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  2. PERSONAL NOTES FROM ENGLAND.

    Among other passengers by the Australia were Mr. Joshua, formerly of Adelaide, the Sultan of Johore and suite, and the Bishop of Uganda. The Sultan. who is a ...

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  3. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    The weather to-day was very inclement. Strong northerly winds, accompanied by heavy rain, rendered outdoor celebrations most disagreeable to the spectators, but ...

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  4. VICTORIA.

    A deputation representing the municipalities within the metropolitan area waited upon the Premier to-day to urge the absolute need for increasing the measure of ...

    Article : 168 words
  5. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The Postmaster-General, Senator Drake, replying to a question by Senator Pulsford (N.S.W.), said that the question of rotation of Senators would be considered during ...

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  6. A MYSTERIOUS TRAGEDY.

    Charles Lillywhite, who was extradited from New Zealand on suspicion of being Arthur Watch, the man believed to be the murderer of Mr.Alfred Welch of ...

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  7. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    A further despatch from the Transvaal states that Commandant Viljoen commanded the superior force of Boers who surprised 250 Victorian mounted rifles in camp at ...

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  8. THE FAR EAST.

    M. Deleasse, the French Foreign Minister, informed his colleagues in the Waldeck-Rousseau Cabinet yesterday that the Powers were agreed as to the amount of the ...

    Article : 71 words
  9. RUSSIA.

    The Czaritza of Russia—Princess Alexandra. Alix of Hesse—was safely accouched yesterday with a daughter, the fourth which has been born to the Czar. ...

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  10. A TREMENDOUS FIRE.

    Advices from St. Petersburg give further particulars of the fire which broke out on Saturday on Galerny Island, on the River Neva, where there are three Government ...

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  11. EVACUATION OF PEKIN.

    Advices from Pekin on Monday stated that the authorities controlling the railway from Paoting-fu to Pekin had been notified to prepare for the transport of 3,000 ...

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  12. THE CAPE RAIDERS.

    Advices from Cape Colony state that a British patrol was surrounded by a Boer force numbering about 150, under Commandant Maritz with the result that two of ...

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  13. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The news from the quarantine station continues to be satisfactory. Should no further case occur between now and Monday next the whole of the contacts from ...

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  14. FRENCH ENTERPRISE.

    The leading Paris banks are to receive large subventions from the Government of French, Indo-China on providing £3,000,000 for the construction of the proposed ...

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  15. CHINA'S TARIFF.

    Great Britain has notified the other Great Powers that it has refused the application made by China for permission to increase the duties on opium and rice. ...

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  16. NORTHERN OPERATIONS.

    The Boers recently captured by the British force under the command of Major-General Elliott were in a deplorable condition as the result of the privations which ...

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  17. CHINA PAYING UP.

    We learn from the "New York Herald" that the unconditional acceptance of the Powers' demand of £65,000,000 as the amount of the indemnity, has agreeably ...

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  18. UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA.

    The commercial relations between the United States and Russia are becoming more strained. The Washington authorities recently imposed a duty on petroleum ...

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  19. A TASMANIAN TRAGEDY.

    At the Criminal Court to-day John Hayes, who was charged with having murdered John Francis Manning, on June 3, was found guilty of manslaughter, and was ...

    Article : 331 words
  20. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    Representative Sir William McMillan (N.S.W.) asked—1. Weather it is a fact that the State of Queensland has obtained all the advantages arising out of the treaty ...

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  21. FRANCE.

    In the French Chamber of Deputies yesterday M. Caillaux, Minister of Finance, explained that the Government scheme for old-age pensons would require a capital ...

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  22. BOER PRISONERS OF WAR.

    An official return published by the War Office shows that the Boer taken as prisoners during the South African campaign number 19,242. ...

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  23. NEW GUINEA,

    The steamer Moresby, which arrived at Cooktown to-day, brought news of the murder of Jack McLean, storekeeper, at Mile Bay, New Guinea, by natives. The ...

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  24. KRUGER AS A SPECULATOR.

    It is reported from Brussels that ex-President Kruger is selling Transvaal and South African securities aud reinvesting the proceeds in British Consols, French Rentes, ...

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  25. FACTORY GIRLS.

    At the sitting to-day of the loyal commission appointed to enquire into the Factories and Shops Act, Thomas W. Nicholson, merchant tailor, in giving evidence, said he ...

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  26. REINFORCEMENTS.

    The transport Bavarian has sailed from Southampton for Cape Town, having on board 850 officers and men of the Manchester Regiment and 600 men of the South ...

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  27. THE AUSTRALIANS.

    Squadrons A and B of the Victorian Bushmen have left Taikastad, a town 42 miles from Cradock, and will shortly embark at East London for Melbourne. ...

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  28. A BROKEN AGREEMENT.

    In the Supreme Court to-day Charles Binnie, lessee of a station in the Liverpool plains district, sued William Carlyon, farmer, for breach of agreement. It was stated ...

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  29. DETAILS CONCERNING THE VICTIMS.

    The following information is available concerning the killed:— Surgeon-Lieut. Palmer was a single man, need 27, and formerly resided at Ballarat. ...

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  30. WITH THE SIXTH CONTINGENT.

    Tpr. C. E. Munday, of the Sixth South Australian Contingent, in a letter to his father, dated "Standerton, May 9," says:— "We have had a very busy time since we ...

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  31. KING'S CIVIL LIST.

    The third reading of the Civil List Bill was carried in the House of Commons yesterday by 370 votes to 60. ...

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  32. COMPENSATION FOR TRAM ACCIDENTS.

    Another action against the railway commissioners for compensation was decided in the Supreme Court to-day before Mr. Justice Cohen and a jury. The plaintiffs, John ...

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  33. THE IRONWORKERS' STRIKE.

    No fresh developments took place to-day in connection with the strike of ironworkers' assistants. Several donations from unions in sympathy with the strikers were ...

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  34. THE FRENCH NAVY.

    Another trial has been made by the French naval authorities of the submarine or submersible torpedo-boat Narval, which navigates by steam on the ...

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  35. GENERAL NOTES.

    The table at which Her late Majesty Queen Victoria sat when she signed her name to the Commonwealth Constitution Act has been placed, by order of the Prime ...

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  36. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    A.O. Jones, of Nottinghamshire, and Capt. Greig, of Hampshire, have been making large scores in county matches. Playing for Notts against Sussex, ...

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  37. TWO MINERS KILLED.

    Griffith Evans and W. Whitford, miners, were killed to-day by a fall of earth in the Sons of Gwalia mine at Leonora. ...

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  38. FIRE ON THE BARRABOOL.

    A fire broke out to-night in the lamp locker of the steamer Barrabool, lying at Howard Smith's wharf. It spread to the men's quarters in the. forecastle, and destroyed ...

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  39. SOLDIERS' LETTERS UNDELIVERED.

    The extraordinary fact has been accidentally brought to light that for some time bags of letters addressed to members of Victorian contingents in South Africa ...

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  40. SHOULD PHILANTHROPY BEGIN AT HOME?

    Sir—A grave responsibility rests upon the editor of a newspaper that he shall rigidly exclude from his columns what is false. Of course he is not omniscient, nor can he ...

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  41. INTERNATIONAL BOWLS.

    The Australian bowlers yesterday lost by 6 points a match against a team at Leicester. The following scores were made at the various rinks:—Hanigan, 15 agst. 26; ...

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  42. CRETE.

    In replying to the Cretan Assembly's petition, in favour of the union of Crete with Greece four of the Powers which exercise a protectorate over the island intimated ...

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  43. INTERSTATE FOOTBALL.

    The football Match Fitzroy v. North Tasmania this afternoon resulted in a win for Fitzroy by 46 points. The scores were— Fitzroy. 12 goals 9 behinds; North ...

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  44. SPORT.

    The Ascot Biennial Stakes for three-year-olds, over the old mile course, were won yesterday by Mr. R. S. Sievier's Lavengro. ...

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  45. VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT.

    As soon as the Legislative Assembly met to-day Mr. Bent wanted to know all about the relation between the State and Federal Government concerning the use of the State ...

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  46. APE-LIKE MEN OF CONGO.

    Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston, Special Commissioner, Commander-in-Chief, and Consul-General for Uganda and adjoining protectorates, has forwarded a ...

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  47. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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  48. THE DEATH ON THE TALUNE.

    The third trial of Mrs. Jane Smith, who is charged with having murdered Patrick Conway on board the steamer Talune, was advanced a further stage to-day. A dozen ...

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  49. A SYDNEY LIBEL ACTION.

    An action for alleged libel, arising out of an advertisement in the personal columns of the "Sydney Morning Herald," was being in the Supreme Court to-day. the ...

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  50. THREE FISHERMEN MISSING.

    The Fishing boat Snapshot is ashore on the beach 18 miles from Framantle. It is badly damaged, having apparently struck on Wanneroo Reef, and then drifted ...

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  51. A QUARANTINE DIFFICULTY.

    A difficulty has presented itself in connection with the administration of the quarantine regulations. The ship Ellen A. Reid arrived to-day from Adelaide, and ...

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  52. STOCKS AND SHARES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 168 words
  53. SYMPATHY WITH RELATIVES

    In reference to the heavy loss of Victorian troops the Lieutenant-Governor said to-day.—"For the whole of the State of Victoria and myself I most earnestly ofier ...

    Article : 182 words
  54. Advertising

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