number of ...

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  27. SUBMARINE BOAT.

    A strange disaster has befallen an American submarine boat. The vessel is stranded on rocks on the Currituck Shoals, off the coast of North Carolina. The crew of seven ...

    Article : 55 words
  28. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS. MINING SHARES.

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  29. DARING BANK ROBBERY.

    A daring bank robbery has been committed at Randfontein, in the Transvaal Colony. A gang of masked men entered the premises of the Robinson South African ...

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  30. MUNICIPAL FINANCE.

    Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, ex-Chancellor of the Exhequer, when opening the town-hall at Cheltenham yesterday, recommended that full balance-sheets be submitted to ...

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  31. CAMPAIGN NOTES.

    "Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike." This is the spirit which an anonymous writer of a published letter shows who "says things" about the financial affairs of ...

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  32. SILVER.

    Bar silver is quoted at 250¾d. per oz. standard, being a decline of 5-16d. since Wednesday last. LONDON, Dec. 6. ...

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  33. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Governor-General on Saturday morning received the visiting state commandants at Government-house. Themilitary officers were introudced by ...

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  34. ARBITRATION LAWS FAIL.

    The decision of the Arbitration Court in the recent case to which Millars' Karri and jarrah Company Limited and their employes were parties has given great ...

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  35. COMMERCIAL-TELEGRAMS

    The following are the Frozen Meat Trade Association's market quotations, based on actual sales of not less than 100 carcases of mutton or lamb or 25 quarters of beef of ...

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  36. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The Chamber of Trade, which represents the wholesale houses at Johannesburg, has adopted a resolution commending the importation of indentured coloured labour. ...

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  37. NEW SOUTH WALES POLITICS. MR. CARRUTHERS AT WAGGA.

    Mr. Carruthers, the leader of the state Opposition, in accordance with a promise made some time ago, addressed a meeting at the Oddfellows-hall on Friday night. It ...

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  38. PONY RACING.

    The Kensington and Rosebery-park proprictaries agreeed a few days ago to disqualify all ponies, jockeys, owners, and bookmakers that took part iin any race ...

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  39. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—I am thoroughly in accord with your strictures on Mr. Deakin's remarks re crew of wrecked ship Petriana. It is utterly repugnant to a Briton's ...

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  40. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—The Australian Commonwealth is rendering herself ridiculous in the eyes of civilosed nations, and ridicule kills all respect. Vain that we invite Europe ...

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  41. A BY-ELECTION.

    The election to fill the vacancy for Waratah in the Assembly in the room of Mr. A. Griffith, who resigned to become a candidate for the Senate, took place yesterday, ...

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  42. GARDEN FETES.

    A garden fete in aid of the Children's Hospital was held at St. Austell, the residence of Mr. J. C. Stephens, morang-road, Hawthorn, on Saturday afternoon and evening, and resulted in a very ...

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  43. CARDINAL MORAN.

    Cardinal Moran arrived early yesterday morning by the R. M. S. Orizaba, and boarding a steam launch was conveyed to his palace at manly. In the afternoon, when ...

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  44. FOR THE ANTARCTIC.

    The Antaretic ships Terra Nova and Morning hauled off from the pier yesterday at noon, and anchored off Sandy Bay, setting sail with a fair breeze at 6 this ...

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  46. A PROHIBITED IMMIGRANT.

    Six months ago hans max Stelling, the second officer of a German sailing ship, was sentenced at Newcastle to six months' imprisonment for smuggling eigars. His ...

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  47. THE STATE ELECTIONS.

    At a meeting of the North Melbourne branch of the Protestant Union of Victoria, on Saturday evening, it was decided to support the candidature of mr. A. H. ...

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  48. ARRIVAL OF THE AORANG[?]

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  49. JEWELLERY ROBBERY.

    About midday on Saturday a thief broke into the house on Mr. Thomas C. Dow, an engine fitter, residing at 58 Stead-Street, South Melbourne, and stole £40 worth of ...

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  50. NORFOLK ISLAND NEWS.

    A meeting was held on Monday, in regard to the present unsatisfactory steam service. Steamers call at night-time, and will not take cargo. A petition is being forwarded ...

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