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  2. RUSSIA AND JAPAN. FINAL PREPARATIONS BY JAPAN.

    Reuter's correspondent at Tokio states that an emergency ordinance has been issued which invests the Japanese Government with unlimited credit for the purposes ...

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  3. PERSONAL.

    The following letter has been received from Lady Clarke by the mayor of Port Melbourne:—"R.M.S. Orontes, December 7, 1903.—Dear Mr. Hester,—Will you convey ...

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  4. FEDERAL MINISTERS.

    "Well, boys, here we are again." One can imagine Mr. Deakin using the familiar phrase of the interlocutor on the Christy Minstrel stage when Ministers reassemble ...

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  5. THE FISCAL CAMPAIGN. COMMISSION OF INQUIRY.

    The following additional members have been appointed on the commission organised by the Tariff Reform League to inquire into the condition of trade in England:— ...

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  6. SOUTH AFRICA.

    A Reuter's telegram states that in the debate in the Transvaal Legislative Council on Sir George Farrar's resolution in favour of the experimental trial of 10.000 Chinese ...

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  7. SECOND TEST MATCH. THE AUSTRALIAN TEAM.

    The second test match between England and Australia commences on the Melbourne ground at noon to-morrow. The selection committee for Australia—Messrs. A. E. ...

    Article : 548 words
  8. INTERSTATE CRICKET. AN IMPROVED WICKET.

    The interstate match between Victoria and New South Wales was advanced another stage yesterday, and there will probably be just time to finish it to-day before ...

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  9. AUSTRALIAN FINANCE.

    The "Daily Chronicle" comments on the series of articles on Australian borrowing contrihuted to its columns by Mr. R. L. Nash, commercial editor of the "Sydney ...

    Article : 148 words
  10. RUSSIA'S REPLY.

    The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "New York Herald" states that Russia's reply to the last Japanese note will be given inside ten days. The general opinion, he ...

    Article : 96 words
  11. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. A. J. Barber, the secretary of the Midland Railway Compmy of Western Australia Limited, announces that the West Australian Government has abandoned its ...

    Article : 83 words
  12. ANTARCTIC REGIONS.

    Dr. Otto Nordenskiold, who commanded the Swedish expedition to the Antarctic regions that recently returned to South America, has contributed a long article to ...

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  13. THE COMMISSION'S SCOPE.

    The members of the Tariff Commission state that it is not within their scope to define the nature of the arrangements in regard to colonial trade, or to make ...

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  14. OPINION IN GERMANY.

    Telegrams from Bellin state that a sudden wave of pessimism has come over Berlin with regard to the situation in the Far East. The feeling in the German capital ...

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  15. THE REV. J. A. DOWIE.

    The Rev. J. A. Dowie has bidden farewell to his adherents at Chicago, and will sail from San Francisco for Australia on January 21, returning to the United States ...

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  16. SOUTHERN NIGERIA.

    The Ekat expedition in Southern Nigeria has, in the course of successful operations extending over two months, destroyed 15 villages in the Oron country, killing many ...

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  17. THE COOGEE DISASTER. A COURT OF INQUIRY.

    The collision between the s.s. Coogee and the Italian ship Fortunato Figari in Bass Straits on Christmas morning was reported to the Marine Board at its periodical ...

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  18. RUSSIA AND KOREA.

    The correspondents of "The Times" at New York and Tokio are agreed that the party in Russia that controls the situation contend that the possession of Korea is ...

    Article : 81 words
  19. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Russia is projecting the construction of a railway from Samarkand, in Turkestan, to Tormz, near the Afghan frontier The Most Rev. Francis Bourne, ...

    Article : 86 words
  20. QUEENSLAND V. NEW SOUTH WALES SECOND ELEVEN.

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  21. RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN MONGOLIA.

    Russia is erecting forts at Urga, the sacred city of the Mongols and an important trade centre, in the north of Mongolia. This measure has seriously impressed the ...

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  22. TWO FRAGILE LEGS.

    A man named Thomas Edwin Hill, 49 years of age, who was admitted to the Alfred Hospital yesterday morning with his left leg frantured at the thigh, has had ...

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  23. THE "SLEEPING SICKNESS."

    Two natives of the Congo suffering from "sleeping sickness," the epidemic that has caused such terrible mortality in Uganda, have arrived at Liverpool, where they will ...

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  24. THE ENGLISH TEAM.

    The final selection of the English team will not be made until to-morrow morning, and will depend largely on weather conditions, and also on the physical fitness of ...

    Article : 275 words
  25. THE SQUADRON AT BIZERTA.

    The Russian squadron at Bizerta, in the Mediterranean, under the command of Admiral Virenius, has been reinforced by four additional torpedo boats, and has been ...

    Article : 96 words
  26. OPERATIC ARTIST AND MANAGER.

    Another theatrical dispute connected with Mr. George Musgrove's Comic Opera and Musical Comedy Company was mentioned in the Supreme Court to-day. The action is ...

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  27. THE CRICKET-GROUND SCENE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—I desire to add my protest to the way in which the public were treated at the interstate cricket match on Monday. I arrived at the ground at half-past 11, and ...

    Article : 83 words
  28. RUSSIAN DOCKS.

    The "Cologne Gazette" states that Russia possesses four docks at Vladivostock and Port Arthur that are amply sufficient to repair the largest vessels. ...

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  29. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Regarding Monday's cricket match fiasco, I with two friends went to the ground at 2 o'clock, and when tendering our 2/ admission to the grand-stand asked ...

    Article : 92 words
  30. SPECIAL TRAIN ARRANGEMENTS.

    For some reason or another the Railway department has not, since the opening of the direct Collingwood line, been able to capture as much of the traffic to the ...

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  31. THE INJURED SECOND OFFICER.

    QUEENSCLIFF.—In regard to the delay in obtaining medical assistance for Mr. Durant, second officer of the s.s. Coogee, on the arrival of the steamer after her collision ...

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  32. ILLEGAL FISHING.

    The captains of several Japanese schooners, who were arrested last August at Kamchatka, on the charge of illegal fishing in Russian waters, have been sentenced at ...

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  33. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—I cannot understand what sound reason the responsible body, whether the V.C.A. or not, have for not returning the admission money to the public on Monday. ...

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  34. SHIPWRECK RELIEF SOCIETY.

    The Victorian Shipwreck Relief Society met yesterday, the chairman, Mr. W. J. Mountain, presiding. A letter was received from Captain George ...

    Article : 141 words
  35. THE RECENT RAINS.

    The mail coach which left Wilcannia at 2 o'clock on Monday afternoon, and was due at Broken Hill yesterday afternoon at half-past 3, only arrived at half-past 7 this ...

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  36. THE BRITISH NAVY. EX-SERVICE MEN.

    The officials at the Portsmouth dockyard are making inquiries as to the number of ex-service men who are employed there. This step is interpreted to mean that the ...

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  37. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.

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  38. A PROTEST.

    Sir,—As a man who has for 30 years taken an active interest in cricket, and as one who desired to see the honour of Australia upheld on the cricket field. I, in ...

    Article : 127 words
  39. MOVEMENT IN TASMANIA.

    A large and representative meeting was held in the Mechanics' Institute this evening, the mayor presiding, to inaugurate a fund for the relief of the widow and family ...

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  40. SUBMARINE BOATS.

    The Admiralty intends next year to ask for a vote for a larger number of submarine boats than have been provided for in any previous year. ...

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  41. THE CHINA SQUADRON.

    The armoured cruiser King Alfred, 14,10[?] tons, 18 guns, will sail immediately with relief crews for the China squadron. Vice-Admiral Sir Gerard Noel is to ...

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  42. THE STATE ELECTIONS.

    No time is being lost by the state electoral officers in making the neeessary arrangements for the election of the new Parliament next year. The electoral registrars ...

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  43. R.M.S. INDIA AT FREMANTLE.

    The Peninsuar and Oriental Company's Royal mail steamer India arrived at 11 a.m. and sailed at 5 p.m. First saloon passengers:— For Adelaide.—Miss E. A. Bole. ...

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  44. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Wheat and Flour. — The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 1,760,000 quarters, as against 1,855,000 quarters last week and ...

    Article : 263 words
  45. THE MEMORIAL FUND.

    Sir,—I beg to inform you that my board have determined to subscribe £100 to the fund which we understand the very many friends of the late Captain Carrington ...

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  46. RUSSIAN CRUELTY.

    Colonel Foss, governor of the prison at Nikolaieff, in Siberia, has been tried for forgery and practising inhuman cruelty on prisoners under his charge. It was proved ...

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  47. THE AUCKLAND TRAM COLLISION.

    At the inquest on the victims of the tram accident at Auckland on Christmas Eve, by which three passengers lost their lives and a number were injured, the motor-man of the ...

    Article : 130 words
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