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  2. FEDERATION.

    In the Assembly Mr. Harper gave notice of his intention to move—"That in consequence of the disastrous effect that the adoption of federation, as proposed, would ...

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  3. CONTEMPT FOR INJUSTICE.

    In responding to the toast of "St. Peter's College, the Head Master, and Staff," at the old scholars' dinner of St. Peter's Collegians' Association on Thursday night, the ...

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  4. A SURGIGAL MARVEL.

    Another twenty-four hours have passed, and Dr. Fraser, who was shot by his wife last Saturday, still lives. He is a trifle weaker as regards bodily strength, but ...

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    Shortly before noon one day last month in Oxford-street, London, about a hundred yards or so east of the Circus, Esterhazy was recognised walking between two ...

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  6. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    The Dowager Lady Raglan and the Hon. Violet Somerset arrived in Adelaide from Sydney by the express on Thursday morning, and stayed for a little while at ...

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  7. VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY

    The hearing of the evidence and argument in the arbitration case between Great Britain and Venezuela in respect of the position of the boundary-line dividing the ...

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  8. THE TRANSVAAL.

    In order to remove misunderstandings from the minds of Dutchmen with, regard to England's policy towards the Boers, the Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, has ...

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  9. PARLIAMENTS.

    The Legislative Assembly to-night managed to get the amending Water Bill through the second-reading stage on the voices, and it was taken into Committee formally. ...

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  10. INDIA.

    Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India is supporting a Bill which is designed to restrict the alienation by the Crown of agricultural lands in the Punjab. The object of the ...

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  11. THE BECHUANALAND FRONTIER.

    According to the latest news the Boers have in contemplation an attack from their western boundaries and also from the southern boundaries of the Orange Free State. ...

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  12. THE MAIL STEAMER.

    The homeward-bound P. &. O. Liner Arcadia reached the Semaphore anchorage from Melbourne on Thursday morning. During her stay in these waters the weather ...

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  13. IRRITATING TACTICS.

    Advices from the Transvaal show that the Boers are anxious that British troops should cross the frontier at once and attack them, before reinforcements arrive from ...

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  14. VICTORIA.

    A fatal accident is reported from the Bar One Mine, at Omeo. Mr. D. Sheehan, one of the contractors for driving a tunnel, had put in two shots, one of which ...

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  15. "CAPE TO CAIRO."

    The proprietors of the "Daily Telegraph" are dispatching to Africa a well-equipped expedition charged with the duty of exploring from end to end the proposed ...

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  16. BURGLARY IN WAYMOUTH-STREET.

    The police have been informed that on Wednesday evening the premises of Messrs. G. W. Miller & Co., confectioners, of Waymouth-street were visited by burglars. Mr. ...

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  17. VACCINATION IN ENGLAND

    The vaccination returns for the half-year from January to June, which have just been published, show an increase of 28 per cent. of operations above those for the ...

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  18. THE FREE STATE'S PROFESSIONS.

    The Orange Free State Volksraad, after making arrangements for the mobilization of the burghers for active warfare, has unanimously passed a resolution ...

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  19. THE BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    The sanitary cordon around the City of Oporto, Portugal, has been extended to a neighbouring town in which the bubonic plague has also appeared. ...

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  20. A MYSTERIOUS NOTICE.

    A notice appears in the "Government Gazette" this week intimating that, by virtue of the Anatomy Act of 1884 the Governor appoints that the ...

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  21. VICTORIAN ENLISTMENTS.

    Although the returns of enrolments for active service in the Transvaal hare not yet been made up definitely at the Victoria Barracks, it is possible to get an ...

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  22. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A telephone between Berlin and Paris will be opened in the spring. Miss Elsie Leslie has appeared at the Alhambra Theatre, and scored a great ...

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  23. CROWN MINISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW.

    The Select Committee appointed to enquire into the charge of improper conduct against Mr. Best, Minister of Lands, in connection with the transfer of his ...

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  24. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    At the Central Criminal Court to-day [?] Gue, a Chinaman, was charged with the murder of Edith Maud Lacerda at Waterloo in [?] last. The accused and Lacerda ...

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  25. BRITISH PREPARATIONS.

    The War Office is now pushing forward its transport arrangements with, all dispatch. Twenty-five companies of Army Service Corps are under orders to sail for ...

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  26. THE NEW PORTLAND EMBANKMENT.

    At the meeting of the Port Adelaide Corporation on Thursday evening, the following letter from the President of the Marine Board, dated September 21, was read:—"I ...

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  27. RELIGIOUS.

    Brighton Wesleyan Church.—The anniversary services of the Brighton Wesleyan Sunday-school were held on Sunday and Monday, and proved most successful. The ...

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  28. SPORT.

    Alderman John Young, of Sydney, and Mr. Charles Wood, President of the Victorian Bowling Association, have held a Conference with representatives of leading ...

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  29. QUEENSLAND.

    The Government have decided to offer a reward of £500 in connection with the recent murder of Sydney Pierce, a carrier, near Winton. ...

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  30. TROUBLOUS CAPE "BOYS."

    The Cape boys who were engaged as drivers and muleteers at Ladysmith, the British military station situated nearest to the Transvaal border, are reported to be in ...

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  31. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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  32. NEW ZEALAND TROOPS OFFERED.

    The Premier moved in the House of Representatives to-day that the Governor should be requested to offer to the Imperial Government a contingent of mounted ...

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  33. WAR SPIRIT OF THE BOERS.

    Advices from Pretoria concur in stating that, instead of diminishing the fighting spirit in the Transvaal, Mr. Chamberlain's despatch, following the Cabinet Council on ...

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  34. THE AUSTRALIAN NAVAL CONFERENCE.

    The "Times" to-day contains an article dealing with the Intercolonial Naval Conference which, was held last month in Melbourne. It summarizes the proposals of ...

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  35. NEW ZEALAND.

    With regard to the recent case of ptomaine-poisoning at Aldershot. Mr. Ruddock, Government Dairy Commissioner, says he does not imply inferiority of the ...

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  36. HARD TO PLEASE.

    The Newcastle Eight-hours Demonstration Committee to-night considered to whom invitations to attend the sports should be issued. A proposal to invite the ...

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  37. THE SHAFT-BREAKIKG EPIDEMIC.

    A telegram received from Eden to-day stated that the steamer Buninyong, which white off Gabo Island yesterday afternoon broke her shaft, and shortly afterwards ...

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  38. FINANCIAL PANIC.

    The prospects of war have to a disastrous extent stopped industries and [?] business in the Transvaal. Thane is now a run by depositors on the ...

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  39. ANGLICAN CHURCH IN VICTORIA.

    At the sitting of the Church of England Assembly to-day, the Rev. W. A. Phillips moved—1. "That it is desirable that the right to vote in elections of lay ...

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  40. GRAVING DOCK FOR PORT ADELAIDE.

    At the meeting of the Port Adelaide Corporation, held on Thursday evening, the Mayor, Mr. T. Grose, stated that, in company with Councillor Russell and the ...

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  41. MR. STEYN TRUSTFUL.

    In expectation of a protracted conflict with Great Britain Mr. M. T. Steyn, the President of the Orange Free State, has sent his wife and family to Cape Town ...

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  42. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The miners' strike for a wage of 10s. per day on the Donnybrook goldfields is affecting all the claims save one, on which the Manager is playing the rate demanded. ...

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  43. AUSTRALIAN TROOPS.

    The Conference of Military Commandants to consider a scheme for the organization of an Australian contingent for service in the Transvaal will meet to-morrow ...

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  44. A CHARGE OF MURDER.

    An elderly man, Matthew O'Brien, was found in a dying condition in one of the alluvial gullies at Bendigo yesterday, and died shortly after his removal to the ...

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  45. BULLFIGHT IN FRANCE.

    A shocking scene was witnessed on Sunday at a bullfight at Bordeaux, an important city in the south-west of France. Six Spanish girl toreadors (bullfighters) ...

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  46. Advertising

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  47. TO-DAY'S DIARY.

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  48. ACCIDENT AT A SUNDAY-SCHOOL PICNIC.

    At the annual Presbyterian Sunday-school picnic, held at White Cliffs to-day, a startling accident occurred. Mr. Peters was driving a team in a drag containing a load ...

    Article : 112 words
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