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  3. POINTS FROM THE FEDE­RAL PARLIAMENT.

    The Federal Parliament is a singularly young body—not only in its constitutional age, but in the ages of its members. In the Senate there are appropriately several grey ...

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  4. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The Senate having disposed of the Address-in-reply will on Wednesday appoint sessional committees and fix the days and hours of meeting of that House. The ...

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  5. GERMANY AND RUSSIA.

    Considerable feeling was aroused in France owing to the presence of the Russian Ambassador at the parade of the German troops at Metz, held by ...

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  6. THE TRANSVALL CAMPAIGN.

    The information received so far re­garding the battle between the British force under Col. Dixon and De La Roy's commando at Vlakfontein, south ...

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  7. FIRES ON THE VELDT.

    Great fires are raging on the veld between the River Vaal and Bloem fontein, the capital of the Orange River Colony. These are considerably ...

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  8. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    The "Times" publishes an outline of the programme of the Canadian tour of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, who are how in Australia. ...

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  9. BRITISH POLITICS.

    An election took place yesterday to fill the vacancy in the House of Com­mons for the Saffron Waldon Division of Essex caused by the death of the ...

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  10. CAMPS IN NATAL AND THE ORANGE.

    A return just issued by the War Office shows that there are now about 20,000 Boers and some 12,000 native refugees in camps in Natal and the ...

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  11. SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED

    Previously acknowledged.. .. .. .. .. .. 52,489 Collected by the Salibbury Committee:—By Mrs. J. Heddle —J. Swann, Rev. H. and Mrs. Monerieff, each 10/: Mrs. Brookes. 21/: Mrs. James Harvey, ...

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  12. THE KING'S CHAPLAINS.

    King Edward lias decided to reduce the number of paid chaplains of his court. There are now 36, and His Majesty will retain only 12 of them. ...

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  13. WAR RELICS FOR NEW ZEALAND.

    Lord Kitchener, the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in South Africa, has given permission to the fourth and fifth contingents from New ...

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  14. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    An interesting ceremony took place at Government House grounds on Saturday, when the Duke of Cornwall presented medals to New South Wales troops who had ...

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  15. PRECAUTIONS BY THE KAISER.

    The German Emperor has deemed to desirable in connection with the Metz incident to enforce a strict censorship over the reports of his speeches. He ...

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  16. BOER PRISONERS.

    The difficulty regarding the disposal of the Boer prisoners of war has been partly solved by the decision to send a number to the Barbadoes. ...

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  17. THE GOVERNOR OP THE CAPE ON TOUR.

    Sir Walter F. Hely-Hutchison, Governor of Cape Colony, who has been on a tour to Worcester, has received from the midland districts of his colony ...

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  18. THE AUSTRALASIANS.

    Tpr. Herbert Williams, of the New Zealand mounted force, has died from enteric fever at Springfontein. Tpr. W. E. Hunt, of the ...

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  19. GERMANY AND HOLLAND.

    Her Majesty Queen wilhelmina of the Netherlands and her consort, Duke Henry o£ Mecklenburg-Schwerin, are now on a visit to Germany. They ...

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  20. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Kauri Gum.—At the auction sales yester­day 2,695 cases of kauri were offered, and 1,100 cases were sold at about late rates. Three-quarter scraped realized 123/. ...

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  21. UNEXPECTED RAIN.

    The weather sprung a surprise on meteorologists on Sunday. The forecast issued from the Adelaide Observatory on Saturday stated that the clouds in the south would clear ...

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  22. SOMALILAND.

    Advices received from .Jibutil, East Africa, are to the effect that Rosmangascia, whose Abyssinian force is co-operating with the British ...

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  23. VICTORIA.

    Two more by elections for members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly have become necessary. In consequence of the resignation of Mr. Isaacs, ...

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  24. THE SLAVE TRADE.

    An official report just published shows that during the year 1900 1,126 slaves were set free in Zanibar, East Africa. The comparatively small ...

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  25. ITALY.

    Queen Helena of Italy has given birth to a daughter, the first issue of the marriage with King Victor Emmanuel, in October, 1896. ...

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  26. A ROYAL DONATION.

    The mayor, Alderman Retallick, to-day received the following telegram from Lieut. Col. Sir Arthur Bigge private secretary to the Duke of Cornwall, from Government ...

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  27. THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN AGENCY.

    Deep regret us expresses in financial circles at the retirement of Sir John Cockburn from the position of Agent-General for South Australia in ...

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  28. INTERNATIONAL MINERS' CONGRESS.

    The delegates of the French miners attending the International Miners' Congress in London endeavoured to induce the conference to support a ...

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  29. MURDER AT ROCKHAMPTON.

    a murder took place at Rockhampton tonight, when Fanny Hardwick, aged 23, was stabbed by a Portuguese known as Black Reuben. The woman had lived for a time ...

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  30. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The revenue for May totalled £253,818, against £231,258 for May of last year. The increases include railway receipts £12,150 and customs £4,515. For the eleven months ...

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  31. FEDERAL ITEMS.

    The House of Representatives has two Solomons, and both of them sit in oppo­sition —Mr. V. L. Solomon, of South Aus­tralia, and Mr. E. Solomon, of Western ...

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  32. SIEGE OF BOSHOF.

    The Boers are still investing the town of Boshof, in the Orange River Colony, 70 miles from Bloemfontein, not far from the border, to the north-east ...

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  33. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN LOAN STOCK.

    The London Stock Exchange has expressed strong objection to a proposal reported yesterday to the effect that the South Australian Government in ...

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  34. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE OF A MURDERER.

    John Terrier, who is undergoing a life sentence at Pentridge, attempted to commit suicide on Friday. He went into the barber's shop to be shaved, and suddenly ...

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  35. THE IRONWORKERS' STRIKE.

    There was actually no new development in connection with the ironworkers' assistants' strike yesterday, but the strikers appeared to be more favourable to a compromise ...

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  36. ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    The propellor of the snip Discovery, which has just been built at Dundee for the British National Antarctic Expedition, has met with an accident, ...

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  37. AUSTRALIAN MINING STOCKS.

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  38. OPERATIONS IN THE TRANSVAAL.

    The British column under Mjr.-Gen. S. B. Beatson, with whom are a large number of the Victorian troops, has been operating successfully in the ...

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  39. AMERICA AS A MONEY MARKET.

    The Premier, Mr. See, received a letter yesterday from a firm of financiers in New York, drawing attention to the advantage offered in that city for negotiating loans ...

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  40. THE AUSTRALASIAN BOWLING TEAM.

    The cable message that the New Zealand contingent of the Australasian Bowling Team had withdrawn from the team has not come as a surprise to those who had ...

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  41. SPORT.

    The Manchester Cup, one mile and threequarters, was run to-day, with the following result:— Mr. J. Dawson, jun's., br.f. Rambling ...

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  42. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    A military tournament will shortly be held in London. In connection there with a great pageant illustrating the inanguration of the Australian ...

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  43. MINING.

    The gold returns for May are:—Quantity exported, S6,786 oz.; amount received at the Perth Mint, 57,800 oz. ...

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  44. THE VICTORIAN CUSTOMS.

    The gross customs collections last month totalled £389,755. This was reduced by drawbacks to £374,321, which is £179,781 in excess of the departmental estimate. ...

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  45. BOER CONFERENCE AT STANDERTON.

    Reuter's Agency telegraphs that the Dutch Consul at Pretoria has been spending some days at Standerton, in the Transvaal, on the Natal to ...

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  46. GOOD CONDUCT PRISONERS IN NEW ZEALAND.

    The experiment of employing short service and good conduct prisoners at treeplanting on. Crown lands is so promising that it is now suggested that similar ...

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  47. THE AUCKLAND FIRE.

    The fire which occured at the Grand Hotel on Thursday night spread with such dreadful rapidity that the greatest difficulty was experienced in arousing the inmates. ...

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  48. IMPERIAL APPELLATE COURT.

    The conference of eminent jurists convened by Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to discuss the establishment of an Imperial ...

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  49. ARTESIAN WATER.

    Artesian water was struck yesterday at the Government bore at Come, in the Walgett district, at a depth of 1,620 feet. The flow is estimated at half a million gallons ...

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  50. THE PLAGUE IN BRISBANE.

    Another case of plague was reported yes­terday. The patient is a Chinaman resid­ing at Fortitude Valley. ...

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  51. NEW SOUTH WALES FINANCES.

    The Premier, Mr. See, expresses himself as gratified at the consolidated revenue returns. He states that for May the balance of revenue over expenditure ...

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  52. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A father and his three sons and an assistant have been lynched by a mob at Modoc, In California, for horse stealing. ...

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