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  2. CABLEGRAMS.

    The New York newspapers, commenting on the statement made by Lord Cranborne in the House of Commons the night before last, fully ...

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  3. CABLEGRAMS.

    In the House of Commons Mr. J. L. Wanklyn, M.P. for Bradford, will shortly move, and Mr. J. C. Wason, M.P. for Orkney and Shetland will ...

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  4. CABLEGRAMS.

    Miss Helen Stone, the American missionary who was abducted some time back by Turkish brigands and held to ransom for £25,000, is reported ...

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  5. CABLEGRAMS.

    The French Chamber of Deputies last night, by 366 votes to 68, resolved to abolish the drawback hitherto allowed on sugar extracted from molasses. ...

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  6. CABLEGRAMS.

    A few days ago the conference of representatives from trades unions and co-operative societies recommended that old age pensions should be paid by ...

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  7. TELEGRAPHIC.

    During the past few clays the police have been investigating into the strange disappearance of a Chinaman, and a Cingalese from Yamba, under ...

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  8. TELEGRAPHIC.

    The police are vigorously at work trying to track the men concerned in the highway robbery at Port Adelaide. Yesterday the men were seen at the ...

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  9. TELEGRAPHIC.

    The following glowing report has been telegraphed to us by a correspondent:—On Wednesday Mr. A. E. Thomas ...

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  10. FIRE AT CAPE TOWN.

    Reuter's correspondent cabled late last night that a huge fire was raging in the very heart of Cape Town, and that it was feared that the damage ...

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  11. YUNG-LU'S DAUGHTER.

    A marriage has been arranged between live daughter of General Yunglu, now the chief adviser of the Dowager-Empress, and a brother of the ...

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  12. GERMAN UNEMPLOYED.

    The Kaiser is greatly distressed at the enormous number of skilled workmen who are now unemployed in Berlin. He has ordered that public ...

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  13. EXECUTION OF SCHEEPERS.

    Last night in reply to a question in the House of Commons, Mr. St. John Brodrick, Secretary of State for War, said that Commandant Scheepers had ...

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  14. KING OF SPAIN.

    The "Daily Express" states that the young King Alfonso XIII. of Spain will be crowned in Madrid on May 17 next, and that the Prince of Wales will attend ...

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  15. PRINCE HENRY'S RECEPTION.

    In connection with the above comments it is significant that President Roosevelt has appointed Admiral Evans, and not Admiral Dewey, to ...

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  16. BRITISH SUBMARINE.

    One of the submarine boats just completed for the British navy at Barrow-in-Furness was tried yesterday with very satisfactory results. Under ...

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  17. PEACE PROPOSALS.

    In reply to another question, Mr. Arthur Balfour, leader of the House, said that since July last no proposals for peace had reached the Government ...

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  18. A SHOCKING DEATH.

    The remains of Jno. Ogier, the missing deck hand of the steamer Halcyon, have been recovered in Kerosene Bay. The back spine and pelvis were all that ...

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  19. MISSING WARSHIP.

    A few days ago it was reported that H.M. sloop of war Condor, 980 tons, bound from Esquimault, in "British Columbia, to Honolulu, was several weeks ...

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  20. OUTLOOK IN CHINA.

    Dr. Morrison, the "Times" correspondent in Peking, states that the outlook in China is now very promising. The newly-appointed Viceroy of Chi-li ...

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  21. THE STRANDED OFFENBACH.

    The Australian trading ship Offenbach, which went ashore a few days ago near Antwerp, has been towed into Muiden. ...

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  22. KRUGER TO CHAMBERLAIN.

    Mr. Kruger has sent a note to the Dutch newspapers in reply to the speech made by Mr. Chamberlain on Mr. Cawley's amendment. ...

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  23. MONROE DOCTRINE.

    Senator Chauncey Depew asserts that Prince Henry of Prussia is really coming to America on a politic mission. The Kaisers object in ...

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  24. PASSENGERS FOR AUSTRALIA.

    Mr. Wallace, Victorian Director of Agriculture, sails for Melbourne in the R.M.S. Ortona, and Professor Zidlitz, the newly-appointed Professor of ...

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  25. MACLEAN TRAGEDY.

    The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Dowling, who was shot by her husband at Maclean, and subsequently died in the ...

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  26. UNITED IRISH LEAGUE.

    The "no rent" agitation, now being sedulously fostered in the congested districts of Ireland by the efforts of the Irish United League, is assuming a ...

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  27. ITALIAN VOLUNTEERS.

    The correspondent at Rome of the "Daily Telegraph"' states that Colonel Ricciardi, an Italian mercenary who formerly served in the Boer army, is ...

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  28. GERMAN OFFICER.

    A German patrol near Chun-liang-cheng was attacked lately by a band of Chinese robbers, and the lieutenant in command was wounded. ...

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  29. THE SHIP PORT PATRICK.

    Yet another claim is outstanding against the ship Port Patrick. Her crew have been advised that they are entitled to the full amount of their wages ...

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  30. MERCANTILE MARINE.

    The steamer Oswestry Grange, 10,000 tons, built to the order of Messrs. Houlder Bros. and Co., for their Australian service, was launched yesterday at ...

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  31. CONTINENTAL PRESS.

    All the semi-official newspapers on the Continent are doing their best to discredit Lord Cranbourne and throw doubts upon his plain, statement in ...

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  32. WILLIAM REDMOND.

    Mr. William Redmond, Nationalist M.P. for Clare East, is about to visit America and continue his brother's mission of raising funds for the use of ...

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  33. PRO-BOER SENATOR.

    In the American Senate last, night Senator Teller moved that the American Government should intervene in the South African war. He supported ...

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  34. MONGOLIAN MISSIONS.

    Apprehensions are entertained that attacks will shortly be made on Roman Catholic missions and converts in Mongolia, where Prince Tuan has ...

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  35. VICTORIAN RAILWAY CARRIAGE LIGHTING.

    The inquiry into the charges as to the existence of a ring in the Railway Department amongst certain officers, made by Messrs. Andrew Dempster ...

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  36. MARYBOROUGH MYSTERY.

    The Maryborough farmer, Robert Billson Hawkins, who is charged with having wilfully murdered his wife at South Coreah, on December 6, was ...

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  37. DE FREYNE ESTATE.

    The "no rent" campaign recently started by the tenants on the estates of Lord De Freyne in Roscommon is rapidly collapsing and the bulk of the ...

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  38. TROUBLE AT A HOSPITAL.

    The trouble that has occurred amongst the officials of the Women's Hospital culminated this afternoon in a meeting of the committee, when very ...

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  39. AUDIENCE TO MINISTERS.

    The Emperor gave an audience yesterday to all the foreign Ministers in Peking. They were greatly struck by his pathetic appearance, his physical ...

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  40. CASE OF MISS HOBOUSE.

    The War Office authorities have declined to give any assistance to Miss Hobhouse in the action which she is now bringing against. Lord Kitchener ...

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  41. BLACK SEA QUESTION.

    The "Novoe Vremya," one of the leading St. Petersburg journals, declares that, unless Russia is allowed a free exit from the Black Sea, she ought ...

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  42. AMENDMENT IN THE COMMONS.

    In the House of Commons last night Mr. J. E. Redmond, chairman of the Nationalist Party, moved an amendment on the Address-in-Reply ...

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  43. GENERAL HUTTON.

    General Hutton visited the Karrakatta encampment this afternoon. He there delivered a short address to the men, who were about to depart with ...

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  44. AN ESCAPED PRISONER.

    A burglar, named Ward, alias William Carter, who was found guilty a fortnight ago on six charges of burglary, and who escaped from the ...

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  45. CONFIRMATION OF A BISHOP.

    A disgraceful, and tumultuous scene took place yesterday in the Westminster Convocation upon the occasion of the confirmation of the Right Rev. Dr. ...

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  46. AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES.

    Two deaths of Australian soldiers from enteric frver are reported; Farrier-Sergeant Arthur Lisley, second New South Wales Mounted Rifle's, at ...

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  47. MARQUIS OF DUFF ERIN.

    The Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, who is So years of age, is seriously ill, and his condition is reported to be very critical. ...

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  48. AN AWKWARD REMOUNT.

    It has been discovered that a fractious horse, which caused a lot of trouble in camp, causing severe injuries to one contingenter, was recently ...

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  49. PLAGUE IN NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The account given by the medical officers of the state of the plague district is most appalling, and quite equals the worst description given of ...

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  50. GERMAN LOANS.

    An influential syndicate of financiers recently took up an Imperial German loan of 112,000,000 marks, and a Prussian loan of ...

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  51. TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGN.

    A line of blockhouses has been constructed in the Western Transvaal from Klerksdorp through Ventersdorp to Zeerust, and will be continued as far ...

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  52. VICTORIA.

    At Omeo to-day a young man named Collie, while working on a farm, fell off a haystack and impaled himself on the prongs of a pitchfork held by ...

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  53. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    During the week ended January 18, out of 1171 cases of fruit imported, 54 cases were destroyed on account of decay and 13 on account of disease, 12 ...

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  54. PERSIAN GULF.

    Last night Mr. J. L. Walten, Liberal M.P. for Leeds South, moved an amendment on the Address-in-Reply to the effect that it was essential for the ...

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  55. ORANGE RIVER COLONY.

    A commando of 150 Boers surprised a party of 25 Yeomanry, who were acting as escort to 3, natives engaged in cutting grass en Lindique Spruit, near ...

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  56. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The annual conference of the Australian Workers' Union was resumed to-day. The delegates interviewed the Attorney-General regarding the ...

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  57. SMALL-POX EPIDEMIC.

    In view of the present epidemic of Small-pox in London many insurances, aggregating a very large amount of money, have been effected at ...

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  58. QUEENSLAND.

    The Government has decided that as soon as the market is favorable to issue the half-million Treasury bills authorised for the payment of the ...

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  59. AMENDMENT EARLY CLOSING ACT.

    A good deal of dissatisfaction exists with regard to the proposed amendment of the Early Closing Act amongst both labor bodies and the business ...

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  60. INDIAN TAXATION.

    Several meetings have been hell recently in various parts of India, at which resolutions have been carried protesting against any additional ...

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  61. BROKEN HILL.

    Amongst other economies the Proprietary Mine, is now making arrangements for the introduction of an electric tramway underground, in place of ...

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  62. OFFICERS MURDERED.

    The French battleship Charlemagne, 11,275 tons, has been despatched to Tangier in connection with the recent murder of two French officers on the ...

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  63. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The Port Adelaide Local Board of Health has decided to bring into operation a by-law prohibiting expectorating on footpaths within the city. ...

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  64. WEDDING PARTY.

    A pack of wolves overtook, attached, and finally devoured a party of eighteen persons who were returning home from a wedding at Usicsa in Servia. ...

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  65. Advertising

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  66. Advertising

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  67. BANK RATE.

    The bank rate of discount for three months' bills is 3½ per cent. ...

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