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  2. SCHOLARS AT WORK AND AT PLAY.

    The brain-fagged, overworked schoolboy stuffed with algebra, logarithms, and Latin verbs until he misshapen like little "Tomnoddy, all head ...

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  3. THE WEATHER.

    The forecast of weather in South Australia, as issued by Sir Charles Todd on Friday, was as follows:—"Generally cloudy, cool, and for the most part fair, but slight ...

    Article : 114 words
  4. THE EXPLORER GIBSON.

    The Editor of the "Wide World Magazine" recently wrote to the Secretary of the local branch of the Royal Geographical Society for a photograph of ...

    Article : 182 words
  5. THE SOUDAN WAR.

    Telegrams from Khartoum contain intelligence of a fierce engagement fought on the Blue Nile between the British gunboat Sultan and the troops which lately formed the Dervish ...

    Article : 111 words
  6. THE PREMIER AND THE OPPOSITION.

    At the Middlesex Cricket Club social on Friday evening the Premier opened out on the Opposition. His speech itself. Last Saturday, he said, at Murray Bridge ...

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  7. MAP OF CRETE.

    Crete is one of the largest islands of the Mediterranean, about one-ninth of the area of Ireland, and contains a mixed Christian and Mohammedan population. A few days ago at the chief town, Candia, a port on the north coast,800 Christiana, including sixty-seven British subjects, were massacred. A powerful British squadron is now threatening to bombard the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. WHEAT AND BUTTER.

    The continuance of favourable weather is steadily improving the prospect in all agricultural interests, and it is hoped nothing will occur to mar its realization. Of course ...

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  9. THE BRITISH ADVANCE.

    Lieutenant-Colonel C. S. B. Parsons, of the Royal Artillery, who for some time has been holding Kassala against the Dervishes, is marching upon Gedaref at the head of a ...

    Article : 77 words
  10. THE CRETAN MASSACRE.

    The Cretan Assembly has unanimously passed a resolution demanding from tho controlling Powers a definite settlement in regard to the Government of the island. ...

    Article : 180 words
  11. NEWS OF THE DAY.

    To-day's issue of "The Register" comprises twelve pages. ...

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  12. THE KHALIFA SURROUNDED.

    Despatches from the Anglo-Egyptian garrison at Omdurman state that the efforts to capture the Khalifa are certain to be successful. ...

    Article : 66 words
  13. ELECTRIC-LIGHTING.

    To-day the ratepayers of the City of Adelaide will be called upon, to vote on the question, "That it is desirable that the South Australian Electric Light and ...

    Article : 145 words
  14. THE SIRDAR'S JOURNEY TO FASHODA.

    There are strong evidences that a French expedition, probably that commanded by Major Marchand, has entered into occupation of Fashoda. ...

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  15. COREA.

    The Crown Prince of Corea is still suffering from the effects of the poison which he swallowed at dinner on Sunday. His father, the Emperor, is fast recovering. ...

    Article : 58 words
  16. IRRIGATION AT MORGAN.

    The Commissioner of Public Works (Hon. J. G. Jenkins), accompanied by the Hon. Sir Jenkin Coles and Mr. D. Moody, members for Light; Mr. A. H. Landseer ...

    Article : 97 words
  17. THE FAR EAST.

    A British Syndicate has obtained the right to construct a railway to connect the British leased territory of Kowloon, opposite to the island of Hongkong, with the treaty port of ...

    Article : 137 words
  18. GERMANY.

    In tho course of a speech delivered at Prenzlan, a town of Prussia, tho Emperor William declared that Germens lived in serious times, and that the revolutionary designs ...

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  19. THE RIFLE MATCHES.

    The South Australian Rifle Association were favoured with fairly good weather on Friday for their annual matches. The shooting throughout was of a high order, no ...

    Article : 242 words
  20. CAPE COLONY.

    The political situation in Cape Colony is peculiarly interesting. Two Progressive candidates having been elected for Vryburg, the Progressives and the representative of ...

    Article : 67 words
  21. INTERCOLONIAL SHOWS.

    The committee of the Australian Sheepbreeders' Association have invited the leading Agricultural and Pastoral Societies in Victoria and the neighbouring colonies ...

    Article : 474 words
  22. NEWCASTLE ELECTRIC-LIGHTING. THE ELECTRIC-LIGHTING SYSTEM.

    At to-night's meeting of the City Council a letter was received from Mr. W. W. Crawford, of Sydney, offering to take over the electric-lighting system of the city, and ...

    Article : 260 words
  23. THE WEST INDIAN CALAMITY.

    The hurricane which ravaged the Lesser Antilles yesterday also seriously affected the island of Guadeloupe one of the principal French colonies in the Atlantic, having an ...

    Article : 58 words
  24. THE R.M.S. CHINA FLOATED.

    The head office of the P. & O. Company has received the gratifying intelligence from the Company agent Aden that the steamer China, which foundered on Azalea Point ...

    Article : 89 words
  25. HARROLD BROTHERS' INSOLVENCY.

    An application by the Trustee, Mr. A. G. Downer, in the insolvent estate of Harrold Brothers for an allowance of £750 for services rendered under the deed of ...

    Article : 127 words
  26. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE.

    Later despatches from the West Indies show that, with the exception of Jamaica, all the islands forming the Greater and Lesser Antilles suffered more or less damage from ...

    Article : 220 words
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    LOUIS DE ROUGEMONT, the author of the 'Amazing revelations about Australia." now being published in the "Wide World Magazine," and the man ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 102 words
  28. A SUSPICIOUS CASE.

    Five and a half dreary hours were spent at the Port Admiral Hotel on Friday, by the City Coroner in examining witnesses with the object of thoroughly eliciting the ...

    Article : 190 words
  29. MOUNT VESUVIUS ACTIVE.

    Telegrams from Romo state that the activity of Mount Vesuvius is is becoming more intense and is now causing considerable uneasiness to residents of Naples. The volcano has not ...

    Article : 50 words
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