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  2. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The Speaker, Representative Holder (S.A.), took the chair at 2.30 p.m. Representative Sydney Smith (N.S.W.) resumed the debate on Representative ...

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  3. ESSENCE OF PARLIAMENT.

    In Legislative Council—Compulsory Vaccination Abolition Bill vcrhaily amended in committee and taken up to third reading stage Hon. J. Lewis carried motion against land board dealing ...

    Article : 279 words
  4. THE TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    The latest news from Natal is that Gen. F. W. Kitchener's columns are in the Paul Pieter's Dorp and Utrecht districts of the south-eastern Transvaal, and that British ...

    Article : 69 words
  5. AFGHANISTAN.

    The Government of Great Britain has formally acknowledged Habibullah as the rightful successor to the throne of Afghanistan. ...

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  6. TERRIBLE ADVENTURES IN AFRICA.

    Mjr. H. H. Austin, D.S.O., of the Royal Engineers, who commanded the Anglo-Abyssinian frontier survey expedition which was appointed to fix the boundary ...

    Article : 121 words
  7. KITCHENER'S WEEKLY REPORT.

    Lord Kitchener advises that during the past week the enemy sustained the following losses:—Killed 20; wounded and left in the field, 8; made prisoners of war, 194 ...

    Article : 57 words
  8. THE LATE AMEER'S DEATHBED.

    The Cabul correspondent of the Calcutta "Pioneer," in a despatch which was published yesterday, gives an account of the circumstances which attended the death of ...

    Article : 231 words
  9. AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

    The fiction of Col. Theodore Roosevelt in detaching himself from the Republican Party and boldly announcing that he will not pander to any political or financial ...

    Article : 61 words
  10. IN THE COUNCIL.

    "Wednesday witnessed the fate of two if not three measures in the Council, but two others were received from the Assembly, and now the Upper HOuse has enough work ...

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  11. SURRENDERS AT POTCHESTROOM.

    Twenty-nine burghers who belonged to Commandant Hall's commando have capitulated to the British at Potchefstroom. ...

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  12. EXECUTION OF REBELS.

    Mr. L. H. Styles, of the Intelligence Department, writes as follows from Zingfontein, C.C., on September 13:—"Here is a brief description of the execution of three ...

    Article : 401 words
  13. A BURIED MAXIM.

    A Maxim gun, which the enemy had buried at Dwaars Vlei, has been unearthed and taken possession of, by British troops. The information as to the whereabouts of ...

    Article : 42 words
  14. THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.

    There were recently about 200 students in the colleges of Paris learning the Russian language. The number has during the past year dwindled to 20, the reason given for ...

    Article : 58 words
  15. BOERS IN TIIE RUSTENBURG DISTRICT.

    Gen. De La Key's and Gen. Kemp's commandos, who recently attacked Col. R. G. Kekewich's column at Moedwill, are now at Lentley Poort, on Eland's River, about 25 ...

    Article : 46 words
  16. BREACH OF PROMISE.

    Mrs. Catherine Brodie, who describe! herself as an artist, formerly of New Zealand, sued Mr. David MacGregor, aged 61, a wealthy contractor, of Glasgow, for ...

    Article : 386 words
  17. THE TARIFF AND THE ISLAND TRADE.

    Colonel Burns, of Messrs. Burns, Philip, and Co., stated to-day that his firm was much exercised as to what the effect the federal tariff would have on the island ...

    Article : 118 words
  18. A NEWSPAPER OFFICE CLOSED.

    Owing to the proclamation of martial law in Cape Colony, the "South African News," the leading organ of the Africander Bond at Cape Town, has voluntarily ceased ...

    Article : 75 words
  19. THE INDIAN FRONTIER.

    Reuter's Agency published a message a few days ago stating that orders had been received at Peshawar, a British military station in the Punjab, 190 miles from ...

    Article : 117 words
  20. A WAR OFFICE BLUNDER.

    The invitation to the Imperial Yeomanry to reenlist for active service in South Africa has largely ended in failure, owing to the indignation of the men in being kept ...

    Article : 64 words
  21. A POINT OF LAW.

    It is likely that next week a case of some importance will come before the full court for decision. At the law circuit court M. Armidale a post office official was charged ...

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  22. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day die debate on the Old Age Pension Hill was resumed by Mr. Vale, who condemned the Government for pleading want of money as ...

    Article : 95 words
  23. FRANCE.

    The result of a referendum of the workers in mining fields in France shows a state of indifference to the proposal that a general strike should be declared with ...

    Article : 53 words
  24. SIR HECTOR MACDONALD ON AUSTRALIAN CADETS.

    Sir Hector Macdonald wan entertained at luncheon to-day by the Parliament of Victoria. Hie guests included the Prime Minister and several of his colleagues, the ...

    Article : 182 words
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    Wolfaardt, the chief lieutenant of the late! Commandant Lotter, was shot yesterday for murder and treason. A Cape correspondent writes—"Lotter ...

    Article : 93 words
  26. DISSATISFACTION IN TASMANIA.

    A meeting of importers and merchants of the city was held to-day to consider the tariff. The president of the Chamber of Commerce occupied the chair. The ...

    Article : 76 words
  27. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    In the Legislative Council to-day the debate on the second reading of the Industrial Arbitration Bill was resumed. Mr. Danger through it was right that the life ...

    Article : 225 words
  28. CHINA.

    It was recently reported that Russia was preparing to surrender to China the Shanhaikwan railway and to evacuate the Manchurian port of Niuchwang. Reuter's ...

    Article : 123 words
  29. ADELAIDE MERCHANTS AND THE TEA DUTIES.

    Representative Sir Langdon Bonython to-day presented a letter from Adelaide merchants to the Treasurer with reference to the tea duties, Representative Sir George ...

    Article : 52 words
  30. THE AUSTRALASIANS.

    Pte. R. S. Mart, of the Sixth Queensland Bushmen, was killed at Sandwana Hill. Lieut. Hugonin, of the Queensland Bushmen, bas been invalided to England. ...

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  31. THE KANAKA QUESTION.

    The Premier, Mr. Philp, has received resolutions passed by farmers and sugar planters at Eton, affirming that the Pacific Islanders Bill will ruin the sugar ...

    Article : 198 words
  32. THE BALLARAT SHOOTING CASE.

    W. Rickards, who was arrested last night on a charge of having shot at with intent to murder his wife, appeared at the Ballarat East Police Court this morning ...

    Article : 190 words
  33. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    His Excellency the Governor received the following cable message on Wednesday from the officer in charge of casualties at Cape Town:—"The following casualties are ...

    Article : 67 words
  34. VOYAGE IN A BALLOON.

    On Sunday the Comte de la Vaulx, the French aeronaut, started for an aerial voyage from Toulon southward to Algiers. He expected to occupy four days in reaching ...

    Article : 156 words
  35. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Legislative Council to-day the Aboripines Protection Bill was further considered in committee. In the Legislative Assembly a Bill to ...

    Article : 89 words
  36. SIR REDVERS BULLER.

    The newspaper press continues to agitate against the appointment of Gen. Sir Redvers Buller, V.C., to the command of the First Army Corps at Aldershot. The ...

    Article : 61 words
  37. MR. REID'S SPEECH.

    Mr. Reid's speech in the House of Representatives yesterday afternoon will not rank among his oratorical triumphs. There was a full attendance of members, and the galleries ...

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  38. A BOER GENERAL'S LETTER.

    The Pretona correspondent of Reuter's Agency telegraphed on September 13:—The following copy of an intercepted letter shows the mendacious and false stories ...

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  39. HOBART SHOW.

    The Tasmanian Agricultural and Pastoral Society's Show was held to-day. The weather was unfavourable, but the attendance was very pood. The show was an excellent ...

    Article : 44 words
  40. NEW ZEALAND.

    The House of Representatives has been sitting continuously since yesterday afternoon. The estimates for the Defence Department have been exhaustively ...

    Article : 142 words
  41. MYSTERIOUS BANK NOTES.

    Within the past few days many Victorian £1 notes have been placed in circulation in Sydney and suburbs. The notes arc veil worn and dirty, and have in many cases ...

    Article : 106 words
  42. A SENSATIONAL MURDER.

    After dragging on for more than a year the longest and most sensational murder trial in the history of the New York law courts came, as was supposed, to a close ...

    Article : 217 words
  43. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Applications have been closed for the new Tasmanian 3 per cent loan of £450,000. The submarine torpedo boat built for the Admiralty at Barrow-in-Furness has ...

    Article : 83 words
  44. Advertising

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  45. VICTORIA.

    In response to an application from the council of the Victorian Rifle Association the Acting Commissioner of Railways has decided to issue return tickets on Victorian ...

    Article : 134 words
  46. IN THE ASSEMBLY.

    Private members' day usually supplies diversion. Wednesday was no exception to that rule, and Mr. Wood's Bill ta allow clerymen to become members of ...

    Article : 2,418 words
  47. COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 115 words
  48. TUBE RAILWAYS.

    The proposed capital for the construction of additional underground tube electric railways in London, private Bills for which arc to be introduced during the next ...

    Article : 45 words
  49. TROUBLE WITH TAILORESSES.

    A strike in the clothing trade w not improbable. The recently formed tailoresses union, which has already a Large membership, a few days ago adopted a new log of ...

    Article : 103 words
  50. STOCKS AND SHARES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 134 words
  51. STRANDED PILCHARDS.

    During the past few days large shoals of pilchards have been hovering around the Williamstown Pier. On Tuesday they were attacked by a shoal of barracouta, which ...

    Article : 70 words
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