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  2. PERSONAL NOTES FROM ENGLAND.

    Some time before the Christmas holidays the Rev. Canon Green, with Mrs. Green and Mrs, and Miss Sillifant, removed from London to Brighton, and has since been ...

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  3. TRANS AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY.

    Mr. Palmer (the Engineer-chief) and Mr. Muir (Inspector of Engineering Surveys in Western Australia) will leave Fremantle tomorrow to attend the conference of ...

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  4. WAS IT MURDER ?

    Acting upon reports which have reached the authorities to the effect that Mr. Joseph Ninnes, of Penwortham, near Clare, is believed to have met his death on ...

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  5. WINTER IN SUMMER.

    Rarely does it happen that South Australians are partial to snagging under the blankets in the month of February; but the weather clerk having brought along another ...

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  6. THE COMMONWEALTH. SIR EDMUND BARTON.

    A meeting of the Federal Executive will be held on Thursday, when Parliament will be further prorogued until March 31. — Seeking Federal Billets.— The Prime Minister (Sir Edmund Barton) addressed a very cordial meeting in the Albert Hall tonight, when 2,500 people were present. The Mayor (Mr. d. Stor ...

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  7. BULGARIA AND MACEDONIA.

    The latest telegrams from Sofia slate that M. Stojan Michailowski, President of the Macedonian Revolutionary Committee, and M. Zontcheff, a member of the same ...

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  8. SOUTH AFRICA.

    There are indications that Mr. Chamberlain's recent conciliatory speeches in South Africa have had a salutary effect upon the disaffected settlers in Cape ...

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  9. VENEZUELA.

    The blockade of the Venezuelan ports was raised yesterday. Gen. Castro, President of the republic, has written to Mr. Herbert Bowen, who acted as Commissioner ...

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  10. CREMATED IN BED.

    Drummond MuGuunn, aged 75, was burned to death at Avoca on Sunday. The old man was in feeble health, and lived alone. A friend left him at a late hour, when he was ...

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  11. BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT CONDEMNED.

    A meeting, which was attended by 10,000 persons, was held in Sofia yesterday, and resolutions were passed condemning the actions of the Bulgarian Government in ...

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  12. VICTORIA.

    Arthur Wartman, who was sentenced to eight years imprisonment in December for criminal assault, but was released on £ 2,000 bail pending the appeal which was de ...

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  13. A GENEROUS MILLIONAIRE.

    It is stated that when Mr. Andrew Carnegie heard that Germany had demanded from Venezuela £ 68,000 as a preliminary to a settlement of the dispute by arbitration, ...

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  14. GIFT TO ADELAIDE.

    The beautiful stained glass window which Mr. A. M. Simpson so generously presented to the Adelaide City Council was unveiled by the Mavor (Mr. Cohen. M.P.) ...

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  15. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A boating contest in six-oared gigs took place today over a two-mile course between crews of the flagship Royal Arthur and the U.S. transport Glacier. The crew ...

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  16. SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES.

    The trustees appointed to administer the endowment of £2,000,000 which Mr. Andrew Carnegie bequeathed to Scottish Universities last year have issued a series ...

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  17. SIX YEARS FOR BIGAMY.

    A carious case, of bigamy, in which the accused is a coloured man, was heard before the Quarter Session today. George, alias La Celled, was charged with having ...

    Article : 231 words
  18. HEARTY RECEPTION AT MIDDELBURG.

    After leaving Graaf-Reinet Mr. Chamberlain proceeded to Middelburg, the chief town of a rich agricultural and pastoral district, about 243 miles from Port ...

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  19. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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  20. THE YALGOO EXPLOSION.

    A telegram from Yalgoo this afternoon stated that, pending the arrival of some one to take charge of the case, nothing is being done by the local police to follow up clues ...

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  21. SPLENDID RAIN.

    Mr. Griffiths stated on Monday:— The large storm system which developed over the ocean to the south of this state during Saturday had a marked effect on the ...

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  22. DESTRUCTIVE BUSH FIRES.

    Bush fires in various parts of the state are most serious. At Dungog a fire, broke out yesterday and swept towards the town from two directions, burning grass and ...

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  23. THE BANKNOTE ROBBERY.

    The Criminal Investigation Department received a telegram this morning from Albany announcing that Harry Jones, for whose arrest in connection with the ...

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  24. BUBONIC PLAGUE.

    Another case of plague was discovered at His Lordship's Larder Hotel, Fremantle this morning. The victim is a man named Percy Carter, 27 years of age, who ...

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  25. JUDGE AND JURY.

    In the Supreme Court to-day Charles Ness, a coal lumper, was presented on a charge of stealing and receiving. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The ...

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  26. QUEENSLAND.

    During the severe storm yesterday the Killing boat Thelmn was struck by lightning, and sustained considerable damage, Her crew of six bad a narrow escape. ...

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  27. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The following gold was shipped by the Arcadia today:— In bullion— For Calcutta, £ 20,011; "for Bombay, £ 10,011; for London, £ 114,069. In sovereigns — For Calcutta; ...

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  28. FEVER-STRICKEN COONAMBLE.

    The number of cases of typhoid fever at Coonamble has increased to over 100, the new cases being, it is supposed, due to the infection spreading from one patient to ...

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  29. RAINS IN THE INTERIOR.

    Mr. S. Kidman has received the following telegrams, dated respectively February 10 and February 7: —" Over 3.5 in. rain Carlton. Expect lot more yet." Carlton is in the ...

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  30. OTHER CENTRES VISITED.

    The Ministerial party subsequently visited Rosmead and Schoombie. Mr. Chamberlain was accorded a hearty reception at both places. At Schoombie he received a ...

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  31. QUEENSLAND HALF CASTES.

    In connection with statements made by Sir William Lyne in Western Australia concerning half- caste children Queensland the last census shows that there were ...

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  32. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Premier (Mr. Seddon) announces that next session the Government will introduce banking legislation, and repeated the statement that if efforts that are now ...

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  33. SUICIDE OF A WINE EXPERT.

    charles Nash, aged 32 years, who had been employed, as a wine expert by Messrs. C. F. Morris & Sons, committed suicide by throwing himself into the harbour from ...

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  34. MR. HERBERT GLADSTONE EULOGISTIC.

    In the course, of a speech which He delivered at Leeds on Saturday Mr. Herbert Gladstone, M.P., eulogized Mr. Chamberlain for the way in which he had faced the ...

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  35. MOTOR PACED CYCLING.

    The motor-paced cycling was continued on the cricket ground tonight. In the five miles race between McDonald and Good son the former won by there- quarters of a ...

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  36. BOWING.

    The nine oarsmen, remaining as the New South Wales crew to represent the state in the eight- oar interstate race are:- Middleton, Ellem, Nicholson, Furlong, McMahon ...

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  37. A QUEENSLAND TRAGEDY.

    In connection with the recent attempted murder of Mrs. Mackay at San Jose, near Raglan, in the Central District, the Commissioner of Police has received a telegram ...

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  38. THE RAINFALL.

    The following are the quantities of rain registered at the undermentioned telegraph stations for the 48 hours ended at 9 a.m. on Monday, February 16:— ...

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  39. THE TRANSVAAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

    Gens. Botha, De La Rey, and Smuts, who refused last week to accept seats in the Transvaal Legislative Council, wrote to Lord Milner stating their reasons, for ...

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  40. PROFITABLE POLITICS.

    Mr. Seddon has been presented with the Auckland portion of the National Cash Testimonial, consisting of 629 sovereigns in a casket. ...

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  41. GORED BY A BULL.

    Charles Laurie was attending a bull at Frankston on Sunday when the animal gored him; one horn entered at the pit of his stomach and protruded between the ...

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  42. LATEST VICTORIAN SPORTING.

    At the settling over the V.A.T.O. Meeting today odds of 8 to 1 were offered on the field for the Newmarket Handicap. Dulcimer and Purser were the nominal ...

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  43. LEIGHTON'S DARING CAREER.

    Bert Leighton, who is under arrest for complicity in the Kalgoorlie robbery, is a Victorian. His real name is Norman Campbell His father was formerly Town clerK ...

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  44. MADAME MELBA.

    Madame Melba on her arrival at the Bluff was received by Sir Joseph Ward. Her voice has quite recovered. ...

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  45. NEW HEBRIDES NATIVES.

    News has been received from the New Hebrides that on February 2 the Presbyterian mission station at Ambrym was attacked by a large band of armed native. ...

    Article : 107 words
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