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  2. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    In the Senate to-morrow there are three second reading debates to finish—the Sugar Bonus Bill, the Sugar Rebates Abolition Bill, and the Senate Elections Bill. It is The seventh interstate lacrosse mated, between Victoria and New South Wales was played on the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday afternoon in the ...

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  3. VICTORIA.

    The Minister for Lands has resolved to give selectors holding 320 acres of heavily timbered Gippsland country the option of surrendering a portion of the land in return ...

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  4. EARLY SOUTH AUSTRALIA

    Proposed Postal Arrangements.—We understand that one of the first measures to be brought before die Legislative Council will be a Bill to amend our postal ...

    Article : 240 words
  5. THE REVOLUTION IN SERVIA.

    Advices from Belgrade state that the Servian people have accepted Prince Peter as their King with surprising unanimity, even the residents and the soldiers in the ...

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  6. GREAT BRITAIN'S FISCAL POLICY.

    Sr. Chauncey Depew was interviewed by a representative of The St. James's Gazette this week with reference to America's attitude towards Mr. Chamberlain's ...

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  7. SOMALILAND.

    The latest advices from Somaliland make it appear morally certain that two British officers who were wounded during the engagement at Gumburru, and another ...

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  8. FRENCH RELIGIOUS EXILES.

    Thirty Benedictine monks and 65 students, who were recently expelled from the Roman Catholic College at Douai, in France, for non-compliance with the ...

    Article : 145 words
  9. DEATH OF CARDINAL VAUGHAN.

    His Eminence Cardinal Vaughan, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, died this morning. The deceased prelate was in his seventy-second year. ...

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  10. THE BRITISH GOVERNMENTS ATTITUDE.

    In replying to a question asked by Lard Newton in the House of Lords last night, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (the Marquis of Lansdowne) stated that ...

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  11. THE IRISH LAND BILL.

    The Daily Mail states that the British Government has threatened to withdraw the Irish Land Bill which is now under consideration in the House of Commons ...

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  12. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Ormuz, which railed for London yesterday, carried 147,240 rabbits and 756 hares, one of the latest consignments ever shipped from Sydney. A small portion of ...

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  13. CONCERNING PEOPLE.

    The Chief Justice trill continue the hearing of a case in the Civil Court this morning, and sit in Full Court on Tuesday morning. On Wednesday His Excellency ...

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  14. THE BURDEN OF EMPIRE.

    In the course of an address which he delivered at a meeting of the Corona Club last night, Mr. Chamberlain stated that, while he was profoundly ...

    Article : 117 words
  15. IMPROVING FIELD ARTILLERY.

    The firm of Vickers, Son. & Maxim have just completed two batteries of field guns which are said to be the most powerful in the world. The batteries are designed to ...

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  16. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The number of electors on the new Assembly rolls for all the electorates in the state is 101,656, as compared with 94,404 for lost year, being an increase of 7,252 for the ...

    Article : 84 words
  17. THE FAR EAST.

    Diplomatists at Berlin state that Gen. Kouropatkin, the Russian Minister of War, who recently visited the Mikado at Tokio, has offered Japan material advantages in ...

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  18. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    The funeral of Mr. Thomas Skarratt Hall, one of the discoverers of the Mount Morgan Gold Mine, Queensland, whose death was announced on June 17, took place at the ...

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  19. SEVERE EARTHQUAKES.

    Two severe earthquake shocks were felt last night at Carnarvon and Banger, the principal towns in the County of Carnarvonshire Wales. The earth tremors ...

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  20. NEW ZEALAND.

    The two men, Ramsay and Cairns, who were convicted of having severely assaulted Thomas Reid at Dunedin in February and robbed him of £291 have been ...

    Article : 63 words
  21. RUSSIA AND FINLAND.

    Lieut.-Gen. Bobrikoff (Governor-General of Finland) asserts that Finnish refugees who left their country recently, in order to evade the law relating to compulsory ...

    Article : 56 words
  22. THE STEAMER ESSEX.

    The departure of the steamer Essex, of the New Zealand-South African line, which was to have left yesterday, has been delayed owing to the vessel being in a leaky ...

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  23. THE EXPLOSION AT WOOLWICH.

    After making further investigations respecting the destruction of portion of the ammunition factory at Woolwich on Thursday, the officials in charge of the arsenal ...

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  24. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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  25. TURKEY.

    A sensation was caused in Belgrade and Vienna yesterday by a rumour being circulated to the effect that the Sultan of Turkey had been compelled to abdicate his ...

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  26. RUSSIAN AND AUSTRIAN DEMANDS.

    The Russian newspapers, in commenting upon the election of Prince Peter Kara-Georgevitch as the late King Alexander's successor, emphasize the communication ...

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  27. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

    M. Tisza, who was entrusted with the formation of a new Cabinet in succession to the Government of M. de Szell, has informed the Emperor Francis Joseph that ...

    Article : 69 words
  28. THE JAPANESE SQUADRON.

    The Japanese Squadron reached Townsville yesterday morning and saluted the fort, but the salute was not returned till to-day. This was owing to the fact that ...

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  29. SYDNEY TRADES HALL.

    The Labour Parliamentary Party were not represented at the banquet given on Friday night in celebration of the enlargement of the Trades Hall. Messrs. ...

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  30. A DELICATE COMPLIMENT.

    Gen. Andre, the Minister of War in M. Combes's Cabinet, on behalf of the French Array has sent a message to the British Government expressing sincere sympathy ...

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  31. THE BARRIER WATER SUPPLY.

    The water trouble is overshadowing everything, and is almost the sole topic of Conversation. Mr. C. A. Whitehead, engineer of the Water Supply Company, stated ...

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  32. FRANCE.

    The French Minister of Finance (M. Ronvier) has announced that the income tax of 1½ per cent. which he proposes to introduce is intended to replace some of ...

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  33. THE VICTORIAN COLLIERY STRIKE.

    The average daily coal output at the Outtrim-Howitt Mine last week was between 60 and 70 tons. The new men are doing remarkably well, some of them holing and ...

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  34. RIVAL CABLE ROUTES.

    Sir Horace Tozer recently wrote to The Times strongly supporting the Canadian Government's objection to the action of some of the Australian States in granting ...

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  35. VICTORIAN RAILWAYS.

    A feature of the railway timetables since the advent of Mr. Tait, the Chairman of the Railway Commissioners, is that the duration of the journeys has been reduced. ...

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  36. KING PETER'S DILEMMA.

    London newspaper correspondents in Vienna state that the Russian demand that the Servian conspirators should be punished is regarded by many people in the ...

    Article : 148 words
  37. SOUTH AFRICA.

    In moving the second reading of the Precious Stones Ordinance in the Legislative Council at Pretoria this week, the Attorney-General (Mr. H. F. Blaine) stated that ...

    Article : 66 words
  38. AUSTRALASIAN MINING STOCKS.

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  39. DEATH OF TRAVELLING CATTLE.

    Mr. Madell, of Singleton, owner of a mob of cattle travelling for sale, has had a stroke of bad fortune at Gunnedah. The cattle were offered at the local sale yards ...

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  40. TRAITORS NOT TO BE PUNISHED.

    King Peter's private secretary states that the newly elected sovereign will not punish the assassins of the late King and Queen, as he considers they have been ...

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  41. A 100-OZ. NUGGET.

    The Secretary for Mines has received information to the effect that a nugget of gold weighing 100 oz. has been found at Wanyarra diggings, near Tarnagulla. The ...

    Article : 64 words
  42. MAJOR OR CONSUL.

    Since Sir Malcolm McEacharn became Consul For Japan in Victoria the point has been raised whether he can retain his commission as major of the Scottish Regiment ...

    Article : 120 words
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