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  2. THE RIVER QUESTION.

    The report of the Murray Waters Inter—state Commission has been carefully con-sidered at Renmark, and in the following I have endeavoured to set out the way in ...

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  3. PACEMAKING.

    Messrs. Robl and Dickentmann, the champion pace followers, made their second apearance on the Exhibition track to-night under the .auspices of the Melbourne ...

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  4. THE GATTON TRAGEDY.

    A sensation has been caused at Welling -tom by a rumour that the Gatton mur-derer has been discovered near to that city. As far as can be gathered telephonic ...

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  5. VICTORIA

    The body of a newly born female'(Child has been found in Flagstaff Gardens. A post—mortem showed that-death was due. to suffocation. ...

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  6. BRITISH POLITICS.

    Sir Michael Foster, K.C.B., who repre-sents the London University in Parliament, has announced his intention of joining the ranks of the Radical Party in the Commons ...

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  7. KING EDWARD.

    During March their Majesties King Ed-ward and Queen Alexandra Mill journey by rail across the Continent, and then embark on board the royal yacht Victoria and ...

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  8. EASTERN QUESTION.

    Advices from Vienna and Constantinople contain the news that when Russia re-cently intimated that she was about to dis-patch four torpedo boats from Oronstadt to ...

    Article : 327 words
  9. VENEZUELA

    Venezuelan despatches show that the German holders of Republican bonds agreed to support the rebels under Gen. Matos if the latter would promise that, if their ...

    Article : 98 words
  10. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.

    Col. Roosevelt has provoked a fierce out-burst of indignation in the Southern States by appointing a negro to the position of collector of customs at the seaport of I ...

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  11. THE WRECK OF THE INVERLOCHY.

    The enquiry into the stranding of the barque Inverlochy on Ingoldsby Reef, near to Split Point, on December 18, was con—cluded to-day. Mr. Croker, for the defence. ...

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  12. NOTE BY THE ALLIES.

    . The Governments of Great Britain, Ger—many, and Italy have informed the Sec-retary of State at Washington that they are willing that Venezuela should confer ...

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  13. CRICKET LAWS.

    The proposal of the county captains to widen the wickets from eight inches to nine inches with a view to reducing the large scores made in cricket matches has ...

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  14. IRISH LAND QUESTION.

    The recommendations made by the Land—lords and Tenants' Conference, with the object of bringing about a permanent settlement of Irish agrarian troubles, are ...

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  15. THE MOROCCO REVOLT.

    Despatches from Madrid state that divi-sions have occurred in the forces of Bu Hamara, the Moorish pretender, owing to ill—feeling in regard to the unequal ...

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  16. CYCLING IN SYDNEY.

    Fine weather again favoured the third meeting of the League of Wheelmen's Car-nival held on the cricket ground to—night. Over 20,000 witnessed the racing. The ...

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  17. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The pattern room of Messrs. Morison and Bearby's foundry, Newcastle, was de-molished by. fire to-night. Accumulated patterns of 25 years, including standard ...

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  18. MR. CARNEGIES GIFTS.

    Mr. Andrew Carnegie has offered to pre-sent, the City of Philadelphia, which now has a population of about 1,300,000, with £300,000 for the establishment of 30 free ...

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  19. THE SIX HATTERS.

    Mr. Henry Copeland, Agent—General for New South Wales, has published a letter in reply to Mr.-Edgar Jepson, the novelist, who strongly condemned the action of the ...

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  20. PERSIA.

    St. Petersburg advices affirm that Prince Ein(?)ed Daouleh, the Governor of Teheran, who is suspected of leanings towards Great Britain, has been removed from the ...

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  21. SOUTH AFRICA.

    At a garden party given at Pretoria by ; the Deputy-Governor of the Transvaal, Sir Arthur Lawley, and lady Lawley in honour of the visit of Mr. and Mrs. ...

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  22. GIRLS BEHIND THE BAR,

    I The Corporation of Manchester proposes to follow the lead of the Glasgow Munici-pality and abolish barmaids from the pub— lic houses and hotels in the city. It is ...

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  23. QUEENSLAND.

    ,The counting of the contingent vote in connection -with the election, of a member of the Legislative Assembly Fassifern, gave Mr. Jenkinson (Independent ...

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  24. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    A movement is on foot in Scotland to induce wealthy Scotsmen to purchase for the nation the estate of Abbotsford, in Roxburghshire, and preserve it in memory ...

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  25. LISBON INUNDATED.

    A telegram from Portugal states that the big reservoirs outside Lisbon, the capital of the country, burst on Tuesday, and the whole of the lower part of the town was | ...

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  26. TAFF VALE RAILWAY STRIKE.

    The House of Lords having, on an in—terlocutory point,' decided that trade unions can be sued in Courts of Law, the Taff Vale Railway Company recently began ...

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  27. TASMANIA.

    A stabbing affray and attempted suicide took place in Melville street this afternoon. John Sullivan, an eccentric, while suffering from delirium tremens,' stabbed his wife ...

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  28. THE BOYCOTT,OF DUTCH LOYALISIS.

    The Rev. H. Du Plessis, pastor of the Dutch church at Lindley, Orange River Colony , has been, boycotted by his congrega-tion owing to his avowed British ...

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  29. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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  30. CURIOUS ASSAULT CASE.

    A strange case of assault was heard in the Maryborough Police Court yesterday. Ro-bert Elliott, a travelling photographer, proceeded against George Burford, another ...

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  31. A STATES SOLIDITY.

    A return 01 bankruptcies and value of es-tates for the past 10 years shows that in 1893 the liability was £1,527,935, and deficiency .£522.222. In 1894 the liability was ...

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  32. NEW ZEALAND.

    A number of officers of the defence force have been retired, including Capt. Falconer (inspector of submarine mining), Lieut—Col.Messenger (in charge of the permanent ...

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  33. THE FUTURE OF RHODESIA.

    According to The Standard the Govern-ment contemplates-the early incorporation of Rhodesia into the empire, and as a pre-liminary step preparations are being made ...

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  34. RESCUED IN TIME.

    .A boy named .Ferguson,aged nine years, had a narrow escape from drowning at Beulah. He fell into a dam and sank out of sight. One of his companions ran to the ...

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  35. DEPUTATIONS.

    Telegraphic Communication with Iron Knob.—On Wednesday afternoon Sr. Charleston, the Hons. A. R. Addison and J. H. Howe,M.L.C. and A. Catt, M.P. ...

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  36. ARMY (CONTRACTS FOR FRESH MEAT.

    The War Office is calling for tenders for the supply of fresh and frozen meat for the troops in South Africa. It is announced that the quantity required is to be a year's ...

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  38. STOCKS AND SHARES.

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  39. BOATING PARTY CAPSIZED.

    A Party on about a dozen sydney visitors to Port Harvey had a trying experience on Sunday afternoon. They were out in a 22—ft. boat, and were capsized in a squall a ...

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  40. COALMINERS' STRIKE IN YORKSHIRE.

    Two thousand miners who were employed at the Denaby and Cadeby Main collieries, in Yorkrshire, have been on strike for over five months, and still declare that they will ...

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  41. PTOMAINE POISONING.

    a tatai case on ptomaine poisoning oc-curred at East Brisbane. A family named Francis, consisting of a mother and five children, partook of canned meat. All of ...

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  42. MOUNT KOSCIUSKO.

    Referring to the statement by Mr.Cle-ment Wragge at Cohe, that he regarded the indebtedness an Mount Kosciusko Ob-servatory a liability of. New South Wales, ...

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  43. VICTORIAN RAILWAY EXTENSION.

    The railway line which is in course of construction from Woomeland to Mildura Will be opened as far as Hattah, a distance of 69 miles, on January 15. Three trains ...

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  44. STRANGE CASE OF LUNACY.

    An unusual case engaged the attention of the Ballarat City Magistrates yesterday, when a well—dressed man named John W. Riley, a grocer, was charged with lunacy. ...

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  45. MELBOURNE HOODLUMS.

    A cowardly .robbery was committed at Napier street, Fitzroy, to—night. Three ladies were walking along the street when five young men stepped in front of them ...

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  46. CHARGED WITH BURGLARIES.

    The man- Edward Ward, who was arrest-ed some months ago at Perth, on suspteion of being Shaw. the supposed author of the Redfern tragedy. appeared at the City ...

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  47. THE PRINZ—REGENT LUITPOLD.

    The Prinz—Regent Luitpold arrived at 1.30 a.m. and sailed at 7 p.m. for the eastern states. Saloon passengers:— For Fremantle—Messrs. C. Moore and A. ...

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  49. NATIONAL PARK.

    The National Park Commissioners held their monthly meting in the G.P.O. on Monday. The curator reported that the roofs of the shelter shed, arbours, and other buildings had been coated ...

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  50. A SAVAGE DOG.

    At Wangaratta a boy, aged eight years, son of Mr. J. R. Connor, was savagely attacked by a young dog with which he' had been playing. The animal fastened its ...

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  51. WESTERN AUSTRALIA'S SURPLUS.

    The expenditure for December amounted to £271,000,being an increase of £8,000 compared with the expenditure for Novem-ber. The saving effected during the six ...

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  52. OLD-AGE PENSIONS

    The Premier has replied to a statement made a few days ago that the cost to the Government of the administration of the Old—age Pensions Act was 20 per cent. ...

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  54. A.W.U. CONFERENCE.

    There are 60 proposals on the business paper of the conference of the Australian Workers Union, which will be opened in Sydney on Friday. Many of these ...

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