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  2. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The promoter of Tattersall's sweep proposes to prevent the Ministry prohibiting letters being forwarded to him by post after March 31 by getting his clients to address ...

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  3. CRICKET.

    The weather was gloriously fine on Saturday for the second day's play in the ninth round of electorate matches, and as the bat got the better of the ball all round three ...

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  4. SIR EDWIN SMITH.

    The commissioners of the National Park drove to Belair on Saturday afternoon for the purpose of honouring their chairman Sir Edwin Smith, on the eve of his ...

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  5. THE CORONATION.

    It is stated that Miss Roosevelt, daughter of President Roosevelt, has abandoned the idea of attending the coronation of King Edward VII., as was recently ...

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  6. THE FAR EAST.

    In the course of a debate in the French Chamber of Deputies last Week M. Belcasse, Minister for Foreign Affairs, stated that the test of the Anglo-Japanese treaty ...

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  7. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    It is stated that Messrs. C. H. Wessels and A. D. W. Wolmarans, after having been definitely informed by President Roosevelt that the United States could not ...

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  8. THE BRITISH ARMY.

    The debate on the Army Estimates was concluded in the House of Commons yesterday. A proposal that the strength of the regular army for Great Britain and the ...

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  9. PRINCE HENRY IN AMERICA.

    King Edward forwarded a telegraphic message to Canada to-day warmly reciprocating the fraternal greetings which Prince Henry of Prussia dispatched to His Majesty ...

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  10. CHOLERA IN ARABIA.

    Cholera has broken out among the Mohammedan pilgrims to the Al Haram Mosque at Medina, one of the holy cities of Arabia. Already 115 deaths have ...

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  11. CHINA.

    The latest advices from China indicate that Prince Tuan, the notorious Boxer leader, who was banished to Sinkiang, a northern frontier province, in February ...

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  12. CAPTURES NEAR VRYBURG.

    A body of Cape rebels, led by the notorious Commandant Van Der Merwe, were nearly surrounded this week in the Vryburg district. They got the alarm too ...

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  13. NEW NAVAL COLLEGE.

    Their Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra will to-day lay the foundation stone of the new naval college at Dartmouth. ...

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  14. SPECTACLES TO BE PERMITTED.

    An order issued by the War Office gives permission to officers and soldiers whose eyesight, is defective to wear spectacles. ...

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  15. A NEW BATTLESHIP LAUNCHED.

    The new battleship Queen Alexandra was successfully launched at Davenport yesterday. The vessel was christened with colonial wine. Ring Edward was present at ...

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  16. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY OF AMMUNITION

    Col. M. F. Rimington, C.B., reported to Lord Kitchener a few days ago having made an important discovery of ammunition and other stores in the vicinity of Reitz. While ...

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  17. INTERNATIONAL DISPUTE AT TIENTSIN.

    The "Standard" published this morning a telegram of a disquieting character from its correspondent at Tientsin. The message is to the effect that the French ...

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  18. SMALLPOX IN LONDON.

    There are now 1,500 patients in the hospitals of London suffering from smallpox. ...

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  19. INTERNATIONAL CRICKET.

    The English cricketers, who are on their way to Broken Hill to play 18 of the Barrier district, will come back in time to stare the return match against South Australia ...

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  20. SUGAR BOUNTIES.

    The International Sugar Convention, which has just been, signed by the delegates, of the Powers represented at the Brussells Congress, will remain in ...

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  21. WRECK OF THE WAESLAND.

    Further details are to hand relative to the loss of the Belgian-American. liner Waesland, which sank near Holyhead on Thursday. It is stated that the vessel collided ...

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  22. STARTLING COACH ACCIDENT.

    A serious coaching accident occurred at Bega last night. The coach arrived from Moruya at half-past 7 with five passengers and stopped at the post office. Among the ...

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  23. THE COLONIES AND THE WAR.

    During the debate on the army Estimates in the House of Commons yesterday Mr. E. Roberston, Liberal member for Dundee, commented adversely upon the action of ...

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  24. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Duveen & Co., the well-known art collectors, of London, have bought the famous collection of Chinese porcelain belonging to Mr. James Garland, of New York. The ...

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  25. RAILWAY DISASTER IN TEXAS.

    A terrible accident occurred yesterday on the railway line between Galveston, the chief seaport of Texas, and San-Atonio. A westward bound train was derailed while ...

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  26. PROPOSED EVACUATION OF TIENTSIN.

    Sir Ernest Satow, British Minister at Pekin, has informed the Chinese Government that Great Britain will be prepared to band Tientsin over to the Chinese civil ...

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  27. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Copper.—Standard brands on the spot are quoted to-day at £54 15/. Breadstuffs.—The cargo of wheat shipped from Sydney by the steamer Redhill on ...

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  28. A LIBEL CASE.

    A case of considerable public interest was concluded in the London courts yesterday. Mr. Horatio Bottomley sued Mr. Henry Hess, proprietor and editor of the ...

    Article : 107 words
  29. VICTORIAN METHODIST CONFERENCE.

    The sittings of the United Methodist Conference were continued on Saturday morning at Wesley Church, under the presidency of the Rev. Dr. Fitchett. The Rev. ...

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  30. URUGUAY.

    The Government of Uruguay is making strenuous efforts to induce capitalists to establish frozen meat factories within the republic. A Bill has been introduced in ...

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  31. TASMANIA.

    The mail steamer India sailed for London on Saturday with 19,608 cases of apples. This makes the total shipment of apples this season 97,200 cases. ...

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  32. LOOKING AHEAD.

    Replying to a question in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, stated that the Government would probably find it necessary ...

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  33. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    No cases of plague were reported yesterday or to-day. The 18 carts engaged yesterday in collecting the rats killed by poison as a result of the combined crusade against ...

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  34. SHOOTING BOER PRISONERS.

    Two British irregulars have been tried by court-martial at Pretoria on a charge of shooting Boers who surrendered themselves as prisoners. The court found the ...

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  35. ACCIDENT TO THE STEAMER GLAUCUS.

    Captain M. Livingstone, of the Union Company's steamer Wakatipu, which arrived from Sydney to-day, reported that at 2.20 p.m. on Saturday, when about 50 ...

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  36. ITALY.

    Bodies of Italian troops are in readiness at Carmaux to suppress any note in connection with the general strike which is threatened to take place throughout Italy ...

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  37. THE AUSTRALIANS.

    Ptc. T. S. Ross, of the fifth Victorian Mounted Infantry, has succumbed to enteric fever at Wakkerstroom. ...

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  38. THE CORONATION OATH.

    At the United Methodist Conference on Saturday a proposal to alter the terms of the coronation oath came up for consideration on a motion by the Rev. A. Madsen ...

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  39. THE ETHICS OF LABOUR LEGISLATION.

    The ethics of labour legislation" formed the subject of a short address by Representative Watson (N.S.W.) at a pleasant Sunday afternoon in the Richmond ...

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  40. BOATING FATALITY.

    At Ngambie on Saturday the steam launch Merriwee while proceeding to Tabalisk with a party, comprising Dr. and Mrs. Hewlett Mr. F. Fitts. Mr. ...

    Article : 114 words
  41. SOMALILAND.

    A fresh British expedition is being dispatched against the Mad Mullah, who has again been giving trouble in the north of Somaliland ...

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  42. AUSTRALASIAN MINING STOCKS.

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  43. TURKEY AND CRETE.

    The diplomatic representatives of Great Britain, France, Russia, and Italy at Constantinople have forwarded to the Sublime Porte a joint note protesting against the ...

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  44. TOO MANY HOLIDAYS.

    A strong protest has been made by 300 city business men against the granting of numerous public holidays. The Premier was asked on Saturday to withdraw the ...

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  45. VICTORIAN TRAGEDIES.

    The dead body of Thomas Mohr, a miner, was found last night in a right-of-way near the Exchange Hotel, Ballarat. Fred Williams, a young man. volunteered the ...

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  46. GERMANY AND RUSSIA.

    It is announced that the Kaiser will be the guest of the Czar during the Russian naval manoeuvres to be held in July at Reval, a fortified seaport on the south side ...

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  47. ASSAULT AND ROBBERY IN SYDNEY.

    Shortly after midnight on Saturday an elderly man was assaulted and robbed at the corner of Bathurst and Elizabeth, streets. His cries brought two constables ...

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  48. BISLEY RIFLE TEAM.

    Over 30 names have been received as candidates for the proposed rifle team for Bisley. ...

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  49. MR. CECIL RHODES.

    Mr. Cecil Rhodes is reported to be suffering from a severe attack of angina pectoris. His condition is causing universal anxiety. ...

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  51. A POST AND TELEGRAPH PICNIC.

    The annual picnic of the post and telegraph department was held on Saturday at Mornington, and passed off successfully. At the luncheon the customary ...

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  57. THE COROWA CONGRESS.

    It is expected that fully 100 delegates from New South Wales and Victoria will attend the water conservation conference at Corowa, as well as 25 politicians, including ...

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  58. MURDER OF A CHINAMAN.

    Cornelius Peera, a Cingalese, charged with the murder of Ah Won, a Chinaman, at Yamba in January last, was at Maclean yesterday committed for trial. The body ...

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