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  2. THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. THE ATTACKS ON PORT ARTHUR.

    The Japanese House of Representatives yesterday debated a Government proposal that the thanks of the House should be given to Vice-Admiral Togo and his f[?]eet ...

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  3. WAR OFFICE REFORM.

    The third section of the report of the Esher committee On the reorganisation of the war Office. has been made public. The committee consisted of Lord Esher ...

    Article : 299 words
  4. THE BOAT RACE.

    The annual boat race between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge was rowed to-day on the Thames over the usual course (of 4 miles 2½ furlongs), from Putney to ...

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  5. SHIPPING CASUALTIES. BRISBANE STEAMER LOST.

    Boisterous conditions prevailed along the coast yesterday, and some anxiety is being manifested for the safety of shipping. as the tempest, according to the acting ...

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  6. MELBOURNE ELECTION. POLL ON WEDNESDAY.

    On Wednesday an election will be held for the Melbourne seat in the House of Representatives which was rendered vacant by the direction of the High Court. On Friday a ...

    Article : 111 words
  7. PERSONAL.

    The arrangements of Their Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Northco[?]e for the week are as follows: — On Wednesday Lord Northcote ...

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  8. MELBOURNE HOSPITAL BAZAAR. CRITICISM ON MANAGEMENT.

    Mrs. T. R. Andrews, in the course of her address on hospital work at the Port Melbourne Town-hall yesterday afternoon, replied to the recent criticisms of Miss Vida ...

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  9. THE GOVERNOR OF FIJI.

    His Excellency Sir Henry M. Jackson, Governor of Fiji, Lady Jackson, and their youngest son, who are returning to England, were passengers by the Miowera, ...

    Article : 248 words
  10. VOTING BY POST.

    Already over 2,000 persons have applied for forms which they must fill up before they can obtain postal ballot papers. By Saturday evening 700 ballot-papers had been ...

    Article : 262 words
  11. OPENING OF HOSTILITIES.

    Korean officials at Wiju[?] on the estuary of the Yalu, declare that Russia began the invasion of Korea on February 2, six days before the attack by the Japanese on Port ...

    Article : 74 words
  12. FRANCE AND ROME.

    Acting under instructions from M. Combes, the French Premier, and M. Delcasse, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, M. Nisard, the French Ambassador at the ...

    Article : 164 words
  13. POLLING BOOTHS.

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  14. THE REV. J. A. DOWIE.

    The superintendent of public buildings Mr. C. E. Owen Smyth, sent the following letter to the Rev. J. A. Dowie this morning: — ...

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  15. ROUND PORT ARTHUR.

    There are now 10 Russian destroyers at Port Arthur. A telegram from Chefoo recently stated that the Russian destroyer Skori, while ...

    Article : 101 words
  16. THE FISCAL CONTROVERSY.

    It is announced that 90 per cent. of the members of associations connected with the the iron trade of Great Britain, in their replies to inquiries by the Tariff Commission, ...

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  17. MR. MALONEY AT THE BENEVOLENT ASYLUM.

    There was not a large attendance of inmates of the Benevolent Asylum on Saturday afternoon when Mr. Maloney delivered an address in support of his candidature, the ...

    Article : 277 words
  18. POLITICS IN ENGLAND. THE IRISH UNIONISTS.

    The Irish Unionists are now causing the Government trouble. They have intimated that unless a grant is given for the drainage of the River Bann, and also a grant ...

    Article : 54 words
  19. THE BATTLE-SHIP RETVISAN.

    The battle-ship Retvisan, as already mentioned, has been used by the Russians as a stationary battery since she was disabled by the Japanese in the first attack on Port ...

    Article : 61 words
  20. THE EDUCATION ACT.

    The agitation of the Noneonformists against the provisions of the Education Act has resulted in a strong movement in favour of a bill embodying popular control ...

    Article : 60 words
  21. SINECURES FILLED.

    It is announced that Lord Curzon of Kedleston, Viceroy of India, has been appointed to succeed the late Marquis of Salisbury as Warden of the Cinque Ports, a ...

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  22. THE COAL DIFFICULTY.

    Rear-Admiral Vir[?]nius, whose fleet is still confined to Mediterranean waters owing to the difficulty of obtaining coal, has been ordered to stay at the Pir[?]us, the port of ...

    Article : 54 words
  23. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Mr.Austen Chamberlain,Chancellor of the Exchequer, has announced that he does not intend to propose in his Budget an increase in the export duty on coal. ...

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  24. CASUALTIES AND FATALITIES. BOY KICKED BY A HORSE.

    A little boy of eight, named Andrew Shaw, lies in the Alfred Hospital, seriously injured, owing to his being kicked by a horse on Saturday. Shaw was driving a ...

    Article : 122 words
  25. THE BALTIC SQUADRON.

    Herculean efforts are being put forth by Russia to have the Baltic fleet ready for sea in July, by which date, according to an arrangement made some weeks ago, it is to ...

    Article : 56 words
  26. THE MARSEILLES STRIKE

    Serious rioting has occurred at Marseilles, where the dock labourers have been out on strike as a protest against the employment of non-union labour. Revolver shots wore ...

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  27. LADY MUSGRAVE WRECKED.

    The steamer Lady Musgrave, 250 tons gross register, and owned by Messrs. W. Collin and Son, of Brisbane, was wrecked on the outer bar at Ballina, Richmond ...

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  28. SIR MALCOLM M'EACHARN'S CANDIDATURE.

    A special meeting of ladies and gentlemen of the Gipps Ward Division Committee will be held this evening, at 8 o'clock, at Miss Sutherland's Home, "Culgoner," ...

    Article : 57 words
  29. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

    The dismantling of the Russian gun-boat Mandjur, at Shanghai, which was agreed to by the Russians in consideration of the vessel being allowed to remain in a n[?]utral ...

    Article : 125 words
  30. A CHILD BURNT.

    CASTERTON, Saturday,—A child, aged two years, son of Mr. L. Heenan, of Wombelano, has been severely burned from the shoulder to the arm, owing to his clothes ...

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  31. SIR M. M'EACHARN AND LABOUR.

    Sir,—I was impressed this morning with the remarks in your issue under the heading of "Workers to Workers," and it caused me to wonder if my fellow-workers ever ...

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  32. CHINESE FOR THE RAND.

    The Tientsin correspondent of the "Standard" supplies that journal with the conditions under which Chinese labourers are to be engaged for the Rand. ...

    Article : 108 words
  33. SHOT WITH A PEA RIFLE.

    WANGARATTA, Saturday.—A serious accident with a pea rifle occurred at Moylin on Friday afternoon, when Ray Schulz, son of Mr. Carl Schulz, ...

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  34. GARDEN PARTY AT RIPPON LEA.

    A garden party and children's fete, in aid of the Melbourne Hospital, was held on Saturday afternoon at Rippon Lea. Elsternwick, Which was placed at the disposal of ...

    Article : 445 words
  35. FEDERAL CAPITAL SITE.

    A federal party, under the guidance of Sir William Lyne, in search of a federal capital site tourned the Tumut district on Friday, traversing a distance of some 35 ...

    Article : 225 words
  36. ILLNESS OF MR. KINGSTON.

    It will be learned with general regret that Mr. C. C. kingston, M.H.R., has been attacked by serious illness. For many months past the ex-Minister of Customs has been ...

    Article : 305 words
  37. NEWS BY THE MAIL.

    Count Lamsdorff, Foreign Minister of Russia, whose department has been guilty of more acts of perfidy, and broken more pledges than all the other chancelleries of ...

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  38. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    To-day's quotation for bar silver is 2[?] 11-16d. per ounce, a decline of [?]d. since Thursday. MINING SHARES. ...

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  39. NEWS FROM THE STATES. A MINE FLOODED.

    The bursting of a dam yesterday at Brazil, in Clay county, Indiana, flooded the mine at the Excelsior Clay Works. Thirty men engaged below at the time are imprisoned, and ...

    Article : 49 words
  40. A BOLTING HORSE.

    BALLARAT, Sunday.—Two children, John and Cyril Lang, were knocked down by a horse at their parents' residence, Ballarat North, on Saturday. John sustained ...

    Article : 44 words
  41. COMMERCIAL TELEGRAMS.

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

    Article : 403 words
  42. MISSTATEMENTS REFUTED.

    Sir,—I observe that Dr. Maloney has said that Sir Malcolm M'Eacharn was "lined" two guin[?]as in connection with the recent petition presented by the doctor. His ...

    Article : 182 words
  43. A TERRIBLE TORNADO.

    A terrible tornado swept over the country in the vicinity of Chicago yesterday. It destroyed 500 houses, killed 12 persons, and injured many others. The damage is ...

    Article : 41 words
  44. FALL FROM A TREE.

    BENDIGO, Sunday.—A lad named William Hopgood, while birds'-nesting at Marong to-day, fell from a tree, and broke his thigh. He was admitted to the Bendigo ...

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  45. THE GRAIN FLEET.

    The large four-masted barque Osborne arrived in the bay on Saturday night in ballast from Santa Rosalia, and will receive a cargo of wheat at Williamstown. ...

    Article : 64 words
  46. FISHERMAN DROWNED.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Arthur Anscombe was drowned at Kendall's Beach, Kiama, on Friday last. He was fishing with two companions, who were some distance off, ...

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  47. THE LONDON DEEMING.

    Inquiries made by the police into the ante[?]edents of the ex-convict Crossman, who cut his throat when detected in the act of removing the body of his murdered wife ...

    Article : 152 words
  48. TASMANIA.

    The Athenic from London and the Cape had the following passengers for Melbourne: — Miss Maearthur, Messrs, Sealer, M'Arthur, Morris, Bell, Andrews, Chrisp, Boden. ...

    Article : 164 words
  49. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    James Matthews, late of Mooraboolstreet, Geelong, butcher, who died on December 24 last, under a will dated October 15, 1902, and subsequent codicils, left ...

    Article : 118 words
  50. NATIONAL CITIZENS' REFORM LEAGUE.

    As Mr.G.W.S.Dean has received offers of engagement as agent for certain candidates at the forthcoming general election, and the executive of the league consider ...

    Article : 156 words
  51. DEATH FROM SNAKEBITE.

    NEERIM SOUTH, Saturday.—On Tuesday last a little girl, nine years of age, the daughter of Mr. J. Carlon, farmer, at Neerim South, was bitten by a snake on the ...

    Article : 91 words
  52. NEW INSOLVENTS.

    Arthur William Harding. of Geelong, grocer's assistant, but formerly of Queenscliff, fruiterer and grocer. Causes[?]Pressure of creditors, failure of business. ...

    Article : 61 words
  53. GARDEN FETE AT ARMADALE.

    An enjoyable garden fe[?]e was given by Mesdames Gotch and F. H. Langlands, on Saturday afternoon, in the grounds of "Lalbert," Orrong-road, Armadale. ...

    Article : 368 words
  54. KILLED BY DRAY ACCIDENTS.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Michael Rowen was returning to the Bendi[?]k Hotel from Koorawatha, when his horses holted. He became entangled with the reins. and was dragged ...

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  55. To-DAY'S AUCTION SALES.

    The following are to-day's auction sales: — Messrs. Gemmell, Tuckett, and Co., at Elsternwick, household furniture and effects; Messrs. Baylee and Co., at their rooms, unredeemed pledges; Messrs. ...

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  56. S.S. MIOWERA AT BRISBANE.

    BRISBANE. Sunday. — The Miowera arrived at Pinkenba this morning. after a rather rough passage from Vancouver. A ga[?] was met with between the 7th and 9th March. The passengers ...

    Article : 187 words
  57. FIRES IN THE COUNTRY.

    BALLART. — A five-roomed house, owned and occupied by Mr.Phillips, off Queen-street. Black [?], was destroyed by fire on Saturday night. Mrs. Phillips is lying seriously ill in Melbourne, and ...

    Article : 236 words
  58. LAW NOTICES (This Day).

    At Half-past 10 a.m. — Re Jones, deceased (part heard). Second Civil Court. (Before Mr. Justice Hodges.) ...

    Article : 98 words
  59. THE COTTON CORNER.

    It has transpired that Mr. D.J. Sully, who recently failed in New York while operating in cotton, had hoped to corner the world's supply, amounting to about ...

    Article : 81 words
  60. THRASHING-MACHINE MISHAP.

    MARYBOROUGH, Sunday. — James Peace, aged 64, a resident of Bendigo, was on Saturday taking a traction-engine and thrashing-machine from Talbot to Donald. ...

    Article : 87 words
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