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  2. CABLEGRAMS.

    Serious riots have broken out in Porto Rico. For a considerable time the residents of that island have viewed with feelings of hostility the supremacy ...

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  3. COOLGARDIE NEWS.

    The proposal of the Premier to reduce the subsidies paid to municipalities from £1 to los on the general rate will, if adopted by Parliament, make a difference of £1400 ...

    Article : 65 words
  4. Telegraphic News

    At the Police Court today Frederick Leslie was fined £20 for illegal betting, and John Jewett £5 for aiding and abetting. ...

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  5. Telegraphic News

    Tenders for pipes in connection with the goldfields water scheme will be opened at the Public Works Office, Perth, at 8 o'clock to-morrow evening ...

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  6. Telegraphic News

    The conviction of Professor Hautmont on a charge of supplying noxious drugs with intent has been quashed by the Full Court on the ground that there was ...

    Article : 53 words
  7. Telegraphic News

    A communication has been received from the annual conference adverse to Methodist Union, Queensland as at present arranged declining to transfer ...

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  8. THE TICK QUESTION.

    A numerously attended meeting of stockowners at Goondewinde decided to ask the Governments of New South Wales and Queensland to make a new ...

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  9. REVENUE RETURNS.

    The Customs revenue from July 1 to August 20 shows a decrease of £3828 on the corresponding period of last year. Excise, stamps duty, and land and ...

    Article : 34 words
  10. INCREASED ROLLING STOCK.

    The Railway Department is largely increasing the rolling stock in order to meet the heavy grain traffic which is expected next season. ...

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  11. CRUSHING RETURN.

    The trial crushing of the Golden Crest mine, situated four miles turned 42oz of smelted gold from 145 tons. Six pennyweights per ton remain in the ...

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  12. RUNNING A TOTE.

    John Young was charged at the Police Court to-day with assisting to conduct a tote shop. The hearing occupied the whole day, and was ...

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  13. GOOD WATER SUPPLY.

    Splendid rains have fallen throughout the agricultural districts. The Commissioner of Railways has received reports that all the railway dams ...

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  14. A BURGLAR'S AMBITION.

    It has transpired that on the 15th the Government Printing Office was broken into, the object apparently being to get access to the police examination papers. ...

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  15. A DIVORCE.

    Catherine Thompson secured a divorce from her husband, Malcolm Thompson, who deserted her and went to Westralia in 1894. She has not heard from him ...

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  16. VISIT OF DR RILEY.

    The Right Rev Dr Riley. Anglican Bishop of Perth, passed through Coolgardie to-day on his way to Perth. He was returning from Menzies, where he had been assisting at the ...

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  17. RABBITS AT WIDGEMOOLTHA.

    A wire has been received from the postmaster at Widgemooltha stating that Mr Jas. Smith, of the Flinders mine, has seen two rabbits in the bush. ...

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  18. PRODUCE.

    Wheat is extremely quiet owing to the small demand. Victorian, lots are offering at 3s 8d, but with no results. ...

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  19. A FEMALE LEPER.

    A deputation waited on the Home Secretary in reference to the alleged irregularities in connection with a female leper at the station in Pearl Island. It ...

    Article : 86 words
  20. CREDIT FONCIER BONDS.

    Credit foncier bonds to the amount of £12,850 have ben subscribed for. The public tendered for £2550, the Savings Bank taking the balance. ...

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  21. Hypnotic will Suit.

    In the Probate Division, London, last month, before Mr Justice Barnes and a special jury, the hearing was again continued of the case of Kingsbury and ...

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  22. APPEALS FOR HELP.

    The state of Porto Rico continues very unsettled. From all parts of the island most piteous appeals are being made by Spaniards to the Americans to ...

    Article : 63 words
  23. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

    An accident happened during the demolition of the running- sheds at the Adelaide railway yard, which are being removed with a view to the erection of a ...

    Article : 236 words
  24. HARD SWEARING BY AFGHANS.

    In the Supreme Court to day Ormuz D. Sookhia sued Mahomet Lassan for £589 16s commission in respect to a deal in camels. The case rested on ...

    Article : 124 words
  25. A DIVIDEND.

    The Melbourne Hydraulic Power Company have declared a dividend of 10 per cent. ...

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  26. ILLEGAL INTENT.

    A nurse named Elizabeth Taylor has been tried on a charge of using an instrument with illegal intent. The jury disagreed, and she was remanded to the ...

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  27. STRIKE OF COAL MINERS.

    The Jumbunna coal miners struck to-day for not being permitted to ride from the mouth of the pit on the bins to the railway siding, a distance of half a mile. ...

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  28. EVACUATION OF CUBA.

    The Spanish authorities at Madrid have appointed Commissioners to carry out the evacuation of Cuba. Marshal Blanco, the Governor-General and ...

    Article : 61 words
  29. Some very Queer Tastes.

    Nothing is more "a matter of taste" than food. In every land custom has most arbitrarily declared what shall or shall not be esteemed as a delicacy. The ...

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  30. BANK CLERK SUICIDES.

    Dudley F. Palmer, aged 23, suicided at Sale to-day by shooting himself through the heart. He was an accountant in the Commercial Bank. It is stated ...

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  31. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    During a dense fog in the harbor this morning the Manly steamer Narrabeen collided with the Government steamer Kate, which was towing a powder barge. ...

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  32. MUNICIPAL INSURANCE.

    The City Council have taken the insurance of the Council's property from 10 companies who were carrying the risks of the Corporation, and who did ...

    Article : 61 words
  33. STATE OF THE PHILIPPINES.

    A despatch has been received from General Merritt, who has charge of the American troops operating in the Philippines. The despatch states that the ...

    Article : 111 words
  34. FORGING AND UTTERING.

    At the Quarter Sessions to-day a Japanese named Jonoski Takuma, whose wife is an English woman, was tried on a charge of forging and uttering ...

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  35. MENZIES.

    Holt and party, of Friday West, have cleaned up a crushing of a parcel of 15 tons at the Queensland Menzies battery for a return of 15oz 12dwt. ...

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  36. THE SAVINGS BANK.

    The annual report of the Savings Bank shows that the funds have reached the record total of £3,192,912. ...

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  37. UNIFORM BILL OF LADING.

    At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-day the Fremantle Chamber communicated that it would attend a conference regarding a uniform ...

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  38. THE CONFIDENCE TRICK.

    Michael Murphy, who was convicted of robbing Thomas Kennedy by the confidence trick, and who was remanded for sentence on account of it being supposed ...

    Article : 52 words
  39. AN ALLUVIAL DIFFICULTY.

    Some excitement was caused here on Saturday and Sunday by news which was rapidly circulated to the effect that good alluvial had been discovered at ...

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  40. THE KIAO-CHOU MISSIONARY MASSACRE.

    A very curious affair is reported to have taken place at Kiao-Chou, the port on the coast of China recently occupied by Germany. It is stated that Herr ...

    Article : 140 words
  41. THE BISHOP OF GERALDTON.

    The Bishop of Geraldton, the Bishop of Sale, and Father Collins were the guests of Archbishop O'Reilly to-day, who drove them through the Hills. ...

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  42. PREVARICATING.

    At the inquiry into the bankruptcy case of Ernest Horton a witness named Robert Bennett was committed for 14 days for prevaricating and giving evasive ...

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  43. HARROLD BROS.' INSOLVENCY.

    Harrold Brothers' insolvency case was resumed to-day, when A. L. Harrold's examination was continued. The greater part of the day was spent in ...

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  44. FOUND IN A RIVER.

    The body of James Fishlock, of Wollongong, has been found in the Cordeaux River with a rope attached to a stone round his neck. ...

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  45. PROBATE.

    Probate duty amounting to £3000 was paid to-day by the estate of John Starkey, cordial manufacturer, whose will was sworn at £101,187. ...

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  46. THE WEATHER.

    Splendid rains are reported to have fallen at Yerilla last week. Over one and a half inches were registered. ...

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  47. THE BROWN HILL NO. 1 SOUTH.

    At a meeting of the Brown Hill No. 1 South G.M. Company held to-day it was decided to wind up. Everyone knows that the streets o ...

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  48. QUEENSLAND AND FEDERATION.

    Speaking at a luncheon to the Premier of Queensland to-day Mr Reid regretted that Queensland was not associated in the federal negotiations. ...

    Article : 147 words
  49. POLITICS AT THE CAPE.

    The elections for the Legislative Assembly at Cape Colony have not yet been concluded and continue to excite intense interest throughout South ...

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  50. GOOD STRIKE OF WATER.

    A water shaft which is being sunk for, a public battery has struck good water at a depth of 70ft, will be sunk another 30ft yet. ...

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  51. NEW BUILDINGS.

    A number of new buildings have been erected or are in course of erection in this town. Notably amongst the former is a handsome stone edifice erected by ...

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  52. BROKEN HILL.

    At the inquest on the man Saint, who was killed on the railway at Block 10, a verdict of accidental death was returned. ...

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  53. TWO YEARS' IMPRISONMENT.

    A native prisoner named Stone Soak Jimmy passed through here to-day in charge of a constable for Coolgardie. The prisoner was sentenced to two ...

    Article : 86 words
  54. STORES FOR AMERICAN TROOPS.

    Six hundred tons of New Zealand potatoes were sold at 85s for shipment by the Urmston Grange which sails to-morrow for Manila, the capital of the ...

    Article : 42 words
  55. Advertising

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  56. WAR CORRESPONDENTS

    and others who travel in far lands always take a good supply of Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes, as they are medically recommended, being mild and fragrant. ...

    Article : 40 words
  57. Advertising

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