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  2. ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.

    In the Assembly on Tuesday the debate on the second reading of the Household Suffrage Bill was resumed by Sir John Downer, and continued by Messrs. Burgoyne and Wood ...

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  3. PARLIAMENTS IN SESSION.

    The debate on the Address-in-reply was resumed in the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Storey had proposed that the motion be amended by the addition of a clause ...

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  4. FEATHERED PEST-DESTROYERS.

    The valuable aid rendered to gardeners' by our native birds in the destruction of insect pests is almost incalculable, writes a correspondent. Even small birds, such as ...

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  5. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    "The Mayor of Adelaide, Mr. A. W. Ware, lave a complimentary dinner on Tuesday evening at the Exchange Hotel to the members of the Stragglers and Semaphore ...

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  6. ANGLO AMERICAN RELATIONS.

    The Anglo-American Commission, which was to have resumed its sittings in Washington next month in order to complete the task of settling the outstanding ...

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  7. THE TRANSVAAL

    Telegrams from Pretoria stale that members of the Volksraad betrayed reluctance to concede to President Kruger a free hand in regard to the possible use of the ...

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  8. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN

    Trumble bowled splendidly on the difficult wicket at Kennington Oval to-day, and obtained the excellent record of 8 wickets for 25 runs. ...

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  9. FRANCE.

    The French Government has expelled from the country the Marquis Cerralbo, a Carlist leader, who hAd been residing at St. Jean-de-Luz, a seaside town on the ...

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  10. NOTES IN THE ASSEMBLY.

    There was a good attendance of members when the Speaker took the Chair on Tuesday, but only a few visitors were present. The galleries filled up better during the ...

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  11. A MOTOR RACE.

    A remarkable automobile race was concluded yesterday in France. A sixteen-horsepower machine covered a distance of 1,423 miles in 110 hours 20 min. ...

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  12. UNITED STATES.

    The strike amongst the tramway employes in New York and Brooklyn has collapsed, but a similar trouble has developed in Cleveland, Ohio. ...

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  13. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    General Booth, who recently returned from his trip to Australia, opened the Salvation Army Exhibition to-day. The venerable founder of the Army received ...

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  14. QUEENSLAND'S PATRIOTIC OFFER.

    Sir Horace Tozer, Agent-General for Queensland, has received a letter from Colonel Charles Hamilton Des Voeux, formerly Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General ...

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  15. THE LOCH SLOY WRECK.

    The following is an extract from a letter Messrs. George Wills & Co. have received from the owners, Messrs. Aitken, Lilburn, and Co.:—"We can assure you that we very ...

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  16. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

    A terrible explosion has occurred on the Austrian first-class torpedo-boat Adler, 95 tons, 22.4 knots. The craft was in the neighbourhood of Torcello, in the Gulf of Venice ...

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  17. CRETE.

    The Admiral of the Mediterranean fleet yesterday lowered the British flag at Candia, the capital and principal seaport of Crete and the Government of the island ...

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  18. SECOND DAY'S PLAY.

    In fine weather and in the presence of 10,000 spectators the game was resumed to day. The wicket having dried since Monday was more in favour of the batsmen ...

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  19. STRANGE ACCIDENT AT BERLIN.

    A singular accident, followed by fatal results, is reported from Berlin. A large number of people had assembled to witness a bicycle race meeting, and ...

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  20. THE WEATHER.

    Sir Charles Todd issued the following forecast on Tuesday:—"Fine, frosty, and mostly clear to the north. Fine, but more or less cloudy in coastal districts, with cold ...

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  21. CLERICAL TITHES BILL.

    The Clerical Tithes Bill has passed its second reading in the House of Lords by a large majority. The practical effect of the measure will be that the owners of ...

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  22. THE GLENELG RAILWAY CASE.

    When the Judges of the Supreme Court decided on June 13 to order the issue of a write of mandamus commanding the Directors of the Glenelg Railway Company to ...

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  23. VOICES ACROSS THE SEA.

    M. Stiens, a prominent Russian electrician, claims that he has discovered an adaptation of electricity which will allow of telephone messages being transmitted ...

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  24. SPORT.

    The United States yacht Columbia, which is to race against Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock for the America Cup in October, has again beaten on a trial the ...

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  25. FEDERATION.

    In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon and evening the debate was continued on the motion of the Premier in favour of referring the Commonwealth Bill to a Select ...

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  26. THE PACIFIC CABLE.

    The offer of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company to lay a duplicate cable in the Atlantic and reduce the tariff for messages to Australia, particulars of which ...

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  27. OVERSEA SHIPPING.

    At London.—Devon, steamer, from Brisbane April 30; Wellington, ship, from Lyttelton April 24. DEPARTURES. ...

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  28. RISE IN ASSOCIATED SHARES.

    There was some excitement on the Exchange on Tuesday morning in consequence of a big rise in Associated shares. This stock has been largely dealt in lately in ...

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  30. A KANAKA SHOT.

    A kanaka employed by the Mulgrave Central Sugar Mill, in the Cairns district, was shot dead this morning by a ganger named Rickerston, a native of Victoria. The ...

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  31. VICTORIA.

    At the Williamstown Police Court to-day Alfred Campion, A.B. of the British ship Marian Woodside, was charged with having unlawfully wounded the second officer on ...

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  32. FIRE ON THE STEAMER PILBARRA.

    Considerable alarm was occasioned on board the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Pilbarra by the discovery at 3 o'clock this morning that smoke was issuing from the ...

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  33. INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL.

    A football match, England v. New England, was was played at Armidale to-day. In the first half there was little difference between the play of the teams, but a penalty ...

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  34. NOTES ON THE GAME.

    The game now in progress has every likelihood of being finished. Curiously enough, Surrey made 2 runs less on this occasion than when the teams first met, but instead ...

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  35. TO-DAY'S DIARY.

    Sun rises 7.17 a.m.; sets 5.26 p.m. Moon rises 9.35 p.m.; sets 9.28. Semaphore.—High water, 6.15 a.m.; low, 12.15, p.m. ...

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  36. PASSENGERS BY THE OMRAH.

    The R.M.S. Omrah, of the Orient Line, left London on June 23, and is expected to arrive at Largs Bay on Monday next. The following is a list of the saloon passengers ...

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  37. SHOCKING MINING ACCIDENT.

    James Oliver, aged thirty-nine, was working to-day with John Oliver, his father, aged seventy, in a sluicing claim at "Don't Wake Em" Gully, near Eganstown ...

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  38. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    An overflow meeting, held at the Town Hall to-night, under the Presidency of Mr. Molesworth, M.L.A., and attended by leaders of all the Protestant denominations ...

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  39. NEW ZEALAND.

    At Wellington to-day the Arbitration Court considered the seamen's dispute, Mr. Kennedy, the local Manager of the Union Company, said that if the men's demands ...

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  44. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A meeting of persons representing incorporated Companies was held at Fremantle to-day, when resolutions were carried protesting against the proposed Dividend Duty ...

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  47. BRITISH NEW GUINEA.

    In a despatch to the Government, Mr. G. R. Lee Hunte, Lieutenant-Governor of New Guinea, described a portion of his recent tour through the possession. He says that ...

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