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  2. VICTORIA.

    The will of the late Mrs Eliza Johnston, formerly of Merry Creek, has been lodged for probate. The testatrix left real estate valued at £12,300, and personalty valued ...

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  3. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received July 18, 7.30 p.m] BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

    The Budget Bill, providing for increased taxation to meet the Cost of the war in South Africa, was read a third time in the House of Commons last night. A division ...

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  4. FEDERAL POLITICS.

    The House of Representatives to-day got through most of the Customs Bill. Mr. Kingston withdrew the contentious clause dealing with the collection of duties on a ...

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  5. PERSONAL.

    The Governor-General (Lord Hopetoun) is rapidly improving in health, and the complete rest he has taken from public duties will enable him soon to be about ...

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  6. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received July l8, 7.30 p.m.] A CHEERFUL SPEECH.

    Trooper G. R. Miller, of the New Zealand local forces, has been granted a commission as second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. ...

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  7. [BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.] [Received July l8, 7.30 p.m.] ARCTIC EXPLORATION.

    An Arctic expedition, fitted out by a New York millionaire, Mr. William Zeigler, and under the command of Captain E. B. Baldwin, has just started northwards from the ...

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  8. STATE PARLIAMENTS.

    The State Calbinet will hold a meeting tomorrow to frame the viceregal speech at the opening of Parliament on Wednesday. It is expected to refer to the late Queen ...

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  9. AUSTRALASIAN SOLDIERS.

    Lieutenant French, of the New Zealand Bushmen's Contingent; Lieutenant H. F. Robinson, of the New South Wales Bushmen's Contingent; and Captain Wollaston ...

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  10. PAY FOR QUEENSLAND BUSHMEN.

    The question raised by returned members of the Third Contingent regarding their Claim for extra pay for two months' service in Rhodesia, is not yet settled, as ...

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  11. THE KING'S CORONATION.

    It is announced that on June 26, 1902, the day after the coronation of his Majesty King Edward VII. a Royal procession will traverse the streets of London. ...

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  12. VICTORIA.

    In the Legislative Assembly to-day an attempt was made by Mr. C. Cameron to revive the discussion on the libel on the King. He rated the Governmemt for neglecting its ...

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  13. EARL RUSSELL.

    Easrl Russell, who was charged with having committed bigamy by marrying Mrs. Somerville in the United States after having obtained a Nevada divorce from his ...

    Article : 139 words
  14. MOUNTED MEN OR INFANTRY.

    There are indications that, notwithstanding the denial in the House of Commons by Mr. Brodrick, there is a substratum of truth in the statement made by ...

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  15. THE LIBERAL PARTY.

    The remarkable Jetter addressed by Lord Rosebery to the City Liberal Club, commenting on the prospects and present position of the Liberal Party, still continues ...

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  16. NAVAL BOILERS.

    The Admiralty is arranging for a trial of boilers to test the long-disputed point as to whether the Belleville system or the Scotch cylindrical type is the best for use in the ...

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  17. PROPOSED CUSTOMS REGULATIONS.

    Bonded warehousemen in Melbourne are alarmed by Part V. of the Bill relating to Customs regulations. In fact, they assert that their extinction under the operation ...

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  18. QUEENSLAND.

    In the Assembly to-day a number of petitions were presented against an alteration of the licensing laws in the direction of partial opening on Sundays ...

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  19. INTERNATIONAL BOWLING

    The New Zealand bowlers have returned to London from their tour in Scotland. Yesterday they played a match with the Bromley club, a suburban combination, ...

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  20. A BUSINESS FRAUD.

    Robert and Walter Pattison, the managing directors of the firm of Pattison's (Limited), whisky distillers and blenders, Leith, that failed in 1899, with a deficiency ...

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  21. THE SITUATION AT THE CAPE.

    Sir John Gordon Sprigg, Premier of Cape Colony, in an address to the Vigilance Committee at Cape Town, declared that the situation in the colony was brighter now ...

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  22. THE CAPE CABLE.

    Sir John Wolfe Barry, chairman of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company, states that the laying of the new cable connecting Australia with Cape Colony is ...

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  23. FREEMASONRY.

    His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught was yesterday, installed as Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England in succession to his Majesty King ...

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  24. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    Competition was good to-day's wool sales and prices remained unchanged. ...

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  25. WEST AUSTRALIA.

    To day in the Assembly the Government brought, down the amended Loan Bill schedule, providing for an expenditure of £2,197,400. There was much Wrangling ...

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  26. AN ISLAND MYSTERY.

    What appears to be a serious shipping disaster at the islands is reported by Captain Henry, of the trading steamer Archer, which arrived this morning from a cruise. ...

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  27. PRICES REALISED.

    At the wool sales yesterday the following prices were obtained:—Conoble, 6?d.; Tupra, 6½d.; Euston, 17¼d., Bective, 8d.; Rhodes, lO¼d.; Cawood, 9½d.; Enderby, ...

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  28. THE VLAKFONTEIN OUTRAGE.

    Mr Bennet Burleigh, the war correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph," deals in today's issue with the statement of Mr. Edgar Wallace that at the battle of ...

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  29. THE OPHIR.

    Albany reports that the Ophir has been sighted off Breaksea Island. ...

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  30. COUNT TOLSTOI.

    It is announced that Count Lyof Nikolaivitch Tolstoi, the famous Russian novelist and social reformer, is suffering from fever, and is now in a critical condition. ...

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  31. FINANCIAL NEWS.

    There has been a sharp rise m the price of British 2¾ per cent. Consols (Goschen's). On Saturday last, owing to the unloading of stock by American and Continental ...

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  32. THE NEW HEBRIDES.

    The sensational statement made by Dr. J. G. Paton, the veteran New Hebrides missionary, to the effect that France was still anxious to pass 100,000 low class criminals ...

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  33. ENGLISH CRICKET.

    In the county match Notts v. Derbyshire, William Gunn, the Notts professional, scored 273 runs. ...

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  34. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Persic has gone alongside the grain elevator at Darling Island for the purpose of loading 1,200 tons of wheat. An experiment was made to-day with the elevator, ...

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  35. THE INDIAN LOAN.

    The Indian Government has been advertising for tenders for a loan of £3,000,000 at 3 per cent. The minimum was fixed at £98. The loan was a partial failure, as ...

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  36. YORKSHIRE DEFEATED.

    The Somerset county team has scored a victory over Yorkshire. In their first innings Somerset only made 87 runs, but in their second innings they ...

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  37. NEW ZEALAND.

    The captain of the barque Minurawa was nominally fined to-day for, neglecting to enter in his log the discharge of a Seaman at Adelaide. ...

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  38. TARCOOLA GOLDFIELDS.

    A deputation, consisting of the Hons. J. Taverner and J. Sternberg, Messrs. Halketh, Dawson, D.V. Hennessy, and J. Phillips, who are interested in the Tarcoola ...

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  39. REWARDING A BRAVE MAN.

    The medal of the Royal Humane Society has been awarded to Sergeant Cholmondeley, of the New Zealand Contingent, for saving, at great risk to himself, the lives ...

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  40. GENERAL CABLE NEWS.

    Miss Alice May, an Australian actress, has been engaged to appear with Mr. Arthur Roberts's company in London. ...

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  41. COMMERCIAL NEWS.

    Wheat.—The American visible supply of wheat is 35,977,000 bushels, as against 37,819,000 bushels last week, or a decrease of 1,842,000 bushels. ...

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  43. BROKEN HILL.

    Mr. Peter J. Jonas, an old Barrier resident, died somewhat suddenly to-day. About a fortnight ago he developed bronchitis in an acute form, and pulmonary ...

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  44. THE CAPTURES AT REITZ.

    The Pretoria correspondent of the London "Standard," in a telegram dealing with the capture of members of the "Orange Free State Governmtent" at Reitz, ...

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  46. OUR HARBORS.

    Sir—At last we have the privilege of reading the ideas of a harbor expert on the above subject. The uninterested will give only a passing thought to the millions of ...

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  48. PROTEST AGAINST COLORED LABOR.

    The Sydney Labor Council to-night passed a resolution "That this council emphatically protests agains the employment of lascar crews upon subsidised mail boats, and urges ...

    Article : 137 words
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  50. A SHARP FIGHT.

    A sharp skirmish took place on Sunday last near Aliwfal North, in Cape Colony, between a Boer force and a detachment of the 1st Battalion of the Connaught Rangers ...

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  52. INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 217 words
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  54. THE DEFENCE FORCES.

    The report of the Conference of Military Commandants and their observations on the Federal Defence Bill has been tabled in the House of Representatives. One of ...

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