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  2. VICTORIA.

    The Acting Minister for Agriculture has decided to appoint an assistant to Mr. A. N. Pearson, the Government Agricultural Chemist. This officer will instruct farmers ...

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  3. LORD TENNYSON'S END OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT.

    Having seen Lord Tennyson's grounds under the slight disadvantage of a rain that knew its business and stuck to it, I hailed the change, with the advent of a ...

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  4. DEATHS OF OLD COLONISTS.

    We have to chronicle the death at the age of eighty-four of one of the carly pioneers of the colony in the person of Mr. John Ragless,. eldest son of the late Mr. ...

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  5. THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

    Despite the objections of the representatives of several of the European Powers at the Peace Conference now being held at the Hague, the delegates of the United ...

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  6. THE TAR EAST.

    It is stated that owing to the action of Russia all negotiations which were in progress between British Syndicates and the T'sung-li-Yamen for railway concessions in ...

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  7. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    The Lancastrians fared worse in their second venture than in the first minings. They were 165 runs to the had when Ward and Hartley went in to wipe off the ...

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  8. THE QUEEN.

    The Queen has dispatched a cable message to the President of the United States, Mr. McKinley, thanking the Americana for their touching sentiments of affection and ...

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  9. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    The "Figaro," in discussing the Dreyfus affair yesterday, stated that the convict's dramatic letters, written by him while in prison in Paris, show that pending his trial ...

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  10. DEPARTURE FOR BALMORAL.

    Her Majesty left Windsor last evening, and arrived at Balmoral to-day. ...

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  11. A PRESENT FROM PERTH.

    The Queen has directed a message of thanks to be dispatched to Mrs. Margaret Dore, of Perth, Western Australia, for a magnificent bouquet of wild flowers for ...

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  12. "KEEP-IT-DARK" POLICY IN RUSSIA.

    The Press Censorship m Russia is depriving the people of that country of all information regarding the doings of the Conference. ...

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  13. THE ENQUIRY BY THE FULL COURT OF CASSATION.

    M. Ballot Beaupre, who succeeded M. Quesnay de Beaurepaire as a President of the Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation, has submitted to the United Chambers ...

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  14. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Mr. Sydney Burdekin, who for many years was a member of the legislative Assembly and a prominent member of the City Council, is dangerously ill His ...

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  15. INTERNATIONAL MINERS' CONGRESS.

    At the Miners' Congress, which is being held at Brussels, a resolution has been unanimously passed in favour of the nationalization of mines. ...

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  16. DOINGS OF THE ARBITRATION COMMITTEE.

    The Arbitration Committee, which is presided over by M. Leon Bourgeois, one of the French delegates, has passed a resolution adopting the principle of international ...

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  17. GERMANY STRENGTHENING HER FLEET.

    Importance is attached to the fact that Germany is about to considerably increase her naval strength in Chinese waters. The armoured cruiser Furst Bismarck ...

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  18. QUEENSLAND.

    A Conference of the Railways Commissioners of the different colonies will be held at Brisbane on Tuesday next to consider questions of intercolonial interest ...

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  19. THE LATE SENOR CASTELAR.

    The Spanish Government has decided to honour with a State funeral the remains of Senor Emilio Castelar, the noted Republican author and statesman. ...

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  20. PRESBYTERIANISM.

    The General Assembly of the free Church of Scotland yesterday by 565 votes against 38, decided to amalgamate with, the United Presbyterian Church. ...

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  21. THE TRANSVAAL.

    The Australians at Johannesburg held a meeting yesterday, and passed a resolution expressive of thanks to the people of Australia for having supported the ...

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  22. BRITISH AND RUSSIAN" PROPOSALS.

    Baron de Staal the leading Russian representative, submitted to the Arbitration Committee a scheme for the settlement of international differences by a properly ...

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  23. ENGLISH SPORTING.

    The Manchester Cup of 2,000 sovs., for which, the Australian horse Newhaven H was one of the entrants, was contested yesterday with the following results ...

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  24. DEATH OF A FRENCH ARTIST.

    The death is announced, in her seventy-eighth year, of Mademoiselle Rosa Bonheur, the famous French painter. [The deceased, who during her long life ...

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  25. UNITED STATES.

    A great fire has occurred at Coney Island, New York. About 200 buildings, comprising hotels, saloons, bathing pavilions, and low houses, were destroyed, involving damage estimated ...

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  26. TASMANIA.

    The steamer Delphic, two days in advance of her due date, arrived this afternoon from London, bringing twelve steerage passengers for Australian ports. The ...

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  27. LONDON SHARE MARKET.

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  28. BELGIUM AND HOLLAND THREATEN TO WITHDRAW.

    The Governments of Belgium and Holland are said to be threatening to withdraw from the Conference. ...

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  29. A REMARKABLE JUMP.

    At the Inter-University sports meeting at New York yesterday, Kraenzlein, of Pennsylvania, in the running long-jump competition, covered a distance of 24 ft. ...

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  30. CYCLING.

    The cycling match arranged between W. Martin and Don Walker for a purse of £250 attracted a fairly large attendance to the St. Kilda Oval on Saturday ...

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  31. PRESS RETORTS OBTAINED.

    The Russian delegates made a vigorous effort to dissuade the Conference from communicating any of its proceedings to the Press, but a majority of the members ...

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  32. MRS. MARGARET BAIN.

    The funeral of the late Mrs. Margaret Bait, who died on Wednesday, May 24, took place on Thursday afternoon after service at her late residence, Melvile Farm. ...

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  33. VENEZUELA.

    The arbitration proceedings in connection with delimiting the boundary between Venezuela and British Guiana will be opened in Paris in the middle of June. ...

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  34. AUSTRALIAN MEAT.

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  35. NEW ZEALAND.

    H. M. S. Tutanuki has been ordered to be held in readiness to proceed to Samoa. In accordance with the decision of the Supreme Court ore-crushing and ...

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  36. SWEDEN AND NORWAY.

    The Storthing, or Parliament of Norway, has voted extraordinary credits, amounting to 11,500,000 kronor (about £640,000), for the purpose of strengthening the ...

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  37. WHY THE TRANSVAAL IS UNREPRESENTED.

    The Dutch Minister at Su Petersburg has been officially censured and required to retire from his position, for an act of indiscretion, in having alleged that Great ...

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  38. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Cogill's Musical Burlesque Company opened with "In Town" in the Theatre Royal on Saturday night to a crowded house. While on the way to Albany on ...

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  39. RECORD OF MATCHES.

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  40. LONDON COMMERCIAL.

    The apples and the bulk of the pears which arrived from Australia in the steamer Gulf of Siam were landed in good condition. The grapes were in fair order, but ...

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  41. MR. T. J. WILLIAMS.

    The death is announced of Mr. Thomas James Williams at the advanced age of seventy-eight years. He was born at Tottenham, England, on May 22, 1821, and ...

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  42. SAVAGE ATTACK BY A DOG.

    A little girl named Hirey Chase, granddaughter of the late Canon Chase, was dreadfully injured on the Queen's Birthday through being bitten by a St. Bernard dog. ...

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  43. ANGLO-AMERICAN RELATIONS.

    Mr. Smalley, the "Times"' correspondent at New York, affirms that the Anglo-American Commission, which sat at Quebec and Washington to settle disputes between the ...

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  44. THE MISSING STEAMER PERTHSHIRE.

    Messrs. James & Alexander Brown's tug Champion on Saturday returned from a six days cruise hi search of the Perthshire, having steamed between 1,600 and 1,700 ...

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  45. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    The Government have instructed the Agent-General to co-operate with the other Agents-General m expressing disappointment at the decision of the Imperial ...

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  46. THE AVERAGES.

    Several changes have taken place in the positions of the men in the batting-list owing to the innings against Lancashire, which was the only opportunity the ...

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  47. SEINING CASUALTIES.

    At about 8 o'clock last night a man named Andrew Anderson, working at the 800 level platform in the South Mine met with a serious accident. He had charged and ...

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  48. BLIND AND DEAF AND DUMB INSTITUTION.

    The monthly meeting of the Committee was held at Marlborough Chambers on Friday, when there were present—Sir John Colton (President), in the chair; Sir Edwin Smith (Vice-President), and Messrs. A. ...

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  49. SIR JOHN DOWNER IN SIDNEY.

    sir John Downer is paying a private visit to Sydney. He is reluctant to speak on political matters, but he indignantly repudiates as "insulting and ridiculous" the ...

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  50. MR. ROBERT McELLISTER.

    HAMLEY BRIDGE, May 27.—Deep regret is felt at the death of Mr. Robert McEllister, which took place yesterday in Adelaide, where he bad been for two or ...

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  51. DISTURBANCE AT A CHURCH SERVICE.

    Some stir was caused at Christchurch, Brunswick, at this evening's service through a section of the congregation leaving while the sermon was being preached, apparently ...

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  52. A ROUGH VOYAGE.

    I He Ketch Peternell is at last safe in port. Neither she nor her crew appear any the worse for their long exposure to the element. The craft left Snowy River for ...

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  53. AUSTRALIAN APPLES IN LONDON.

    It was recently slated that the Canadian and Californian apples which were sent to London in large quantities during the season were being stored in cool chambers ...

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  54. BATTING.

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  55. RAILWAY ARRANGEMENTS.

    Sir—Have not the public a right to expect something like business capacity upon the part of the railway authorities Some of my friends and myself are anxious to ...

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  56. Advertising

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  57. AUSTRALASIAN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.

    The match for the Golf Championship of Australasia was concluded at the Boudiliks on Saturday. Friday's play had that the content lay between H. A. ...

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  58. Advertising

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