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  2. Telegraphic News

    Two Chinese were sentenced at Albury yesterday to imprisonment in default of payment of the poll tax, and a fine of £100. The prisoners arrived by ...

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  3. Telegraphic News

    The sale of reserved seats for the matinee on Tuesday on behalf of the theatrical charities realised £245. ...

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  4. CABLEGRAMS

    A day or two ago the "Times" published the news that two new battleships were being constructed for the British Navy at the Clyde Shipbuilding Works ...

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  5. Telegraphic News

    The man Burgess, who is now under arrest for suspected complicity in the Gatton murders, will be brought up at the Toowoomba Police Court to-morrow. ...

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  6. Telegraphic News.

    A Malay named Alexander Sheriff was lately sentenced to death for the murder of another Malay at the pearling grounds, Broome. The sentence was ...

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  7. CABLEGRAMS

    It was announced yesterday that the Turkish Government had just ordered from Essen 162 Krupp guns and 30,000 shells, in view of the ...

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  8. POST OFFICE ROBBERY.

    The Executive Council to-day considered the case of the robbery of £900 from the Postal Department, and decided that Mr. Stevens, the officer in ...

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  9. MAIL ROUTE.

    At a meeting of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce yesterday, a letter was received from the Albany Chamber of Commerce, asking its ...

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  10. CHEAP RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION.

    Mr. Deane, Engineer-in-Chief of the New South Wales railways, reports that the Nevertire to Warren railway, which was carried out by the day labor system ...

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  11. MURDER OF HILL.

    In connection with the Oxley murder, the father of the deceased lad Hill and his brother have been searching the scene of the crime, and the brother ...

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  12. THE CZAR'S CONGRESS.

    The Czar has had a special interview with Count Lyof Tolstoi, the eminent Russian novelist and reformer, at which he discussed his disarmament proposals ...

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  13. A MAD JUDGE.

    Mr. J. C. H. James, Commissioner of Titles, and late acting-judge of the Supreme Court, gave himself up at the Waterside Police Station this morning ...

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  14. THE SAILORS' HOME.

    At a meeting of the committee of the Sailors' Home this afternoon a proposal was made that £1000 of the funds of the institution be applied to the ...

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  15. CARPENTERS' STRIKE.

    A number of carpenters and joiners who demand 9s per day, against 8s, which they have been receiving for some time past, yesterday ceased work till their ...

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  16. CHAMBER OF MINES.

    An adjourned extraordinary meeting of the Victorian Chamber of Mines was held last night. Resolutions were passed preliminary to transferring the ...

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  17. FEDERATION.

    The Premier, accompanied by Messrs. J. W. Hackett and A. P. Matheson, M's.L.C., left for Albany to-day on the way to Melbourne to attend the meeting ...

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  18. THE COAL DISPUTE.

    The southern coal miners have reconsidered their former decision to insist upon payment under the weighing system for round and small coal separately. ...

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  19. WOOL SALES.

    The second series of London wool sales for the season opened to-day. The attendance of buyers was very good, and the bidding brisk and spirited. The ...

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  20. DEATH AT GERALDTON.

    Herbert Foster, son of Mr. James Foster, of Geraldton, died early on Sunday morning after an illness extending over some weeks. Deceased was only ...

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  21. AN ABANDONED CHILD.

    Two girls found an infant four weeks old near St. Patrick's Cathedral, on Eastern Hill, on Sunday, Pinned to the child's gown was the following ...

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  22. AUSTRALIA TO MANCHESTER.

    Mr. W. P. Reeves, the Agent-General for New Zealand, has just been visiting Manchester with the object of inquiring into the possibilities and ...

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  23. France in Newfoundland.

    It is a patriotic fiction with the average Englishman that the Union Jack is a banner which shields every man who holds to it as the standard of his ...

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  24. CHARGE OF ASSAULT.

    At the Geraldton Police Court yesterday Walter Pass charged William Herbert and Walter Moxon with assaulting him at Snowdon's farm on November 9. ...

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  25. FLOATING WHEAT.

    The quantity of wheat now afloat consigned to the United Kingdom is 2,350,000 quarters, and that consigned to the Continent is 980,000 quarters. ...

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  26. QUEENSLAND.

    According to the Mackay "Sugar Journal," the Queensland sugar crop for the season will be 156,000 tons. ...

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  27. FRENCH WAR EXPENSES.

    M. Pelletan, a correspondent of the "St. James' Budget," complains of the enormous sums that the French Government is disbursing annually to maintain ...

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  28. AN EXPENSIVE CAB.

    Two men named Kennedy and Davis appeared at the Malvern court yesterday charged with assaulting a cabman. Early on Sunday morning they engaged ...

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  29. AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES.

    Current quotations for the debentures of Australian companies are as follows:—Melbourne Gas Company, £107; Australian Gas Company (Sydney) ...

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  30. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.

    Two sleeper-getters named Foster and Robinson, residing near Nambour, on the North-Coast railway, were found unconscious on the line. ...

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  31. DEATH AT CUE.

    At the inquest yesterday on the body of John Reilly, an old man who was found dead in bed at the Cue Hotel, Cue, on Thursday, a verdict was ...

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  32. INSOLVENCY RETURNS.

    The returns of the Insolvency Court for the past year show that 370 matters were called on for hearing, against 355 in the previous year. The deficiencies ...

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  33. FRENCH GARRISONS.

    In view of the disturbed state of affairs in Europe and the uncertainty of the political outlook France is strengthening her position in the ...

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  34. NEW ZEALAND MAILS.

    Arrangements have been made, chiefly by an expediting of the ocean service, whereby the transit of letters to New Zealand via San Francisco will ...

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  35. ALBANY DEPUTATION.

    A deputation from the Chamber of Commerce will wait upon the Premier on his arrival at Albany to-day and lay before him the following matters:—The ...

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  36. TASMANIA.

    As a result of the meeting held recently at Zeehan to protest against the introduction of Austrian labor into the colony, the Premier, Sir E. N. C. ...

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  37. NEW ZEALAND.

    An open-air meeting last night carried resolutions commending the Premier for endeavoring to check Austrian immigration. ...

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  38. FOUR PROFESSORS.

    Three of the professors chosen for newly-founded Victoria College, Wellington, New Zealand, will sail immediately in the R.M.S. Kaikoura direct for New ...

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  39. A PLUCKY ARREST

    Last night, by Constable Johnson prompted his fellow officers to present him with a box of 500 Ogden's Guinea Gold Cigarettes, as they knew he would ...

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  40. GOOMALLING WANTS.

    A deputation of Goomalling selectors waited on the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Northam, when they urged a remission of land rents, owing ...

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  41. OLD-AGE PENSIONS.

    Old-age pension claims are being heard by magistrates all over the colony. Many claimants are unable to prove their age. ...

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  42. SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    It was decided at a meeting of the City Council yesterday to have the electric lamps, contracted for by the Electric Lighting Company, through ...

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  43. COAL RECORD.

    Last year's output of coal from the colony was 242,859 tons, which is the largest annual output yet on record. ...

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  44. COOLGARDIE.

    During the day the Minister for Mines was shown over some of the principal mines in the district. In the morning he inspected the Lady ...

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  45. A PIECE OF LUCK.

    A man named Wilcox, an elderly inmate of the benevolent asylum, has received a legacy of £7500. ...

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  46. Exit Spain.

    A few weeks ago the curtain fell on the last act in the drama. The Treaty of Peace was signed between the United States and Spain. And shorn of her ...

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  47. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

    Mrs. James Andrews, from North-down, while staying at Penguin, attempted to commit suicide by cutting her throat. She severed ...

    Article : 289 words
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