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  2. THE MITCHELL ELECTION.

    The Mitchell electricn has ended as most people expected. Those who thought the result would be different must have forgotten the history of this electorate. The ...

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  3. THE WAR.

    Two regiments of Russian infantry, five sotnias of cavalry, and a battery of artillery attacked the Japanese extreme right at Yingcheng on Tuesday. The infantry ...

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  4. THE CARNIVAL.

    Mr. R. R. Dawbarn has received letters from Mr. A. S. Glegg (Gladstone), Mr. J. White (Bundaberg), and Messrs. Dawson and Sons (Maryborough), agreeing to act ...

    Article : 42 words
  5. NEW ZEALAND.

    The Premier (the Right Hon. R. J. Seddon) informed a deputation of shopkeepers yesterday that the Shops and Offices Act would be amended. The whole ...

    Article : 88 words
  6. PLAGUE IN SCOTLAND.

    A labourer, his wife, and two children, at Leith, Scotland, are suffering from plague. The disease was contracted through sorting a carge of rags from the ...

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  7. SUPREME COURT CRIMINAL SITTINGS.

    The quarterly criminal sittings of the Supreme Court will be opened at ten o'clock this forenoon before His Honour Mr. Justice Power. Mr. J. J. Kingsbury ...

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  8. THE AUSTRALIAN ELEVEN.

    The match between the Australian and a team representing Surrey was continued to-day. Kelly having been bowled by Hayes for ...

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  9. THE MITCHELL ELECTION.

    The polling in the election of a member to represent the electorate of Mitchell in the Legislative Assembly in the place of Mr. A. C. Cooper took place yesterday. The ...

    Article : 407 words
  10. ROCKHAMPTON PENNY SAVINGS BANK.

    The weekly meeting of the Rockhampton Penny Savings Bank was held at the School of Arts on Saturday afternoon. The presiding directors were Messrs. P. B. ...

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  11. OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS.

    At the sitting of the Executive Council on Wednesday last the resignation of Mr. S. Williams of his appointment as a licensing justice for the Rockhampton licensing ...

    Article : 113 words
  12. WORKERS' POLITICAL ORGANISATION.

    A meeting of the Rockhampton Workers' Political Organisation was held on Saturday night. Mr. W. Goss was in the chair. It was decided to actively ...

    Article : 129 words
  13. THE COLONIAL AND INDIAN EXHIBITION.

    New Zealand has made a fine and comprehensive display of all the products of the colony at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition at the Crystal Palace. A similar ...

    Article : 56 words
  14. SLEEPER CONTRACTS.

    For the supply of 44,000 half-round sleepers for the Central Railway, says the "Brisbane Courier" of the 11th instant, the Railway Department received tenders ...

    Article : 110 words
  15. A COLONIAL APPEAL CASE.

    The appeal in the case of Bastings v. Callahan has been allowed with costs. ...

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  16. SPORTING NEWS. [By Telegraph.] THE TURF.

    The Tasmanian Racing Club held its meeting yesterday. The Elwych Plate was won by Sarto, with Harkaway second and Coomassie third. The Winter Handicap ...

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  17. POLICE COURT.

    At the Police Court on Saturday, before the Police Magistrate (Mr. C. Francis), John Finn, aged twenty-nine years, labourer, with two convictions, was ...

    Article : 215 words
  18. CRIMES AND ACCIDENTS.

    A determined case of suicide occurred at Red Hill, three miles to the south of Kalgoorlie. Edward Hassell handed a miner named Collet two letters—one ...

    Article : 429 words
  19. FOOTBALL.

    The New Zealand football team will leave for England by the s.s. Rimutaka on the 29th of July. ...

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  20. IMPORTANT EXCHANGES OF LAND.

    Mr. T. S. Sword, sitting in the Land Court yesterday, says the "Brisbane Courier" of the 12th instant, dealt with two important exchanges of land. The ...

    Article : 237 words
  21. ROWING.

    Splendid weather favoured the day set apart for the contests for the rowing championships, which were contested on the Parramatta River. The excursion ...

    Article : 124 words
  22. THE RUSSIAN REVOLT.

    A party of Jews at Berdicev, a town in the government of Kiev, Russian Poland, twenty-four miles to the south-west of Zhitomir, while hurrying to Zhitomir ...

    Article : 168 words
  23. CABLE MESSAGES. GERMANY, FRANCE, AND BRITAIN.

    M. Charles Louis De Freycinet, a French senator and engineer, in a book on Egypt, unsparingly criticises the unceasing attempts on the part of Germany ...

    Article : 47 words
  24. THE COTTON-GROWING INDUSTRY.

    Cotton-growing in Australia, is receiving some attention in the English press, says the Adelaide " Register." The "Manchester Guardian" publishes a long ...

    Article : 295 words
  25. A VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT.

    An entertainment was given in the Theatre Royal on Saturday night under the management of Professor T. Woods and Mr. A. Kilgour, which proved very ...

    Article : 342 words
  26. INTERSTATE NEWS. [By Telegraph.] NEW SOUTH WALES.

    H.M.S. Prometheus, which was appointed to replace H.M.S. Pylades on the Australian station, arrived to-day from the North America and West Indies stations. ...

    Article : 152 words
  27. CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS.

    A fatal case of cerebro-spinal meningitis has occurred in London. ...

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  28. THE BOOT STRIKE IN ENGLAND.

    The Secretary of State for War the Right Hon. H. O. Arnold-Forster) states he will be unable to receive the deputation of makers of army boots from ...

    Article : 131 words
  29. QUEENSLAND NEWS.

    Mrs. Douglas Douglas, wife of Chief Inspecter Douglas, of the police force, died at Wynnum yesterday morning. The funeral, which took place in the afternoon, ...

    Article : 120 words
  30. FEDERAL NEWS.

    The bills to be introduced next session by the Minister for Home Affairs (the Hon. D. Thomson) will include the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, the ...

    Article : 167 words
  31. THE LEADING TAILOR.

    Without doubt J. W. JONES is the Leading Tailor and Gent's Outfitter in Rockhampton. The reason is plain. He gives the best fit and value. His stock is ...

    Article : 64 words
  32. SAMOA.

    Earl Percy, the Parliamentary Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs, in replying to a question in the House of Commons to-day, said that the examination ...

    Article : 76 words
  33. A TRUISM.

    The independent testimony of scientific experts, and the most eminent skin specialists, award PEARS' SOAP the first position among toilet soaps.—Advt. ...

    Article : 26 words
  34. TASMANIA.

    An outbreak of swine fever has taken place on a farm at Hollow Tree, in the Hamilton district. Forty pigs died. The rest were destroyed. ...

    Article : 30 words
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