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  2. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The President, Senator Sir Richard Baker, (S.A.), took the chair at 2.30 p.m. —Sympathy with the Royal Family:— The President announced the news of the ...

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  3. ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.

    in LEgislative Council three question were answered by Attorney-General Governor's assent was received to Supply Bill. Hons. J. Warren. J.V. O'Loghlin, and J. Lewis ...

    Article : 109 words
  4. BRITISH POLITICS.

    The Government yesterday narrowly escaped a defeat on a motion for the recommittal of the Education Bill, which passed its third reading in the House of Commons ...

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  5. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    large numbers of horsed and cattle. ...

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  6. THE FAR EAST.

    A cable message from Pekin states that although the protocol containing the treaty of peace between China and the Powers is ready for signature, Sir Ernest Mason ...

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  7. THE LATE EMPRESS FREDERICK.

    Telegrams from Berlin state that the Empress Frederick on the day of her death recognised all the members of her Family who had assembled around her ...

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  8. BRITISH RULE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    In the House of Commons yesterday the supplementary estimates providing for a vote of £6,500,000 as grant-in-aid for the administration of the Transvaal and the ...

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  9. IN THE COUNCIL.

    Much more interest was taken by the members of the COuncil in the no-confidence motion in the Assembly than in the constributions of their own members to the ...

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  10. A SEQUEL TO THE COCKERTON JUDGMENT.

    Those friends of education who watch with a suspicious eye every movement of the present Government in matters educational discover in the introduction of the ...

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  11. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    The Speaker, Representative Holder (S.A.), took the chair at 2.30 p.m. —Condolence with the Royal Family.— The Prime Minister. Representative ...

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  12. FIGHTING IN CAPE COLONY.

    It is reported that the British column under Col. Scobell, which was recently operating against Commandant Schcepers's force in the Murraysburg district, has come ...

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  13. KRUITZINGER'S EXPECTATION.

    The Boer Commandant Kruitzinger, who is in the mountainous districts of Cradock, Cape Colony, has told a Dutch loyalist that the Boers, while despairing of tiring the ...

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  14. IN THE ASSEMBLY.

    Expectation of a lively time in the Assembly brought a large attendance of members and spectators to the Assebly on Wednesday. Lady Tennyson and Lord ...

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  15. RETURN OF COL. OTTER.

    Col. Otter, who left Melbourne in February last in command of the fifth Victorian contingent, returned to Melbourne by the s.s. Warrigal. Her suffered severely from ...

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  16. SYMPATHY IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    In connection with the death of the Dowager Empress of Germany messages were today dispatched through the Lieutenant-Governor to the Secretary of State ...

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  17. THE ORIENT LINE.

    In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. Gerald Balfour, President of the Board of Trade, in reply to a question, said that the directors of the Orient Steamship ...

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  18. ANTI-FOREIGN FEELING IN PEKIN.

    Telegrams from Pekin indicate that, with the prospect of the withdrawal of the allies during the next few days, the Chinese in the metropolitan province are manifesting ...

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  19. CONDOLENCE FROM VICTORIA.

    The German Consul in Melbourne cabled today to Berlin as follows:—"The Imperial Consul requests the Chancellor of the empire to submit to His Majesty the Kaiser ...

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  20. CHINESE ACTIVITY.

    Great activity prevails in several of the Chinese arsenals. Many ex-military officers from Germany and Japan are acting as instructors for the ...

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  21. STUD RAM SALES.

    The annual sale of merino stud rams and ewes, which always follows the show of the Australian Sheepbreeders' Association, was held today by Messers. Powers, ...

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  22. VICTORIA.

    Joseph Morgan, a dairyman's assistant, aged 21, committed suicide at Preston today by shooting himself in the head with a revolver. Deceased had been erratic in ...

    Article : 299 words
  23. EXPLOSION AT PHILADELPHIA.

    A terrible disaster had occurred at Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania. As the result of the accidental explosion of a barrel of gasoline, five buildings were ...

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  24. BELGIUM.

    A scheme for the payment of old-age pensions is in operation in Belgium. Altogether 175,000 persons over the age of 65 have applied for an annual pension form ...

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  25. THE IMPERIAL APPELLATE CONFERENCE.

    Mr. Chamberlain, in the House of Commons, has made a statement which confirms the report that the great majority of the delegates who attended the Imperial ...

    Article : 105 words
  26. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AT SEA.

    Evidently the use of wireless telegraphy in naval warfare will have to be kept within narrow limits. It was found during the French naval manoeuvres recently that ...

    Article : 66 words
  27. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

    M. Coloman de Szell, Premier and Minister of the Interior in Hungary, has forbidden the employment in hotels and public-houses of women under 40 years of age ...

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  28. SPORT.

    In a bowling match at Bromley, Kent, the Australians beat the local team. Scores: —Young, 23 to 10; Rodgers, 37 to 16; Wood, 14 to 18; Nathan, 15 to 17. ...

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  29. DEPARTURE OF THE DISCOVERY.

    The auxiliary screw ship Discovery, constructed for the purposes of the National Antarctic Expedition, took her departure from Cowes yesterday. She will call at the ...

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  30. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

    Copper.—Standard brands on spot are selling at £66 7/6 per ton, and at three months £66 17/6. Tin.—The price of Australian tin on spot ...

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  31. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Michael Dunn and ten other principals in the contest for the middle-weight championship of Australia between Dunn and Otto Cribb, otherwise Alfred Simpson, were ...

    Article : 205 words
  32. BROKEN HILL MINES.

    in the Legislative Assembly last night Mr. W. J. Williams, member for Alma, took an extreme view of the local labour distress owing to the shutting down of the ...

    Article : 323 words
  33. A DESPERATE CHARACTER.

    What in police circles is regarded as an important arrest was effected at Mosman at an early hour this morning. It was that of a young man, who later in the day ...

    Article : 248 words
  34. DEATH ON THE MELBOURNE EXPRESS.

    On the arrival of Adelaide express from Melbourne at the Ararat railway station last night it was found that a passenger, apparently about 27 years of age, had died ...

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  35. "YELLOW JOURNALISM" AND THE WAR.

    The following is an extract from a letter received by a gentleman in Adelaide:— When I sailed from Adelaide with Captain Bruce, we went home to America via ...

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  37. LAND VALUES TAXATION.

    By a poll of Auckland ratepayers a proposal for the adoption of the ratine of unimproved values was signally defeated. This ensures the defeat of the compulsory ...

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  38. GOSSIP AND NOTES.

    Correspondence relating to the undertaking given by Mr. Holder when Premier of South Australia to pass an Act through the Parliament of that state empowering ...

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  39. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Before Mr. Justice Pennyfather in chambers this morning the divorce case of Saunders V. Saunders was heard. The petitioner was Mabel Grace Saunders, of Perth, and ...

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  40. RETURNING TO SOUTH AFRICA.

    So far 42 men have been enrolled in the contingent for South Africa. They are being supplied only with uniform and kit. They will go overland and join the ...

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  41. A DESPERATE WOMAN.

    Mary O'Brien, who figured prominently in a recent case which she brought against the captain of the steamer Jumna for assault and cruelty while on the voyage to ...

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  44. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN LOAN.

    The Agent General has received instructions to float a loan for a million and a half sterling as soon the London market is opportune. The market at present is not ...

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