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  2. PARLIAMENTS IN SESSION.

    The Treasurer proves, with the consent of Parliament, to reduce the Customs duties on articles of general consumption, by £47,000, less 10,000 preferential duties ...

    Article : 77 words
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    The Goldfinch leaves in a few days home-ward bound, reports the "Sydney Morning Herald." The Mohawk is in the Solomon Group, on patrol duty. The Mildura and ...

    Article : 1,251 words
  4. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    His Excellency the Governor, Lord Tennyson, opened the annual Exhibition of the South Australian Society of Arts at the Institute, North-terrace, on Thursday ...

    Article : 1,229 words
  5. SHIPPING CALAMITIES.

    A message received from Fremantle to-day stated that the barque Carlisle Castle, from Glasgow, had been totally wrecked at Rockingham about fifteen miles south of ...

    Article : 1,180 words
  6. BRITISH POLITICS.

    An election to the House of Commons has taken place at St. Pancras East, owing to the retirement from political life of Mr. R. G. Webster, a Conservative, who had ...

    Article : 96 words
  7. AUSTRALIA v. GLOUCESTER

    In fine weather, in the presence of a moderate attendance, the Australian Eleven began to-day the twentieth match of their tour, against the Glouecestershire County ...

    Article : 272 words
  8. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,077 words
  9. FRANCE.

    Captain Alfred Dreyfus, who is awaiting the reopening of his case by Court-martial at Rennes, is at present studying the depositions which were recently given before ...

    Article : 86 words
  10. THE TRANSVAAL.

    In consequence of the continued unsettled state of affairs in the Transvaal, thirty machine-gun carriages have been dispatched to Cape Town, and the War ...

    Article : 71 words
  11. NEW ZEALAND.

    The immigration Restriction Bill providing for an educational test passed its second reading in the Legislative Council to-day. ...

    Article : 24 words
  12. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    In the House of Assembly to-day the Premier gave notice that the Common-wealth Bill should be referred to a Select Committee of both Houses, to report not ...

    Article : 67 words
  13. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    The Anglophobia which has distinguished the foreign policy of France for some years past has aroused a strong feeling of resentment in the British Navy. ...

    Article : 80 words
  14. AFRICANDER BOND CRITICISED.

    The British Press at the Cape violently protest against the Africander Bond attempting to dictate the policy the Imperial Government should follow towards ...

    Article : 33 words
  15. THE BARBARITIES ON DEVIE'S ISLAND.

    M. Lebon, who was Secretary for the Colonies in 1896, is seeking to justify his conduct in having caused Dreyfus to be kept in irons for two months during that ...

    Article : 72 words
  16. SIR ALFRED MILNER'S "SURPRISE."

    In political circles at the Cape it is expected that the Speech of the Governor of Cape Colony and High, Commissioner for South Africa, Sir Alfred Milner, on the ...

    Article : 69 words
  17. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN DIVIDEND TAX.

    The Dividend Duly Bill now before Parliament provides for a tax of 5 per cent. on dividends of all Joint-stock Companies carrying on operations in Western ...

    Article : 46 words
  18. A VILLAGE TRAGEDY.

    What has been known as the Biddenden murder was the subject of trial before an Assize Court yesterday. Bertha d'Spaen Haggerston Peterson, forty-two years of ...

    Article : 213 words
  19. CABLE RATES.

    A deputation of members of the House of Commons waited upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, and asked that the Government should take measures to ...

    Article : 123 words
  20. PASSENGERS BY THE AUSTRAL.

    The R.M.S. Austral, Symons, commander, arrived at Colombo at 9 p.m. to-day with the following passengers in the saloon: ...

    Article : 130 words
  21. MR. HOFMEYR DENOUNCES WAR.

    Mr. J. H. Hofmeyr, who, on behalf of the Africander Bond, visited President Kruger at Pretoria last week, addressed a meeting of members of the Bond at Cape Town ...

    Article : 105 words
  22. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    W. G. Grace, playing at Lords yesterday for the Gentlemen against the Players of England, completed the compilation of 50,000 runs in first-class cricket. ...

    Article : 61 words
  23. CONFIDENCE IN THE HIGH COMMISSIONER.

    The Hon. T. A. Brassey, eldest son of the Governor of Victoria, in a speech at Bournemouth last evening, said he had implicit confidence in the statesmanship and ...

    Article : 58 words
  24. UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

    The Premier of the Canadian nonunion, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, has protested against the proposed American occupation of Pyramid Harbour pending the settlement of the ...

    Article : 36 words
  25. STEAMERS IN A GALE.

    The A.U.S.N. steamer Katoomba, which left Sydney for Brisbane on Saturday last, put into Newcastle to-night for coal to replenish her bunkers. The vessel ...

    Article : 294 words
  26. VICTORIA.

    Mrs. Jochimsen, charged with the murder of her five weeks'-old infant, appeared at the Police Court to-day, and was remanded to the Gaol Hospital for a week. ...

    Article : 280 words
  27. QUEENSLAND'S GENEROUS OFFER.

    The "Times," in announcing that Mr. Chamberlain has decided, if the necessity arises, to accept the offer by the Queensland Government of a contingent of 250 ...

    Article : 59 words
  28. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Nine members of the crew of the steel barque Kylemore, 1,245 tons, owned by Messrs. Nicholson & McGill, of Liverpool, which was about to sail for Sydney, have ...

    Article : 248 words
  29. PHYLLOXERA-RESISTING VINES.

    Leading French official viticultural experts and practical vignerons have expressed the unanimous opinion that the American resistant vine stock combats the disease of ...

    Article : 86 words
  30. GERMANY.

    "Truth," Mr. Labouchere's paper, states that the Emperor William has abandoned his intention of attending the Cowes Yachting Regatta next month, as he is deeply ...

    Article : 72 words
  31. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Wool.—At the wool sales to-day there was strong competition for Merinos and crossbreds, and full prices were realized. Tallow.—At to-day's public auction sales ...

    Article : 130 words
  32. NEW-SOUTH WALES-POLITICS.

    A protracted meeting of Cabinet was held tins afternoon and to-night, when the legislation to be introduced during the session beginning on Tuesday was considered. It ...

    Article : 181 words
  33. MARINE MISHAPS.

    News was received last night that the steamer Beagle, which left here for the Island to bring a cargo of limestone, was in a disabled state between Cape Jarrold ...

    Article : 545 words
  34. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A practical test is to be carried out by the Department of Agriculture to prove the efficacy of inoculation as a preventive of tick fever by sending to an infested ...

    Article : 560 words
  35. FEDERATION.

    A report by the Government Actuary on the financial provisions of the Common-wealth Bill was laid on the table of the House of Assembly to-day. It states that ...

    Article : 416 words
  36. THE BANK RATE.

    The Bank of England rate of discount for three' months bills was to-day altered to 3½ per cent., being on increase of ½ per cent, on the rate which had been payable ...

    Article : 41 words
  37. QUEENSLAND.

    The Mayor to-day assured a deputation from the Builders and Contractors' Association that the Council intended to do all work of an extensive nature by ...

    Article : 86 words
  38. THE HOBSON'S BAY COLLISION.

    A special meeting of the Marine Board was held to-day in connection with the collision of the steamers Edina and Excelsior on Tuesday. Reports from Captain Moore ...

    Article : 183 words
  39. TASMANIA.

    Replying to a deputation this morning the Premier concurred with the proposed to enforce the registration of firms by special Act, as in Victoria and Western ...

    Article : 57 words
  40. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    A by-election at Geraldton yesterday resulted in the defeat of Mr. G. T. Simpson, a prominent member of the Opposition, who resigned in consequence of bankruptcy ...

    Article : 41 words
  41. NOTES ON THE GAME.

    The handsome victory over the strong representative Midland Counties team was a triumph for Australian bowling. Neither side had much luck in the condition of the ...

    Article : 383 words
  42. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The Palmerston and Pine Creek Railway earning for the week ended July 8 amounted to £323. The Changsha arrived from southern ...

    Article : 86 words
  43. TO-DAYS DIARY.

    Sun rises 7.24 a.m.; sets 5.19 p.m. Moon rises 10.31 a.m.; sets 11.14 p.m. Semaphore—High water, 7 a.m.; low, 1 p.m. 9—3.—Frome-road—Zoological Gardens. ...

    Article : 80 words
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