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  2. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    Most elaborate precautions have been taken to prevent any leakage of the traiff proposals of the Federal Ministry before the appointed hour on Tuesday afternoon. ...

    Article : 617 words
  3. NOTES FROM THE FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    The twenty-first week of the federal session opened in very marked contrast to the previous week. Then there was an unusually full house: this week there was a ...

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  4. THE VICTORIAN FIFTH CONTINGENT.

    It is reported that Bt.-Col. T. E. Stephenson, C.B., has been appointed to succeed Brig.-Gen. Beat son as commander of the British mobile column in Cane Colony. ...

    Article : 597 words
  5. THE AMERICA CUP.

    Another strong breeze is blowing at New York. The race for the America Cup will, therefore, probably be sailed in favourable conditions. ...

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  6. KING EDWARD.

    King Edward is reported to be rapidly recovering from the attack of rheumatism from which he has been, suffering lately. ...

    Article : 33 words
  7. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    Further particulars hare been received with, reference to the tierce battles which were fought last week at Forts Itala and Prospect, in Zululand. In is stated that ...

    Article : 419 words
  8. THE DUKE OF CORNWALL.

    The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York have visited Banff, a town in the district of Alberta, about 920 miles west of Winnipeg. Banff is situated amidst some ...

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  9. HUGE TOBACCO TRUST.

    A British tobacco trust, with a capital of £15,000,000, has been formed. It embraces the leading tobacco manufacturers. ...

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  10. GENERAL CABLE NEWS

    At a meeting of ratepayers held in West-minster yesterday a resolution was passed affirming the desirableness of the council rescinding the contract made recently for ...

    Article : 140 words
  11. A COVETED TROPHY.

    The present is the second attempt of Sir Thomas Lipton to recover the cup. Nowadays only a millionaire can undertake the challenge, for the cost of building a yacht ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 245 words
  12. VICTORIA.

    The annual conference of the Victorian Locomotive Enginedrivers and Firemen's Association was opened on Saturday, and was attended hv delegates from Stawell ...

    Article : 397 words
  13. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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  14. KITCHENER'S COLUMN.

    THe British column under Gen. Sir F. Kitchener has arrived at Vryheid. ...

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  15. THE TARIFF AND THE COLOURED RACES.

    While legislation is being passed by the Federal Parliament to prohibit coloured am) all other undesirable immigrants en tering the Commonwealth, and action is ...

    Article : 316 words
  16. DETAILS OF THE RACE.

    Later advices from New York indicate that Shamrock II. carried her largest club topsail. The course from the starting point to the outer buoy was not to windward, as ...

    Article : 427 words
  17. TRAITOROUS BOERS.

    Evidence has been given during recent trials at Pretoria which proves conclusively that many Boers who had taken the oath of neutrality ...

    Article : 99 words
  18. AUSTRALIAN MINING STOCKS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 123 words
  19. THE PACIFIC ISLANDERS BILL. AN EXPERT'S WARNING.

    On receiving the text of the Kanaka Bill, the Premier immediately sent a letter to Dr. Maxwell, asking for an expression of that gentleman's opinion on its ...

    Article : 273 words
  20. HUNGARY.

    The Hungarian general elections, which were held yesterday, were characterized by intense party feeling. At several of the polling booths serious riots occurred, and ...

    Article : 393 words
  21. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The members of the Political Labour League celebrate "Labour's Victory" in the federal and state elections by a harbour picnic in the Government yacht ...

    Article : 183 words
  22. A SNAKECHARMER BITTEN.

    At Ballarat on Saturday a man who had been giving an exhibition of snake charming was locked up on a charge of drunkenness. Subsequently it transpired that he ...

    Article : 101 words
  23. SCHEEPERS SERIOUSLY ILL.

    The Boer Commandant Scheepers is seriously ill, and therefore unable to direct operations of his commando in the Cape Colony. He has been conveyed in a buggy ...

    Article : 56 words
  24. THE RIVAL YACHTS.

    Although two new boats were built expressly to defend the cup against Shamrock II., the Columbia, which successfully defended it against Shamrock I. in 1899, was ...

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  25. A NOTABLE BOER CAPTURED.

    The twenty-two Boers who were taken prisoners by the British force at Keitz include Pierre De Villiers, who in 1900 prosecuted 50 Britons at Harrismith for having ...

    Article : 47 words
  26. A RAILWAY FATALITY.

    A shocking accident happened yesterday to a young man named McKenna, an employe at the Mount Lyell smelters. He was returning from work in the afternoon. ...

    Article : 111 words
  27. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    The North Perth election on Saturday resulted:—Dr. McWilliams (Independent), 882; Mr. Zollner (Ministerialist), 663; Mr. Jones (Labour), 257. ...

    Article : 58 words
  28. THE PROPERTY ACQUISITION BILL.

    The Premier and Mr. Gray, M.L.C., left this morning for Melbourne to attend the conference with the Prime Minister on the Property Acquisition Bill and other ...

    Article : 35 words
  29. A TARIFF DANGER.

    Representative Reid, when interviewed yesterday on federal matters, said that as the political life of the Federal Ministry depended on the tariff being a moderate ...

    Article : 85 words
  30. THE RATTLE OF MOEDWILL.

    Despatches from South Africa contain further particulars of the encasement winch was fought at Moedwill, near the Megalies Ranges, on September 25. The ...

    Article : 88 words
  31. A STEAMER'S NARROW ESCAPE.

    The Adelaide Steamship Company's vessel Dovedale had a sensational experience at Newcastle last night, and narrowly escaped becoming a total wreck on the ...

    Article : 172 words
  32. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Government intends to erect a state museum at Wellington for the collection of Maori relics. Messrs. Ballinger and Nielson ...

    Article : 157 words
  33. A SOLDIER'S WONDERFUL ESCAPE.

    Tpr. Allwood, whose death in South Africa was reported a few months ago to Mjr. Parnell, A.A.G., reported himself yesterday morning to Mjr. Parnell. ...

    Article : 106 words
  34. GOSSIP AND NOTES.

    Three more measures, all of a machinery character, were added to the federal statutes on Saturday, when, at a special Executive Council meeting at Government ...

    Article : 915 words
  35. COMMANDANT BRAND WOUNDED.

    It is stated that Commandant Brand, whose attempt to cross the Cakdon River into Basutoland was frustrated by Mjr.-Gen. H. C. O. Plumer's force a few days ...

    Article : 39 words
  36. HISTORY OF THE CUP.

    The contests for the America Cup date back to 1851, so that this is the jubilee year of the international struggles. In May of that year the English Royal Yacht ...

    Article : 478 words
  37. TICK IN QUEENSLAND.

    At a meeting of the stock board yesterday it was agreed that owing to the altered condition brought about by the severity of the drought and the necessity ...

    Article : 81 words
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  39. LOOTING BY BOERS.

    Two hundred Boers lately attacked a mission station at Bothabell, near Middelburg with a view of obtaining provisions. They were repulsed, however, before they0 ...

    Article : 92 words
  40. GREECE.

    A sensation has been caused in Greece by the discovery of a series of forgeries on gigantic wale. It is reported that forged rotes to the value, of £80,000 on the ...

    Article : 75 words
  41. THE BALLARAT COMPETITIONS.

    The Governor-General has intimated to the officials of the South street (Ballarat) Debating Society that he will be unable to attend the dosing demonstration this year ...

    Article : 61 words
  42. FRUITPACKING EXPERIMENTS.

    Experiments carried out by Dr. Brown, of the Department of Agriculture, in the hope of discovering how pears and grapes can be carried from Australia to London in ...

    Article : 69 words
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  44. THE AUSTRALASIANS.

    Pte. N. D. Giles. of the 5th Victorian niunted infantry, is reported to have been dangerously wounded at Nquta. ...

    Article : 24 words
  45. AN AMATEUR CYCLING RECORD.

    A. E. Smyth succeeded on the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday in creating a new Australasian amateur cycling record for the unplaced half-mile, which he covered ...

    Article : 36 words
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  47. CRETE.

    The French and Russian have withdrawn their Consuls-General from the island of Crete. There are indications that—notwithstanding the ...

    Article : 80 words
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  49. HONOURS FOR AUSTRALIANS.

    Lieut, Bell, of the Western Australian Mounted Infantry, and Fanier-MJr. Hardham of the New Zealand contingent, who was mentioned by Lord Kitchener in his ...

    Article : 51 words
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