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  2. THE BALTIC FLEET. CAPTAIN CLADO ARRESTED.

    A curious development has arisen out of the return to St. Petersburg of Captain Clndo, one of the officers of the Russian Baltic fleet. ...

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  3. PORT ARTHUR. NOGI'S NEW PLANS.

    There are now indications that General Nogi, the commander of the Japanese army besieging Port Arthur, will rely upon the starvation of the garrison to ensure its ...

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  4. GERMANY'S FOREIGN RELATIONS.

    Another important speech in regard to Germany's foreign relations was made yesterday in the Reichstag by Count Bulow, the Chancellor. ...

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  5. PERSONAL.

    A garden fete in aid of the Children's Hospital was held on Saturday afternoon, at Myoora, Toorak, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Harper. The fete, which was ...

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  6. TIMBER YARD FIRE.

    The fire which broke out early on Saturday morning at Otto Romcke and Co.'s timber-yard, on the south bank of the Yarra, continued to burn fiercely throughout the ...

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  7. TARIFF COMMISSION.

    With the exception of Sir John Quick all the gentlemen whose names were mentioned in these columns on Saturday have intimated to the Prime Minister that they ...

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  8. DEATH OF DR. CRESSWELL.

    The community was astonished and greatly grieved to learn on Saturday that Dr. Dan Astley Gresswell, chairman of the Board of Public Health, had died at his ...

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  9. NOTES ON THE CABLES.

    There are two or three groups of Peseadores or Fisher lalands, but those as to which the Ja[amese have warned shipping are a little group of islands lying just to ...

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  10. THE FEDERAL CAPITAL.

    The Commonwealth Parliament chose the Dalgety district as the site for the future capital, and affirmed that 900 square miles of country should be acquired, in which the ...

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  11. ROZHDESTVENSKY'S FLEET.

    Ihe "Daily Express" has published an extraordinary statement in regard to the Russian Baltic fleet. It [?]sserts that the Czar has ordered Admiral Rozhdestvensky ...

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  12. FOKIEN CHANNEL.

    Mr. F. D. Fisher, the American consul at Nagasaki, has reported that all shipping has been warned to keep 20 miles away from the Peseadorcs, a group of islands west ...

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  13. FIGHT FOR THE FORT.

    Details of the fighting which prceeded the capture of 203-Metre Hill by the Japanese reveal the terrible fury of the assault, and the stubborn tenacity of the defence. ...

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  14. SCOTTISH CHURCH DISPUTE.

    The Free Church of Scotland has scized another church that was occupied by the United Free Chuch—that at Strathpeffer, in Cromartieshire. ...

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  15. SUNDAY EXCURSIONS.

    After the overcrowding of the excursion train to Healesville on Sunday, December 4, the railway authorities admitted that an unprecedented rush of passengers had ...

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  16. EX-PRESIDENT KRUGER

    The body of ex-President Kruger, which is to be buried beside that of his wife at Pretorin, has reached the Transvaal capital. At the various railway stations on the ...

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  17. AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATION.

    ADELAIDE, Sunday.—After an absence of eight months the Barclay-M'Pherson exploring expedition returned to Adelaide yesterday. The members of the party were ...

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  18. M. SYVETON'S DEATH.

    The death of M. Gabriel Syveton, member of the French Chamber of Deputics, by asphyxiation by gas, has caused a great sensation in France. The Opposition ...

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  19. JAPANESE LOSS.

    The Japanese cruiser Sai-ycn; 2,264 tons, is reported to have struck a mine on the 30th uit. The vessel sank almost immediately, but the majority of the crow were rescued. ...

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  20. NAVY CONTRIBUTIONS.

    In a letter to "The Times," Mr. W. H. James, the Agent-General for Western Australin, deprecates the attempts of Mr. H. P. Wyatt, envoy of the Navy League, and ...

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  21. DESTRUCTION OF THE FLEET.

    The destruction of the Russian war-ships at Port Arthur has caused much excitement and bewilderment in St. Petersburg. An agitation is on foot in favour of the ...

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  22. REFORM IN RUSSIA.

    The Czar is favourable to a proposal by Prince Sviatopulk-Mirski, the Minister of the Interior, to establish a chamber in which the provinces will be represented. ...

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  23. HOUSE OF COMMONS.

    Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, speaking at Dunfermline last evening, said he had no objection to a scheme of ...

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  24. MARINE DISASTERS.

    The steamer Secundra, 2,610 tons, owned by the British- India Steam Navigation Company, struck a rock outside Galle harbour, on the south coast of Ceylon, and sank ...

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  25. A STEAMER SUNK.

    The steamer Amur has been sunk in the harbour at Port Arthur by the Japanese fire from 203-Metre Hill. She was the only vessel remaining of the fleet ot the Chinese ...

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  26. AFTER A FIGHT.

    Where the railway lines from Port Melbourne and St. Kilda meet is a vacant allotment, known to the youths of the locality as "Paradise." It is the resort of all those ...

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  27. GENERAL NOGI'S SONS.

    The only surviving son of General Nogi, Who is in command of the Japanese land forces at Port Arthur, was killed in the at tack on 203-Metre Hill. His elder son was ...

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  28. THE PREMIERS' CONFERENCE.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The state Premier intends to submit a long list of questions to the Premiers' Conference at Hobart. These include the control and distribution of the ...

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  29. GOLDEN SWORDS.

    The Czar has presented to General Sakhnroff, the Russian chief of staff in Manchuria, and General Bilderling, who has been mentioned frequently in reports of ...

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  30. FINANCIAL TELEGRAMS.

    Bar silver is quoted at 27 11-16d. per ounce standard, an advance of 1-16d. since yesterday. MINING SHARES. ...

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  31. THE BRITISH ARMY.

    The Small Arms Committee, which has been enquiring as to the best form of riffle for the use of the British army, has recommended the adoption by all branches of ...

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  32. BANKING MYSTERY.

    Since the arrest of Mrs. Chadwick, wife of a reputed millionaire physician at Cleveland, in the state of Ohio, on a charge of aiding a bank clerk to embezzle large sums ...

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  33. THE RUSSIAN NAVY.

    An important step has been taken in connection with the supreme command of the Russian navy. The Czar has promoted Vice-Admiral ...

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  34. DAMARALAND.

    General Trotha, the commander-in-chief in German South-west Africa, reports the defeat, near Riemmont, of 200 of Withoi's Hottentots, who have been committing ...

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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 careases of mutton or lamb or 25 quarters of beef of ...

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  36. INTERSTATE TRADE.

    Victoria continues to lose very heavily in Customs revenue by exporting imported goods to other states. A return showing the interstate adjustments for November was ...

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  37. MINISTER ON TOUR.

    YACKANDANDAH, Saturday.—Messrs. M'Leod (Minister of Mines), Swinburne (Minister of Water Supply), Carlisle, Craven, Cameron (East Gippsland), Bowser, ...

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  38. LAW NOTICES (This Day).

    At Half-past 10 a.m.—Dardel v. Weitnauer, Darbyshire v. Darbyshire. Practice Court. Mr. Justice Hodges will, at 10 a.m., deliver ...

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  39. THE CAROLINE INCIDENT.

    The hearing of the cases against the Hon. James B. B. Koche, brother and heir of Lord Fermoy, and Mr. sinnett, against whom the public prosecutor has ordered ...

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  40. ALASKA BOUNDARY.

    The boundary-line between Canada and Alaska, a dispute regarding which was the subject of discussion by a joint commission last year, has been surveyed. ...

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  41. THE COTTON MARKET.

    Bankers in Texas are offering the farmers facilitics to hold back their cotton for a year if necessary. This is in consequence of the heavy crop this year in the United States ...

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  42. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

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  43. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES.

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—The acting consul, general for Japan has received the following cublegram:— "The nival staff with our army at Post ...

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  45. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    The projected conference between the Pacific Cable Board and representatives of the colonics interested has been postponed. The reason is the absence of the Canadian ...

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  46. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    The Perpetual Exceutors and Trustees Association of Australia Limited are seeking to obtain administration of the estates of Mrs. Anna Athalia Ellson, of Fleet-street, Fitzroy, widow, which is ...

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  48. A NATAL LOAN.

    The Natal Government has issued a prospectus for a loan of £2,500,000 at [?] per cent. The minimum price will be [?] ...

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