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  2. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    Lord Tennyson, accompanied by Lord Richard Nevill, attended the inaugural meeting of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union at the Federal Hall on Thursday ...

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  3. ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.

    In Legislative Council Hons. J. C. Bice, A. R. Addison, and J. V. O'Loghlin spoke on Pastoral Bill; debate further adjourned. Council adjourned at 4.4 P.m. No absentees. ...

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  4. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    In the House of Representatives this afternoon the debate on the censure motion of Representative Reid was resumed by Representative Watkins, who said he had not ...

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  5. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    Advices from Pretoria state that a British mounted column, under Col. the Hon. C. G. Fortescue, encountered Commandant Muller's commando on the ...

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  6. IN THE COUNCIL.

    The Hon. J. G. Bice had a distinct [?] paid him on Thursday, when the whole of the 21 members of the Council listened with marked attention to his ...

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  7. GOSSIP AND NOTES.

    Dr. Maxwell and the Labour Party.— This morning Dr. Maxwell, the Queensland Government sugar expert, attended a caucus of the Labour Party by invitation ...

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  8. ENGLAND AND THE POWERS.

    The proposal on the Continent to boycott British commerce with a view of compelling Great Britain to terminate the South African war on the Boers' terms has ended in ...

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  9. TEE ROYAL TOUR.

    The steamship Ophir, with the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York and their suite on board, was signalled on Wednesday evening by wireless telegraphy 60 miles ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. ACCIDENT TO A SUBMARINE BOAT.

    The "Daily Express" states that a trial, which nearly ended in disaster, was made yesterday at the seaport of Cherbourg with the new submarine torpedo boat Triton ...

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  11. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    On the motion of the Premier, Mr. Peacock, in the Legislative Assembly to-day, special wages boards were appointed in the trades of brewers or bottlers of fermented ...

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  12. STANNEBERG' COMMANDO SURPRISED.

    Lord Kitchener reports that on October 25 the South African Light Horse under Col. the Hon. J. H. G. Byng surprised the commando led by Stanneberg, and ...

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  13. ENGLAND AND BRAZIL.

    His Majesty Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy, has agreed to the request of the Governments of Great Britain and Brazil that he should arbitrate between them so ...

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  14. McKINLEY'S MURDERER.

    An anarchists' rendering of the sanguinary French composition, "Carmagnole des Royalistes," hag been sung and dances held at anarchists' clubs in London. ...

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  15. PUNISHMENT OF REBELS.

    The death penalty has been inflicted upon two British subjects who were found guilty of rebellion at Vryburg. Nineteen other rebels were sentenced to heavy terms of ...

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  16. CRETE.

    The "Times" correspondent at Constantinople states that Hussein Husni Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador at St. Petersburg, reports that the annexation of the island of ...

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  17. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Legislative Council to-day resumed the discussion in committee of the Industrial Arbitration Bill. It was decided to exclude servant girls from the operation ...

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  18. NEW CAVALRY BRIGADE FOR THE FRONT.

    The War Office has given orders that a cavalry brigade now in training at Aldershot shall be dispatched to South Africa about the middle of November. ...

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  19. COMPLETED PROGRAMME OF THE TOUR.

    The official time-table of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York's historical tour, which will be happily terminated to-day, was followed with remarkable ...

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  20. THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS.

    The Bishop of Hereford, Right Rev. Dr. Percival, Canon Charles Gore, of West-minster, and other influential clergymen, have appealed to the Government to ...

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  21. IN THE ASSEMBLY.

    Members looked all the better for having had a good sleep, instead of sitting up all night. The "clouds" which temporarily disfigured the classic countenances of some ...

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  22. RUSSIAN FRAUDS.

    The trial of Russian officials at the city of Nijni-Novgorod, situated at the confluence of the Oka and Volga, accused of having embezzled £500,000, which they had ...

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  23. MURDER IN CLERKEN-WELL.

    Last month a Frenchman named Martial Faugeron, described as a hairdresser, 23 years of age, was committed for trial on a charge of having wilfully murdered a Swiss ...

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  24. THE INCOMING MAIL STEAMER.

    The R.M.S. Omrah arrived from London at 6 a.m. to-day with the following saloon passengers on board:— For Fremantle—Mr. Mrs., and Miss ...

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  25. FAMINE IN RUSSIA.

    As was expected early in the year, the failure of the cereal crops has caused'a terrible famine in the eastern provinces of European Russia. ...

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  26. THE AUSTRALASIANS.

    Capt. Adams, of the Tasmanian Bushmen, has been invalided to England. His Majesty the King, in compliance with petition promoted by Mr. E. G. Jellicoe. ...

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  27. THE ENGLISH JUDICIARY.

    Mr. Arthur Fichard Jelf, M.A., K.C., Recorder of Shrewsbury since 1879, has been appointed to succeed Mr. Justice Day in the Queen's Bench Division of the ...

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  28. THE FRENCH LOAN.

    The French loan that is now being raised is intended to cover the cost of the expedition to China, and to provide for the payment of £3,000,000 to merchants and ...

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  29. QUEENSLAND.

    The House of Assembly sat till after 3 o'clock this morning debating the Pastoral Holdings New Lease Bill. On clause 4 numerous amendments were moved. These ...

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  30. MACLAKEN'S ENGLISH ELEVEN.

    The English cricketers are on board the Omrah. Mr. MacLaren looks upon the team na a strong combination. "It is all rot," he said, "for certain people in ...

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  31. SIR REDVERS BULLER.

    General Sir Redvers Buller, who was recently relieved from the command of the First Army Corps at Aldershot and placed on half-pay, has declined to receive a ...

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  32. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon Mr. Piesse moved a motion expressing want of confidence in the Government, the attack was chiefly directed at the ...

    Article : 149 words
  33. FRENCH SHIPPING.

    The French Minister of Commerce and Industry (M. Millerand) has introduced a Bill providing for the withdrawal of bounties paid for the encouragement of ...

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  34. AMERICAN STEEL TRUSTS.

    The "Cleveland Leader" states that the companies outside the Steel Corporation, of which Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan is chief promoter, are forming an extensive trust, with a ...

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  35. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    Two deaths from bubonic plague are ported to have occurred at Liverpool. ...

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  36. NEW ZEALAND

    In the House of Representatives to-day the State Coal Mines Bill was amended in committee to provide that any award under the Conciliation and Arbitration Act ...

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  37. NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    At the general meeting of the North Australian League on Monday night very strong exception was taken to the speech of Lord Tennyson at the ...

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  38. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Silver.—The price of bar silver yesterday was 2s. 2 1/8d. per oz., an advance of 1/8d. Tallow.—At the auctions yesterday 1,350 casks were offered, and 823 sold. Mutton ...

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  39. A PECULIAR ACCIDENTAL DEATH.

    An inquest was held at Nathalia to-day on the death of John Hagan, who succumbled last Sunday to a bullet wound received in peculiar circumstances—he was mortally ...

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  40. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A Judge yesterday nude an order for the compulsory winding up of the affairs of the London and Globe Finance Corporation, one of Mr. Whitaker Wright's companies ...

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  41. PROTEST FROM PORT PIRIE.

    A largely attended meeting was held in the institute to-night to consider the federal tariff. The mayor, Mr. L. J. Wilcher, presided. Numerous speakers condemned ...

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  42. A KANAKA MURDER.

    A. Rifongh, a kanaka, was found guilty at the Mackay Circuit Court to-day of the murder of a swagman named Summers, and was sentenced to death. ...

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  44. A CAMERA

    The leading firm for these lines are Baker and and Rouse, 65, Rundle street, who offer Cameras at 5s., Phonographs from 50s., Lanterns for 40s. Large stock. New Records ...

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  46. BANK RATE RAISED.

    The directors of the Bank of England to-day raised the bank rate fur the discount of three months' bills from 3 per cent., at which figure it had stood since June, to ...

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  49. LABOUR TROUBLES.

    The truckers and shovellers at the Baker's Creek Mine at Hillgrove have struck work for a rise in wages from 7s. to 8s. per day. The manager offered 7s. 6d. ...

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  50. SPORT.

    The Cambridgeshire Stakes was run to-day, with the following result:— Mr. W. Whitney's ch.c. Watershed, by Watercress—Parthenia, 3 yrs., 7 st. ...

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