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  2. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received January 14, 1 a.m.] THE GHINESE CRISIS.

    According to several reports current in Pekin, the Russian Government have yielded to Lord Salisbury's protest with regard to the terms on which it was ...

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  3. ROUGH WEATHER AT SEA.

    A squall which swept across Hobson's Bay on Saturday afternoon churned up the walters into white fury. The first blast from the south-west struck the ...

    Article : 385 words
  4. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received January 14, 1 a.m.] THE GERMAN WATER-WAYS.

    The Rhine, Eiber, Stettin, and other water-ways, for which, provision is made in a Bill now before the German Parliament, are estimated to cost 19½ millions sterling. ...

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  5. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received January 14, 1 a.m.] THE BOER WAR.

    Major-General Bruce Meade Hamilton has reprovisioned the garrisons at Hoopstad and Bulfontein. The latter place had been, surrounded for the last two months, and ...

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  6. VICTORIA.

    The new pilot steamer Victoria made a trial trip on Saturday afternoon, doing a satisfactory measured mile in the teeth of a south-west gale and rough seas. The ...

    Article : 493 words
  7. THE COMMON WEALTH.

    The united friendly societies wound up the Commonwealth celebrations with a dinner last evening, when they entertained the Federal Premier, State Ministers, and ...

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  8. MILITARY AND NAVAL DISPLAY.

    A large concourse of people assembled at the Royal Agricultural ground on Saturday to witness the military and naval display, the proceeds of which will be devoted to ...

    Article : 172 words
  9. BELGIUM AND ENGLAND

    The Belgian Government have apologised for the insult perpetrated on the British consul at Liege during the demonstrations which characterised Mr. Kruger's visit to ...

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  10. DEFENCE OF CAPE TOWN.

    The precautions against the invasion of Cape Town are of a most elaborate character. The Piekiners Kloof Pass is occupied by a large body of Mounted Infanitry, who ...

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  11. THE VICTORIAN CONTINGENT.

    The Defence Department has received a cable message from the Imperial authorities, stating that the turn affairs have taken in China is such that if the ...

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  12. THE DUKE OF NORFOLK.

    Lord Currie, the British Ambassador at Rome, has satisfactorily explained his presence at the reception at which the toasts of the Queen and the Pope were honored ...

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  13. SYDNEY RIFLE MEETING.

    The shooting at the Commonwealth meeting of the National Rifle Association of New South Wales was concluded at Randwick yesterday. The tie in the New South ...

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  14. A MAILBOAT WRECKED.

    The screw steamer Russie, 2,015 tons, carrying mails and passengers between Marseilles and Oran (a seaport of Algeria) has been wrecked off the Faraman Rocks, near ...

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  15. HOUSING THE PARLIAMENT.

    The Federal Parliament will be opened by the Duke of York in the main hall of the Melbourne Exhibition Building, so that the interesting ceremony may be ...

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  16. NEW ZEALAND.

    The New Zealand Swimming Association has selected Malcolm Champion to compete in the swimming championship at Melbourne this month. Champion has ...

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  17. WAR NOTES FROM ENGLAND.

    Dr. Leyds has not stage managed Mr. Kruger's entrance into the Rhine-land with the same success as Oom Paul's triumphal progress through Paris. The pressure of ...

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  18. AN AGONISING SPECTACLE.

    Later particulars regarding the wreck of the Russie states that the vessel struck last Monday night, and began at once to fall to pieces aft. The spectacle of the rolling ...

    Article : 164 words
  19. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    At Bomb[?]la a servant girl, named Johnson, had an unpleasant experience with a snake yesterday afternoon. The girl was walking along a verandah, when suddenly ...

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  20. COLONIAL CASUALTIES.

    Private W. Millar, of the New Zealand Roughriders, has been severely injured as the result of an accident at Pretoria. The following deaths from enteric fever ...

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  21. JOHANNESBURG QUIET.

    Lord Kitchener reports having cleared Johannesburg of all undesirable residents. Many foreigners have been shipped away, and some of the refugees who have been ...

    Article : 225 words
  22. THE FEDERAL HIGH COMMISSIONER.

    Sir George Turner agrees with the opinion expressed by Mr. Copeland that the appointment of a Federal High Commissioner will not do away with the ...

    Article : 251 words
  23. THE NICARAGUAN CANAL.

    The "Daily Telegraph" reports that Great Britain has declined to ratify the Hay-Pauncefote treaty with regard to the Nicaraguan Canal until the claim of the ...

    Article : 88 words
  24. "AUSTRALIA FACING THE DAWN."

    Mr. O'Sullivan states that he has received a number of commendatory letters with regard to his "Australia facing the dawn" scheme. To carry out his idea he thinks ...

    Article : 150 words
  25. WARNING TO REBELS.

    The British troops are reported to have been received in a sullen fashion at Murraysburgh, and the rebels in the neighborhood are stated openly, to have joined ...

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  26. THE VACANT PORTFOLIO.

    A meeting of the Commonwealth Executive Council was held yesterday, under the presidency of the Governor-General. The proceedings consisted of authorising some ...

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  27. THE MAITLAND MEETING.

    Next Thursday's meeting at Maitland, at Which Mr. Barton will unfold the policy of the Federal Cabinet is likely to be a very interesting political demonstration. ...

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  28. THE BISHOP OF LONDON.

    The Right Rev. Mandell Creighton, D.D., Bishop of London, who recently underwent a second abdominal operation, and who afterwards suffered a relapse, is reported to ...

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  29. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    They consumption of water in Perth last week was nearly two and a quarter million gallons, just double the quantity of the corresponding week last year. The ...

    Article : 368 words
  30. THE LATE SIR J. R. DICKSON.

    The funeral of the late Sir James Dickson took place on Saturday afternoon, and was very largely attended. The procession was headed by the Artillery, which ...

    Article : 551 words
  31. THE INDIAN TROOPS.

    The Indian troops embarked on the transport Dalhousie this evening, and will leave for Brisbane to-morrow morning. The colored warriors were accorded an ...

    Article : 510 words
  32. SNOWSTORMS IN ENGLAND

    Owing to the heavy snowstorms in England eleven trains have been snowbound on the south-western railway system. ...

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  33. A HOMOGENEOUS CABINET.

    What was aimed at in the Barton Cabinet (says the Melbourne "Age") was homogeneity. Mr. Deakin and Sir George Turner would have declined to join a ...

    Article : 303 words
  34. BOER MOBILITY.

    It is semi-officially announced at Cape Town that the invaders of Cape Colony have, since "the failure of their plans, been continuously on the move, avoiding the ...

    Article : 303 words
  35. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    The following are the latest quotations on the London Stock Exchange:- Chillagoe, £1 11/3. Ivanhoe, £8 7/6. ...

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  36. TASMANIA.

    Messrs. J. Brimlees and F. Grove, engineers of the Great Western Railways, accompanied by Mr. J. Harcourt Palmer and Mr. F. Dee, arrived here yesterday via the ...

    Article : 476 words
  37. THE TROOPS FOR AFRICA.

    There will be no difflcufty in getting the thousand men required here for service in South Africa. There is a great rush of applicants, and many returned heroes are ...

    Article : 58 words
  38. THE ROYAL TRIP TO AUSTRALIA.

    It is announced that the Duke and Duchess of York will visit Colombo on their way to Australia. ...

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  39. PEEL RIVER MINING COMPANY.

    The balance-sheet of the Peel River Mining Company shows a profit of £73,777. Ten thousand pounds has been added to the reserve account, £15,000 to the ...

    Article : 48 words
  40. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Frozen Meat.—Australian sheep and heavy River Plate sheep have advanced 1-16d. per lb., and Australian lambs 1/8d. Weddell & Co.'s annual review shows the ...

    Article : 200 words
  41. QUEENSLAND.

    The annual meeting of shareholders of the Queensland Meat Export and Agency Company was held on Saturday. Some discussion took place on a proposal to acquire ...

    Article : 150 words
  42. THE FISCAL QUESTION.

    Mr. Barbon, questioned on the subject of the tariff, stated that it will be such as will be satisfactory to every reasonable man, and as to unreasonable men, he added ...

    Article : 126 words
  43. BROKEN HILL.

    A bathing fatality occurred at the Race-course dam yesterday afternoon, by which Arthur Rogers, aged 13, lost his life. Deceased, in company with his brother ...

    Article : 118 words
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  46. THE FEDERAL POST-OFFICE.

    If Sir John Forrest could see his way clear he would take over the [?]ate Post-Offices and create a Federal Postal Department without delay. Early last week he ...

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