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  2. NEW ZEALAND.

    The officers of the coastal steamers which trade with Australia iiave formed a union under the Conciliation Act. It has an adherence of 200 members. ...

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  3. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received April 11, 6.30 p.m.] TROUBLED RUSSIA.

    In view of the dangerous state of affairs in Russia, the Government is sending unemployed workmen who have collected in the towns back to their native districts. ...

    Article : 110 words
  4. ELECTRICAL ENTERPRISE.

    Electricity is asserting its utilitarian practicability, and in many of the chief cities of England and America it is now in common use for lighting, cooking, heating, traction, ...

    Article : 274 words
  5. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The licensee of the Grand Hotel, Waverley, Mr. Charles Underwood Wool, attempted to commit suicide this afternoon by gashing his throat with a razor in the ...

    Article : 93 words
  6. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received April 11, 6.30 p.m.] THE CHINESE CRISIS.

    Li Hung Chang expresses the opinion that Prince Tuan and General Tung Fuhsiang, who are heading a rebellion in Mongolia and Shensi, are merely creating a ...

    Article : 67 words
  7. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received April 11, 6.30 p.m.] THE BOER WAR.

    Cape loyalists are delighted at the fact that the lenient Treason Act has now been superseded. After April 12 acts of rebellion will be punishable under the old ...

    Article : 196 words
  8. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    A fire broke out early this morning in the workshop of Messrs. Patterson & Ross, builders and contractors, Lord-street, Perth, and the building was completely ...

    Article : 82 words
  9. SHOOTING FATALITY.

    This afternoon William Davis, aged 14, lost his life, near Bathurst, through being accidentally shot by a companion. Davis, with a younger brother, aged 9, and two ...

    Article : 222 words
  10. SENTENCES REDUCED.

    In the month of December last two men, Joseph and George Joseph Pascoe, father and son, were charged at the Geraldton Quarter Sessions with having killed cattle, ...

    Article : 172 words
  11. THE MILITARY PARADE GROUND.

    Under the direction of Mr. C. E. Owen Smyth, the Superintendent of Public Buildings, the military parade ground and its surroundings are assuming a picturesque ...

    Article : 162 words
  12. MARSDEN PARK ABDUCTION CASE.

    The aboriginal, Frederick Locke, was brought up at the Windsor Police Court to-day, and charged with having criminally assaulted Maud Wood, 10 years of age, ...

    Article : 87 words
  13. AUSTRALIAN HORSES.

    It is reported that the German troops in China find that the horses obtained from Oregon, U.S.A., are unruly and hard to train, and are altogether inferior to the ...

    Article : 104 words
  14. ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.

    M. Lagovski, a provincial official and a follower of Count Leo Tolstoi, who recently made a fruitless attempt to assassinate M. Constantine Pobyedonostseff, procurator ...

    Article : 75 words
  15. THE NEW MINISTRY.

    Messrs. Hayes and Bennett have been made Ministers without portfolios. Mr. Crick, Mr. Fitzgerald, and Mr. Hayes were sworn in to-day. Nothing yet has been ...

    Article : 56 words
  16. THE OPPOSITION.

    At a meeting of members of the State Parliamentary Opposition to-night the resignation of Mr. Reid as leader was received, and the meeting adjourned till Tuesday, ...

    Article : 35 words
  17. CASE OF MANSLAUGHTER.

    At the Criminal Court to-day, before Acting-Justice Pennefather, William James Darmody was arraigned on a charge of having murdered Alexander Muir Houston, at ...

    Article : 187 words
  18. THE WEATHER.

    "As anticipated, the depression which passed south of this State yesterday," said (Mr. Griffiths on Thursday, "had little effect upon our weather. Near Mount Gambier ...

    Article : 103 words
  19. TASMANIA.

    At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to-day action in regard to the Bendigo Exhibition was deferred until it was ascertained what the Tasmanian ...

    Article : 279 words
  20. BROKEN HILL POLITICS.

    For some time past the relations between Mr. W. J. Ferguson, M.L.A. for Sturt, and some leaders of the labor movement at Broken Hill have been strained, and several ...

    Article : 332 words
  21. VICTORIA.

    It was decided at to-night's State Cabinet meeting to invite applications both inside and outside the department for a principal forester as Conservator of Forests in ...

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  22. THE RECENT RIOTS.

    Much satisfaction is expressed at St. Petersburg that the Czar of Russia has over-ruled the entire educational system in Russia. ...

    Article : 121 words
  23. STATE SCHOOL TEACHERS.

    The Minister of Education has decided to make provision in the amended School Teachers' Bill, to be introduced early next session, for the abolition of the system of ...

    Article : 34 words
  24. BONUSES TO WINERIES.

    A deputation from the Wine Merchants' Association waited on the Minister for Agriculture to-day and protested against the payment of bonuses to wineries. It was ...

    Article : 156 words
  25. THE MAIL STEAMERS.

    The R.M.S. Australia, of the P. & O. line, anchored at Largs Bay at 11.40 p.m. on Wednesday. She resumed her voyage to London on Thursday afternoon, with a ...

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  26. ARMY HORSES.

    The important question of breeding horses for army purposes is now engaging the attention of the Government, which is receiving suggestions as to the best system ...

    Article : 30 words
  27. APPLICATIONS FOR LAND.

    The Lands Department has received a large number of enquiries from people anxious to settle on the land. The last mail brought many letters from nearly all ...

    Article : 72 words
  28. ARREST OP ANARCHISTS

    Five Russian and two Bulgarian anarchists have been arrested at Geneva in connection with the recent attack upon the Russian Consulate. The anarchists were ...

    Article : 82 words
  29. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS.

    The Cape Town correspondent of Reuter's Agency is responsible for the statement that General Louis Botha, the Boer Commander-in-Chief, is prepared, on behalf of ...

    Article : 216 words
  30. STOWAWAYS ON A TROOPSHIP.

    The Ulstermore, with the Sixth Contingent for South Africa, sailed this morning. A search by the police revealed 63 stowaways. The captain retained 26 on board, ...

    Article : 38 words
  31. THE RAILWAYS.

    The Commissioner of Railways is busily engaged with the heads of the departments considering a scheme for the reclassification of certain branches of the service. The ...

    Article : 46 words
  32. THE ROYAL VISIT.

    A well-attended meeting of the executive committee of the Citizens' Committee in connection with the approaching visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall was held ...

    Article : 557 words
  33. THE SENATE ELECTION.

    Sir—May I ask you to correct a mis[?]pprehension in your report of the declaration of the poll? I said (and went there expressly to say) that I had not supposed ...

    Article : 126 words
  34. THE CONINGHAM CASE.

    Further evidence was heard at the Water Police Court to-day in connection with the charge brought by Arthur Coningham against James Exton of having on January ...

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  35. A DISASTROUS FIRE.

    Two lives were lost in a fire at the Prince of Wales Hotel at Nowra early this morning. The hotel was a two-storey building of wood, the partitions in the upper ...

    Article : 221 words
  36. THE FRENCH PREMIER.

    M. Waldeck Rousseau, the French Premier, who recently underwent an operation for a growth under the tongue, is recovering. ...

    Article : 31 words
  37. FRANCE AffD ITALY.

    Latest advices with reference to the Franco-Italian fete at Toulon, the French military and [?]aval port, situated on a bay of the Mediterranean, state that the Duke ...

    Article : 222 words
  38. THE TRAMWAYS QUESTION.

    Sir — Mr. Alderman Johnson made of statement at the tramways meeting last night that if I had exhibited the same zeal for the truth as I had in my efforts to ...

    Article : 160 words
  39. WEST AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATION.

    The members comprising the exploring party, which has been organised by the Government for the Kimberley district, were entertained at the West Australian Club ...

    Article : 165 words
  40. PERSONAL.

    It is announced that Lord and Lady Tennyson and Lord Richard Nevill will be guests of Janet Lady Clarke during the Royal visit to Melbourne. Lord ...

    Article : 1,835 words
  41. CASUALTIES TO COLONIALS.

    It is reported in connection with the advance of Brigadier-General H. C. O. Plumer's forces on Pietersburg, in the Zoutpaneberg division of the Transvaal Colony, ...

    Article : 122 words
  42. MR. NITSCHKE'S CONCERT.

    The programme for Mr. R. Nit[?]ke's farewell concert at the Town Hall to-morrow evening will consist of the following items:—Miss Guli Hack, A.R.C.M., will ...

    Article : 230 words
  43. THE PHILIPPINES.

    Advices from the Philippines state that great frauds have been discovered at Manila in connection with the commissariat department of the American army of occupation, ...

    Article : 44 words
  44. THE WRECK OF THE FEDERAL.

    The Government steamer Lady Loch, with the remains of the six men who were drowned by the wreck of the steamer Federal, arrived to-night, and will be berthed ...

    Article : 67 words
  45. A BOER ADVANCE.

    A Boer commando, 1,000 strong, under General Luther, is stated to have reached Van Reenan's Pass, which crosses the Quathlamba Mountains and leads from ...

    Article : 189 words
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  48. A DISABLED VESSEL.

    A steamer is passing with a disabled barquentine in tow. The wind is slight, and the sea smooth. ...

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  50. TO-DAY'S ENGAGEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 49 words
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