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  2. THE RAGING CARNIVAL.

    The racing carnival was brought to a close on Saturday afternoon, with the third and last day of the Tasmanian Racing Club's meeting at Elwick. The ...

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  3. LAUNCESTON.

    The Rev. S. P. H. Martin, who has been transferred to Oatlands, was given a farewell at Lilydale on Friday night. ...

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  4. THE ENGLISH CRICKETERS

    The cricket match, England versus New South Wales, was continued yesterday, in fine weather. The attendance numbered 10,000. The home team have passed the ...

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  5. EXPLOSION IN A COLLIERY.

    An explosion occurred on Thursday at the Glencoe Colliery, in Natal. Twelve European and forty native miners were entombed, and have not yet ...

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  6. FEMALE SUFFRAGISTS.

    Mrs. Kenny and another female suffragist have been fined £5, with an alternative of a month's imprisonment for taking part in a demonstration ...

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  7. INDIAN FRONTIER TROUBLE.

    The Zakka-Khels, on the frontier of Northern India, against whom a British force is about to operate, have refused to surrender five outlaws, or ...

    Article : 151 words
  8. THE FIJIAN CRICKETERS.

    The Fijian cricketers sang hymns in their own tongue at the morning service of the Frederick-street Methodist Church, and at the evening service ...

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  9. THE FRUIT FLY PEST.

    Mr. A. M. Lea, Government Entomologist, and Mr. Hurst, inspector ot the Fruit Board, on Saturday drenched with kerosene the soil around the ...

    Article : 77 words
  10. BILLS IN THE COMMONS.

    Mr. C. McArthur's bill, providing for the appointment of commissioners to deal with ecclesiastical disorders, was talked out in the House of ...

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  11. FOUND DEAD.

    A man named Timothy Smith (78), late caretaker of the Corporation baths, King's Bridge, and who has been still living on the promises, was found dead ...

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  12. OBITUARY.

    Sir James Knowles, founder, proprietor and editor of the "Nineteenth Century" magazine, is dead. Sir James Knowles, K.C.V.O., was born ...

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  13. QUEEN VICTORIA MONUMENT.

    A petition, signed by fifty-five thousand working masons, is to be presented to King Edward, praying His Majesty to prevent the employment of ...

    Article : 184 words
  14. COMMONWEALTH SHIPPING LEGISLATION.

    Sir William Robson, Attorney-General, speaking at the Chamber of Shipping dinner in London on Friday, referred to the passage in the annual ...

    Article : 149 words
  15. TASMANIAN TELEGRAMS.

    At the Police Court on Saturday tue licensee of the Magnet Hotel was fined £1, and costs, for serving liquor on Sunday, February 2. Seven persons ...

    Article : 44 words
  16. THE SHIPBUILDING TRADE.

    The North-East shipbuilding employers have decided that the lock-out shall be postponed for a week in the hope of a settlement being reached. ...

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  17. METHODIST ANNIVERSARY.

    The Methodist anniversary services to-day were well attended, the choral portions being a special feature. The weather to-day was cold, and ...

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  18. PENSIONS TO FRENCH WORKMEN.

    M. Cavinot, President of the French Commission that has been making inquiries into the probable cost of granting old age pensions to French ...

    Article : 48 words
  19. EMU BAY BUTTER FACTORY.

    The Emu Bay butter factory announces the payment of 11½d. for butter fat in February, which is the highest price for many years. ...

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  20. CANADA AND THE MOTHERLAND.

    Mr. G. R. Parkin, a lecturer in Canada on Imperial Federation, speaking at Toronto on Friday, said that British protection was Canada's salvation. If ...

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  21. TASMANIAN TIMBER SHIPMENTS.

    Quite a fleet of vessels have been chartered to load timber within the next few weeks at Tasmanian outports. The German-Australian Company's ...

    Article : 333 words
  22. THE MT. LYELL ACCIDENT.

    The accident at the Mount Lyell mine has ended fatally, for the second man, William Cusack, expired on Friday night, as the result of injuries ...

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  23. THE HOURS OF LABOUR.

    Mr. W. Thorne, M.P., backed by nine other Labour members of the House of Commons, will introduce a bill this session with a view to restricting the ...

    Article : 71 words
  24. HEAVY DELUGE OF RAIN.

    Rain fell almost continuously from last night until this morning, and the flood waters have damaged the roads and footpaths. Several bridges had ...

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  25. A BRITISH CENSUS.

    Sir Chas. Dilke and Mr. T. A. Coghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales in London, are members of a committee appointed to prepare ...

    Article : 64 words
  26. MUNICIPAL COUNCILS.

    At a special meeting of the Latrobe Council on Friday night, the Warden in the chair, it was decided to call tenders for the supply of new boilers for ...

    Article : 101 words
  27. FREEDOM OF CITY OF LONDON.

    The Corporation of London has decided to present Miss Florence Nightingale, who recently had the Order of Merit conferred upon her by His ...

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  28. THE RACING.

    A rarity for Elwick—a field of three— was all that mustered for the first item, Glenorchy Handicap, some of those numbered on the card having rendered ...

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  29. ARMY AND NAVY ESTIMATES.

    "The Nation," a Liberal weekly newspaper, edited by Mr. H. W. Massingham, says that if Mr. R. Haldane. Secretary for War, and Lord Tweedmouth, ...

    Article : 78 words
  30. THE ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIPS.

    The entries for the Australasian Championship meeting closed on Saturday. They total 125 for champion events, and 98 for the handicaps. Each State is ...

    Article : 547 words
  31. CHARGE AGAINST CALDWELL.

    New York doctors certify that Caldwell, the American witness in the Druce case, whose extradition the British authorities are seeking to ...

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  32. SENIOR-CONSTABLE FINED.

    In the District Court, Melbourne, on Thursday, before Mr. Dwyer, P.M., and Messrs. Lord and Bennet, Js.P., Senior-constable John Esker, stationed at ...

    Article : 488 words
  33. A LARGE BEQUEST.

    Mrs. John Rylends, recently deceased, has bequeathed £473,000 to purposes of religion, education, and charity. The sum includes a bequest of ...

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  34. CAPE COLONY AFFAIRS.

    The Premier of Cape Colony (Mr. J. X. Merriman), speaking at Capetown on Thursday evening, promised that his Government would, do its utmost ...

    Article : 86 words
  35. ELECTION OF SENATOR.

    The election of a citizen to fill the vacancy in the representation of South Australia in the Senate caused by the recent decision of the High Court in ...

    Article : 90 words
  36. RUGBY FOOTBALL.

    The New Zealand professional Rugby football team played the final match of the tour at Cheltenham yesterday against the Northern Union. The ...

    Article : 104 words
  37. PROJECTED RAILWAYS.

    The Vienna newspaper "Neue Freie Presse," referring to the Russian contention that Russia and Bulgaria are not less entitled to similar economic ...

    Article : 115 words
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  39. TIMBER TRADE STRIKE.

    The strike in the timber trade is unchanged. The strikers have a very complete system of picketing. It is very questionable if some of the men ...

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  40. GENERAL CABLES.

    At a meeting of the first mortgage debenture holders in McArthur and Co. yesterday, it was unanimously agreed to accept an equal amount of ...

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  41. SIR JAMES LAING AND SONS.

    The firm of Sir James Laing and Sons, which recently suspended, has now decided, consequent upon the attitude of the Sunderland Corporation, ...

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  42. BRITISH COLUMBIA'S ANTIASIATIC ACT.

    It is officially stated at Ottawa that British Columbia's anti-Asiatic Act will be disallowed. ...

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  43. EGYPTIAN NATIONALIST LEADER.

    The Nationalists in Egypt have elected Farid Bey, a fierce opponent of the British occupation of Egypt, to succeed Mustapha Pasha Kamel as ...

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  44. THE BULGARIAN IMMIGRANTS.

    The External Affairs Department has ascertained that a further contingent of Bulgarians is due at Fremantle by a steamer arriving in a few days. The ...

    Article : 91 words
  45. THE AMERICAN FLEET.

    Admiral Evans and the United States fleet, bound for the Philippines, have been warmly welcomed at Valparaiso. ...

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  46. A SKIRMISH IN MOROCCO.

    A Spanish force, under General Marina has occupied Marchica, on the north coast of Morocco, after a slight skirmish with the Moors. ...

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  47. SENATOR PULSFORD.

    Senator Pulsford, of New South Wales, who has been in England for some time past, is returning to Australia by the Himalaya. ...

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