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  2. THE NIUCHWANG RAILWAY [?]

    The loan of £2,500,000 for the construction of the Ninchwang Railway, China, has been subscribed fivefold. ...

    Article : 20 words
  3. THE STEAMER CHINA.

    The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer China, which went ashore some months ago in the Red Sea, has left Perim for London. She is being convoyed by ...

    Article : 36 words
  4. NEW AMERICAN TITLE.

    The United States Congress has created the rank of admiral, and it is stated that Admiral Dewey will shortly be raised to that rank. ...

    Article : 30 words
  5. THE NEW AUSTRALIAN GOVERNORS.

    The London Chamber of Commerce intends to entertain Earl Beauchamp (Governor of New South Wales) and Lord Tennyson (Governor of South Australia) ...

    Article : 48 words
  6. PROSECUTION OF ADMIRAL CERVERA.

    The Supreme Military Court of Spain intends to prosecute Admiral Cervera and Captain Moreau in connection with the defeat of the Spanish squadron at ...

    Article : 42 words
  7. THE SOUDAN.

    Gordon's Palace, Khartoum, is being rebuilt. It is to be the official residence of Lord Kitchener, the Governor-General of the Soudan. ...

    Article : 64 words
  8. THE CUNARD LINER PAVONIA.

    No news has been received of the overdue Cunard liner Pavonia since the 5th instant. ...

    Article : 23 words
  9. MURDER AND SUICIDE IN PARIS.

    An attache to the Chinese Legation in Paris shot the First Secretary of the Legation dead. He then committed suicide. The murder was committed by the attache ...

    Article : 44 words
  10. THE FRENCH AND GERMAN ARMIES.

    The Prussian Minister for War (Herr von Gossler), speaking before the Prussian Budget Committee, said he anticipated that France would add 120 batteries to its ...

    Article : 36 words
  11. PREDICTED RETURN OF ENGLAND TO CATHOLICISM.

    The Pope remarked to the Iris pilgrims that England's return to Catholicism was daily becoming more certain. ...

    Article : 26 words
  12. IMPERSONATING A DEAD PENSIONER.

    Fuller, a member of the Army Reserve, has been found guilty of impersonating a dead pensioner and drawing his pay. In the course of ...

    Article : 61 words
  13. THREATENED WHOLESALE CONVERSION TO PROTESTANTISM.

    The Italians in Istria, part of the coast province of Austria-Hungary, are threatening to imitate the Germans in their wholesale conversion to Protestantism. ...

    Article : 35 words
  14. UNITED STATES DEFICIT.

    Mr. Cannon, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee of the United States House of Representatives, informed the House that the deficit for the year was 150,000,000 ...

    Article : 63 words
  15. THE UNITED STATES WAR DEPARTMENT.

    The commission appointed by the President of the United States to inquire into the charges made by General Miles (the Commander-in-Chief) as to the ...

    Article : 114 words
  16. EMIGRATION TO QUEENSLAND.

    The Queensland Government emigration lecturer (Mr. G. Randall) has been on a lecturing tour throng Shropshire, and many state-aided passages to Queensland ...

    Article : 107 words
  17. MR. FINUCANE DECORATED.

    Mr. W. Finucane, commercial representative of the Queensland Government in Southern Europe, has been decorated by the King of Italy with the Order of St. ...

    Article : 37 words
  18. THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN.

    Tenders for the New Zealand three per cent loan of £1,000,000, the minumum price of which was £96, were opened to-day. The total amount offered was £3,027,000. ...

    Article : 82 words
  19. FRANCE AND ITALY.

    The Italian Senate has ratified the Convention recently concluded with France. ...

    Article : 18 words
  20. MR. J. KENSIT.

    Mr. J. Kensit, whose name has come prominently into notice of late in connection with the anti-ritual agitation in England, has been requested by the Protestants of ...

    Article : 70 words
  21. ANTWERP WOOL SALES.

    The Antwerp wool sales will be held on the 21st and 23rd instant. The quantity of wool to be offered in 6668 bales, of which 850 bales will be Australian. ...

    Article : 41 words
  22. THE UNITED STATES AND GERMANY.

    The German Minister for Foreign Affairs (Herr von Bulow), in replying to an interpellation in the Reichstag, strenuously denied that the Government had any ...

    Article : 81 words
  23. NEW VICTORIAN LOAN.

    Tenders are invited for a Victorian Government loan of £1,600,000. It will bear interest at the rate of three per cent, and the minimum price is £95. ...

    Article : 94 words
  24. FROZEN MEAT MARKET.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 149 words
  25. A BRITISH BYE-ELECTION.

    Mr. Middlemore (Liberal Unionist) has been returned unopposed to represent the Northern Division of Birmingham in the place of Mr. W. Kenrick (Liberal Unionist) ...

    Article : 35 words
  26. THE WAGES IN THE COAL TRADE.

    The Coal Conciliation Board has decided that wages shall be increased by five per cent from April next, and by an additional seven and a-half per cent from October ...

    Article : 39 words
  27. THE PEACE CONFERENCE.

    Count Tolstoi, the eminent Russian novelist and social reformer, in a letter to the "Daily Chronicle" on the subject of the conference of the Powers summoned by the ...

    Article : 102 words
  28. THE PROTECTION OF ABORIGINES IN THE PACIFIC.

    A deputation from the Aborigines' Protection Society waited on the Secretary of State for the Colonies (the Right Hon. J. Chamberlain) to-day and urged the ...

    Article : 92 words
  29. THE TRANSVAAL.

    The Transvaal Chamber of Mines has offered the Government of the republic a loan of £500,000, but it is made a condition that the dynamite monopoly should be ...

    Article : 47 words
  30. COMERCIAL MESSAGES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 154 words
  31. CRETE.

    The Cretan Constitution Commission recommends that the Governor(Prince George of Greece) should be granted wide executive powers for a period of two years; the ...

    Article : 59 words
  32. CHINESE CONCESSION TO BRITISH SYNDICATE.

    A British syndicate has secured a concession from the Chinese Government for the construction of a railway from Canton to Hankau. ...

    Article : 30 words
  33. ANTI-CLERICAL RIOTS IN FRANCE.

    Anti-clerical riots have taken place at Lille, a fortified town on the River Deule, 155 miles from Paris. Twenty-five arrests have been made in connection with the ...

    Article : 66 words
  34. THE PRUSSIAN ARMY BUDGET.

    The Prussian Minister for War (General von Gessler) in an address to the Budget Committee, stated the French Army was now equal to that of Germany, and Russia ...

    Article : 79 words
  35. TYPHOID FEVER IN DAWSON CITY.

    News from British Columbia states there have been no less than 300 cases of typhoid fever in Dawson City, but only a few resulted fatally. ...

    Article : 34 words
  36. TROUBLE IN BOLIVIA.

    A force of about 1000 Indians pillaged the [?]ouses surrounding the mines of Corecoro, in Bolivia. As the Indians refused to accept money to spare their lives, the ...

    Article : 62 words
  37. RAISING THE LEVEL OF THE NILE.

    The Duke of Connaught laid the foundation of a dam at Assuan, on the right bank of the Nile just below the first cataracts. The result of the damming of the river at ...

    Article : 58 words
  38. THE TRANSCASPIAN RAILWAY.

    The Russian Government intends to accelerate the construction of the Transcaspian Railway to Bander Abbas, a seaport of Persia, on the Persian Gulf. ...

    Article : 32 words
  39. THE MONEY MARKET.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 139 words
  40. GALES IN GREAT BRITAIN.

    South Wales has been visited by a tidal wave. Rising to a height of 40 ft., it flooded the country, and among other things, displaced the railway between ...

    Article : 70 words
  41. ANNUAL CHURCH OFFERINGS.

    The voluntary offerings in the Church of England last year amounted to £7,500,000, exclusive of the sums received as payment for pew sittings. This amount is £500,000 ...

    Article : 42 words
  42. ANDREE'S BALLOON EXPEDITION DISCOVERED.

    The Tunguska tribe, of Eastern Siberia, have discovered at Yenisiesk, in Siberia, part of a balloon with three bodies and a number of instruments. It is believed that ...

    Article : 114 words
  43. THE CARLISTS IN SPAIN.

    Don Carlos, the Pretender to the Spanish throne, has issued an order forbidding his followers to participate in the Spanish [?]tes ...

    Article : 28 words
  44. MINERS OVERTAKEN BY AN AVALANCHE.

    A party of twenty-six miners were overtaken by an avalanche in Cherokee Gu[?] Colorado. The majority were killed. ...

    Article : 28 words
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    The carpenter's assistant: "What was that new plumber sacked for?" The plumber's assistant: "He was sent to do some work in a private house, and finished the ...

    Article : 83 words
  46. OBITUARY.

    The death is reported of Sir Joseph William Chitty, aged seventy-one years, who has been a Justice of the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice since ...

    Article : 68 words
  47. THE AUSTRIAN TROUBLE.

    The young [?] in the Austrian Re[?]chsrath have issued a manifesto, defying the Germans and advocating federalism as the only means of rescuing the state ...

    Article : 40 words
  48. THE GERMAN LOAN.

    The German loan for the administrative requirements of the Government for the year 1899 (portion of which was recently taken up by the Deut[?]ch Bank and the rest ...

    Article : 44 words
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