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  2. LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXTENSION BILL.

    Further consideration of the bill was under consideration in connnittee in the Assembly on Thursday night. On clause 22, which relates to the qualifications of voters ...

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  3. THE SURPLUS MILLION.

    Mr. Editor.—Some two years ago the Harbour Trust Commissioners decided to enforce, their power under the Act to place an impost on all produce coming to ...

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  4. GEORGE GROHN'S DEATH.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The circumstances surrounding the death of George Grohn were further inquired into by the Coroner today. ...

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  5. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    LONDON, Sunday.—The "Daily Mail" states that Owing to perpendicular pressure the second Simplon Tunnel has commenced to collapse. ...

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  6. LAST NIGHT'S CABLES.

    LONDON, Monday.—Later reports regarding the burning of the steamer Kankow, in Hongkong Harbour, state that the vessel had on board 2000 Chinese and seven ...

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  7. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    A boy named Charles Lewis, aged about 12, who had come from Sydney to go into the employ of Mr. Thomas McFadden, was drowned at Coleman's Point on Saturday ...

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  8. THE NORTH COAST RAILWAY.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The second reading of the North Coast Railway Bill is expected this week. It is believed that the reading will be passed by a substantial majority. ...

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  9. UNITED STATES.

    LONDON, Sunday.—Defective electrical wiring caused a thick, choky fire in the tunnel being constructed between Long Island and Jersey City, New York. Two ...

    Article : 232 words
  10. FISHING AND FISHERIES.

    At the fortnightly meeting of the Fisheries Boardr further applications for [?]oyster leases were considered. A lessee at the Tweed River, who desired to purchase spat ...

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  11. SCHOOL CONCERT AT UPPER ORARA.

    The school concert held on Tuesday was a great success. Unfortunately the weather proved unfavourable, the thunderstorm in the afternoon preventing many visitors ...

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  12. IMPERIAL AFFAIRS.

    LONDON, Sunday.—Speaking at Glasgow, Mr. Winston Churchill (Ender-Secretary for the Colonies) warned the socialists that society needed both collective ...

    Article : 325 words
  13. COUNTRY MAIL SERVICES.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—The PostmasterGeneral, Mr. Chapman, is considering the subject of introducing motor cars into the Service. He believes that suitable vehicles ...

    Article : 247 words
  14. THE COMMONWEALTH.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—Speaking at Coleraine, Mr. G. H. Reid pictured the result of socialism if the socialists were allowed to triumph at the elections. To realise ...

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  15. WORKERS' DWELLINGS.

    To-day Mr. O'Sullivan will ask the Dremier in the Legislative Assembly:—(1) Is he aware that the Government of New Zealand has introduced a Bill to extend the ...

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  16. VICTORIA.

    MELBOURNE, Monday.—The floods on the Murray have subsided to such an extent that all the immediate danger is over. At the Koonoomoo Village Settlement ...

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  17. RELIGIOUS.

    Mr. P. Russell Hurditch is missioning West Queensland, visiting the stations on the Mararoa, and conducting services among the men. ...

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  18. UPPER ORARA PROGRESS ASSOCIATION.

    At last meeting a letter was read from the Department of Home Affairs, referring to communication suggesting the establishment of a polling place at Dunvegan, ...

    Article : 364 words
  19. NEW TELEPHONE REGULATIONS.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The regulations for the new telephone system have been published. Country towns are liberally provided for exchanges being opened for two ...

    Article : 239 words
  20. THE BRUNSWICK SUCCESSION.

    LONDON, Saturday.—In connection with the question of succession, to the Duchy of Brunswick, the Duke of Cumberland recently offered that he and his eldest son ...

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  21. ATTEMPTED MURDER AND SUICIDE.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—James Hichman, 30 a shearer, visited Edie Tripp at Erskinville this morning and fired two shots at her, and subsequently fired at her married ...

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  22. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    PERTH, Monday.—Quin Hartell, aged 17, who was staying with his uncle, Mr. Osborne, in Murray-street, was found in Mr. Osborne's kitchen with his bruins literally ...

    Article : 119 words
  23. DESIRABLE IMMIGRANTS.

    LONDON, Sunday.—The Queensland AgentGeneral (Sir Horace Tozer) has spent his vacation unofficially investigating the habits of the agricultural classes in Northern ...

    Article : 81 words
  24. IMPERIAL FEDERATION.

    LONDON, Sunday.—The Earl of Halsbury, Lord High Chancellor, speaking at Giasgow, declared that imperial federation was not received with the slightest favour in ...

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  25. NEW ZEALAND.

    WELLINGTON, Sunday.—Surveys are in progess preparatory to formulating a scheme, to electrify the State railway system. ...

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  26. SOUTH AFRICA.

    LONDAY, Sunday.—The Native Labor Association of the Witswatersrand has notified the Robinson group of mines that the latter must withdraw from the ...

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  27. INTER-STATE CONFERENCE.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—The official report of the Inter-State Conference, which has been published, shows that Messrs. Ashton and McGowen supported the proposal to limit ...

    Article : 182 words
  28. MASTER BUILDERS' ASSOCIATION.

    The Master Builders' Association has celebrated its thirty-third anniversary, in Sydney. There was a record attendance. At [?] the chair was occupied by the ...

    Article : 189 words
  29. THE HOHENLOHE REVELATIONS.

    LONDON, Sunday.—The indiscreet revelations of Prince Hehenlohe Schillingsfurst's memoirs have stupefied Germany. It is considered that the revolutions discredit ...

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  30. RUSSIAN HORRORS

    LONDON, Sunday.—Official returns show that between February and May the revolutionaries in Russia killed or gravely wounded 1.121 notable's, including 34 ...

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  31. WRECK OF A STEAMER.

    SYDNEY, Monday.—For some time past there has been considerable anxiety in shipping circles regarding the surety of the s.s. Port Stephens, which was ...

    Article : 108 words
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    In the Senate, last week, Senator Gould, who is a freetrader, trolttd out some of the time-worn arguments in support of his fiscal belief. In this connection the ...

    Article : 128 words
  33. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

    LONDON, Sunday.—The Admiralty considers the employment of the Marconi system of wireless telegraphy gives Britain an immense advantage over all users ...

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    Ministerial approval has been given to plans for a composite truss bridge over Leycester Creek at Lismore. Approach works are also to be included in the ...

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    Replying to a question in the Assembly, the Minister for Works said the construction of a railway from Maitland to South Grafton would be to the advantage of the ...

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