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  2. THE WEATHER.

    We are experiencing strange weather for the second week in January. No sooner does the temperature become a trifle warm than a disturbance passes along the coast ...

    Article : 163 words
  3. MR. SEDDON AS A CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY.

    The Right Honourable R. J. Seddon has taken his place in the arena as a "barracker" for his brother Premier, Privy Councillor, and Democratic leader in South ...

    Article : 240 words
  4. VICTORIA.

    A child, aged eight, daughter of Mr. J. Bagley, of Chiltern, died last evening in peculiar circumstances. The child had swallowed a button and during a at of ...

    Article : 395 words
  5. WEST AUSTRALIAN MINES.

    A deputation representing the London Stock Exchange, the Western Australian Chamber of Mines, and Mining Companies having an aggregate capital of £20,000,000 ...

    Article : 99 words
  6. ENGLAND AND FRANCE.

    The Premier of France, M. Dupuy, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Delcasse, have expressed the desire that there should be a friendly understanding between ...

    Article : 114 words
  7. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    M. Quesnay de Beaurepaire, President of the Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation, who resigned his office, owing, it was believed, to a disagreement which he had ...

    Article : 448 words
  8. THE FAR EAST.

    In view of the opposition of Great Britain and the United States the French Government has withdrawn its demand for the cession of an additional area of land ...

    Article : 52 words
  9. THE PHILIPPINES.

    The insurgents who hold possession of Hoilo, the second most important seaport in the Philippines, are resorting to desperate measures to prevent the United States ...

    Article : 60 words
  10. THE MAN IN THE SIGNAL BOX.

    Through, the courtesy of Mr. Pendleton and other railway officials, on Tuesday a reporter was given an insight into the working of the signal system at the ...

    Article : 586 words
  11. LORD SALISBURY'S MOTIVES.

    Leading newspapers of Austria and Germany, in their comments on the contents of the Madagascar Bluebook, accuse Lord Salisbury of seeking to provoke a quarrel ...

    Article : 34 words
  12. VISCOUNT CROMER.

    The Khedive of Egypt in a communication to General Sir Francis Grenfell, the retiring commander of the British army of occupation in Egypt, has expressed ...

    Article : 71 words
  13. THE CAROLINE ISLANDS.

    The "Standard" this morning states that Germany has bought from Spain the Caroline Islands, and that their occupation will immediately follow the ratification of peace ...

    Article : 148 words
  14. UNEASINESS IN PARIS.

    Investors in French securities are viewing the home and foreign situations with grave apprehension, and business on the Paris Bourse is consequently depressed. ...

    Article : 30 words
  15. THE PEOPLE'S SAVINGS.

    A fair indication of the social condition of the people of the colony and eloquent testimony to their thriftiness are to be obtained from a perusal of the monthly ...

    Article : 1,271 words
  16. THE SUICIDE OF COUNT KAROLYI.

    It has transpired that the reason for the suicide of Count Karolyi, Military Attache to the Austro-Hungarian Embassy in London, was protracted ill-health. ...

    Article : 32 words
  17. THE OXLEY TRAGEDY.

    At the Albany Police Court this morning Edward Leighton Caras Wilson was charged with having committed an unnatural offence in Queensland on October ...

    Article : 110 words
  18. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Messrs. CooK, B[?], and Chataway, the Ministers of Agriculture for New South Wales, South Australia, and Queensland respectively. left to-night by the mail train ...

    Article : 164 words
  19. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 34 words
  20. THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

    The Emperor William of Germany, who was laid aside for several days with inflammation in the thoat, has recovered his usual health. ...

    Article : 29 words
  21. ITALY AND ABYSSINIA.

    The Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia has addressed a friendly letter to King Humbert stating that he will endeavour to meet Italy's wishes with respect to the frontiers ...

    Article : 52 words
  22. COOLGARDIE EXHIBITION.

    The Italian second-class cruiser Etna, 3,530 tons, fourteen guns, 17.8 knots, is to convey to Western Australia a quantity of Italian products for display at the ...

    Article : 72 words
  23. INSULTING A BENCH.

    At the Geraldton Police Court this afternoon the Hon. F. Whitcombe, M.L.C. solicitor, at the conclusion of a case in which a verdict was given against the ...

    Article : 180 words
  24. WILSON'S CAREER AT BROKEN HILL.

    Particulars gleaned about the life of E. C. Wilson during his stay at Broken Hill are interesting. Though by some he was regarded as a man to be avoided, to most he ...

    Article : 805 words
  25. THE SENTENCE ON WARK.

    The death penalty pronounced on Lieutenant Robert J. Wark, R.A., of Woolwich, in connection with the death of Jane Yates, a young lady with whom he had ...

    Article : 63 words
  26. THE ALLEGED CONFESSION.

    Reuter's Agency reports that Dreyfus has emphatically denied the statement that, at the time of his condemnation, he made a confession of guilt to Captain ...

    Article : 48 words
  27. QUEENSLAND.

    The half-yearly balance-sheet of the Royal Bank of Queensland shows that the net profits for the half-year amounted to £7,578, which with the amount brought ...

    Article : 134 words
  28. SUGAR BOUNTIES.

    At a meeting of the Anti-Sugar Bounties League yesterday Sir Horace Tozer, Agent General for Queensland, seconded a resolution which expressed disappointment at the ...

    Article : 111 words
  29. VACCINATION.

    Statistics which have recently been compiled show that there were no fewer than 275,000 exemptions from vaccination during the year 1898. ...

    Article : 29 words
  30. UNITED STATES.

    Mr. Richard Croker, the Leader of the Democratic Party in New York, is supporting President McKinley's policy of territorial expansion. ...

    Article : 43 words
  31. VICTORIAN BUSH FIRES.

    The bush fires in the country continue to do considerable damage, especially in the Lancefield and Maldon districts. Several persons have had narrow escapes. ...

    Article : 94 words
  32. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Arrangements are being made for the provision of wireless telegraphy between the lightship on the Goodwin Sands and the Kentish coast. ...

    Article : 26 words
  33. AUSTRIANS IN NEW ZEALAND.

    Information has been received here by the Austrian Consul that communications have been opened up between the Austrian and British Governments with reference to ...

    Article : 123 words
  34. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Admiralty has stipulated that British warships must have first claim on the use of the Calliope Dock in the event of a subsidy being grunted by the British ...

    Article : 46 words
  35. ALPINE FATALITIES.

    Dr. Moennich, meteorologist, and Dr. Ehlert, of Strasburg, have been killed by an avalanche in the Susten Pass, in Uri Canton, Switzerland. ...

    Article : 29 words
  36. THE GATTON TRAGEDY.

    Burgess, who was arrested on suspicion of having been concerned in the Gatton tragedy was brought before the Dalby Bench yesterday. Inspector Durham, who took ...

    Article : 262 words
  37. PREMIER PERMANENT BUILDING ASSOCIATION.

    A meeting of the creditors of the Premier Permanent Building, Land, and Investment Association (in liquidation) was held to-day to consider a scheme of ...

    Article : 166 words
  38. THE TOTALIZATOR AT KENT TOWN.

    For many years Kent Town has possessed a fine College, a Church, and a dry brewery, and now it has taken unto itself a Parliament with ail the unnecessary formalities ...

    Article : 410 words
  39. TASMANIA.

    The libel action brought by the Premier against Captain Parker, late Commander of the Naval Forces has been amicably settled. The estate of the late Mr. Henry James ...

    Article : 89 words
  40. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    The fresh arrivals of wool since the last sales amount to 242,582 bales. The number of bales forwarded direct in 73,000. Adding the quantity held over, the available ...

    Article : 51 words
  41. POLITICAL CRISIS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Premier, replying to au address of congratulation at Hokitika on the passing of the Old-age Pensions Bill, contrasted the action of the Legislative Council in ...

    Article : 147 words
  42. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The estate of the late Sir George Grey, at one time Governor of South Australia, has been sworn at £866. The South Wales Miners' Association ...

    Article : 144 words
  43. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The Marine Court of Enquiry gave judgment to-day in the case of Captain Thomas, master of the barque [?], charged with having carelessly navigated and thereby ...

    Article : 143 words
  44. PASSENGERS BY THE OROYA.

    The following is a list of the saloon passengers on board the R.M.S. Oroya, which is expected to arrive at Largs Bay about daylight on Monday. January 16:— ...

    Article : 316 words
  45. FEDERATION.

    Sir Edward Braddon, in an interview today, said that while he had accepted Mr. Reid's invitation to a Conference, he at the same time had made it clear that the ...

    Article : 105 words
  46. NEW SOUTH WALES LANCERS FOR ALDERSHOT.

    Mr. James Burns, Lieutenant-Colonel of the New South Wales Lancers, when in England recently arranged with the War Office to have a detachment of 100 Lancers ...

    Article : 106 words
  47. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    The steamer Australian arrived from southern ports on Friday. Passengers Mrs. and Master McDonald, and Mr. Knutsen. She sailed for Hongkong on Saturday ...

    Article : 108 words
  48. OVERSEA SHIPPING.

    At London.—Ruapehu, steamer, from Wellington November 24; Duke of Westminster, steamer, from Brisbane November 12; Glenshiel, steamer, from Brisbane ...

    Article : 67 words
  49. THE COALWEIGHING DIFFICULTY.

    The Glebe Miners Lodge at Newcastle to-night rejected the proposals of the colliery proprietors that from the time of the introduction of weighing-machines the ...

    Article : 87 words
  50. A JOURNEY WITH A LUNATIC.

    John [?] McIntosh, who was guilty of such extraordinary behaviour when in a compartment of the Brisbane express yesterday with two ladies, was committed for trial ...

    Article : 185 words
  51. A BOY STABBED.

    Early on Tuesday evening, near Whitmore-square, Robert Murray, sixteen years of age, was, it is alleged, during the course of a fight stabbed in the right side by ...

    Article : 105 words
  52. WILSON IN ADELAIDE.

    We have been informed by Mr. D. A. J. Murphy, of the firm of Murphy, Stace, and Co., that he was acquainted with Wilson, who is wanted on suspicion of having been ...

    Article : 378 words
  53. SUICIDE OF A SAILOR.

    During the voyage of the steamer Kendal Castle from Newcastle, John Ingram an able seaman, jumped overboard when the vessel was near Cape Bedford. Ingram ...

    Article : 99 words
  54. Advertising

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