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  2. THE TORRENS ENQUIRY.

    The Marine Board enquiry into the collision of the ship Torrens with an iceberg was advanced another step on Monday, when fourteen witnesses, including the ...

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  3. THE WEATHER.

    The Government Meteorologist stated on Monday:—"The weather conditions have not changed very much since Saturday. The barometers hare risen slightly on the south ...

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  4. VICTORIA.

    At the inquest to-day on the body of Jessie Parker, a middle-aged woman, who died from injuries caused through the bedclothes igniting the evidence showed that ...

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  5. THE TEST MATCH.

    There was a falling-off in the attendance at the Sydney Cricket-ground to-day, though the weather was cool and in every way suitable for cricket. Laver (28) and ...

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  6. QUEEN VICTORIA'S VISIT TO THE CONTINENT.

    Her Majesty has arranged to journey to Cimiez this week, arriving at her destination on March 9. She will dine and sleep on board the steam yacht Victoria and ...

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  7. THE FAR EAST.

    Europeans residing in China predict that the various nations will favour the creation in the empire of separate spheres of action, instead of adopting the open-door policy ...

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  8. THE UNITED STATES.

    A Trust of New York capitalists is arranging to secure a number of woollen and worsted factories, which will be worked as a monopoly. The capital to be invested in ...

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  9. AN AWFUL DISASTER.

    A terrible catastrophe occurred at 2 o'clock on Sunday morning at Lagouban, a suburb of Toulon, a leading seaport city and naval station on the south, coast of ...

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  10. THE DEMANDS OF ITALY.

    Prominent Chinese officials attribute Great Britain's support to the demands of Italy to Lord Salisbury's displeasure at the attitude of the T'sung-li-Yamen respecting ...

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  11. CANADA.

    Speaking at a public banquet at Toronto on Saturday the Hon. Clifford Sifton, Q.C., Minister of the Interior and Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs, announced ...

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  12. THE QUEEN OF BELGIUM.

    Telegrams from Brussels state that Queen Marie Henriette, wife of Leopold II., is suffering from a severe attack of bronchitis. Her condition is so critical that all the ...

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  13. THE PUBLIC WORKS SECRETARYSHIP.

    Monday was the last day for sending in applications for the position of Secretary to the Commissioner of Public Works, an office rendered vacant through the death. ...

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  14. SPAIN.

    Senor Silvela, the Conservative states man, who is succeeding Senor Sagasta as Premier of Spain, has allotted the following portfolios in his Cabinet: — Premier and ...

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  15. PUBLIC REVENUE.

    The Customs receipts from July 1, 1898, to Saturday last amounted to £397,771, or an increase of £20,239 as against the revenue during the corresponding period of ...

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  16. THE NIUCHWANG EXTENSION RAILWAY LOAN.

    The T'sung-li-Yamen has considered the protest by Russia against the terms of the Niuchwang railway extension loan, providing, among other things to which ...

    Article : 126 words
  17. RUDYARD KIPLING.

    The messages of condolence which" Rudyard Kipling has received during his severe illness include a telegram, couched in very kindly terms, from the Emperor William of ...

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  18. INDIA.

    Two Brahmins, Chapekar and Ranade, have been tried on the charge of having, early in February, murdered two other Brahmins, named Dravid, in the streets of ...

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  19. THE LATE LAUREATE'S GRANDCHILDREN.

    It, is interesting to notice the names of Lionel and Aubrey Tennyson, Haslemere, in the list of prize-winners in a recent competition in the "Child's Own." The little ...

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  20. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The usual legislation making provision for the defence of the nation has passed the second reading in the House of Commons by 310 votes to 93. ...

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  21. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Sir Frederick Darley, Chief Justice, was sworn in to-day as Lieutenant-Governor. Stamp duty amounting to £3,080 was paid to-day on the estate of the late Mr. ...

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  22. RETURN OF PROFESSOR BRAGG.

    Professor Bragg, of the University of Adelaide, was a passenger by the R.M.S. Victoria, which arrived from London late on Sunday night. He was absent from ...

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  23. EAST AFRICA.

    Major Macdonald, who was commissioned to lead an expedition to explore the territories lying on the northern and eastern frontiers of the East African and Uganda ...

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  24. SILVER.

    The price of bar silver to-day is 2s. 3[?]d per oz., a decline of 1-l6d. since March 2. ...

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  25. THE DEATH OF LORD HERSCHELL.

    Lady Herschell has accepted the offer of Her Majesty the Queen for a British man-of-war to convey the remains of the late Lord Herschell from the United States to ...

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  26. THE LUMPERS STRIKE.

    A further unfavourable development took place in connection with the shipping strike at Fremantle this morning. It was expected that, the decision of the Railway ...

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  27. QUEENSLAND.

    At the annual meeting of the National A[?] sociation to-day, it was stated that owing to the Government having taken over the Bowen Park Exhibition Buildings the ...

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  28. ITALY.

    Four of the accomplices of Pietro Acciarito, who in April, 1897, attempted to assassinate King Humbert, of Italy, have been arrested. ...

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  29. THE POPE.

    The condition of his Holiness the rope continues to improve, and the bulletin issued from the Vatican yesterday stated that he had been sitting in an armchair ...

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  30. THE DREYFUS CASE.

    The official minutes taken during the hearing of the Dreyfus case by the Criminal Chamber of the Court of Cassation have been communicated to the Full Court ...

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  31. TASMANIA.

    A Coroner's Jury to-day returned a verdict of accidental death in the case of the jockey Fitzgerald, who was killed on the Elwick Racecourse on Saturday. One Juror ...

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  32. THE ENGLISH JUDICIARY.

    The Right Hon. James Plaisted Wilde, Baron Penzance, has resigned his position as Dean of Arches. [Lord Penzance is in his eighty-third ...

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  33. FEDERATION.

    An initial move in connection with the anti-federal campaign was made this afternoon, when a preliminary meeting, convened by advertisement, of shopkeepers ...

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  34. AN UNFORTUNATE INSOLVENT.

    The case of an enterprising and seemingly energetic licensed victualler came before His Honor Mr. Commissioner Russell on Monday, and so appealed to his sense of ...

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  35. GENERAL BOOTH.

    General Booth, who arrived by the R.M.S. Victoria on Sunday night, and who was driven to the residence of Mr. G. W. Smith, was not feeling very well on Monday ...

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  36. CONFIDENCE IN THE MINISTRY.

    The Italian Chamber of Deputies has passed a vote of confidence in the Pelloux Government. ...

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  37. TWO SHOOTING CASES.

    At Balmain this afternoon Peter Olsen, a Swiss cook, aged forty-four, attempted to murder his wife by shooting her. Olsen had lived with his wife and four children in ...

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  38. NEW ZEALAND.

    Information has been received [?] the Grand Lodge of Freemasons in Scotland has granted recognition to the Grand Lodge of New Zealand. ...

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  39. [?]GROWING IN CAPE COLONY.

    Mr. F. C Smith, of Yalumba, Angaston, has courteously furnished us with some notes on "Fruitgrowing in Cape Colony" Supplied him by Mr. P. J. Adie. Mr. ...

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  40. BETTING PROSECUTIONS.

    Mr. Justice a Beckett to-day upheld the decision of the Caulfield Magistrates who on October 23 inflicted a fine of £20 with three guineas costs on Thomas O'Brien, a ...

    Article : 124 words
  41. THE GATTON TRAGEDY.

    The enquiry into the Gatton tragedy was resumed to-day at Gatton. Thomas Wilson, blacksmith, gave evidence regarding McNeill coming into town with the news ...

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  42. HENTY & CO.'S FIRE.

    William John Hill, aged Nineteen, employed at Messrs. Henty's bond store, admitted to the police to-day that he was responsible for the recent fire at the store. ...

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  43. AN ALDERMAN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.

    Alderman Jabez Wright was committed for trial at the Police Court, to-day on a charge of having assaulted James O'Connor, and occasioning actual bodily harm. It ...

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  44. WHARF LABOURERS' STRIKE AT HOBART.

    Wharf labourers, taking advantage of the brisk shipping trade, have struck for an increase of 3d. per ton in their wages. The present rate is 9d., and the average ...

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  45. HEAVY RAIN IN QUEENSLAND.

    Exceptionally heavy rain has been reported from Cairns in the last twenty-four hours, and the Mulgrave River is now running 25 ft. over the Mulgrave Tramway. ...

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  46. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 33 words
  47. Advertising

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    Advertising : 480 words
  48. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    Mr. T. W. Garrett states that both Mr. Blackham and he urged the selectors of the Australian Team to include McKibbin in the first nine certainties. It is understood ...

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