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    A curious legacy of £500 was left by the Rev. Mr. Nacross to the bravest man in England. The executors referred the matter to the Iron Duke, who declared that the ...

    Article : 1,032 words
  3. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    This is the period of the year when most of the State Treasures deliver their budget statements, but the delay in tabling the federal tariff has deprived all the them ...

    Article : 905 words
  4. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    Owing to indisposition His Excellency the Governor was unable to the present at the public welcome to the Bishop of Carpentaria in the Victoria Hall on Monday ...

    Article : 1,082 words
  5. THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 106 words
  6. THE TRANSVALL CAMPAIGN.

    Commandant Kruitzinger, who with 400 Boers and rebels is moving north-west from the Cradock district of Cape Colony, is stated to have been defeated near ...

    Article : 203 words
  7. IRELAND'S WRONGS.

    At a gathering of 4,000 Irishmen in Chicago on Saturday Mr. Michael Davitt, on ex-nationalist member of the House of Commons. and Mr. O' Donovan Rossa. the ...

    Article : 145 words
  8. BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

    One of the paragraphs in His Majesty's prorogation speech read before the British Parliament by the Lord Chancellor on Saturday made the following reference to ...

    Article : 127 words
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    A meeting of the general committee of the National Memorial fund was held in the arbitration room, Brookman's Building, Grenfell street, on Monday afternoon. ...

    Article : 2,278 words
  10. THE ROYAL TOUR.

    The royal yacht Ophir, with the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York on board, has arrived at Simonstown. A magnificent reception, in which the Dutch ...

    Article : 57 words
  11. TURKEY.

    A Constantinople despatch on July 22 stated that on the previous Friday night a fire occurred in the harem of the Sultan's palace. The outbreak took place in an ...

    Article : 230 words
  12. THE WRECK OF THE VIPER.

    In order to keep possible rival nations in ignorance of the mechanism of the torepedo-boat destroyer Viper, which struck on a rock off the Alderney coast on August ...

    Article : 46 words
  13. SCHEEPERS ISOLATED.

    The Boer raiders led by Commandant Scheepers are reported to be isolated in the south of Cape Colony, and hope is entertained that they may be captured. ...

    Article : 66 words
  14. WARSHIPS AND WINE.

    The Lords of the Admiralty have decided in future of exclusively use bottles of Australian wine at the christening of war vessels launched from Government ...

    Article : 54 words
  15. A FAVOURABLE NORWEGIAN REPORT.

    The follwing translation of a letter published in the Norwegian journals "Aftenposten" and Morgenbladet" is an effective reply (says the "Daily Graphic") to ...

    Article : 520 words
  16. BOER RESISTANCE FAST BREAKING UP.

    The "Daily News" learns from its correspondent at Bloemfontein that the enemy's resistance in the Orange River Colony is almost at an end. Reduced to the last ...

    Article : 163 words
  17. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    Remarkable experiments in wireless telegraphy at sea have been made by the captain of the Atlantic liner Laconia, 2,031 tons, of Liverpool. On Saturday, when the ...

    Article : 61 words
  18. VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA.

    Owing to the rupture between the South American republics of Venezuela and Colombia two German warships have been ordered to the Venezuelan coast. ...

    Article : 54 words
  19. PILGRIMS AT LOURDES.

    SReports from Paris indicate that faith in the miracles of healing said to have been wrought at Lourdes is as widely prevalent as ever. On Saturday 23 trains, ...

    Article : 127 words
  20. A SALVAGE CASE.

    The hearing of a claim brought by Mcllwraith, McEacharn, & Co., Limited, against the owners of the steamship Alala for £6,000 for the salvage of the vessel and ...

    Article : 412 words
  21. STEELWORKERS' STRIKE.

    New York advices state that the position of the metal workers' strike is very little changed. The officials of the men's amalgamated association do not conceal their ...

    Article : 353 words
  22. THE REFUGEE CAMPS.

    Lord Kitchener reports that the concentration camps for white refugees are now occupied by 91,940 Boer men, women, and children, and that in the special camps for ...

    Article : 81 words
  23. RAILWAY LINE DESTROYED.

    A commando of 150 Boers have wrecked a section of the railway some distance south of Mafeking. They then lay in wait to capture a mail train which was going form ...

    Article : 80 words
  24. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Miss Ada Crossley, the well known Victorian contralto has been engaged to sing at the Gloucester, Leeds, and Preston musical festivals this year. ...

    Article : 185 words
  25. THE AUSTRALIANS.

    Capt, Niesigh, of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry; Capt. C. Parker, Queensland Bushmen; and Lieut. V. Hennessy, Victorian Fifth Contingent, are ...

    Article : 39 words
  26. VICTORIA.

    Thirty Chinese, who were arrested in a suspected gaming house in Little Bourke street on Saturday night, were presented at the Police Court to-day. Three of the ...

    Article : 84 words
  27. THE IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION BILL

    The council of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce to-day considered the Immigration Restriction Bill introduced into the Federal Parliament. It adopted a ...

    Article : 118 words
  28. AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS.

    The steamer Whakatane, with troops from South Africa, arrived at Hobart on Friday evening. A cable has been received from South ...

    Article : 43 words
  29. BARRIER MINES ASSESSMENT.

    An important case concerning the municipal assessment of the Barrier mines was entered upon in the Equity Court to-day The plaintiffs are the Broken Hill ...

    Article : 319 words
  30. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    With a view to coming to an amicable agreement regarding certain matters in dispute, several conferences have taken place between the Trolly and Dray Men's Union ...

    Article : 443 words
  31. BOER CORRESPONDENCE.

    The following significant letters, found in Mr. Steyn's luggage, which was captured at Reitz., have been published in England by direction of the War Office:—From State ...

    Article : 1,003 words
  32. TO-DAY'S DIARY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 74 words
  33. VICTORIAN FACTORIES LEGISLATION

    A meeting of employers representing industries in the metropolis and country districts of Victoria was held at the Athenaeum Hall this afternoon ...

    Article : 232 words
  34. THE CENSUS IN CANADA.

    The returns of the census in Canada have just been made public, and a gratifying increase in population is indicated. The number of persons in the whole ...

    Article : 85 words
  35. A LIEUTENANT COLONEL'S REPUTATION.

    The cast for the plaintiff was closed to-day in the actions Ricardo v. The Brisbane Newspaper Company, and the evidence for the defence was entered upon. Trooper ...

    Article : 170 words
  36. DEAR MEAT AND THE STOCK TAX.

    The repeal of the stock tax, which has been urged by master butchers, with the object of reducing the presence high price charged for meal, was discussed at a ...

    Article : 93 words
  37. THE STATE BANK BILL.

    Sir—I feel justified in entering my protest as a taxpayer against the proposed remission of taxes to bolster up the State Bank. The State Bank is a moneylending ...

    Article : 157 words
  38. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The appointment of Mr. G. W. Davies to the position of Secretary to the Commissioner of Railways continues of excite the public mind. The Premier, Mr. Leake, was ...

    Article : 192 words
  39. THE HAWTHORN TRAM ROBBERY.

    Detective have been busily engaged enquiring in the audacious bailing up of a tramear at Hawthorn early on sunday morning. but they have failed to obtain ...

    Article : 91 words
  40. FIRST-CLASS CRICKET.

    At a meeting of the New South Wales Cricket Association to-night a letter was received from the Melbourne Cricket Club offering to allow the association 7½ per cent. ...

    Article : 119 words
  41. THE PRIME MINISTER ON HIGHER EDUCATION.

    The ceremony of opening the new St. Patrick's Hall at Ballarat was performed to-night in the presence of a large assembly which include Archbishop Carr, Bishop ...

    Article : 170 words
  42. A NEW ZEALAND MURDER CASE

    Robert Doughs, who is serving a life sentence for another offence, has been acquitted on a self-confessed charge of the murder of Mrs. Payne, at Masterton, three ...

    Article : 40 words
  43. Advertising

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    Advertising : 342 words
  44. TASMANIAN COAL TROUBLE.

    The delegates from the coal miners union had a conference with the directors of the Mount Nicholas and Cornwall companies on Saturday relative to the strike ...

    Article : 103 words
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