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  2. AMERICAN COMMANDERS.

    Brigadier-General W. R. Shafter, who commands the Department of California, has been appointed to the command of the troops which are proceeding to ...

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  3. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    An action brought by George Henry Burcher, a grazier, against Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Limited, for £10,000 damages as compensation for the alleged ...

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  4. BRITAIN AND THE STATES.

    Mr. George N. Curzon, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated in the House of Commons last night that negotiations were proceeding between Britain ...

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  5. INTERCOLONIAL.

    The barque Candida, 1,144 tons, which was wrecked in Spencer's Gulf three months ago, has been sold by auction to Mr. H. W. Thompson, ship ...

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  6. SPAIN AND AMERICA.

    A landing was attempted at Aquadores, in Cuba, by the Americans, but they were repulsed by the Spaniards. ...

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  7. CANADA.

    News has been received from Ottawa that the Canadian House of Commons passed a unanimous Vote of regret at the resignation of Lord Aberdeen, the ...

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  8. SUPREME COURT.

    Mr. Ewing, with Mr. Lyon, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Alcock for the defendant. This was an action to recover £500 for breach of agreement ...

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  9. R.M.S. BRITANNIA.

    The R.M.S. Britannia seems to be an unfortunate vessel, for she left to-day homeward bound in the teeth of a gale that was increasing in fury every ...

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  10. FRIDAY'S LIST.

    No. 1 Court, before Mr. Acting Justice James.—Provision and Fresh Meat Proprietary Company, limited, v. T. F. Brimage and others, trading as the ...

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  11. THE PHILIPPINES IN REVOLT.

    The Marquis de Estella, Governor of the Philippines, has reported to Madrid that the entire archipelago, with the exception of the Nueva "Vizcaya, has ...

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  12. MATRIMONIAL ADVENTURES.

    A strange story of a woman's matrimonial adventures was disclosed in the Divorce Court to-day in a suit for nullity of marriage brought by James Peter ...

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  13. A SPANISH TORPEDO DESTROYER.

    The New York "Herald" polishes a statement that on Monday night Captain Sampson's fleet sank a Spanish torpedo destroyer while it was attempting ...

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  14. SIERRA LEONE.

    Reports from Sierra Leone state that the rebels are deserting their leader. ...

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  15. RESIDENCE AREAS.

    The surveyor-general (Mr. H. F. Johnston), at the desire of the Commissioner for Crown Lands, will leave for the goldfields on Saturday afternoon for the ...

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  16. AS OLD COLONIST.

    Mrs. Angas Evans, a colonist of 55 years, died at Kyneton on Tuesday at the age of 82. She was a sister to Mr. J. H. Angas, and was well known for ...

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  17. AUSTRIA.

    In the Austrian Reichsrath yesterday, Herr George Schonerer, the leader of the German National Party, threatened that revolution would follow the obstruction ...

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  18. GERMANY.

    Count von Posadowsky-Wehner, Secretary of State for the Interior, has issued an appeal to the patriots of Germany to unite and defeat die social ...

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  19. VICTORIA.

    The action of Patrick Kennedy M'Caughan against the proprietors of the Melbourne "Argus," for having falsely and maliciously printed and published ...

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  20. THE CITY OF MANILA.

    Aquinaldo, the leader of the insurgents in the Philippines, has now the command of the railways leading into Manila, and also of the River Pasig, at ...

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  21. MOROCCO.

    In order to check the demands of the French for an extensive rectification of the frontier Mulai-Abd-el-Aziz, the Sultan of Morocco, has offered Germany ...

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  22. BANK OF ENGLAND.

    Travellers along the Embankment between 6 and 7 o'clock in the evening will observe a detachment of the Guards moving eastward at quick march (writes ...

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  23. MR. DEPEW'S VIEWS.

    The Paris "Temps" has published a report of an interview which one of its representatives had with Mr. Chauncey M. Depew, a well-known American ...

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  24. RIFLE FATALITY.

    At Dalmorton a girl named Brown was accidentally killed by a rifle. She and her two brothers were playing with the rifle, when the cartridge went off ...

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  25. AMERICAN FINANCES.

    Mr. Lyman T. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury, has stated in a message to the House of Representatives that It is necessary to convert into coin ...

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  26. COMMERCIAL.

    The visible supply of wheat in America, east of the Rocky Mountains, is 27,479,000 bushels this week, as against 29,226,000 bushels a week ago. ...

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  27. A KLONDYKE SCHEME.

    To-day a prospector named Henry Lyng obtained a verdict for £150 against Churchell, Kilbantes, and Hewitt, acting as a syndicate, for breach of agreement. ...

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  28. STRIKE OF DECK HANDS.

    The men employed on the North Shore ferry boats as deck hands went on strike to-day for an increase of wages to £1 per week. Twenty men were ...

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  29. THE MARKET DULL.

    The wheat market is dull, and prices are declining. ...

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  30. SUPPOSED POISONING.

    An inquest was opened to-day on the body of George Evans, who was found dead at the Salvation "Army" Metropole, with a bottle of poison under his ...

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  31. RUSSIA.

    A sensational occurrence is reported from St. Petersburg. At a banquet which was attended by a large number of Russian notables a quarrel arose ...

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  32. FEDERATION.

    In reply to Mr. Reid's suggestion for a conference on the federal situation Sir George Turner promised to consult with his colleagues and other leading ...

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  33. INVASION OF CUBA.

    Twenty-nine transports, with 27,000 troops and a large supply of ammunition, have sailed from Tampa. It is anticipated that they mil land ...

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  34. COUNTRY NEWS.

    On Wednesday morning an engine with a number of trucks from the Collie quarry broke away, owing, it is stated, to the slipperiness of the rails. It dashed ...

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  35. A PLUCKY DEED.

    Nicholas Treble, 34, jumped off the parapet of Prince's Bridge into the Yarra this morning, and would certainly have been drowned had not a young man ...

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  36. NO. 2 COURT.

    Mr. Burt, Q.C., with Mr. Robinson, appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Moorhead, with Mr. W. G. Forbes, for the defendant. The plaintiff alleged that ...

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  37. FRANCE.

    M. Meline, the French Premier, stated yesterday that if the policy met with the approval of Parliament he proposed to remodel his Cabinet to bring it into ...

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  38. A BALLARAT MISER.

    A miser named Joseph Parker, who was discovered in a hut at Ballarat, was charged by the police with being of unsound mind, and was subsequently sent ...

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  39. A CHURCH BESIEGED.

    Aquinaldo is reported to be besieging a church in which 300 Spaniards have taken, refuge. It is said that they will be compelled ...

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  40. ALBANY.

    At the Albany Police Court on Thursday, before Mr. F. Bird, J.P., Robt. Montgomery was fined 5s. or seven days' imprisonment for disorderly conduct in ...

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  41. QUEENSLAND.

    The Executive Council has commuted the death sentences on two aboriginals for the murder of an aboriginal boy. The sentences were commuted to ...

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  42. BELFAST RIOTS.

    The Belfast riots continued yesterday. The Orangemen looted a number of liquor shops, and wrecked the houses of the Nationalists. Thereupon ...

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  43. ESPERANCE.

    The police proceeded against Messrs. Burns, Philp, and Co., at the Esperance Police Court yesterday, for having stored five tons of dynamite and other explosives ...

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  44. SEVERE ENGAGEMENT

    It is reported from Cape Haytien (a seaport town of Haiti, ninety miles north of Port-au-Prince) that a severe engagement took place on Tuesday at ...

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  45. MR. KINGSTON OBDURATE.

    Additional returns received in connection with the referendum raise the totals to—For the bill, 35,372; age [?] 17,175. Mr. Kingston, when asked what ...

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  46. CHINESE FINED.

    The 10 Chinese who were arrested at Camooweal, where they crossed the border from South Australia, were fined £50 each, and ordered to be deported ...

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  48. BURNED TO DEATH.

    A terrible tragedy has occurred at Scarborough, in Yorkshire. In a fire which occurred in the town a mother and her six children were burned to ...

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  49. BOXING CONTEST.

    In a boxing contest for the 9st. championship between M'Gowan, of New South Wales, and Tweedie, of Victoria, the latter was defeated at the thirteenth ...

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  50. SIR GEORGE TURNER'S OPINION.

    Sir George Turner, while by no means dispoeed to agree to any alteration in the terms of the Comonweaith Bill, does not support the stand taken by Mr. ...

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  51. COOLGARDIE

    At Coolgardie yesterday Inspector M'Kenna, on behalf of the non-commissioned officers and police constables of Perth, took advantage of the presence ...

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  52. INFLATED SHARES.

    The original £200 shares in the Chillagoe changed hands to-day at the high price of £1,800. It is stated on good authority that Mr. John Mathieson, the ...

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  53. ADDITIONAL TRANSPORTS FOR THE PHILIPPINES

    Six additional transports have been chartered to convey the American troops to the Philippines. The force despatched to Santiago ...

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  54. TASMANIA.

    The Legislative Assembly has agreed to reduce the duty on coal to Is. all round, and to admit coke duty free. ...

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  55. KALGOORLIE

    The loop-line by the Hannans-street station, on the Boulder line, was started yesterday. The traffic has increased so greatly that extra accommodation is ...

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  56. THE OPPOSITION.

    At a meeting of the Opposition to-day. Mr. Bird was elected leader, with Messrs. Lewis and Dobson as his colleagues. ...

    Article : 24 words
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