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  2. CABLEGRAM

    The speech delivered last night at the British Chamber in Paris by Sir E. J, Monson, the British Ambassad in that city, has been largely commented on in ...

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  3. CABLEGRAMS

    The Spanish peace commissioners have entered, a protest against the remarks made on the subject of the Maine explosion in Havana harbor by ...

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  4. CABLEGRAMS

    A sculling match has been at last arranged between George Towns, of the Hunter Riyer (New South Wales), and William Barry, the well-known English ...

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  5. Telegraphic News.

    The Premier, Mr G. H. Reid, purposes to take a sea trip during the recess, probably to Norfolk Island. A number of other legislators will accompany him. ...

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  6. Telegraphic News.

    Mr Edward Keane, the well-known railway contractor, has arrived here on his way back to West Australia from India. ...

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  7. Telegraphic News

    The action of Healy against the Bank of New South Wales, to recover moneys placed on deposit and the interest thereon, was continued to-day. ...

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  8. FEMALE WARDERS.

    The Government has decided to appoint female warders to look after female prisoners in police stations. ...

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  9. GEOLOGICAL REPORT.

    The Government Geologist, Mr H. Y. L. Brown, reports that the Broughton River Valley is favorable for artesian water and that good stock water is ...

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  10. COMPULSORY SEQUESTRATION.

    The estate of W. Merry, a contractor and well known as a litigant over the construction of the Ballarat line, has been compulsorily sequestrated. ...

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  11. WHEAT MARKET.

    Wheat is quoted at 3s 2d per bushel. Merchants are now awaiting the result of the conference between the agriculturists and the English shipping ...

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  12. FIRE AT BALACLAVA.

    A fire at Balaclava has completely destroyed a weatherboard house and the contents. The property was insured. ...

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  13. CHARGE OF SACRILEGE.

    A man who gave his name as Matthew Tregaski was found to-day helplessly intoxicated in Christ Church, South Yarra. He had broken into the ...

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  14. PARLIAMENTARY.

    The Legislative Assembly sat overnight and passed a number of works Bills. The Early Closing Bill, the Conciliation Bill, and a Bill to prevent ...

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  15. Telegraphic News

    The case of Morgan Meyrick versus Stirling Bros, and Co., Limited, which was a claim for £1000 damages for wrongful dismissal, was concluded ...

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  16. HARVEST PROSPECTS.

    Reports from the country districts show that the harvest will be far more satisfactory than was at first supposed. The stock of old wheat is now practically ...

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  17. FEELING IN PARIS.

    Sir E. J. Monson's speech was the staple topic of conversation and comment in Paris all yesterday. The general sentiment is one of intense surprise at the ...

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  18. A SAD CASE.

    A woman named Geniff and her two children were found to-day starving in in a house in Bourke-street. They were arrested by the police, and taken to ...

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  19. IRON STEALING.

    Rickman Perrers and Walter William Read were committed for trial to-day for stealing large quantities of galvanised iron from the premises of Messrs ...

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  20. THE GORDON COLLEGE.

    The subscriptions towards the foundation of the Gordon College at Khartoum have now reached the total of £91,000. Before he left for Egypt Lord ...

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  21. QUEENSLAND.

    A statement was circulated in the House last night to the effect that the late Mr James Tyson had once said that he had his will drawn up by Mr ...

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  22. GOLDFIELDS WATER SCHEME.

    In connection with the successful tender of Messrs McEwan and Co. for the supply of steel plates for the West Australian Goldfields Water Supply ...

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  23. RAILWAY INSPECTION,

    Mr F. H. Piesse, Minister of Railways, accompanied by Messrs Davies and Short, left to-night for the goldfields, their chief object being to inspect the ...

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  24. WINDING UP.

    At a special meeting of the Boulder Nor'-West G.M.Co. held to-day it was decided to wind up the company, the reason assigned being the recent ...

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  25. POLICE TRANSFERS.

    In consequence of the transfer of Inspector McKenna to the position of excise officer. Inspector Drury, of Roebourne, has been appointed to succeed ...

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  26. FELL OF A TRAIN.

    The clerk Annellus, who sustained severe injuries yesterday by falling off a train, died to-day of fracture of the skull. ...

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  27. KANOWNA G.M. CO.

    An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders in the Kanowna Gold Mining Company was held to-day, and was of rather a stormy character. In ...

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  28. A PUGNACIOUS CRIMINAL.

    A man named Williams was convicted at the Criminal Sessions to-day of lewdness, and while being removed from the dock he deliberately struck one ...

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  29. RUN OVER BY A TRAIN.

    Mr Evan Thomas, stationmaster at Brunswick Junction, on the Bunbury line, was run over by a train, and had one ol his legs fractured. ...

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  30. THE NICARAGUAN CANAL.

    President McKinley states that he fully intends to maintain the provisions of the Bulwer-Clayton treaty, which declares the neutrality of the Nicaraguan ...

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  31. MILD COLLISION.

    The schooner Seaflower and the ketch Premier collided in Nelson Bay, and then drifted into, the barquentine Cuthana. Neither of the vessels was much damaged. ...

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  32. CHILDREN'S PROTECTION.

    In reply to a deputation from the Council of Churches to-day, urging the suppression of juvenile immorality, the Chief Secretary, the Hon J. V. ...

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  33. A CAPTOR CAUGHT.

    A somewhat amusing Incident occurred to-day in St George's Terrace. A constable had arrested two youths for some offence, and one of them got away. ...

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  34. PARLIAMENTARY.

    The Legislative Assembly passed a resolution for the construction of a railway line from Colae to Beech Forest. The line from Lilydale to Warburton ...

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  35. LARGE EMBEZZLEMENT.

    In the Supreme Court to-day, Henry St. John Somerset, paymaster to the Treasury, pleaded guilty to the embezzlement of £6.000, and was sentenced to ...

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  36. ISSUE OF STOCK.

    The Treasurer has received authority from Parliament to issue £935,000 worth of consolidated stock for the redemption of public securities. The ...

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  37. CRETAN AFFAIRS.

    Despite the assurance given by the Cretan Government that the lives and property of its Mahomedan subjects would receive equal protection with ...

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  38. SALUTARY FINE.

    Nathan Harris, a clothing manufacturer, has been fined £5 for sweating one of his female employes. ...

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  39. THE HUNGARIAN REICHSTAG.

    A few days ago the Liberal party in the Hungarian Reichstag resolved that they would agree to vote solid for the Premier's proposed taxation in order to ...

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  40. PARLIAMENTARY.

    In the Legislative Assembly the Bill was read a second time for taking the evidence in Law Courts in shorthand. A return was table of railway passes ...

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  41. WHEAT MARKET.

    Wheat is at 3s, flour at £7 15s, bran at 8d, and pollard at 8½-d. ...

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  42. CRIMINAL COURT.

    In the Criminal Court to-day John O'Dea was sentenced to six months for stealing a watch and chain. Thomas Hopwood received 10 months for forgery ...

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  43. POPULATION AND PRODUCE.

    The immigrants into the colony for October were 5957, and the emigrants from the colony 5424. Exports of staple produce were of the value of ...

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  44. SERVICE RESIGNS.

    Sir James Service has resigned his scat in the Legislative Council owing to ill health. ...

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  45. NEW ZEALAND.

    To-day the Premier, speaking at the Thames, said that the colony was suffering from isolation from both America ' and Australia. Faster and better ...

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  46. TRAIN IN MOTION.

    Thomas McMurrie, a farmer, was killed at Petersburg owing to his leaving a train while it was in motion. ...

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  47. MIMIC WARFARE.

    In the Exhibition Building last night the military tatoo was a splendid draw, and there was an enormous attendance. The principal item was the "Battle of ...

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  48. COOLGARDIE.

    The following crushings have been reported from the district:—Lady Loch, Coolgardie, 100 tons for 87oz 7dwt. ...

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  49. CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

    To-day in the Criminal Court John James, for embezzlement from the Government, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment. Charles Miller, for the ...

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  50. THE TURKISH CAVALRY.

    In accordance with the advice given him by the German Kaiser during his visit to Constantinople the Sultan of Turkey has ordered his cavalry to be ...

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  51. TASMANIA.

    The Solicitor-General has moved in the Banco Court for leave to proceed against Captain Parker for publishing a letter in the "Mercury" reflecting on ...

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  52. KANOWNA COUNCIL.

    At a special meeting of the Municipal Council held this evening, tenders were opened for the positions of valuers for the municipality, and also for the ...

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  53. A GERMAN MISSIONARY.

    Some little time ago a German missionary was treated with great indignity by a mob of Chinese fanatics in the province of Shantung, south of the Gulf of ...

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  54. PORT PIRIE PILOTS.

    The Marine Board has been considering a proposal made by the Lund Steamship Co to choose its own pilots into Port Pirie or to permit its captains ...

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  55. THE BRITISH NAVY.

    The British Government has resolved gradually to increase the officers of the navy by 12 additional admirals, 48 captains, 73 commanders, and 288 ...

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  56. NEW ALDERMEN.

    Messrs McCracken, Storer and Price have been elected aldermen for the City of Launceston. ...

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  57. BROKEN BILL.

    A man named Alfred Jackman has been committed for trial for an indecent assault on a servant in the hotel where he was lodging. ...

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  58. TROUT FRY.

    Sixty-eight thousand trout fry have been liberated in the northern rivers. ...

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  59. TRADE AND FINANCE.

    The wool sales were continued this afternoon, under much the same conditions as yesterday. The bidding was fairly brisk, the sales in all classes were ...

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  60. DEATH OF AN M.L.A.

    Mr Allan McDonald, formerly representative of the City of Launceston in the Assembly, died to-day. He was an advanced Liberal. ...

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  61. A Cuban Fete.

    Next to the "pelea de gallos," or cock-fight, colored Cuba loves the "corrida de patos," or goose-haiting. By means of fiestas and days of obligation ...

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  62. THROWN FROM A CART.

    A man named Richard James was killed to-day. He was thrown out of a cart and the wheel passed over him. ...

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  63. MENACE TO PRUSSIA.

    Count Agenor Goluchowski, the Austro-Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, officially disavowed, a day or two ago, the threat of reprisals made to ...

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  64. MINING PROMOTION.

    Mr Barrett, underground foreman on the Block 11 mine, has been appointed manager of Block 10. ...

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  65. CIVIL SERVICE GRIEVANCES.

    The Civil servants here have requested the visiting members of the Public Service Board to shorten their period of service on tilts Barrier. They have also ...

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  66. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

    The Board of Trade returns for last month show an increase in the imports of £903,423 and in the exports of £46,613 ...

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