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  2. Telegraphic News

    At the Police Court to-day George Boardman was charged with betting with a boy under 21 years of age. The boy alleged that Boardman repudiated ...

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  3. Telegraphic News

    To-day in the Legislative Council the Fire Brigades Bill passed its second reading. Hon. W. T. Loton gave notice that ...

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  4. CABLEGRAMS

    The relations existing between General Garcia, the Cuban insurgent leader, and General Shafter, who commands the United States troops, have ...

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  5. Telegraphic News

    At the Parramatta Police Court to-day George Peisley and Henry Burnett Hunter were charged with shooting at Constable McLean with intent to ...

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  6. Telegraphic News

    In the Assembly to-day Mr O'Malley moved for the introduction of a Bill by the Government amending the law relating to the testamentary disposition of ...

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  7. CABLEGRAMS.

    The shareholders of the Imperial West Australian Corporation have agreed to wind up the affairs of the Corporation. This action has been ...

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  8. CABLEGRAMS.

    Further results have been received concerning the elections io the Cape Colony, which are attracting such general interest in South Africa and in Great ...

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  9. DEATH OF AN OLD COLONIST.

    Mrs. R. F. Hannay, the eldest daughter of the late Mr George Fife, Angas, and sister of Mr J. H. Angas, died last night at the age of 85. Mrs ...

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  10. KILLED IN WESTRALIA.

    Mrs Loftes, of One-Tree Hill, has received particulars of the death of her son Robert by a fall of earth in the Sons of Gwalia mine, Westralia. ...

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  11. PREVALENCE OF FEVER.

    Fever still continues to prevail amongst the United States troops in Cuba. The latest sufferers are Commodore Schiey and Captain Evans. ...

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  12. THE ADVANCE TO KHARTOUM.

    The Dervish general, Mahmond, who was captured some time ago by the Anglo-Egyptian army, declares that the Khalifa will offer a powerful and ...

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  13. OBITUARY.

    The death is announced of Charles Edward Jeanne[?]ett, a former member for Carcoar in the Legislative Assembly. The death is reported of Mr Josiah ...

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  14. ARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    An expedition that some time ago sailed for the Arctic regions for purposes of exploration has returned to Hammerfest, in Norway, the most northern town ...

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  15. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    In the Assembly to-day the Address-in-Reply was resumed by Mr Watson and continued during the whole of the sitting. Mr Reid hopes to state in a ...

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  16. GAS VERSUS ELECTRICITY.

    At the annual meeting of the Gas Company this morning the chairman said, with regard to the proposed electric lighting of the city, that the directors ...

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  17. INDISPOSED.

    The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Sir Joseph Abbott, is again indisposed, suffering from neuralgia of the eyes. ...

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  18. REVENUE RETURNS.

    The annual report of railways shows the earnings to have been £3,026,748 and the expenditure £1,614,605. After paying all working ...

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  19. DERVISHES VERSUS BEDOUINS.

    Intelligence has come to hand from the Soudan that a force of Dervishes attacked, a party of Bedouins, and were repulsed after a fierce light. Many on ...

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  20. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

    To-day in the Legislative Assembly, A number of questions relating to defalcations in the Postal Department were postponed until next week, at the ...

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  21. ADMIRAL DEWEY'S FLEET.

    A few days since the American Government asked that Admiral Dewey may be permitted to duck his vessels at Hong Kong. It is now announced that ...

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  22. SUDDEN DEATH.

    George Allison Brown, aged iU, died suddenly at his residence, Norwood, to-day. He had been operated on recently for varicose veins. ...

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  23. THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.

    The London Standard states that German Chauvinists are reviving a project for the partition of the Samoan Islands. The population of the islands ...

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  24. THE RUSSIAN HARVEST.

    It is reported that the Russian, harvest has been a partial failure in many districts. It is feared that there will be great privations amongst the ...

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  25. RAILWAY REVENUE.

    The railway revenue last week shows a decrease of £1540 compared with the corresponding period of last year. ...

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  26. PORTO RICO.

    Alarming intelligence has been received from Porto Rico as to the health of the American troops stationed in the island. It is stated that no fewer than a ...

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  27. A CYCLING TRIP.

    MacDonald, a telegraph operator, has started cycling from Port Darwin to Melbourne. ...

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  28. VICTORIA.

    In the Legislative Council the motion of Mr McCulloch for a call of Council on September 13 to consider the Plural Voting Abolition and ...

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  29. TYPHOID IN IRELAND.

    A typhoid epidemic of a most virulent nature has broken out in Belfast. No less than 600 cases have occurred in three weeks. ...

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  30. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    Two children were playing on the railway line near Cockburn yesterday. One of them, named Walter Truan, aged three, fell on the line and was struck by ...

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  31. CHARGE OF WILFUL MURDER

    At an inquest held to-day on the body of a Chinaman named Joe Mong Joy, who is alleged to have been killed at Warren by Wong Ming, a verdict ...

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  32. AFFAIRS AT MANILA.

    Business has been resumed in Manila. Most of the fugitives have returned, and the city presents its normal appearance. The news of the crushing defeat of the ...

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  33. GERMAN MILITARY ACTIVITY.

    Action is being taken in Germany to considerably augment the military forces. Forty-three additional battalions of infantry are to be raised, and about ...

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  34. A NOVEL CLAIM.

    An amusing case came before the Local Court to-day. A man named Oliver claimed damages from one Palmer for the detention of a parrot ...

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  35. NEW ZEALAND.

    The new Divorce Bill has passed through committee in the Legislative Council, and an amendment was made substituting "five" years as ...

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  36. THE SUGAR CANE INDUSTRY.

    Reports from the northern rivers state that the sugar cane growers are highly pleased at the tonnage of cane rinsed per acre this season. If the duty ...

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  37. CONSPIRING TO DEFRAUD.

    At the Criminal Court to-day the conspiracy case against Gray and Davis, business agents, in connection with the sale of a restaurant, was concluded. ...

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  38. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    Exceptional weather has been experienced in Perth during the last couple of days. To-day registered over 77deg in the shade, being the hottest ...

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  39. CHARITABLE RAILWAY OFFICIALS.

    A case in which a guard, fireman, engine-driver, and another officer of the Railway Department were dismissed for falsifying the running time-table has ...

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  40. SUPREME COURT CASES.

    At the Supreme Court this morning a Kalgoorlie case occupied the attention of Justice James. Ives and McGarry sued Flynn, Bickerton, and Dancker to ...

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  41. EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES.

    The annexation of the Hawaiian Islands by the United States has been completed. The Stars and Stripes was hoisted over the islands on the 12th ...

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  42. QUEENSLAND.

    During the orange export season in London, which is just closing, 86,000 cases have been shipped through the Department of Agriculture, and ...

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  43. FINAL STOPPAGE OF HOSTILITIES.

    The Government have received a cablegram from London stating that the Imperial Government assumes that hostilities between Spain and America ...

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  44. OBJECTION TO A LOAN.

    A poll of ratepayers opposed to the borrowing of £80,000 by the City Council will be taken to-morrow. It is not thought that the objection will be ...

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  45. PRESERVED MEAT TRADE.

    Representatives of a well-known English firm visited Queensland a short time ago and bought up a quantity of meat, preserved and frozen. A portion ...

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  46. LAND SETTLEMENT.

    At a conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, resolutions were adopted disapproving of the action of the Government in throwing so little ...

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  47. THE GOLDFIELDS WATER SCHEME.

    Mr C. Hoskins, a member of the Sydney firm whose tender for rivetted pipes for the goldfields water supply scheme was the lowest received in Perth ...

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  48. Ivanhoe Venture v. M. Burke.

    The case of the Ivanboe Venture Gold Mining Co. v. M. Burke and others came before the Court in the form of a case stated by the Warden at Kalgoorlie. ...

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  49. THE ITALIAN RIOTS.

    The Court of Cassation at Rome, the last and highest Court of Appeal in Italy, has rejected the appeals of the offenders sentenced to various terms of ...

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  50. AN APPOINTMENT.

    Mr Towley has been appointed chairman of the Public Service Board. He is also to act as sheriff. ...

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  51. BROKEN HILL.

    Sixteen men have been killed and 25 injured in the mines this year. ...

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  52. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    This morning a railway accident occurred near Hornsby Junction. There was considerable destruction of property but no loss of life. An engine and live ...

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  53. PERTH'S WATER SUPPLY.

    Recent rains have had the effect of filling the Victoria reservoir, from which the water supply of the city is drawn. Last year at this time it was 9ft off ...

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  54. THE PRICE OF WHEAT.

    English wheat has declined from 1s to 2s in price during the week, and foreign wheat is 6d lower. ...

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  55. NEW ZEALAND.

    Boring for petroleum has, began again at New Plymouth, but unless the Government give some assistance it is feared that deep sinking will be out of ...

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  56. TELEPHONES.

    From September 1 the annual charges for telephones attached to the Sydney Exchange will be reduced from £10 to £9. ...

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  57. RETRENCHMENT.

    In June last 11 officials in the Lands Titles Office were discharged. Now nine more have been dismissed. It is said that the number left is inadequate ...

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  58. BAIRD'S AUTOMATIC JUDGING MACHINE.

    The Manchester Athletic Club has promised Mr Baird, the inventor of the automatic judging machine, liberal arrangements in connection with the use ...

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  59. A GREAT CROWD

    gathered around the first display of Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes, which were quickly sold, but supplies are now received regularly. The tobacco in these ...

    Article : 41 words
  60. Advertising

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  61. COLONEL WILSON.

    Colonel Wilson, the retiring Commandant of the West Australian forces, leaves Perth to-morrow for England. ...

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