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  2. THE MISSION TO THIBET. FIGHTING NEAR GYANGTS.

    The column under Colonel Macdonald, attached to Colonel Younghusband's mission, had further severe fighting on the last stages of the journey before reaching Gyangtse, ...

    Article : 141 words
  3. ENGLAND AND FRANCE. THE EGYPTIAN QUESTION.

    In forwarding to Sir E. J. Monson, the British Ambassador in Paris, the text of the recent convention between England and France, the Marquis of Lansdowne in his ...

    Article : 86 words
  4. NO MERCY FOR THE FOE.

    Major-General Meshtchenko, a Russian officer commanding in Manchuria, when informed that surprise had been expressed that nothing had been heard about Japanese ...

    Article : 65 words
  5. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    Contrary to expectations, Labour members did not discuss the impending crisis at their caucus meeting yesterday. Two or three of them wished to talk over the situation, ...

    Article : 504 words
  6. LOSS OF THE PETROPALOYSK ADMIRAL MAKAROFF'S UNTIMELY END.

    A great sensation was created throughout Russia when the news was published yesterday that the fine battleship Petropavlovsk, 11,000 tons, had been sunk by a mine, and that almost all on board, including Rear-Admiral Makaroff, had perished. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 481 words
  7. MR. BENT.

    A flying trip was made yesterday by the Premier (Mr. Bent) through the Diamond Creek, Queenstown, and Eltham districts. Mr. Bent was accompanied by the Minister ...

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  8. THE YALU INCIDENTI

    Vice-Admiral Togo, in command of the Japanese fieet, gi[?]es a version of the recent skirmish on the Yalu River which is at variance with that supplied by General ...

    Article : 177 words
  9. PERSONAL.

    His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor (Sir John Madden) has forwarded to Fremantle for Sir Reginald Talbot, the new Governor of Victoria, the following ...

    Article : 772 words
  10. THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    With regard to the position of the New Hebrides, it is officially announced that under the new convention England and France undertake, without modifying the ...

    Article : 84 words
  11. USE OF INDIAN TROOPS.

    The question of the employment of Indian troops in Thibet was debated in the House of Commons last evening. A resolution sanctioning the course proposed was ...

    Article : 120 words
  12. SOUTH AFRICA.

    Mr. W. T. Stead, editor of the "Review of Reviews," who is at present in South Africa made a remarkable statement at a meeting of the Dutch people at which he ...

    Article : 88 words
  13. STUDENTS IN TROUBLE.

    Three hundred university students at Kharkoff have been expelled for promoting a demonstration against the war. ...

    Article : 23 words
  14. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    Sir Charles Dilke, the Liberal member for the Forest of Dean, speaking to-day on the naval Estimates, said it was impossible for Great Britain to retrench her ...

    Article : 61 words
  15. UNITED STATES NAVY.

    A terrible accident occurred yesterday on board the United States turret ship Missouri, 12,230 tons. She was engaged in target practice near Pensacola, a town on ...

    Article : 83 words
  16. SHIP AND COMMANDER.

    The Petropavlovsk, which has often been mentioned in these notes since the beginning of the war, was a turret ship, launched at St. Petersburg in 1894, and cost £1,098,000. ...

    Article : 315 words
  17. ACCIDENT OR SUICIDE?

    The inquest concerning the death of Walter Lindsay Thompson, a solicitor, was continued to-day. The evidence of Charles T. Norris, a law ...

    Article : 375 words
  18. FRUIT SHIPMENTS.

    The Australian apples shipped by the R.M.S. Oroya arrived in good condition. Many of the Tasmanians were, however, of poor quality. The market is glutted with ...

    Article : 104 words
  19. THE NAVIGATION BILL.

    The Central Council of Employers of Australia, representing the several interstate bodies, has held two long sittings in Melbourne lately in connection with the ...

    Article : 288 words
  20. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The London County Council loan of £5,000,000, at 3 per cent., with a minimum of 90, has been covered fifteenfold. The new screw sloop Cadmus, 1,070 tons, ...

    Article : 136 words
  21. NOTES ON THE CABLES.

    The cable messages of this morning confirm the report of the terrible disaster to another of Russia's finest armoured ships published in our second edition yesterday, ...

    Article : 283 words
  22. COLONEL HOAD'S APPOINTMENT.

    In reply to Mr. Kelly (N.S.W.), in the House of Representatives yesterday, the Minister for Defence (Mr. Chapman) said that he did not deem it advisable to lay ...

    Article : 71 words
  23. LAND SETTLEMENT IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Government has sent the following cable message to London, as indicating the success of the new land policy with a return of normal seasons:— ...

    Article : 198 words
  24. ARBITRATION BILL.

    Mr. Skene (V.) has presented to the House of Representatives the following petition of the Pastoralists' Federal Council of Australia:— ...

    Article : 428 words
  25. A SENSATIONAL LEAP.

    A remarkable attempt at suicide, ending most unexpectedly in failure, was made yesterday afternoon, a little before 1 o'clock, at Prince's-bridge. An elderly man, named ...

    Article : 287 words
  26. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    To-day's quotation for bar silver is 24 13-16d. per oz., a rise of 3-16d. since Monday. BANK RATE. ...

    Article : 70 words
  27. THE HIGH COMMISSIONER.

    The Prime Minister yesterday circulated the bill providing for the appointment of a "High Commissioner of the Commonwealth in the United Kingdom." As already ...

    Article : 232 words
  28. HOW THE DISASTER OCCURRED.

    There is still a great deal of doubt as to the circumstances under which the Petropavlovsk was sunk. "The Times" ethergram from their special steamer, off Port Arthur, giving a detailed account of the advance of the Japanese squadron on the ...

    Article : 370 words
  29. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Wheat.—The American visible supply east of the Rocky Mountains is estimated at 49,380,000 bushels, against 49,639,000 bushels a week ago and 64,573,000 bushels ...

    Article : 132 words
  30. A REASONABLE THEORYI

    The Russian official account looks like another case of breaking the news gently to the people, as was done by Alexieff at Port Arthur on the occasion of their first ...

    Article : 174 words
  31. THE ADELAIDE MURDER.

    At the criminal sittings to-day Thomas Horton, aged 24, was placed on trial on a charge of having murdered his wife, Florrie Horton, at Adelaide, on February 27. ...

    Article : 208 words
  32. THE FELTON BEQUESTS.

    The half-yearly meeting of the Victorian Artists' Society was held yesterday evening at the society's gallery in Albert-street. Mr. Frederick M'Cubbin, president of the ...

    Article : 362 words
  33. MURDER BY A CHINESE.

    At the Dubbo Circuit Court to-day Ah Chick was found guilty of the murder of a selector named William Tregaskis, at Bulgandramine on February 17 last, and was ...

    Article : 114 words
  34. STRANGE POISONING CASE.

    Andrew Every, the owner of a wood depot at Charters Towers, prepared a glass of whisky egg flip this morning. He thought it tasted bitter, and suddenly ...

    Article : 113 words
  35. BOTH SIDES MINING.

    The loss of the fine battle-ship is alone a great blow to Russia. Next to Japan's first sudden assault on Port Arthur, it is the dramatic event of the war, and in actual ...

    Article : 230 words
  36. BUBONIC PLAGUE. CASE IN SYDNEY.

    Plague has reappeared after a long interval. The second case this season was reported this morning. The patient was a storeman named Webb, who worked in ...

    Article : 101 words
  37. R.M.S. OMRAH AT FREMANTLE

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  38. TASMANIAN PARLIAMENT.

    In the House of Assembly the Occupancy Rate Bill was read a third time, and passed. The totalisator tax resolution was agreed to, and a bill brought in to give effect to ...

    Article : 224 words
  39. LAW NOTICES (This Day).

    At 11 a.m.—MacLeod v. Henry. Practice Court. Chamber business will be taken by Mr. Justice Hodges in the Practice Court from half-past 10 to ...

    Article : 108 words
  40. BOMBARDMENT OF THE HE TOWN.

    After the engagement outside the Japanese war-ships bombarded the town. The officers of the Espiegle report that the Japanese opened fire at 8 o'clock. The forts did not reply, and the Japanese soon afterwards retired to the eastward. ...

    Article : 162 words
  41. UNIFORMITY OF QUARANTINE.

    Dr. Ham his received a telegram from the Adelaide Health authorities, suggesting, in connection with his recent memorandum to the Prime Minister regarding ...

    Article : 52 words
  42. OTHER DISASTERS.

    If an accident, it is the third disaster of the kind the Russians have had at Port ...

    Article : 452 words
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