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  2. THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL

    Two interesting incidents happened at the annual meeting of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society on Wednesday rooming. It was decided to ask ...

    Article : 426 words
  3. THE WEATHER.

    The forecasts of the Queensland and local weather prophets for the weather to-day agree that rain and rough weather generally may be expected Sir Charles Todd's ...

    Article : 116 words
  4. GREATER BRITAIN EXHIBITION.

    H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge has consented to open the Greater Britain Exhibition, to be held at Earl's Court, London, The ceremony will take place on May 8. ...

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  5. THE PHILIPPINES.

    Messages from Manila state that fierce fighting has taken place at Calumpit, which was defended by a strong force of Filipinos, who opened a heavy lire from behind entrenchments ...

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  6. RUSSIA.

    The Russian Government is accelerating the work of constructing a branch of the Transcaspian Railway, to Bandar-el-Abbas, a seaport on the Persian Gulf, opposite ...

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  7. THE NEW WINE DUTIES.

    Fifty-five members of the House of Commons, chiefly Conservatives and Liberal Unionists, have signed a memorial to the Government asking that colonial wines ...

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  8. THE FAR EAST.

    A telegram from Pekin states that the Directors of the Tien-tain and Chin-kiang Railway, which is to be constructed by, an Angle-German Syndicate, are to consist of ...

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  9. NEW ZEALAND AND THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.

    In a speech yesterday as President of the London Trust Company, Limited, Sir John Lubbock, Bart., M.P., the well-known banker. expressed the opinion that the ac- ...

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  10. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    It has transpired that, the Criminal Judges of the Court of Cassation declined a request by Colonel Piequart that he should be confronted in Court by General ...

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  11. A NEW EXPLOSIVE.

    Experiments made recently in Austria with liquetied air demonstrate its remarkable utility as an explosive. It has been found that the force of the ...

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  12. DAIRY PRODUCE.

    The unseasonable spell of hot weather we have been experiencing this month, relieved only by the shower which full on Sunday last has dried up the growing vegetation ...

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  13. THE SOUDAN.

    Lord Kitchener, the Governor-General of the Soudan, has arrived at Berber, having completed a journey of 800 miles on camelback from Khartoum. ...

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  14. EGYPT.

    A loan of £430,000 at 4 per cent. was placed on the market a few days are by the Egyptian Irrigation Trust, which will devote the money towards ...

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  15. P. & 0. COMPANY.

    The management of the P and 0. Company have issued a stringent regulation, which is intended to limit the social intercourse between officers and passengers. ...

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  16. IMPERIAL TELEGRAPHS.

    Several members of the House of Commons and representative British colonists have formed a committee whose aim will be to secure the adcption of a cheap telegraph ...

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  17. THE TRANSVAAL.

    The South African League, which is holding a congress in Cape Colony, has dispatched a cable message to the Imperial African League, whose membership in- ...

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  18. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Sir Horace Tozer, Agent-General for Queensland, is inspecting a powerful hydraulic dredger at Antwerp, with the view of purchasing it for the queensland Govern- ...

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  19. INDIA.

    Lord George Hamilton, Secretary for India, informed the House of Commons yesterday that the new ad-valorem duty to be imposed by the Indian Government on ...

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  20. THE CAPE ELECTIONS.

    The general elections in Cape Colony, following upon the redistribution of seats, have been concluded, and the Government, of which the Hon. W. P. Schreiner is the head, has secured a majority of nine seats. ...

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  21. A CHILD RILLED.

    Mr. Leonard Jackson, a butcher, re-siding at Mary-street, Unley, reported to the police on Wednesday, that John Armstrong. aged five years, a son of Mr.R.J. ...

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  22. THE LONDON WINE AND PRODUCE DEPOT.

    During the present political campaign the Ministry and their supporters have endeavoured to make considerable capital out of the Wine and Pro- ...

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  23. VICTORIA.

    At the half-yearly meeting of the Royal Bank of Australia, Limited, yesterday a dividend of 3 per cent, per annum was declared out of net profits, amounting to ...

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  24. TRIPOLI.

    During the course of a speech in the Italian Senate, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Admiral Count Canevaro, asserted that both Great Britain and France had ...

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  25. THE MURDER TRIAL.

    The trial of Frank Ward, who is charged with having murdered an Indian hawker at Mount Mary, was advanced another stage in the Criminal Court on Wednesday, when ...

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  26. ENGLISH SPORTING.

    The aged gelding Paris III., by Grand master—Enone, which was bred in Australia is to be scat back to New South Wales. ...

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  27. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    Mr. J. Austen Chamberlain, a Civil Lord of the Admiralty, stated in the House of Commons yesterday that Great Britain had undertaken to grant the Auckland Har- ...

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  28. BREADSTUFFS.

    Wheat.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,070;OO0 qrs:, compared with 3,120,000 qrs. a week ago. The quantity alloat for Continental ports is ...

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  29. FEDERATION.

    The Premier visited Mittagong to-day to be present at the opening of the local School of Arts by the Minister of Education, and during the afternoon spoke on ...

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  30. A NEW SHIRE LINER.

    The big steamship Nairnshrre, which is the latest addition to well-known Shire Line, otherwise the Elderslie Steamship Company Glasgow. is an acquisition ...

    Article : 195 words
  31. LONDON FINANCE.

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  32. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Burglars last night broke, into the house of Mr. John Coffey at Pyrmont, and stole a pickle-bottle in which 100 sovereigns were concealed. BROKEN HILL, April 20. ...

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  33. "JUDGE LYNCH" IN AMERICA.

    A shocking and barbarous case of lynching has occurred in the State of Georgia. A negro, who was believed to have outraged a woman, had to suffer the penalty ...

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  34. QUEENSLAND.

    A poll was taken yesterday in the Ballon electorate at two polling-places where a vote was not taken on election day. The result was to raise the total votes for Mr. ...

    Article : 239 words
  35. THE METAL MARKET.

    There is an excited demand for pig iron, which is now quoted at 59/- per ton, an advance of 3/ since the 21st inst ...

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  36. THE MYLOR STABBING AFFRAY.

    At Stirling on Wednesday, in a dingy little room where flies were in myriads, where the Press. the doctor, and the defendants were huddled together only an arm's ...

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  37. SILVER.

    A heavy rise in the price of silver occurred to-day, the quotation being fixed at 2s. 4d. per oz., as compared with 2s. 3 9-16d. yesterday. ...

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  38. AN APOLOGETIC MINISTRY.

    The following paragraph is taken from the Sydney' "Daily Telegraph:"—The Premier pathetically informed members of the Assembly, just before the adjournment ...

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  39. LONDON COMMERCIAL.

    Tallow.—Six hundred and seventy-three casks were offered at auction to-day, but only thirty were sold. Prices remain unchanged. ...

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  40. OLIVER CROMWELL

    The Nonconformists of England are widely celebrating the tercentenary of the birth of Oliver Cromwell. A great demonstration of Congregationa- ...

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  41. TRAGEDY IN TASMANIA.

    A tragedy occurred this morning at Lansdowne crescent, West Hobart. Charles Billinghurst, a quarryman, father of nine children. savagely attacked his wife with ...

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  42. TASMANIA.

    Richard Glover, who was concerned in the unshipping of tobacco from the exploring steamer Southern Cross in December last, was to-day fined £50 or six months' ...

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  43. THE PREMIER OF SEW SOUTH WALES.

    Mr. Reid arranged to leave Sydney on his trip to Albany by nest Tuesday's express for Adelaide. He will be accompanied by Messrs. R. Jones and G. H. ...

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  44. NEW ZEALAND.

    Lord Kitchener, who has been made a life honorary member of the Devenport Coastguard Artillery Volunteers, has written expressing thanks for the honour ...

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  45. A SHIP AGROUND.

    The ship Otterspool, which presumably left Port Adelaide yesterday in ballast, got ashore last night on Northern Spit, Tronbudge Island. and is now lying high up on ...

    Article : 194 words
  46. BY JOVE HES EIGHTY."

    There was cheering long and loud when that Sterling old colonist, Mr. S Goode, took the chair at the annual meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society on Wednesday ...

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  47. COAL FOR THE AUSTRALIAN SQUADRON.

    A deadlock lias occurred in connection with the Admiralty coal contracts in Melbourne owing to the refusal of local coal merchants to make themselves respon- ...

    Article : 275 words
  48. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The steamer Tangier lately completed a voyage from Fremuntle to Wvndham, in the north, and back, using local coal from the Collie field during most of the voyage ...

    Article : 96 words
  49. A STEAMER IN DISTRESS.

    A report was posted at the G.P.O. this evening that a steamer like the Wollumbin, which belongs to Mr. G.W.Nicholl, of Sydney, had passed Seal Rocks at 6.20 ...

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  50. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

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  51. AMUSEMENTS.

    The Duchess of Coolgardie" drew another good house at the Theatre Royal on Wednesday. There will be only three more performances, as the programme is to be ...

    Article : 82 words
  52. Advertising

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