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  2. THE WAR CLOUD.

    General F. Lee, the American Consul-General at Havana, has returned to Washington via Key West. His journey through the States was a triumphal ...

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  3. EASTERN ASIA.

    The Peking correspondent of the London. "Times" reports that, France has not secured exclusive rights in the southern provinces of Kwantung Kwangsi, and ...

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  4. NEW ZEALAND.

    The mysterious hone-stabbing cases continue. The latest are reported from Greystown, where there have been 38 undetected cases in 18 months. I ...

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  5. SOUDAN EXPEDITION.

    Sir H. H. Kitchener has made a triumphal entry into Berber, amid great Mahmoud, the dervish leader, and ...

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  6. INTERCOLONIAL.

    The railway revenue for Easter week was £22,322, as against £18,034 last year. ...

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  7. VICTORIA.

    The Full Court to-day delivered judgment in connect with the case in which Mr. Panton, P.M., granted a colonial wine licence to Alexander ...

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  8. POLICI COURTS.

    Bail Estreated.—E. Henderson, on bail on a charge of disorderly conduct, did not appear, and his bond money (40s.) was estreated. ...

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  9. WIFE MURDER.

    Clements, the Dunedin wife murderer, in his statement to the Minister of Justice, expressed hie sorrow, now that he had to appear before his Maker, for ...

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  10. AN ADELAIDE MYSTERY.

    The body of a male child was found floating on the River Torrens last night, It was dressed in a white gown, and carefully packed in a soap box. It was ...

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  11. PERSIA.

    Shah Mohamed, the leader of the gang that murdered Mr. Graves, a superintendent of the Indo-European Telegraph service, has been captured. Mr. Graves ...

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  12. THROUGH THE "TOTE."

    The sum of £800,000 passed through the "tote" in 1897, the revenue received by the Government representing 1½ per cent. on. the machine. ...

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  13. A FATAL FALL.

    Albert Goldfinch, while working at the Southwark candle works yesterday, fell from a scaffolding, and his back and head sustained severe injuries, which ...

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  14. A WILL.

    The will of the late Mr. William Cowney, of Portland, has been filed. The estate if. valued at £20,600, of which, £13,000 is really. ...

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  15. SHIP DAMAGED.

    The ship Westland put into Lyttelton owing to damage sustained in the heavy weather off the Bounty Islands through the cargo shifting. ...

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  16. A BURGLAR CAUGHT.

    At the City Police Court this morning Jean Eimile, who was arrested in Melbourne on a charge of having broken and entered the shop of Daniel ...

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  17. CUSTOMS EVASION.

    To-day a hawker named Francis Mifsud, who had £150 worth of undeclared Maltese lace in his possession, was fined £25 by the Commissioner of ...

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  18. TASMANIA.

    While the express train from Launceston to Hobart was passing St. Leonards this afternoon the railway gates flew open against a second-class ...

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  19. SOUTH AFRICA.

    The shareholders of the British South Africa Company propose that Messrs. Cecil Rhodes, Alfred Beit, and Thomas Rochfort Maguire (ex M.P. for Clare ...

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  20. THE OCCUPATION OF WEI-HAI-WEI.

    The Russian Government is making preparations to avenge the success of Britain in occupying Wei-hai-wei, and has ordered the construction, of live ...

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  21. BEETALOO WATER WORKS.

    The flow of the springs in the Beeta-loo water area has been considerable improved by the striking of water at a depth of 500ft. in a well. A bore is to ...

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  22. MIKING MAN IN TROUBLE.

    Henry Casselton Gray, a well-known mining man. was placed on trial to-day at the Criminal Court on a charge of having obtained a valuable security ...

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  23. ALLEGED LARCENIES FROM DWELLINGS.

    The first of the three charges of larceny from dwellings pending against Thomas Smith and William Smith was heard before Mr. A. S. Roe, P.M., in the Perth ...

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  24. ENGINEERS' CONFERENCE.

    The annual meeting of the Australian Institute of Mining Engineers was continued to-day, when the following papers were read and discussed:—"The ...

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  25. SEALING QUESTION.

    The Canadian Government has appointed some members of the Ministry to act with Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British, ambassador at Washington, in ...

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  26. A SERIOUS DEMAND.

    The majority of the Foreign Relations Committee in the United States Senate demand, the immediate withdrawal of Spanish, troops from Cuba, and direct ...

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  27. RELEASE OF NIXON.

    Albert Rowel Nixon, who was sen-tenced in October to 18 months' imprisonment for having stabbed his wife and Mr. H. M. Addison, is to be ...

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  28. STATEMENT BY M. HANOTAUX.

    M. Hanotanx, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, made a statement yesterday regarding the concessions of the Chinese Government. He said that they ...

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  29. A NOLLE PROSEQUI.

    The Crown has entered a nolle prosequi in the case of Field Barrett, the solicitor, who was charged with having received £200, the property of H. G. Searle, the ...

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  30. NEW LABOR UNION.

    The Marine Store Collectors' Union, numbering 95 persons, has been [?]iliated to the Trades and Labor Council. The members have decided not to allow ...

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  31. IRELAND.

    At a meeting of Irish landowners in Dublin yesterday, with the Duke of Abercorn in the chair, it was resolved to ask. Parliament to consider the claims of ...

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  32. ON THE BRINK OF WAR.

    General Correa, the Spanish. Minister of War, and his colleague, Admiral Segismundo Bermejo, the Minister of Marine, haxre reported that the measures ...

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  33. RUN OVER BY A TRAIN.

    A young man named James Read, re­siding at Oakleigh, was run over by a train near Warragul aud killed, the body being terribly mutilated. [ ...

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  34. CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.

    The Customs receipts for the financial year to date amount to £433,538, a decrease of £32,468. ...

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  35. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.

    At the police court to-day Reginald Fairbairn and George Lyne were committed for trial on a charge of having obtained goods and money from Martin ...

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  36. TRADES AND LABOR COUNCIL.

    The fortnight meeting of the Trades and Labor Council was held at the Great Western Hotel April 14, Mr. S. E. Brooks presiding over a fair attendance ...

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  37. RUSSIA.

    The Czar of Russia has presented to Prince Nicolas of Montenegro 30,000 repeating rifles and 23,000,000 cartridge. I ...

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  38. FRUIT PESTS.

    The Minister of Agriculture desires it to be known that in future all fruit sent to the colony will be strictly inspected to prevent the introduction of ...

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  39. THE ZOLA TRIAL.

    M. Zola declares that the limitation, of the new trial to the single issue of determining whether the court martial acquitted Major Esterhazy by order of the ...

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  40. THE UPPER NILE.

    The Paris "Matin" announces that the native carriers attached to the French expedition on the Upper Nile have deserted, and that Captain Marchand ...

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  41. FOUR-OARED RACE.

    The fourth, annual race between, four oared crews representing the Geelong grammar School and St. Peter's College, Adelaide, was rowed on the ...

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  42. THE AGED POOR.

    The Royal Commission which was appointed at the close of last session to inquire into the question of the best meats of relieving the aged poor met ...

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  43. WEST AFRICA.

    It is reported from Paris that the French representatives on the Anglo-French West African delimitation committee have made some conciliatory ...

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  44. STRYCHNINE POISONING.

    A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest on Edward Hopkins, who died at Alice Spring from strychnine poisoning. Before his death ...

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  45. COMMERCIAL.

    The visible supply of wheat in America this week is estimated at 40,577,000; bushels, against 40,901,000 bushels a week ago. ...

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  46. HEW SOUTH WALES.

    Another fatal accident occurred at the Central mine, Broken Hill, this morning, the victim being Henry A. Gotting. The deceased was barring down some ...

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  47. CRETE.

    A serious fracas has taken, place be­tween the French and Turkish soldier* at Canea, the capital of Crete. ...

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  48. SUFFERING AMONG BLACKS.

    The inspector of aborigines at Port Augusta reports that the natives Lave suffered terribly in the north, and west, owing to the scarcity of game and the ...

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  49. HOSPITAL SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

    A meeting of residents of Fremantle was called on April 14. by the secretary of the local hospital at the instance of the Locomotive Workshops Department ...

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  50. FEDERATION.

    An anti-federation meeting of the Trades Hall Council this evening resolved that an Anti-Convention Bill League should be formed and an ...

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  51. INDIGENT MASONS.

    A scheme is on foot to erect suitable homes for indigent Freemasons. The matter will be brought before the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of ...

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  52. A SCENE IN CONGRESS.

    The American. House of Representatives, by a majority of 324 to 20. passed a resolution, authorising the President to use force to secure a permanent ...

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  53. BANANAS CONDEMNED.

    The fruit inspectors were again busy to-day, when a cargo of 2000 bunches of bananas however, from Cairns. Only 110 bunches, however, were condemned. ...

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  54. FREMANTLE.

    The Law's Delays.—Arthur Mildmay Gepp, charged with having cheated at Colombo, was again presented on the charge. The accused was arrested on ...

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  55. QUEENSLAND.

    News has been received of the death of Mr. W. F. M'Cord, member of the Legislative Assembly, at his residence, Coonambula Station, in the Burnett ...

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  56. SPEECH BY MR. WANT.

    Another anti-convention bill demonstration was held to-night, when Mr. J. H. Want (ex-Attorney-General) gave an address in opposition to federation on ...

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  57. SURVEYING CRUISE.

    The steamer Penguin left to-day on a surveying cruise through the Tongan. Group. ...

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  58. JAPANESE TRAINING SHIP.

    News reached Sydney to-day that the Japanese training ship Kingo had started from Tokio on a visit to the Australian colonies. She will visit all the ...

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  59. PASTORAL RENTS.

    An important meeting of pastoralists was held at Herberton to-day to consider the question of approaching: the Government with the view of getting a ...

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  60. ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION.

    The Roman Catholic Church is about to resume missionary work in the Solomon Group. A disaster befel the church representatives in the Group 40 ...

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  61. PECULIAR CASE.

    A peculiar case was heard in the I police court to-day, when Constable Robinson was charged with having committed a capital offence on a girl named ...

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  62. TRIP TO NEW GUINEA.

    The Governor and Sir Hugh Nelson on their trip to New Guinea will be accompanied by Bishop Stone Wigg and one of the scientists attached to the ...

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  63. MEETING IN ADELAIDE.

    The Premier and Treasurer have arranged to address the electors on the Commonwealth Bill in the Adelaide Town-hall on Tuesday next. ...

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